quiz420

Quiz 420

Wow! Can you imagine my face when I walked into The Albert last night to see a full house. 10 teams, count them 10! competed last night. The last time that happened was May 31st last year so I'm very pleased. I hope everyone enjoyed the new picture clues, sorry there weren't enough to go around. I remember saying to Don at Kallkwik in Colehill when he laser printed the 5 copies for me "You watch, after all these weeks of havin four and five teams six will turn up tomorrow." How ironic. Last night's winners were Ellie's Heroes (Who were known as The Wanderers when they were last with us several months ago, glad to see you back.) who only dropped nine points and totalling 81 pts in all. Welcome back to Day Release who were second with 76 pts and also welcome back to The Props who made up the top three just two points behind Day Release with 74 pts. Next week. Firstly, let's hope that yesterday's attendance wasn't just a flash in the pan. I will get the rest of the picture Clues version 3.0 printed as soon as I can get down to Kallkwik. As I said last night much to Bob of The Alliance's delight, next week's guest round will be Dingbats. 10 pictoral clues to a phrase or saying for the benefit of the uninitiated.

Leprechaun's Pot 'o' Gold

The question was: The longest word in the English language is how many letters long? Well everyone was miles of as the answer is 1,185 letters long, It is the scientific name for the tobacco mosaic virus and is (deep breath.)

acetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylprolylserylglutaminyl-
phenylalanylvalylphenylalanylleucylserylserylvalyltryptophylalanyl-
aspartylprolylisoleucylglutamylleucylleucylasparaginylvalylcysteinyl-
threonylserylserylleucylglycylasparaginylglutaminylphenylalanyl-
glutaminylthreonylglutaminylglutaminylalanylarginylthreonylthreonyl-
glutaminylvalylglutaminylglutaminylphenylalanylserylglutaminylvalyl-
tryptophyllysylprolylphenylalanylprolylglutaminylserylthreonylvalyl-
arginylphenylalanylprolylglycylaspartylvalyltyrosyllysylvalyltyrosyl-
arginyltyrosylasparaginylalanylvalylleucylaspartylprolylleucylisoleucyl-
threonylalanylleucylleucylglycylthreonylphenylalanylaspartylthreonyl-
arginylasparaginylarginylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylvalylglutamyl-
asparaginylglutaminylglutaminylserylprolylthreonylthreonylalanylglutamyl-
threonylleucylaspartylalanylthreonylarginylarginylvalylaspartylaspartyl-
alanylthreonylvalylalanylisoleucylarginylserylalanylasparaginylisoleucyl-
asparaginylleucylvalylasparaginylglutamylleucylvalylarginylglycyl-
threonylglycylleucyltyrosylasparaginylglutaminylasparaginylthreonyl-
phenylalanylglutamylserylmethionylserylglycylleucylvalyltryptophyl-
threonylserylalanylprolylalanylserine

The letter combination yl appears in the word 166 times. Phew! (And before someone emails me telling me of a longer word, I did my research, there WERE longer words but they were deleted because they have never been used, pseudo words if you wish.) Anyway, the closest person to the answer was John of VCJD whose original idea was the bsis of the "Pot 'O' Gold". Carole informed me that £32 was collected last night so John got half the pot £16 and the other £16 rolls over to next week with the £6 from the previous week. Therefore the Pot 'O' Gold now contains £22 plus whatever we collect next week. If it isn't won, It rolls over again to January 31 when it MUST be won the whole pot which will be a tidy sum. Questions? Comments? email me at: quizard_97@yahoo.co.uk

Questions and Answers

Last night's pictures were: 1. Sir Trevor McDonald 2. Janet Street-Porter 3. Liz Dawn who plays her final scenes as Vera Duckworth on Coronation Street tonight 4. Jim Carrey 5. James Earl Jones who was the voice of Darth Vader 6. Sunderland's Trinadadian striker Kenwynne Jones 7. Disgraced former US sprinter Marion Jones 8. Tim Roth in a scene from Planet of the Apes 9. Leann Rimes 10. Tragic explorer Captain Lawrence "Titus" Oates "I'm just going outside, I may be some time."

Three for Fun (Monday's answers)

In American musical terminology it is a 'sixteenth note'. In English terminology it is a Semi-quaver.

Mick, Aston and Davies, an old man, are the three characters in Harold Pinter's play The Caretaker.

The name of the English theatrical manager who ran the Old Vic from 1912 and later the Sadlers Wells Theatre from 1931 was Lilian Baylis.

Today's questions (answers on Monday)

1. Vaughn Williams' song cycle 'On Wenlock Edge' is comprised of musical settings of whose poems?

2. Off the southern coast of which continent are Magellan's Strait, Cockburn Channel and Beagle Channel?

3. If something is described as being littoral, what would that tell you about its location?

Joke Of The Day:Golf Caddy Comments...

Golfer: "Think I'm going to drown myself in the lake." Caddy: "Think you can keep your head down that long?"

Golfer: "I'd move heaven and earth to break 100 on this course." Caddy: "Try heaven, you've already moved most of the earth."

Golfer: "Do you think my game is improving?" Caddy: "Yes sir, you miss the ball much closer now."

Golfer: "Do you think I can get there with a 5 iron?"Caddy: "Eventually."

Golfer: "You've got to be the worst caddy in the world."Caddy: "I don't think so sir. That would be too much of a coincidence."

Golfer: "Please stop checking your watch all the time. It's too much of a distraction." Caddy: "It's not a watch - it's a compass."

Golfer: "How do you like my game?" Caddy: "Very good sir, but personally, I prefer golf."

Golfer: "Do you think it's a sin to play on Sunday? Caddy: "The way you play, sir, it's a sin on any day."

Golfer: "This is the worst course I've ever played on." Caddy: "This isn't the golf course. We left that an hour ago."

Golfer: "That can't be my ball, it's too old." Caddy: "It's been a long time since we teed off, sir."