QUIZ - Absolute Blonderdash! - REVEAL MONDAY 8PM

[ruud]

Stuck at work but promise to submit answers by 8pm. Please allow for this Ed

[edgascoigne]

Open til midnight.

Will upload options in the morning.

[Graham C]

Glad it was extended, in.

[millidonk]

farce

[edgascoigne]

farce

And so it begins!

[Waz1892]

in - i think I've entered correctly?

[smashedagain]

Up and waiting.

[edgascoigne]

Right then.....here they are!!

Please submit the answer which you believe to be correct (obv not your own!) to me by PM by 10pm on 28th January. You will score one point each time one of your answers is selected, and a bonus point each time you select the true answer of a question. In the event of a tiebreak, he who submits this part earliest will be deemed the winner....so crack on!! Oh, and obviously NO GOOGLING!!

Please simply list as question number/letter of answer.

Eg.

1 k
2 a
3 b
4 d
5 o


Very best of luck!

[edgascoigne]

1. PALOOKA

(a) A sport played mainly in asian countries, reportedly played by over 200million people every day.  A growing call for it to be part of the 2018 or 2022 Olympics games due to its popularity in the Far East.

(b) A palooka, or pallouqa is the name given to russian 'matryoshka' dolls (often referred to as Baboushka dolls since they prepresent an old woman or grandmother). Palooka dolls are not made in the traditional style and represent a cat, or pallou as the Russians refer to them.

(c) Palooka is a cruiser class warship within the Ugandan Navy, named after Ugandas first Admiral of the fleet Obafeme Palooka.

(d) A woodwind musical instrument, similar to an ocarina.

(e) A game of "hoopla" played by Indian Children.

(f) Old American slang for being inebriated.

(g) A palooka is a wooden utensil used to carve wood in southern Asia.

(h) The marking on a Mexican sombrero.

(i) An Argentinian dance, known for it's complicated footwork and unusual in that it is one of the few dances in the world in which the woman leads.

(j) A hat worn to keep the head warm in the mountains in Chile.

(k) A card game which originated in Korea in the 1950's. Best described as a cross between 5 card draw and Uno.

(l) An incompetent or easily defeated athlete, especially a prizefighter.

(m) Swahili for "president".

(n) Artistic representation of a historical period, the autheticity of which has been distorted since creating an incorrect notion of the reality.

(o) A variant of padooki with only 2 betting rounds.

(p) Term used to describe someone of Polish decent. From Polak.

[edgascoigne]

2. 24th MARCH 1951

(a) The year the National Health System (NHS) was created in the UK.

(b) A dummy date to hide the fact that no date has been set.

(c) The date Oxford beat Cambridge in the boat race by 8 lengths- the greatest margin by which the infamous race has ever been won.

(d) The date that the microwave oven were first invented.

(e) The birth date of Sir Ian of Gascoigne.

(f) Elvis Presley walks into the offices of Sun Records aiming to pay for a few mintues studio time to record a two-sided acetate disc, he would later claim he intended as a gift for his Mother.

(g) Winston Churchill's last day as PM.

(h) The date Kevin Keegan was born.

(i) The day a major in medical breakthrough terms occured.  Small Pox it is written in the history books was been eridcated from the UK completely.

(j) In the Boat Race on 24 March 1951, Oxford sank and the race was rescheduled for 26 March, when Cambridge won.

(k) Princess Anne's birthday.

(l) The date of the Munich air disaster.

(m) The 24th March 1951 was a significant date in the history of the UK road network. It was on this day that the Road Traffic Act (Responsibilities) 1951 was introduced in law and codified responsibility for maintenance on many minor roads as falling to local authorities.

(n) Date of the last nuclear testing in the Nevada desert.

(o) The date that Israeli Eva Binhad gave birth to the only known Nontuplets.

(p) The day a young Ian Gascoigne first stood on the Hillsborough Kop, the spot now marked by a special brick under a seat.

[edgascoigne]

3. SYLVAN GOLDMAN

(a) Is the real name of Oscar Schindler.

(b) Is the co founder of the multi billion dollar firm Goldman-Sachs.

(c) Sylvan Goldman was a friend and near neighbour of Ian Fleming in Jamaica. He was credited by Fleming with having first suggested the plotline of Thunderball. Fleming used his name as inspiration for the character Auric Goldfinger in a later book.

(d) The first transsexual to be elected to public office in the US when she became District Attorney of Clarke County, Virginia in April 2005.

(e) The original name for Dan Brown's literary hero Robert Langdon ('the Da Vinci Code') before a last minute change by the publishers.

(f) The real name of Jeff Goldbulm.

(g) A co-founder of the Goldman Sachs investment banking group.

(h) One half of the famous banking duo Goldman & Sachs.

(i) Neil Goldman’s grandfather on Family Guy.

(j) Inventor of the vacuum cleaner.

(k) The founder of Investment bank Goldman Sachs.

(l) The man generally credited with inventing the casino chip.

(m) Was the first foreign minister in the first Israeli cabinet led by prime minister David Ben-Gurion in 1948.

(n) 8" golden statue discovered by Oxford University archaeologist, Sir Charles Digby Frobishire. Found in Albania 1902.

(o) London's first Jewish mayor and was a founder of the Westminster Bank, today one of England's leading banks.

(p) An American businessman and inventor of the shopping trolley.

[edgascoigne]

4."JAMON, JAMON"

(a) One mans search for the best ham in the world continues...

(b) Jane is on holiday in Jamaica where she meets the guy of her dreams. But is all what it seems?

(c) A pig raised by sheepdogs, learns to herd sheep. A little pig goes a long way.

(d) Cape Town is the latest city where a string of murders has taken place in one of the townships.  Normally there wouldn't be such publicity surrounding the deaths but there's a dark secret linking these bodies and of bodies discovered in Johannesburg, Durban and Bloemfontein.

(e) Jose Luis' mother is determined to break her son's engagement to a girl from a lower-class family, and hires Raul, a potential underwear model and would-be bullfighter to seduce Sylvia.

(f) The story of one woman's love tested to the extremes by her abusive husband.

(g) The gripping true story of one boy's fight to take his place as a man among his fellow Masai. A compelling journey from rejection to acceptance.

(h) A tale of lust and industrial espionage as a young Preservative factory employee struggles to cope with the toast spreading requirements of her domineering boss

(i) (1992) Brazilian drama about the life and career of Gary Glitter. Carmo Dalla Vecchia plays Paul Francis Gadd as he travels from singing in his local club to becoming one of the most celebrated musicians of his generation.

(j) Follows the sexual exploits in Spain of Glaswegian Sean McDermott. The title is the Spanish equivalent of an old Glaswegian term for oral sex (Gamon............"gies a gammie hen) and replicates the Spanish word for Ham.

(k) Swahili film named after the sound a telephone makes. The English equivalent is ring ring.

(l) Sophie was a real good looking girl from the waist down. This is the story of how her legs got her into trouble.

(m) Four Spanish brothers quietly tend their farm in 1930s Facist Spain.  When guerillas are arrested taking refuge in their smokehouse 'Jamon Jamon' ignites as their simple life becomes embroiled in a tale of religion, bribery, corruption, and political ideology.

(n) Jamon Jamon is one of the most crime-ridden districts in Manila; not a place where Westerners would usually venture by choice. But Roger Vance has no choice.

(o) A fusion of Jamaican and Bollywood influences brings us the romantic love story of an Indian Princess and a Rasta Romeo.

(p) A Spanish film, despite its "meat" title follows the story of the Bull fighting in the Spanish towns and cities.  Following the story from its origins to today's moral dilemmas Spain and its people found themselves asking.

[edgascoigne]

5. KAROSHI

(a) A Chinese term for complete peace found through meditation.

(b) The name of the Gown given to the winner of the Japanese Sumo League Championship.

(c) A penalty in Taekwondo for hitting or kicking a non-target area of the body, usually the legs or neck.

(d) Japanese word translating as 'table manners'.

(e) The 12th and final course in the traditional Japanese menu "Sabashi".

(f) A Japanese word meaning "death by overwork".

(g) An ancient Japanese duel performed with swords.

(h) Final evolution of Pokèmon Lickitung, becoming a large lizard with the ability to attack by firing water from its mouth.

(i) Is the name given to the art of Origami, only using aluminium to create masterful creations by folding the lightweight metal.

(j) Island off the coast of Japan which suffered a devastating earthquake in 1970s.

(k) Karoshi is a game, similar to petang, played in remote areas of Pakistan. A Karoshi is a masterful player of the game.

(l) Japanese name for the 'blowfish', a poisonous fish that must be prepared by highly-skilled chefs otherwise the poison can kill diners.

(m) Japanese indoor footwear expected to be worn by visitors and guests.

(n) Earlier version of the katana.

(o) Algerian wheat-based savoury dish.

(p) A Japanese word meaning "overwrought about religion, homeopathy and speed cameras".

[millidonk]

Should duplicate answers not have been grouped into one code?

Enjoyed, answers submitted. If all answers are in early can we get an early reveal? 1 time!

[edgascoigne]

Should duplicate answers not have been grouped into one code?

Enjoyed, answers submitted. If all answers are in early can we get an early reveal? 1 time!

Maybe re: bolded...but I wasn't too sure how that would effect scoring (?). I have left all answers as submitted save for ensuring common formatting etc. and one tweak of which I informed the respondent.

You were the second in I'm afraid behind the fast-fingered Tal!