Quiz tonight 8.30

[Mike Reynolds]

See you there.

Mike

[Mike Reynolds]

Oh well, no one has replied so maybe you don't want a quiz tonight??

[Agent Sizzle]

Hi Sweetie

I'm here! :bootyshake:

[Mike Reynolds]

OK question 1

What is the collective noun for a group of owls?

[scorpio]

Sorry Mike am here....raring to go... :wink:

[Belly Dancing Goldfish]

I'll do me best :D

[Agent Sizzle]

parliament

[Agent Sizzle]

do I get extra points for:

getiing the right answer (natch)
being the first here
calling you sweetie

:D

[scorpio]

a twiglet... :lol:

[Agent Sizzle]

a twiglet... :lol:


:lol: :lol: :lol:

That's lovely!

[Mike Reynolds]

You get extra points for just being you, Sizz, as does everyone else

Parliament is correct

Q2 - For which United Nations agency is WHO the abbreviation?

[Agent Sizzle]

Oh come on Becky, google / c&p can't take that long... :roll:

[Agent Sizzle]

world health organisation

[scorpio]

World Health Organisation

[Oldraver]

Wait for me..!!

[soul17]

I'm here

[Mike Reynolds]

Yup, Sizz has it again, well done.

Easy one for Q3 - Who was the uncredited vocalist on Adamski's number one 'Killer'?

[soul17]

Some African Townsend

[soul17]

Bowie

[Agent Sizzle]

seal

[scorpio]

Seal

[Oldraver]

wait for me!!!

[Mike Reynolds]

Yes, Sealhenry Samual is correct.

Q4 - What is the US equivilent of the Epsom Derby?

[scorpio]

wait for me!!!

Get your finger out Raver... :wink:

[scorpio]

Kentucky dash...?

[soul17]

kentucky

[Oldraver]

wait for me!!!

Get your finger out Raver... :wink:

I'm watching the Alastair Campbell Diaries.

I'll catch up..or invent me own quiz. :wink:

[Agent Sizzle]

I googled but have since had a rare attack of conscience so I won't post it.

mainly because I think horseracing should be banned. :protest:

[Oldraver]

Kentucky Derby.

[Agent Sizzle]

It would be wrong to penalise a conscious objector, so I'll just have a bonus point instead, please.

[scorpio]

Fried Chicken Sweepstake...?

[Oldraver]

I googled but have since had a rare attack of conscience so I won't post it.

mainly because I think horseracing should be banned. :protest:

You think only people should be horse whipped.... 8)

[Mike Reynolds]

Fair comment, Sizz, Kentucky Derby it is.

Todays STINKER question (Must throw one of these in a week)

What was the name of the Canadian version of Band Aid, which featured Bryan Adams, Neil Young and Joni Mitchell?

[Agent Sizzle]

True, Raver - whipping people is fine, but not horses. :evil:

[scorpio]

Elastoplast..

[soul17]

Lucas Aid

[Agent Sizzle]

Farm Aid

[Oldraver]

Fair comment, Sizz, Kentucky Derby it is.

Todays STINKER question (Must throw one of these in a week)

What was the name of the Canadian version of Band Aid, which featured Bryan Adams, Neil Young and Joni Mitchell?

Can Aid A Dry..?

[scorpio]

Fair comment, Sizz, Kentucky Derby it is.

Todays STINKER question (Must throw one of these in a week)

What was the name of the Canadian version of Band Aid, which featured Bryan Adams, Neil Young and Joni Mitchell?

Can Aid A Dry..?

:lol: 8)

[Oldraver]

Hearing Aid

[Mike Reynolds]

Clue: Their name was also the title of the only hit single for Reneissance (sp?)

[Oldraver]

Northern Lights

[scorpio]

NorthernLights

[Agent Sizzle]

Northern Lights

[soul17]

looking at the line up Deaf Aid springs to mind

[Belly Dancing Goldfish]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh can't keep up Lucy's probe was playing up :lol:

[Mike Reynolds]

Fair comment, Sizz, Kentucky Derby it is.

Todays STINKER question (Must throw one of these in a week)

What was the name of the Canadian version of Band Aid, which featured Bryan Adams, Neil Young and Joni Mitchell?

Can Aid A Dry..?

PMSL Raver, brilliant!

[scorpio]

Doh... am always second...

[Oldraver]

Doh... am always second...

8)

[soul17]

Doh... am always second...

There's nothing wrong with coming second. :wink:

[Mike Reynolds]

Yes, Northern Lights is correct, the song was 'Tears are Not Enough' but it wasn't the ABC track!

Q6 - Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider starred in which controversial 1972 film?

[Agent Sizzle]

last tango in paris

[scorpio]

LastTango in Paris

[Oldraver]

Doh... am always second...

There's nothing wrong with coming second. :wink:

Said Hitler...... :twisted:

[soul17]

tango in Paris

[Oldraver]

Last Mango In Harris......

[scorpio]

Doh... am always second...

There's nothing wrong with coming second. :wink:

Said Hitler...... :twisted:

And the England FootballTeam...constantly... :wink:

[Mike Reynolds]

Gawd you are all so quick, yes, Last Tango in Paris is correct.

Q7 - Which country's bobsleigh team inspired the film 'Cool Runnings'?

[Oldraver]

Jamaica

[scorpio]

Jamaica

[Agent Sizzle]

jamaica

[soul17]

Jamaica

[scorpio]

No...She came ofher own accord.... :lol:

[Oldraver]

:rr: :rr: :rr: :rr:

and here they are.....

[scorpio]

:lol: :lol: 8)

[soul17]

That Ian Mac's not doing very well tonight, normally he is good

[Mike Reynolds]

Thanks for that, Scorps! Jamaica it was.

'Jackie' was a hit for Scott Walker, but what other female name did he have a hit with?

[soul17]

Eloise

[scorpio]

Joanna

[Oldraver]

Joanna

[Oldraver]

Joanna

You came first that time.

[scorpio]

Joanna

You came first that time.

I did didn't I... :wink:

[soul17]

I think he did a remix of Eloise

[scorpio]

I think he did a remix of Eloise

:lol: :lol: 8)

[Oldraver]

I think he did a remix of Eloise

Loosie.

[Mike Reynolds]

Joanna it was, and a beautiful song, too.

Q9 - George Harrison's 'Something' Derek and the Dominos 'Layla' and Eric Clapton's 'Wonderful Tonight' were all written about the same lady, what is her name?

[scorpio]

Patti...erm...erm....forgotten...

[Agent Sizzle]

patti

[Oldraver]

Patti Boyd

[Agent Sizzle]

boyd

[scorpio]

I wanted to say Patti...Hurst/ La Belle or Smith..none right... :roll:

[soul17]

Cake
Bugger on the tip of my tongue, did not want to cheat

[scorpio]

Patti Cake... :lol:

[Agent Sizzle]

I wanted to say Patti...Hurst/ La Belle or Smith..none right... :roll:

Nope - not one of them. :lol:

[Mike Reynolds]

Yes, Patti Boyd (or Harrison) is correct

Q10 - In which Canadian city were the 1976 Summer olympics held?

[scorpio]

Cake
Bugger on the tip of my tongue, did not want to cheat

Heaven forfend... :shock:

[scorpio]

Montreal

[Oldraver]

Montreal

[soul17]

Montreal

[Agent Sizzle]

edmonton

[scorpio]

I wanted to say Patti...Hurst/ La Belle or Smith..none right... :roll:

Nope - not one of them. :lol:
Sign of old age I think.... :lol:

[Mike Reynolds]

Montreal is correct, I can't keep up!!!

Q11 - Which part of the body is affected by Gingivitis?

[Oldraver]

gums

[Agent Sizzle]

the skin and hair, it makes you be ginger.

[scorpio]

the gingi gland... :lol:

[soul17]

B##lo##s
don't know

[Oldraver]

Thought Ratty was coming on tonight..?

[Mike Reynolds]

Yes, Raver. gums it is.

Q12 - Appropriately, for the weather we have been having, who had a 1991 hit with 'Winter In July'?

[Oldraver]

Bing Crosby and the Beach Boys

[scorpio]

Thought Ratty was coming on tonight..?
He's been struck down with Gingivitis.... :shock:

[Agent Sizzle]

bomb the bass

[scorpio]

I don't know but Sarah Brightman did a version...

[Mike Reynolds]

Thought Ratty was coming on tonight..?
He's been struck down with Gingivitis.... :shock:

By Gum, has he? :lol:

[Oldraver]

Thought Ratty was coming on tonight..?
He's been struck down with Gingivitis.... :shock:

Yavas yavas :lol:

[scorpio]

Thought Ratty was coming on tonight..?
He's been struck down with Gingivitis.... :shock:

By Gum, has he? :lol:

:lol: 8)

[Oldraver]

bomb the bass

tards.

[Agent Sizzle]

Thought Ratty was coming on tonight..?
He's been struck down with Gingivitis.... :shock:

Yavas yavas :lol:

yeah what does that mean?

[soul17]

Thought Ratty was coming on tonight..?
He's been struck down with Gingivitis.... :shock:

By Gum, has he? :lol:

:lol: 8)

Mustafa Chew

[scorpio]

Thought Ratty was coming on tonight..?
He's been struck down with Gingivitis.... :shock:

Yavas yavas :lol:

yeah what does that mean?

It sounds like a really nice Honey Cake from Turkey... :lol:

[Oldraver]

Thought Ratty was coming on tonight..?
He's been struck down with Gingivitis.... :shock:

Yavas yavas :lol:

yeah what does that mean?

We'll have to ask him..but I think it might be Turkish. :lol:

[Mike Reynolds]

Yup, Sizz has it, it was Tim Simenon's Bomb the Bass

Q13 - Which boat race commentator, on a particularly foggy day, observed 'I can't see who is in the lead, it's either Oxford or Cambridge'?

[scorpio]

Eddie Waring... :lol:

[soul17]

David Coleman

[Oldraver]

Thought Ratty was coming on tonight..?
He's been struck down with Gingivitis.... :shock:

By Gum, has he? :lol:

:lol: 8)

Mustafa Chew :lol:

[Agent Sizzle]

murray walker

[Oldraver]

John Snagge

[Oldraver]

Stevie Wonder.

[scorpio]

Arfur Mullard

[Mike Reynolds]

Neither right so far. He also, as a clue, was the announcer on Noel Edmunds Sunday show on R1.

[scorpio]

Hissing Sid...?

[Agent Sizzle]

Oh how Anglocentric!!! :protest:

(even though I did use to watch the race when I lived in Putney...)

[Oldraver]

Gervais Farquarharson.

[soul17]

Bomb the Bass

[Mike Reynolds]

Raver got it with 'John Snagge' well done.

Q14 - How many Gallons in a Bushel?

[Oldraver]

Sir Vanessa Redgrave.

[Agent Sizzle]

Mr Agent says he doesn't know, which means I can't answer.

[soul17]

4

[scorpio]

eight

or a bird iin the bushel..

[soul17]

maybe 6

[Oldraver]

six

[soul17]

or 8

[Agent Sizzle]

yes but is it brit or yank gallons?

[Oldraver]

Mr Agent says he doesn't know, which means I can't answer.
:lol:

[scorpio]

:lol: :lol:

[Oldraver]

yes but is it brit or yank gallons?

Petrol gallons :wink:

[Mike Reynolds]

Scorps is right with 8.

Who wrote the historical novels 'I Claudius' and 'Claudius the God'?

[soul17]

yes but is it brit or yank gallons?

2 stetsons full then, the ole big heads :lol:

[scorpio]

yes but is it brit or yank gallons?

Petrol gallons :wink:

I was thinking in terms of Vino... :shock:

[Oldraver]

Robert Graves

[scorpio]

Robert Graves

[Agent Sizzle]

robert lindsey

[Oldraver]

yes but is it brit or yank gallons?

Petrol gallons :wink:

I was thinking in terms of Vino... :shock:

I never doubted that for a minute.... 8)

[scorpio]

Scorps is right with 8.

Who wrote the historical novels 'I Claudius' and 'Claudius the God'?

Way hey.... :drunken:

[soul17]

Bob Graves (a good friend of mine)

[scorpio]

yes but is it brit or yank gallons?

Petrol gallons :wink:

I was thinking in terms of Vino... :shock:

I never doubted that for a minute.... 8)

:P :drunken: 30% off at Tescos last week... :wink:

[Mike Reynolds]

Bloody hell, you're good tonight! Robert Graves is the answer.

Q16 - Which chalk hills run across Sussex to Beachy Head?

[Agent Sizzle]

south downs

[Oldraver]

Er...The Chalky Hills Of Beachy Head, Sussex.

[scorpio]

the chalkys

[soul17]

The South Downs
see my location, if i'm wrong shoot me

[Agent Sizzle]

The South Downs
see my location, if i'm wrong shoot me

My dad's a Brightonian :D

[Oldraver]

The South Downs
see my location, if i'm wrong shoot me

We'll **** ing shoot you anyway.... :wink:

[soul17]

The South Downs
see my location, if i'm wrong shoot me

My dad's a Brightonian :D

Kemp Town?

[Agent Sizzle]

Ditchling Road

[Oldraver]

The South Downs
see my location, if i'm wrong shoot me

My dad's a Brightonian :D

:ky: Is he..? How nice.....

[scorpio]

The South Downs
see my location, if i'm wrong shoot me

My dad's a Brightonian :D

Kemp Town?

Doo Dah Doo Dah... :lol:

[Agent Sizzle]

The South Downs
see my location, if i'm wrong shoot me

My dad's a Brightonian :D

:ky: Is he..? How nice.....

:evil:
You just bugger off if you can't be civil.

:sizz:

[Oldraver]

The South Downs
see my location, if i'm wrong shoot me

My dad's a Brightonian :D

Kemp Town?

Doo Dah Doo Dah... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Mike Reynolds]

Yes, the beautiful South Downs, lovely part of the country.


Q17 - Zen is a branch of which religion?

[scorpio]

Budhism

[Agent Sizzle]

buddhismm

[Oldraver]

The South Downs
see my location, if i'm wrong shoot me

My dad's a Brightonian :D

:ky: Is he..? How nice.....

:evil:
You just bugger off if you can't be civil.

:sizz:

Ouch.... :wink:

[soul17]

Ditchling Road, i know it.
I am near Worthing. Gods country, every ones waiting to die

[Oldraver]

Motorcycle Maintenance

[scorpio]

Ditchling Road, i know it.
I am near Worthing. Gods country, every ones waiting to die

I thought that was Eastbourne... :lol:

[scorpio]

Motorcycle Maintenance

:lol: 8)

[Mike Reynolds]

Yes, Buddahism is correct.

Q18 What was comedy genius Eric Morecambe's real surname?

[Agent Sizzle]

everywher on the south coast is like that - except Brighton. :D

[soul17]

Ditchling Road, i know it.
I am near Worthing. Gods country, every ones waiting to die

I thought that was Eastbourne... :lol:

Thats God's Waiting Room :lol:

[Oldraver]

Bartholomew

[scorpio]

Andre Preview

[Mike Reynolds]

I just knew Raver would get that first!

Q19 - Which actress played Madison the mermaid in 'Splash'?

[Oldraver]

Andre Preview

:lol: 8)

[scorpio]

He came from Morecambe...and there is a statue to him...

Victoria Wood lived there for a bit too...

Its up the coast a bit from Blackpool...

Nice...

[Oldraver]

Daryl Hannah

[Agent Sizzle]

I have never seen what's funny about Morecomb and Wise :roll:

No suggestions for the name...

[scorpio]

Thingy...long blond hair.. Darryl Hannah

[soul17]

Darrel Hannah or Hall

[Agent Sizzle]

daryl hannah

[Oldraver]

He came from Morecambe...and there is a statue to him...

Victoria Wood lived there for a bit too...

Its up the coast a bit from Blackpool...

Nice...

Don't think you're getting extra points girl..... 8)

[scorpio]

He came from Morecambe...and there is a statue to him...

Victoria Wood lived there for a bit too...

Its up the coast a bit from Blackpool...

Nice...

Don't think you're getting extra points girl..... 8)
:P ...just passing on a bit of useless info.... :wink:

[soul17]

He came from Morecambe...and there is a statue to him...

Victoria Wood lived there for a bit too...

Its up the coast a bit from Blackpool...

Nice...

Don't think you're getting extra points girl..... 8)

I thought Brighton was more interesting :lol:

[Oldraver]

I have never seen what's funny about Morecomb and Wise :roll:

No suggestions for the name...

He teamed up with Basil once.....

Morecomb and Brush.

[Agent Sizzle]

I have never seen what's funny about Morecomb and Wise :roll:

No suggestions for the name...

He teamed up with Basil once.....

Morecomb and Brush.

I don't get it... :roll:

[Mike Reynolds]

Daryl Hannah (strange name) is correct.

I thought Eric Morecambe was a genius, Sizz, but each to their own.

Q20 - The 1973 hit 'Joybringer' by Manfred Mann's Earthband was based on which classical piece and by which composer?

[Oldraver]

I have never seen what's funny about Morecomb and Wise :roll:

No suggestions for the name...

He teamed up with Basil once.....

Morecomb and Brush.

I don't get it... :roll:

You could have fooled me.... :lol:

[Agent Sizzle]

the planet suite by gustav holst

[Oldraver]

Holst....Jupiter

[soul17]

Handel
Water Music

[scorpio]

Sorry distracted...Holst...Jupiter... 8)

[scorpio]

Handel
Water Music
Now you're just making a convenience...

I'm flushed...

[soul17]

Handel
Water Music

Sorry, not my strong point, country and western

[Mike Reynolds]

It was Holst, 'Jupiter' from 'The Planets' wonderful piece of music.

Q21 - What type of fruit does the Damson tree produce?

[soul17]

Plums

[Oldraver]

Plum

[Agent Sizzle]

plums

[scorpio]

Damsons...Plums...Damsons...

[Oldraver]

It's a fix!!!

[Agent Sizzle]

good for getting your gums around. :D

[scorpio]

good for getting your gums around. :Das long as you don't have Ginivitis... :shock:

[soul17]

good for getting your gums around. :D

Mustafa Chew in Turkish

[Oldraver]

good for getting your gums around. :D

That's how you catch gingivitis...... :wink:

[Mike Reynolds]

Plums is correct, of course

You are all too good for me tonight!

Q22 - Under what name did Freddie Mercury release a cover version of the Beach Boys 'I Can Hear Music' in 1973?

[Agent Sizzle]

larry lurex and the dipstickers

[Oldraver]

good for getting your gums around. :D

Mustafa Chew in Turkish

Yavas Yavas

[soul17]

Fredrick Ballsover

[Oldraver]

Freddie and the Creamers. :ky:

[scorpio]

Hylda Baker. :geek: But not a lot of people know that... :wink:

[soul17]

Mr R. S. Upwards

[Mike Reynolds]

Larry Lurex is correct, Sizz, wonder who gave him the inspiration for that name <puzzledsmiley>

Q22 - What was the name of the man who is considered to be the inventer of the computer (albeit a very primative version)?

[Oldraver]

Babbage

[scorpio]

Leonardo Da Vinci..

[Agent Sizzle]

albert einstein

[soul17]

Abacus

[Agent Sizzle]

Larry Lurex is correct, Sizz, wonder who gave him the inspiration for that name <puzzledsmiley>



Dunno, but Mr Agent gave me the inspiration for the answer... :lol:

[soul17]

Larry Lurex is correct, Sizz, wonder who gave him the inspiration for that name <puzzledsmiley>



Dunno, but Mr Agent gave me the inspiration for the answer... :lol:

Mr Agent's name is Larry then, that's lucky eh

[Mike Reynolds]

Raver is correct with Charles Babbage - Gawd your knowledge impresses me. I am among some seriously intelligent peeps here.

Q24 - How often is Haley's comet visible?

[Agent Sizzle]

No he's not called larry, he just likes lurex. :lol:

[scorpio]

20 years..or 70..years...

[Agent Sizzle]

every 70 yers

[Oldraver]

76 years or something....

[soul17]

50 years, my son's answer

[Oldraver]

No he's not called larry, he just likes lurex. :lol:

Into rubber then..?

[scorpio]

When England win the World Cup... :shock:

[Oldraver]

When England win the World Cup... :shock:

It's not that long :lol:

[Agent Sizzle]

No he's not called larry, he just likes lurex. :lol:

Into rubber then..?

That's latex, not lurex. 8)

[Mike Reynolds]

Raver is doing the biz tonight - every 76 years is correct.

Q25 - What is the capital city of the Bahamas?

[scorpio]

When England win the World Cup... :shock:

It's not that long :lol:
Was being optimistic...

[Oldraver]

No he's not called larry, he just likes lurex. :lol:

Into rubber then..?

That's latex, not lurex. 8)

:lol:

[scorpio]

Nassau

[Oldraver]

Nassau

[Agent Sizzle]

nassau

[soul17]

Nassau

Bless you Scorps, hay fever :wink:

[Mike Reynolds]

Got a picture in my mind of Sizz in Lurex, thank gawd the quiz is nearly over. I need a lie down!

[Oldraver]

Nassau's gone funky...who did that??

I'm starting a new quiz...

[scorpio]

Nassau

Bless you Scorps, hay fever :wink:
:lol: 8)

[soul17]

Got a picture in my mind of Sizz in Lurex, thank gawd the quiz is nearly over. I need a lie down!

I need a football or Soul question :lol:

[Oldraver]

Got a picture in my mind of Sizz in Lurex, thank gawd the quiz is nearly over. I need a lie down!

With Jessica Rabbit as well...you'll need two lie downs..... 8)

[scorpio]

Nassau's gone funky...who did that??

I'm starting a new quiz...

The Bahamas Splits...

[Oldraver]

Got a picture in my mind of Sizz in Lurex, thank gawd the quiz is nearly over. I need a lie down!

I need a football or Soul question :lol:

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[Oldraver]

Nassau's gone funky...who did that??

I'm starting a new quiz...

The Bahamas Splits...

:lol: 8)

[scorpio]

Got a picture in my mind of Sizz in Lurex, thank gawd the quiz is nearly over. I need a lie down!

I need a football or Soul question :lol:

Okay...is football good for the Soul...?

[Mike Reynolds]

'Funky Nassau' was by 'The Beginning of the End' and is fantastic.

Anyway Q26 - For what do the initials 'FBI' stand?
'

[soul17]

Got a picture in my mind of Sizz in Lurex, thank gawd the quiz is nearly over. I need a lie down!

I need a football or Soul question :lol:

Okay...is football good for the Soul...?

Yes indeedee, rythmn and dribble.

[Oldraver]

Federal Bureau Of Investigation

[scorpio]

Federal Bureau of Investigation..

[Agent Sizzle]

federal bureau of investigation

[scorpio]

Got a picture in my mind of Sizz in Lurex, thank gawd the quiz is nearly over. I need a lie down!

I need a football or Soul question :lol:

Okay...is football good for the Soul...?

Yes indeedee, rythmn and dribble.

:lol: :lol: :shock:

[soul17]

Federal Bureau of Investigaters

[soul17]

I'm in fourth place now, my best position ever.