quiz427

Quiz 427

I quite enjoyed last night's quiz, a few more people would've been nice though. Seven teams took part and our winners for the third week running were VCJD with 89pts, The Alliance were second with 84pts and Quiz Akabusi (great name) made up the top three with 81pts. I have next weeks template set up but little else. I can tell you however that next week's guest round is due to be Reverse Scattergories and I already have an idea for the question. The picture round is proving difficult but only because it is expensive to get printed. I really need to find some cheap ink for my printer. Okay, I'm running late today and I have pins and needles in my left thumb and forefinger, a condition I've had for almost two weeks now so quizard_97@yahoo.co.uk for questions, comments or suggestions.

Leprechaun's Pot 'O' Gold

Carole collected a total of £28 last night and Anita from Drunks Aloud took £14 for being closest to the answer. The question was What is the elevation of the highest capital city in the world? Some of the answers were bizarre being higher than Mount Everest! The capital city in question is La Paz (which means Our Lady of Peace) Bolivia. and the answer according to the Bolivian embassy in London is 11,942ft. Anita was only 58ft away with her guess of 12,000ft.

Questions and Answers

Last nights pictures were: 1. Kevin Bacon 2. Ex Blue Peter presenter John Noakes 3. Frankie Howerd 4. Reese Witherspoon 5. The One Show's Christine Bleakley 6. Kenneth Williams 7. Claudia Winkleman 8. Dick Fosbury 9. First woman in space Valentina Tereshkova 10. Welsh rugby player Gavin Henson 11. Davy Crockett 12.Everton's Nigerian striker Yakubu Aiyegbeni 13. Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway 14. Arnold Schwarzenegger 15. Thelma Barlow ex of Coronation Street and Dinnerladies 16. Lauren Bacall 17. Dick Dastardly's canine sidekick Muttley 18. UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon 19. Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova 20. Sugababes singer Keisha Buchanan.

Three for Fun (Sunday's answers)

The Commander of the Greek army in the Trojan War, who was killed by his wife Clytemnestra and her lover on his return was Agememnon.

The city in northern France, famed for its Gothic cathedral, where where French kings were traditionally crowned is Reims.

The sixteenth-/seventeenth-century artist Nicholas Hilliard is chiefly associated with his paintings of Elizabeth I

Today's questions (answers on Monday)

1. In the annals of folklore, in which group of British islands are the remnants of the submerged land of Lyonesse?

2. What type of natural feature are the Tasman, the Franz Josef and the Fox in New Zealand?

3. What name, derived from a supposed outburst by Kaiser Wilhelm, was adopted by British soldiers who survived the retreat from Mons and other early battles of World War One?

Joke Of The Day:Doctor Visit...

An attractive young girl, chaperoned by an ugly old crone, entered the doctor's office.
"We have come for an examination" said the young girl.
"Alright," said the doctor. "Go behind that curtain and take your clothes off."
"No, not me" said the girl. "it's my old aunt here."
"Very well," said the doctor. "Madam, please stick out your tongue."