I am one of the quiz masters in the pub.
I will post a round here every so often - see if you can answer them WITHOUT LOOKING THEM UP. I'll post the answers after a couple of days, then another round.
Could they have met?
I'm going to give you the name of two famous people, and you have to decide if they could have met. They don't have to have actually met, I just want to know if they were alive at the same time, i.e. the older dying after the birth of the younger.
1 Alan Turing, inventor of modern computing, and Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft.
2 King George 5th and the current Queen, Elizabeth 2nd.
3 Johann Sebastian Bach, famed composer, and Ludwig van Beethoven, famed composer.
4 The little tramp, Charlie Chaplin, and the man who played him in the film 'Chaplin', Robert Downey Jr.
5 Famed Prussian Emperor and General Frederick the Great, and famed French Emperor and General Napoleon Bonaparte?
6 Inventor of the modern Police service, Sir Robert Peel, and inventor of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
7 The First Doctor in Doctor Who, William Hartnell, and the 13th, Doctor, Jodie Whitaker.
8 Oliver Hardy, of Laurel and Hardy, and comedian Paul Merton, Laurel and Hardy super-fan.
9 Christopher Columbus, who found the Caribbean while trying to get to China, and cartographer Martin Waldseemüller, who coined the term 'America' for the new world.
10 King James I and King James II.
Quote2 King George 5th and the current Queen, Elizabeth 2nd.
Think your quiz paper is a little out of date...
Nice idea though. Will sit down and have a go later.
Yeah, this round is from a couple of years ago!
QuoteI am one of the quiz masters in the pub.
I will post a round here every so often - see if you can answer them WITHOUT LOOKING THEM UP. I'll post the answers after a couple of days, then another round.
Could they have met?
I'm going to give you the name of two famous people, and you have to decide if they could have met. They don't have to have actually met, I just want to know if they were alive at the same time, i.e. the older dying after the birth of the younger.
1 Alan Turing, inventor of modern computing, and Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft. No
2 King George 5th and the current Queen, Elizabeth 2nd. Yes
3 Johann Sebastian Bach, famed composer, and Ludwig van Beethoven, famed composer. Yes
4 The little tramp, Charlie Chaplin, and the man who played him in the film 'Chaplin', Robert Downey Jr. No
5 Famed Prussian Emperor and General Frederick the Great, and famed French Emperor and General Napoleon Bonaparte? Yes
6 Inventor of the modern Police service, Sir Robert Peel, and inventor of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. No
7 The First Doctor in Doctor Who, William Hartnell, and the 13th, Doctor, Jodie Whitaker. No
8 Oliver Hardy, of Laurel and Hardy, and comedian Paul Merton, Laurel and Hardy super-fan. No
9 Christopher Columbus, who found the Caribbean while trying to get to China, and cartographer Martin Waldseemüller, who coined the term 'America' for the new world. Yes
10 King James I and King James II. No
I await the judgement of Solomon!
QuoteI await the judgement of Solomon!
Aren't we supposed to pass our answer sheets to the group on the next table?
Any others? Don't have my answers to hand, but pretty sure Mollinary didn't get 10 right.
I marked my own paper and got 7/10 correct. Some were educated guesses, the wrong answers were guesses, a few I definitely knew. (I used Google for the dates)
How I did based on my answers to the questions:
1. Correct Alan Turing. Bill Gates.
2. Correct King George 5th. Queen Elizabeth 2nd.
3. Correct Johann Sebastian Bach. Ludwig van Beethoven.
4. Correct Charlie Chaplin. Robert Downey Jr.
5. Correct Frederick the Great. Napoleon Bonaparte.
6. Wrong Sir Robert Peel. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
7. Correct William Hartnell. Jodie Whitaker.
8. Wrong Oliver Hardy. Paul Merton.
9. Wrong Christopher Columbus. Martin Waldseemüller.
10. Correct King James I . King James II.
Impressive scores. Despite my younger relatives believing I have lived long enough to have possibly met all of them, I got 3!! :'( :'(
I have to say that some of the ages/death dates of a few of the notables surprised me. Including some of them I got correct.
Quote from: Raider4 on 06 February 2024, 08:21:18 PMAren't we supposed to pass our answer sheets to the group on the next table?
Make sure you don't upset them, or they may take revenge with their marking.
QuoteI marked my own paper and got 7/10 correct. Some were educated guesses, the wrong answers were guesses, a few I definitely knew. (I used Google for the dates)
How I did based on my answers to the questions:
1. Correct Alan Turing. Bill Gates.
2. Correct King George 5th. Queen Elizabeth 2nd.
3. Correct Johann Sebastian Bach. Ludwig van Beethoven.
4. Correct Charlie Chaplin. Robert Downey Jr.
5. Correct Frederick the Great. Napoleon Bonaparte.
6. Wrong Sir Robert Peel. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
7. Correct William Hartnell. Jodie Whitaker.
8. Wrong Oliver Hardy. Paul Merton.
9. Wrong Christopher Columbus. Martin Waldseemüller.
10. Correct King James I . King James II.
Roy - are the correct / wrong's whether you got it right or wrong. Not if there was an overlap or not?
I think the idea is you answer the questions privately.
Its a bit of a spoiler to have someone's marked answers posted
QuoteI marked my own paper and got 7/10 correct. Some were educated guesses, the wrong answers were guesses, a few I definitely knew. (I used Google for the dates)
How I did based on my answers to the questions:
1. Correct Alan Turing. Bill Gates.
2. Correct King George 5th. Queen Elizabeth 2nd.
3. Correct Johann Sebastian Bach. Ludwig van Beethoven.
4. Correct Charlie Chaplin. Robert Downey Jr.
5. Correct Frederick the Great. Napoleon Bonaparte.
6. Wrong Sir Robert Peel. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
7. Correct William Hartnell. Jodie Whitaker.
8. Wrong Oliver Hardy. Paul Merton.
9. Wrong Christopher Columbus. Martin Waldseemüller.
10. Correct King James I . King James II.
I got seven as well, but I am not saying which seven!
Quote from: fred. on 07 February 2024, 06:00:24 PMRoy - are the correct / wrong's whether you got it right or wrong. Not if there was an overlap or not?
Whether I got it right or wrong. I've not given away any answers. "Correct" or "Wrong" does not correspond with whether the two were alive, or not, during the same time period.
How I've written it is this:
Question Number. My Answer Was. The Two People In Question.
Quote from: Orcs on 07 February 2024, 06:06:43 PMI think the idea is you answer the questions privately.
Its a bit of a spoiler to have someone's marked answers posted
Totally agree.
That's why I didn't scroll down the thread, in case anyone had done so.
If anyone assumed that I had done so, not saying anyone did, you understand, then I can only apologise. Sorry.
QuoteI think the idea is you answer the questions privately.
Its a bit of a spoiler to have someone's marked answers posted
I have merely put down my answers, not which ones were right or wrong, so no spoilers from me!
QuoteI think the idea is you answer the questions privately.
Its a bit of a spoiler to have someone's marked answers posted
Of course - but after a day I'm not too sure having the answers available is a big issue - especially if they are 10 posts or so later. It would certainly be more convenient. I attempted to share with my wife and daughter over tea - but then realised that what I'd thought were the answers as first glance weren't.
Things I didn't expect to cause a meta disagreement: This! ;D
I will post the answers, my assumption is what is posted is just people's guesses. Given the prize is "feeling of smug you knew" I don't think it matters if someone posts their answers, you'll know if you knew.
Answers to Round 1
1 No. Turing committed suicide in 1954, while Gates was born in 1955.
2 Yes, George died in 1936, and the Queen was born in 1926.
3 No, Bach died in 1750, while Beethoven was born 1770
4 Yes – Chaplin died in 1977, and Downey was born in 1965.
5 Yes – Frederick died in 1786. Bonaparte was born in 1769.
6 No, Peel died in 1850, Conan Doyle was born in 1859
7 No, William Hartnell died in in 1975, and Jodie Whitaker was born in 1982
8 Yes, just – Hardy died in August 1957, while Paul Merton was born in July 1957.
9 Yes. Waldseemuller lived 1470 to 1520, while Columbus bumped into the Caribbean but not the main land, in 1492.
10 No. James I died in 1625, while his grandson James II was born in 1633.
Round 2
Games (Anyone who gets a certain ones of these wrong should be banished from the forum...)
1 Which game was originally called 'The Landlord's Game" and was invented to show how property owners became rich from the work of ordinary people?
2 Of the ten digits, which would score the most when played as a word in English language Scrabble? Write the word, not the digit.
3 How many legal first moves does White have in chess?
4 Author HG Wells wrote rules for toy soldiers, what he described as "a game for boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty and for that more intelligent sort of girl who likes boys' games and books". How is it known?
5 Originally coming from a sixth century Indian board game, which race game for two to four players has the name which means 'Play' in Latin?
6 We are familiar with French Suited playing cards, which are 52 cards in a pack. Excluding jokers, how many playing cards are in a Spanish suited deck of cards?
7 Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson published which genre-defining game in 1974?
8 Which game was invented in China more than 2,500 years ago and is believed to be the oldest board game? continuously played to the present day? It was the last game which A-I became good enough to beat the world champion.
9 Which common board game gets its name from the verb 'to draw' – draw as in the verb move?
10 If a game is described as a 4X game, what 4 things does the X stand for – half a point if you get 2.
1- Monopoly
2- Zero
3- One! but I presume you mean from 12 possible moves? [I just had a quick think about this instead of being smug - it's 20 possible moves isn't it? B*gger!] Edited for stupidity.
4- Little Wars (did I escape censure?)
5- Ludo
6- Can't remember - thought it varied?
7- Dungeons & Dragons
8- Wei Chi/Go
9- Draughts
10- Haven't a Scoobies - Castlemaine XXXX?
[Unmarked - I have my suspicions about which are right and wrong but I have not checked so if you copy any of this it's your own fault when we all end up in detention]
Round 2
Games (Anyone who gets a certain ones of these wrong should be banished from the forum...)
1 Which game was originally called 'The Landlord's Game" and was invented to show how property owners became rich from the work of ordinary people?
Monopoly
2 Of the ten digits, which would score the most when played as a word in English language Scrabble? Write the word, not the digit.
Eight?
3 How many legal first moves does White have in chess?
Two?
4 Author HG Wells wrote rules for toy soldiers, what he described as "a game for boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty and for that more intelligent sort of girl who likes boys' games and books". How is it known?
Little Wars
5 Originally coming from a sixth century Indian board game, which race game for two to four players has the name which means 'Play' in Latin?
Ludo?
6 We are familiar with French Suited playing cards, which are 52 cards in a pack. Excluding jokers, how many playing cards are in a Spanish suited deck of cards?
1000!
7 Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson published which genre-defining game in 1974?
Dungeons and Dragons
8 Which game was invented in China more than 2,500 years ago and is believed to be the oldest board game? continuously played to the present day? It was the last game which A-I became good enough to beat the world champion.
Chess
9 Which common board game gets its name from the verb 'to draw' – draw as in the verb move?
Pictionary?
10 If a game is described as a 4X game, what 4 things does the X stand for – half a point if you get 2.
Not a clue. Extreme, Exciting, Excellent, Eggs.
Don't tell Nobby, but Leon isn't the God of Eternity... He has AT LEAST one wrong!
Oh come on. He clearly would delegate forum work to the assistant to the third deputy acting IT technician. And anyway he was busy with my order placed Thursday afternoon and dispatched 26 hours later!!
QuoteAnswers to Round 1
6/10 here. Need another pint...
QuoteRound 2
Games (Anyone who gets a certain ones of these wrong should be banished from the forum...) . . .
Pretty certain I've got 8/10 here (unless question 3 is a trick, in which case I'm out). The other two I don't have a clue.
I haven't written 3 as a trick.
Quote from: Raider4 on 09 February 2024, 06:03:05 PM6/10 here. Need another pint...
That makes it 7 out of 11!
QuoteI haven't written 3 as a trick.
I am assuming it is 20. Eight pawns move one square, eight pawns move two squares, two knights dog leg to the right, two knights dog leg to the left. Or have I missed something?
That's what I thought - 20 as described - but you could (although why you would want to I haven't the foggiest) resign - so 21?
But of all those you are only allowed to carry out one move. So possibly only 1 legal move from all the above possibilities.
White can only make one move, yes, but the question is how many do the have.
QuoteWhite can only make one move, yes, but the question is how many do the have.
Be pedantic (what on this forum???? ;) ), I think white can only have one move, you are asking about how many potential moves. Knowing how people operate here (and how you run quizzes) it's no wonder some people assume it's a trick question! ;D
You think I would ask a trick question?
I'm shocked, shocked I tell you!
I just realised I've completely misunderstood question 3! I thought it was how many moves the piece could make 'first', rather than how many potential moves could be made as your first move... :-[
That's... not helpful...
Every piece can move, just not all of them are legal!
:d
I refer the ?honourable? gentleman to the answer I gave just a few moments ago.
Answers to Games
1 "The Landlords game" was turned into its nemesis Monopoly.
2 Zero is the highest scoring digit, which scores thirteen. That is Zero, not Nought.
3 White has Twenty possible moves in chess. (16 for pawns, 4 for Knights)
4 HG Wells wrote 'Little Wars', which today we call a Wargame. Either of those is right.
5 'Play' in Latin is 'Ludo'
6 A Spanish suited deck has either 40 or 48 cards – either will do.
7 Gygax and Arneson are the original authors of Dungeons and Dragons.
8 The Chinese game is Go or Wei Qi, depending on whether you have the Japanese or Chinese name.
9 The game that means 'to draw' is Draughts
10 4X is an abbreviation of Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate – If you've played Civilization on your computer, that is a 4X game. Any order will do, and half a point for 2 right
New Round - Pubs, Bars and Taverns
1 During which Musical does inn-keeper Monsieur Thénardier sing the show-stopper 'Master of the House'?
2 In which soap opera is the 'The Bull' the village pub?
3 In which fantasy city is the inn 'The Broken Drum' – You can't beat it! After it is burned down and rebuilt it is renamed 'The Mended Drum' – you will be beaten.
4 Which movie starts in the Club Obi Wan?
5 Which movie, the third of the 'Three Flavours Cornetto' trilogy, is about a pub crawl of twelve pubs that ends up at the titular pub, interrupted by an alien invasion.
6 The Prancing Pony sees the meeting of important characters in which seminal book?
7 George Orwell described his ideal pub in an essay in 1946. What was it called?
8 What is the name of either of the pubs located in the village of Hogsmeade in Harry Potter? I only want one – no bonus point for both.
9 In which movie does the lead character propose the plan "Let's go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for this all to blow over" more than once?
10 The Black Prince, in Black Prince Road, Kennington, is a real pub that appears in which 007 pastiche, where the mentor character is shown using a lot of hi-tech weaponry during a pub fight?
Ohhh I actually know the answer to six of those.
But not saying the answers...
Better than me - I know 1, and think I have two more.
QuoteAnswers to Games...
Aye, 8/10 here, for 14/20 so far.
"Landlord? Another round over here please."
9/10 ... I think!
No idea on number 7.
Club Obi Wan is an educated guess based on having read about the club, not the film, recently.
Crikey - 5 and I think a fair guess at a sixth. I need to stay in more.
I'll post my answers seeing as I think I've only got 4 of them!
New Round - Pubs, Bars and Taverns
1 During which Musical does inn-keeper Monsieur Thénardier sing the show-stopper 'Master of the House'?
No idea, I don't think I've ever seen a musical other than Grease?!
2 In which soap opera is the 'The Bull' the village pub?
I'm pretty sure it's not the usual Eastenders, Emmerdale, Corrie ones. So either a 'modern' soap like Hollyoaks, or The Archers maybe?
3 In which fantasy city is the inn 'The Broken Drum' – You can't beat it! After it is burned down and rebuilt it is renamed 'The Mended Drum' – you will be beaten.
Bah! It's a Pratchett question but I can't remember the name of the town!
4 Which movie starts in the Club Obi Wan?
Temple of Doom! (I read too much IMDB!)
5 Which movie, the third of the 'Three Flavours Cornetto' trilogy, is about a pub crawl of twelve pubs that ends up at the titular pub, interrupted by an alien invasion.
The World's End.
6 The Prancing Pony sees the meeting of important characters in which seminal book?
Lord of the Rings.
7 George Orwell described his ideal pub in an essay in 1946. What was it called?
Not a clue on this one.
8 What is the name of either of the pubs located in the village of Hogsmeade in Harry Potter? I only want one – no bonus point for both.
Never read a Harry Potter book or watched a movie either...
9 In which movie does the lead character propose the plan "Let's go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for this all to blow over" more than once?
Shaun of the Dead.
10 The Black Prince, in Black Prince Road, Kennington, is a real pub that appears in which 007 pastiche, where the mentor character is shown using a lot of hi-tech weaponry during a pub fight?
Only a guess going from the word 'pastiche', it must be either Johnny English or The Kingsman?
Close on a couple of them Leon.
Quote from: Leon on 12 February 2024, 04:58:03 PMI'll post my answers seeing as I think I've only got 4 of them!
New Round - Pubs, Bars and Taverns
1 During which Musical does inn-keeper Monsieur Thénardier sing the show-stopper 'Master of the House'?
No idea, I don't think I've ever seen a musical other than Grease?!
2 In which soap opera is the 'The Bull' the village pub?
I'm pretty sure it's not the usual Eastenders, Emmerdale, Corrie ones. So either a 'modern' soap like Hollyoaks, or The Archers maybe?
3 In which fantasy city is the inn 'The Broken Drum' – You can't beat it! After it is burned down and rebuilt it is renamed 'The Mended Drum' – you will be beaten.
Bah! It's a Pratchett question but I can't remember the name of the town!
4 Which movie starts in the Club Obi Wan?
Temple of Doom! (I read too much IMDB!)
5 Which movie, the third of the 'Three Flavours Cornetto' trilogy, is about a pub crawl of twelve pubs that ends up at the titular pub, interrupted by an alien invasion.
The World's End.
6 The Prancing Pony sees the meeting of important characters in which seminal book?
Lord of the Rings.
7 George Orwell described his ideal pub in an essay in 1946. What was it called?
Not a clue on this one.
8 What is the name of either of the pubs located in the village of Hogsmeade in Harry Potter? I only want one – no bonus point for both.
Never read a Harry Potter book or watched a movie either...
9 In which movie does the lead character propose the plan "Let's go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for this all to blow over" more than once?
Shaun of the Dead.
10 The Black Prince, in Black Prince Road, Kennington, is a real pub that appears in which 007 pastiche, where the mentor character is shown using a lot of hi-tech weaponry during a pub fight?
Only a guess going from the word 'pastiche', it must be either Johnny English or The Kingsman?
2 is the Bull in Ambridge Leon....you dona listen to Radio 4 much?
Sorry I am a little late:
Quote from: Last Hussar on 12 February 2024, 12:39:36 PMAnswers to Games
3 White has Twenty possible moves in chess. (16 for pawns, 4 for Knights)
The pedant in me would like to point out that technically white has 21 possible legal moves - 20 as you describe and laying down his king to give up and resign :D
Quote from: Scorpio_Rocks on 13 February 2024, 11:02:06 AMSorry I am a little late:
The pedant in me would like to point out that technically white has 21 possible legal moves - 20 as you describe and laying down his king to give up and resign :D
Go away.
Then go away again.
and again.
Keep going away until you reach a big sign that says "Do not Go Away past this sign"
Then I want you to be a Brave Little Soldier...
And Go Away anyway!!!!!*
>:( :d
(Unedited versions of this are available...)
*Terry Pratchett has comments on those who use five '!'. Can't remember what they are though...
To add +1 to my Posts total, here's my results (after marking my own card for round three)
Rnd1: 7/10
Rnd2: 5/10
Rnd3: 5/10
Rnd1+2+3: 17/30
QuoteSorry I am a little late:
The pedant in me would like to point out that technically white has 21 possible legal moves - 20 as you describe and laying down his king to give up and resign :D
The 'I said it first ' in me would like to point out: 'I said it first'! :D
QuoteThat's what I thought - 20 as described - but you could (although why you would want to I haven't the foggiest) resign - so 21?
But of all those you are only allowed to carry out one move. So possibly only 1 legal move from all the above possibilities.
QuoteThe pedant in me would like to point out that technically white has 21 possible legal moves - 20 as you describe and laying down his king to give up and resign :D
=O =O
This is the man to playtest your wargame rules!
Pubs bars and taverns answers
1 Master of the House is performed in Les Miserable.
2 The Bull is in "The Archers"
3 The Drum is an inn in the bifurcated city of Ankh-Morpork.
4 Club Obi Wan is the nightclub at the start of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'.
5 The titular pub in the pub crawl is 'The Worlds End', staring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Ironically the exteriors are filmed in Letchworth, which was founded as a 'dry' town.
6 It is Aragorn and the hobbits who meet at the "Prancing Pony" in 'Lord of the Rings' – I'll accept 'The Fellowship of the Ring.
7 Orwell's ideal pub, and the essay titled after it, was 'The Moon under Water'.
8 The Harry Potter pubs are "The Three Broomsticks" or "The Hog's Head". Just one needed for one point.
9 The plan to go down the Winchester is in "Shaun of the Dead", the first of the Cornetto trilogy.
10 The Black Prince is in Kingsman: the Secret service. It is Eggsy's local where Harry beats up the gang.
Round Four (I think)
Movie Mashup
I will give the actors in a film, and a basic plot, I want the film. However, I won't give you the actor's names, but rather other famous roles they have played.
1 James Bond and Han Solo try to find the secret of immortality before the Nazis get it. So work out the 2 actors, and give the film they starred with that plot.
2 Gandalf and Captain Picard fight over the future of mankind.
3 Ethan Hunt and Jim Morrison compete to be the best fighter pilot.
4 Jacques Clouseau, Evelyn Tremble and General George Patton try to stop nuclear war.
5 Henry II, George Smiley and Alexis Zorba fight the Turks in the First World War.
6 Mr Darcy teaches Eddie the Eagle to be a suave spy, while Nick Fury attempts mass murder.
7 Santa Clause and Forrest Gump voice the action figures trying to get to their owner's new house.
8 Shakespeare's lover Viola de Lesseps does the paperwork for Sherlock Holmes, while he wears a hi-tech suit of armour.
9 Agent Kay chases Deckard, who is trying to find the proof he is innocent of his wife's murder.
10 Drunken superhero Agent Jay fights his ex-wife, Queen Ravenna, the step-mother of Snow-White.
And if 1 and 2 are not the greatest 'Elevator pitches' ever, then I don't know what is!
Quote from: Last Hussar on 15 February 2024, 01:04:13 PM1 James Bond and Han Solo try to find the secret of immortality before the Nazis get it. So work out the 2 actors, and give the film they starred with that plot.
3rd Indiana Jones romp
2 Gandalf and Captain Picard fight over the future of mankind.
No idea
3 Ethan Hunt and Jim Morrison compete to be the best fighter pilot.
Top Gun II
4 Jacques Clouseau, Evelyn Tremble and General George Patton try to stop nuclear war.
No idea
5 Henry II, George Smiley and Alexis Zorba fight the Turks in the First World War.
Laurance of Arabia
6 Mr Darcy teaches Eddie the Eagle to be a suave spy, while Nick Fury attempts mass murder.
No idea
7 Santa Clause and Forrest Gump voice the action figures trying to get to their owner's new house.
Toy Story
8 Shakespeare's lover Viola de Lesseps does the paperwork for Sherlock Holmes, while he wears a hi-tech suit of armour.
No idea
9 Agent Kay chases Deckard, who is trying to find the proof he is innocent of his wife's murder.
The Fugitive
10 Drunken superhero Agent Jay fights his ex-wife, Queen Ravenna, the step-mother of Snow-White.
No idea
And if 1 and 2 are not the greatest 'Elevator pitches' ever, then I don't know what is!
To add +1 to my Posts total, here's my results (after marking my own card for round four)
Rnd1: 7/10
Rnd2: 5/10
Rnd3: 5/10
Rnd4: 6/10
Rnd1+2+3+4: 23/40
QuotePubs bars and taverns answers
7/10 as expected. That puts me on 21/30
Quote. . . I'll accept 'The Fellowship of the Ring.
I should hope so too, as that is the correct answer!
QuoteRound Four (I think) Movie Mashup . . .
Almost certain I've got 10/10 on this round ;)
Not sure that General Patton is doing much to stop the war mind?
Ooh, I think I've done OK on this one!
Movie Mashup
I will give the actors in a film, and a basic plot, I want the film. However, I won't give you the actor's names, but rather other famous roles they have played.
1 James Bond and Han Solo try to find the secret of immortality before the Nazis get it. So work out the 2 actors, and give the film they starred with that plot.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
2 Gandalf and Captain Picard fight over the future of mankind.
X-Men
3 Ethan Hunt and Jim Morrison compete to be the best fighter pilot.
Top Gun
4 Jacques Clouseau, Evelyn Tremble and General George Patton try to stop nuclear war.
No idea on that one!
5 Henry II, George Smiley and Alexis Zorba fight the Turks in the First World War.
Don't know that one either.
6 Mr Darcy teaches Eddie the Eagle to be a suave spy, while Nick Fury attempts mass murder.
Kingsman?
7 Santa Clause and Forrest Gump voice the action figures trying to get to their owner's new house.
Toy Story
8 Shakespeare's lover Viola de Lesseps does the paperwork for Sherlock Holmes, while he wears a hi-tech suit of armour.
Must be Ironman?
9 Agent Kay chases Deckard, who is trying to find the proof he is innocent of his wife's murder.
The Fugitive.
10 Drunken superhero Agent Jay fights his ex-wife, Queen Ravenna, the step-mother of Snow-White.
Hancock? I've never seen it but it's the only one I can think of with 'Agent Jay' being an anti-superhero other than Suicide Squad.
10/10
I think number 4 is Dr Strangelove.
Well done Leon, 8 out of 10.
Well done anyone whose post I didn't just read, but did as well!
Movie Mashup answers
1 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
(James Bond is Sean Connery, Harrison Ford was Han Solo, and they were together in Last Crusade)
2 X men
(Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart)
3 Top Gun
(Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer)
4 Dr Strangelove.
Clouseau and Tremble, in the 1967 parody Casino Royal were both played by Peter Sellers, as were 3 characters in Strangelove. (Sellars, George Scott)
5 Lawrence of Arabia
(Peter O'Toole, Alec Guiness, Anthony Quinn)
6 Kingsman
(Colin Firth, Taron Egerton, Samuel L. Jackson)
7 Toy Story
(Tim Allen, Tom Hanks)
8 Iron Man
(Gwyneth Paltrow, Robert Downey Jr)
9 The Fugitive
(Tommy Lee Jones, Harrison Ford)
10 Hancock
(Will Smith, Charlize Theron)
New Round -
Lasts
The answers are all the Last of something
1 What is the last music video released by Queen before Freddie Mercury died?
2 Whose last words were reportedly "This wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. Either it goes or I do"?
3 What was Roger Moore's last James Bond film?
4 What was advertised on US television for the last time on 2nd January, 1971?
5 What was the last Terry Pratchett Discworld book published?
6 Who are the last country to win Gold at the Olympics for Rugby Union?
7 "The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place" was the last story written about which detective?
8 Who declared himself to be 'The Last King of Scotland'?
9 The 2017 album 'Songs of Experience' is the last album by which band, though they are apparently recording a new one post-covid?
10 What is a Last used for?
Only got 1 - Last but I'll not blow it yet....
QuoteMovie Mashup answers...
10/10, giving 31/40 so far.
I got 3, 6, 7, 8 and 10.
No idea about 2, but I think it's brilliant.
Definitely know 8 and 10 but most of the rest are way outside of my areas of expertise - save for number 6 where I have to be awkward and ask; 15s or 7s?
I know both but want it to be 15s as my namesake (surname only but a distant relative) scored two tries in the victory! If only I had possessed a tenth of his abilities!
(on the down side it has been alleged that he was a Soviet intelligence officer. I am not now, nor have I ever been, a Soviet intelligence officer, although a certain Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and I did share the same rank briefly in the 1980s. But nothing else Tovarisch. And in different organisations, if I needed to make that clear?).
Quote from: Last Hussar on 28 February 2024, 12:49:31 PMNew Round -
Lasts
The answers are all the Last of something
Terrible round for me so I won't waste everyone's time writing 'Don't know' on them all! I'm pretty confident on 1 & 8, and I could take an educated punt on 7, but that's about it.
My score: 1/10 definitely. 2/10 possibly (Rugby Union question, as I only know for 15s). 5/10 if I'd have taken the time to have worked out the James Bond film title, or scored my correct guesses on the detective story and the reported last words as correct.
Gwydion. You're lucky. My namesake was either an English footballer/football manager, or a British fictional soap opera character who suffered from erectile dysfunction. ;D
Quote from: Roy on 28 February 2024, 03:42:29 PMEnglish footballer/football manager,
British fictional
soap opera character
suffered from erectile dysfunction. ;D
Not sure which of these is worse...
Brave of you to admit to it all though.
Quote from: Gwydion on 28 February 2024, 02:46:27 PMDefinitely know 8 and 10 but most of the rest are way outside of my areas of expertise - save for number 6 where I have to be awkward and ask; 15s or 7s?
EXACTLY as written in the question ;)
I got 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9 and 10, I reckon. Though 7 is an educated guess.
Gwdion, interested to find out what you think 6 is.
Any thoughts on 10, anyone?
Quote from: Last Hussar on 28 February 2024, 12:49:31 PMNew Round -
Lasts
The answers are all the Last of something
1
3
5
6
7
8
9
10
Quote from: Last Hussar on 28 February 2024, 08:52:13 PMAny thoughts on 10, anyone?
I think it's a load of old cobblers! ;)
Don't put your foot in it
Quote from: Last Hussar on 28 February 2024, 08:52:13 PMAny thoughts on 10, anyone?
Quote from: Ithoriel on 28 February 2024, 10:12:36 PMI think it's a load of old cobblers! ;)
It wasn't THAT bad was it? Though I can see why Mr Moore might have been somewhat distracted ;) ;D
QuoteGwdion, interested to find out what you think 6 is.
Any thoughts on 10, anyone?
My answer to 6 is probably a load of old answer to number 10, but...
As written and strictly interpreted I'd say the answer is USA - 1924 with Linn Farrish scoring two tries to beat France. (I'm Guy Farrish).
The 2020 Fiji Gold was for 'Rugby Sevens' which are a 'variant of Rugby Union' but the medal is for 'Rugby Sevens'.
Prize for Gwydion on spotting the difference between Union and Sevens.
The Prize is a night with Nobby...
Lasts Answers
1 'These Are the Days of Our Lives' was the last video, though the song 'Mother Love' was released after Freddie's death.
2 "This wall paper goes, or I do" were reportedly Oscar Wilde's last words.
3 A View to a Kill was the last Roger Moore 007.
4 2nd January 1971, was the last tobacco advertising on American television
5 The final Discworld novel is The Shepherd's Crown, published in August 2015, five months after Terry's death.
6 The last Olympic winners of Rugby Union are the United States, in 1924. Rugby 7s – with just 7 players has been an event since 2016, but that isn't Union.
7 "The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place" is the last story written about Sherlock Holmes. (The "retired colourman" is last in order of new collections but published 3 months earlier)
8 Though the film is only loosely based on real events, Idi Amin really did once declare himself to be 'The Last King of Scotland'.
9 Songs of Experience is the last album by U2.
10 A Last is the thing shoes are repaired on.
The word "last" comes from the Old English meaning footprint.
And now a (delayed) new round;
Exactly what it says on the tin.
1 How does Rio Grande translate into English?
2 In the third century BCE, the Chinese invented a sword that was purpose-built to do a certain job in battle against cavalry. They called it the zhanmadao, what does this translate as?
3 The name of which dog comes from the two welsh words meaning "short" and "leg".
4 Which beer was formulated so that it would survive the journey to part of the British Empire?
5 What does Wikipedia define as a sauce made of apples?
6 Meaning "small islands" in Greek, what is made up of several small islands scattered across the northern reaches of Oceania?
7 In 2000 Harry Markopolos wrote a report to the SEC entitled "The World's Largest Hedge Fund Is a Fraud". Who was it about?
8 A large arid area, covered in rock fragments, is the second largest of its kind in Australia. What is it called?
9 How is the gorge in Arizona that is 277 miles long, up to 18 miles wide, and up to a mile deep, known?
10 What film was supposed to be called "Pacific Air Flight 121", about reptiles, but changed to its working title at the suggestion of Samuel L Jackson.
QuoteLasts Answers
5/10 - better than I thought. Running total is 36/50.
8-10
2/10 on that Last one, but 5/10 (maybe 6/10) on this new round.
Hmm- six - possibly.
Fascinated to hear the answer to number 3.
Quote from: Gwydion on 13 March 2024, 06:59:24 PMFascinated to hear the answer to number 3.
Me too, my mind keeps jumping to dachshund but that's clearly German. My eldest is at Uni in Bangor so I'll see if he knows.
Since apple sauce is technically a puree I'd go with apple butter for 5.
No idea about 8. I'd assumed we were talking about deserts but I worked with a guy who had done a stint in Australia as a geologist in the second largest desert in Australia which is The Great Sandy Desert so not particularly noted for rocks.
So, I'm sure about 8 of the answers and might have a ninth.
Quote from: Leon on 14 March 2024, 01:54:12 AMMe too, my mind keeps jumping to dachshund but that's clearly German. My eldest is at Uni in Bangor so I'll see if he knows.
Well there's the obvious short legged Welsh dog, but Mr Hussar is seldom obvious and it would be wrong, and again he's seldom wrong, so - which dog sounds like Coes byr? or Byr coes? I am deficient in dog breed knowledge!
Quote from: Leon on 14 March 2024, 01:54:12 AMMe too, my mind keeps jumping to dachshund but that's clearly German. My eldest is at Uni in Bangor so I'll see if he knows.
Guessing - but Corgi may well be it, admittedly there is a vowel in it though
Quote from: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 14 March 2024, 11:55:56 AMGuessing - but Corgi may well be it, admittedly there is a vowel in it though
No doubt it will be down to those wicked English speakers adding unneeded vowels. :)
QuoteWell there's the obvious short legged Welsh dog, but Mr Hussar is seldom obvious
:D :d
For 8, I would point out I used the phrase 'rock FRAGMENTS' not rocks.
Quote from: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 14 March 2024, 11:55:56 AMGuessing - but Corgi may well be it, admittedly there is a vowel in it though
I hadn't considered Corgi, that's probably more likely than my sausage dog!
You should strike Corgi.
Ci is indeed 'a dog' in Welsh and the 'c' could mutate to 'gi' if it were a singular feminine noun - but it is masculine so it should stay as 'Ci' unless there are two of them - even masculine nouns with the right consonants mutate after 'dau', the Welsh for two, hence the kid's song 'Dau Gi bach' (two little dogs - yes I know ci is the singular and there are two of them so it looks like it should be 'cŵn' which is the plural-dogs, but Welsh nouns remain singular after numbers - I have no idea why, they just do, okay?).
So it should be Corci if it were the Welsh 'Dwarf dog' (Cor or Chor is 'Dwarf'). But really the adjective usually follows the noun in Welsh so it should be be a 'CiCor' if as is often claimed it is the Welsh for 'short/dwarf dog'.
Corgi doesn't in any configuration I can think of mean 'short leg'.
PS - 'W' and 'Y' are vowels as anyone knows! - and LL, DD, FF, RH, PH, TH, CH, NG, are each single letters!
Quote from: Last Hussar on 14 March 2024, 12:46:09 PM:D :d
For 8, I would point out I used the phrase 'rock FRAGMENTS' not rocks.
In that case I reckon I might have 10 .... or not :)
Quote from: Gwydion on 14 March 2024, 04:24:08 PMYou should strike Corgi.
Ci is indeed 'a dog' in Welsh and the 'c' could mutate to 'gi' if it were a singular feminine noun - but it is masculine so it should stay as 'Ci' unless there are two of them - even masculine nouns with the right consonants mutate after 'dau', the Welsh for two, hence the kid's song 'Dau Gi bach' (two little dogs - yes I know ci is the singular and there are two of them so it looks like it should be 'cŵn' which is the plural-dogs, but Welsh nouns remain singular after numbers - I have no idea why, they just do, okay?).
So it should be Corci if it were the Welsh 'Dwarf dog' (Cor or Chor is 'Dwarf'). But really the adjective usually follows the noun in Welsh so it should be be a 'CiCor' if as is often claimed it is the Welsh for 'short/dwarf dog'.
Corgi doesn't in any configuration I can think of mean 'short leg'.
PS - 'W' and 'Y' are vowels as anyone knows! - and LL, DD, FF, RH, PH, TH, CH, NG, are each single letters!
... and that is why I didn't do very well in Welsh class.
Quote from: Last Hussar on 14 March 2024, 12:46:09 PM:D :d
For 8, I would point out I used the phrase 'rock FRAGMENTS' not rocks.
Ah! So it's Sydney, not Melbourne.
Quote5 What does Wikipedia define as a sauce made of apples?
Eh? Seeing as Wikipedia is "the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit." it could be anything at all at any given time, and something completely different 5 seconds later.
If I edit that entry to say "a sauce made of apples is a small relative of the gerbil, native to Easter Island" and then put that as my answer, then I am technically correct (at least until someone notices the vandalism and reverts or rejects that edit).
I once viewed the entry for Henry II (of England), and someone had replaced the normal medieval image with something similar to the one below.
Henry.jpg
Using Wikipedia as your source is a really, really, bad idea.
Quote... and that is why I didn't do very well in Welsh class.
:D
Mae'n ddrwg gen i. Fy nghydymdeimlad i chi. Dydw i ddim yn athro da iawn yn anffodus
See? It's simple really!
Nice to see authentic utter gibberish.
What Google Translate spat out:
Iawn. Gawn ni weld pa mor dda yw Google Translate. A yw hyn yn gwneud unrhyw synnwyr, ynteu a yw'n gibberish?
A thra dwi wrthi. Dyma Fforwm Pendraken. Ynghlwm wrth wefan Pendraken Miniatures. Lle i brynu milwyr tegan bach.
What I originally wrote into Google Translate:
Okay. Let's see how good Google translate is. Does this make any sense, or is it gibberish?
And whilst I'm at it. This is the Pendraken Forum. Attached to the Pendraken Miniatures' website. A place to buy little toy soldiers.
And this is the 'fun stuff' board.
Isn't a quiz and a spin off about one of the constituent languages of the UK fun? :D
[and not bad - a bit formal perhaps but it makes sense]
Quote:D
Mae'n ddrwg gen i. Fy nghydymdeimlad i chi. Dydw i ddim yn athro da iawn yn anffodus
See? It's simple really!
Diolch. I was an RAF brat in a school where you could hit a cricket ball from Wales into England. There wasn't a lot of enthusiasm to learn Welsh as a second language when this time next year you could be in Cyprus, Germany or Lincolnshire. :)
I can ask if you like coffee.
I meant to post the answers and next round at lunch, but was doing something else. All the quizzes are on my computer at work.
It's just a bit of fun!
In case I've dropped a clanger again with something I wrote in the Google Translate post, it wasn't meant as any criticism of this thread - I just meant, whilst I'm at it (writing on Translate) [here I needed something to write, with obvious words ie. Pendraken Miniatures] I'd waffle on a bit longer to see how Google does.
I've no problem with this thread, nor anything else on this Forum, certainly nothing in the Fun Stuff sections. In fact, I've compiled my own British Military Quiz - complete with verbal waffle - to post on this forum at a later date.
Need to see the official answers before I can post my score for this last round.
Rnd1: 7/10
Rnd2: 5/10
Rnd3: 5/10
Rnd4: 6/10
Rnd5: 2/10 [5/10]
Rnd6:
Ooh, I see I've just entered the Edwardian era. 8-} [Posts: 1902]
Roy, no apology needed for me.
I was just playing - I know how much Ian (Lord Kermit) loves anything Welsh!
Sorry if I sounded like teddy was being prepared for defenestration - the large toothy grin was supposed to be disarming. Difficult to show nuance in text! Sorry. :)
I was seriously impressed with the Google translate. Much better than it used to be.
No need to apologise, as long as I know everyone is taking this light hearted, I'm fine. It's just "Fun Stuff" thread that I hope everyone is enjoying. I'm more worried I am boring you all!
It isn't boring me.
I was heavily involved, including running an English Premier League (football)/Euro's winners prediction game for years over on the Steve Dean figure painting forum. Won the League version twice and the Euro's once (winning for myself a couple of trophies to sit under my forum username badge). The admin for those games lasted months, with record keeping/trivia and online updates, posted on the forum and on Facebook.
I, also, played in that forum's "Fight Club" games. Again, later on, running the last one.
I participate in forum fun stuff more than the regular stuff, normally.
Exactly what it says on the tin, answers.
1 Rio Grande means 'big river'.
2 Zhanmadao means 'horse chopping sword'
3 The Welsh for short is cor, and for legs it is ci, so the Welsh corgi.
4 The beer is India Pale Ale – it was ale meant to be taken to India, and the lots of hops needed for the journey gave it a pale colour.
5 The sauce made of apples is apple sauce.
6 The islands are 'Micronesia'
7 "The World's Largest Hedge Fund Is a Fraud" was written about Bernie Madoff.
8 The Great Sandy Desert is the second largest desert in Australia.
9 The canyon that is grand is the Grand Canyon.
10 The air flight with Samuel L Jackson is 'Snakes on a plane'.
You can argue with me all you like on number 3, but I will remind you of the First Rule of Pub Quizzes - The Quizmaster is always right.
New Round
0 Late 2023 Events – News stories from September to December 2023
1 In September 2023 the Guardian newspaper reported that two prospective candidates for election had been dropped following warnings from MI5 to the Conservative Party. What did MI5 say the problem was?
2 A Victorian tradition of a Dahlia exhibition at which famous monument has taken place again in October 2023?
3 In October 2023 what did engineers hang from the Millennium Bridge in London in compliance with an ancient law, to warn river traffic that work was taking place on the bridge?
4 What happened in Iceland on 24 October 2023, repeating the same event from 1975?
5 Britain hosted an international conference about AI at the start of November 2023. Where was this held?
6 The first one happened 10 March 1801, the most recent in 2021. As of November 2023 the government is proposing this is also the last. What is it?
7 Why has Hugo Keith been in the news a lot?
8 In November 2023 Nestle caused dismay among customers with their announcement to discontinue which confectionary?
9 What do Swedish politician Carl Bildt, Danish politician Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Latvia's Krišjānis Kariņš, Ireland's Micheál Martin, Laurent Fabius of France, Bjarni Benediktsson and Kalevi Sorsa of Finland have in common with David Cameron? (Keep it clean, gentlemen...)
10 Who called on Ant and Dec to end 'appalling abuse of animals' on I'm A Celebrity
QuoteExactly what it says on the tin, answers.
5 The sauce made of apples is apple sauce.
Technically a puree not a sauce. Which, as it turns out, Wikipedia points out. Unlike Apple Butter which, having checked Wikipedia, it identifies as a sauce. But since Apple Sauce was my first thought I'll give myself 10/10. :)
The text on Wiki has since changed (I've just looked) to
QuoteApple sauce is a purée (not necessarily served as a true sauce) made of apples.
However at time of writing the question it was defined as "A sauce made of apples". That made me laugh, so I made it into a quiz question.
Last but one quiz-I know I said it before but #3 answer is unequivocally, without doubt 100% wrong.
Cor = dwarf (or spider) or with a to bach (cȏr) choir. But not 'small'.
Ci = dog.
No mention of legs at all.
+1 to my post count :-bd
Rnd1: 7/10
Rnd2: 5/10
Rnd3: 5/10
Rnd4: 6/10
Rnd5: 2/10 [5/10]
Rnd6: 7/10
Ah! People arguing with the quiz master ... feels like a real pub quiz now! :)
+1 to my post count :-bd
Rnd1: 7/10
Rnd2: 5/10
Rnd3: 5/10
Rnd4: 6/10
Rnd5: 2/10 [5/10]
Rnd6: 7/10
Rnd7: 1/10
Don't think a lot of those news stories made it into the Darlington & Stockton Times (D&S Times). Got number one correct, forgot the answer to number four until I did an Internet search & remembered seeing it on the news.
Do feel free to post your answers here.
Quote from: Ithoriel on 18 March 2024, 06:32:57 PMAh! People arguing with the quiz master ... feels like a real pub quiz now! :)
Not arguing.
I'm right! :D
Without looking:
1. China, spies, maybe.
2. No idea.
3. A peasant? No idea.
4. A women's strike
5. Nope, can't remember
6. Census? I think
7. He's a barrister - so making tons of dosh, but why...? No idea.
8. Er, no.
9. Former prime ministers who became foreign ministers?
10. No idea but I'll guess Chris Packham as he is always ... being active :-X
Quote from: Gwydion on 18 March 2024, 08:57:26 PMNot arguing.
I'm right! :D
You can't be, I'm the quiz master.
Question from a few years back, former pub quizmater.
"Who spent the longest as Doctor Who?"
Me: "It's Paul McGann..."
Tony goes to put that down.
Me:"... but don't put that, he's got Tom Baker."
Tony gives me a hard stare "you sure?"
Me "Yes, put Tom Baker."
Anyway, we got the point, and usual winners spent 5 minutes trying to argue with him.
QuoteYou can't be, I'm the quiz master.
You wait till Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg hear about this!
They'll paint you green!
Many, many years ago I was in Llandudno, and above the fruit machine in the Working Men's club was two signs.
"Please do not put your drinks on top of fruit machine."
and
"[Welsh] Bandit [more Welsh]"
I've spent 30 years thinking "The Welsh must have words for 'Fruit' and 'Machine'. Surely they have words for that. Or failing that a word for 'Bandit'."
I'll put you out of your misery - they do. :)
'Peiriant ffrwythau' (fruit machine) - see; a word for machine and a word for fruits! :D
I'd probably say 'lleidr unfraich'. (but Google I see translates that as 'a one armed thief' which is probably more up front about the purpose of the machine than the club would have liked).
Google suggests 'bandit un-arf' for a 'one armed bandit', but that means literally a 'one weaponed bandit', which can have a rather rude interpretation akin to the ECW Royalist cavalry banner. A fun example of machine translation problems.
'Peiriant hapchwarae' might be better - 'gaming machine'.
'Peidiwch rhoi eich diodydd ar ben y bandit un fraich, os gwelwch yn dda.' is probably roughly what you saw.
30 plus years ago it might have been 'Peidiwch â rhoi eich diodydd chi ar ben y bandit un fraich, os gwelwch yn dda.' especially in Gog land. Welsh is losing a lot of the old grammar construction - it was happening anyway but social media and the internet have accelerated it.
In a working men's club I'd have gone with 'Dim diodydd ar y bandit un fraich'-'No drinks on the one armed bandit'.
(Corgi still doesn't mean short legs!). :P
I've got no clue on most of these so I'll bang up some answers and see what happens! It's going to be hard to avoid politics here though...
New Round Late 2023 Events – News stories from September to December 2023
1 In September 2023 the Guardian newspaper reported that two prospective candidates for election had been dropped following warnings from MI5 to the Conservative Party. What did MI5 say the problem was?
They were Putin's cousins...
2 A Victorian tradition of a Dahlia exhibition at which famous monument has taken place again in October 2023?
Trafalgar/Nelsons?
3 In October 2023 what did engineers hang from the Millennium Bridge in London in compliance with an ancient law, to warn river traffic that work was taking place on the bridge?
A traffic cone.
4 What happened in Iceland on 24 October 2023, repeating the same event from 1975?
An eruption?
5 Britain hosted an international conference about AI at the start of November 2023. Where was this held?
Wasn't that down at Bletchley?
6 The first one happened 10 March 1801, the most recent in 2021. As of November 2023 the government is proposing this is also the last. What is it?
The greatest falls in living standards on record? :P
7 Why has Hugo Keith been in the news a lot?
Something to do with the Covid enquiry?
8 In November 2023 Nestle caused dismay among customers with their announcement to discontinue which confectionary?
No idea, Smarties seems a bit unlikely?
9 What do Swedish politician Carl Bildt, Danish politician Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Latvia's Krišjānis Kariņš, Ireland's Micheál Martin, Laurent Fabius of France, Bjarni Benediktsson and Kalevi Sorsa of Finland have in common with David Cameron? (Keep it clean, gentlemen...)
They all went to Eton?
10 Who called on Ant and Dec to end 'appalling abuse of animals' on I'm A Celebrity?
Pamela Anderson.
One and a (generous) half, Leon
Answers below, how'd I do?
0 Late 2023 Events – News stories from September to December 2023
1 In September 2023 the Guardian newspaper reported that two prospective candidates for election had been dropped following warnings from MI5 to the Conservative Party. What did MI5 say the problem was?
They might be Chinese spies
2 A Victorian tradition of a Dahlia exhibition at which famous monument has taken place again in October 2023?
Stonehenge (or possibly Avebury I don't exactly remember but I'll plump for Stonehenge )
3 In October 2023 what did engineers hang from the Millennium Bridge in London in compliance with an ancient law, to warn river traffic that work was taking place on the bridge?
It's a guess but I'll say bale of hay or straw - saw one hung from a bridge on a visit to London when I was a nipper. No memory of which bridge. Seemed odd then and still does
4 What happened in Iceland on 24 October 2023, repeating the same event from 1975?
Women's one day strike - saw it mentioned when chasing up info on EVE online (CCP are an Icelandic company). A friend was going to Rekyavik and I wanted to check the monument with the name of my character (among many others) was still extant.
5 Britain hosted an international conference about AI at the start of November 2023. Where was this held?
No idea
6 The first one happened 10 March 1801, the most recent in 2021. As of November 2023 the government is proposing this is also the last. What is it?
Census
7 Why has Hugo Keith been in the news a lot?
Lawyer on the Covid Enquiry. Grilled Boris the Bad IIRC. Not literally unfortunately. :)
8 In November 2023 Nestle caused dismay among customers with their announcement to discontinue which confectionary?
CARAMAC!!! =((
9 What do Swedish politician Carl Bildt, Danish politician Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Latvia's Krišjānis Kariņš, Ireland's Micheál Martin, Laurent Fabius of France, Bjarni Benediktsson and Kalevi Sorsa of Finland have in common with David Cameron? (Keep it clean, gentlemen...)
PMs who became Foreign Secretaries?
10 Who called on Ant and Dec to end 'appalling abuse of animals' on I'm A Celebrity
No idea really but I'll crib Gwydion's suggestion - Chris Packham
Caramac! Say it ain't so! :'(
Ithoriel, you have to be desperate to crib off me!
I suggested poor old Packham because he sometimes lets himself run away with things. If it were him on this occasion, and I haven't yet checked (being emotionally drained by the assault on the Welsh language), I suspect I probably agree with him (in a non-political manner of course :D ).
Welsh - Anglo-Saxon word meaning foreigner, with overtones of 'slave' (Hence Walnut).
Yeah, this is possibly going down a road I'm not wanting to be on, if we're starting to use historical stuff to describe people and their heritage. This could easily get out of hand.
I think the only road this is going down is a gentle ribbing of the English-Welsh relationship.
As for history - well, LH is spot on. That's exactly where the word 'Welsh' comes from. Not a problem.
I think we've all moved on from the 7th century.
(Mind you his Anglo-Saxon is a chuffing sight better than his Welsh; 'Corgi' still doesn't mean 'short legs'! Time to let it go do you think? :D )
Roy, in the name of balance, I believe the Welsh word for the English translates as something along the lines of "thieving bastards".
Englishman is just 'Sais' = Saxon, So yes, you're spot on. 8)
When I was staying in Wales the English got a warm welcome ... sometimes so warm their holiday cottages caught fire!
I like to think things are rather more amicable these days.
:)
I did recognise the ribbing for what it was, was just concerned about the "slave" bit as this forum is read by more than just it's forum members and there are so many 'Snowflakes' people nowadays that become so easily outraged and offended (I'll have offended someone by using the term snowflake).
My history with being a member of the SD Figure Painting forum causes me to remember it being 'Flagged' by Google as an offensive website due to what was posted in the 'Playground' section (where the fun stuff, not wargaming related was posted). Then there was the case where someone tried to get me into trouble when I worked at Colonel Bills Wargaming Depot, alleging that I'd stated something offensive on an Internet wargaming forum, that turned out to be a malicious hoax (they contacted Stuart at Col.Bills by phone or email, making the allegations).
I was just wary seeing the post on this thread, as I can think of at least one case of a historically legitimate European's naming of a people, based on their ethnicity and geography, that is now deemed widely offensive and could possibly fall under British hate laws speech (landing this forum in trouble) and there's probably others should I look. I'm not saying the stating of the history of the labelling/naming of "Welsh" by the Saxons / Anglo-Saxons is an issue, just that it opens the door to people going further and discussing other names from other locations of the world, and that this forum is also read by a wider audience than it's recognised members.
Hope that explains my thinking. :)
Quote from: Gwydion on 21 March 2024, 01:09:27 AMEnglishman is just 'Sais' = Saxon, So yes, you're spot on. 8)
We won, it's ours now. 8)
0 Events Answers
1 The prospective candidates were possible spies for China. Half a point for just 'spies'.
2 The Dahlia exhibition is at Stonehenge.
3 They hung bales of hay from the bridge
4 Iceland had a day's strike by the women. Despite being considered a global leader on gender equality, topping the 2023 World Economic Forum's global gender gap rankings for the 14th consecutive year, in some professions Icelandic women are still paid 21% less than men, and more than 40% of women have experienced gender-based or sexual violence.
5 The AI conference was at Bletchley Park.
6 The Government are proposing the 2021 Census is the last one.
7 Hugo Keith, Kings Council, is counsel for the Covid inquiry
8 Nestle are stopping production of the Caramac bar.
9 Cameron has joined all of those politicians in being a Prime Minister who later became the country's Foreign Secretary or similar lead in foreign policy. The answer must have something like the 'Prime Minister to Foreign lead' bit in.
10 It was nature presenter Chris Packham who condemned 'I'm a celebrity'.
I believe that if there was a team of two with Leon and Ithoriel on, they would have had a perfect 10.
New round
Men's Clothing – A round about correct gentleman's clothing, in contrast to some of the items I see worn round here.
1 Which modern item of clothing was inspired by a piece of clothing of 17th century Croatians?
2 Why are plus 4s called plus 4s?
3 Who would wear a tie wig?
4 Where is a signet ring traditionally worn?
5 Which piece of clothing has many styles, including Ascot, Barrymore, Eton, Italian, Jabot, Nehru, Turned down, Upturned and Wing?
6 According to the old rhyme, blue and green should not be seen... How?
7 The Glenurquhart Estate Check suit cloth pattern was registered on the First of January, 1840. How is it better known?
8 What kind of shoe is characterized by shoelace eyelets tabs that are attached under the vamp, a feature termed "closed lacing".
9 The phrase "Sometimes, Always, Never" refers to what on a man's suit?
10 In 1981, who was publicly derided for wearing Jaeger brand overcoat, purchased at Harrods, at the Remembrance Sunday parade?
I believe the highest score on the night for that one was 6, with most teams getting 4 1/2 or less.
Just got the last one - if I said it looked like a Donkey Jacket would I be right ? Initals MF
Think no 7 could be Harris tweed ?
My guesses
1 Which modern item of clothing was inspired by a piece of clothing of 17th century Croatians?
Cravat
2 Why are plus 4s called plus 4s?
Knee plus four inches - had to wear these in a school play, learned more about costume and set design than acting!
3 Who would wear a tie wig?
A barrister or judge? I mean, who else would wear a wig these days?
4 Where is a signet ring traditionally worn?
On your finger .... OK that's all I've got.
5 Which piece of clothing has many styles, including Ascot, Barrymore, Eton, Italian, Jabot, Nehru, Turned down, Upturned and Wing?
Since a jabot is the frilly thing worn around the neck and down your front - see 2 above for why I know - I assume these are ties?
6 According to the old rhyme, blue and green should not be seen... How?
The rhyme I know is "Blue and Green should ne'er be seen except on the dress of a fairy queen" ... I'm guessing that's not the answer you are looking for.
7 The Glenurquhart Estate Check suit cloth pattern was registered on the First of January, 1840. How is it better known?
Glen Check
8 What kind of shoe is characterized by shoelace eyelets tabs that are attached under the vamp, a feature termed "closed lacing".
Oxfords (or Derbys, I don't really remember but I'll go with Oxfords)
9 The phrase "Sometimes, Always, Never" refers to what on a man's suit?
Jacket buttons
10 In 1981, who was publicly derided for wearing Jaeger brand overcoat, purchased at Harrods, at the Remembrance Sunday parade?
Almost put Jeremy Corbyn then realised it was too long ago so must have been Michael Foot
- Cravat and/or Necktie.
- The length is measured to the knee and 4inches are then added.
- Senior judges; I'm thinking of those bigger wigs in the WSS style, sometimes called "full-bottomed wigs", rather than the smaller SYW style. I'm sure I've read about the three ends (one over each shoulder and one down the back being tied together for convenience).
- Little finger of left hand.
- Shirt collar.
- Not a clue.
- Prince of Wales Check.
- Not a clue.
- Three-buttoned single breasted suit jacket.
- Michael Foot, mocked for his "donkey jacket"; more objective reporting from The Sun
.
1. Cravat
2. Not the foggiest
3. Barristers (not to be confuses with Barristas - or judges come to that!)
4. Little finger of non-dominant hand
5. Collars
6. No. I played rugby in blue and green at Uni and I can only think it's 'because it gets you trapped at the bottom of rucks and given a good shoeing by psychotic miners'. But I suspect that's not a common enough occurrence to explain the saying.
7. No idea.
8. Oxfords
9. Fastening 3 jacket buttons from top down.
10. Michael Foot.
Quote from: Last Hussar on 21 March 2024, 01:19:54 PMI believe that if there was a team of two with Leon and Ithoriel on, they would have had a perfect 10.
Oi! :(
New round Men's Clothing – A round about correct gentleman's clothing, in contrast to some of the items I see worn round here.[/b]
1 Which modern item of clothing was inspired by a piece of clothing of 17th century Croatians?
Cravat.
2 Why are plus 4s called plus 4s?
Cos a horse has 4 legs?!
3 Who would wear a tie wig?
A judge or barrister.
4 Where is a signet ring traditionally worn?
Pinky!
5 Which piece of clothing has many styles, including Ascot, Barrymore, Eton, Italian, Jabot, Nehru, Turned down, Upturned and Wing?
Jackets? Upturned collar, wing collar... maybe?!
6 According to the old rhyme, blue and green should not be seen... How?
In the same outfit. The missus tells me this all the time but I don't listen.
7 The Glenurquhart Estate Check suit cloth pattern was registered on the First of January, 1840. How is it better known?
No idea but obviously something to do with tartan.
8 What kind of shoe is characterized by shoelace eyelets tabs that are attached under the vamp, a feature termed "closed lacing".
Nope.
9 The phrase "Sometimes, Always, Never" refers to what on a man's suit?
Nope again!
10 In 1981, who was publicly derided for wearing Jaeger brand overcoat, purchased at Harrods, at the Remembrance Sunday parade?
1981?! I was about 2 months old... :P
Two, on a good day.
+1 to my post count :-bd
Rnd1: 7/10
Rnd2: 5/10
Rnd3: 5/10
Rnd4: 6/10
Rnd5: 2/10 [5/10]
Rnd6: 7/10
Rnd7: 1/10
Rnd8: 0/10
Hmm, I might be the youngest person playing, it seems. Leon beats me by being three months older.
Quote2 Why are plus 4s called plus 4s?
Cos a horse has 4 legs?!
Wait, what??
Quote2 Why are plus 4s called plus 4s?
Cos a horse has 4 legs?!
QuoteWait, what??
Nah, it's some't to do with 'Why does an elephant have four feet?' surely. A horse is more like plus three :o (if you don't know
that joke, don't look it up at work!)
I certainly am treading on various roads this week :D
QuoteWait, what??
It's a good a guess as any, and horse rhymes with fours...ish.
Quote... and horse rhymes with fours...ish.
You are Tim Rice and I claim my five pounds.
Quote from: Leon on 22 March 2024, 03:38:36 PMIt's a good a guess as any, and horse rhymes with fours...ish.
Have you been bitten by Nobby?
There's an image we don't need...
Clothing Answers
1 The Croatian soldiers inspired the cravat, later becoming the neck tie – I'll take either. Cravat is a corruption of the word Croat.
2 Plus 4s extend 4 inches below the knee
3 A tie wig is the name of the wig worn by barristers.
4 2 half points for this. A signet ring is worn on the little finger- half a point – of the non-dominant hand - the other half point.
5 All those styles, Ascot etc, are just a small sample of various collar styles.
6 Blue and Green should not be seen without a colour in between.
7 Glenurquhart is usually called Prince of Wales check.
8 The shoe style is an Oxford
9 Sometimes Always Never is about the buttons of a suit jacket. It is whether, top to bottom, they should be done up.
10 The coat-wearer was Michael Foot. The media told the public it was a "donkey jacket".
New round - Multiple Choice.
Nice and easy – I'll give you three choices. The choices are in alphabetical order.
1 What is heaviest, an American Ton, an Imperial Ton, or a Metric ton?
2 Which of these Cities has the highest population – London, Tokyo or Washington DC?
3 Of these three, which country has the highest population – France, Germany or the United Kingdom? I have used the national estimates, not the UN one.
4 Which is the most northerly station on the London Underground – is it Amersham, Chalfont and Latimer, or Chesham?
5 Of these three, who was King of Britain the longest – George the first, George the second, or George the third.
6 Which of these counties is the largest by land area – Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, or Oxfordshire?
7 The mainland of which country is furthest west – England, Scotland or Wales? That is the mainland – NOT any islands, and I have used lines of longitude, not distance from the Prime Meridian
8 Which Allied wartime leader was born first? Churchill, Roosevelt, or Stalin?
9 Which of these Tragedies did Shakespeare write first? Hamlet, King Lear, or Macbeth?
10 The three longest motorways in the UK are the M1, M4, and M6. Which is the longest?
Sent my answers in a PM for you to score, please.
Least, I hope I've sent my answers in a PM as I can't find a method to see what I've sent or haven't.
:-\
OK do mine as public :-
1) Imperial, by about 40 lbs
2) Tokyo ?
3) Germany
4) Amersham ?
5)George III
6)Oxfordshire - I think
7)Scotland
8)Churchill
9)Hamlet it seems
10)M6
I had to send mine as a PM, as when I scored my guesses I think I got 10/10 and didn't want to put up my answers if I did get them all right. Not bragging. Just explaining and not wanting to spoil others from playing along. I could have waited, fair enough, for the answers to be put up online but, it's added motivation for others if Last Hussar states I got 100% just by guessing (though I did get 0% in the last round ;D )
1. Imperial
2. Tokyo
3. Germany
4. Not the foggiest
5. III
6. Nope.
7. Scotland, just.
8. Churchill
9. I suppose I ought to know. I don't! Marlowe wrote them all before he died anyway!
10. M6
11. Corgi - dwarf dog.
Linda had a cart of hags?
I can't easily post a table top round here, but here is one question from the last one I did.
Photo of famous person when younger. Who is it?
(https://www.flickr.com/photos/lasthussar/53616057736/in/dateposted-public/)
Arrange, can't get it to post. Here's a link
https://www.flickr.com/photos/lasthussar/53616057736/in/dateposted-public/
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53616057736_908c176803_m.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2pFSj1y)quiz question (https://flic.kr/p/2pFSj1y) by Last Hussar (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lasthussar/), on Flickr
I'm saying the one in denim has a first name of 'Rocky'*. Or did you want the name of his more famous son?
*not his birth name. Initials were W.D.B.
Answers from Monday's round.
Multiple Choice answers
1 An American ton, also called a Short Ton, is 907kg, an Imperial ton is 1,016 kg, and a metric tonne is, unsurprisingly 1000kg, so the Imperial 'Long' ton is the heaviest.
2 Tokyo is the largest, population wise with over 13 million people. London is about 9 million, while Washington has only two thirds of a million.
3 Germany with 84 million people is the most populous, France has 68 million, or 64 million if you use the UN estimate, and the UK 67 million.
4 Chesham is the most northerly tube station.
5 George the third with fifty nine years and ninety six days is the longest of those three, and third all time behind Victoria and Brenda.
6 The sizes are Berkshire 722 square miles, Buckinghamshire 746 square miles, Oxfordshire 754 square miles so Oxfordshire is largest.
7 Scotland's mainland is furthest west.
8 Churchill, who was born in 1874, is the oldest. Roosevelt was born 1882, and Stalin in 1878.
9 Hamlet was written in 1600 to 1601, and is the earliest, the other two written 1605 to 1606.
10 The M6 is longest, about 40 miles longer than either of the others.
I've found a tabletop in a format I can post;
Movie Taglines - These were on the posters - what films?
1 Check-in. Relax. Take a shower.
2 Don't get mad. Get everything.
3 Escape or die frying
4 For anyone who ever wished upon a star
5 For Harry and Lloyd, every day is a no-brainer.
6 For three men the civil war wasn't hell. It was practice.
7 Houston, we have a problem
8 In Space, no one can here you scream
9 Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water.
10 Life is in their hands -- Death is on their minds.
11 On every street in every city in this country, there is a nobody who dreams of being a somebody.
12 She brought a small town to its feet and a corporation to its knees
13 The first casualty of war is innocence
14 The Happiest sound in the world.
15 The true story of a real fake
16 They're young, they're in love, and they kill people
17 We are not alone
18 We scare because we care
19 When he said I do, he never said what he did.
21 Who ya gonna call?
22 With great power comes great responsibility
23 You don't get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies
24 You'll believe a man can fly.
25 You'll never go in the water again.
Bonus point - what mistake was pointed out to me on the night?
1. Dreamland (Margot Robbie)
2. Hobo with a Shotgun
3. The Founder (aka. the McDonald's movie)
4. Solaris (1972)
5. Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
6. Tom, Dick, and Harry: The Very British War Years
7. The Alamo (see what I did there ... Sam Houston?)
8. Star Wars Episode 1.5: Return of Jar Jar Binks
9. Crawl
10. Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and The Farm Midwives (2012)
11. All the President's Men
12. The Iron Lady
13. Battle of the Sexes (2017)
14. Brassed Off
15. Apollo 11 (2019)
16. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
17. The Last Man on Earth (1964)
18. It
19. Repo Men (2010)
20. Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
21. The A-Team
22. The China Syndrome
23. Slumdog Millionaire
24. The Men Who Stare at Goats
25. Underwater (2020)
Quote from: Last Hussar on 28 March 2024, 12:53:30 PMAnswers from Monday's round.
Multiple Choice answers
Well I got at least one wrong (Scotland). Never kept my answer sheet, so don't know how many correct.
New round - Multiple Choice.
Nice and easy – I'll give you three choices. The choices are in alphabetical order.
1 What is heaviest, an American Ton, an Imperial Ton, or a Metric ton?
Not a clue.
2 Which of these Cities has the highest population – London, Tokyo or Washington DC?
Probably Tokyo? London is about 7 million I think and American cities are usually lower populations that you'd think.
3 Of these three, which country has the highest population – France, Germany or the United Kingdom? I have used the national estimates, not the UN one.
Germany.
4 Which is the most northerly station on the London Underground – is it Amersham, Chalfont and Latimer, or Chesham?
No idea, too northern for that one!
5 Of these three, who was King of Britain the longest – George the first, George the second, or George the third.
Nope... :-[
6 Which of these counties is the largest by land area – Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, or Oxfordshire?
Northern...
7 The mainland of which country is furthest west – England, Scotland or Wales? That is the mainland – NOT any islands, and I have used lines of longitude, not distance from the Prime Meridian
Scotland
8 Which Allied wartime leader was born first? Churchill, Roosevelt, or Stalin?
Churchill
9 Which of these Tragedies did Shakespeare write first? Hamlet, King Lear, or Macbeth?
Not a clue
10 The three longest motorways in the UK are the M1, M4, and M6. Which is the longest?
M6 I think, just as the M1 switches to an A-road at Leeds whereas the M6 goes up to Scotland.
Movie Taglines - These were on the posters - what films?
1 Check-in. Relax. Take a shower.
Psycho
2 Don't get mad. Get everything.
First Wives Club
3 Escape or die frying
Sausage Party
4 For anyone who ever wished upon a star
Hook
5 For Harry and Lloyd, every day is a no-brainer.
Dumb and Dumber
6 For three men the civil war wasn't hell. It was practice.
??
7 Houston, we have a problem
Apollo 13
8 In Space, no one can here you scream
Alien
9 Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water.
Jaws 2
10 Life is in their hands -- Death is on their minds.
Flatliners
11 On every street in every city in this country, there is a nobody who dreams of being a somebody.
??
12 She brought a small town to its feet and a corporation to its knees
Erin Brockovich
13 The first casualty of war is innocence
??
14 The Happiest sound in the world.
The Sound of Music
15 The true story of a real fake
Catch Me If You Can
16 They're young, they're in love, and they kill people
??
17 We are not alone
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
18 We scare because we care
Monsters Inc.
19 When he said I do, he never said what he did.
??
21 Who ya gonna call?
Ghostbusters
22 With great power comes great responsibility
Spiderman
23 You don't get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies
The Social Network
24 You'll believe a man can fly.
Superman
25 You'll never go in the water again.
Jaws
Bonus point - what mistake was pointed out to me on the night?
Not a clue!
1. Psycho
2. Nope
3. Chicken Run
4. Nope
5. Nope
6. No
7. Apollo13
8. Alien
9. Jaws 2
10. 12 Angry Men
11. No
12. No
13. Platoon
14. No
15. No
16. Bonnie and Clyde
17. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
18. No
19. True Lies
20. Dwarf Dog in Welsh is Corgi
21. Ghostbusters
22. No
23. No
24. Superman
25. Jaws
Bonus: You missed out question 20. But I helped you out. :)
Dwarf dog is corgi.
Is that any help?
Quote from: Gwydion on 28 March 2024, 10:55:53 PMBonus: You missed out question 20. But I helped you out. :)
He can't 'ave?
I've got an answer for number twenty!
Quote from: Roy on 28 March 2024, 01:45:25 PM20. Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
And an alternative answer for every single other one ;D
1. Psycho ??
2. -
3. -
4. - (though obviously referencing Disney)
5. - Dumber & Dumber. Or. Dumb & Dumber To
6. -
7. Apollo 13
8. Alien
9. Jaws II
10. -
11. -
12. -
13. Platoon
14. - a vuvuzela?
15. -
16. -
17. -
18. -
19. -
21. Ghostbusters
22. Spiderman (though I prefer my original answer of The China Syndrome)
23. The Social Network
24.
25. Jaws
No. 20 is missing
QuoteBonus point - what mistake was pointed out to me on the night?
Missing question 20. And you mean "hear" where you've written "here"
Never spotted that! Oops.
And the answers (sans 20, but still with spelling mistakes)
Check-in. Relax. Take a shower. Psycho
Don't get mad. Get everything. The first wives club
Escape or die frying Chicken run
For anyone who ever wished upon a star Pinocchio
For Harry and Lloyd, every day is a no-brainer. Dumb and Dumber
For three men the civil war wasn't hell. It was practice. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
Houston, we have a problem Apollo 13
In Space, no one can here you scream Alien
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water. Jaws 2
Life is in their hands -- Death is on their minds. 12 Angry Men
On every street in every city in this country, there is a nobody who dreams of being a somebody. Taxi
Driver
She brought a small town to its feet and a corporation to its knees Erin Brockovich
The first casualty of war is innocence Platoon
The Happiest sound in the world. The Sound of Music
The true story of a real fake Catch me if you can
They're young, they're in love, and they kill people Bonnie and Clyde
We are not alone Close Encounters of the Third kind
We scare because we care Monsters Inc
When he said I do, he never said what he did. True Lies
Who ya gonna call? Ghostbusters
With great power comes great responsibility Spiderman
You don't get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies The Social Network
You'll believe a man can fly. Superman
You'll never go in the water again. Jaws
This one should be easy for you lot
Science Fiction and Fantasy
1 The majority of which movie takes place on the USCSS Nostromo?
2 What does NEWT stand for in the Harry Potter books
3 Who is the Lawman of the Future?
4 The Dragonlance series of books created by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman are based on which game?
5 Eoin Coifer, best known for his Artemis Fowl books, wrote "And another thing", the sixth volume in which series of books, following the death of the original author?
6 Sindarin and Quenya are the most famous and the most developed of the languages by which author?
7 Which game has the tag line "In the darkness of the future there is only war."
8 What 1986 movie has David Bowie as Jareth, king of the goblins?
9 The plot of which Star Wars prequel ends just before the start of the original Star Wars movie.
10 Lord of the Rings starts with a joint birthday party for Bilbo and Frodo. For half a point each, how old are they?
10/10! 8)
How do you know?
Quote from: Last Hussar on 04 April 2024, 02:02:24 PMHow do you know?
Possibly he does what I now do and writes down his answers and then checks them online?
Also ... 10/10 for this one too. Though NEWTs and Eoin Colfer answers were more guesses than knowledge.
Quote10 Lord of the Rings starts with a joint birthday party for Bilbo and Frodo. For half a point each, how old are they?
Each of them are exactly the specified amount of time it takes to have elapsed from their last birthdays to the one they are then celebrating (can I say one year older, did they measure time as we do?), as I've no idea if what I've just written makes sense, even to me?!
Quote from: Ithoriel on 04 April 2024, 03:06:50 PMPossibly he does what I now do and writes down his answers and then checks them online?
That's what I was doing to mark my own scores, too. I'm using Microsoft Edge as my Internet-thingy, so I just highlight and right-click and it searches the answers for me off the Internet.
Quote from: Roy on 04 April 2024, 03:10:57 PMEach of them are exactly the specified amount of time it takes to have elapsed from their last birthdays to the one they are then celebrating (can I say one year older, did they measure time as we do?), as I've no idea if what I've just written makes sense, even to me?!
Their combined age is gross :)
QuoteTheir combined age is gross :)
QuoteTrue.
;D
Science Fiction and Fantasy
1 The majority of which movie takes place on the USCSS Nostromo?
Alien
2 What does NEWT stand for in the Harry Potter books
No idea, never read any of the books or seen any of the films. Never Eat Wet Turtles...
3 Who is the Lawman of the Future?
Judge Dredd
4 The Dragonlance series of books created by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman are based on which game?
D'n'D, I collected all of these until they hit book 30+ and then I gave up.
5 Eoin Coifer, best known for his Artemis Fowl books, wrote "And another thing", the sixth volume in which series of books, following the death of the original author?
Hitchhikers?
6 Sindarin and Quenya are the most famous and the most developed of the languages by which author?
Don't know.
7 Which game has the tag line "In the darkness of the future there is only war."
40K.
8 What 1986 movie has David Bowie as Jareth, king of the goblins?
Labyrinth.
9 The plot of which Star Wars prequel ends just before the start of the original Star Wars movie.
Rogue One.
10 Lord of the Rings starts with a joint birthday party for Bilbo and Frodo. For half a point each, how old are they?
No idea.
Science Fiction and Fantasy
1 The majority of which movie takes place on the USCSS Nostromo?
Alien
2 What does NEWT stand for in the Harry Potter books
Not read them. Seen the film adaptations. Things have a habit of changing from book to film.
3 Who is the Lawman of the Future?
Robocop or Judge Dredd, I can imagine both using this tagline. Robocop. Final answer.
4 The Dragonlance series of books created by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman are based on which game?
Guess: Dungeons and Dragons.
5 Eoin Coifer, best known for his Artemis Fowl books, wrote "And another thing", the sixth volume in which series of books, following the death of the original author?
-
6 Sindarin and Quenya are the most famous and the most developed of the languages by which author?
J.R.R. Tolkien
7 Which game has the tag line "In the darkness of the future there is only war."
Don't know. Warhammer 40,000 was "In the grim darkness of the future there is only war" when I played it. Do you mean that?
8 What 1986 movie has David Bowie as Jareth, king of the goblins?
-
9 The plot of which Star Wars prequel ends just before the start of the original Star Wars movie.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Though what do you mean by "original Star Wars movie"? 1977's Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope?
10 Lord of the Rings starts with a joint birthday party for Bilbo and Frodo. For half a point each, how old are they?
- & -
QuoteThough what do you mean by "original Star Wars movie"? 1977's Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope?
Personal bugbear - it was just "Star Wars". Original movie poster:
jul15-262_med.jpg
Okay, I've learnt something new - Thanks for letting me know, as it is a useful bit of trivia.
I'll rephrase my question: Though what do you mean by "original Star Wars movie"? 1977's Star Wars?
As it was the first...
Quote from: Last Hussar on 06 April 2024, 02:08:05 PMAs it was the first...
1999's Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace. Righto :-bd
In that case, I don't know.
I didn't know there was any prequels set before Phantom Menace, but I've not really kept up to date with all the content put out by Disney belonging the Star Wars franchise. Movies. Television programmes. Live action. Animation. A lot of it is on subscription channels, too, which makes it difficult to keep up to date.
It's the same with Star Trek, or The Walking Dead. Corporations just turn the franchises into cash-cows.
... to be made.
Jeez.
I was going to answer these earlier but life intervened >:(
However it wouldn't have taken long -
1. Alien
6. Tolkien
The rest...? Not a Scoobies mate.
Quote... to be made.
Jeez.
I know, right. I blame the question. The Star Wars movie originally released in 1977 is clearer, should you want people to understand. That and, stating that you're looking for a prequal movie, not a television or Internet-based broadcast as the answer, should that be the case. Ambiguous questions lead to confusion. Confusion leads to suffering. Suffering leads to... Or something like that.
Never argue with the Quizmaster is my motto. He's always right. B)
Quote from: Gwydion on 06 April 2024, 10:59:27 PMNever argue with the Quizmaster is my motto. He's always right. B)
Well he does have all the answers..... ;D
I suppose I better let the hoi-polloi know the answers...
Science Fiction and Fantasy answers
1 The Nostromo is the ship in the film 'Alien'.
2 A NEWT is a Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test, the equivalent of A levels.
3 Judge Dredd is the lawman of the future.
4 Dragonlance is based on Dungeons and Dragons.
5 'And another thing' is the sixth book in the increasingly misnamed Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy trilogy.
6 Sindarin and Quenya are languages of the elves developed by J.R.R. Tolkien.
7 "In the darkness of the future there is only war" is the promise of Warhammer 40,000. They may have just
written 40K – that is an acceptable answer. If they have put just Warhammer, then half a point, and I'm being kind as that is the fantasy version of the game.
8 David Bowie is in Labyrinth.
9 The last scene of Rogue One ends just before the original Star Wars starts
10 It is Bilbo's hundred and eleventh – or eleventy one – birthday, and Frodo's thirty third – half a point each.
New Round
Response Songs
Response Songs are songs written as a reply to another song
1 In the song "Killing me softly with his song", which song writer was it about?
2 In 2018 Cam released the Country song 'Diane', a response from the 'Other Woman' in which classic 1973 Dolly Parton song?
3 'Louise' by the Human League follows up the story to which of their songs from 3 years earlier?
4 'Common People', by Pulp in 1995 is a response to which Blur song.
5 In 1968 The Beatles released "Back in the U.S.S.R." as response to which Chuck Berry song?
6 How did Robbie Williams reply to The Who song 'My Generation'?
7 'Billly, I've Got to Go to Town" by Geraldine Stevens in 1969 was a response which 1967 song by Johnny Darrell?
8 "4th Time Around" in 1966 by Bob Dylan is seen as a response to which Beatles song?
9 Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama was a reponse to two Neil Young songs. Name either.
10 Actor Danny Aiello appeared in which Madonna video, and later that year recorded "Papa Wants the Best for You", written by Artie Schroeck, as a representation of the father's point of view?
No idea on any of those.....
Only confident on 3.....2 very iffy 'maybes'
Some of those you can get if you have general pop knowledge.
If, like me, you have very little, you'll be stuffed!
I haven't heard of more than half of these and have no idea on any of them.
0/10
Still going?
Number 10 is "Papa Don't Preach", number 2 is probably "Jolene". Otherwise not a scooby.
I'll try to remember to post the answers Monday.
I think you should....I want to know what the second of the Neil Young songs is. :-\
That's a tough round, I think I can manage 3?
I agree with Ithoriel.
As (vaguely) promised
1 "Killing me Softly" was inspired by a performance of Don McClean.
2 'Diane' was a response from the titular 'Jolene', saying she didn't know he was married.
3 'Louise' is the follow up to 'Don't you want me baby'.
4 "Common People" is a response to "Park Life".
5 Chuck Berry sang "Back in the U.S.A."
6 Robbie Williams released a song called 'Old before I die' where he says he wants to get old before he dies
7 Johnny Darrell sang "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town".
8 Bob Dylan responded to "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" by the Beatles.
9 The Neil Young songs are "Southern Man" and "Alabama" – Either for the point.
10 The Madonna song is "Papa don't preach."
And your next round...
One word, different meanings
I am going to give a number of definitions for which the answer is all the same word. I want the word that is the definition. So if the clues were "a long, thin, flat piece of wood, to enter a ship, a group of people who are responsible for controlling an organisation", the answer to that is BOARD.
1 A soldier assigned to an officer as a servant, a superhero, a city in Turkey.
2 To descend from the sky, to come ashore, a distinct place or area.
3 A country, a condition, to assert, a mess.
4 To tally votes, a noble rank, to add up.
5 A fastener, the act of using that fastener, part of the body.
6 An industrial dispute, to hit, to miss in baseball.
7 A machine to transport, the process of using magic, to form by skill.
8 A mineral used as a flavouring, to destroy farmland, to store or save money or other valuables.
9 To dismiss a worker, to burn, to discharge a ranged weapon.
10 Music that is lower in pitch, a dwelling that is part of a communal building, an object with a negligible 3rd dimension.
5 for the 'pop quiz'..the guesses were right !
I'll get Von to have a go at the new one ! :D
At last a quiz where the correct answer is self-revealing. Got seven of them, still baffled by the remaining three. No UK-centric questions is a plus! :D
Think I have 1, 4, 5, 6, 7? 9, 10
Struggling with 3, I think I have the rest
EDIT: - Doh! Came to me the moment I posted this!
Same here, Mike. Can't get 3, 5 and 7.
Spurious answer for 5..but don't think 'X' can count as a part of the body unless there's another word in front of it..Hmmm.
(Never knew there was a place in Turkey called that !!...but I do, now.) ;)
I'm sure I finally got 3 because I stopped trying to work out the answer and let my brain work on it in the background. I finally realised I was thinking of one of the parts in completely the wrong way.
This round was inspired by that Turkish city. I mean, once you find out about it, you just have to get it in a quiz somehow!
Is the answer to No.5 'Velcro' ?
It works with the first two clues and I think that's what the surgeon used as mesh when he repaired my hernia. :D
QuoteIs the answer to No.5 'Velcro' ?
It works with the first two clues and I think that's what the surgeon used as mesh when he repaired my hernia. :D
Unless I'm very wrong ... no! :-)
It's DEFINITELY not Velcro! I don't care what you had stitched in to you, it doesn't count as "part of body".
QuoteIt's DEFINITELY not Velcro! I don't care what you had stitched in to you, it doesn't count as "part of body".
Pin?
This afternoon - still no idea on 7, 5 and for some bizarre reason 3.
Just remembered to come back and look -blinding flash of the obvious! Duh!
Isn't the subconscious wonderful?
Much easier on my brain than Pop or fantasy/SF
Hoorah! All done.
Running the quiz last night, I had a number of teams on the picture round put one photo as Leonard Rossiter.
It was Gerard Depardieu
???
QuoteThink a little bigger!
Knitting needle ?.....Still stuck on those three :'( :'(
Only thing I've really got is button...but that assumes I can have 'belly' or 'tummy' in front..which doesn't sound right.
Quote from: Techno 3 on 15 May 2024, 01:09:52 PMKnitting needle ?.....Still stuck on those three :'( :'(
Only thing I've really got is button...but that assumes I can have 'belly' or 'tummy' in front..which doesn't sound right.
Not that big! :)
Von's just got it ! Hoo bloody ray. =)
...and she's sussed no.3, now !
....and if 7 begins with a C....we've finished. :)
I got this one, so it's probably wrong.
Quote from: Techno 3 on 15 May 2024, 01:56:28 PM....and if 7 begins with a C....we've finished. :)
I got this one, so it's probably wrong.
... and if it doesn't I'm wrong!
But I'm sure we're right because we're a pair of crafty sods! :-)
;D ;)
Quote... and if it doesn't I'm wrong!
But I'm sure we're right because we're a pair of crafty sods! :-)
And make that a trio of crafty sods! I see what you did there!
You know my language limitations. What precisely is a "Sod"? We have "Sod Busters" and "Sod Installers", both of whom deal with sods. Your context implies something rather different, however.
It's a contraction of sodomy!
Good Lord! That would mean bug is short for... :o
It is considered pretty tame despite the derivation. A wife might refer to her husband who has lost the car keys as,"a silly old sod", without triggering divorce proceedings :)
Thanks, Ithoriel.
The base language we share (the Anglosphere) is a marvelous thing indeed and trans-Atlantic/Pacific communication often works without a hitch. Sometime, however, one isn't sure if one is tossing a daisy or a hand-grenade.
Thanks to the several clues, I finally got #7 and will celebrate with a craft beer later.
Answers
One word, different meanings
1 Batman
2 Land
3 State
4 Count
5 Nail
6 Strike.
7 Craft
8 Salt
9 Fire
10 Flat
Round written just so I could mention the Turkish city of Batman.
Nice easy 50/50 round next.
50/50 – Did they out last Liz Truss?
Liz Truss resigned on day 44 of her premiership. Did the following last longer or shorter than Truss as PM – Just put Longer for more than 44 days, or Shorter for less than 44 days. For clarification, the 1st to the 2nd is 1 day.
1 The maiden voyage of the Titanic.
2 The period of Lent in 2022.
3 The reign of Edward the Fifth – the elder of the princes in the tower who disappeared in 1483.
4 Including both the air war and ground attack, the liberation of Kuwait, Operation Desert Storm in 1991.
5 The average pregnancy time of a kangaroo.
6 The leadership campaign of Liz Truss to be PM.
7 The average pregnancy time of a red fox.
8 The Battle of Passchendaele in 1917.
9 The Falklands War in 1982.
10 Three million, six hundred and twenty eight thousand, eight hundred seconds.
Think I got most of those. Had to use a calculator for last un.
That's cheating!
Well i could have used pen and paper for it....
8/10
Got 8 & 10 wrong.
QuoteRound 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!
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...
Quote from: Last Hussar on 24 May 2024, 09:56:57 AMI 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....
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.
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."
Quote from: Last Hussar on 24 May 2024, 11:41:40 AMDid 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
Quote from: John Cook on 24 May 2024, 04:50:10 PMThere is an argument that Titanic's maiden voyage only ends when it arrives in New York. :D
As long as it continues to exit, you are existentially correct! :d
Quote from: John Cook on 24 May 2024, 04:50:10 PMThere is an argument that Titanic's maiden voyage only ends when it arrives in New York. :D
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.
Quote from: Last Hussar on 24 May 2024, 11:42:41 AMAnd 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.
I can 8 & 10, after that...
Come on, you have to share!
Ive got 2, 6 and 9
1 out of 10.
Even got the James Bond one wrong. :-[
Quote from: Last Hussar on 25 May 2024, 12:04:32 AMCome on, you have to share!
Fair enough:
Film and TV1 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.
Answer to 6 is 1953, with a toothpaste advert.
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.
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.
Off to Google to check :P - got 1, 5, think I know 3 , 4. 6 and 7
Well, I got 1,4,5,7, and 9. About par for the course.
Frankly, if anyone on this forum fails to get 1, then you should never come back!
Glad I got 1 then, although it was an educated guess knowing the Nazi invasion was on the 1st. :)
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"
Isn't it 11am?
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
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?
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
8) Edmondson
9) Markel
10) Cromwell