About last Night …

GAAAAHH!!!!!!

Don’t you just love it, when a net connection drops?

I do.

Absolutely, I do.

Running around like a headless chicken thats cr*pping itself at two in the morning is no end of fun … !

As you can imagine …

Anyhow!

Pictured here are the ‘Winners Are’, on top, and Andy, James and Carol, collectively known as ‘2 Plus 1’. That’s assuming I’ve got the names right!

Who, between them, didn’t do too badly.

Because they were in the middle of the proverbial pack of seven teams that turned up.

Which, given how up and down the quizzes have been, is on hell of a turn out.

Oh, and we had two teams come in ahead of the ‘AKA47’s’, last night.

As you’ll know, if you’ve been following me for a while, now, you’ll know that they, and ‘Tom and Jerry’ at the King Harold, and the two teams near enough guaranteed to place first.

Actually, just as a side issue, I do know I’ve had at least two teams threatening to catch up, and over take them and Joe, as well; — Joe and Neil are the Harold’s resident answer to Adrian H, John, Trish and Margaret, the ‘No Ideas’, and Graham and Alan, the ‘Worlds Tallest Midgets’, from the Napier, any of whom would happily place in the top three, and come first, given the right questions.

Talking of which, questions …

I think we managed to avoid a repeat of the Hutton’s bonus being won, last week. Next week’s Hutton one’ll be at least £5•50. And last night’s question was this; –

“The invention of paper is usually dated to which Chinese imperial dynasty, and in which year?”

Which we know NOW was to the Han dynasty, in 104AD …

Well, I do put ‘evil’ on the flyers for a reason …

This weeks table round, complete with the answers …

Q1) Who was US president on VE day?

A1) Harry S Truman

Q2) Who was President of South Africa when Nelson Mandela was released from prison?

A2) F W de Klerk.

Q3) What was the name of the first Roman Emperor? Here’s a clue, it WASN’T Julius Cæsar.

A3) Augustus Cæsar

Q4) Who was US President when man first walked on the moon?

A4) Richard Nixon

Q5) What name was given to the heir to the French throne from 1350 to 1830?

A5) Dauphin

Q6) Who was US President at the start of the American Civil war?

A6) Abraham Lincoln

Q7) Which leader was exiled from Cyprus to the Seychelles in 1956?

A7) Archbishop Makarious.

Q8) Who was British Prime Minister at the time of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation?

A8) Winston Churchill

Q9) Pervez Musharraf resigned as President, this year. But in which eastern country?

A9) Pakistan.

Q10) Which famous politician was known as “Barry O’Bomber” at school due to his basketball prowess?

A10) President Elect Barack Obama

Think you might want to check out my earlier comments about the Pancake Mixers, by the way. Just as food for thought …

And finally, the question set, itself; –

ROUND ONE: – GENERAL KNOWLEDGE.

Q1) Which sea is north of Turkey?

A1) The Black Sea.

Q2) What colour are the flowers of the Saint John’s Wort?

Q2) Yellow?

Q3) Anton Segovia was associated with which acoustic instrument?

A3) The guitar.

Q4) Cold meat & cold potatoes are the two main ingredients of which dish?

A4) Bubble & Squeak.

Q5) Which king is supposed to have hidden in a tree after the Battle of Worcester?

A5) Charles the 2nd.

Q6) Heriot Watt University is in which Scottish City?

A6) Edinburgh.

Q7) What does a theodolite measure?

A7) Angles

Q8) Which poisonous gas is given off from a car’s exhaust pipe?

A8) Carbon monoxide

Q9) Which motorway goes from east to west, across the Pennines?

A9) The M62

Q10) Workers, drones, and queens are varieties of which insect?

A10) Bees.

ROUND TWO: – BLINDED WITH SCIENCE.

Q11) In which Lancashire town was the first test tube baby born in 1978?

A11) Oldham.

Q12) In which country did the study of geometry originate?

A12) Egypt

Q13) When was chewing-gum first patented -1869, 1899 or 1919?

A13) 1869. People chewed gum long before this, as far back as the ancient Greeks. According to scientists, people who chew gum while performing memory tests (such as quizzes) score significantly higher than those who do not.

Q14) Oxides of two chemicals create acid rain: – name either.

A14) Nitrogen and sulphur

Q15) Which letter is positioned between F and H on a computer keyboard?

A15) G

Q16) What is thanatology the scientific study of; – death or old age?

A16) Death

Q17) The vernal equinox marks the end of which season?

A17) Winter

Q18) What does the mathematical symbol comprising a triangle of three dots mean? (∴, in other words …)

A18) Therefore

Q19) Soyuz was the name of a Russian spacecraft, but what does the name mean; – union, league, or flight?

A19) Union

Q20) Bright’s disease affects which organs of the body; – the liver, the kidneys, or the spleen?

A20) Kidneys.

ROUND THREE: – AT THE MOVIES.

Q21) Which song did Doris Day sing in three different films?

A21) “Que Sera, Sera”

Q22) Alan Alda was the only actor to appear in the film, and TV version of which comedy?

A22) “M•A•S•H” He played Hawkeye Pierce.

Q23) In the “Star Wars” series, what is the name of the home planet of the Ewoks?

A23) Forest Moon of) Endor.

Q24) How is film actor Ronald Moodnick better known?

A24) Ron Moody.

Q25) Which Disney character sang ‘…some day my Prince will come’?

A25) “Snow White”

Q26) Which British actor provided the voice of the evil Scar in Disney’s “The Lion King”?

A26) Jeremy Irons

Q27) “Susi und Strolch” and “La Belle et le Clochard” were, respectively, the German & French title of which Disney film?

A27) “Lady and the Tramp”

Q28) In which Walt Disney classic would you find the three fairies Flora, Fauna and Merryweather?

A28) “Sleeping Beauty”

Q29) Which cartoon bird made his cinematic debut in “Walky Talky Hawky” in 1946?

A29) Foghorn Leghorn (full name Foghorn J. Leghorn).

Q30) Which British star married the former Miss Guyana in 1973?

A30) Michael Caine.

ROUND FOUR: SPORTING CHANCES.

Q31) Which Martina was Wimbledon’s most successful women’s champion?

A31) Martina Navratilova.

Q32) Sir I. V. A Richards was better known as which West Indies cricketer?

A32) Viv Richards (Isaac Vivian Alexander)

Q33) Was Kristina Egerszegi cold, or wet, when won her 5 Olympic Gold medals?

A33) Wet: – she was a swimmer.

Q34) Jack Dempsey was a heavyweight … what?

A34) Boxer.

Q35) Which Steve was knighted, after the 2000 Olympics?

A35) Steve Redgrave.

Q36) How often is the Epsom Derby held?

A36) Annually.

Q37) What shape is a dartboard?

A37) Circular.

Q38) In what colour shirts do India play floodlit matches?

A38) Blue.

Q39) In which decade was the Rugby League World Cup 1st held?

A39) The 1950’s

Q40) Glen Hoddle finished his playing career with which club?

A40) Chelsea.

ROUND FIVE: THE WRITTEN WORD.

Q41) What egg-shaped nursery-rhyme character appears in “Alice Through The Looking Glass”?

A41) Humpty Dumpty.

Q42) What was the 2nd book, in Terry Pratchett’s discworld series?

A42) “The Light Fantastic.”

Q43) Mrs Beeton famously wrote about cookery; - what was her 1st name?

A43) Isabella.

Q44) Are Penguin books paperbacks, or hardbacks?

A44) Paperbacks.

Q45) Three of the four Gospels are known as Synoptic. Name one of them.

A45) Matthew, Mark, Or Luke.

Q46) Who wrote “The Tale of Peter Rabbit”?

A46) Beatrix Potter.

Q47) The Muslim Holy Book is called The Qu’ran; - what is ‘Qu’ran’ the Arabic word for?

A47) Recite.

Q48) In which year of the 1880’s was the 1st Sherlock Holmes story published?

A48) 1887

Q49) In which European city did Oscar Wilde die?

A49) Paris

Q50) What blinded most of the characyers in the “Day of the Triffids”?

A50) A comet.

ROUND SIX: – GENERAL IGNORANCE.

Q51) In 2005, what type of Russian vessel was trapped off the Kamchatka peninsular?

A51) A submarine.

Q52) What kind of garment is a montero?

A52) A cap.

Q53) According to the old proverb, what is the road to hell paved with?

A53) Good intentions.

Q54) Who wrote “The Bald Prima Donna”; – Eugene Ionesco, Seamus Heaney, or Harold Pinter?

A54) Eugene Ionesco

Q55) Which biblical figure had a coat of many colours?

A55) Joseph.

Q56) What word can follow ‘band’, ‘mass’, & ‘pass’?

A56) ‘Age.’ (Bandage massage, passage.)

Q57) In February of 2006, Marks & Spenser started selling a red version of which fruit?

A57) Bananas

Q58) If it’s 12 noon GMT, what time is it in Oslo?

A58) 01:00 PM

Q59) How many wives are you allowed, under Sharia law?

A59) Four.

Q60) In which London Park would you ride along Rotten Row?

A60) Hyde Park.

There, hope that lots helpful to anyone else, out there. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to see a councilor about a carpark. And I know Becky’ll want to have a read of the bits associated with question 13 …