ROUND 25 RESULTS

Nine people participated.

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

Worth 10 points:
Brummer, Friedrich der Grosse, Kaiserin, Moltke, Von der Tann

Worth 5 points:
Markgraf (2)

Disallowed: Tabarka, which was a Dutch-built, French-registered steamer sunk as a blockship at Scapa in 1944.
Also could not accept Valhalla. Found one website that referred to Scapa Flow as ‘the German Valhalla’, but the only First World War ship of that name that I could find was a British destroyer.

There were numerous other possibilities.

2. A college of Oxford University

Worth 10 points:
Exeter, Greyfriars, Linacre, Oriel, St Anne’s, St Hugh’s, Trinity

Worth 5 points:
St Hilda’s (2)

Again, there were many other possibilities.

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

Worth 10 points:
Roger Clemens, Curt Schilling

Worth 5 points:
John Franco (3), Josh Beckett (2), John Lackey (2)

Notably absent was Randy Johnson, who won 3 games in the 2001 Series, amongst other possible choices.

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

Worth 10 points:
Shall We Dance, Swing Time, Top Hat

Worth 5 points:
Follow the Fleet (3), The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (3)

No one mentioned The Barkleys of Broadway, Carefree, Flying Down to Rio, The Gay Divorcee, or Roberta.

5. A county of Northern Ireland

Worth 10 points:
Derry

Worth 5 points:
Fermanagh (3), Tyrone (3) and Armagh (2)

Nobody mentioned Antrim or Down.


And the winner is….

Ozzz2002 40

ElfTwinkle 35
Eraserhead 35
JaneMarple 35
Julia103 35
Kevinatilusa 35
Romeomikegolf 35
Santana2002 30
Gatsby722 25


Thanks everybody for playing!

Round 26 is now closed --- results will be posted shortly.

ROUND 26: RESULTS ---> There were 12 participants

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

10 points: Franklin, Pigpen, Spike

5 points: Linus (4), Peppermint Patty (3), Sally Brown (2)

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

10 points: Blue Flag, Pitcher Plant, Prairie Crocus, Fireweed

5 points: White Trillium (4), Lady's Slipper (2), Mayflower/Trailing Arbutus (2)

Note: The Mayflower and Trailing Arbutus are different names for the same flower

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

10 points: Waiter! Bring Me Water, When You Kiss Me, It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing, What A Way To Wanna Be, Ain't Any Particular Way

5 points: Ka-Ching (3), C'est La Vie (2), I Ain't Goin' Down (2)

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

10 points: Floor exercise, Vault, Horizontal Bar

5 points: Rings (3), Parallel Bars (2), Pommel Horse (3)

1 answer (artistic) was disqualified as it is not a gymnastics event --- artistic is the gymnastics discipline which includes the events of rings, vault, floor exercise, pommel horse, parallel bars, and hortizontal bar

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

10 points: Monaco, Tunisia, England

5 points: Tonga (2), Switzerland (2), Canada (2), Poland (2)

1 answer (Peru) was disqualified --- the flag of Peru has the colours "red and white", but it also includes the colours green, gold/yellow, and light blue with the emblem/coat of arms that is centered in the white


SCORES

Helen295: 45 points

Marchmadness: 40 points
Santana2002: 40 points

ASA: 35 points
Gatsby722: 35 points

Julia103: 30 points
Eraserhead: 30 points
Romeomikegolf: 30 points

Spanishliz: 25 points
Nyusha141200: 25 points
Ozzz2002: 25 points

JaneMarple: 20 points


Helen295 gets a point as the winner of Round 26.

Thanks for playing everyone!

I swapped with Kuu today so here's Round 28!

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Q1 – A winner of the Grand National between 1980 –1990.
Q2 – A computer programme by Microsoft.
Q3 – A famous rabbit. (please give some details!)
Q4 – A song in “The Sound of Music”
Q5 – A character in “Oliver Twist” by Charles Dickens

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Good lucke everybody!

Round 27 is now closed. Results just as soon as I work them out.

ROUND 27 RESULTS

Nine people played.

1. A Formula 1 World Champion since 1950 who was not from Europe

Worth 10 points:
Alan Jones, Ayrton Senna

Worth 5 points:
Jack Brabham (2), Juan Manuel Fangio (2), Jacques Villeneuve (2)

Disallowed: Mika Hakkinen, who is from Finland.

Not mentioned: Mario Andretti, Emerson Fittipaldi, Phil Hill, Denis Hulme, Nelson Piquet, Jody Scheckter

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

Worth 10 points:
Francis Bacon, Earl of Derby (William Stanley), Queen Elizabeth I, Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Middleton, Sir Walter Raleigh

Worth 5 points:
Earl of Oxford (Edward de Vere)(3)

3. One of the 7 hills of Rome

Worth 10 points:
Aventine, Esquiline, Quirinal

Worth 5 points:
Capitoline (3), Viminal (3)

Not mentioned: Caelian and Palatine

4. An actor who has played ‘Tarzan of the Apes’ in two or more movies

Worth 10 points:
Elmo Lincoln, Glenn Morris*, Gordon Scott

Worth 5 points:
Ron Ely (2), Jock Mahoney (2), Johnny Weissmuller (2)

*There was some question as to whether Morris appeared as Tarzan in the requisite two films, but as one reputable website links him with a film not mentioned by the imdb (apparently not the same film under a different title), I felt that I must allow him.

5. A US ship sunk, capsized or ‘damaged beyond repair’ at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941

Worth 10 points:
Arizona, Downes, Oglala, West Virginia

Worth 5 points:
Oklahoma (4)

Disallowed: Reliance, a US Coast Guard cutter that was present on the day, but not damaged.

Other possibilites included California, Cassin and Utah.

There is a two-way tie at the top on this one:

Eraserhead 40
marchmadness 40

gatsby722 35
ozzz2002 35
romeomikegolf 35
ElfTwinkle 30
Helen295 30
JaneMarple 30
Julia103 30

So a point each for Eraserhead and marchmadness!

Thanks for playing!

Hey everyone, here's round 29!

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1. A type of internet browser
2. A player in the NBA over 7 feet tall
3. One of the main characters from the single player part of the computer game Freelancer.
4. One of the players of Round 28
5. One of the former or the current Prime Minister of Malaysia

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Theoryman14's Bonus Question:(worth 5 Points)

The name of the intern from the comic strip "Dilbert"...(the normal one...looks asian)

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Whoops! I was bound to do that sometime - thanks for the heads up Jane!

Round 28 is closed now. Answers in five minutes!

So, here's the answers!
Q1 – A winner of the Grand National between 1980 –1990.
For 10 points
Little Polveir (1989) Rhyme n’ Reason (1988) Mr Frisk (1990) West Tip (1986) Last Suspect (1985) Ben Nevis (1981) and Hallo Dandy (1984)
For 5 points:
Grittar (1982) – 2 people choose it.

Nobody mentioned:
Aldaniti (1981) Corbiere (1983) Maori Venture (1987)


Q2 – A computer programme by Microsoft.
For 10 points:
Acess, Powerpoint, Microsoft Frontpage, Works, Visual Studio, Digital Image Suite 9 and Excel
For 5 Points:
Word
Nobody mentioned
Publisher, and I am sure others!


Q3 – A famous rabbit.
For 10 points:
Roger Rabbit, Bugs Bunny, Dylan (from “The Magic Roundabout”) and Thumper (from “Bambi”)
For 5 points:
Brer Rabbit (from the Uncle Remus books) (2) and Harvey (the imaginary rabbit from a film with James Stuart) (3)

Q4 – A song in “The Sound of Music”
For 10 points
“Doe a Deer”, “Edelweiss”, “Something Good” and “Climb Every Mountain”.
For 5 points:
“The Lonely Goatherd” (3) and “I have Confidence”(2)


Q5 – A character in “Oliver Twist” by Charles Dickens
For 10 points:
Agnes Fleming (Oliver’s mother), Mr Fang (the magistrate), Old Sally (the old hag who was present at Oliver’s birth), Barney the waiter, Charley Bates, Mr Bumble, Mr Brownlow, Noah Claypole and Bill Sykes.
[Everybody had got 10 points – well done in find obscure characters/b] !

So I had 9 entries
For 50 points:
SPANISHLIZ
For 45 points:
SANTANA2002
JULIA103
HELEN
And for 40 points:
OZZZ2002
IZZI
ELFTWINKLE
ROMEOMIKEGOLF
GATSBY

Well done everybody!!

Here I went again...

Only a couple of days left in July, but these are the best point grabbers so far...(as of the 28th, I think).

1. ElfTwinkle---9 points
2. Eraserhead
ozzz2002---8 points each
4. JaneMarple---7 points
5. kevinatilusa
spanishliz---6 points each
7. Helen295---5 points
8. Blinkybill
Gatsby722
Julia103
Kuu
Santana2002---4 points each
13. Leau78---3 points
14. marchmadness-2 points
15. ASA
Nyusha141200
romeomikegolf.---1 point each.


Dead heat, it seems! Well done ElfTwinkle! But it looks like Eraserhead and ozzz are clipping at your heels .


Editted to correct spelling

Well, here we go. I guess I got the days all wrong. I'll put Saturday's list up now. We have until Monday to answer. (Oh, wait! I really didn't get the days wrong. But I'll post my list anyway.)

1. On that dreadful 9-11-2001 one plane didn't crash into a building. It went down in a field in Pennsylvania. It was Flight 93. 40 people perished but there were only 8 crew members (and stewards/stewardesses count) that died. Name one of the crew members.

2. Name a country that has given us the pageant winner Miss Universe since 1995!

3. Give me a name of a Yukio Mishima novel. (No names of a short story or Japanese title or non-fiction, please----just English translations).
4.


Gats jumps the gun again. But we have until Monday.

Scrap all that. I'll see you all in the morning.

My computer is not being agreeable today. I shall try again with this next round: (And don't rush me. I know what day is what!)

1. Name one of the "Chicago 7" who made a disruption out of the 1968 Democratic Convention. (There were actually 8 who went on trial). Name one.

2. On 9/11/2001 a plane went down. It didn't crash into anything; it went down into a field in Pennsylvania. 40 people died but who were the crew members who went down with the ship? It was called Flight 93, by the way. The steward staff counts, by the way, too.

3. Name a country that has won a Miss Universe Pageant since 1995.

4. A little more Americana. Name a state holiday in Oklahoma USA. Not a national one----and not a week. Just a day!

5. Give us a novel by Yukio Mishima. Not a Japanese title, but an English one. At least as it is written or interpretted. No short stories or non-fiction, thanks.

There ya go! See you Monday (I think).

You've got me confused now, Gatsby! You were supposed to be doing Friday's round and I'm supposed to be doing Saturday's, right? So I'll have to post my questions now as well, otherwise we'll be missing a round. I hope that's okay! I'm happy to give people a bit of extra time to send in their answers, since two rounds will have been posted so close together.

ROUND 31 - Final round in July

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1. A famous person who was born on July 31.
2. One of the rides at the theme park Alton Towers.
3. One of the eight species of bear.
4. A British National Park.
5. One of the fairies in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". (There are 7 to choose from).

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All week I thought I had Saturday's! Ooops. Sorry about the confusion. I guess I should pay more attention to the roster. So I'll close Round 30 on Sunday. Apologies if I got things out of order! Well, there's no "if" about it! I assuredly got my days mixed up .

I'm sorry guys, but I wont be able to post round 29's answers and results as I may be staying in Juneau for another week or so. I may have time....you never know. But I'm spending time with family because my Grandpaw died today...

July Round 30 is now closed. Only 7 players, but that might be chalked up to the small fact that I posted late .

Members Of The Chicago 7 (or maybe 8)

For 10 points

David Dellinger, Abbie Hoffman, Rennie Davis, Jerry Rubin

For 5 points

Tom Hayden (3)

No one mentioned Bobby Seale, John Froines or Lee Weiner

A Crew Member On Flight 93 Of 9/11/01

For 10 points

Jason Dahl and Wanda Green

For 5 points

Cee Cee Lyles (2) and Lorraine Bay (2)

I couldn't accept one answer of LeRoy Holmes, Jr. as his name was actually LeRoy Homer, Jr.

A Country With A Miss Universe Winner Since 1995

For 10 points

Miss Panama and Miss Trinidad & Tobago

For 5 points

Miss India (3) and Miss Australia (2)

A State Holiday In Oklahoma

Hmmm. This one got interesting...

For 10 points

Slavery Holiday (while it's not celebrated just in Oklahoma it is not national yet, so it counts) June 19, Senior Citizen's Day June 9, Oklahoma Day April 22, Thomas Jefferson's Birthday April 13, Will Rogers Day November 4, Statehood Day November 16.

I rejected one answer, after a bit of checking. Ohio Statehood Day. It is not a holiday generally observed in Oklahoma.

Yukio Mishima Novels With English Titles

10 points for everyone!

The Decay Of The Angel, Confessions Of A Mask, Runaway Horses, Forbidden Colors, The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea, The Temple Of The Golden Pavillion, The Decay Of The Angel

Winners list:

spanishliz---45 points

ElfTwinkle---40 points
JaneMarple---40 points
Julia103---40 points
Kuu---40 points

Eraserhead---35 points

ozzz2002---30 points

Congrats spanishliz and thank you all for playing!

Round 31 is now closed.

Yikes. I should hang up my hat . In Round 30, 2 people mentioned Mishima's "The Decay Of The Angel" so didn't get 10 points on it. But, thankfully, the round winner was not affected by my error.

Here are the results of Round 31

There were 8 entries.

Question 1 - A famous person who was born on July 31

10 Points: Ted Cassidy, Ben Chaplin

5 Points: Evonne Goolagong (2), Wesley Snipes (2), Harry Potter (2)

Question 2 - A ride at the theme park Alton Towers

10 Points: Runaway Mine Train, Tea Cups, Air, Ripsaw

5 Points: Spinball Whizzer (2), Oblivion (2)

Question 3 - One of the eight species of bear

10 Points: Sloth bear

5 Points: Spectacled bear (3), Sun bear (2), Polar bear (2)

Nobody mentioned the Black bear, Brown bear, Asiatic black bear, or Giant Panda.

Question 4 - A British National Park

10 Points: Snowdonia, Brecon Beacons, Yorkshire Dales, The Broads

5 Points: Dartmoor (2), Peak District (2)

Question 5 - One of the fairies from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

Nobody scored 10 points for this question. There was one wrong answer (Ivy).

5 Points: Titania (3), Cobweb (2), Oberon (2)

You could also have chosen Puck, Moth, Peaseblossom or Mustardseed.


SCORES

40 - Eraserhead

35 - Julia103, Spanishliz

30 - Elftwinkle, Kuu, Gatsby722

25 - JaneMarple, Ozzz2002


Well done, Eraserhead!

I won't be able to declare the final scores until Theoryman14 gets back and posts his answers.