Last Hussar's Quiz Night

[jambo1]

Blade Runner, set in 2019.

[DecemDave]

2012.  Set in 2012     
ludicrous but fun as the Chinese build three giant arks to save humanity (well those that can pay) from floods.

[Raider4]

Escape from New York (1997). Made in 1981.

[fsn]

"1984" made in 1984
"Soylent Green" set in 2022 (1973)
"On the Beach" set in 1964 (1959)
"Death Race 2000" set in ... I forget (1975)
"The Postman" set in 2013 (1997)
"A Boy and His dog" set in 2024 (1975)
"Running Man" set in 2025 (1987)
"The Omega Man" set in 1977 (1971)
"A Quiet Place" set in 2021 (2018)

[Raider4]

2001, a space Odity (sic).

And it's oft-overlooked sequel 2010: The Year we Make Contact (made in 1984).

[Leon]

Terminator, the original Judgement Day was in 1997 I think? 

[Last Hussar]

Tempting, but not set in the future - flashforwards to explain the plot in ?1984

[Raider4]

Bicentennial Man (1999). Yes, it covers ~200 years, but it starts in 2005.

Do you have enough now, or want more?

[NTM]

Watched Pointless earlier and this was a category most have already been mentioned but Westworld and I am Legend can be added to the list.

[Last Hussar]

I think I have enough,  but staying under review

[Last Hussar]

Gentlemen,

Help with a 6th question in a 6 question round

Here's what I have

My word is my Bond

In which 1980 film did Piers Brosnan debut, playing an IRA assassin. It was a Gangster movie set in London, with the lead character Harold Shand played by Bob Hoskins, and Helen Mirran as his wife, Victoria.

Goldfinger is a 1964 film, which is based on a book by Ian Fleming, that contains a car full of gadgets, and Gert Frobe plays the bad guy. Which other film, released in 1968, is a film based on a book by Ian Fleming, also contains a car full of gadgets, and Gert Frobe plays the bad guy?

In which 1996 Michael Bey action movie, starring Nicholas Cage, does Sean Connery play imprisoned MI6 agent John Mason. Bond fans have argued that this movie can be seen as an unofficial Bond movie, and have produced YouTube videos showing how it could fit into the established 007 canon.

Which 1996 TV Drama tells the story of four friends in Newcastle between 1964 to 1995, and is considered Daniel Craig's break-out role? Daniel Craig, being, of course, the best James Bond*.

What name did Russ Abbot give to his 007 spoof, which he lifted from a Stationary brand, whose paper mill was in Apsley, near Hemel Hempstead? The clock bearing the brand name is still there.

Answer them if you like - but what I am after is a 'Bond adjacent' question (Hemel is about 15 miles down the road, so there will be people who have seen that clock, {I hope!})

*This is a little dig at another Bond fan at quiz nights, who mistakenly refuses to agree Craig is the best Bond

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Easy,
Why did Timothy Dalton kill Peter Duncan from Blue Peter, and what movie was it in?
https://youtu.be/fKBr0WqkA3s

[pierre the shy]

What other film did Pierce Brosnan also play an IRA character in alongside Jackie Chan?

The Foreigner(2017)

[fsn]

*This is a little dig at another Bond fan at quiz nights, who mistakenly refuses to agree Craig is the best Bond

He isn't.

Aside from being the most wooden of actors, he is also too short and blond.

[Raider4]

No suggestions to help you, other than to say I found those questions all spectacularly easy to answer. The first one in particular is too long & has too much detail about the film - it should just be the first sentence.

[fsn]

Ian Fleming was a planner of the raid at Dieppe in 1942. Which British Tank made its debut at Dieppe?
Churchill.

Roger Moore played Bond, sadly. He was in which 2017 film alongside Ian Ogilvy about an iconic character they had both previously played? 
"The Saint" 2017, starring Adam Rayner.

Why would James Bond be able to differentiate between the Puerto-Rican Lizard-Cuckoo and the Jamacian Lizard-Cuckoo?
Fleming got the name from the book "Birds of the West Indies" by real life ornithologist James Bond

Which cricket commentator was the son of a Bond villain?
Henry Blofeld. Fleming was at school with Thomas Blofeld and named Ernst Stavro Blofeld after his school friend.

"Octopussy" is a short story which features a pet octopus. What colour is Octopus blood?
Bright blue. It uses a copper based protein haemocyanin rather than than iron based haemoglobin.

Donald Pleasance played the villain in "You Only Live Twice". In which film did he say "I can see"?
"The Great Escape".

[Last Hussar]

He isn't.

Aside from being the most wooden of actors, he is also too short and blond.

Proof Nobby should stick with wargaming.

[Last Hussar]

No suggestions to help you, other than to say I found those questions all spectacularly easy to answer. The first one in particular is too long & has too much detail about the film - it should just be the first sentence.

The problem is that (hard to believe as it is) the Esteemed Members here know more than average. The other issue is this quiz uses a "bingo" format - instead of the traditional x rounds of 10 questions,  question numbers are drawn at random, and you write your answers on a bingo card, also in random order. (25 numbers on a grid out of 36 balls). Prizes are for first line, first 4 corners, and full house. No one has had a full house since we started, so there is a "little jackpot" for highest out of 36 (you also answer the questions not on your grid, these only count for this).

So unlike the traditional format, where the QM could aim for an average of 7 out of 10 - the 8s and 9s being what made the winners, you have to be careful with question difficulty variation. If I ask 2 obscure questions and they are on one team's grid but not another, then it becomes unfair.

Also teams vary in knowledge.  This week my team won with 34 out of 36 (would have been 35, and 4 corners and jackpot, but I made a bloody stupid error), while another team got 12.

A few weeks ago a young couple got a line of 5, winning the 'line' prize, but only got 8 questions out of 36 in total!😄

[fsn]

In which 1980's TV series did Pierce Brosnan play a hapless, but suave private detective alongside Stephanie Zimbalist?
Remington Steele

Which actor, later famed as a gameshow host, voiced Bond in the 1956 radio production of "Moonraker"?
Bob Holness of Blockbusters fame