quiz457

Quiz 457

Firstly, sorry for the late post.I have had so much work to do today that I just haven't been able to make the time. Last night's quiz was good, apologies to all for it going on well after 11pm. Although 7 teams was great, (always happy to see The Book Ends) I would still like nine or ten teams to make the quiz nights really special. Just to reiterate what i mentioned last week, there will be no quiz Christmas week and the following week the quiz will be on the Tuesday, December 30th. Your thoughts, comments etc are always welcome at quizard_97@yahoo.co.uk Last night's winners with an impressive 96pts were CJD, The Alliance were second with 90pts, third place went to Drunks Aloud on 85pts and bringing up the rear was that sneaky ne'er-do-well Dick Dastardly and his sidekick muttley. Sorry Bill, couldn't resist myself. I have not long set up next week's quiz and typed in about 8 questions so the Sisiphean task continues. I can tell you however, that next week's guest round just needs compiling and will be Celebrity Matchword.

Questions and Answers

Last night's Faces were:

1. Sting 2. Paul Neman 3. Michael Palin 4. John Cleese 5. Barbara Cartland 6. Ronan Keating

7. Asterix the Gaul 8. Greg Norman 9. William Roache 10. Meg Ryan 11. Mohandas K. Gandhi

12. Rock Hudson 13. Paavo Nurmi 14. Jacqui Smith 15. Johnny Depp 16. Tom Hanks

17. Emmanuel Adebayor 18. Scarlett Johansson 19. Dinara Safina 20. Holly Willoughby

Three for Fun (Monday's answers)

In an epistolary novel, the narrative takesthe form of A series of letters.

The Lord mayor of London who bequeathed the money to to help set up the Guildhall Library was Dick Whittington.

The third decisive battle of the 1745 Jacobite rebellions was Culloden Moor.

Today's questions (answers on Monday)

1. The strait of Malacca seperates which Indonesian island from the Malay peninsula?

2. What in Antarctica have the names Nimrod, Slessor and Scott?

3. If you went out with some gentles, a jig, a gag and a coop what would you be going to do?

Leprechaun's Pot 'O' Gold

New month, new pot. Carole managed to charm £24 from the patrons of The Albert last night. It was an unusual question, that being: In terms of population the UK is ranked with London being number 1. What position does Tamworth hold? The answer is 308th. How ironic that the closest guess and winner of £12 was a kiwi. Congratulations Mark whose guess of 319th was the closest.

Joke of the Day (Thanks Hancock)

A lady is giving a party for her granddaughter and has gone all out - caterer, band and a hired clown. Just before the party starts, two bums show up looking for a handout. Feeling sorry for the bums, the woman tells them that they can get a meal if they will chop some wood out back. Gratefully, they head to the rear of the house.

Guests arrive, and all is going well, with the children having a wonderful time. But, the clown has not shown up and finally, the clown calls to report that he is stuck in traffic and will probably not make the party at all.

The woman is very disappointed and unsuccessfully tries to entertain the children herself. She happens to look out the window and sees one of the bums doing cartwheels across the lawn. She watches in awe as he swings from tree branches, does midair flips and leaps high in the air.

She speaks to the other bum and says, "What your friend is doing is absolutely marvelous. I have never seen such a thing. Do you think your friend would consider repeating this performance for the children at the party? I would pay him $50!"

Other bum says, "Well, I dunno. Let me ask him." He then turned to Willie and yelled, "Hey Willie! For $50, would you chop off another toe?"