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In case anyone is interested, here were the questions (picture round apart)

The event was won by Team CinCins, our raiders from North of the border by a clear seven points from Where is Monty Burns? (Snoopy, Sheriff, Jagster) and Tikay's Bitches (IFM, Tikay, Jezza, Kezza)

As I remember I will post some of the wrong answers....


such as "What gene do all breeds of domestic cat carry. Answer: Levis"



Round One: Poker

Q1.   Fill in the missing name:
 
        2000 Chris Ferguson
        2001 Carlos Mortensen
        2002
        2003 Chris Moneymaker
        2004 Greg Raymer
        2005 Jo Hachem   

A1:    Varkonyi

Q2.   In 1998 the first online poker room was launched. What was it’s name?

A2:    Planet Poker

Q3. Each King in a deck of playing cards represents a great King from history. Name them.

A3: Charlemagne, David, Julius Caesar, Alexander


Q4. In 1991 who was the youngest ever player, aged 40, to be enshrined in the WSOP Hall of Fame?

A4: Chip Reese


Q5. To the nearest 100 points, how many William Hill.com European ranking points did A Kendall achieve in Hold Em in 2005?

A5: 2020

Q6. According to a survey by Paradise Poker in 2005, what percentage of their players play poker in their underwear or the nude?

A6: (+/-2% allowed)


Q7. To the nearest 50, as of the end of 2005, how many members are there of Blonde Poker?


A7: 4


Q8. You are on the Big blind, holding 74 offsuit. Three players are all in ahead of you. Clearly this is an automatic call. They turn over AK off, AK off again and a pair of 2s. What percentage are you to win the hand?


A8: (+/- 2% allowed, clue you are favourite) 37%


Q9. How did Groucho Marx get the name Groucho?

A9: Groucho bag to carry his poker chips

Q10. Moderators and Administrators apart, which Blondeite has spent the most time online At Blonde?

A10: IFM


Round 2: Real Names

All of the below are real names of people in the entertainment industry.


Who are they?


Bobby Zimmerman = Dylan


Joyce Frankenburg = Seymour


Allen Koenigsberg = Woody Allen


Declan McManus = Elvis Costello


Julia Wells = Julie Andrews


Eunice Waymon = Simone


Issur Danielovitch Dernsky = Kirk Douglas


Bernard Schwartz = Curtis


Maurice Micklewhite = Caine


Michael Shalhoub = Sharif


Round 4: A question of Sport

Q1: Only two people have won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award twice. One was Henry Cooper in 1967 and 1970. The other did so in 1994 and 1996. Who?

A1: Damon Hill

Q2: What test was first introduced in the 1968 Mexico Olympics?

A2: Sex Test

Q3: What year was the first FIFA World Cup held?

A3: 1930

Q4: What is the width, in feet, of a hockey goal?

A4: 12ft

Q5: In horse racing, what is the British Equivalent of the French Paris-Mutuel?

A5: tote

Q6: Which Liverpool footballer scored a hat trick in only 3 and a half minutes against Arsenal in 1994?

A6: fowler

Q7: In which sport might you see an Eskimo roll?

A7: canoeing

Q8: What is the maximum number of clubs a golfer may carry in his bag?

A8: 14

Q9: Who won the Champions League final played at Hampden Park in 2002?

A9: Madrid

Q10: Over what distance is the Derby run?

A10: 12 furlongs


Round 5: Music

Q1: Who is the current lead singer of Queen?   

A1: rodgers

Q2:  Which former Spice Girl’s second autobiography is entitled “For the record”?

A2: halliwell

Q3:  Who is the lead singer of the American group “Green Day”?

A3: armstrong

Q4: Which Italian composer wrote the operas Rigoletto, La Traviata and Falstaff?

A4: verdi

Q5: What was the first Pink Floyd Album?

A5: Piper...PATGOD

Q6:  Who composed Symphonie fantastique?

A6: Berlioz

Q7:  Which UK girl trio topped the charts with a cover of a Gary Numan song?

A7: Sugarbabes

Q8: What musical does the song “There’s no business like show business” come from?

A8: Annie get yr gun


Q9:  Whose pop video depicted Tony Blair as a poodle?

A9: George Michael

Q10: Which of Beethoven’s symphonies is the Pastoral?

A10: 6th


Round 6: Science and Nature

Q1:  What is Oology the study of?

A1: Birds Eggs

Q2:  What is Nitrous Oxide more commonly known as?

A2: Laughing gas
Q3:  What is the dark brown pigment normally found in the skin?

A3: Melanin

Q4:  Gentoo, Little Blue and Fairy are all types of which animal?

A4: Penguin

Q5:  Which element in the periodic table has the symbol Co?

A5: Cobalt

Q6:  What type of creature is a Nyala?

A6: Antelope

Q7:  What fruit can be found on the Evergreen tree Persea Americana?

A7: Avocado

Q8:  Bronze is an alloy of which two metals?

A8: copper.tin

Q9:  The Instrument a surveyor uses to measure angles is called a?

 A9: theodolite

Q10:  Which bird has the scientific name pica pica?

A10: magpie


Round 7: Geography

Q1:  Which European capital city was formerly known as Christiania?

A1: oslo

Q2:  What river flows through Washington DC?

A2: potomac

Q3:  Which is the largest lake in Scotland?

A3: lomond

Q4:  Of which Canadian province is Edmonton the capital?

A4: alberta

Q5:  In which sea is the island of Jamaica?

A5: caribbean

Q6:  Name the five great lakes?

A6: eerie,huron, superior, ontario

Q7:  In which country is the Xingu river?

A7: brazil

Q8:  Of which American state is Lancing the state capital?

A8: michigan

Q9:  Which two seas are linked by the Suez canal?

 A9: med and red

Q10:  In 1853 the Grand Trunk Railway was opened. In which Commonwealth country?

A10: canada

Round 8: Films

Q1:  Naomi Watts, the King Kong actress, won an Oscar nomination for her role in which 2003 film?

A1: 21 grams

Q2:  What was the name of the actor who played Chewbacca in the Stars Wars films?

A2: mayhew

Q3:  In the 1962 film “To Kill a Mocking Bird”, who played the humane lawyer?

A3: peck

 Q4: What is the name of Inspector Clouseau’s valet in the Pink Panther films?

A4:kato

Q5:  Which former Band of Gold actress starred opposite Tom Cruise in Minority Report?

A5: morton

Q6:  Which film star is celebrated in his own statue in Leicester Square?

A6: chaplin

Q7:  Who were the two lead actors in the film Moulin Rouge?

A7: kidman, mcgregor

Q8:  Which actor was Mike Bassett, England Manager?

A8: tomlinson

Q9:  Who wrote the script for the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?

 A9: dahl

Q10:  Who played Louis Armstrong in the 1954 film “The Glenn Miller Story”?

A10: himself


Tikay’s Joker Round

Q1:   How many times a day does a kitten under 12 weeks old need feeding?

A1 4

Q2  Lake Ponchartain Causeway is the world’s longest bridge, 24 miles long. Which American state is it in?

A2 louisiana

Q3  The Orient Express originally ran between Paris and which other European City?

A3 istanbul

Q4  What is the name of the Maktoum family’s stud in Newmarket?

A4 darley

Q5  Which singer won an Academy award for his song “Lose yourself” in 2002?

A5 eminem

Q6  Which gene do all breeds of domestic cat carry?

A6 tabby

Q7   In 1998 the world’s longest suspension bridge was opened at a cost of $7.6bn, linking two islands.  In which country?

A7 japan

Q8  In 1938 which locomotive set a new speed record for steam traction which was never beaten?

A8 mallard

Q9  Which stallion was the sire of this year’s Derby winner Gallileo?

A9 sadlers wells

Q10  In 1833 Isambard Kingdom Brunel was appointed the chief Engineer of which railway?

A1O gwr
 

You must have been reading my mind. I was hoping you ould do this

A big up to Tighty for organising this, it took a LOT of hard work, & was a fantastic success.

Next time, we are hoping to do it "Question of Sport" style, a "live" Quiz, with buzzers & stuff.

The thing is, though, the Winners CHEATED. So did the runners-up. And the thirds, & 4th, & 5th, in fact, EVERYONE cheated, but it was good-natured cheating, if you get my drift, it was not sneaky cheating.

The Format was we were sat in a lounge, & were given a sheet of Paper - "Round 1/2/3" etc, one round at a time, & given 10 minutes to fill the answers in.

So, the biggest Cheats by far - The Scots - seemed to have a player who had either bladder or bowel problems, as soon as each round was given to the Team, he had to dash off to the Toilet. I became curious at this, so followed him on the 6th or 7th occasion. In the toilet he goes, mobile phone fired up, he was ringing a pub in Glasgow, relaying the questions, "google them & I'll ring back in 2 minutes".... It's TRUE, they admitted it. They got docked 20 points for cheating, & STILL won.... There were 10 questions per round - in 1 round, they got 11 right.......

Bongo's Team, snoops & co - had a better method. They were googling the questions via mobile phone! I caught Bongo - who is an EXTRAORDINARY character - red-handed, never did a guilty person look more guilty "I was sending a text" says he, quickly pressing "CANCEL".......For those that have not met Bongo, WHAT a guy. He's about 7' tall, & has hair that, well, it just defies description. What a top bloke though.

Red Dog's Team were much more subtle. They were swapping or bartering answers with other teams. "We can give you the answer to Q7 if you can give us the answer to Q3". Then giving them a deliberately WRONG answer....

"Tikay's joker" was an alternative round ANYONE could take if they wanted to substitute it for a Round they did not like. Prob was, the Scots took it early, & once they had handed it in, freely discussed the answers with everyone else, not realising we had not taken our "tikay joker" yet.... Hehe.....

Tremendous - TREMENDOUS - fun.

And the Scots were worthy Cheats. Sorry, Winners. They cheated the best.

What test was first introduced in the 1968 Olympics?


Answer from unknown team: Paternity test

Methinks a wee bit of exggeration here. One answer may have been obtained by us through a less than honourable method. It wasn't every round and it sure as hell wouldn't have made a difference to our inevitable triumph anyway.
Rod, Laz and Teacake knew loads, very clever peeps. Dave played a stormer too, getting out of his chair every round to hand the answer sheet in. :D

I must admit that I thought you had this one wrong:
 Who wrote the script for the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?
I thought it was Ian Fleming, but you were right although Ian Fleming wrote the book, Roald Dahl did write the script. Good job I checked before raising as it were.

Obviously I knew all the answers to ALL the questions, although in the interests of Anglo-Jock relations I decided to pretend not to know so the Jocks could have their moment of glory ;)

Especially this one.....


Q8: What musical does the song “There’s no business like show business” come from?

A8: Annie Get Your Gun.


Ya big fairy puff.

I seem to remember the jocks getting that one ... although im sure one of the Jocks said that "Annie get your gun" is a phrase often heard in pubs in Glasgow ;)

Hello team member, glad you couldn't read my mind during the quiz

Oh but Robert..I did ... :o

Answers added in response to PM requests

So what % of players do actually play nude and monkey has never been an expert at maths but is guessing that there are more than 4 members of Blonde poker!!

    Let's be pedantic.


  Largest LOCH in Scotland --Lomond



 Largest LAKE-- Lake of Menteith

ok, 4% and 2247 at 31-12-05

not that I rushed typing the answers in or anything

every single Scot at the quiz was pointing this out to me and also saying Loch Ness is the largest by volume

Clearly a pedantic race!

Thanks :)

hopefully next time i can round up a team of some of my jungle chums and we can play along - my freind mr cheetah should fit right in!!  :D

Q7: Who stole Lake Michigan as a drunken prank?   :D

One of the Scottish lads or Mr F probably.  :D