Last Hussar's Quiz Night

[Last Hussar]

What Month
Twelve historical events, one in each calendar month. Name the month.

1   03rd, 1939
United Kingdom declares war on Germany
   
2   03rd, 1984
Band Aid release "Do they Know it's Christmas?"
   
3   04th, 1979
Margaret Thatcher becomes first female Prime Minister of UK   

4   15th, 1912
Titanic struck an iceberg and sank
   
5   18th, 1815
Battle of Waterloo
   
6   21st, 1805
Battle of Trafalgar
   
7   21st, 1969
Neil Armstrong walks on the Moon
   
8   23rd, 2020
Alexander "Boris" Johnson announces first COVID lockdown   

9   24th, 1991
Ground Offensive against Iraq starts, in the First Gulf War

10   30th 1963
First Doctor Who episode repeated, due to the Kennedy assassination a week before.
   
11   30th, 1969
Beatles perform on the rooftop of their office, their last public performance.   

12   31st, 1997
Princess Diana dies.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Off to Google to check  - got 1, 5, think I know 3 , 4. 6 and 7

[d_Guy]

Well, I got 1,4,5,7, and 9. About par for the course.

[Last Hussar]

Frankly, if anyone on this forum fails to get 1, then you should never come back!

[d_Guy]

Glad I got 1 then, although it was an educated guess knowing the Nazi invasion was on the 1st. 

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Exact answer for 1 is Miday on 3rd Sept 1939 Chamderlins radio address ending "This undertacking having not been recived we are now at war with Germany"

[Last Hussar]

Isn't it 11am?

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Isn't it 11am?

              

[Last Hussar]

Sorry for the delay with these answers- got a bit busy at work

1   03rd, 1939
United Kingdom declares war on Germany
   September

2   03rd, 1984
Band Aid release "Do they Know it's Christmas?"
   December

3   04th, 1979
Margaret Thatcher becomes first female Prime Minister of UK
        May

4   15th, 1912
Titanic struck an iceberg and sank
   April

5   18th, 1815
Battle of Waterloo
   June

6   21st, 1805
Battle of Trafalgar
   October

7   21st, 1969
Neil Armstrong walks on the Moon
   July

8   23rd, 2020
Alexander "Boris" Johnson announces first COVID lockdown
   March

9   24th, 1991
Ground Offensive against Iraq starts, in the First Gulf War
   February

10   30th 1963
First Doctor Who episode repeated, due to the Kennedy assassination a week before.
   November

11   30th, 1969
Beatles perform on the rooftop of their office, their last public performance.
   January

12   31st, 1997
Princess Diana dies.
   August

[Last Hussar]

So last Tuesday I was pub quizmaster.

I don't do 50/50 rounds, because people just put A, B, A, B or similar

However I came up with a Cunning Plan. Our final round is 2 points for a correct answer, but MINUS 2 for an incorrect one. I thought 'People won't guess on a 50/50 if there is a penalty.

I was wrong.

One team, who were mid-table went for it. They knew a couple (one member is in a Beatles tribute band) but the rest they just guessed, think if they lost and came last at least they would get the booby prize, a bag of sweets.

They got all 10 right. They looked embarrassed when they had to admit to 20 out of 20...

Here is that round.


Wipeout round
You know the rules, and so do I. If you never give me up, and get it right, you get two points.
If you let me down, and get it wrong, it is MINUS two points.
If you run around and desert me, and put nothing, you get nothing.
[why yes, I did Rick-roll the entire pub...]

Who is the oldest?
Of each pair I give you, who was born first? It is the Birth date I judge this on, not whether one is dead. There is no pattern if you are looking for it – I wrote down the names then looked them up.

1   Rock icon Mick Jagger or Pop icon John Lennon?

2   Eric Morecombe or Ernie Wise?

3   Infamous dictator Adolf Hitler or infamous dictator Joseph Stalin?

4   Famed footballers - Gary Lineker or Paul Gascoigne?

5   The previous two Prime Ministers, Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak?

6   Comic duo Stan Laurel or Oliver Hardy?

7   Sherlock Holmes actor Benedict Cumberbatch or John Watson actor Martin Freeman?

8   The Dangerous Brothers - Rik Mayall or Ade Edmondson?

9   Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton or Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markel?

10   King Charles 1st or the man who replaced him, Oliver Cromwell?

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

1) Lennon
2)Wise
3) Stalins BDate is not known so I'll guess here - Stalin
4) Linaker
5) Liz Truss
6) Laurel
7) Freeman
Edmondson
9) Markel
10) Cromwell

[Last Hussar]

TESTING

So I haven't asked this round yet, but I have just this second written in; you are my guinea pigs.

No cheating, please.


Last lines

What films are these the last lines of?

1 Oh no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was beauty killed the beast

2 After all, tomorrow is another day

3 Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads

4 I do wish we could chat longer, but I'm having an old friend for dinner

5 Louis, I believe this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship

6 Well, nobody's perfect

7 The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist. And like that... He's gone

8 You met me at a very strange time in my life

9 All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up

10 "In case I don't see you, good afternoon, good evening, and good night!"

[Raider4]

1) King Kong
2) 
3) Back to the Future
4) Silence of the Lambs
5) Casablanca (?)
6) Some Like it Hot
7)
8 )
9)
10) The Truman Show

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

1) King Kong
2) Gone wit' t'wind
3) Back to the Future
4) Silence of the Lambs
5) Casablanca
6)
7) The Usual Suspects
8 Fight Club
9)
10) The Truman Show

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Fraid I didn't get any 

[Techno 3]

Three

[Last Hussar]

So The team with Raider/Speedy on get 9 out of 10

The one no one got;

9 All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up - Sunset Boulevard

I'm calling this round a success - so goes into the pool I hold.

[Last Hussar]

   Entertainment
1   Which public service aims to educate, inform and entertain?

2   The title song of which film is 'That's Entertainment'

3   "Let me entertain you" is a track from the 1978 album "Jazz" by which rock-pop group?

4   "Let Me Entertain You" is a single by which English singer-songwriter in 1998?

5   After killing a man, who shouts "Are you not entertained? Are you not entertained? Is this not why you are here?" I want the character, not the actor.

6   The 'Entertainer' chain of Toy shops does what, because of the founders' Christian faith?

7   According to Bob Hope, what is the box they buried entertainment in.

8   The Entertainer is a play about the life and work of a second-rate music hall comic, brilliantly created by Sir Laurence Olivier in the original production. Who wrote it?

9   "The Entertainer" is a 1902 classic piano rag written by who?

10   Marlon Brando said what is at most a poet and at least an entertainer.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

8
Probably 6

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Maybe 2 - 1st and 9th