Last Hussar's Quiz Night

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Think I got most of those. Had to use a calculator for last un.

[Last Hussar]

That's cheating!

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Well i could have used pen and paper for it....

[Techno 3]

8/10

Got 8 & 10 wrong.

[Ithoriel]

Round written just so I could mention the Turkish city of Batman.

Batman City, Batman District, Batman Province lies on the Batman River and if you took part in the Erasmus student exchange program you could even go to Batman University!

[Last Hussar]

I will be posting answers later.  In the meantime, while researching Quiz Questions I have found a site that lists neo-natal deaths as 'Communicable disease'.

I have questions as to the 'communicable' definition...

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

I will be posting answers later.  In the meantime, while researching Quiz Questions I have found a site that lists neo-natal deaths as 'Communicable disease'.

I have questions as to the 'communicable' definition...

Dont put em in a quiz....

[Last Hussar]

   Did they out last Liz Truss?
1   Titanic first voyage was shorter - it was 5 days old – just – when the ship sunk

2   Lent in 2022 is officially 40 days, or 43 days if you include Sundays, so just shorter.

3   Edward the fifth reigned for 78 days – so longer.

4   Desert storm started 17 January 1991, and finished 28 February 1991. That is 42 days, so Shorter.

5   The gestation period of a kangaroo is, on average 42 days – so just shorter.

6   Lizzy's leadership campaign was more than twice as long as her actual time as PM – 98 days, so longer.

7   The gestation period of a red fox is, on average, 52 days, so longer.

8   Battle of Passchendaele was longer - 31 July to 10 November 1917, 102 days

9   From the first invasion to the Argentinian surrender the Falklands lasted 73 days, so longer.

10   3,628,800 seconds is 42 days – so shorter.

[Last Hussar]

And now...

   Film and TV

1   Why has the broadcast of "Mickey's Gala Premiere" on 1 September 1939 gained fame?

2   Alan Napier, Neil Hamilton and Stafford Repp were 3 of the 5 actors who appeared in all 120 episodes of which comic book inspired 60s TV show?

3   What was the first-ever Disney/Pixar feature-length release?

4   Which recurring minor character in James Bond is called Major Boothroyd?

5   What was the first the first feature film originally presented as a talkie?

6   In which year did ITV launch?

7   In which year did the first Oscar ceremony take place?

8   At 19 years old, who is the youngest singer to sing an original James Bond theme song?

9   Which game show that ran from 1972 to 1983, opened with the introductory phrase "And now, from Norwich, it's the quiz of the week"?

10   It has been calculated that rescuing the characters played by which actor would have cost more than $900 billion in total. As the magazine Time noted "That's nearly a trillion dollars spent on saving one person."

[John Cook]

Did they out last Liz Truss?

1   Titanic first voyage was shorter - it was 5 days old – just – when the ship sunk

There is an argument that Titanic's maiden voyage only ends when it arrives in New York. 

[d_Guy]

There is an argument that Titanic's maiden voyage only ends when it arrives in New York. 

As long as it continues to exit, you are existentially correct! 

[Last Hussar]

There is an argument that Titanic's maiden voyage only ends when it arrives in New York. 

Yes, There is.
It's a stupid argument, but it's an argument.

A stupid, stupid argument...

Also White Line stopped paying crew when it sunk, so there's a hell of a back pay claim.

[Leon]

And now...

Film and TV

Confident on 3 of those, reasonably happy guesses for another 2, and then I've got an inkling on the £900 billion actor.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

I can 8 & 10, after that...

[Last Hussar]

Come on, you have to share!

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Ive got 2, 6 and 9

[Techno 3]

1 out of 10.
Even got the James Bond one wrong.   

[Leon]

Come on, you have to share!

Fair enough:

Film and TV

1   Why has the broadcast of "Mickey's Gala Premiere" on 1 September 1939 gained fame?

Not sure on this, I'm assuming it's something to do with the breakout of WWII.

2   Alan Napier, Neil Hamilton and Stafford Repp were 3 of the 5 actors who appeared in all 120 episodes of which comic book inspired 60s TV show?

I'm guessing at Batman, as you've mentioned '3 of 5' actors and if you'd included Adam West we'd all get it straightaway.

3   What was the first-ever Disney/Pixar feature-length release?

Toy Story

4   Which recurring minor character in James Bond is called Major Boothroyd?

There are only a few recurring characters so it must be Q.

5   What was the first the first feature film originally presented as a talkie?

No idea.

6   In which year did ITV launch?

1950s/60s?  I'm sure Corrie did an anniversary event a couple of years back but I can't remember if that was a 60 or 70 year thing.

7   In which year did the first Oscar ceremony take place?

Not a clue.  We're into the late '80 something-th' ceremony this year so with some missing during the war I'd guess the 1930's?

8   At 19 years old, who is the youngest singer to sing an original James Bond theme song?

Billie Eilish

9   Which game show that ran from 1972 to 1983, opened with the introductory phrase "And now, from Norwich, it's the quiz of the week"?

Nope

10   It has been calculated that rescuing the characters played by which actor would have cost more than $900 billion in total. As the magazine Time noted "That's nearly a trillion dollars spent on saving one person."

My first instinct is to go with Matt Damon, just due to The Martian and the amount of money it would take to get him back from Mars?  But I'm also wondering about Tom Hanks as he's been in a lot of 'rescue' films: Captain Philips, Apollo 13, Sully, Castaway, Private Ryan (also Matt Damon), etc.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Answer to 6 is 1953, with a toothpaste advert.

[Last Hussar]

Film and TV answers

1   Mickey's Gala Premiere, a Micky Mouse cartoon, was the last programme on BBC before TV was shut down at the start of World War Two.

Contrary to popular legend, the BBC did play it to the end, then shut down.

2   If I tell you Napier, Hamilton and Repp were Alfred, Commissioner Gordon and Chief O'Hara, and the other 2 actors were Adam West and Burt Ward, you'll probably know the show was Batman.

3   The first Pixar movie was Toy Story.

4   Major Boothroyd is better known by his codename 'Q' from the pre-Daniel Craig era.

5   The first film presented as a 'Talkie' is 'The Jazz Singer'.

6   ITV was launched in 1955. Half a point for 1 year out.

7   The first Oscars were 1929. ½ a point if they put anything from 1927 to 1931 instead.

8   Billie Eilish, with the theme to 'No Time to Die' is the youngest Bond singer.

9   The Quiz of the week was 'Sale of the Century', hosted by Nicholas Parsons.

10   The actor who keeps needing rescuing is Matt Damon.