Last Hussar's Quiz Night

[Techno 3]

Five (I think)

Yes..Five. I looked up No. 9 and I got it right

[Steve J]

7-8 I think.

[Last Hussar]

To be clear - the answers

1    Beauty killed the beast in King Kong
2    Tomorrow was indeed another day in Gone With The Wind
3    They didn't need roads in Back to the Future
4    He had a friend for dinner in Silence of the Lambs
5    Rick said it could be a beautiful friendship in Casablanca
6    Nobody's perfect in Some Like it Hot
7    The devil pulled his greatest trick in The Usual Suspects
8    A strange time of life was Fight Club
9    DeMille could do his close up in Sunset Boulevard
10    Good afternoon, good evening, and good night! Was Truman leaving The Truman show

[Last Hussar]

Right, so something a bit different - your advice please.

The winners get to try for the Jackpot - these are usually 3-6 questions.
If they get the first question right, they win some money. They then get a second question. They get to ask for a question number, but they don't know the question until it is read out.
After hearing the question, they can either take the money they have won, OR gamble and give an answer.
If the answer is wrong they lose all the money so far, quiz ends
If the answer is right, they win some more, and can gamble on the third.

Prize ladder is currently 1/4 of jackpot - 1/2 jackpot - JACKPOT

I have a number of questions I'm not sure how to group.

How would you group the following, in groups of 4 (I know there are 11!)

A   As languages evolve - all known languages - the first two colours they name are black and white. What is the first colour they name after that?

B   You can be over-whelmed, you can be under-whelmed. What is the original meaning of the archaic word 'Whelm'?

C   Remains of one of the most recently discovered early human species, Homo floresiensis, have so far only been found on the Island of Flores, Indonesia. What nickname have they acquired?

D   The Anglo Saxon and Viking Runic alphabets were arranged differently to the Roman one – they didn't go A, B, C. What was the first letter?

E   In September 2024, what country became the first country in the world where electric cars outnumbered fossil fuel ones?

F   There was a planned 3rd Timothy Dalton James Bond film. Much of the pre-production was completed, but obviously never filmed, though many elements were used in later films. Named after a Bond short story, what was its name?

G   In 1976 NASA unveiled its first space shuttle. What was its name?

H   The cover for Paul McCartney's album Band on the Run depicts McCartney, Linda McCartney and band member Denny Laine plus six other well-known people dressed as convicts caught in the spotlight of a prison searchlight. Name 3 of these 6.

I   What did athlete Chris Chaterway do on 6th May 1954?

J   Robin Williams would call Steven Spielberg once a week on the set of which film, and do a routine by speakerphone to cheer up the cast and crew of which movie?

K   In Lord of the Rings how many Rings of Power were forged in the Second Age?

Ideally I'd want a mix - not more that one 'Do what?' per quiz.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

I can do four of those, but the rest I would lose the house

[Raider4]

H The cover for Paul McCartney's album Band on the Run depicts McCartney, Linda McCartney and band member Denny Laine plus six other well-known people dressed as convicts caught in the spotlight of a prison searchlight. Name 3 of these 6.

I love this album cover - such a bizarre mix of people.


John Conteh, James Coburn & Michael Parkinson. 

[Last Hussar]

Speedy, what 4?

[sunjester]

Just 4 for me as well: C, D, G and K!