Thursday 15 January 2009

In Lieu Of Photos …


I give you … um … PHOTOS!   And promotional posters, of course, so you know the dates of the Valentines gigs, at each  of the venues, of course.   The King Harold’s is on February the 10th, with the Hutton’s on the 12th.   But so you know who’s who, by the way, at the top is Sue, landlady of The Hutton.   I’ll have to bag one of Martin, over at the King Harold, at some point …

In the middle is Paul Smithy, or Smitty, as we’ve all come to know him, and underneath him, is Pete Meade.   With Tommy Lyons, next to him, giving him a haircut. Ah–HEM!   I swear Tommy will grow up, one of these days …


But the reason I mention Pete, and Paul is that, back in the day, if you won three of my quizzes in a row, you were writing next week’s.   Pete, bless him, was one of those winner’s.  And Smitty actually volunteered to give it go.   Pete’s wasn’t too bad, although he did manage to pitch it a little on the tough side.  Paul’s was actually nearer the mark, bless him.   And, if I recall correctly, the sportª round he put in, was a blinder!



Good work, the pair of them!

And to my mate Graham, as well, who provided tonight’s bonus question.

Who said ‘I suppose they are going to make a big deal of all this‘, what was he doing, and in which year was he doing it?

Which didn’t get answered; – the logical consequence of which is that next weeks bonus pot at the Hutton will be worth at least £8•75p.  Because none of tonight’s teams knew it was Neil Armstrong, when he was part of the Apollo Eleven mission that made the first moon landing, in 1969.   Now, if only I could find were Graham got it!

But anyway, tonights winners and losers … well, by now, if you’ve been following my blog for a while, you’d’ve guessed that the ‘AKA-47’s’ came in first, with sixty-two points.   But they were very closely followed by the ‘Noble Pedants’, with sixty-one points.



In third were a new team, the ‘Chin Nuts’ – if I’ve read the hand writing, correctly – with fifty-six point.   I must say thank you, at this point to them, they found me online, and didn’t mind me asking!


And in last, and bagging the much lusted after t-shirt, were the ‘Mike Connor Experience’, with fifty points.   Congratulations, and thanks, to all and sundry.

Anyway, moving along, we’ve had the King Harold’s version of the table round – or, at least, questions 7 to 10 –, so here’s the complete set …


Q1) Which charter did Churchill & Roosevelt sign on HMS Prince of Wales in 1941?
A1) The Atlantic Charter.

Q2) Which was the biggest Argentinean ship to be sunk during the Falklands War?
A2) The General Belgrano.

Q3) In which month in 1914 did the First World War begin?
A3) August.

Q4) What were people told to ‘keep burning’ in the hit song of 1914?
A4) Home Fires.

Q5) Which Welshman became prime minister of Britain in 1916?
A5) David Lloyd George.

Q6) At which battle in 1916 were there said to be a million fatalities?
A6) The Battle of the Somme.

Q7) Gertrude Margaret Zelle was better known as which World War 1 spy?
A7) Mata Hari.

Q8) What nickname was given to the regiment commanded by Charles Orde Wingate during World War II?
A8) The Chindits.

Q9) What did George V ban at home, to encourage others to do the same and help the war effort?
A9) Alcohol

Q10) Lord Kitchener was assumed dead, after being lost, where?
A10) Lost at sea

But, just to remind you of the King Harolds versions of questions 7 to 10, here …


Q7 Until 1939, the First World War was known as … what?
A7 The Great War.

Q8 Which new weapon was introduced in battle in 1916?
A8 The Tank.

Q9 In the 1915 song where did you 'Pack up your troubles'?
A9 In your old kit bag.

Q10 Edith Cavell who was shot by the Germans on a spying charge; – what was her job?   
A10 Nurse

And finally, New Hutton set Seven, identical to Harold set 57, just in case you’re interested …


ROUND ONE.   GENERAL KNOWLEDGE.

Q1) The largest Greek population, outside Greece, is in which New York Borough; – Queens, Manhatten, or the Bronx?
A1) Queens.

Q2) What word can go after “bottle” & before “manager”?
 Q2) Bank.”

Q3) In which British institution did Karl Marx write “Das Capital”?
A3) The British Musuem.

Q4) What was the name of the family, in “The Beverly Hillbillies”?
A4) Clampett.

Q5) Where on the body might a cataract appear?
A5) An eye.

Q6) Who did Bianca de Macias marry, in 1971?
A6) Mick Jagger

Q7) What word describes linking computers together?
A7) Networking.

Q8) In printing and editing, what do the initials UC stand for?
A8) Upper Case.

Q9) Cob is the name given to the young of which bird?
A9) The Swan.

Q10) Trumpets and cornets belong to which group of musical instruments?
A10) Brass




ROUND TWO.   SPORTING CHANCES.

Q11) Græme Le Saux was born in which Islands?
A11) The Channel Islands

Q12) Which Lonodn based aporting event did Dionico Ceron win for 3 years in a row?
A12) The London Marathon.

Q13) At which US sports event did Janet Jackson famously suffer a wardrobe malfunction?
A13) The Superbowl.

Q14) In which sport do participants wear sheepskin nosebands?
A14) Horse–Racing

Q15) How many league goals did Bobby Charlton score for Manchester United?
A15) 199

Q16) Which football club plays at the Riverside Stadium?
A16) Middlesbrough

Q17) With which sport do you associate TV commentator, Julian Wilson?
A17) Horse–racing.

Q18) Steve Bloomer is associated with which sport?
A18) Football.

Q19) On what surface is curling played?
A19) Ice.

Q20) After which horny animal is the Leeds Rugby Super League team named?
A20) Rhinos.




ROUND THREE.   AT THE MOVIES.

Q21) Who played the title role in the film “Spartacus”?

Q22) David Lean’s film was about a passage to which country?
A22) India

Q23) Who, in “The Jungle Book”, is the king of the swingers?
A23) King Louie.

Q24) Which James Bond Theme did Tina Turner sing?
A24) Goldeneye.”

Q25) Which actress appears both in “The Beloved”, and “The Colour Purple”?

Q26) Who was the first black male actor to win an Oscar?

Q27) Thomas Mapother 4th is the real name of which film star?

Q28) Which Ancient Greek theatre gives its name to a chain of cinemas?
A28) Odeon

Q29) Which “Matrix” character is played by Carrie Anne Moss
A29) Trinity

Q30) Who were Mack Sennett’s most famous creations?
A30) The Keystone Kops




ROUND FOUR.   BLINDED WITH SCIENCE.

Q31) Bluetooth is named after a king of which country?
A31) Denmark; – he was Harald the 1st of Denmark, & unified them with Sweden & Norway, which is why the makers of Bluetooth used it as a name.

Q32) Which organic chemical was 1st used as an anaesthetic in 1846?
A32) Ether

Q33) 12.5% can also be expressed as which fraction?
A33)  1/8th

Q34) Ores are minerals that contain what?
A34) Metals.

Q35) The Solar System’s 10th planet is Sedna; – it’s named after a goddess from which North American tribe?
A35) The Inuit

Q36) Deoxyribonucleic acid is more commonly known by what initials?
A36) DNA.

Q37) Which body part has an enamel coating?
A37) The teeth.

Q38) William Tainton was the 1st person on what?
A38) TV.  (J. L. Baird used him as his 1st human guinea pig.)

Q39) At what temperature Celsius does Hydrogen Hydroxide freeze?
A39) 0˚ Degrees Celsius.  (It’s the other name for water.)

Q40) What’s the main ingredient of glass, sand, putty, or cheese?
A40) Sand.




ROUND FIVE.   GREEN AND SCALY.

Q41) How many horns did the triceratops have?
A41) Three

Q42) What kind of animals were the first vertebrates; – crabs, fish, or worms?
A42) Fish

Q43) What is the study of fossils called
A43) Palæontology

Q44) Which dinosaur had a name that meant Great King lizard?
A44) Tyrannosaurus Rex

Q45) What was the huge, now extinct tiger noted for its teeth?
A45) Sabre toothed tiger

Q46) The Diplodocus had the longest … what?
A46) It had the longest tail

Q47) What sort of creature was the coelacanth?
A47) A fish

Q48) Kieselguhr is fossilised plankton; – is it used for polishing or making of dynamite?
A48) Both

Q49) What was the prehistoric equivalent of today’s elephant?
A49) Mammoth or mastodon

Q50) The Brachiosaurus was what; – the world’s heaviest, or lightest dinosau?
A50) Heaviest




ROUND SIX.   GENERAL KNOWLE IGNORANCE.

Q51) Who became PM, without being elected; – Harold McMillan, James Callahan, or John Major?
A51) All three of them

Q52) What’s the UK’s fastest currently active steam loco?
A52) The Mallard

Q53) Which group of agaents does ABTA represent?
A53) Travel Agents

Q54) What is the name of the world’s second-highest mountain?
A54) K2

Q55) Who had a sword called Excalibur?
A55) King Arthur

Q56) Which international pressure group has as its symbol a candle wrapped in barbed wire?
A56) Amnesty International.

Q57) Which British politician became known as ‘…the Quiet Man’?
A57) lain Duncan Smith.

Q58) David Morgan of Burford has the world's largest collection of traffic cones; – how many different cones does he have; –117, 127, 0r 137?
A58) 137

Q59) What kind of building is a campanile?
A59) A bell-tower.

Q60) In which long-running series are David, Ruth and Eddie central characters?
A60) The Archers.

Hope that’s useful, folks, enjoy your weekend.   And remind me to update my microphone, at some stage, folks.   People not hearing the difference between ‘ISLANDS’ and ‘ISLAND’ got me a serious grilling …

ª I’m not a big sports fan, with the possible exception of half heartedly try to follow the snooker, as and when.   Smitty, on the other hand, is a huge fan of football in general, and West Ham in particular –as is the GBB, Becky, herself– and will happily at least watch many sportsº, to see if it’s something he’d like the look of.   As a result, he, as with many of the Hutton, and Harold regulars, is a LOT more knowledgeable about sport, and football in particular, than I am.   Consequently, I tend not to put to many sport questions in, unless I’m VERY sure of the answers … much to the embarassment and annoyance of ‘Tom & Jerry’ …

º With the possible exception of Dressage; – you know, the posh horse riding, where the riders get the horses doing wheelies.   Or whatever its called …

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