The Daily Teaser and Friday Question Set: 20-5-11

Drat … !

I’ve gone and slept through my alarm …

AGAIN … !

GGAAAAAHHH … !

I hate doing that …

OK …

GRANTED, I needed the sleep.

But even so … !

Oy … VEH … !

But at any rate …

Well …

At least I know, I’ve some vintage Dr Who — in the shape of the Jon Pertwee story, Terror of the Autons — playing in the background.

Lets get moving on, shall we … ?

Yes, lets … !

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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Serendipity, Kaiju and Debbi all putting in their answers: with all scoring 6 out of 6, it also saw Kaiju and Debbi recommending Lawrence of Arabia to us, and Serendipity giving us a potted history of the Mars 2 spacecraft, and managing to make me double-check my research on that, and the 1980 Mount Saint Helens eruption.

It’s official: I love the Teaser Gang, their as sharp as scalpels, and really keep me on my toes … !

But lets how they — and you — do with today’s questions.

Here they are, along with the ‘How To’, video and Licence …

Q1) 20th May, 1896, saw the collapse of what at the Palais Garnier, in Paris … ?

Q2) 20th May, 1873, saw Levi Strauss and Jacob Davies receive the patent for copper-riveted blue jeans: the word ‘jeans’ is derived from the name of which Italian city … ?

Q3) The alternative name for jeans is based on the name of which French town … ?

Q4) 20th May, 1969, saw the end of which Vietnam War battle … ?

Q5) 20th May, 1932, saw Amelia Earhart become the first woman to fly non-stop across the Atlantic, by flying from Newfoundland … to which European country … ?

Q6) And finally … 20th May, 1916, saw the Saturday Evening Post, publish its first cover by which painter … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 19th May, 1971, saw the Soviet Union launch its second probe to where … ?

A1) Mars.

Q2) Nine years later, 19th May, 1980, saw which volcano explode … ?

Q2) Mount Saint Helens.

Q3) More to the point, in which US State is that volcano … ?

A3) Washington.

Q4) 19th May, 2004, saw Tony Blair hit with purple dyed flour: thrown by protestors from which group … ?

A4) Fathers for Justice.

Q5) May 19th, 1988, saw the birth of actress and model, Lily Cole: in which Terry Gilliam film did she make an appearance … ?

A5) The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus.

Q6) And finally … 19th May, 1935, saw the death of which British army officer … ?

A6) Thomas Edward Lawrence: otherwise known as Lawrence of Arabia.

And here, along with the Creative Commons License, is the 60-questions set for struggling pub quiz-masters …

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ROUND ONE. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE.

Q1) In the acronym, RADAR, what does the second r stand for?

A1) Ranging. (The complete phrase is RAdio Detection And Ranging)

Q2) Which Queen attended the very first Royal Ascot?

Q2) Queen Anne

Q3) Which European country was the first in the world to introduce number plates?

A3) France.

Q4) Jo-Raquel Tejad is better known as which Hollywood star?

A4) Raquel Welch.

Q5) Who scored the quickest ever FA Cup Final Goal?

A5) Roberto di Matteo

Q6) What was George 2nd supposedly sitting on at the time of his death?

A6) The Toilet

Q7) EOKA was a terrorist organisation on which Mediterranean island?

A7) Cyprus

Q8) Who was born first, Charles Darwin, or Albert Einstein?

A8) Charles Darwin.

Q9) Which team did Alan Shearer score his only England hat-trick against?

A9) Luxembourg

Q10) In the Beatles classic, Penny Lane, what’s the occupation of the person selling poppies from a tray?

A10) A nurse.

ROUND TWO. BY THE NUMBERS

Q11) Approximately how many islands are there, in the Scillys? (5 either way.)

A11) 140. (Give the point for anywhere from 135 to 145)

Q12) How many top ten hits did Catatonia have?

A12) Three.

Q13) In darts, what’s the highest score you can get with 3 different trebles?

A13) 171. (Treble 20, treble 19, & treble 18.)

Q14) Radium has the same atomic number as which bingo call: Two fat Ladies, Legs Eleven, or Clickety Click? (Extra point for the number.)

A14) Two Fat Ladies. (88)

Q15) In which century was the first Nativity play?

A15) The 15th

Q16) How many feet in a dozen yards?

A16) 36.

Q17) How old was Steve Jobs when he helped developed the first Apple computer?

A17) 21.

Q18) How many children did Princess Diana have?

A18) 2.

Q19) On average, how many mink are killed, to make one mink coat?

A19) 55.

Q20) In Scrabble, how many points is the letter ‘Q’ worth?

A20) 10.

ROUND THREE. FOOD AND DRINK.

Q21) What colour wine is claret?

A21) Red.

Q22) Saffron tinges food which colour?

A22) Yellow.

Q23) What colour is root Ginger?

A23) Brown.

Q24) What’s the most common fuel for a barbecue?

A24) Charcoal.

Q25) Sirloin is made from which meat?

A25) Beef.

Q26) What food item is usually sold at Billingsgate Market

A26) Fish.

Q27) A shallot is what kind of vegetable?

A27) An onion.

Q28) Where did Balti cuisine originate?

A28) Britain.

Q29) What size wine bottle is equal to 12 standard bottles?

A29) A salmanazar.

Q30) Dom Bernardo Vincelli devised which liquer?

A30) Benedictine.

ROUND FOUR. TV DINNERS.

Q31) Jeremy Paxman, & Bamber Gascoigne, have both presented which TV show?

A31) University Challenge.

Q32) Which children’s classic featured Dougal, Dylan, and Ermintrude?

A32) The Magic Roundabout.

Q33) Barry Norman began the first of many film review programmes in 1972. Who now presents it?

A33) Claudia Winkle and Danny Leigh.

Q34) Conundrum was the name of the last episode of which American soap?

A34) Dalls.

Q35) In which 90s drama did Robert Lyndsay play a deranged local councillor?

A35) GBH.

Q36) Moxey, Oz, & Barry were characters in which TV show?

A36) Auf Wiedersehn, Pet.

Q37) Alison Steadman played a Deumis Roussis obsessed housewife, in which Mike Leigh drama?

A37) Abigail’s Party.

Q38) What links the controversial series, Queer as Folk and the new version of Doctor Who?

A38) Producer & writer, Russell T. Davies.

Q39) US inventor, Robert Adler, died at the age of 93, this year; - what tv device did he invent?

A39) The TV remote control.

Q40) What Roman Drama was the BBC’s most expensive serial of 1976?

A40) I, Claudius.

ROUND FIVE. FISHY BUSINESS.

Q41) What is a fish’s caudal fin?

A41) Its tail

Q42) What colour are the spots on a plaice?

A42) Red/orange

Q43) What sort of fish is a skipjack?

A43) A tuna.

Q44) Which family of fish does the Anchovy belong to?

A44) The Herring.

Q45) Caviare is which part of the Sturgeon?

A45) The Eggs.

Q46) Tinca Tinca is the Latin name for which fish?

A46) Tench.

Q47) Alevin, and Parr are stages in the development of which pink fleshed fish?

A47) The Salmon.

Q48) What is the world’s largest fish?

A48) The whale shark.

Q49) What name is given to a small pilchard?

A49) Sardine.

Q50) What colour is a live lobster?

A50) Blue Black.

ROUND SIX. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE IGNORANCE.

Q51) Gibson, Ovation, and Martin, are all brands of what kind of guitar?

A51) Acoustic.

Q52) Who had her 1st solo hit, in 1999, with Look at Me?

A52) Geri Halliwell. (Accept Ginger Spice)

Q53) What word describes linking computers together?

A53) Network. (Internet, Extranet, & Intranet are all types of computer network)

Q54) What direction do you travel, when abseiling?

A54) Downwards

Q55) What was the nickname of President Dwight Eisenhower?

A55) Ike.

Q56) If you played 35 cards, in a game of Patience, how many are left to play?

A56) 17

Q57) What was the colourful nickname of WW1 flying Ace, Baron Manfred von Richofen?

A57) The Bloody Red Baron

Q58) What’s the only mammal that can fly?

A58) The Bat. (The Flying Squirrel only glides)

Q59) What planet is nearest the sun?

A59) Mercury.

Q60) The Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins, play which sport?

A60) American Football.

Enjoy those, everyone: I’ll catch you later … !