Quiz time

[Tonz]

On the Spring Equinox the Sun rises exactly in the east travels through the sky for 12 hours and sets exactly in the west... :cool:

[craigb]

O.K. it's a new week, time for a new question.

Who's the head of the England Cricket Academy?

(Hint: It's not Liz Ellis)

[ozwinner]

This is a trick question.
They dont have one................. :D

[silentC]

Graham Gooch?

[craigb]

Nope, 'fraid not.

BTW there appears to be a 10 char minimum on replies now.
I wonder why?

[Driver]

Don't want to steal BM's thunder but it is Rodney Marsh, isn't it?

Col

[silentC]

It is too, the traitor!!

That's second time there's been a Rodney Marsh question and the biting midge is nowhere to be seen.

[Driver]

OK - my turn.

Who did Rodney spend most of his time with in the various bars when he was on tour in England as a member of the Australian squad?

And why?

[craigb]

Chapelli ?

They both liked a drink ?

[bitingmidge]

Don't want to steal BM's thunder but it is Rodney Marsh, isn't it?


OH NO!!!! Sob! I logged on 20 minutes too late!!!



Who did Rodney spend most of his time with in the various bars when he was on tour in England as a member of the Australian squad?


Liz Ellis......he was trying to get in touch with his feminine side.

[Driver]

Chapelli ?

They both liked a drink ?

No Craig - that's far too obvious. Hint: try to imagine almost the last person he'd be likely to want to drink with.

[Driver]

Liz Ellis......he was trying to get in touch with his feminine side.

BM: Wide of the mark by a long way, mate. I would have thought an Iron Gloves specialist would know this.

[ozwinner]

No Craig - that's far too obvious. Hint: try to imagine almost the last person he'd be likely to want to drink with.
I was thinking the Pope, then I thought Botham. :eek:

Al

[craigb]

Tony Grieg

Why? No idea

[Driver]

Al and Craig

You're getting a lot closer but no cigar yet (as the President said to the intern! :D )

[Driver]

OK - this is taking too long so here's a couple more hints:

This bloke was boring to watch, boring to listen too and he must have been a boring drinking companion (which means Rodney must have had a very good reason for wanting to drink with him, right?)

30 minutes to get it right starting now. If you don't - I'll give you the answer and I get another turn to ask a question.

Col

[silentC]

Bill Lawry

[ozwinner]

Yassa Arafat?

[Driver]

The bloke in question is a lot more boring than Bill.

[Driver]

Yassa Arafat?

Now you're really stretching! :D

[silentC]

Alan Border!

[Driver]

Alan Border!

C'mon! AB was all right!

[silentC]

Doug Walters?

[Driver]

OK - time's up.

The answer is:-

Geoffrey Boycott!

I know, doesn't seem at all likely but it's apparently true. When Rodney was asked why he spent so much time drinking beer with Geoffrey, he said that, once he'd had a few beers, Geoffrey was quite happy to give away all his batting colleagues' little foibles and failings.

This is backed up by Allan Knott who tells the story about a Test match at Trent Bridge. When the two of them were walking back to the pavilion, Knotty commented to Boycott that there was a slightly iffy patch just outside off stump at one end. Geoffrey's response was: "Yeah, I noticed that. Don't tell the others". :confused:

Now the next question:

"O for a draught of vintage that hath been cooled a long age in the deep delv'd earth"

What comes next?

Col

[Tankstand]

Tasting......... :D
Pass, I'll let the others play this one out.

[Driver]

Tasting......... :D
Pass, I'll let the others play this one out.

Very good! Don't hide your light behind that forest dim, Mark. :)

[ozwinner]

So, whos turn is it?

I like the new reply page options. :)

Al

[bitingmidge]

If you don't know...how come you asked a question?

P

:D :D :D

Oops so did I!

Actually there is some sort of poofy line from Keats back there a bit with the question posed...something like what comes after it....maybe we should not leave that hanging?

[ozwinner]

Most of us arent intelectuals, that why we make saw dust.

Ugh, make saw dust, me likey.

Al

[Tonz]

Tasting of Flora and the country green,
Dance, and Proven‡al song, and sunburnt mirth!...blah blah blah

Who am I?

1.) A linear measure equal to 5.5 yards or 16.5 feet (5.03 meters). - 3 letters

3.) A tract of wet land principally inhabitated by partially-submerged herbaceous vegetation - 5 letters

??? ?????

[ozwinner]

Rod, and Tod......er, bog,.....er, swamp?Al

[bitingmidge]

1) Rod
1a) Where do the bones of the femur, patella and tibia meet?
2)MARSH!!!

1a is the next question!

Cheers,

P

[craigb]

Knee?......

[Tonz]

1a) Where do the bones of the femur, patella and tibia meet?
P

or better still...

1a) A fabric of twine, thread, or the like, wrought or woven into meshes, and used for catching fish, birds, butterflies, etc.

[silentC]

pourquoi?

Wouldn't that be a net? ie. Rodnet Marsh?

[bitingmidge]

parceque! (http://www.parceque.ch/)

[Tonz]

Wouldn't that be a net? ie. Rodnet Marsh?
from Dictionary.com

ney

\Ney\, n. [AS. net; akin to D. net, OS. net, netti, OHG. nezzi, G. netz, Icel. & Dan. net, Sw. n["a]t, Goth. nati; of uncertain origin.] 1. A fabric of twine, thread, or the like, wrought or woven into meshes, and used for catching fish, birds, butterflies, etc.

You can probably have a net made from ney. - If you bought a new one to catch newts you'd have a "new ney newt net" I guess.. :)

[craigb]

O.K. my turn then.

In the Sydney Olympics, who took the silver medal in the women's Pole Vault?

[journeyman Mick]

Tatiana Grigorieva

Q: What's the capital of Mongolia?

[Bob Willson]

1a) Where do the bones of the femur, patella and tibia meet?


Hey CraigB
Are you sure it's The Knee, I thought that it was The Red Lion in London.

[ozwinner]

Tatiana Grigorieva
Tatiana Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrigorieva

Sorry couldnt help it.

Al

[craigb]

[QUOTE=journeyman Mick]Tatiana Grigorieva

There you go. I's not true that nobody ever remembers who came second :D

[Tonz]

Ulan Bator

What type of truck/lorry is also the name of a Hindu deity?

[craigb]

Juggernaut

[Bob Willson]

No, that is a very skinny woman. :)

[Tonz]

Juggernaut

That's the one...

[craigb]

Apart from Armistice Day, what other two significant events in Australian history took place on the 11th of November ?

[Tonz]

11/11/1880 - Ned Kelly was Hung in Melbourne
11/11/1975 - Prime Minister Gough Whitlam sacked by GG.

[craigb]

Correct.

I wonder if Ned was well Hung or maybe he was just hanged :)

[Tonz]

Good point.... He was hung by a rope and promptly hanged... :)
(although he may well have been well hung as well..)



Who was Queen of England for Only 10 Days?

[craigb]

Jane Seymour? (not the actor :) )

[Driver]

Lady Jane Grey?

[Tonz]

Lady Jane Grey?
Correct...

[Driver]

In the Mel Brooks movie: "Blazing Saddles", who sings "The Campdown Races" and why?

[ozwinner]

Lee Marvin? Al

[bitingmidge]

because he was born under a wandering star....

P

[Driver]

Lee Marvin? Al

No mate. Try again.

[Driver]

because he was born under a wandering star....

P

He might have been but that's the wrong movie.

[Gumby]

yeah, that song was in Paint Your wagon

[Driver]

yeah, that song was in Paint Your wagon

Well done, Gumby. But since Lee Marvin didn't appear in Blazing Saddles at all, that's irrelevant.

So who did sing Campdown Races in Mel Brooks' movie?

[Gumby]

ummmmmmmmm........

Nat King Cole ??

[ozwinner]

I cheated, good old google. :D

To show the black labourers how to really sing a spiritual ... whites perform their own
"minstrel show" version of "Camptown Races


Al

[Driver]

Got it in one, Al. Your turn.

It's actually Slim Pickens and his white mates who sing it. When they ask Cleavon Little and his black mates to sing a "traditional negro work song", they're not too happy with "I Get a Kick Out of You"

[ozwinner]

Who is the " Little Red Rooster"?

And what is he too lazy to do?


All too easy

Al

[Driver]

I am (so was Mick Jagger)

Too lazy to crow the day.

Col

[Driver]

Who was Derek from Derek and the Dominoes?

[Zed]

eric clapton!

yes finally got one!
next :

Who is the illinos emena bandit ?

for a bonus point what album does the song appear ?

[silentC]

The Illinois Enema Bandit was Michael Kenyon and the song is off Frank Zappa's Lather.

[silentC]

The guy in the middle played with what band?

[journeyman Mick]

A. Michael Kenyon was the IEB. The song appears on five seperate Zappa albums.

Q. (in two parts) which African American musician does the voice over for one of the characters in an extremely politically incorrect animated series, and what is the name of this series.

Mick

damn, beat me to it!

[silentC]

Barry White (RIP)
South Park

[silentC]

The quick or the dead, Mick ;)

The guy in the middle played with what band?

[Driver]

The guy in the middle played with what band?

That's Steve Van Zandt and he played bass in the E Street Band (Bruce Springsteen). He's not a bad actor.

Who was Layla in real life?

Col

[craigb]

I thought it was Isaac Hayes that played Chef in South Park.

Layla was some rock and roller's missus. Can't remember the details.

[silentC]

Oh shoot, you're right, it was Isaac Hayes. I always get those two mixed up... :o

[Bob Willson]

A) layla was Pattie Boyd

Q) I have a container full of water and it weighs 5 kilograms. I put something in the container and it then weighs less. What did I put in the container?

[bitingmidge]

A hole.

As in "a hole in the bucket" not a term of "endearment"!

"She said how are ya Harry, I said how are ya Sue..."

Who was Harry?

[Bob Willson]

A failed pilot.

What number gives the same result when it is added to 1.5 as when it is multiplied by 1.5?

[journeyman Mick]

Harry Chapin

Who got banished from the Land of Point?

Mick

[journeyman Mick]

Beaten to the post again!
Harry was a failed pilot in the song, but I took it to be the songwriter.

Mick

[Tonz]

3.00000000

[Tonz]

Oblio and Arrow.

Which famous UK Castle Sits on Top of an Extinct Volcano?

[journeyman Mick]

Edinburgh

Which country exports camels to Arabia?

Mick

[Driver]

Oblio and Arrow.

Which famous UK Castle Sits on Top of an Extinct Volcano?

Edinburgh Castle

[Driver]

Edinburgh

Which country exports camels to Arabia?

Mick

Australia!!

[Driver]

At different times, John Lennon had different middle names. What were they?

[silentC]

Middle names!

[Driver]

Foghorn

Are you sure you're not just talkin' to hear your head roar?
:D :D :D :D

[silentC]

I need something to drown out the voices. Are you challenging my obviously accurate answer?

[Driver]

Wouldn't dream of it. Go for your life!

[silentC]

OK.

At different times, John Lennon had different middle names. What were those names?

:D :D :D

[craigb]

Cyril and Bartholemew ?

[silentC]

Buggered if I know... Maybe Col can help. Col?

[Driver]

At first: John Winston Lennon, followed some time later by (for obvious reasons) John Ono Lennon.

However, since Darren (Foghorn) SilentC did actually answer correctly, it's his go.

[silentC]

Which fictitious character popularised the term of endearment "she who must be obeyed"?

[craigb]

Rumpole of the Bailey.

Actually, when he used that phrase, he was making a pun.

What novel was he referring to?

[Driver]

She by H. Rider Haggard

I'm running out of trivia!

OK: Whose mines did Haggard write about?

[craigb]

I'd have to look that up :)

[Eastie]

King Solomons


Q. How hot is lightning ?

[Bob Willson]

about 27K/28K Celsius