quiz438

Quiz 438

Well last night night was a very pleasant evening with six teams taking part. A few more bums on seats would be better but it's a start. Debbie from the Book Ends emailed me back last Tuesday to say they would be at The Albert on June 5th. We need a few more regular teams though so if you work with a know all challenge them to form a team and come along on Thursday nights. Our winners last night and for the first time since Valentine's Day were The Blackadders with 91pts, The Alliance were second with 87pts and newcomers Our name is Earl made up the top three with 85pts which, for a first time is a very good score, let's just hope they become regular combatants. Now begins the Sisyphean task of compiling another quiz from scratch. All I can tell you for now is that next Thursday's guest round is going to be Reverse Scattergories, I'll let you know more in Monday's update I hope the weather doesn't turn out as gloomy as forecast for the Bank Holiday and you enjoy it. If your at a loose end on Monday, why not pop down to Cooper's Hill in Gloucestershire and watch those eejits chase a truckle of cheese down a very steep hill. quizard_97@yahoo.co.uk if you wish to contact me and I will see you all next week.

Leprechaun's Pot 'O' Gold

£26 went into the pot last night making the total for this month £55.50. Last night's question was: To the nearest mile what is the furthest distance between the Earth and the moon? The answer being 252,088 miles. The closest answer and winner of £13 was Bill from The Alliance with a strange guess of 249,999 miles. I was just wondering how gutted he would have felt if someone had guessed 250,000 miles hehehehehe. Next week being the last quiz of the month means the pot must be emptied into someones pocket and we start from £42.50.

Questions and Answers

Last night's Faces were: 1. Harrison Ford 2. Ventriloquist Keith Harris 3. Liam Neeson 4. Ben Kingsley 5. Terry Wogan 6. Portsmouth's Nigerian striker Nwankwo Kanu 7. Sid James 8. Bill Bailey 9. Dusty Springfield 10. Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova 11. Bananaman 12. Latest member of the Royal Family Autumn Kelly
13. Snooker commentator John Virgo 14. Former diplomat Dr Henry Kissenger 15. England cricketer Michael Vaughn 16. Christina Ricci 17. Hollywood director Sophia Coppola 18. Agatha Christie 19. Ben Turpin 20. Phoebe Cates

Three for Fun (Monday's answers)

The holders of the same office in the 1950s and 1960s became respectively the Earl of Avon and the Earl of Stockton. They were Anthony Eden and Harold Macmillan.

The song cycle 'Our Hunting Fathers' by Benjamin Britten is set to a text by W.H. Auden.

William Henry Fox Talbot was a nineteenth-century pioneer of Photography.

Today's questions (answers on Monday)

1. By what physical means do pilgrims to Lourdes hope to be cured?

2. What name, as producer and/or writer, over the years, connects the series Are You Being Served?, 'Allo, 'Allo, Dad's Army and Hi-Di-Hi?

3. The hadith is a collection of the sayings and actions of which prophet?

Joke of the Day: Dear Dad. (Thanks Mako)

Dear Dad,

$chool i$ really great.

I am making lot$ of friend$ and $tudying very hard.

With all my $tuff, I $imply can`t think of anything I need.

$o if you would like, you can ju$t $end me a card, a$ I would love to hear from you.

Your $on

The Reply:

Dear Son,I kNOw that astroNOmy, ecoNOmics, and oceaNOgraphy are eNOugh to keep even an hoNOur student busy.

Do NOt forget that the pursuit of kNOwledge is a NOble task, and you can never study eNOugh.

Love,Dad