quiz426

Quiz 426

Shit happens! Margaret commented last Thursday that she thought i was offline as I didn't publish anything last week and what do you know! When I got home on Thursday night I lost my internet connection. Sod's law. Anyway, I finally got Virgin Media to sort it out late yesterday, and I'm back on again. As it is now Sunday this will be my only post before next week's quiz.

We had a great turnout last Thursday, eight teams in fact. For the second week running VCJD were our winners with 90pts, The Alliance were second with 83pts and Ellie's Heroes made up the top three with 81pts. Increasing the final picture round from ten to twenty seems to have worked well. Although it was a chore to compile. Remember quizard_97@yahoo.co.uk for any suggestions, questions or comments.

This week's quiz is well under way, I put a music tape together yesterday, i just hope my infernal machine doesn't chew up the tape again like it did at 4pm last Thursday grrrrrrrrr. This week's guest round is Connections. Nine questions that are connected in some way. However, I am having a mental block trying to think of a common theme but everything else is coming along swimmingly.

Leprechaun's Pot 'O' Gold.

Well it was the end of the month and therefore it had to be won. Coincidentally, The final Pot was exactly the same as the end of January, £83.50. the question was, How many episodes of the American TV show Quincy M. E were made in total. The answer is 148 and Dave S in the bar was spot on with his guess and left The Albert last Thursday £83.50 better off.

Questions and Answers

Last Thursday's pictures were: 1. Will Smith 2. TV chef Delia Smith 3. X files actress Gillian Anderson 4. Stevie Wonder 5. Tiger Woods 6. Bruce Forsyth 7. Gojira (Godzilla) 8. Ex Boxer Barry McGuigan 9. Daniel Day Lewis 10. Julia Roberts 11. Speaker of the House of Commons Michael Martin 12. Elizabeth Taylor 13. Quincy M.E star Jack Klugman 14. Middlesbrough's Egyptian striker Mido 15. Steptoe and Son actor Harry H Corbett ("You dir-ty old man.") 16. Madonna 17. Dr who actress Freema Agyeman who plays Martha Jones. 18.Davidian leader David Koresh 19. Serbian tennis star Ana Ivanovic 20. Best Actress Oscar winner Marion Colitard.

Three for Fun (Answers from last time.)

The name that is given to a chord of which the notes are performed, not simultaneously, but in rapid succession, either ascending or descending is Arpeggio.

The name of the official weekly paper that lists, among other matters, bankruptcies, ending of partnerships, winding-up orders and changes in company names is The London Gazette.

The Teamsters Union is a major trade union in the United States. A teamster is A truck/lorry driver.

Today's questions (Answers on Friday)

1. Commander of the Greek army in the Trojan War, he was killed by his wife Clytemnestra and her lover on his return. What was his name?

2. What is the name of the city in northern France, famed for its Gothic cathedral, where where French kings were traditionally crowned?

3. The sixteenth-/seventeenth-century artist Nicholas Hilliard is chiefly associated with his paintings of which English monarch?

Joke Of The Day:Bunga Bunga

There were three explorers who where walking through the forest of Africa, when suddenly they were caught by tribesmen.
After being held captive for a week, the male chief comes up to the first explorer and says, "You have two choices to get out of here," "death or 10 minutes of Bunga Bunga ." The explorer thinks that Bunga Bunga has to be better than death, so he says, "I'll take Bunga Bunga." The chief shouts “Bunga Bunga!” and the rest of the tribe all cheer back “Bunga Bunga!” Then one native starts having sex with him for five minutes. After b*ning him, he lets the explorer go.
Then he proceeds to the next explorer. "You have two choices: death or 10 minutes of Bunga Bunga." The explorer, not wanting to die, picks 10 minutes of Bunga Bunga. The chief shouts “Bunga Bunga!” and the rest of the tribe all cheer back “Bunga Bunga!”Another native then has sex with him for 10 minutes, then lets him go.
Finally, he says to the last explorer, "Two choices: death or 10 minutes of Bunga Bunga." The explorer thinks that this is absurd. After all, they were so rough on the other two while having sex with them that he gave them bruises. He thought that he might as well die.
"I want to die." he says. Then the chief shouts “Death by Bunga Bunga!”