Tonight’s Gig; – Fit the Second

Well, now, here’s a complicated night!

Quiet, but complicated!

We’ve had four teams in, tonight, and, as you can probably tell, one of those was as a result of the A-Board! Ably drawn up by Charley, who’s now left. Much missed, our Charley!

Just so you know, though, let me briefly sum up tonight’s scores on the doors; - The Funky Monkey’s – Cath and Billy, up top, there – came in last and bagged their third tee shirt, with a total of twenty points. One of these days, I’m hoping someone’ll beat them too it, next week …

The next shot’s rather good, actually. It’s the first-timers called the Three Muscater. Who came in a creditable second, tonight, with forty-eight points, doing rather well for themselves in the process.

Underneath them is the Workers, who came in third, tonight – I swear I’ll get the hang of Blogger’s image uploading screen – with thirty-eight points.

In at the bottom, there, is the King Harold’s new manager, Barney. Nice chap, seemingly, but he’s got a big pair of shoes to fill. I wish him well.

Oh, and there’s the much mentioned A-board, by the way. I’m pleased.

Along the various net listing’s bringing in the vacationing Patroxes, for the last two weeks, the A-board brought in the Three Musketers, this week.

I’m very pleased. Thanks due to Charley for the A-board, and Jax for the Main board, outside!

But, anyway, lets move on, shall we?

The bonus wasn’t won, this week. Which means that next weeks Bonus pot is worth a minimum of £41•75 pence.

Which tells you two things.

A) That some lucky bar-steward didn’t walk off with it, tonight.

And, B), it was a tough question.

Well, you’ve guessed that, haven’t you?

Her, though, judge for yourself; – “How many recorded injuries involving toilet seats were there during 2006?” Three hundred and twenty-two, to be precise. But Roger, of the Tom and Jerry’s made a good point. I’m gonna need to review my stock of potential bonus questions, as bonus questions that seem to be designed to just boost the pot seriously get on people’s nerves.

And that one did, I noticed.

So, any ideas would be gratefully received, bent out of shape, and happily used!

Anyway, let me post up tonight’s question set; – 65 in a series of 69.

ROUND ONE: – GENERAL KNOWLEDGE.

Q1) According to a survey in February, 2007, what North-eastern town was declared England’s noisiest?

A1) Newcastle.

Q2) In that same survey, which Devon town was named England’s quietist?

Q2) Torquay.

Q3) Which “Doctor Who” actor was the 1st guest on the 1st episode of “Swop Swap”?

A3) Tom Baker.

Q4) Dipsophobia is an unreasoning fear of what?

A4) Drinking.

Q5) Agar-agar is a type of gelatine made from what; – seaweed, algæ,or lichen?

A5) Seaweed.

Q6) What do you add to rum, to make grog?

A6) Water.

Q7) What device is used over a guitar’s fretboard, to raise the pitch of the strings?

A7) A capo.

Q8) What is another name for a ships load mark?

A8) Plimsoll Line

Q9) Astrologically speaking, two of the fire signs are LEO and ARIES. Which is the third?

A9) Sagittarius

Q10) On board ship, where would you find the Scuppers?

A10) On deck. They’re the holes that allow water to run off.

ROUND TWO: – FOOD AND DRINK

Q11) Which catchphrase of tv chef Jamie Oliver’s comes from a Sanskit word, meaning simply –and rather ironically–‘…cooked’?

A11) Pukka

Q12) With the aid of a civets digestive tract, Kopi Luwak sells for anything between 120 and 600 US dollars per pound making it the most expensive what in the world?

A12) Coffee.

Q13) What six letter name is given to the substance used as a setting agent in many jams and marmalades?

A13) Pectin

Q14) What type of food advertising was banned on January 1st, 2008?

A14) Junk food ads.

Q15) What sort of meat is used in the Greek dish Kleftiko?

A15) Lamb.

Q16) From which continent does Couscous originate?

A16) (North) Africa

Q17) What distinguishes Gruyere cheese from most other cheeses; – holes, a wax coating, or blue veins?

A17) Holes

Q18) What general name is given to Indian food cooked in a clay oven?

A18) Tandoori

Q19) What was the very first cargo to be regularly transported by train in Germany?

A19) Beer

Q20) Pork from which European country was withdrawn in 2008?

A20) The Republic of Ireland

ROUND THREE: – ALL THROUGH HISTORY.

Q21) Of which people was Atahualpa the last leader; – the Inca, Aztec, or Toltec?

A21) The Incas.

Q22) Which battle of 1805 is sometimes referred to as The Battle of the Three Emperors; – the Battle of Austerlitz, the Battle of Bunker Hill, of the Battle of Waterloo?

A22) Battle of Austerlitz.

Q23) Henry 8th got married in the Chapel Of The Observance Friars on June 11, 1509; – to which of his wives?

A23) Catherine of Aragon

Q24) The Rye House Plot was a plot to kill which British monarch?

A24) Charles II

Q25) Which delivery service operated in the USA from April 1860 to November 1861?

A25) The Pony Express

Q26) Who is the oldest British Monarch to have ascended to the throne?

A26) William IV aged 64

Q27) Who, according to the opening lines of the book of the same name, was born in York in 1632?

A27) Robinson Crusoe. (Written by Daniel Dafoe)

Q28) Who was the leader of France’s Vichy government during WWII?

A28) Marshal Henri Petain

Q29) What name was given to the process of killing every tenth man in a mutinous Roman Legion?

A29) Decimation

Q30) Which famous mutiny took place in 1789?

A30) The Mutiny on the Bounty

ROUND FOUR: – BLINDED WITH SCIENCE.

Q31) What part of your body would a trichologist be concerned with?

A31) Hair

Q32) For most vertebrates, which organ produces Bile?

A32) The liver (stored in the gallbladder).

Q33) What is the official unit used for measuring the depth of water?

A33) The metre. (Not Fathom, as I am sure many would suggest; – the fathom is the old imperial measurement).

Q34) Deep Thought was an IBM-produced chess computer, named after the super computer in which famous work of fiction?

A34) “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.”

Q35) What was the name of Yuri Gagarin's space capsule; – Soyuz II, Sputnik II, or Vostok I?

A35) Vostock I.

Q36) What, in 1781, became the first new planet to be discovered since the ancient times?

A36) Uranus.

Q37) ENIAC was the worlds first digital what?

A37) Digital computer. (Electronic Numerical Integrator And Calculator.)

Q38) In biology which word means ‘living together’; – symbiosis, parasitic, or bipedal?

A38) Symbiosis

Q39) Titan is the largest moon of which planet; – Jupiter or Saturn?

A39) Saturn

Q40) Which radioactive metal was discovered at Berkeley University in California in 1940 and named after one of the nine planets?

A40) Plutonium

ROUND FIVE: – BY THE NUMBERS.

Q41) How many clubs made up the English Football League, when it was 1st formed?

A41) 12

Q42) Excluding children’s books, how many discworld novels has Terry Pratchett written?

A42) 31

Q43) Moving anticlockwise on a dartboard, what number is next to 11?

A43) 8

Q44) How many days in two non–leap years?

A44) 730

Q45) What’s the approximate distance from London to Paris, in miles?

A45) 200

Q46) How many balls are used in a game of pool?

A46) 16. (15 object balls, plus the cue ball.)

Q47) How many members are there in a water polo team?

A47) 7

Q48) If a team at bridge wins a grand slam, how many tricks have they won?

A48) 13 tricks.

Q49) What are the odds of rolling a double 1, on two six sided dice; 1 in 36, 1 in 18, or 1 in 9?

A49) 1 in 36. (Equal to 35 to one)

Q50) In pre-decimal money how many farthings were in a penny?

A50) Four

ROUND SIX: – GENERAL KNOWLE IGNORANCE.

Q51) “No, No, No” was the debut single for which American girl band?

A51) Destiny’s Child.

Q52) Jack Ryan invented which toy?

A52) The Barbie Doll.

Q53) The Angel, in Venezuela, is the world’s highest what?

A53) Waterfall.

Q54) The Cavy is better known as which rodent?

A54) The Guinea Pig.

Q55) What was the 1st decimal coin to be released in the UK?

A55) The 50p piece.

Q56) Harriet Quimby was the 1st woman to fly over what?

A56) The English Channel.

Q57) Mother Theresa was noted for her work with the poor of which country?

A57) India.

Q58) What would a mural be painted on?

A58) A wall.

Q59) What’s Britain’s largest species of predatory fish?

A59) The pike.

Q60) A sudden rush of snow down the side of a mountain is known as what?

A60) An avalanche.

Here’s where it gets complicated, though. As originally written, King Harold Sixty-five would’ve been functionally identical to Hutton 15, used and posted, last Thursday. But I got to the halfway point, and thought that the last half wouldn’t play as well in the King Harold, as it did in the Hutton. And the teams there thought it a bit tough.

So I did some surgery; – the result is what you see above, and means I’m going to have to do some fast re-writing!!