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: PokerQ1. 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
. 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 NamesAll 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 SportQ1: 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: MusicQ1: 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 NatureQ1: 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: GeographyQ1: 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: FilmsQ1: 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 RoundQ1: 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