The Daily Teaser, and the Friday Question set …

Phew! It’s Friday!!

Which means, of course, I’ll be putting up the teaser, yesterday’s answers, and, as usual, the 60-questions for struggling pub quiz masters.

(Just as a minor point, here, I’ve managed to get round the hiccup I had with with some of the pre-prepared quizzes not formatting correctly. Simply by copying them from the .odt format I’d had them in, and copying them into a .rtf file.)

At any rate, here’s today’s Teaser questions …

Q1) July, 24^th, 1567, saw James 6^th be named as King of Scotland; who was his mother?

Q2) More to the point, what name did he assume, when he became King of England?

Q3) Just as pointedly, who did he replace, as ruler of England?

Q4) Moving on, July 24^th, 1924, saw the foundation of FIDE; that’s the governing tournament body for which game?

Q5) July 24^th, 1948, saw the release of a Bugs Bunny cartoon called “Haredevil Hare”; which other Warner Brothers character was introduced in this cartoon?

Q6) Simeon Saxe Coburg Gotha was elected as Prime Minister of Bulgaria, today, in 2001; which office did he hold, as a child?

Q7) And finally, July 24^th, 1911, saw American archæologist Hiram Bingham discover which lost South American city?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) July 23^rd, 1947, saw the birth of which English singer?

A1) David Essex.

Q2) July 23^rd, 2002, saw the death of Leo McKern; which fictional barrister did he play on TV?

A2) “Rumpole of the Bailey.”

Q3) On this day in 1986, saw which Royal Prince get married?

A3) Prince Andrew; otherwise known as Randy Andy.

Q4) More to the point, who did he get married to?

A4) Sarah Ferguson.

Q5) And finally, today in 1833 saw the beginnings of the construction of the Kirkland Temple; which denomination built it?

A5) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; the Mormons, in other words.

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And here’s today’s 60-question set …

Round 1. General Knowledge.

Q1) What’s the word Modem short for?

A1) Modulator/Demodulator.

Q2) True or False; - Green tea is fermented.

A2) False, it’s unfermented.

Q3) With the recently introduced changes, what’s the old pre-premiership Division 4 now called?

A3) The Coca Cola League 2.

Q4) Which of the following won’t dissolve in water. Salt, sand, or sugar?

A4) Sand.

Q5) Where could you buy 2 items, and still have bought lots?

A5) An auction.

Q6) Daniel Fahrenheit created a device to measure what?

A6) Temperature.

Q7) Mr Ashwell, of Herne Hill, invented which sign?

A7) The Engaged sign, for toilets.

Q8) ‘Junta,’ is the Spanish word for what?

A8) Join.

Q9) What is the 21st century name for the country where the 1st known map was found?

A9) The Ukraine.

Q10) Michael Crick is the biographer of which convicted criminal?

A10) Jeffery Archer.

Round 2. 21st Century Headlines.

Q11) Who beat Ellen McArthur, in the Vendee Globe Race, 2000-01?

A11) Michael Desjoyeaux.

Q12) Who was George W Bush’s first Defence Secretary?

A12) Donald Rumsfeld.

Q13) Which computer virus was first detected in Hong Kong, in May 2000?

A13) I Love You.

Q14) Where in England was there a Major rail crash, in March, 2001?

A14) Selby

Q15) Who was the 1st private individual to make a journey into space?

A15) Dennis Tito.

Q16) What was the name of the inquiry into the death of Steven Lawrence?

A16) The MacPherson Inquiry.

Q17) Which Gay activist famously tried to make a citizens arrest of Robert Mugabe, in 1999?

A17) Peter Tatchell.

Q18) Which station was the 1st to air “The Weakest Link” in the US?

A18) NBC.

Q19) Stipe Mesic was elected as president of where?

A19) Croatia.

Q20) How many storeys did each of tower of the World Trade Centre have?

A20) 110.

Round 3. World Tour.

Q21) Baffin Island is between Baffin Bay and which other island?

A21) Greenland.

Q22) Bali is a mountainous island of which country?

A22) Indonesia.

Q23) The Malvenas are otherwise known as what islands?

A23) The Falkland Islands.

Q24) Off what countries coast are the Malvenas?

A24) Argentina.

Q25) Which US state is known as the Golden State?

A25) California.

Q26) Helsinki is on which gulf?

A26) The Gulf Of Finland.

Q27) How many islands make up Fiji?

A27) 2.

Q28) Which is the most easterly of the Caribbean Windward Islands?

A28) Barbados.

Q29) Where are the Roaring Forties?

A29) Cape Town.

Q30) In which mountain range would you find Cotopaxi?

A30) The Andes.

Round 4. Name That Tune.

Q31) ‘Baggy blue jeans & a box of magazines are all I got of you.’

A31) “Cowboys & Kisses.” Anastacia.

Q32) ‘Wella, wella, wella, Uh!’

A32) “Summer Love.” from the musical, “Grease”.

Q33) ‘You can tell the world, you never was my girl.’

A33) “Archy Breaky Heart”, by Billy Ray Cyrus.

Q34) ‘Your lovelife’s DOA.’

A34) “I’ll Be There For You,” by The Rembrandts. (The theme-tune from “Friends”, in other words.)

Q35) ‘It was a kind of so-so love, and I’m gonna make sure it never happens again.’

A35) “Say Hello, Wave Goodbye.” Soft Cell

Q36) ‘I’ve got a funny feeling, if we remove the ceiling.’

A36) “Right, Said Fred.” Bernard Cribbins.

Q37) ‘And when he died, all that he left us was alone.’

A37) “Papa was A Rolling Stone.”

Q38) ‘Camp is very entertaining, and they say we’ll have some fun, when it stops raining.’

A38) “Hello Mother, Hello Father.” Alan Sherman.

Q39) ‘No pop, no style, us strictly roots.’

A39) “Uptown Top Ranking.” Anthea & Donna.

Q40) ‘Das ist gut, Ich lieber dich.’

A40) “Hit me With Your Rhythm Stick.” Ian Dury & the Blockheads.

Round 5. Slanguage.

Q41) Bacon.

A41) Child abuser. (Prison/cockney rhyming slang; it’s a shortened form of ‘bacon bounce’, or nonce.)

Q42) Rupert.

A42) An army officer. (Army.)

Q43) Fraggle.

A43) Madman. (Prison; derived from ‘Fraggle Rock’; the prison term for the prison medical wing.)

Q44) Pony.

A44) £25. (London/cockney.)

Q45) Tabbing.

A45) Forced march. (Army. The marine version is yomping.)

Q46) Aris.

A46) Rear end. (Cockney rhyming slang: Aristotle, bottle; Bottle & Glass; go figure … !.)

Q47) Spin.

A47) A cell search. (Prison.)

Q48) Gig.

A48) One night stand/performance. (Musicians.)

Q49) Diesel.

A49) Butch lesbian. (Gay.)

Q50) Screw.

A50) Prison guard. (Prison.)

Round 6. General Knowledge.

Q51) Ian Livingston and Steve Jackson were the brains behind which British games company?

A51) Games Workshop.

Q52) According to a recent poll of RSC actors, what’s Shakespears best play?

A52) “Hamlet.”

Q53) The city of Akron, Ohio, is the birthplace of which rather shy self-help group?

A53) Alcoholics Anonymous.

Q54) Which professional British tennis player entered the 2004 Olympics?

A54) Tim Henman.

Q55) Nick Cave dueted with which fellow Australian singer,on the single, “Wild Rose”?

A55) Kylie Minogue.

Q56) In the film of the same name, who did frame Roger Rabbit?

A56) Judge Doom. (As played by Christopher Lloyd.)

Q57) What did Hermann Göring do, some hours before his execution?

A57) Commit suicide. (Accept poisoned himself.)

Q58) Helen Porter Mitchell was better known as which Australian singer?

A58) Dame Nellie Melba.

Q59) Who played Lukewarm, in “Porridge”?

A59) Christopher Biggins.

Q60) What term describes hidden, or concealed heat?

A60) Latent heat.

Enjoy those!

I’ll catch you later!