quiz433

Quiz 433

It was quite disappointing to find so many empty tables at The Albert last night. Particularly as I shelled out extra money on printing yesterday anticipating a full house. Only five teams competed and our top three were: first, CJD on 92pts, second were The Alliance with 87 pts who were in a mischievous mood without Margaret to keep them in check. third place went to Drunks Aloud with 79pts. I'm running behind today and have a pile of laundry to get through weather permitting so I'm going to get on and I'll update you on Monday, enjoy the weekend. Don't forget to check out the ponderings at the end of this post. quizard_97@yahoo.co.uk as always for questions, comments etc.

Leprechaun's Pot 'O' Gold

Because of the low turnout only £23 was collected so our final pot for the end of the month is only £42. Last nights question was What is the word record score for the Decathlon, currently held by the Czech athlete Roman Šebrle? The correct answer is 9026pts. Pete of The Alliance with a guess of 8947pts was closest so the £11.50 was his. The second time he has won unfortunately on both occasions the Pot has been a little meagre.Better look next time mate.

Questions and Answers

Last nights pictures were: 1. St George 2. Robbie Williams 3. Defending World Snooker Champion John Higgins 4. Gabriel Byrne 5. William Holden 6. Elmer Fudd
7. Recent US Masters winner Trevor Immelman 8. Gordon Jackson 9. Rita Simons who plays Roxt Mitchell in Eastenders 10. Bob Hoskins 11. Amanda Redman 12. London marathon winner Martin Lel 13. Adrian Chiles 14. Eddie Cochran 15. Sri Lankan off spinner Muttiah Muralitharan 16. Catherine Zeta Jones 17. Czech decathlete and world record holder Roman Šebrle 18. Demi Moore 19. Tamworth's own Gladiator Jemma Palmer aka Inferno 20. Supermodel Elizabeth Jagger

Three for Fun (Monday's answers)

The opening lines from a famous ode by Shelley: 'Hail to thee blithe spirit! Bird though never wert.' the ode is addressed to A Skylark.

The Earth is usually described as consisting of three layers. The crust is one, the other two are core and mantle.

The term used in geometry to apply to plane or solid figures that have the same shape and size is Congruent.

Today's questions (answers on Monday)

1. In which Italian city is there a medieval trough which, it is claimed, is the tomb of Juliet Capulet?

2. Which early seventeenth-century English explorer had three North American waterways named after him: a river, a bay and a strait?

3. In which field of the arts is Cameron Mackintosh a famous name?

Joke Of The Day: Ponderings

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

He who laughs last, thinks slowest.

Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.

Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.

Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.

If you lined up all the cars in the world end to end, someone would be stupid enough to try to pass them, five or six at a time, on a hill, in the fog.

The things that come to those who wait will be the things left by those who got there first.

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

Flashlight: A case for holding dead batteries.

The shin bone is a device for finding furniture in a dark room.

A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.

When you go into court, you are putting yourself in the hands of 12 people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.