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ROUND 20

1 A member of the cast of 'EastEnders' who appeared in Episode 1 (first aired in the UK on 19th Feb 1985)
2 A signatory of the US Declaration of Independence
3 A country that was formerly a republic of the Soviet Union
4 A song from the movie 'West Side Story'
5 Any Canadian artist associated with The Group of Seven (not necessarily one of the 7 founding members)

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Question 1 - One of the five Great Lakes

For Ten Points: None

For Five Points: Superior (3) - Huron (5) - Erie (2)

Question 2 - A 5-letter Palindrome

For Ten Points: Madam - Jijij - Radar - Rotor - Dewed
(Jijij deserves special mention, and congratulations to the player who found the word. A Jijij being a small-leafed tree from the mangrove swamps of the Solomon Islands)

For Five Points: Level (2) - Tenet (2)

Disallowed: Warts (1) - this is not a palindrome, which must read the same in both directions.

Question 3 - A Member of the Rock Band U2

For Ten Points: Larry Mullen - Adam Clayton

For Five Points: Bono/Paul Hewson (4) - The Edge/David Evans (4)

Question 4 - A Grade 1 Pipe Band which has won the World Pipe Band Championship

For Ten Points: Strathclyde Police

For Five points: 78th Fraser Highlanders (2) - Fieldmarshall Montgomery (3) - Simon Fraser University (2) - Victoria Police (2)

Question 5 - A Variet/Flavour of Tim Tams biscuits

For some reason this question sparked a lot of interest

The answers panned out as follows -

For Ten points: Original - Fingers - Double Coat

For Five points: Chewy Chocolate Fudge (2) - Caramel (2) - Hazelnut (3)

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Totals

ElfTwinkle - 35
eraserhead - 35
Blinkybill - 35

JaneMarple - 30
Spanishliz - 30
ASA - 30
Gatsby722 - 30
Kuu - 30
ozzz2002 - 25
Romeomikegolf - 20

If I've made an error I apologise. Just drop me a note and I'll fix it.

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1) In Lord of the Rings - One of the children of Sam Gamgee (Gardiner) and his wife Rosie

2) Name of a horse that won the Melbourne Cup between 1990-1999

3) Name of a crossword placed online at Funtrivia on the 16th or 17th of July 2004 (shameless plug for the new crossword feature here )

4) One of the regular characters (not the actors) on the TV series 'Lost in Space'

5) One of the children of Rev. Patrick Bronte

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Round 22
Q1. A girl's name, which is also the name of a flower
Q2. A gemstone
Q3. An American state
Q4. A play by William Shakespeare
Q5. One of the Walton sextuplets (real life, not the TV programme)

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1. A rodent you might keep as a pet.
2. A song from the Beatles' album "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band".
3. An actor who has played Dracula in a movie.
4. One of the pieces used in a game of chess.
5. An Andrew Lloyd Webber musical.

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ROUND 22 ANSWERS! - I had nine answers.

Q1. A girl's name, which is also the name of a flower
For 10 points:
Aster (wasn’t sure if it was a girl’s name but gave it anyway!) Hyacinth, Jasmine, Violet and Poppy

For 5 points:
Rose (2) and Iris(2)


Q2. A gemstone
For 10 points:
Beryl, Sapphire, Topaz, Amethyst, Garnet, Diamond, and Ruby

For 5 points:
Lapis Lazuli (Lazurite) (2)


Q3. An American state
For 10 points:
Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, South Carolina, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Kentucky and Idaho
Everybody got ten points here.


Q4. A play by William Shakespeare
For 10 points:
A Winter's Tale, Troilus & Cressida, The Tempest, Twelfth Night, Timon Of Athens, Julius Caesar, Measure For Measure, Mcbeth and As You Like It
Everybody got ten points again!


Q5. One of the Walton sextuplets
For 10 points:
Jenny and Lucy.

For 5 points:
Sarah(3) Ruth (2)and Hannah (2)
Nobody mentioned Kate.


So the scores are:
KEVINATILUSA – 45
GATSBY722 – 45
OZZZ2002 – 45
ELFTWINKLE – 45
SPANISHLIZ – 45
SATANA2002 – 40
ERASUREHEAD – 40
HELEN295 – 40
ROMEOMIKEGOLF – 40
Another really tight game! I can see I will have to think hard for next weeks questions!

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• 1. Name a President of the United States Born in the 18th Century
• 2. Name an author with his/her own subcategory on Funtrivia, but only 2 quizzes (or less). ( clarification: I mean a literary author, not an author of quizzes on this site)
• 3. Name a country which borders both the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean.
• 4. Give one of the non-permanent members of the U.N. Security Council .
• 5. Give a short story from James Joyce's "Dubliners"

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ROUND 25

1 A German ship scuttled and sunk (not beached) at Scapa Flow in 1919

2 A college of Oxford University

3 Any pitcher credited with a win in a World Series game in 2000, 2001, 2002 or 2003

4 A Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers movie (not a compilation-type film like 'That's Entertainment')

5 A county of Northern Ireland

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Round 26

1) Any character from the comic strip "Peanuts":

2) The provincial flower from any Canadian province/territory:

3) Any song on the "UP" album by Shania Twain:

4) Any event that is part of the Olympic sport of men's gymnastics:

5) Any country whose flag has only the colours "red and white" on it:

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Round 26 will be closed late Tues. July 27th/earlyWed. July 28th.

Have fun!

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And who else said Sophocles? I thought that was 10-pointer for sure. Alas, I shall just gracefully settle into the basement of Trivial duress now... .

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That'd've been my good self - with the self-same expectation! Alack, I shall have to join you in the basement, yet again.

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ROUND 27

1 A Formula 1 World Champion since 1950 who was not from Europe (note: British drivers are from Europe )

2 Other than Shakespeare himself, someone who has been suggested as the 'real' author of Shakespeare's works

3 One of the 7 hills of Rome

4 An actor who has played 'Tarzan of the Apes' in two or more movies

5 A US ship sunk, capsized or 'damaged beyond repair' at Pearl Harbor on 7 Dec 1941

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