Hey you lot, would you be interested in a weekly quiz.
I will post some questions each week, and you lot pm me your answers.
Then i announce the winner, let me know your views on this.:razz:

Sounds good to me. Just not to many sport questions.

Sounds like a great idea... :)

Sounds great!!

Ok getting some positive feedback here.
Ill do the first quiz asap:razz:

Yup, sounds like a great idea :)
And hey, it might be fun to do one about the forum members too.. :razz:

Good idea nerdy, ill look in to that brill hun:razz:
Also can i have some ideas on how many questions to pose please thanks.
Around 15 maybe ??????

Sounds good, Cherry. Know what would be fun? We all submit a picture of ourselves when we were kids, to Cherry, and then we have to guess who the grown up iSketcher is! Like Jewel's thread but with much more VIPs :P

Wow vik sounds fun babe,thanks for the help.
Ok isketchers who everwants to mail me a baby pic or toddler pic of themselves for the quiz.
Send them to leesaa1@hotmail.com. I may add one of myself lol

We all submit a picture of ourselves when we were kids, to Cherry, and then we have to guess who the grown up iSketcher is! Like Jewel's thread

wow Vik I was only thinking the same thing this afternoon,

Great minds think a like,

You have the great mind, I have the think alike:razz:

Yup, great minds think alike!

And fools seldom differ :(

Ooooooo weekly quiz sounds great to me!

While I'm thinking about it too...MsVik, misss, please may we have some more interviews?!

Ooooooo weekly quiz sounds great to me!

While I'm thinking about it too...MsVik, misss, please may we have some more interviews?!


Wow yes more interviews would be great, it was really going well wasent it.
Bring it back vik hun xxx:razz:


OK HERE IS THE FIRST QUIZ, ANSWERS TO BE PMED TO ME BY FRIDAY 4TH MAY.
ANY ENTRY AFTER THIS TIME WILL NOT BE COUNTED.
GOOD LUCK. OH AND THIS WEEKS WINNER, WILL DO NEXT WEEKS QUIZ THATS THE PRIZE , SO GET CRACKING,
Q1, who was the last british viceroy of india.???
Q2, who invented the thermometer in 1593.???
Q3, who was the first windsor monarch of the u.k. ???
Q4, who founded the salvation army in london 1865.???
Q5 in which month is ladys day in horse raceing.???
Q6 lego building bricks originated from which country.???
Q7 what colour are the flowers of the harebell plant,???
Q8 in anatomy what are the nates.???
Q9 what is the roman numeral or 500,???
Q10 how many astronauts have walked on the moon,???
OK good luck all remember the closeing date dont be late.

OH AND THIS WEEKS WINNER, WILL DO NEXT WEEKS QUIZ THATS THE PRIZE , SO GET CRACKING
How is that a prize? :eek: That's a nightmare :P
/me now considers losing ;)

How is that a prize? :eek: That's a nightmare :P
* MsNerdinator;79016 now considers losing ;)


OI women dont you dare lose on purpose lol.
I only did it like that so i can enter the quiz some weeks as well:biggrin:


Ok i have had 2 entrys in the quiz, NOT ENOUGH.
Come on get quizzing

Sorry about the double post, but i just wanted to bring the attention of the quiz to the front page.
Ive only had to entries to the quiz, i thought we would have more.
I know deadline isnt untill friday, but come on get quizzing.
So far Bad Manners and Flopsy have sent in there answers, and im waiting on you guys:razz:

Goodness me they look a bit hard :eek:

Righteo, I shall have a go (hahaha that rhymes - I'm so cool :P)

The kids thing sounds like a fun idea too :)

Well done cherry!

Thanks tasha.
I just thought to myself, ok we have arcade tornaments going on, but i cant keep asking 2.0 for tetris non stop.
So i thougt a weekly quiz would keep us all amused.
But ive only had to people enter so far, so maybe it wont last longer than one week lol.
I hope more of you enter, the questions are not so hard, GOOGLE it.
Also its only ever easy if you know the answer isnt it, most of us have to reasearch things.
Go give it a go.:razz:

Sounds good, Cherry. Know what would be fun? We all submit a picture of ourselves when we were kids, to Cherry, and then we have to guess who the grown up iSketcher is! Like Jewel's thread but with much more VIPs :P

OOOO I like that, sounds good, but I dont know what most sketchers look like now so we'd have to send a recent pic too, yeah?

/me wonders if cherry is open to bribes

Thanks tasha.
I just thought to myself, ok we have arcade tornaments going on, but i cant keep asking 2.0 for tetris non stop.
So i thougt a weekly quiz would keep us all amused.
But ive only had to people enter so far, so maybe it wont last longer than one week lol.
I hope more of you enter, the questions are not so hard, GOOGLE it.
Also its only ever easy if you know the answer isnt it, most of us have to reasearch things.
Go give it a go.:razz:

Grr cherry what'd you have to give it away for?
I was going to WIN!

Muaha.

heh... I wonder if its possible to find questions that are ungooooogleable...

A challenge in itself.

Hmm.
methinks you'd have to be super-intelligent to do that.

Unless it's like, what colour top am I wearing.

/me has pm'd Cherry of the Wild 'alternative' answers :razz:

/me flies off giggling......

Well, I'm in, I guess. I do like the idea of finding kid pics. I'll consider sending one.

* tuppence;79352 wonders if cherry is open to bribes


Of course babe, anything for you.
I want to be a size 12 again or at a push a 14.
If you can give me that, then you win the quiz, if not bugger off lmfao:biggrin:

Ok the weeks results on the quiz.
People with 10/10 are as follows
Jewels
Bad manners
flopsy
Facey
So im afraid a tie break situation is called for, i will pm each winner with the question.
Thanks all those who took part, i did hope more would have had a go.
Maybe it will become more popular in time
Anyway here are the answers below.
ANSWER 1 LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN
ANSWER 2 GALILEO
ANSWER 3 GEORGE V
ANSWER 4 WILLIAM BOOTH
ANSWER 5 JUNE
ANSWER 6 DENMARK
ANSWER 7 BLUE
ANSWER 8 THE BUTTOCKS
ANSWER 9 D
ANSWER 10 12
well done winners please check your pm boxes

How did I do :razz:

/me flies off giggling.....

i think you'll need a harder tie break question Cherry.

i think you'll need a harder tie break question Cherry.



Yes BM it seems your right, two out of the 4 of you have given the right answer so far.
Ok bear with me

Ok yet again we have four right answers from the tie break round.
So im going to pm another tie breaker to the four people,
Hopefully ill get a winner this time

maybe instead of making questions that anyone can find the answer to you could come up with a little puzzle or riddle? It would require a bit more skill and it'd be more of a challenge

Ah that sounds like a good idea!

Or some sort of.. "submit the best something"...

Ok the second tie break round is no better all 4 finalists got he right answer.
So im going to think up another way to get me a winner.
Watch this space finalists it will be up on here tonight( monday



Ok the 3rd tie break question is.
What is the highest score you can achive in a frame of snooker.
Answers in by tuesday night please.
The finalists are BAD MANNRS,, FACEY,, FLOPSY,, AND JEWELS

I have a suggestion if I may be so bold.. if not you will be here forever.

PM the finalists with a question at exactly the same time... the first one to get back to you is the winner. Simple :razz:

EDIT: Bit like fastest fingers first... except it depends on how often the finalists check the boards :razz:

It's a good idea.

Although isn't BM in Australia?
Timezones may give a bit of an advantage/disadvantage there.

Can't please everyone all the time Tasha :S Just appears the easiest way to go.. if not, like I said... poor WildCherry will be forever doing tie-breaks

Very true.
And I wasn't saying it's a bad idea or anything - far from it.
I think it's a great idea, just abit unfortunate for BM.

How about something ridiculous like "Guess Cherry's husband's shoe size" :biggrin:

How about something ridiculous like "Guess Cherry's husband's shoe size" :biggrin:

brb i'm on the phone to mick. :razz:

Umm thanks tasha.

Yes I think that time limits suck. Because Cherry could put the question on at 3pm UK time and I would probably already be in bed. Remember I am 9 hours ahead of you when it's your Summer and 11 hours ahead when it's your Winter. Besides which - it's a quiz and unlike iSketch - we don't all have to be there at the same time.

Just do it based on questions. Make it that HONOUR and INTEGRITY are mandatory and don't allow Googling.

I wouldn't feel right if I googled any of the answers. That's just cheating and there's not much worse than that.

Cherry, can you just call me the winner, it's far more easier than this hassle. :razz:
/me legs it

Ok im just waiting for facey to answer the 3rd tie break question.
Then a winner will be annouced tomorrow.
Im sure i got the perfect question this time lol:eek:

Ok im just waiting for facey to answer the 3rd tie break question.
Then a winner will be annouced tomorrow.
Im sure i got the perfect question this time lol:eek:

What's your bra size? The closest person to the correct answer wins? :razz:
/me runs for dear life.

What's your bra size? The closest person to the correct answer wins? :razz:
* MsNerdinator;80141 runs for dear life.


LMFAO Trust you nerdy, well my bra size HHHmm never mind


OK without further hold ups ill tell you the winner of the first isketch wekly quiz.
So well done to mr BAD MANNERS
The question was, what is the highest score possible in a frame of snooker.
The correct answer was 151.
Cause you can get a 147 break, but if your opponent pots the white in off the break, you then get 4 points awarded to you makeing it a 151 break.
Many thanks to all those who took part, and our four finalists, FACEY, JEWELS,FLOPSY AND BAD MANNERS.
WELL DONE YOU THE WINNER MR BAD MANNERS.
Ok now bad my old china, you have to now do the next quiz, its your call to how its done, so take centre stage and go for it.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxWELL DONE

Well done BM!! A Worthy winner :biggrin:

Pfftttt, I said 147, I don't know enough about snooker to know the 4 point thingy lmao :razz: Really enjoyed it tho, thank you cherry babes xxx

/me eagerly awaits the next one!

Your most very welcome facey hun.
I think its nice to keep something like this quiz going weekly, gives us something to get our teeth into.
We cant have a tornament every week, so why not quiz ourselves instead, we can have quizzes on anything we like.
Im looking forward to BM,S quiz yippeeee

Well done BM! King of trivia for this week.

I look forward to next quiz cos I completely missed this one. Nice job Cherry xxx

Can I be pedantic? Oh, I usually am so why change now?!!

Is it not possible to get a 153 - because if the snooker player was as bad as me, for instance, they might go to break, mis-cue, hit the pink, then the white goes in off! Therefore, technically, the white ball goes back up and having hit the pink (which is a 6 point ball) the foul points are 6.

Just thought I'd throw that one in! :twisted:

Can I be pedantic? Oh, I usually am so why change now?!!

Is it not possible to get a 153 - because if the snooker player was as bad as me, for instance, they might go to break, mis-cue, hit the pink, then the white goes in off! Therefore, technically, the white ball goes back up and having hit the pink (which is a 6 point ball) the foul points are 6.

Just thought I'd throw that one in! :twisted:


Well, if we're including fouls, which I didn't (oh foolish me), the highest score possible is 155 where a re-spotted black ends the break.

http://www.answers.com/topic/highest-snooker-break

See, in the spirit of goodwill and honour, I didn't google first... :razz:

Ok - If a player plays a foul stroke with all 15 reds still on the table, and snookers their opponent, the opponent may choose to hit any coloured ball as a free ball which is scored as a red. By potting that free ball and a colour, then all of the reds followed by blacks, then all six colours, the player can achieve a break of more than 147. If the free ball is followed by a black, and the player goes on to clear the table, the total score for the break is 155; this is the highest possible break in these circumstances.

There is a myth in snooker circles that a break of 162 is possible with fouls and a re-spotted black. BUT!!! even with this extremely unlikely combination, the highest break is still 155. This is because a re-spotted black ends the break and a coin is tossed to decide progress in the frame.

Next Quiz should be ready by the end of the week - will try to make it a little Google resistant and will ask that you e-mail rather than PM as my PM box is rather full.

Who spent his youth watching pot black and hanging around snooker rooms???????

Well done Bad-manner$ , thanks cherry was a good quiz.

edit: bad, for your quiz please not too many sports questions unless it's tennis, cosmetic's and male hunk questions work well for me.

Well, if we're including fouls, which I didn't (oh foolish me), the highest score possible is 155 where a re-spotted black ends the break.

http://www.answers.com/topic/highest-snooker-break

See, in the spirit of goodwill and honour, I didn't google first... :razz:


Well i see that a 155 is possible, but i got my answer from the television this week.
Where snooker players were playing the world series at the crucible in sheffield.
The commentater stated the 151 score and i used it in this quiz as a tie break question.
I still feel that i have the right winner though, as flopsy answered 147 as did facey and so did jewels.
Bad Manners gave the correct answer that i had which was 151.
So he is the true winner, if someone would have iven he 155 answer and i was proved to be wrong then i would have overseen this and made that person the new winner.
I hope your all happy with this:razz:

Ok here we go. Please e-mail your answers to me - click the red button for address:

http://www.ise-p.com/symbol/red%20button.jpg (bad_manners@optusnet.com.au)

1. If I was an ecdysiast, what would I do for a living?

2. Which country has a red flag with a green 5-pointed star called the Seal of Solomon?

3. Who was the first film star to feature on a postage stamp?

4. Who was the New South Wales Commissioner of Police immediately before Ken Moroney?

5. Which breed of dog, known for rescue work, was originally bred in Trappist monasteries?

6. What are the two bones of the lower arm known as?

7. Which Australian State was originally named in honour of the Governor General of the Dutch East Indies?

8. Who wrote Sinead O'Connor's only real hit "Nothing Compares 2 U"?

9. Apart from the inflatable aircraft escape slide, what other important piece of aircraft equipment was invented in Australia?

10. Which band was Daryl Braithwaite the lead singer of?

ANSWERS BY OH LET'S SAY 11pm - MY TIME - WEDNESDAY 16TH. THAT'S 9 hrs ahead of the Brits and depending on where on the Coninent of North America you live either 14, 15 or 16 hours ahead of you. The rest of you can work it out by checking your time against Australian Easter Standard Time.

:rolleyes: :eek: :cry: Looks at them there questions and runs a blinking mile.
I think i have a headache comeing on

:rolleyes: :eek: :cry: Looks at them there questions and runs a blinking mile.
I think i have a headache comeing on
Oh my. Same!

Oh come on Cherry. Pump Up and have a go. You know you want to . I had to make people earn their keep. And a few Aussie questions shouldn't be THAT daunting. Should it? Wait until you get Tie Breaker question.

Wait until you get Tie Breaker question.
/me hopes she didn't get any of her questions right :eek:

/me just emailed her answers... that was fun. :smile:

I have to say it was quite a challenging quiz

For a non-Australian !!

emailed mine, Gosh that was tuff!!

Umm - slap me silly - fortunately my detective skills do come in handy sometimes - but if you are sending the answers and you ain't on my MSN list - can you put your name in the Subject line - or sign off with your iSketch or Forum name.

Should I mark hard on spelling? Especially if it's a name?

I signed off with Nay I think. You'd have to link it to my signature to know.

So: That was me

Should I mark hard on spelling? Especially if it's a name?
All depends whose it is :twisted:

Should I mark hard on spelling? Especially if it's a name?

Yes... what if instead of Donald Duck as the answer for Q 3 someone put Daffy Duck, then claimed it was because they couldn't spell Donald?

Oh no, did I just give an answer away? :twisted:

I'd say if it's a few letters is it a typo? Or is it a genuine mistake? Honestly, I'd be hacked off if it was a little spelling error that got me out of it. You watch, it will be now :sad:

Edit: I've just looked at my answers and noticed a missing letter from me typing quick. I must say, I'm more mad at myself for not checking that more thoroughly but, if I get that question wrong for doing so, it's my own fault. ie, all I've said above, disregard :biggrin: I'm such an idiot!

Quiz completed and sent - really enjoyed it, especially the Aus questions. wd BM x

Hmm I understand about the spelling error now, can see how easily it may happen. Tempted to say let people off but as a regular player of trivia quizzes - I have to say that any spelling mistakes mean a wrong answer - even if they're mine!

Hmmmm, we're not talking about a straight forward spelling error though or are we and I've got the wrong end of the stick? If it's what I think it is, I wouldn't allow it.

Done... thank goodness I have links to Australia!

Yes... what if instead of Donald Duck as the answer for Q 3 someone put Daffy Duck, then claimed it was because they couldn't spell Donald?

Oh no, did I just give an answer away? :twisted:

Nope. No answers given away although yes - that's ONE way of looking at it. Someone already did something like that and therefore got an incorrect answer. They haven't complained, because they realised the mistake once I told them which question was incorrect.

I'd say if it's a few letters is it a typo? Or is it a genuine mistake? Honestly, I'd be hacked off if it was a little spelling error that got me out of it. You watch, it will be now :sad:

Edit: I've just looked at my answers and noticed a missing letter from me typing quick. I must say, I'm more mad at myself for not checking that more thoroughly but, if I get that question wrong for doing so, it's my own fault. ie, all I've said above, disregard :biggrin: I'm such an idiot!

Not sure if yours was missing a letter or if it had an extra one added in. Will have to check when I get back home.

Quiz completed and sent - really enjoyed it, especially the Aus questions. wd BM x

Hmm I understand about the spelling error now, can see how easily it may happen. Tempted to say let people off but as a regular player of trivia quizzes - I have to say that any spelling mistakes mean a wrong answer - even if they're mine!

Thanks kissy and yes you are quite correct. If the thing is spelled incorrectly the trivia site would knock you back as an incorrect answer. So I think I will have to go with that option - otherwise the Tie Break will blow out galore. There are already three people who have got 10/10 correct. I will post the correct answers and the names of the tied contestants on Wednesday.

Done... thank goodness I have links to Australia!

Do you REALLY think that helped you?

And here's a tip for you all - Google may be wonderful but in trivia quizzes it may not be your best friend.

For question 7 it did

Ok - but did you really think that the last Police Commissioner was Dame Edna Everage?

:embarrassed: I am still struggling with that one... but I now know it isn't Skippy :razz:

Ok - but did you really think that the last Police Commissioner was Dame Edna Everage?

But she would have done a great job with the uniform!

Ok sent my answers in, i know i did crap lol, cherry thanks BM for a fantastic set of questions.
Really had to work for those answers:razz:

/me says "Whoa. I almost thought I had an incorrect answer. So I did go back and re-research one of the questions due to the number of people who gave me different answers to it. I thought I was wrong - but I was mistaken. How could I have doubted myself?

So far I have had entries from:


WildCherry
Buffers
Flopsy
2.0
Nay/Dinnae
TempusFugit
Kissy
Facey
rabbitrun

A couple of you have sent me a reply but your answers seem to have been stolen somewhere between your outbox and my inbox. So if your name isn't on the above list - please re-send.

Can we get the answers posted when this is done?

Can we get the answers posted when this is done?
I'm not like schools used to be when I was a kid (not so sure it's not still like that)- where they give kids exams and then tell them they got 75% but then don't tell them which bits they got wrong so they can actually know WTF they got right and what they need to re-learn correctly.

When I put the names up of those who got 10/10 I will also put up the answers and some notes and links to the questions people may have got wrong.

And when I said Google wasn't necessarily the trivia player's friend - that has just been made obvious - some people just can't spell correctly.

TY :biggrin: I'm very intrigued about this whole spelling/different answer thing.

If u still have MSN I will explain it there

/me unblocks BM :twisted:
Seriously, I think I have problems with msn :rolleyes: It's showing people offline who are online in a chat window...

Oh that would be the new version where you can be offline but still chat and people who are in the chat with you can see you - although anyone else sees you as offline. I sent you a short msg on MSN and then PM'd the response in here.

Oh, so I could have used Google?

I want a re-sit :P !!

Should I mark hard on spelling? Especially if it's a name?

Only if the name is Bob!

Oh, so I could have used Google?

I want a re-sit :P !!

Well there aren't too many who would have got the Police Commissioner's name or Daryl Braithwate's band - and most likely not the stamp - without it.

It pays to live so far from the rest of the world, where we can have our own little culture in paradise and be relatively well ignored - until it comes to the important stuff like Cricket, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Swimming, Trivia, Beer.

Should I mark hard on spelling? Especially if it's a name?

Only if the name is Bob!

LOL - reminds me of a Cheech and Chong sketch - Lets Make a Dope Deal - Ok Bob - next question - What is your name? Starts with a B. Ends with a B......... Oh I know that one, Man. It's Bob, Man.




Oh and there's bragging rights for anyone who can tell me what the most popular beer is in Australia.

BIG HINT: Fosters is Australia's joke on the rest of the world. We wouldn't drink that crap if you paid us a lot of money. Oh wait.... People do pay us a lot of money - we export more of it than is consumed here:twisted:

Oh and there's bragging rights for anyone who can tell me what the most popular beer is in Australia
A friend who's in sidney right now tells me everybody she knows drinks Castleman, but she's been there 3 weeks, so i'm probably way off. Do i get them rights?

BIG HINT: Fosters is Australia's joke on the rest of the world. We wouldn't drink that crap if you paid us a lot of money. Oh wait.... People do pay us a lot of money - we export more of it than is consumed here:twisted:

Same goes for Corona beer and Brahma beer. I'd think twice before i drink it, definately worst case scenario beers.

Americans: buy moosehead or if you can, sure beats the hell ouf of that wimpy 4% rocky mountain taste...
And yes, i know coors owns molson now, thus i will not say a word about it. Go independent, tastes better.

no offense of course. i like drinking miller in the summer, goes down like pop.

/flirt Molson - when it's available here.

Castlemaine? Or XXXX also known as Fourex. Nope. It's called XXXX because Queenslanders can't spell BEER - but don't tell Steiny I said that ;o)

Try something from a little further south.

/me wonders if BM is open to bribes too

Oh and there's bragging rights for anyone who can tell me what the most popular beer is in Australia.


Victoria Bitter?

* tuppence;80743 wonders if BM is open to bribes too

Someone once said "NSW Police - the finest money can buy!" - but I don't think they meant it in that way jewels:twisted:

Victoria Bitter?

Ok flopsy - brag away!!!!

http://www.fosters.com.au/enjoy/images/img_vb.jpg
http://www.fosters.com.au/enjoy/beer/victoria_bitter.htm

Ok flopsy - brag away!!!!

Me? Brag? Surely you must know I'm far too modest...

Yeah, right, bring it ON!

some of you have sent me a reply but your answers seem to have been stolen somewhere between your outbox and my inbox.
:sad: Twas mine, for some weird reason the attached file with my answers never attached .

Someone once said "NSW Police - the finest money can buy!" - but I don't think they meant it in that way jewels:twisted:
:embarrassed: lol did I say that.

Me? Brag? Surely you must know I'm far too modest...
Yeah, right, bring it ON!
Well done flopsy:razz:

Did you all google?? I just put first thing that came into my head.............................:twisted:

I think some may have Googled. Actually I KNOW some have Googled based on their replies - hence the misspellings which have eliminated some players.

As a regular online Trivia player - you don't get time to Google anything, so I rely on gut instinct - which doesn't always work too well for me in trivia - but for work it's been a blessing.

There are now only about 55 hours left to e-mail your answers in.

BM'shttp://www.ise-p.com/red_button.jpge-mail (bad_manners@optusnet.com.au)

There are now only about 55 hours left to e-mail your answers in.



Have I won yet?

Have I won yet?

/slap kissy
Dont be silly it was me!!!:twisted:

Have I won yet?
NOT YET!!

The correct answers - and YES I chose to mark for spelling - otherwise the tie breaker would be a huge one.

1. If I was an ecdysiast, what would I do for a living? A STRIPPER

2. Which country has a red flag with a green 5-pointed star called the Seal of Solomon? MOROCCO NB: Only one R in MOROCCO

3. Who was the first film star to feature on a postage stamp?
GRACE KELLY - Yes I know you are all saying, but the Grace Kelly stamp was released in 1993 and Charlie Chaplin came out on a stamp in the US in 1985. And it wasn't Marilyn Monroe or Greta Garbo either. This stamp:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b8/Gracekellystamp.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Gracekellystamp.jpg) was released in Monaco in 1956 picturing her with Prince Rainier.

4. Who was the New South Wales Commissioner of Police immediately before Ken Moroney? Peter Ryan - Not Skippy The Bush Kangaroo - although many would argue Skippy could have done a better job.

5. Which breed of dog, known for rescue work, was originally bred in Trappist monasteries? St Bernard

6. What are the two bones of the lower arm known as? Radius and Ulna

7. Which Australian State was originally named in honour of the Governor General of the Dutch East Indies? Tasmania - Dutch explorer Abel Tasman was the first European to explore Tasmania. He named the island Anthoonij van Diemenslandt in honor of Anthony van Diemen, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies who had sent Tasman on his voyage of discovery in 1642.

8. Who wrote Sinead O'Connor's only real hit "Nothing Compares 2 U"? Prince

9. Apart from the inflatable aircraft escape slide, what other important piece of aircraft equipment was invented in Australia? NOT the Dolly Trolley, Turbojets or Distance Measuring Equipment - but The Black Box Flight Recorder.

10. Which band was Daryl Braithwaite the lead singer of? This one caught a few people out - SHERBET. I know you are screaming at the computer right now and saying BS that's what I wrote. Unfortunately some of you chose to write SHERBERT - which is not correct.

So to the TIE BREAKER - Kissy and 2.0

I will PM you the question and you can PM the answer back to me.

While we wait for that - can anyone tell us what colour the Answer to Question 9 is?

While we wait for that - can anyone tell us what colour the Answer to Question 9 is?




Orange ...

Haha, I have a different comment on Q9 though:

"[Distance Measuring Equipment] was invented by Edward George "Taffy" Bowen whilst employed as Chief of the Division of Radiophysics of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation CSIRO in Australia" so basically I wasn't wrong. It was just not the answer you had in mind :p

/me slaps herself upside the head with a paint brush for her dreadful spelling in the quiz

Ok tie-breaker answered and returned.

Bit easy so expecting it to go to 2nd tie-breaker and no I didnt use google!

/me breaks 2.0's fingers so he can't type

/me wishes he could go into BM's PM box and edit messages...

Bah... b*******to sherbet :razz: Made me laugh though!!

And the black box is BLACK! But I suspect it is green or yellow with flashing pink dots :S

Enjoyed the quiz BM and good luck you two in the tie-breaker!

* 2.0;81515 wishes he could go into BM's PM box and edit messages...

Yeah like the mods don't read them anyway!

(ty TF xxxx)

Blooming sherbet, why not sherbert its so much better

Wow wd Kissy and 2.0 Good luck to you both in the tie breaker xx:smile:

Haha, I have a different comment on Q9 though:

"[Distance Measuring Equipment] was invented by Edward George "Taffy" Bowen whilst employed as Chief of the Division of Radiophysics of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation CSIRO in Australia" so basically I wasn't wrong. It was just not the answer you had in mind :p

Yes that's true. But it's just like playing in a real trivia quiz where the editor is a stubborn bastard and won't listen. Anyway - I made the Tie breaker too easy.

Which actor played in Black-Hawk Down, The Hulk, Troy and Finding Nemo?

They both got it right. Next one on it's way.

Yes that's true. But it's just like playing in a real trivia quiz where the editor is a stubborn bastard and won't listen. Anyway - I made the Tie breaker too easy.

Which actor played in Black-Hawk Down, The Hulk, Troy and Finding Nemo?

They both got it right. Next one on it's way.
Lol see all those who mocked the cherry,s questions.
Its not so easy to get hard ones that cant be found is it.
Good luck to kissy and 2.0, may the best brain win xxx:eek:

Well I just sent them one that should have them looking around for a while.
Should give me a bit of breathing space until I can come up with a real poser.

EDIT:

AND THE WINNER IS.............................

KISSKISS


The question I posed was:

"Besides Bad Manners, Madness and Most Australian Rock Bands (70"s to early 90"s) I Actually don"t mind a couple of other bands.

Name them."

To get this answer Google was NOT an option. Well done to 2.0 for naming all of my favourite Aussie Bands - but a slight misinterpretation of the question caused his downfall. - Must say that he was the first person to respond to the quiz and get 10/10 so kudos to him for that as well.

The answer is available from my BEBO home page - which you can get to by looking at my member profile http://www.isketchforum.net/member.php?u=398.

Hey if you had won you'd have had to research it just like the others.
Congrats kissy - start collating those questions.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/07/Mr._Bump.jpg/200px-Mr._Bump.jpg
SHAMELESS BUMP
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Wow I won? Thanks BM I really enjoyed your quiz and big hugs to 2.0, sorry but I had my rep as a serious trivia player to protect! My first thought was to list a few Aussie bands but took a look at BM's member profile first.

Hmmm so now it's my turn to think of some questions to make you tear your hear out? Well give me a day cos I'm really busy and I will work on it this evening. Will give me something to do while my MSN keeps crashing and I can't access isk anyway.

Well done to everyone that entered. Thanks BM :biggrin:

(aaargh just realised this means I will have to make a huge space in my inbox - grrr!)

Either do that or set yourself up with a dodgy e-mail address like I did

At least we know the answers would get to me on here!

btw I was very surprised at the answer to the tie-breaker - Kylie Minogue and Olivia Newton-John? You do surprise me...

Congrats Kissy!!!
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Well done kissy.

/me looks forward to the next lot of 10 questions all being on male hunks and cosmetics

Well done :) !

Yes that's true. But it's just like playing in a real trivia quiz where the editor is a stubborn bastard and won't listen.
Yeah, I didn't expect you to accept it as an answer (and I already took a resit anyway)

Time for the next quiz - apologies for the delay if you've been eagerly awaiting it (though I can't imagine why)

1. What is the surname/family name currently used by the British Royal Family?

2. Which English racecourse stages the Grand National Steeplechase?

3. Which Scottish comedian is also known as "The Big Yin"?

4. http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/2185/namefk6.jpg Name the plastic piece at the end of a shoelace which stops it unraveling.

5. What is the date of St.George's Day?

6. What is an uvula?

7. What is the collective name for a group of hamsters?

8. In which year was the last F.A. cup final played at the old Wembley Stadium?

9. Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Clubs compete in the Boat Race on the Thames each Spring. If you deduct the amount of wins by Oxford from the amount of wins by Cambridge and then add the amount of times they have finished in a dead heat, what number are you left with?

10. http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/9950/nicetrygd6.jpg
What is the current name of this famous gem?

Good luck everyone. Closing date is Friday 25th May at 9am B.S.T (GMT +1) to let those of us who are attending the iSk meet have time to recover before hitting google.

Edit: had the first entry within 2 hours of posting quiz!

Shameless bump ALERT!

Still plenty of time to enter the weekly quiz which ends Friday. PM the answers. Good luck!

/me missed this the first time!!
TY for the bump kissy xx It seems like you forgot to label the pics properly though :biggrin:
/me trundles off to put her brain into gear.

/me entered!!

FFS@ question 9 eekkkssss.
Kisskiss i hate you:cry:

Entries received from: - Flopsy, Bad_MaNneR$, dinnae, Aerochick, Rabbitrun and WildCherry.

The rest of you still have a full day to enter. Closing date is Friday 9am BST (GMT +1)

/me pokes Facey cos she hasn't received an entry from her yet

Oh hash, I forgot!! I promise, I will get it in by tonight!

Weekly quiz is now closed. Congratulations to those that got 10/10 - Flopsy, Bad_MaNneR$, dinnae, rabbitrun and jewels. Well done to the others who got so close with 9's.


1. What is the surname/family name currently used by the British Royal Family? Windsor

2. Which English racecourse stages the Grand National Steeplechase? Aintree

3. Which Scottish comedian is also known as "The Big Yin"? Billy Connolly

4. http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/2185/namefk6.jpg Name the plastic piece at the end of a shoelace which stops it unraveling. Aglet

5. What is the date of St.George's Day? APRIL 23rd


6. What is an uvula? ? The small dangly bit of soft tissue that hangs down from the soft palate over the back of the tongue.

7. What is the collective name for a group of hamsters? Horde

8. In which year was the last F.A. cup final played at the old Wembley Stadium? 2000 Chelsea 1 - Aston Villa 0

9. Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Clubs compete in the Boat Race on the Thames each Spring. If you deduct the amount of wins by Oxford from the amount of wins by Cambridge and then add the amount of times they have finished in a dead heat, what number are you left with? Cambridge 79 wins less Oxford's 73 wins = 6 plus 1 dead heat = 7

10. http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/9950/nicetrygd6.jpg
What is the current name of this famous gem? The Hope Diamond

Tie-breaker questions will be sent out and should be answered by Sunday 9 am BST (GMT +1). Googling is allowed cos there is no way of enforcing a google ban. Good luck!

Oh pants! I thought it closed tonight :sad:

Congrats to the tie-breakers :biggrin: Good Luck!

tie breakers entered :s

Just waiting for one person to complete tie-breakers. Once they have submitted then I will announce the results.

Only one person has got full marks so far.

/me looks relieved that they didn't all find her tie-breakers so easy...

Oh that would have been me holding everyone up then - sorry had another hospital visit straight after work - only got to do the tie breakers this morning when I got up.

You weren't holding anyone up as the deadline was Sunday morning.

Now I have results of tie-breakers. Well done Flopsy and Bad_MaNneR$ who had no trouble with what I had thought were tricky questions. Well tried to dinnae, rabbitrun and jewels. Questions and answers below.

New tie-breakers being sent out, if we don't have a clear winner after these then I will resort to something random and it will be a question of luck who wins!

1.When counting up to 100, i.e. 1, 2, 3, how many times is the number 9 used? 20

2.How many seconds in a week? 604800

3.Who died first, Romeo or Juliet? Romeo

4.According to the bible how many of each ‘clean beast’ did God instruct Noah to take into the ark? 7

5. Name the Trojan Prince in this mosaic that has had a moon named after him.
http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/2249/justguessbp5.jpgGanymede

I'm so good with numbers! :rolleyes:

Nice quiz though.

More pictures? You really are testing us aren't you? So it's either guess at random and use that as my answer, or guess at random, try googling a million pictures with a million different options.

/me buggers off to google old farts and funny looking skellingtons

Ooh, I'm curious to see the questions so I can guess along. Of course without posting any possible answers.

These are the tie-breakers sent out today - hope we get a winner from them xx

1.Which modern animal is this ancient fossilised skeleton related to?
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/675/felidaemi0.jpg

2. What is the full name of this 'incorruptible'?
http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/9907/frenchmaneu9.jpg

3.What flower is this? Not sure where I 'cooked' this one up from.
http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/8367/flowerstv4.jpg

Please don't post your guesses!!!

Oh wow. Good luck BM and Flopsy...!

Oh wow. Good luck BM and Flopsy...!

Thanks, they were a bit brain-stretching (small understatement in the case of the first one!).

and we have a winner!

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Flopsy!!!!!

Well done Flopsy, your prize is kudos and getting to set next quiz xx

Answers 1. Cheetah 2. Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre 3. Wild garlic

Well done Flopsy, your prize is kudos and getting to set next quiz xx



:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

Yay! And well done to you kissy, I enjoyed your tough quizzes. I'd forgotten the booby prize of setting the next one but it's a wet weekend so I'll do my best to get it done soon.

Virtual drinks are on me!

Also well done to BM who only got 1 wrong in 3 rounds - great job BM x

Thanks to Peanut and rabbitrun who acted as my guinea pig and test bunny for the tie-breakers xxxx

Well done flopsy!!

Thanks kissy - that was great tie-breaker series - I even had to use a ............. BOOK.......yes I couldn't be arsed googling the Ganymede one and went straight to one of my mythology books. But the final series - phew - I think I may have made an error by posting these replies

1.Which modern animal is this ancient fossilised skeleton related to?
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/675/felidaemi0.jpg

Halle Berry?

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/8131/catwomanfinalbn2.jpg

2. What is the full name of this 'incorruptible'?
http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/9907/frenchmaneu9.jpg

Frenchy de-Billiard-Ball-Spearbreaker

3.What flower is this? Not sure where I 'cooked' this one up from.
http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/8367/flowerstv4.jpg

I actually got lucky with this one - I saw Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall using some on the telly in River Cottage

Many Congratulations Flopsy!! Queen of Trivia xxx

Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre



That's an awesome name.

Well done flopsy !

Congratulations Flopsy :biggrin:

Well done flopsy. Great quiz kisskiss.

I've been to visit my home town this weekend, which has left me feeling a little historical - I hope it doesn't make you all feel too hysterical!

So here's this week's quiz; answers on a postcard please (or via PM if you insist!) by Friday 1st June at 9 a.m. BST (GMT +1).

1. There are four surviving copies of this document, two in London, one in Lincoln and one in Salisbury. What is it, who signed it, and where?

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/3849/helloxe6.jpg

2. If there are 12 inches to the foot and 3 feet to the yard, how many rods are there in a mile?

3. Name the four presidents carved into the mountain.

http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/3990/presuw4.jpg

4. The game of cricket is based on another game which is still played in Sussex - what is that game called?

5. To the British a billion is 1,000,000,000,000, i.e. a million million, but in American English a billion is 1,000,000,000, i.e. only one thousand million. What single word means 'one thousand million'?

6. There were originally twelve of them, now there are only three left and two of those are in the county where I live: who did they commemorate?

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/3861/nicetryxe2.jpg

7. American recipes often use cups as the unit of measurement which confuses the heck out of me so how many grammes in a cup of flour?

8. Must have been hard to catch up with this guy to take his photo... who is it?

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/5070/f1tkx9.jpg

9. After the Battle of Hastings, what was the first place in England visited by William the Conqueror?

10. Europe's oldest working clock dates from 1386. How many times has it ticked?

Have fun!

Woah, those are hard.. :eek:
heh, I wish we could google people's faces.
10. Europe's oldest working clock dates from 1386. How many times has it ticked?

/me goes to ask Tempus how many times she has ticked :razz:

* MsNerdinator;83185 goes to ask Tempus how many times she has ticked :razz:

/me thinks you'll pay for that!!

Wow, those are hard.

Off the top of my head...

I could guess at what 1's called,
I could tell you what 6 is called although it's not the question,

And then I'd stop.
=]
So I won't bother :smile:

Woah, those are hard.. :eek:
heh, I wish we could google people's faces.

* MsNerdinator goes to ask Tempus how many times she has ticked :razz:

LOL, if you get a photo of TF's face at that precise moment I'll let you off one question!

Im not even going to bother entering this weeks quiz lol, although i do know 1 answer hahaha.
Well done to flopsy, and good luck to those who do enter seems you will need it:razz:

LOL, if you get a photo of TF's face at that precise moment I'll let you off one question!

Only one?! :razz:

/me can't wait til TF sees this thread

Can we divert the attention elsewhere please.. like... on the quesetions? :P

I loves you, TF. Or is it too late for that? XD

its too late..

1. There are four surviving copies of this document, two in London, one in Lincoln and one in Salisbury. What is it, who signed it, and where?
My iSketch application, (lots of smudges and crossings out), by me, online.

2. If there are 12 inches to the foot and 3 feet to the yard, how many rods are there in a mile?
Depends how many anglers are fishing on that particular mile of river.

3. Name the four presidents carved into the mountain.
On the left, Denzel Washington
2nd from left is definetly a 60's/70's pop singer.
2nd from right, always reminds me of a 30's Stalin.
On the right, seems half finished, or needs a better haircut.

4. The game of cricket is based on another game which is still played in Sussex - what is that game called?
Marry your sister?

5. To the British a billion is 1,000,000,000,000, i.e. a million million, but in American English a billion is 1,000,000,000, i.e. only one thousand million. What single word means 'one thousand million'?
Bloodybig

6. There were originally twelve of them, now there are only three left and two of those are in the county where I live: who did they commemorate?
WM winning a game

7. American recipes often use cups as the unit of measurement which confuses the heck out of me so how many grammes in a cup of flour?
Depends how much your local dealer has cut it.

8. Must have been hard to catch up with this guy to take his photo... who is it?
Error - No joke found

9. After the Battle of Hastings, what was the first place in England visited by William the Conqueror?
The loo, the ferrys had no facilities and then he had a little fight to deal with.

10. Europe's oldest working clock dates from 1386. How many times has it ticked?
I think this has already been answered correctly by Ms(I'm not going to survive the Bank Holiday when TF catches me)Nerdy.


Hmmm... I think I'll score a similar amount for real... /me goes to ponder.

LOL! I thought the answers were posted by accident and quickly scrolled down to number 8 to see who the heck it is already before someone edited the post...no such luck!

Seriously though, can number 8's identity be bought on eBay or something because it's really frustrating!:mad:

10. Europe's oldest working clock dates from 1386. How many times has it ticked?

* MsNerdinator;83185 goes to ask Tempus how many times she has ticked :razz:

/me prepares something good (if possible) to say at Nerdy's funeral.
Was nice knowing you sis

LOL! I thought the answers were posted by accident and quickly scrolled down to number 8 to see who the heck it is already before someone edited the post...no such luck!

Seriously though, can number 8's identity be bought on eBay or something because it's really frustrating!:mad:


I take bribes :twisted:

* MsNerdinator;83185 goes to ask Tempus how many times she has ticked




10. Europe's oldest working clock dates from 1386. How many times has it ticked?
I think this has already been answered correctly by Ms(I'm not going to survive the Bank Holiday when TF catches me)Nerdy.




RIIIIGGGGHHHHHTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u94/TempusFugitFun/bear003.gif


I'mmmaaaa coming to get y'all!!!!!!!!


In answer to your question.... NO!!!! I AINT THAT OLD!!! Well.... I am oldish... but I can assure you that I haven't been ticking all that long :razz:

Nerdy/JASR: Watch your backs :twisted: The clock is plotting an appropriate revenge.....


LOL, if you get a photo of TF's face at that precise moment I'll let you off one question!

As for you Wabbit..... I think you can let them off with two questions..... I am now running precisely four seconds slow due to the shock and trauma. Why would you like a photo of my face? Oh... I get it now (thanks to running four seconds slowly).... Right.. .that's it.... You will never get your Uncle's foot back now :twisted:

* *AJ*;83273 prepares something good (if possible) to say at Nerdy's funeral.
Was nice knowing you sis

You can have my mac, if you want.

flopsy, who is that in question 8? ;)

Edit: LOL, TF!!! :razz:
/me watches her back.. :eek:
And dinnae, do you like chocolate? <wink wink>

RIIIIGGGGHHHHHTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As for you Wabbit..... I think you can let them off with two questions..... I am now running precisely four seconds slow due to the shock and trauma. Why would you like a photo of my face? Oh... I get it now (thanks to running four seconds slowly).... Right.. .that's it.... You will never get your Uncle's foot back now :twisted:

Bwahahahahahakerplunk! I thought of you when I was setting the question... but only because we'd had a conversation about the clock in Rye which pretends to be old, quite unlike you of course, no pretending there... no, wait, what am I saying? don't boil Uncle's foot!

Edit: Msnerdinator: "flopsy, who is that in question 8?"

You'll have to go faster than that to catch me out, nerdy. And him. :P

LMAO... oooo.. it just keeps on getting worse and worse for you!!!!!

:twisted: :razz:


Give me a clue and I might save his foot :razz:

LMAO... oooo.. it just keeps on getting worse and worse for you!!!!!

:twisted: :razz:


Give me a clue and I might save his foot :razz:

erm... there's a clue in there already :razz:

Bloody hell JASR. Have you been lookin at my answers?

Bloody hell JASR. Have you been lookin at my answers?

/me thinks of a way to bump this thread to remind people the deadline is Friday without getting killed by a mod and decides that telling Bad that JASR has to find his quiz answers somewhere so he can be speedy is good enough. :razz:

Ooo.. blimey... FRIDAY!!!! :sad:

I will crack on with it later then :razz:

Any news on the results yet flopsy? :)

When's the next quiz? I wanna join in.

It'll be when whoever won the last one decides to post questions. Might be in the next 48 hours maybe.

/me sits in waiting to see who won the last one...:biggrin:

I don't think there is a winner yet. Maybe tie-breakers are being prepared.

/me hopes Flopsy got her entry

Cherry waits in anticipation to see who the next quizmaster is:razz:

Who won this one?

Sorry it's taken so long to post the scores... I have been out and about a lot since last Friday and never quite got my head around these clever people's clever answers to the questions!


Some of the answers were open to interpretation but mine's the interpretation that counts. It was a close run thing between the top three, Dinnae, kisskiss and Sierra so let me put them out of their misery with the answers:

Q1. There are four surviving copies of this document, two in London, one in Lincoln and one in Salisbury. What is it, who signed it, and where?

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/3849/helloxe6.jpg

It's the Magna Carta, 'signed' by King John at Runnymede. In those days, few people could write, so seals were very common and were as good as, often better than, signatures. The Magna Carta in the photo is the one at Salisbury Cathedral.

Q2. If there are 12 inches to the foot and 3 feet to the yard, how many rods are there in a mile?

320 rods to the mile (12 inches to the foot, 3 feet to the yard, five yards and one foot and six inches to the rod (also called the pole or perch), 4 rods (or poles or perches) to the chain, 10 chains to the furlong, and 8 furlongs to the mile).

Q3. Name the four presidents

http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/3990/presuw4.jpg

George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln

Q4. The game of cricket is based on another game which is still played in Sussex - what is that game called?

Stoolball

Q5. To the British a billion is 1,000,000,000,000, i.e. a million million, but in American English a billion is 1,000,000,000, i.e. only one thousand million. What single word means 'one thousand million'?

Milliard

Strangely the British don't use the word very much but it's very common in several other European languages.

Q6. There were originally twelve of them, now there are only three left and two of those are in the county where I live: who did they commemorate?

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/3861/nicetryxe2.jpg

They are the Eleanor Crosses, commemorating Queen Eleanor of Castile (wife of King Edward I)

One of the original crosses was erected at Charing and the spot is accepted as the centre of London but the cross that stands there now is a reconstruction and not the original.

Q7. American recipes often use cups as the unit of measurement which confuses the heck out of me so how many grammes in a cup of flour?

There are different answers to this according to the type of flour and whether it was sifted or not, so I would have accepted any answer between 115g and 160g. Dinnae even worked out the mathematical formula using the specific gravity of flour... you learn something new every day. Note that a cup of sugar and a cup of flour (sifted or not) don't weigh the same.

Q8. Must have been hard to catch up with this guy to take his photo... who is it?

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/5070/f1tkx9.jpg

Lewis Hamilton (Formula 1 Racing Driver)

Q9. After the Battle of Hastings, what was the first place in England visited by William the Conqueror?

Dover

Q10. Europe's oldest working clock dates from 1386. How many times has it ticked?

More than five million... there were a few years when the clock wasn't working so the exact answer isn't known. Although it has no face, the escapement (the cogs etc!) does make a noise in the same way as other mechanical clocks.


So, after all that... Sierra came third, Dinnae second, and kisskiss wins! It was VERY close though between kisskiss and Dinnae so well done and congratulations!

Damn stoolball :D
I really wanted to do the quiz this time. Wikipedia gave me my Wallingford answer for Q9, by the way. But it didn't clearly say that it was the first place he went to. I'm interested in reading your source (if it's not a memory from some book), 'cos I can't really find any detailed information on it myself.


Very well done Kisskiss! Did you get them all right?

/clap Kissy well done!! You want your guinea BunE again???

I won? oh no I dont have any more quiz questions left in me!

Well done dinnae and Sierra. I didn't get them all right, the flour one was tricky and I said that clock had never ticked!

Guess I will be spending tomorrow compiling a new quiz.

Thank you for such a challenging and interesting quiz Flopsy - wdu xx

Congratulations kisskiss & dinnea!!! Very well done!

I was wrong on the flour question. I had no idea at all who the race car driver was. I had no idea what the Eleanor Crosses were. And my answer to the clock question was nearly very wrong until I discovered it only ticks on the hour. I'm surprised I actually placed at all. It was a tough and thoughtful quiz flopsy. Well done!

Kiss did you cheat again hun lol.
Well done my kissable mate, look forward to your next quiz darling xxxxx:razz:

well done kisskiss. Was a good quiz flopsy.

Like sierra I couldn't get the flour one, so didn't send my entry in:cry:

and I only got the Lewis Hamilton one, as I had his picture on my screen and my eldest son walked past and asked "mum why are you looking at Lewis Hamilton ":razz:

I knew the Eleanor cross one straight away, as I live only 2 miles away from one of them.

Lewis Who? Eleanor What?

Well done kissy - no way I could have got half of those questions.

/me looks forward to a round of EASY questions

* Bad_MaNneR$;84442 looks forward to a round of EASY questions You saying I'm easy?

Well I have finished preparing them now. Spent all morning on them and I still think they are way too googleable but at least it will encourage more of you to enter. Have a go, even if you don't know them all, I won the last one and I certainly didn't get them all right.

Here goes then -

1. What is the diameter of the Moon?

2. Which 2 monarchs introduced taxes on beards?

3. Who did King Edward VI name as his heir to the throne of England?

4.What was the ration of beer per week in liters, for a sailor in Tudor (UK) times? (rounded to nearest whole number)

5. Which word is a measurement of beer, an iceberg remnant and a US submarine?

6. http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/1639/toothypenisng3.jpg Name the animal

7. http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/6577/bandjy1.jpg Name the band, I think Henrietta is the middle one.

8. Name Phoebe's triplets in the US show Friends.

9. Which former 'Wicked' star, appeared in the season finale of Ugly Betty?

10. This 1950's show was my favourite on a Saturday morning (I watched it in the 70's - ok?!) What was the name of the horse/show and for a bonus point, what was the name of the dog that also appeared?
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/6357/horsexp3.jpg

That's me done then, over to you. Send answers to me here on forum PM and I will confirm receipt.

Closing date is Thursday 14th June 9am BST (GMT + 1) Good luck xxxx

Q6: A penis with teeth, turned inside out?

Q6: A penis with teeth, turned inside out?

oh you saw what I named that pic then?

and OMG I can't believe I got an entry already xx

Okay, I'm out of lazy mode and I'm entering this quiz. Kissy, you set killer questions. The easiest one for me was the picture of the animal - if it's right.
10. This 1950's show was my favourite on a Saturday morning (I watched it in the 70's - ok?!) What was the name of the horse/show and for a bonus point, what was the name of the dog that also appeared?]

In my defence, I'm at an age disadvantage on that question ;) It's haaard.
Edit: lol, nevermind.

oh you saw what I named that pic then?


Oh Haha! No, I hadn't


(but we all know what they say about great minds...)

Just a reminder - closing date is Thursday 14th June 9am BST (GMT +1)

Calls cost £5.50 per minute for a minimum of 15 minutes. Plz ask the permission of the bill payer before entering....

How come if a man talks dirty to a woman it's sexual harassment, but if a woman talks dirty to a man it's £5.50 per minute?

Maybe I should post that in "Thought for the Day"???

Oh jeez kiss, no way am i able to enter the quiz this time round.
T he kids and the puppies are giving me so much to do lately and and and lalalalala well its my excuse anyway.
Good luck to the rest of you:eek:

1. What is the diameter of the Moon? 3,476 KM

2. Which 2 monarchs introduced taxes on beards? Queen Elizabeth I and Tsar Peter I

3. Who did King Edward VI name as his heir to the throne of England? Lady Jane Grey

4.What was the ration of beer per week in liters, for a sailor in Tudor (UK) times? (rounded to nearest whole number) 1 UK gallon = 4.546 liters. 1 gallon per day was the ration so weekly it was 7 x 4.546 l = 31.822 l = 32 l

5. Which word is a measurement of beer, an iceberg remnant and a US submarine? Growler

6. http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/1639/toothypenisng3.jpg Name the animal Naked Mole-Rat

7. http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/6577/bandjy1.jpg Name the band, I think Henrietta is the middle one. The Fratellis

8. Name Phoebe's triplets in the US show Friends. Frank Jr. Jr., Leslie and Chandler

9. Which former 'Wicked' star, appeared in the season finale of Ugly Betty? Kristin Chenoweth

10. This 1950's show was my favourite on a Saturday morning (I watched it in the 70's - ok?!) What was the name of the horse/show and for a bonus point, what was the name of the dog that also appeared?
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/6357/horsexp3.jpg
Champion the Wonder Horse and Rebel

Well, them there's the answers. You can argue if you want but I'm right and you're wrong. Well except Flopsy cos she got them all right!!! Woo hooo, wd Flopsy xx
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/5971/winnernk7.jpg

All the entrants did a great job, especially BM who was a very close 2nd. Thank you to all those that entered, hope you enjoyed it xx

So over to Flopsy for the next round!

Well done, flopsy!

Wow, I did so bad, rofl. I was way off with some of my answers! XD
And that horse show? Grr... I read somewhere in someone's blog that they liked watching this 1950's show with a horse that would come on Saturday mornings. So I assumed it was THAT. lol. :embarrassed:

It was a fun (and haaaard) quiz, kissy. Thanks! :)

Woohoo! Some good questions there, kisskiss, thanks for the great quiz!

I've been driving for six hours today through some really bad weather so I'm shattered right now... and am working tomorrow so I'll bend my little brain around some more questions tomorrow evening.

Stupid cowboy shows and toothed-penis rats!

Well done flops!

congrats Flopsy!

Congrats again flopsy!!! Well done!
I did awful on this one, only got 5 correct. I gave up on 3 of them and turned in my answers too soon :(

Question for kisskiss:
There is a lot of horse/westerns from my childhood to choose from so it took me quite a while to find Champion and Rebel since I'm way too old to just remember that. I tried to use the pic you posted as the clue and the only place I found a match was within a video clip of the intro to the show. Was this where the photo came from? If so, very clever!

Your 5 was better than my 4. I think I probably did the worse, heh. I can try harder! :twisted: I'm glad I got the naked mole rat right. I don't think I'd ever want to encounter one though. They are creepy.

/me smiles sweetly at flopsy in the hopes that she'll not set any maths or history questions. :P

*pause for drum roll*

And now for the next quiz! Answers on a banknote (pleeeeeease!) by 20.00 (19.00 GMT +1) on Friday 22 June.

1. What will Paul McCartney be entitled to on Monday 18 June 2007?

2. Sir Alan Sugar got rich largely because of the Amstrad PCW, a dedicated word processor. What was the PCW called in Germany?

3. What does this flower have in common with Purdey and Patsy?

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/5840/fuchsiapf7.jpg

4. How long does Eris take to go round the sun?

5. Name the Briton who has a city named after him in Singapore

6. When I went to live in Singapore, I was told that if I saw something which smelled like an open sewer there was no need to panic; indeed, instead of calling a plumber I might fetch a spoon. So what is this stinky fruit?

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/7253/smellyfruitvs6.jpg

7. People have dug tunnels into this mound to find out who built it and when but so far without success. So what is this man-made mystery called?

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/8400/moundcp0.jpg

8. What did Coleridge have in common with David Harman?

9. In 1665-66, lists were published every week in London with the names of people who had died in the Great Plague. What were the lists called?

10. What word means a ravine, gutting a fish, and a measure of liquid?

Have fun!

I don't know any of those :eek:


When's someone going to do easy questions?!?!

Wow, those are scary. Good selection of questions though.
Why would someone want to eat fruit that smells like a sewer? Heh. Did you actually eat it? It does look funky. I love exotic fruits and generally know the names to a lot of different ones, but I can't say I've seen that one, though I've seen something very similar.

/me gets her pea brain into gear.

Wow, those are scary. Good selection of questions though.

I hope they're not as scary as my last lot and a bit of *cough* research *end cough* should do wonders :razz:

Why would someone want to eat fruit that smells like a sewer? Heh. Did you actually eat it? It does look funky. I love exotic fruits and generally know the names to a lot of different ones, but I can't say I've seen that one, though I've seen something very similar.

I did eat some, yes... but I had to hold my nose!

* MsNerdinator gets her pea brain into gear.

/me listens to the strange grinding noises and hopes the peas don't get mushy!

Oh you won. Yaaay!! Well done flopsy.

I think we are developing a trivia culture in the forum. so many quizzes so little time.

Although.........Question 7. Is anyone else not seeing the picture?

Oh you won. Yaaay!! Well done flopsy.

I think we are developing a trivia culture in the forum. so many quizzes so little time.

Although.........Question 7. Is anyone else not seeing the picture?

Thank you BM :smile:

Hmm... I can see it, and in order to check I cleared my cache especially... maybe that pic is on a different server and you can't connect to that for some reason. I've uploaded it to another site - hope you can see it now!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v602/flops0rz/iSketch/mound.jpg

Question for kisskiss:
There is a lot of horse/westerns from my childhood to choose from so it took me quite a while to find Champion and Rebel since I'm way too old to just remember that. I tried to use the pic you posted as the clue and the only place I found a match was within a video clip of the intro to the show. Was this where the photo came from? If so, very clever!

wd for having the patience to search for it. I found the pic on this site http://www.thechestnut.com/champion.htm which has stills from the intro. It also shows the words to the theme tune and ty to Flopsy for singing it to me even though she didn't get any extra points for it!(not that she needed them)

I haven't joined in one of these quizzes yet because there is no way I'd know half the answers without using google or a few reference books. Is this acceptable?

I haven't joined in one of these quizzes yet because there is no way I'd know half the answers without using google or a few reference books. Is this acceptable?

I think it's already established that googling etc is allowed... it couldn't be policed for one thing but for another when you google you pick up loads of other trivia!

Thanks flopsy - I see it now - although it's very blurry - thats probably because I just got home from the Good Food & Wine Show and everywhere I went and asked for cheese I got pointed in a direction where there was red wine - so everything is blurry.

/me reckons he'll wait until the morning before attempting any funtrivia quizzes - so you can have the lead in the Sketchy Doodlers' Team Quiz for now.:biggrin:

Thanks flopsy - I see it now - although it's very blurry - thats probably because I just got home from the Good Food & Wine Show and everywhere I went and asked for cheese I got pointed in a direction where there was red wine - so everything is blurry.

Did the blurred vision ever clear, BM?

/me asks a legitimate question so she can't be accused of bumping this thread because the deadline is tomorrow :razz:

Ummm - nope. And - ohhhhhhshhhhiiiiit - I forgot. :o(

Ummm - nope. And - ohhhhhhshhhhiiiiit - I forgot. :o(

BM forgot to do a quiz? :O

/me faints

You've still got 22 hours...

I'm not much of a last minute person.. but this quiz will get to you tomorrow :P I was busy. Honest. Ask iSketch.

Heh.

I should disqualify all the entrants because the basic requirement this time around was to send me the answers on a banknote and no one did! :cry:

However, as there has to be a tie break there's still time...

First the answers:

1. What will Paul McCartney be entitled to on Monday 18 June 2007?

A. His State Pension ... he was 65 on Monday.

2. Sir Alan Sugar got rich largely because of the Amstrad PCW, a dedicated word processor. What was the PCW called in Germany?

A. Joyce

3. What does this flower have in common with Purdey and Patsy?

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/5840/fuchsiapf7.jpg

A. This particular fuchsia was launched at this year's Chelsea Flower Show and was named after Joanna Lumley, who played Purdey in 'The Avengers' and Patsy in 'Absolutely Fabulous', both classic British television shows.

4. How long does Eris take to go round the sun?

A. 556.7 years

5. Name the Briton who has a city named after him in Singapore

A. Sir Stamford Raffles

6. When I went to live in Singapore, I was told that if I saw something which smelled like an open sewer there was no need to panic; indeed, instead of calling a plumber I might fetch a spoon. So what is this stinky fruit?

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/7253/smellyfruitvs6.jpg

A. Durian - this fruit stinks so much it's not allowed on planes, in hotels or many other places with air-conditioning.

7. People have dug tunnels into this mound to find out who built it and when but so far without success. So what is this man-made mystery called?

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/8400/moundcp0.jpg

A. Silbury Hill

8. What did Coleridge have in common with David Harman?

A. Xanadu. Coleridge wrote a poem which begins "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure dome decree". David Harman was/is also known as Dave Dee, of Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich who had a hit record with 'Legend of Xanadu'... which you can see here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky3QiL5-4Eg) if you wish!

9. In 1665-66, lists were published every week in London with the names of people who had died in the Great Plague. What were the lists called?

A. Bills of Mortality

10. What word means a ravine, gutting a fish, and a measure of liquid?

A. Gill

So... in third place with a late entry - MsNerdinator!

And, in equal first place, Vik and Sierra!

So there will be a tie break... Which I will PM to the contestants very shortly... when I've thought of one!

/me chuckles at her answers
I'm still laughing at my answer to question one. He'll be entitled to another birthday, heh. Well it was still true! :P

Well done, Sierra and Vik on joint first place! Good lucky with the tie-breaker.

Omg, you're killing me! Those are some toughies in that tie breaker.

Way to go Vik and Sierra!! :biggrin:

WD Vik and Sierra.

Kind of glad I forgot to enter now. I would have been embarassed with the low score I would have got. I knew 1, 5, 9 and 10 straight off, but with a quick google still had no hope.

Congrats to Nerdy in 3rd too.

The tiebreak questions were as follows:

1. Name the father and son who were both Prime Ministers of Britain.

2. Give the full name of the artist who painted this:

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/4258/tugyd7.jpg

3. In what World Cup did this hand ball occur? Name the teams, the year, and the place:

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/4034/handlw9.jpg

... to which the answers were as follows:

(spoilers used in case anyone wants to have a guess first!)

1. William Pitt the Elder and William Pitt the Younger.

2. Joseph Mallord William Turner. (The painting is called "The Fighting Temeraire")

3. England v. Argentina, 1986, Mexico City

Both Sierra and Vik got all three answers right so more tie break questions will be on their way shortly!

Ha! Well done to both of you again.
Hurry up and someone win, already! :razz: (that third one was especially tough, good job!)

Congrats again Vik!!! And thanks flopsy :smile:

What does everyone think, especially you Vik, of the two of us splitting the next quiz to 5 questions each if we tie again?

That's what crossed my mind too, good idea, and congrats :)

Nice qus so far, Flops

Or, we could get flopsy to disqualify you both for cheating and sharing answers and let the person who came in 3rd win and do the next quiz ;)

Heh, good luck again.

And have 10 volcano questions? Sounds fun, actually :P

This second tie-break was very hard. Flopsy, you are an evil bunny! Good luck Sierra, I hope you fared better than me this time round!

(btw, do you have a thing for Sir. McCartney or what? :P)

And have 10 volcano questions? Sounds fun, actually :P

Rofl. You know me too well :P But, I'd only ask 9.. Question 10 would be:
(btw, do you have a thing for Sir. McCartney or what? :P)

What is the connection between flopsy and Paul McCartney? ;)

/me chuckles

And the winner is...

The three questions in the second tiebreak were:

1. What fur(s) were sporrans traditionally made from?

A. Mainly Otter, seal, and badger... with a bit of ermine, rabbit, fox, beaver, and a few other creatures thrown in. It's illegal to use many of these furs nowadays as the animals are protected species.

2. London will host the Olympic Games in 2012; what unique Olympic distinction is held by the leader of the Organising Committee?

A. Sebastian Coe was the first man to win the 1500m in two successive Olympics - Moscow 1980 and Los Angeles 1984

3. What's the connection between Paul McCartney and cakes?

A. Paul's ex-fiancee, Jane Asher, has a cake-making company (http://www.jane-asher.co.uk/index.php)

As for me having a thing about Paul ... tsk!... but he did once hug me and tell me I was wonderful, so there!

I decided to be strict as this round needed a resolution so I knocked half a point off Sierra for saying that Paul McCartney's ex-fiancee was called Linda Asher (poor Jane - but she's not at all poor so let's not weep too much) but then I knocked a whole point off Vik for not only not getting the Seb Coe answer but also for making a derogatory remark about the whole Olympic voting process. It did make me laugh out loud but I'm keeping the comment to myself as 1) I don't want to cause an international incident and 2) We don't want to lose the Olympics now, they've already started to dig up a lot of London!

So, with a half-point advantage, I declare Sierra to be the winner!

Congratulations!

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/5324/boxflowersgp4.gif

Have a Jane Asher cake!

And now it's Sierra's turn to set the questions... good luck!

Woohoo! Well done Sierra! I'm looking forward to your questions :)

EDIT: Oops about the Olympics qu - I assumed it was about the IOC! Bah at how much time I wasted trying to find out some snippet of info as to what distinguishes all the leaders of the IOC from us mere mortals XD

Well done, Sierra! :)
And flopsy, you know how to set hard questions.

/me wonders if she can have that cake on behalf of Sierra
:P

Oops about the Olympics qu - I assumed it was about the IOC! Bah at how much time I wasted trying to find out some snippet of info as to what distinguishes all the leaders of the IOC from us mere mortals XD

LOL, I guessed that from your answer.

It's quite hard to set questions that can't be answered instantly by a quick google and my poor brain needs a rest! Good luck, Sierra... you'll need it!

Oh fantastic another winner WELL DONE SIERRA,,,
Im so pleased that my little idea of a weekly quiz has taken off so well. you all seem to be enjoying it.
Im sorry ive not taken part much lately, ive been rather busy with 8 little raggamuffin puppies.
But ill be doing your questions sierra, well done hun xxxxx:razz:

Thanks everyone! Congrats to Vik as a tough competitor and for managing to avoid coming up with a quiz.

LOL @ Linda Asher. My brain is googled to death. I'll do my best to come up with not too easy, not to hard questions. It might take me a while.

Thanks for the challenge flopsy, obviously a lot of work on your part.

Thanks everyone! Congrats to Vik as a tough competitor and for managing to avoid coming up with a quiz.

LOL @ Linda Asher. My brain is googled to death. I'll do my best to come up with not too easy, not to hard questions. It might take me a while.

Thanks for the challenge flopsy, obviously a lot of work on your part.

Any chance you can include some that they younger members of the forum will have a chance of getting? :razz:

Tasha, the questions I'm working on so far have no age advantages. From what I've seen so far, it's more of a matter of searching and patience. I didn't know the answers to any of the questions, I had to google all of them.

/me admits to googling too..
I have to say the things that you stumble across while researching is fascinating too :) I got sidetracked a lot of the time.

* MsNerdinator;87484 admits to googling too..
I have to say the things that you stumble across while researching is fascinating too :) I got sidetracked a lot of the time.

Funny you should mention that. I was helping BM Jnr research an assignment on Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War/Conflict/Military Action - whatever you choose to call it - and ended up reading so much about it that I found bits about HMAS Vampire - which is the ship my dear old former Police Rescue Sergeant served on when he was a much younger man (and I was just a baby). Who said the internet was full of ♥♥♥♥? Oh yes - that was me:twisted:

Funny you should mention that. I was helping BM Jnr research an assignment on Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War/Conflict/Military Action - whatever you choose to call it - and ended up reading so much about it that I found bits about HMAS Vampire - which is the ship my dear old former Police Rescue Sergeant served on when he was a much younger man (and I was just a baby). Who said the internet was full of ♥♥♥♥? Oh yes - that was me:twisted:

Ditto to the above. You can learn so much whilst helping out your children. My daughter did a fantastic 60's project recently... and I was just as engrossed as she was. She is now doing another History Project (The Titanic) and I am looking forward to finding out a bit more about that too!

On Topic: I really should make more time to do these quizzes... I will do my best to enter the next one :biggrin:

Ok googlers, time to get to work!

1.) What does the most famous blue diamond in the world and an extract of the urine of a German alchemist have in common?

2.) In which US National Monument is the following formation found?
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/9444/question2bip1.jpghttp://img224.imageshack.us/img224/260/question2alt2.jpg

3.) What's the most famous award that Bob Dylan has almost received? Be as specific as possible.

4.) They caught "westering fever" and headed West in 1846, but met with gruesome disaster in the mountains. Who were they?

5.) What do a house that was never completed and the most popular hunting rifle in history have in
common?

6.) Who failed to succeed as a musician, was convinced to try acting by Nicolas Cage, and has something
in common with Disneyland?

7.) Which land mammal has the most teeth?

8.) What do Johnny Depp and the Apple Macintosh design team have in common?

9.) What did Jacques Cousteau and John Denver have in common with Twisted Metal?

10.) What is the constant in Albert Einstein's most famous equation?

Because of July 4th holiday and my son's wedding on the 7th, entries due by Tuesday July 10th.

Good luck!

O hell tough questions again lol, ill do my best:sad:

hint hint hint....
Just look to my signature for a clue to some of the questions.

On Topic: I really should make more time to do these quizzes... I will do my best to enter the next one :biggrin:

Damn! I spoke too soon!

Wow-wee Sierra... you have posed some tough 'uns there :razz: With the utmost respect... thank goodness the deadline is the 10th July! :razz:

/me chuckles at the hint
/flirt Apple Macs.. (just because I can)

I'm generally bad at researching those "what do such and such have in common with such and such" questions. And Music ones.

Nice questions, Sierra :) Thanks youss.

Can't wait to get my teeth into them, nice one, Sierra!

Oh, that's where this thread went! To the bottom of the second page. tsk.
*bump*

5 days left... *gets to work*

I'm allowed to double post. It's been more than 24 hours. :razz:

Right, the mod team decided to move the Weekly Quiz to the games section instead. We felt the General Discussions was the wrong place to keep it, as it kept falling into the second page, due to the current busy forum. Also, we didn't feel the need to make it a sticky over there.

So, we've moved it here instead, and made it a sticky thread :) Get quizzing and good luck!:

Ok googlers, time to get to work!

1.) What does the most famous blue diamond in the world and an extract of the urine of a German alchemist have in common?

2.) In which US National Monument is the following formation found?
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/9444/question2bip1.jpghttp://img224.imageshack.us/img224/260/question2alt2.jpg

3.) What's the most famous award that Bob Dylan has almost received? Be as specific as possible.

4.) They caught "westering fever" and headed West in 1846, but met with gruesome disaster in the mountains. Who were they?

5.) What do a house that was never completed and the most popular hunting rifle in history have in
common?

6.) Who failed to succeed as a musician, was convinced to try acting by Nicolas Cage, and has something
in common with Disneyland?

7.) Which land mammal has the most teeth?

8.) What do Johnny Depp and the Apple Macintosh design team have in common?

9.) What did Jacques Cousteau and John Denver have in common with Twisted Metal?

10.) What is the constant in Albert Einstein's most famous equation?

Because of July 4th holiday and my son's wedding on the 7th, entries due by Tuesday July 10th.

Good luck!

I just realized I didn't specify a time for the deadline of quiz answers. I will accept any entries sent by midnight my time tonight. I think that's around 8:00am GMT tomorrow.

And the winner is.... ?

I'm allowed to double post. It's been more than 24 hours. :razz:

Would COPY - DELETE - EDIT - RE-POST work?

Would COPY - DELETE - EDIT - RE-POST work?

Oh look, spam! Heh (oh, I'm doing it too now). And yes it would work.. but I didn't want to. Why don't you try it out? ;)

For the past few days my ISP has been having outages that last for hours so I sometimes can't get on line at all or it goes out while I'm in the middle of doing stuff. grrrr.

I still have a few answers I need to confirm before I post the winner. I have an appointment today and I hope I still have internet connection when I get back so I can get on google.

In the meantime, thanks for your patience and I'll try to get the winner and the answers posted as soon as possible.

No probs, Sierra :) I'm okay with waiting (I almost typed 'winning', LOL!). I totally messed the quiz up, but it was amusing to stick in random weird answers, heh. We'll dance around and throw rose petals in this thread while we wait.

/me sprays the thread with a lovely fragrance..

* MsNerdinator;92503 sprays the thread with a lovely fragrance..

/me holds her nose...

You could have waited for us to leave the room till you let one rip!

:razz:
/me runs.....

LOL!! :O ! I said lovely! So you think rip'in one smells lovely, eh? :razz:

/me hugs Tigs and runs..

Hmm.. I'm tempted to share some wrong answers to the quiz now :P

And the winner is........
flopsy!!!
Vik takes second place with Tigress very close by half a point.



1.) What does the most famous blue diamond in the world and an extract of the urine of a German alchemist have in common?
phosphorescence I've also accepted phosphorus

2.) In which US National Monument is the following formation found?
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/9444/question2bip1.jpghttp://img224.imageshack.us/img224/260/question2alt2.jpg
Devils Postpile Sorry Vik, Devil's Tower Wyoming is a good guess but the two look much different.

3.) What's the most famous award that Bob Dylan has almost received? Be as specific as possible.
Nobel Prize for Literature He was nominated several times but many thought his work was not considered literature.

4.) They caught "westering fever" and headed West in 1846, but met with gruesome disaster in the mountains. Who were they?
The Donner Party Advised to take a "shortcut" which turned out to be very treacherous, they were delayed and caught in a bad snow storm in the Sierra Nevada Mountains leaving some resorting to cannibalism in efforts to survive.

5.) What do a house that was never completed and the most popular hunting rifle in history have in
common?
Sarah Winchester The heiress of Winchester Repeating Arms company. A medium told Sarah that the Winchester family was cursed by the spirits of all the people who had been killed by the Winchester rifle, and that she should move west and build a house for herself and the spirits. The medium also told Sarah that should construction ever stop on the house, she would die. The winchester Mystery house is in my home city.

6.) Who failed to succeed as a musician, was convinced to try acting by Nicolas Cage, and has something
in common with Disneyland?
Johnny Depp

7.) Which land mammal has the most teeth?
Giant Armadillo I also would have accepted the opossum as some google articles make this claim. I thought it was either the opossum or numbat until I dug further.

8.) What do Johnny Depp and the Apple Macintosh design team have in common?
Pirate Flag / Skull & Crossbones The original Macintosh design team flew a pirate flag over their designated building on the Apple campus. I've given flopsy half a point for her answer Miramar as Johnny Depp lived in Miramar Florida for some time and Miramar Systems, Inc., the leading provider of PC-to-Macintosh networking software.

9.) What did Jacques Cousteau and John Denver have in common with Twisted Metal?
Calypso John Denver wrote a song named Calypso in honor of Jacques Cousteau's boat The Calypso. Twisted Metal is a game with a character named Calypso.

10.) What is the constant in Albert Einstein's most famous equation?
C the speed of light in a vacuum

Congratulations flopsy!

Well done Flopsy!

Oh no! I mean, thank you... I mean, oh no!

/me blushes at her answers..
Congrats, Flopsy! Well done, again. :) I did so bad, Sierra. I'm Doofers' Doofus.. :( And I did Devil's tower at first, too. Quickly realised they both look waaaay too similar!

And did they make a movie about the Donner Party people? Because all that seemed really familiar to me. If it was that film, I remember it freaking me out a little when I was a kid..

Oh, and well done to Vik and Tigs too :)

OK, people!

Flopsy has some time issues which means she can't create the next quiz for us. She has asked me to step in and make the next one, so give me a little while and I'll have the next 10 qus here for you :)

/me flirts getting to do something without having earned it

Thanks for stepping into the breach, Vik... I appreciate it and know that you'll do a great job.

I should also say that I really liked Sierra's quiz even though it was very tough! I hadn't planned on doing it but once I realised quite how tough it was I refused to be beaten... and then once I'd started I just had to finish. So thanks a lot for stretching my brain and my googling powers, Sierra! :biggrin:

/clap Vik and Sierra!
*goes off to rest in a darkened burrow*