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Quiz 435

I really don't know how much longer I can carry on doing a quiz with such a poor turnout. The money I got last night barely covered my costs. I am looking for other pubs to present a quiz at. If anyone can help me please email me at quizard_97@yahoo.co.uk. It was a shame that only five teams took part as it was another very close run thing with only seven points separating first from last. Last night's winners for the fourth week in row with 86pts. Second place went to The Alliance with 85pts, in joint third place were The Props and The Blackadders with 82pts and bringing up the rear were Drunks Aloud in fifth place on 79pts. For the record, if CJD were to win next week they will have won five weeks in a row. The last time that happened the team was The Magic Numbers and it was the Christmas quiz in 2005. I do keep meticulous records. I hope you all enjoy the Bank Holiday and I'll update you on Monday.

Leprechaun's Pot 'O' Gold

As their weren't many people in last night Carole only collected £21. The question last night was What was the date of the death of Elizabeth I? the answer was March 24th 1603. There were some very good guesses in fact, four people managed to rember the year. John of CJD was closest, only 46 days out with his guess of May 9th 1603. £10.50 went to him and the other half of the pot rolls over to next week.

Questions and Answers

Last night's pictures were: 1. Chris Tarrant 2. Felicity Kendall 3. Stan Laurel 4. Oliver Hardy 5. Annie Lennox 6. Derby County's Welsh midfielder Robbie Savage
7. Maggie Simpson 8. Elizabeth I 9. Kimi Räikkönen 10. June Whitfield 11. Ronnie O’Sullivan 12. TV gardener Charlie Dimmock 13. Somali-born Model and actress Iman 14. Former Brookside actress Anna Friel 15. Sharon Stone 16. Iron Man Robert Downey Jr 17. Forest Whitaker 18. The first Bond Girl Ursula Andress 19.Swedish golfer Annika Sörenstam 20. Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai

Three for fun (Monday's answers)

Rossini included an alpenhorn in his famous opera William Tell.

The name of Eliza Doolittle's phonetics expert in George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion was Professor Henry Higgins.

The term commonly used in English law to refer to a minor under the protection of the High Court is A ward of court.

Today's questions (answers on Bank Holiday Monday)

1. In the UK it is the House of Lords. What name is given to the upper house of the parliaments of France, Ireland, Spain, Belgium and Italy?

2. Heat energy can be transferred by three methods. Name them.

3. From the Latin for goat, what term is used to describe a piece of music expressing the light-hearted and the whimsical?

Joke of the Day. (Thanks Fidgety Fingers)

A stranger was seated next to a little girl on the aeroplane when the stranger turned to her and said, 'Let's talk, I've heard that time goes quickly if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger.

The little girl, who had just opened her book, closed it slowly and said to the stranger, 'What do you want to talk about?''

Oh, I don't know said the stranger, 'how about nuclear power?' and he smiles.'OK,' she said, 'that should be an interesting topic, but let me ask you a question first.....

A horse, cow and a deer all eat the same stuff - grass, yet a deer excretes pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty and a horse produces clumps of dried grass. Why do you suppose that is?'

The stranger, visibly surprised by the little girl's intelligence, thinks about it and says, 'Hmmm, I have no idea.'To which the little girl replies,

'Do you really feel qualified to discuss nuclear power when you don't know shit?'