The Friday Quiz
 

Ok here we go

'usual' rules apply

- no more than 3 answers per post will be considered

- no using Goggle, reference books, Wikipedia etc until 19.30 hrs

- winner sets next weeks quiz - good luck :tu:


1. The spherical forms of buckminsterfullerene are more commonly known as †¦..?

2. What is ascorbic acid more commonly known as?

3. What did the Indian City, Mumbai, used to be known as?

4. Which chemical element has allotropes that include monoclinic & plastic?

5. Which orthopaedic surgeon was one of Walesââ‚ƚ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢ greatest ever Rugby Union full backs during the 70ââ‚ ¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s?

6. Which 1959 film saw Peter Sellers play 3 roles (including the Duchess) in which the Duchy of Grand Fenwick defeated the United States of America by threatening to detonate a †˜Q bombâ₠¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢?

7. Which author & friend of JRR Tolkein, wrote (among others) †˜Perelandraà¢ÃƒÆ’¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢ââ‚ ¬Å¾Ã‚¢ and †˜That Hideous Strengthââ‚à ƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢?

8. What was Oblioââ‚ƚ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s dog called, in Harry Nilssons film/album/ stage play, †˜The Pointââ‚ƚ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢?

9. Which drink is prepared from the leaves of the plant Camellia sinensis?

10. P-Funk is the abbreviated compound name of which two bands involving George Clinton?

11. Winning which trophy helped RJ Mitchell design the Supermarine Spitfire?

12. What is the usual name for a gun with multiple rotating barrels

13. Which bridge did Billy Joe McAllister jump off, in the song by Bobbie Gentry?

14. What is †˜canolaÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â¢ÃƒÆ ’¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€Å ¾Ã‚¢ more commonly known as, in the UK?

15. Which berries, that allegedly alleviate symptoms of cystitis, are harvested by flooding the fields & skimming off the floating fruit?

16. Which Irish Band, which broke up in 2004, featured the Hogan brothers & Dolores O'Riordan?

17. Which Dutch artist was famous for his woodcuts of mathematically inspired tessellations?

18. Which 1973, low budget Sci-Fi film involved four bored astronauts & a talking bomb?

19. Who was hungry & then went skiing on the ZX Spectrum in 1982?

20. Whoââ‚Âà ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s †˜razorâà ¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€Š¾Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢ can be stated as †˜given two equally predictive theories, choose the simpler.ââ‚à ƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢?

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1 buckyballs

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1 bucky balls

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Buckyballs

2. What is ascorbic acid more commonly known as?

Vitamin C

3. What did the Indian City, Mumbai, used to be known as?

Bombay

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5 jrr williams

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correct :tu:

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8 Arrow

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10 parliament & funkadelic

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[QUOTE=homealone]
4. Which chemical element has allotropes that include monoclinic & plastic?

Sulphur

6. Which 1959 film saw Peter Sellers play 3 roles (including the Duchess) in which the Duchy of Grand Fenwick defeated the United States of America by threatening to detonate a †˜Q bombâ₠¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢?

The Mouse that Roared.

11. Winning which trophy helped RJ Mitchell design the Supermarine Spitfire?

The Schneider Trophy

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#2 & #3 are correct - beaten to #1 by Angua

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6 Kind hearts and coronets

:doh: wrong actor

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20 = Occum's

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nearly ;)

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20 occam's

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[QUOTE=homealone]

12. What is the usual name for a gun with multiple rotating barrels

Gatling

13. Which bridge did Billy Joe McAllister jump off, in the song by Bobbie Gentry?

Tallahassee Bridge

17. Which Dutch artist was famous for his woodcuts of mathematically inspired tessellations?

MC Escher.

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19 Horace

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jpr williams ??

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12. What is the usual name for a gun with multiple rotating barrels

Minigun?

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20) achum's ? (sp?)

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15 cranberries

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correct :tu:

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[QUOTE=homealone]18. Which 1973, low budget Sci-Fi film involved four bored astronauts & a talking bomb?

Dark Star

20. Whoââ‚Âà ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s †˜razorâà ¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€Š¾Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢ can be stated as †˜given two equally predictive theories, choose the simpler.ââ‚à ƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢?

William of Okham or Occam

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9 tea

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correct - 'one nation under a groove' :tu:
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[QUOTE=Graham]all 3 correct :tu:

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16. The Cranberries

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16) corrs ?

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it's the cable mothership ;)

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sorry Russ, not spelt correctly.
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correct

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20 Occam

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Good to see we're ganging up on Graham again ;)

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[QUOTE=Graham]#12 & #17 correct, #13 not quite right on the spelling ;)
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Correct :tu: (miss spent youth ;) )

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7 isaac Asimov?

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correct - phew :)

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6) dr strangelove ?

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Correct :tu:

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So remove l's s's or e's to taste :)

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[QUOTE=Graham]18. Correct - #20. just beaten by Cookie ..

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Scrub that......I'm an idiot

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Correct :tu:
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correct - see clue in previous question :D
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phew, i think I've caught up

7, 13, 14 to go ;)

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Well, that's all of my inspiration used up for the day ....

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can I have a bonus point if I don't know any ?

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13. Talahassee?

14. Carnuba gum?

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good try, but no :D

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7 CS Lewis
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14 Canneloni

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:bigcry:

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13. Talahasee

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14 No

13 i hope this isn't going to be one of those 'depends where you look' its different ones - we'll see ;)
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7. Correct :tu:

14. No, sorry

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Anyone like to hum a tune while we're waiting for Googletime ?

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not when I last googled ;)

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I've been runmbled!!!!!! :dunce:

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Taking me ball home :mad:

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:LOL: - go with Google now, if everyone is stuck on the last couple?

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13 Talahachee
14 Rapeseed

Both googled

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14) rapeseed oil ?

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Tallahatchee??

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13 Google says "Tallahatchie Bridge"

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13 still isn't quite as I have it?

14 Correct :tu:

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Hey, no fair !!

I come back with my Rosehip tea with 5 minutes to spare -- and it's all over :(

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Thats what I have too :tu:

Thats it - thanks everyone, give me a minute to collate the scores :)

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13 I think Pedantic should have this one regardless as to who gets it absolutely spot in. :D

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ere's a clue.......won't take you long to add mine up :disturbd:

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Since homealone's busy, here's some music: :)

Ode To Billie Joe (Bobbie Gentry)

It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day
I was out choppin' cotton and my brother was balin' hay
And at dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat
And Mama hollered out the back door "Y'all remember to wipe your feet"
And then she said "I got some news this mornin' from Choctaw Ridge"
"Today Billie Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge"

And Papa said to Mama as he passed around the blackeyed peas
"Well, Billie Joe never had a lick of sense, pass the biscuits, please"
"There's five more acres in the lower forty I've got to plow"
And Mama said it was shame about Billie Joe, anyhow
Seems like nothin' ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge
And now Billie Joe MacAllister's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge

And Brother said he recollected when he and Tom and Billie Joe
Put a frog down my back at the Carroll County picture show
And wasn't I talkin' to him after church last Sunday night?
"I'll have another piece of apple pie, you know it don't seem right"
"I saw him at the sawmill yesterday on Choctaw Ridge"
"And now you tell me Billie Joe's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge"

And Mama said to me "Child, what's happened to your appetite?"
"I've been cookin' all morning and you haven't touched a single bite"
"That nice young preacher, Brother Taylor, dropped by today"
"Said he'd be pleased to have dinner on Sunday, oh, by the way"
"He said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you up on Choctaw Ridge"
"And she and Billie Joe was throwing somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge"

A year has come 'n' gone since we heard the news 'bout Billie Joe
And Brother married Becky Thompson, they bought a store in Tupelo
There was a virus going 'round, Papa caught it and he died last Spring
And now Mama doesn't seem to wanna do much of anything
And me, I spend a lot of time pickin' flowers up on Choctaw Ridge
And drop them into the muddy water off the Tallahatchie Bridge

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Thanks :hugs:

Can I have it please.huh huh huh :hyper: :hyper: :hyper: :D

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I think question 8 was especially for me as we mentioned "The Point" in a thread not long ago. :disturbd:

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1. Buckyballs Angua

2. Vitamin C Graham

3. Bombay Graham

4. Sulphur Graham

5. JPR Williams Cookie

6. The Mouse That Roared Graham

7. CS Lewis Angua

8. Arrow Angua

9. Tea Wicked & Crazy

10. Parliament & Funkadelic Cookie

11. The Schneider Trophy Graham

12. Gatling Gun Graham

13. Tallahatchie gifted to Pedantic :D

14. Rapeseed Angua

15. Cranberries Angua

16. The Cranberries susie r

17. M.C. Escher Graham

18. Dark Star Graham

19. Horace Wicked & Crazy

20. Occamââ‚ƚ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s Cookie


I make that

Graham the winner with 8 points - congratulations :tu:

Angua got 5, Cookie 3, Wicked & Crazy 2 and susie r 1, Pedantic 1

thanks for taking part :D

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:woot: :D

Thanks for a fun one, homealone :)

And the next quiz will be next Friday at 1pm as usual, don't be late!!

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you'll have to ask Graham if he minds giving up one of his points ;)

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well done everyone :mis:

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Good quiz Gaz - and congrats to you Graham :tu:

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I was lucky enough to see the stage show at the 'Mermaid Theatre' - Davy Jones & Mickey Dolenz were in the cast ;)

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Well done Graham and thanks Gaz. http://www.emotihost.com/ver1/ballons/1.gif

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You what? :eek:

Give up one of my points?? :Yikes:

Oh go on then! :dozey:

Pedantic : One Point! :D

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there you go - I'll edit appropriately :cool:

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A "pity" point :Yikes: well I never :Yikes: go on then I av owt for nowt :D

Ta guys :D

By the way I never went anywhere near question 13 it was 14 so it shudda been off angua not graham but sod it graham has loads to spare :p:

oops ! just re-read the thread...erm...forget the bit I said up there lol I was thinking summat else....ah bugger it.....I need a drink :p:

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cough at least i was a youth cough

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Don't forget, 1pm is Quiz Time, be sure to get there early! :)
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