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On Friday I told you that I had made a good start on this week's quiz and by the time I came to update this blog it would be almost finished. Well, I'm a man of my word and all that is needed for its completion are two questions - one sport and one for the Initial Success guest round - and the final faces round for which I have the twenty pictures I need and I shall be pasting them onto the template a little later today, it usually takes around an hour to compile that particular round. Remember quizard_97@yahoo.co.uk if you wish to contact me for any questions comments or suggestions which reminds me, I will attempt to send an email for the second time to the guy who said he can get me all the photocopying that I need done. One last try and if he claims for a second time that he never recieved it I'll have to file him away under "unreliable." Anyway, I' better get on as it is 3pm already and there is a lot I still need to do today. Though I think I'll wait for the thunder and hailstones to subside before attempting to make it into town. I hope to see you all and another full house at The Albert on Thursday.

Three for Fun (Friday's answers)

The Scottish court of Chivalry is called The Court of The Lord Lyon.

Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania have official main units of currency with the same name. The Shilling.

Literary families: Edith and her brothers Sacheverell and Osbert: their surname is Sitwell.

Today's questions (Answers on Friday)

1. What was the name of the ancient track that crossed England from the Wash to Wiltshire, the section between Norfolk and Ivinghoe Beacon still much by walkers today?

2. In what field of the media are Anne Swithinbank, Gay Search and Bob Flowerdew expert names?

3. In which English city are there open spaces called Midsummer Common, Parker's Piece and Jesus Green?

Joke of the Day: School answering Machine (Thanks Dr Bebop)

This is the message that the Pacific Palisades High School (California) staff voted unanimously to record on their school Telephone answering machine This is the actual answering machine message for the school.

[BEBOP's NOTE: according to snopes.com, this was never left as an answering machine message, but it's still funny]

This came about because they implemented a policy requiring students and parents to be responsible for their children's absences and missing homework. The school and teachers are being sued by parents who want their children's failing grades changed to passing grades - even though those children were absent 15-30 times during the semester and did not complete enough schoolwork to pass their classes.

The outgoing message:"Hello! You have reached the automated answering service of your school. In order to assist you in connecting to the right staff member, please listen to all the options before making a selection:

* To lie about why your child is absent - Press 1*

To make excuses for why your child did not do his work- Press 2*

To complain about what we do - Press 3*

To swear at staff members - Press 4*

To ask why you didn't get information that was already enclosed inyour newsletter and several flyers mailed to you - Press 5*

If you want us to raise your child - Press 6*

If you want to reach out and touch, slap or hit someone -Press 7*

To request another teacher, for the third time this year -Press 8*

To complain about bus transportation - Press 9*

To complain about school lunches - Press 0*

If you realize this is the real world and your child must be accountable and responsible for his/her own behavior, class work, homework and that it's not the teachers' fault for your child's lack of effort: Hang up and have a nice day!

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Quiz 444

I'm back. After more PC problems I finally managed to connect to the internet earlier this afternoon and I've spent the last three hours answering the 505 emails that had backed up in my inbox over the last nine days. Now that is done I can get back to quiz business. What a pleasant surprise I had when I walked into The Albert last night. I remember thinking on the way there that it was going to be another quiet one with maybe four or five teams but with a full house I thought "Great. we should have seven." In the end it was eleven teams that took part and that hasn't happened for a long time and it was also great to see so many old faces back. After a very long night our joint winners were The Magic Numbers ( great to have them back albeit just for one week) and The Alliance with 89pts each and CJD made up the top three with 88pts. As I've had no internet connection for over a week, I've been very busy on next week's quiz. In fact, I just need to compile the Faces round and the music tape and after I finish the guest round which will be Initial Success, there is just eleven questions to find, I even have a Leprechaun's Pot 'O' Gold question. All-in-all, I think next week's quiz should be pretty much ready by the time I update this blog on Monday. Remember, any questions, comments or suggestions email me at: quizard_97@yahoo.co.uk

Leprechaun's Pot 'O' Gold

Firstly let me go back to the end of last month when the whole pot was up for grabs Bob from The Alliance took the £50 as his guess to the question: What was the date of the last entry made in Samuel Pepys' diary? The answer being May 31st 1659. In fact Bob was only about 4 months out. Last night Carole collected £32 and the question was: In feet what is the height of New York's Chrysler Building? The answer to which is 1,046 ft. Kate the boss was the winner for the second time in three weeks with her guess of 956 ft so £16 went to her and the other half of the pot rolls over to next week. It is still a little early to tell, but if we keep getting these types of numbers, and as it is a five-week month, there should be a pretty tidy sum in the pot by July 31st.

Questions and Answers

Last night's Faces were: 1. Tiana Benjamin who plays Chelsea Fox in Eastenders 2. Anne Robinson 3. George W Bush 4. US Vice President Dick Cheney 5. Graham Norton 6. Meg Ryan 7. Roger Federer 8. Cher 9. Ben Stiller 10. Rod Steiger 11. Chef Marco Pierre White 12. Homer Simpson's boss C Montgomery Burns 13. Jeff Goldblum 14. Spain and Liverpool striker Fernando Torres 15. Caprice Bourret 16. Amy Winehouse 17. Alicia Silverstone 18. Irish golfer and reigning Open champion Pádraig Harrington 19. Ingrid Bergman 20. Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva

Three for Fun (answers on Monday)

1. What is the Scottish court of Chivalry called?

2. Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania have official main units of currency with the same name. What is this name?

3. Literary families: Edith and her brothers Sacheverell and Osbert: what is their surname?

Joke of the Day: The Polish guy and his eye exam (Thanks Dr Bebop)

A Polish guy went to the DMV to apply for a driver's license. First, of course, he had to take an eye sight test The optician showed him a card with the letters 'C Z W I X N O S T A C Z.' 'Can you read this?' the optician asked. 'Read it?' the Polish guy replied, 'I know the guy.'

quiz442update

I'm sorry, I've been so busy today that I forgot about you lot. I've been playing catch up all day and I am still a ways behind. As for the quiz, I did manage to compile the music tape late yesterday afternoon and the General Knowledge and Trivia rounds are almost complete. The Entertainment round is going well but the Sport round is a bit of a headache this week as is the Guest round which is supposed to be Dingbats though, I haven't had time to think about it thus far. I do have a tricky Tempus Fugit question but hardly any Faces or a Leprechaun's Pot 'O' Gold question for the big one to finish the month off with. I really need to get on and attempt the Dingbats round tonight so I shall leave you with the three for Fun and the Joke of the Day. as always quizard_97@yahoo.co.uk is my email if you have a question, comment or suggestion and I shall, hopefully see you all at The Albert on Thursday night apart from CJD who will either be totally absent or much depleted. Take care, Dave xxx.

Three for Fun (Monday's answers)

The United Nations Development Fund for Women is better known for short as UNIFEM.

The Britannia Royal Naval College is in Dartmouth.

In geometry, if a line is said to be normal to another, that means They are at right angles

Edit: the answer to the last question last Friday should read Trollope. Sorry.

Today's questions (answers on Friday)

1. CVA or cerebrovascular accident is the medical term for what common occurrence?

2. 'The Englishwoman' , 'The Galloping Cat' and 'Not Waving But Drowning' are poems by which twentieth-century English writer?

3. The Phoenician Astarte and the Babylonian Ishtar are goddesses of what?

Joke of the Day (thanks FidgetyFingers)

After his day's sightseeing, an Irishman, Neon Jack, touring Spain, stopped at a local restaurant. While sipping his wine, he noticed a sizzling, scrumptious-looking platter being served at the next table. Not only did it look good, but the smell was wonderful.He asked the waiter, "What is that you just served?"The waiter replied, "Ah senor, you have excellent taste. Those are bull's ba*ls from the bull fight this morning. A delicacy!"The Irishman, though momentarily daunted when he learned the origin of the dish said, "What the he*l, I'm on vacation! Bring me an order!"The waiter replied, "I'm so sorry senor. There is only one serving a day since there is only one bull fight each morning. If you come here early tomorrow and place your order, we will be sure to serve you this delicacy!"The next morning Neon Jack returned and placed his order. That evening he was served the one and only special delicacy of the day. After a few bites, and inspecting the contents of his platter...
he called to the waiter and said, "These are much, much smaller than the ones I saw you serve yesterday!!"The waiter promptly reply, "Si, senor! Sometimes the bull wins!"

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Quiz 442

Another cracking night at The Albert yesterday. It really makes all my efforts worthwhile when I see a pub full of happy faces ready to do battle. For the second week running we had eight teams competing and our eventual winners were CJD with 90pts, The Alliance were second six points back on 84 and The Kavfords came in third with 78pts. I'm going to be as brief as I can today as I'm a little behind with things today and I still have to go into town to pay a bill before 5pm. Any questions, suggetions or comments email me at: quizard_97@yahoo.co.uk Finally check out the joke of the day at the end of this post, it is something I came across whilst searching for a picture of Jade Goody for yesterday's Faces round.

Leprechaun's Pot 'O' Gold

For the third week in a row £22 was collected. Last night's question was: What is the total area in square miles of the county of Staffordshire? The answer was 1,047 sq miles. Kate behind the bar was the closest with her guess of 1096 sq miles so she got half of last night's pot. Next Week Carol is away so Margaret fom The Alliance has very kindly stepped in to had out the slips and collect the monies. As it is the last quiz of the month the whole pot is going to be won by whoever gets closest answer, that is whatever is collected on the night plus £33 that has accumulated since June 5th.

Questions and Answers

Last night's faces were: 1. Tiger Woods 2. Des O’Connor 3. Eric Morecombe 4. Ernie Wise 5. Jade Goody 6. Cyd Charisse 7. Neighbour's actor Ian Smith who played Harold Bishop and left the show on Wednesday after 21 years 8. 007 Roger Moore 9. David Jason 10. Charlies Angels actress Jaclyn Smith 11. Rafael Nadal 12. Teri Hatcher 13. New Chelsea boss Felipe Scolari 14. Alanis Morrisette 15. Sienna Miller 16. Art critic Brian Sewell 17. Actor Yaphet Kotto 18. Jessica Rabbit (voiced by Kathleen Turner) 19. Naomi Campbell 20. Serbian tennis star Ana Ivanovic

Three for Fun (Monday's answers)

Before the Euro, the Greek Drachma was made up of 100 Lepta.

The name of the group of 6554 islands that lies in the Gulf of Bothnia is The Aland Islands.

The family name that connects the author of Barchester Towers and the author of The Rector's Wife is Perrier.

Today's questions (answers on Monday)

1. How is the United Nations Development Fund for Women known for short?

2. In which Devon port is the Britannia Royal Naval College?

3. In geometry, if a line is said to be normal to another, what does that mean?

Joke of the Day.

quiz441/update

This week's quiz is progressing well, I manage to put a montage of songs together for the music tape in less than half an hour yesterday and last night it seemed that I was having an idea for a question every other minute. The only things that I haven't started so far are the Faces, the Leprechaun's Pot 'O' Gold and my biggest headache this week, the guest round which is scheduled to be True or False this week. Last night I had writer's block when it came tothis round, I kept thinking of something but when I started to type it out I said to myself "ermmmmm, maybe that isn't so good." So tonight I'm going to give it my full attention and see if I can't get it done and out of the way so I can concentrate on the Faces whilst popping in one of the fifteen questions I need to finish other rounds. quizard_97@yahoo.co.uk as always is my email address if you have any comments, questions or suggestions between now and Thursday night. Let's hope for another full house like last week.

Three for Fun (Friday's answers)

In English Law the two degrees of kindred, or relation by blood are Lineal and Collateral.

The final honours examination for a bachelor's degree called the Tripos is at Cambridge University.

The organ of the United Nations that is based at The Peace Palace, The Hague is The International Court of Justice.

Today's questions (answers on Friday)

1. Before the Euro, the Greek Drachma was made up of 100 what?

2. What is the name of the group of 6554 islands that lies in the Gulf of Bothnia?

3. What family name connects the author of Barchester Towers and the author of The Rector's Wife?

Joke of the Day: Do you come here often (Thanks FidgetyFingers)

Robbie is a hard worker and he spends most of his nights bowling or playing volleyball. One weekend his wife decides that he needs to relax a little and take a break from sports, so she takes him to a strip club.

The doorman at the club spots them and says, "Hey Robbie! How are you tonight?"His wife, surprised, asks her husband if he has been here before. No, no, he's just one of the guys I bowl with."

They are seated and the waitress approaches, sees Robbie and says, "Nice to see you Robbie. A gin and tonic as usual?"His wife's eyes widen. "You must come here a lot!""No, no," says Robbie, "I just know her from volleyball.

"Then a stripper walks up to the table. She throws her arms around Robbie and says, "Robbie! A table dance as usual?"His wife, fuming, collects her things and storms out of the bar.

Robbie follows her and spots her getting into a cab, so he jumps into the passenger seat. His wife looks at him, seething with fury and lets Robbie have it with both barrels.....

At this, the cabby leans over and says, "Sure looks like you picked up a right bitch tonight, Robbie!"

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Quiz 441

What a week! As you probably know my computer had to go in to be repaired at Wishbone Technology in Bolebridge Mews last Friday and I only got it back yesterday at 4pm. Now I know how kids feel when their mum screams "No computer for a week!" I had to go back to doing the quiz by hand, the way I used to do them when I started almost eleven years ago and I have to say sometimes it was like swimming through treacle. In fact, the score sheet I used last night was the one from last week with those scores tippexed out. Anyway, it's fixed now and I have an extra 512mb of memory. Considering the circumstances I don't think I did too badly last night which was great as we had a fairly full house, eight teams in all. Our eventual winners were CJD with 89pts, The Alliance came second with 86pts and Drunks Aloud made up the top three with 77pts. As you can appreciate I am playing catch up at the moment and I have nothing prepared for next week so I'd better get on. I'll share with you a joke that Margaret from The Alliance emailed me last week.

Leprechaun's Pot 'O' Gold

Again, no PC so I couldn't research a question, instead I asked: After the end of the evening how many questions will I have written in almost 11 years? The answer being 44,069. Not content with winning £11 last week for the closest guess, Margaret from The Alliance was again the closest with a guess of 43,950 - less than a hundred out - and anothe £11 went into her purse. Next week the pot starts from £22.

Three for Fun (answers from June 2)

The poet laureate who wrote detective fiction under the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake was Cecil Day Lewis.

In the USA, the person with the famous nickname the 'Comeback Kid' is Bill Clinton.

On the Isle of Man, The House of Keys and Legaslative Council make up the parliament which is known as Tynewald Court.

Today's questions (answers on Monday)

1. In English Law, what are the two degrees of kindred, or relation by blood?

2. At which university in England is the final honours examination for a bachelor's degree called the Tripos?

3. Which organ of the United Nations is based at The Peace Palace, The Hague?

Joke of the Day (Thanks Margaret)

A man walked into a quiet bar. He carried three ducks, one in each hand and one under his left arm. He placed them one beside the other upon the bar. He had a few drinks and chatted with the ducks, and with the bartender. The bartender was surprised, but experienced and had learned not to ask people about animals they bring into the bar, so he didn't mention the ducks.. They chatted for about another 30 minutes before the man with the ducks had to go to the restroom. He left the ducks there on the bar. The bartender was alone with the ducks. There was an awkward silence as they all looked at one another. The bartender decided to break the ice and try to make a little conversation.
"Say, what's your name?" he asked the first duck. "Huey," replied the first duck. "How's your day been, Huey?" "Great. Lovely day. Had a ball. Been in and out of puddles all day! What else could a duck want?", said the duck. "Oh. That's nice," said the bartender.

Then he said to the second duck, "Hi. And what's your name?" "Dewey," came the answer from duck number two. "So how's your day been, Dewey?", he asked. "Great. Lovely day. I've had a ball too! Been in and out of puddles all day myself. If I had the chance another day I'd do the same again!", said the duck in reply.

So the bartender turned to the third duck and said, "So, you must be Louie?" "No," she said, "my name is Puddles. And don't even ask what kind of day I've had”.

quiz439/update

I'm a little late posting today as it seems there is a problm with the server and I haven't been able to log on to this page until now, I kept getting a "Google server error message." Anyway, it seems fine now. I had a slow start to compiling this week's quiz as I was up until 6am on Saturday morning cleaning a trojan off of my PC. The thing is that when researching questions i visit hundreds of web pages each week and just occasionally I don't get the page I'm expedting but one with a nasty surprise on it and I have to run my anti spyware program which can take a couple of hours. On Saturday i was understably out of synch most of the day and hardly looked at the quiz, however on Sunday I got my teeth into it and also managed to blitz a music tape in a little over 30 minutes. last night before retiring I put this weeks guest round together and printed them off, this week it is Trackword, ten jumbled up nine-letter words. All that is left to do between now and Thursday night are 19 questions plus something for the Pot 'O' Gold and the Faces round and I already have nine of the twenty photos I need before putting it together ready for printing. I'm going to get on now so I hope to see all of you and hopefully a few more at The Albert on Thursday night. Questions, comments or just want to say hi then email me at: quizard_97@yahoo.co.uk

Three for Fun (Friday's answers)

The capital of Lombardy, set in the heart of the Po Basin is Milan.

Blackley, Gorton and Withington are parliamentary constituences in Manchester.

In the nursery rhyme the yellow-haired lover who went to sea with silver buckles on his knee is Bobby Shafto.

Today's questions (Answers on Friday)

1. Which poet laureate wrote detective fiction under the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake?

2. Who in the USA, has the the famous nickname the 'Comeback Kid'?

3. On the Isle of Man, The House of Keys and Legaslative Council make up the parliament. What's that parliament called?

Joke of the Day: Lie Detecting Robot (Thanks Dr Bebop)

One day Kyle's dad brought home a robot. The robot was special in that it could detect a lie and would slap the person who lied on the face.Kyle returned late from school that day and his dad asked him, "Son why are you late from school?"Kyle answered, "Dad, we had extra classes today".Much to his astonishment the robot jumped up and slapped Kyle on his face.His dad told him, "Son this robot is special in that it can detect a Lie and will then slap the person who lied. Now come on tell me the truth.Why are you late?""Dad, I went to a movie""Which movie?""The Ten Commandments"Immediately, Kyle got a slap on the face from the robot."Sorry Dad, I went to see the movie Sex Queen"."Shame on you son, when I was your age I never watched obscene movies or misbehaved" Immediately, the dad gets a tight slap on the face from the robot.Hearing the last sentence, Kyle's mother comes walking out of the kitchen and sarcastically says to her husband, "After all he is YOUR son!!

To which the robot steps up and gives Kyle's mother a resounding slap on her face!