Pub Quiz (April 13 2004) [A puckish satire on contemporary mores]
Gareth Owen
1. What does a Cooper make?
2. What is Tony Blair's Pariliamentary Constituency?
3. Who directed the films Blade Runner and Thelma and Louise?
4. What metal is normally used to make a set of darts?
5. Rebecca Loos has been in the news this week. For what?
6. Brian Lara set a new test match cricket record against England
scoring how many runs?
7. With which novel is The Hispaniola associated?
8. Which horse race, first run in 1807, is 2 miles, 4 furlongs in
length, and is the premier long distance race on the Flat?
9. From which country do Chihuahua's come?
10. Who was the original presenter of the Krypton Factor?
11. Who won the Masters at Augusta?
12. Who provided the voice of Darth Vader in the original Star Wars?
13. Who seized power from Milton Obote in 1971?
14. What color are French post boxes?
15. Which American president was responsible for the abolition of
slavery?
16. Whose paintings were characterised by matchstick men and
matchstick cats and dogs?
17. What sporting legend was sometimes known as the Louisville Lip?
18. Which country was formerly known as East Pakistan?
19. Who composed the opera The Barber Of Seville?
20. What would a tailor do with his plonker?
21. Who played Lovejoy in the series of the same name?
22. In which african country would you find the Nubian desert?
23. What is the official British bird?
24. What is the longest running animated series on British television?
25. In which sport or game would you start in front of the south
stake?
26. According to Greek legend, who solved the riddle of the Sphinx?
27. What are Macgillycuddy's Reeks?
28. In which year did the UK join the EEC, as it was know then?
29. What is the heralding word for black?
30. Which two oceans meet at the Cape of Good Hope?
--
Gareth Owen
There are a finite number of jokes in the universe.
Gareth Owen
Marc Dashevsky
says...
> April 13, 2004
>
> 1. What does a Cooper make?
barrels
> 2. What is Tony Blair's Pariliamentary Constituency?
> 3. Who directed the films Blade Runner and Thelma and Louise?
> 4. What metal is normally used to make a set of darts?
Something dense and hard . . . depleted uranium?
> 5. Rebecca Loos has been in the news this week. For what?
> 6. Brian Lara set a new test match cricket record against England
> scoring how many runs?
> 7. With which novel is The Hispaniola associated?
> 8. Which horse race, first run in 1807, is 2 miles, 4 furlongs in
> length, and is the premier long distance race on the Flat?
> 9. From which country do Chihuahua's come?
Mexico
> 10. Who was the original presenter of the Krypton Factor?
> 11. Who won the Masters at Augusta?
> 12. Who provided the voice of Darth Vader in the original Star Wars?
> 13. Who seized power from Milton Obote in 1971?
> 14. What color are French post boxes?
> 15. Which American president was responsible for the abolition of slavery?
> 16. Whose paintings were characterised by matchstick men and
> matchstick cats and dogs?
> 17. What sporting legend was sometimes known as the Louisville Lip?
> 18. Which country was formerly known as East Pakistan?
Bangladesh
> 19. Who composed the opera The Barber Of Seville?
Rossini?
> 20. What would a tailor do with his plonker?
What would he do without it?
> 21. Who played Lovejoy in the series of the same name?
> 22. In which african country would you find the Nubian desert?
Egypt?
> 23. What is the official British bird?
> 24. What is the longest running animated series on British television?
> 25. In which sport or game would you start in front of the south stake?
Horseshoes?
> 26. According to Greek legend, who solved the riddle of the Sphinx?
> 27. What are Macgillycuddy's Reeks?
> 28. In which year did the UK join the EEC, as it was know then?
> 29. What is the heralding word for black?
> 30. Which two oceans meet at the Cape of Good Hope?
South Atlantic and Indian
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Gareth Owen
> > 4. What metal is normally used to make a set of darts?
>
> Something dense and hard
Arnold Schwarzenegger?
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Gareth Owen
Early to rise, and early to bed / Makes a man healthy but socially dead
Steve Grant
news:r5i659u...@gill.maths.keele.ac.uk...
> April 13, 2004
>
> 1. What does a Cooper make?
barrels
> 2. What is Tony Blair's Pariliamentary Constituency?
> 3. Who directed the films Blade Runner and Thelma and Louise?
Ridley Scott
> 4. What metal is normally used to make a set of darts?
> 5. Rebecca Loos has been in the news this week. For what?
> 6. Brian Lara set a new test match cricket record against England
> scoring how many runs?
> 7. With which novel is The Hispaniola associated?
> 8. Which horse race, first run in 1807, is 2 miles, 4 furlongs in
> length, and is the premier long distance race on the Flat?
> 9. From which country do Chihuahua's come?
Mexico
> 10. Who was the original presenter of the Krypton Factor?
> 11. Who won the Masters at Augusta?
> 12. Who provided the voice of Darth Vader in the original Star Wars?
James Earl Jones
> 13. Who seized power from Milton Obote in 1971?
> 14. What color are French post boxes?
> 15. Which American president was responsible for the abolition of
> slavery?
Abraham Lincoln
> 16. Whose paintings were characterised by matchstick men and
> matchstick cats and dogs?
> 17. What sporting legend was sometimes known as the Louisville Lip?
Muhammad Ali
> 18. Which country was formerly known as East Pakistan?
Bangladesh
> 19. Who composed the opera The Barber Of Seville?
Mozart
> 20. What would a tailor do with his plonker?
> 21. Who played Lovejoy in the series of the same name?
> 22. In which african country would you find the Nubian desert?
> 23. What is the official British bird?
> 24. What is the longest running animated series on British television?
> 25. In which sport or game would you start in front of the south
> stake?
> 26. According to Greek legend, who solved the riddle of the Sphinx?
> 27. What are Macgillycuddy's Reeks?
> 28. In which year did the UK join the EEC, as it was know then?
> 29. What is the heralding word for black?
> 30. Which two oceans meet at the Cape of Good Hope?
Atlantic and Indian
Todd Dashoff
> April 13, 2004
Questions repeated for spoiler space
1. Barrels
3. Ridley Scott
7. Treasure Island?
10. Dick Clark?
26. Oedipus
Gareth Owen
> > 22. In which african country would you find the Nubian desert?
>
> Egypt?
No. The rest were right (I think)
--
Gareth Owen
Nerd Test: How many syllables do you think there are in the word "coax"?
Keith Willoughby
> April 13, 2004
>
> 1. What does a Cooper make?
barrels
> 2. What is Tony Blair's Pariliamentary Constituency?
Sedgefield.
> 3. Who directed the films Blade Runner and Thelma and Louise?
Ridley Scott
> 4. What metal is normally used to make a set of darts?
Brass?
> 5. Rebecca Loos has been in the news this week. For what?
Shagging David Beckham. Or not.
> 6. Brian Lara set a new test match cricket record against England
> scoring how many runs?
401? I think he declared, anyway.
> 7. With which novel is The Hispaniola associated?
Treasure Island
> 8. Which horse race, first run in 1807, is 2 miles, 4 furlongs in
> length, and is the premier long distance race on the Flat?
Ascot Gold Cup. Ah, Double Trigger, where are you now?
> 9. From which country do Chihuahua's come?
Mexico?
> 10. Who was the original presenter of the Krypton Factor?
Gordon Burns? Or was there one before him?
> 11. Who won the Masters at Augusta?
> 12. Who provided the voice of Darth Vader in the original Star Wars?
God. Or James Earl Jones doing a God impression.
> 13. Who seized power from Milton Obote in 1971?
Idi Amin?
> 14. What color are French post boxes?
Green?
> 15. Which American president was responsible for the abolition of
> slavery?
Honest Abe.
> 16. Whose paintings were characterised by matchstick men and
> matchstick cats and dogs?
LS Lowry. He painted kids on the corner of the street that were sparking
clogs, tha knows?
> 17. What sporting legend was sometimes known as the Louisville Lip?
Muhammad Ali
> 18. Which country was formerly known as East Pakistan?
Bangladesh
> 19. Who composed the opera The Barber Of Seville?
Rossini
> 20. What would a tailor do with his plonker?
> 21. Who played Lovejoy in the series of the same name?
Ian McShane
> 22. In which african country would you find the Nubian desert?
> 23. What is the official British bird?
Each time I've had this, I've answered 'wren', so I'm now fairly
confident that the answer is 'robin'.
> 24. What is the longest running animated series on British television?
The Simpsons?
> 25. In which sport or game would you start in front of the south
> stake?
Croquet?
> 26. According to Greek legend, who solved the riddle of the Sphinx?
> 27. What are Macgillycuddy's Reeks?
Mountains in Ireland.
> 28. In which year did the UK join the EEC, as it was know then?
1973?
> 29. What is the heralding word for black?
> 30. Which two oceans meet at the Cape of Good Hope?
Atlantic and . . . Indian?
--
Keith Willoughby http://flat222.org/keith/
"Go back, Jack, and do it again"
Ted S.
in news:r5i659u...@gill.maths.keele.ac.uk:
> April 13, 2004
>
> 1. What does a Cooper make?
1. Barrels
> 2. What is Tony Blair's Pariliamentary Constituency?
2. Brussels :-)
> 3. Who directed the films Blade Runner and Thelma and Louise?
3. Ridley Scott
> 4. What metal is normally used to make a set of darts?
4. Aluminium
> 5. Rebecca Loos has been in the news this week. For what?
5. Banging David Spice
> 6. Brian Lara set a new test match cricket record against England
> scoring how many runs?
6. Over 380; I don't remember the exact number
> 7. With which novel is The Hispaniola associated?
7. Treasure Island
> 8. Which horse race, first run in 1807, is 2 miles, 4 furlongs in
> length, and is the premier long distance race on the Flat?
8. The Epsom Darby
> 9. From which country do Chihuahua's come?
9. Mexico
> 10. Who was the original presenter of the Krypton Factor?
10. Bruce Forsyth (well, he's presented everything else!)
> 11. Who won the Masters at Augusta?
11. Phil Mickleson
> 12. Who provided the voice of Darth Vader in the original Star Wars?
12. James Earl Jones, not to be confused with Jim Jones. :-)
> 13. Who seized power from Milton Obote in 1971?
13. Idi Amin
> 14. What color are French post boxes?
14. Blue?
> 15. Which American president was responsible for the abolition of
> slavery?
15. You're looking for Abraham Lincoln, although the reality is more
complicated than this.
> 16. Whose paintings were characterised by matchstick men and
> matchstick cats and dogs?
16. Mine are, but I presume you're looking for some sort of famous artist.
> 17. What sporting legend was sometimes known as the Louisville Lip?
17. Cassius Clay
> 18. Which country was formerly known as East Pakistan?
18. Bangladesh
> 19. Who composed the opera The Barber Of Seville?
> 20. What would a tailor do with his plonker?
> 21. Who played Lovejoy in the series of the same name?
> 22. In which african country would you find the Nubian desert?
22. Sudan
> 23. What is the official British bird?
> 24. What is the longest running animated series on British television?
> 25. In which sport or game would you start in front of the south
> stake?
25. Croquet?
> 26. According to Greek legend, who solved the riddle of the Sphinx?
> 27. What are Macgillycuddy's Reeks?
> 28. In which year did the UK join the EEC, as it was know then?
28. 1973
> 29. What is the heralding word for black?
29. Noir?
> 30. Which two oceans meet at the Cape of Good Hope?
29. Atlantic and Indian?
--
Ted <fedya at bestweb dot net>
The way I see it, you raised three children who could knock out and hog-
tie a perfect stranger, you must be doing *something* right.
Marge Simpson, <http://www.snpp.com/episodes/7G01.html>
Gareth Owen
> > 19. Who composed the opera The Barber Of Seville?
>
> Mozart
No. Thats "The Marriage Of Figaro", to which "the Barber Of Seville"
was someone else's sequel.
The rest were right.
Gareth Owen
> > 10. who was the original host of the Krypton Factor?
> 10. Dick Clark?
Not as in the UK, at least.
Gareth Owen
> > 4. What metal is normally used to make a set of darts?
>
> Brass?
Yes. Or nickel/tungsten if you're posh.
> > 5. Rebecca Loos has been in the news this week. For what?
>
> Shagging David Beckham. Or not.
Whereas we all know thats Fabien Barthez's job.
> > 14. What color are French post boxes?
>
> Green?
http://images.google.com/images?q=%22french+post+box%22
> LS Lowry. He painted kids on the corner of the street that were sparking
> clogs, tha knows?
Also, a great many pictures of mutilated and brutalised women,
but he tended not to exhibit them.
> > 23. What is the official British bird?
>
> Each time I've had this, I've answered 'wren', so I'm now fairly
> confident that the answer is 'robin'.
Thats the answer I've got, but I've no
idea of where this status might come from.
All the others were right (as were most of these, actually)
Gareth Owen
> > 8. Which horse race, first run in 1807, is 2 miles, 4 furlongs in
> > length, and is the premier long distance race on the Flat?
>
> 8. The Epsom Darby
The Epsom Derby (we only pronounce it Darby) is one mile and 4 furlongs.
> > 10. Who was the original presenter of the Krypton Factor?
>
> 10. Bruce Forsyth (well, he's presented everything else!)
Not this, sadly.
> > 14. What color are French post boxes?
>
> 14. Blue?
Nope.
> > 15. Which American president was responsible for the abolition of
> > slavery?
>
> 15. You're looking for Abraham Lincoln, although the reality is more
> complicated than this.
Proctor : All right, here's your last question.
What was the cause of the Civil War?
Apu : Actually, there were numerous causes. Aside from the obvious schism
between the abolitionists and the anti-abolitionists, there were
economic factors, both domestic and inter--
Proctor : Wait, wait... just say slavery.
Apu : Slavery it is, sir.
> > 29. What is the heralding word for black?
>
> 29. Noir?
Nope.
Keith Willoughby
> Keith Willoughby <ke...@flat222.org> writes:
>> > 5. Rebecca Loos has been in the news this week. For what?
>>
>> Shagging David Beckham. Or not.
>
> Whereas we all know thats Fabien Barthez's job.
Badum-tish!
It brought tears to my eyes. Tears of joy, mind.
--
Keith Willoughby http://flat222.org/keith/
"Just as I expected, the shopkeeper appeared"
Dan Tilque
> April 13, 2004
>
> 20. What would a tailor do with his plonker?
Killfile trolls. What else would he do with one?
> 29. What is the heralding word for black?
sable
--
Dan Tilque
Mark Brader
> >
> > 14. Blue?
>
> Nope.
Yellow.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "B-b-but laziness is the only virtue I have *left*!"
m...@vex.net | -- Jutta Degener
Erland Sommarskog
>> > > 14. What color are French post boxes?
>> >
>> > 14. Blue?
>>
>> Nope.
>
> Yellow.
That was the old Swedish ones. (The current ones are somewhat undefined
in their colour, although there is still a slice of yellow in them. For
national mail that is. The ones for local mail go in blue.)
The French are red, I believe.
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Bruce In Cleveland
<use...@MarcDashevsky.com> wrote:
>In article <r5i659u...@gill.maths.keele.ac.uk>, use...@gwowen.freeserve.co.uk
>says...
>> April 13, 2004
>>
>> 1. What does a Cooper make?
>
>barrels
>
>> 2. What is Tony Blair's Pariliamentary Constituency?
>> 3. Who directed the films Blade Runner and Thelma and Louise?
Ridley Scott
>> 4. What metal is normally used to make a set of darts?
>
>Something dense and hard . . . depleted uranium?
>
>> 5. Rebecca Loos has been in the news this week. For what?
>> 6. Brian Lara set a new test match cricket record against England
>> scoring how many runs?
>> 7. With which novel is The Hispaniola associated?
>> 8. Which horse race, first run in 1807, is 2 miles, 4 furlongs in
>> length, and is the premier long distance race on the Flat?
>> 9. From which country do Chihuahua's come?
>
>Mexico
>
>> 10. Who was the original presenter of the Krypton Factor?
>> 11. Who won the Masters at Augusta?
>> 12. Who provided the voice of Darth Vader in the original Star Wars?
James Earl Jones