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Joliettes United and Unleashed

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Introduction:
"In a collective moment of madness, some of the Joliettes decided to get together and create a quiz. All the Joliettes named in the quiz have contributed questions based on their usernames or locations and have produced the following mixed bag. Have fun"


1. Our founding member is Baldricksmum. Apart from being Edmund Blackadder's smelly little sidekick, what is a baldrick?
    A horse drawn cart for transporting hay at harvest time
    A device for securing a wig
    An ornamental shoe buckle popular in the seventeenth century
    A wide belt worn over the shoulder to support a sword by the hip


2. Guess which Joliette contributed this one? "WorldB's handle was adopted from the actual legal name of a former sports star in the United States who was born in 1953 and given the first name of Lloyd (he changed it to World in 1980). Which sport did he play professionally?"
    Baseball
    Hockey
    Football
    Basketball


3. A contribution from Tommy-R. "The "Tommy Gun" gained great fame in the 1920s and was used to great success in WWII. What caliber was this rotary magazine machine?"

    .45
    .458
    .30
    .243


4. Avin Itofski was bought up in Slough, Berkshire and his Dad is from Scranton, PA, USA. Which TV comedy is set in these two towns, depending on which version you watch?
    The Office / The Office: An American Workplace
    Till Death Do Us Part / All in the Family
    Steptoe and Son / Sanford and Son
    Man About The House / Three's Company


5. J2cp2 lives in San Diego. What is San Diego's nickname?
    The West's Most Western Town
    America's Finest City
    Birthplace of Basketball
    Curtain Rod Capital of the World


6. A contribution from Mink. "I've was going to be boring and ask for the Latin name for four legged variety of mink. However, I've gone for a horticultural theme instead. Below are four plants, each containing Mink in their name - all you have to do is say which is the odd one out."
    Pink Mink
    Blue Mink
    Yellow Mink
    Clear Mink


7. Bottle_rocket supplied the following question: "The 1996 film "Bottle Rocket" was the feature film debut of what acclaimed director?"
    David O Russell
    Spike Jonze
    Paul Thomas Anderson
    Wes Anderson


8. In his blurb, Mochyn claims to be a blithe spirit. What was the name of the ghost in the Noel Coward Play 'Blithe Spirit'?
    Callista
    Elvira
    Isadora
    Pandora


9. A question from MaggieG5: "Maggie Tulliver, one of George Eliot's most spirited heroines, appears in "The Mill on the Floss". Which of these titles was NOT considered by the author in naming the book?"
    Sister Maggie
    Life at the Mill
    St Oggs on the Floss
    Life on the Floss


10. StuHern has contributed the following question: "Herne the Hunter was a legendary antlered figure who was said to roam Windsor Forest. He has been linked to the Celtic horned god, Cernunnos, as well as the Saxon god Woden. He has also been mentioned in many works of literature but in which Shakespeare play is he mentioned?"
    The Merry Wives of Windsor
    Macbeth
    A Midsummer Night's Dream
    King Lear


11. As mentioned in McGruff's blurb, he lives in a place surrounded by Civil War history. He has contributed the following: "The first major engagement on Northern soil and the bloodiest single day battle of the American Civil War took place on September 17, 1862, just eighteen days after a Confederate victory 40 miles to the southeast in Manassas, Virginia. What is the name of this Northern battle?"
    The Battle of Antietam
    The Battle of Gettysburg
    The Battle of South Mountain
    The Battle of Balls Bluff


12. One of the Joliettes goes by the intriguing username of billygoat4. Which of these is the common name of the breed of goat known as the Myotonic Goat?
    Colorado Climbing Goat
    Tennessee Fainting Goat
    Kansas Running Goat
    Arizona Bucking Goat


13. Mos623 takes his name from Mos Def. Although probably best known as a rap artist Mos Def has also acted in over thirty films and TV series. What role did he play in the 2005 film "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"?
    Humma Kavula
    Arthur Dent
    Ford Prefect
    The Narrator


14. I'm Supersal1 and as can be seen from my blurb, I am an Essex Girl. Which Essex town claims the title of Britain's oldest recorded town?
    Colchester
    Basildon
    Chelmsford
    Saffron Walden


15. This question is supplied by MaggieG5, she does it so well. "The Joliettes took their team name from a book created by the incredibly fertile imagination of the late, great, and irreplaceable Douglas Adams. "The Meaning of Liff" is, according to its introduction, a "dictionary of things that there aren't any words for yet". The book was a collaborative effort between Douglas and a friend, very well known in the field of comedy. Who was this collaborator?"
    Stephen Fry
    John Lloyd
    Ben Elton
    Griff Rhys Jones


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