Quiz time

**simon c** · 19th October 2004, 05:29 PM

Originally Posted by Termite

The goblet that JC drank from at the Last Supper.

Yes, I think I'm confusing two potential definitions of the Holy Grail. The one that Termite said and the vessel that somebody (Joseph of Arimithea?) collected the blood of Christ with when he was crucified.

**Termite** · 19th October 2004, 05:38 PM

Did I get it, did I did I.

**HappyHammer** · 19th October 2004, 05:38 PM

Originally Posted by simon c

There's the answer from Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code, that I'll not say here as it will ruin the book for anybody who hasn't read it.
There's the traditional answer which is the cup that Christ drank from on the way to be crucified
There's the ancient english one which is in the movie Excaliber that the Holy Grail is actually a metaphor for the King and Kingdom

Simon is correct without having actually given the answer, nuff said over to you Simon.

**HappyHammer** · 19th October 2004, 05:39 PM

Originally Posted by Termite

Did I get it, did I did I.

Afraid not Termite.

**Termite** · 19th October 2004, 05:40 PM

**simon c** · 19th October 2004, 05:46 PM

Originally Posted by HappyHammer

Simon is correct without having actually given the answer, nuff said over to you Simon.

So you were after the Da Vinci code version that uses the most lateral definition of the chalice being a vessel containing christ's blood.

Termite, you certainly got the traditional answer - just didn't take into account the deviousness of HH's mind.

Ok, back to 80's trivia

with a nice easy one:

What brand of car is powered by a flux capacitor?

**Grunt** · 19th October 2004, 05:54 PM

Delorian

**simon c** · 19th October 2004, 05:54 PM

Originally Posted by HappyHammer

Simon is correct without having actually given the answer, nuff said over to you Simon.

Oh and HH, now that you've given me the credit, is it safe for me to mention that I'm a QPR fan

1-0, 1-0, 1-0 ...

**simon c** · 19th October 2004, 05:56 PM

Originally Posted by Grunt

Delorian

Is close enough (it's DeLorean)

Over to you

**Driver** · 19th October 2004, 06:02 PM

Originally Posted by simon c

(it's DeLorean)

In Back to the Future - I thought it was powered by Mr Coffee (or was that Mr Atom? No, it might have been Mr Radar). There's a sneaky (other) movie reference in there - can anyone identify it?

Col

**simon c** · 19th October 2004, 06:08 PM

Originally Posted by Driver

There's a sneaky (other) movie reference in there - can anyone identify it?

It's not Allo, Allo - The Movie is it?

**HappyHammer** · 19th October 2004, 06:26 PM

Originally Posted by simon c

Oh and HH, now that you've given me the credit, is it safe for me to mention that I'm a QPR fan

1-0, 1-0, 1-0 ...

Not sure if I'm more embarrassed for you or me...

**Driver** · 19th October 2004, 06:32 PM

Originally Posted by simon c

It's not Allo, Allo - The Movie is it?

No - well it wouldn't be, would it? Because that would have to be 'Allo, 'Allo - (I shall say zees only wence) - Zer Movee

**Iain** · 19th October 2004, 07:44 PM

Just back to the holy grail for a moment, you're all wrong, it's a pommy gamebird that was half asleep during a hunt with shotguns.

**silentC** · 20th October 2004, 09:15 AM

Now hang on a minute. The Holy Grail might have a couple of different interpretations in literature, with the most commonly accepted one being that it was a cup or dish used at the Last Supper. The word 'grail' is thought to mean dish. I don't necessarily believe any of it but for the purposes of a trivia competition, you would be expecting the answer to be a cup or a dish or whatever. You would not expect the answer to be something undisclosed from a fictional novel. Unless the question was "In the book 'The Da Vinci Code' what was the Holy Grail?"

Where are the adjudicators?

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