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Quiz night thread (Part 5)
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Dare Devil
08-07-2015
1. Rubber
2. Park
3. Oak
4. Tesco
7. M1?
8. Litmus
willrelf92
09-07-2015
1.What is an ice hockey puck made from - Ice or rubber? Rubber.
2.In an automatic car, what would you do to the car if you put the gearbox in P?
3.From what tree do acorns come from? Oak.
4.Which supermarket uses the Finest brand? Tesco.
5.What is the name of the robot in the Confused.com adverts on TV? Brian.
6.Picture: name this character from Game of Thrones? http://www.postimage.org/image/pluxa9t3v/
7.What is the only English motorway which does not connect to any other motorway?
8.In science, what paper is used to test acid and alkali?
9.The Bhagavad-Gita is a sacred text in what religion?
10.Which European country, located on the shores of the Black Sea, is home to the Dnieper, Dniester and Southern Buh rivers?
11.In 1845, John Tawell became the first murderer to be caught with the aid of what communication?
12.What was the name of the American who built the first British tram system?
The quizmaster
09-07-2015
Just 7 is wrong Dare Devil and 4/4 will
P_P
09-07-2015
1. Rubber
3. Oak
4. Tesco
5. Brian
6. Tywin Lannister
8. Litmus
The quizmaster
09-07-2015
6/6 P_P
12-George Francis Train (ironic name)

1.How many nines go into 81?
2.Which of these animals does not give its name to a year in the Chinese calendar: lion, rooster, tiger?
3.Which sport includes a wicket-keeper and an umpire?
4.What types of food are gazpacho and minestrone?
5.Current affairs: Nick Robinson has been named as the new presenter of which Radio 4 programme?
6.What is the sweet syrup formed by bees from the nectar of flowers?

7.In American politics, what colour is associated with the Republican Party?
8.What was the name of the ship on which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth to America in 1620?
9.In physics, what is defined as the ratio of the speed of a fluid or body to the local speed of sound?
10.Qutoations: Which playwright said "I can forgive Alfred Nobel for having invented dynamit, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize"?
11.In nature, what is the largest amphibian in the world?
12.Empress Josephine died in 1814 at which chateau about five miles west of Paris?
AxG
09-07-2015
1.9
2.Lion
3.Cricket
4.Soup
5.Today?
6.Honey

7.Red
8.Mayflower
9.
10.
11.
12.Versailles
Dare Devil
09-07-2015
1. 9
2. Rooster?
3. Cricket
4. Soup
6. Honey
7. Blue?
Fizzbin
10-07-2015
11 Salamander?
bcdee
10-07-2015
1 9
2 Lion
3 Cricket
4 Soup
5
6 Honey
7 Blue
8 The Mayflower
The quizmaster
10-07-2015
From last night - AxG's 12, Dare Devil's 2,7 are wrong. Chinese giant salamander Fizzbin. I'll leave 9,10,12 til Monday

willrelf92
10-07-2015
1.How many nines go into 81? 9.
2.Which of these animals does not give its name to a year in the Chinese calendar: lion, rooster, tiger? Lion.
3.Which sport includes a wicket-keeper and an umpire? Cricket.
4.What types of food are gazpacho and minestrone? Soup.
5.Current affairs: Nick Robinson has been named as the new presenter of which Radio 4 programme?
6.What is the sweet syrup formed by bees from the nectar of flowers? Honey.
7.In American politics, what colour is associated with the Republican Party? Red?
8.What was the name of the ship on which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth to America in 1620?
9.In physics, what is defined as the ratio of the speed of a fluid or body to the local speed of sound?
10.Qutoations: Which playwright said "I can forgive Alfred Nobel for having invented dynamit, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize"?
11.In nature, what is the largest amphibian in the world?
12.Empress Josephine died in 1814 at which chateau about five miles west of Paris?
The quizmaster
13-07-2015
6/6 from last quiz will. A couple of connections to start
9-mach number
10-George Bernard Shaw
12-Malmaison

Connection 1

1.What L goes after flash and before house?
2.What punctuation mark is this . ?
3.What was the title of the 1988 top ten hit single by The Christians?
4.Nick D'Agosto plays which villain in the cult TV series Gotham?
5.What is the title of Shelagh Delaney's first play, written when she was nineteen and set in her native Salford?

What is the connection?

Connection 2

6.Famous Mexican artist who is best known for her self-portraits?
7.US singer who is famous for his Thriller album?
8.19th/20th British scientist who was a pioneer in eugenics and the classification of fingerprints?
9.Girlfriend, Someday, and The Key are fragrances by which Canadian singer?
10.Famous literary creation of Edgar Rice Burroughs?

What is the connection?
Dare Devil
13-07-2015
2. Full stop
4. The Joker?

7. Michael Jackson
9. Avril Lavigne

edit - I read 9. as song titles, not fragrances
bcdee
13-07-2015
1 Light
2 Full stop
3 Harvest for the World
4
5
6
7 Michael Jackson
8
9 Taylor Swift

Connection 1 Moon
willrelf92
13-07-2015
Connection 1

1.What L goes after flash and before house? Light.
2.What punctuation mark is this . ? Full Stop.
3.What was the title of the 1988 top ten hit single by The Christians?
4.Nick D'Agosto plays which villain in the cult TV series Gotham?
5.What is the title of Shelagh Delaney's first play, written when she was nineteen and set in her native Salford?

What is the connection?

Connection 2

6.Famous Mexican artist who is best known for her self-portraits?
7.US singer who is famous for his Thriller album? Michael Jackson.
8.19th/20th British scientist who was a pioneer in eugenics and the classification of fingerprints?
9.Girlfriend, Someday, and The Key are fragrances by which Canadian singer? Justin Bieber?
10.Famous literary creation of Edgar Rice Burroughs?

What is the connection?
The quizmaster
13-07-2015
Dare Devil's 4,9, bcdee's 9 are wrong and all correct will

4,5,C1,6,8,10,C2
Fizzbin
13-07-2015
7 Michael Jackson
10 Tarzan

C2 (guess) they had a pet chimp/monkey
The quizmaster
13-07-2015
Both correct Fizzbin and they did/do indeed own a pet monkey

4,5,C1,6,8
The quizmaster
14-07-2015
4-Harvey Dent
5-A Taste of Honey
Connecion - moon-related
6-Frida Kahlo
8-Francis Galton

1.How many consonants are there in the English language?
2.Complete the famous riddle - what came first, the chicken or the...?
3.What food product gores before roll, dog and meat?
4.What was Cinderella's coach made from: tomato or pumpkin?
5.Who was the President of the United States during the 9/11 attacks?
6.Which tennis player won Wimbledon 2015?

7.What colour are Harrods shopping bags?
8.In Roman numerals, what letter represents the number 500?
9.Which religious group gave the yucca palm its common name of the Joshua Tree?
10.Eyjafjallajokull is a volcano in which country?
11.The name of which Hindu god is the Sanskrit for Auspicious One?
12.While studying medicine at Edinburgh University, Charles Darwin was introduced to whose evolutionary theories by Dr Robert Grant?
Dare Devil
14-07-2015
1. 21
2. Egg
3. Sausage
4. Pumpkin
5. George Bush
6. Novak Djokovic
7. Purple?
8. C?
10. Iceland
bcdee
14-07-2015
1 21
2 Egg
3 Hot
4 Pumpkin
5 George W Bush
6 Novak Djokovic
7 Green
8 D
The quizmaster
14-07-2015
Just 7 and 8 are wrong Dare Devil?
willrelf92
14-07-2015
1.How many consonants are there in the English language? 21.
2.Complete the famous riddle - what came first, the chicken or the...? Egg.
3.What food product gores before roll, dog and meat? Sausage.
4.What was Cinderella's coach made from: tomato or pumpkin? Pumpkin.
5.Who was the President of the United States during the 9/11 attacks? George Bush.
6.Which tennis player won Wimbledon 2015? Novak Djokovic.
7.What colour are Harrod's shopping bags? Red?
8.In Roman numerals, what letter represents the number 500? M?
9.Which religious group gave the yucca palm its common name of the Joshua Tree?
10.Eyjafjallajokull is a volcano in which country? Iceland.
11.The name of which Hindu god is the Sanskrit for Auspicious One?
12.While studying medicine at Edinburgh University, Charles Darwin was introduced to whose evolutionary theories by Dr Robert Grant?
The quizmaster
14-07-2015
Just 3 is wrong bcdee

9-12
binbits01
14-07-2015
2. egg
3. sausage
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