I had mixed feelings about last night's quiz. It was disappointing to see so many empty seats again. "We only collected £17" as I was reminded at the end of the night. Maybe there was a hint therein. What I don't like and seemed to be coming across a lot recently is people with a hell of a lot more money than me pleading poverty. On the plus side, It was a very nice evening even if two or three more teams would've been better. The Alliance sub-divided and one half, City's going to Wembley came out top with 88pts, CJD and the three stooges, Bob, Pete and Bill, who made up the other half of The Alliance were joint second with 86pts and finally Drunks aloud came in fourth with 72pts. However, I just wonder how far off the pace they would have been if they had picked a different round to play their Joker on. If scroll down to the post titled quiz434/update you will see that next week's gust round is scheduled to be Books and Authors which we haven't had for a few months. quizard_97@yahoo.co.uk as always for any questions or comments that you have or just to say hello. It looks like it is going to be a wet weekend but I hope you enjoy it and I'll see you next week.
Only £17 went into the pot last night and it looks like the final total for this month isn't going to be a lot even though it is a five-week month. Last night's question was: In minutes, what is the total running time of the extended editions of all three movies in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy? We had three guesses that were very close, Bill from the Alliance with 665 minutes and John of CJD with 667 minutes were third and second closest respectively but our winner and the recipient of £8.50 (not a lot I know but better than a slap in the face with a wet fish) was Siân from City's going to Wembley with a guess of 680 minutes, which is actually only three minutes out. The actual running time of all three films is 683 minutes.
Questions and Answers
Last night's pictures were: 1. Prince William 2. Highlander star Christopher Lambert 3. Martin Shaw, Doyle in The Professionals 4. Lewis Collins, Bodie in The Professionals 5. Gordon Ramsey 6. England cricketer Andrew Flintoff 7. Violinist Nigel Kennedy 8. Liza Tarbuck 9. Bob Holness 10. Liverpool and England striker Peter Crouch 11. Cameron Diaz 12. Oscar Wilde 13. Keanu Reeves 14. Russian statesman and Judo black belt 6th dan holder Vladimir Putin 15. Carrie Fisher 16. Queen of Aintree Jenny Pitman 17. Bryan Adams 18. Basil Rathbone 19. Violinist Vanessa Mae 20. Czech tennis star Nicole Vaidisova
Three for Fun (Monday's answers)
The official representative of the House of Commons to the sovereign is The Speaker.
The Japanese-born woman Mitsuko Uchida is a famous name concert pianist.
If someone has qualified with an HND, they have obtained a Higher National Diploma.
Today's questions (answers on Monday)
1. The American Negro song 'Dem Bones' was inspired by the story of which Old Testament prophet?
2. A set of three tablets, for example three painted panels, hinged together to make one piece is known as what?
3. In which half of which century did the Hanoverian Dynasty begin in Britain and the Act of Union unite England and Scotland?
Joke of the Day (thanks FidgetyFingers)
A businessman met a beautiful girl and asked her to spend the night with him for £500. And she did.
Before he left in the morning he told her that he did not have any cash with him, but that he would have his secretary write a cheque and mail it to her, calling the payment "RENT FOR APARTMENT."
On the way to the office, he regretted what he had done, realizing that the whole event was not worth the price, so he had his secretary send a cheque for £250 instead of the £500 and enclosed a note:
Dear Madam, Enclosed find a cheque in the amount of £250 for rent of your apartment. I am not sending the amount agreed upon because when I rented the apartment I was under the impression that:
(1) it had never been occupied before;
(2) that there was plenty of heat;
(3) that it was small enough to make me cosy and at home. Last night, however, I found out that it had been previously occupied, that there wasn't any heat, and that it was entirely too large..................
Upon receipt of the note, the girl immediately returned the cheque for £250 with the following note:
Dear Sir, First of all, I can not understand how you expect a beautiful apartment to remain unoccupied indefinitely. As for the heat, there is plenty of warmth if you know how to turn it on. Regarding the space, the apartment is indeed of regular size, but if you don't have enough furniture to fill it, please don't blame the landlord. :)
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