Q1. A British Prime Minister, past or present.
For ten points:
Tony Blair, Andrew Bonar Law, , Disraeli, Neville Chamberlain and Henry Addington.
For five points:
Stanley Baldwin (2) and Winston Churchill
Many more weren’t mentioned.

Q2. A member of the Secret Seven (or the dog) in the Enid Blyton series.
For ten points:
Colin, Barbara, Peter and Scamper the dog
For five points
Pam(3) and George(2)
Nobody mentioned Janet or Jack.

Q3. A cartoon dog – please give details!
For ten points:
Fred Bassett, Max (owned by the Grinch), Lady from “Lady and the Tramp”, Astro from the Jetsons. Snoopy from Peanuts Hong Kong Phooey and Deputy Dawg.
For five points:
Brian from “Family Guy” (2)

Q4. Any type of herb
For ten points:
Dill, Basil, Mustard, Korean mint, Thyme, Calendula, Comfrey Lemon Balm and Rosemary.
Everybody got ten points!


Q5. A film star past or present with the letter C. as the first letter of their surname.
For ten points:
Simon Callow, Bill Cosby, Robert Cummings, Charlie Chaplin, John Cleese, Kim Cattrall, Alan Cummings Lou Costello and James Coburn
Another ten points to everybody!

SCORES
Nine people played!
50 – Ozzz2002
50 – ElfTwinkle
45 – Helen295
45 – Gatsby722
45 – Erasurehead
45 – Beaker411
40 – RomeoMikeGolf
40 - Lothrien
35- SpanishLiz
Another tight game!!

ROUND 7

1. Name an island whose land is divided between two or more nations.

2. Name a symphony which requires one or more vocalists.

3. Name a United States President who served at least 2 full terms.

4. Name a Shakespearean play which does not have the name of a person (real or fictional) in the title.

5. Name a team which made it to the 2002 World Cup, but failed to advance out of pool play.

The deadline'll probably be around 4-5 AM New York time early in the morning on Tuesday.

It's early Sunday morning here, so here are Sunday's questions:

Round 8

1. A Canadian National Park

2. To complete the set, a Formula 1 World Champion since 1950 from continental Europe

3. A Prime Minister (Presidente) of Spain after Franco

4. A James Bond movie starring Sean Connery as Bond

5. Any famous person whose first name begins with the letter X. Please give a few details as to why they are famous.

Have fun! (Round will close approximately 48 hours from now.)

Round 6 is now closed. Fertig. Vamoosed.

Round 6 Results

Just 6 players this time.

1.Name One of The First 12 (Out Of 27) Things Mark Twain Would Rescue In The Event Of A Boarding House Fire!

For 10 points:
Second cousins, Nieces, Cripples, stepsisters, the unclassified.

As much as I really liked the answer of alcohol it wasn't on the list. Heck, it was likely what caused the fire to begin with! And in looking at it, did anyone get a chuckle out of #27 on this list? Too funny, really. The Unclassified are up there at #12 but mothers-in-law came in dead last in priority.

2.Name A Conspirator Either Hanged Or Imprisoned In 1867 As Being Part Of The Abraham Lincoln Assassination.

For 10 points:
George Atzerodt & Dr. Samuel Mudd.

For 5 points:
Mary Surratt (2) & Lewis Powell (aka Lewis Paine) (2)

3. According To Fodor's Travel Guide (2004 Edition) Name An Editor's Pick As One Of The Best Places To Dine In Paris

I had to stick with Fodor's list here but all the restaurants mentioned have been rated very well. Fodor's only picked 9, though.

For 10 points:
Les Elysses du Vernet & Alain Ducasse

For 5 ponts:
Le Grande Vefour(2)

2 answers didn't hit Fodor's list but, as mentioned, are fine places indeed. So I had to disallow Le Cinq and 7eme Sud.

4.Peppers/Chiles With A Heat Index Rating Of 8 Or Higher.

This one got tricky as there are a surprisingly lot of lists that rate the heat of peppers! But...

For 10 points:
Yellow Wax, Pequin Chiles, Scotch Bonnet

For 5 points:
Habanero (3)

5.Name A Hand That Will Beat A Mixed Suit Straight In Standard Poker.

For 10 points:
none

For 5 points:
Full House (4), Four Of A Kind (2)

Winner's List

1. ozzz2002-45 points

2. JaneMarple-40 points

3. ElfTwinkle
helen295
spanishliz- all 30 points.

6. beaker411-25 points [I added a few points to our new player beaker just because I loved the alcohol answer and doing so won't mess up the final scores.]


Congrats, ozzz! One point for you. And thank you all for playing!

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ROUND 9 (August 9th)

1) A provincial/territorial bird emblem of Canada:

2) A sport that Snoopy (from the Peanuts comic strip) has played that is a sport currently included in the Summer Olympics:

3) A country whose flag has more than 5 stars:

4) Any boat class that is included in the Olympic sport of Sailing at the 2004 Athens Olympics:

5) A tipping comp that is live as of today's date/Aug. 9th (Note: 1 of those listed as being live in the links to results and standings box at the top of the tipping comps forum ended yesterday/Saturday and is no longer live):

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This round will close in roughly 48 hours.

Have fun!

Round 8 is now closed. Results shortly.

ROUND EIGHT RESULTS

Twelve people played!

1. A Canadian National Park

Worth 10 points:
Banff, Elk Island, Fundy, Kejimkujik, Mount Revelstoke, Point Pelee, Pukaskwa, St Lawrence Islands, Waterton Lakes, Yoho

Worth 5 points:
La Mauricie (2)

There were over 30 to choose from, so several were not mentioned.

2. To complete the set, a Formula 1 World Champion since 1950 from continental Europe

Worth 10 points:
Alberto Ascari, Giuseppe ‘Nino’ Farina, Mika Hakkinen, Keke Rosberg, Michael Schumacher

Worth 5 points:
Niki Lauda (3), Jochen Rindt (3)

Disallowed: Nicolas Kiesa, who has never been champion.

Not mentioned: Alain Prost

3. A Prime Minister (Presidente) of Spain after Franco

Worth 10 points:
Jose Maria Aznar Lopez, Luis Carrero Blanco, Felipe Gonzalez Marquez, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

Worth 5 points:
Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo Bustelo (5), Adolfo Suarez Gonzalez (3)

The three not mentioned were all ‘acting’ military Presidentes, which is likely why all of you left them alone! (I’d have accepted them anyway.)

4. A James Bond movie starring Sean Connery as Bond

Worth 10 points:
Diamonds Are Forever, From Russia with Love, Goldfinger, Never Say Never Again

Worth 5 points:
You Only Live Twice (5), Thunderball (3)

Not mentioned: Dr No

5. Any famous person whose first name begins with the letter X (with details)

I neglected to say real person and therefore accepted the one TV character submitted. There were some interesting answers!

Worth 10 points:
Xie Jun (chess champ), Xerxes (king of Persia), Xena (Warrior Princess from TV), Xavier Koller (film director), Xavier Naidoo (musician), Xander Berkeley (actor), Xavier Becerra (congressman), Xanana Gusmao (president of E Timor), Xander de Buisonje (singer)

Worth 5 points:
Xaviera Hollander (3) (the Happy Hooker)

We have a perfect 50 points!

50 points: JaneMarple

45 points: beaker411, helen295, Leau78

40 points: ElfTwinkle, Exit10

35 points: Eraserhead, romeomikegolf

30 points: gatsby722, Kuu, LeoDaVinci, ozzz2002

Congratulations and today’s point to JaneMarple. Thanks everyone for playing!

Round 7 is at last closed. Results will hopefully be up in a bit

ROUND 7 RESULTS

There were 9 players this round.

1: An island shared between two or more countries.

10 points: Market(in) (Finland/Sweden) St. Martin (Netherlands/France), Tierra Del Fuego (Argentina/Chile), Timor (Indonesia/East Timor)

5 points: Borneo (2, Indonesia/Malaysia/Brunei), Hispaniola (2, Haiti/Dominican Republic)

Disallowed: Haiti, which is not itself an island.

The most notable answers not submitted were Ireland (Ireland/UK) and New Guinea (Papua New Guinea/Indonesia)

2: A symphony needing vocalists

10 points: Mahler's 8th symphony
5 points: Beethoven's 9th (3) and Mahler's 2nd (2)
Disallowed: Mahler's 6th (instruments only) and Ave Maria (not a symphony).

One person did not answer. Among the other possible answers were Mahler's 3rd/4th, Vaughn Williams 1st ("Sea Symphony"), and Gorecki's 3rd ("Sorrowful Songs").

3: President Serving 2+ Terms

10 points: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower
5 points: Ulysses Grant (3), Bill Clinton (2)

I have no idea why Grant was so popular

4: A Shakespearean Play w/o title character

10 points: Comedy of Errors, Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing, Love's Labours Lost, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Measure for Measure, The Tempest

5 points: The Taming of the Shrew (2)

Interestingly, none of the tragedies or histories were permissable for this question, but most of the comedies were.

5: A team that exited in the first rounds of the World Cup

10 points: Poland, Portugal, Tunisia, France
5 points: Argentina (2), Costa Rica (2)
Disallowed: Belgium (it advanced to the round of 16)


TOTAL SCORES

40 points: Elftwinkle, Eraserhead, Leau78, Romeomikegolf, SpanishLiz
30 points: Gatsby722
25 points: JaneMarple, ozzz2002
20 points: Beaker411

Thanks to all who played and congratulations to all 5 winners!

ROUND 10

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1. A character from the TV series "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air"
2. A number between one and ten
3. Name a type of cheese beginning with "P" or "M"
4. One of the players of round 9
5. Name a movie Will Smith has acted in.

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Theoryman14's Bonus Question! (Worth 5 Points)


Name the Engineer of the Dilbert comic strip who has very little hair.

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ROUND 9 is officially closed --- the results will be posted shortly.

ROUND 11

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1) A pope of the Twentieth Century
2) Any person who has appeared on an Australian bank note since the introduction of decimal currency in 1966
3) A cast member of the movie 'Harvey' (actor not character)
4) A novel by William Morris - not a short story or a translation.
5) A video gaming system

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ROUND 9 (August 9th) RESULTS: There were 11 participants


1) A provincial/territorial bird emblem of Canada:

10 points: Snowy Owl (Que), Great Grey Owl (Man), Gyr Falcon (NWT), Atlantic Puffin (Nfld)

5 points: Common Loon (Ont) (2), Sharp Tailed Grouse (Sask) (2), Osprey (NS) (2)

rejected: Canadian Pine Siskin --> I checked 15 different web-sites and couldn't find this listed anywhere as a Canadian provincial bird emblem


2) A sport that Snoopy (from the Peanuts comic strip) has played that is a sport currently included in the Summer Olympics:

10 points: baseball, weightlifting

5 points: tennis (5), basketball (3)

rejected: Hockey --- Snoopy did play Ice Hockey which is a winter Olympic sport --- Field Hockey is a summer Olympic sport --- ice hockey and field hockey are NOT the same sport.

Not mentioned: Track & Field, Swimming, Diving


3) A country whose flag has more than 5 stars:

10 points: USA, Cape Verde, Dominican Republic of Congo, Dominica, Australia, Cook Islands, Venezuela

5 points: Tuvalu (2), Brazil (2)


4) Any boat class that is included in the Olympic sport of Sailing at the 2004 Athens Olympics:

10 points: Laser, Soling, 49er, Star, Europe, 470

5 points: Finn (2)

rejected: Single handed dingy --- this is a description of the boat used, not the name of the class (there is more than one class described as single handed dingy, Open double handed multi --- again this is a description of the boat (sort of - not actually the official description of any of the classes as listed on the official Olympic website), not the name of the class

Not mentioned: Mistral, Tornado, Yngling


5) A tipping comp that is live as of today's date/Aug. 9th (Note: 1 of those listed as being live in the links to results and standings box at the top of the tipping comps forum ended yesterday/Saturday and is no longer live):

10 points: NRL (National Rugby League), AFL (Aussie Football League, Formula 1 (Grand Prix Motor Racing), NFL Preseason (National Football League/Gridiron)

5 points: Olympics (3), MLB (Major League Baseball) (4)

Not mentioned: Cricket (International Cricket), NCL (National Cricket League), FAPL (Football Association Premier League - soccer) and FT PL (FT Premier League)


SCORES

Eraserhead: 45 points
Exit10: 45 points

Leau78: 40 points

Beaker411: 35 points
Ozzz2002: 35 points
Spanishliz: 35 points

Kuu: 30 points

JaneMarple: 25 points
Gatsby722: 25 points
Helen295: 25 points
Kevinatilusa: 25 points

Congratulations and 1 point to the Round 9 winners: Eraserhead and Exit10


Thankyou everyone for playing.

Here's round 12 wuestions
Answers in 48 hours!

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Q1 – A character in the board game of Cluedo (also known as Clue)
Q2 – A King or Queen of England from the year 1485 to the present day (22 to choose from!)
Q3 – Name a Chocolate bar or selection made by Cadbury’s
Q4 – A popular British (English, Irish, Scottish or Welsh) boy’s name
Q5 – A English Premiership football team in the 2004 – 2005 season (20 to choose from)

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ROUND 10 is now Closed
here be the answers...


Question 1:A Character from the TV series "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air"

Worth 10 Points:
Vy Smith, Lisa, Ashley Banks, Helen, Geoffery

Worth 5 Points:
Carlton Banks, Uncle Phil, Hilary Banks, Jazz



Question 2:A number between 1 and 10

Worth 10 Points:
5, 3, 1

Worth 5 Points:
6, 2, 8, 4




Question 3:Name a type of cheese beginning with "P" or "M"

Worth 10 Points:
Manchego, Munster, Provolone, Monterey Jack, Marble, Mascarpone, Petite Suisse, Mozzarella, Parmegianio Reggiano

Worth 5 Points:
Parmesan, Montagnolo




Question 4:One of the players of Round 9:

Worth 10 Points:
spanishliz, JaneMarple, beaker411, helen295, Leau78, Exit10, Gatsby722, Kuu, kevinatilusa, Eraserhead

Worth 5 Points:
ozzz2002(3) You seem to be very popular ozzz!




Question 5:Name a movie Will Smith has Acted in

Worth 10 Points:
Van Helsing, Bad Boys

Worth 5 Points:
The Legend of Bagger Vance(4), Wild Wild West(3), Enemy of the State(2), Independence Day(2)




Bonus Question:
Name the engineer of the Dilbert Comic Strip who has very little hair.

Answer=Wally

Incorrect--Marshall Brian, Alice




I'll post the results in a second

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beaker411---45 Points
helen295---45 Points
romeomikegolf---45 Points

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spanishliz---40 Points
kevinatilusa---40 Points
ozz2002---40 Points
Leau78---40 Points
Exit10---40 Points
ElfTwinkle---40 Points


JaneMarple---35 Points
Lothruin---35 Points


gatsby722---30 Points
LeoDaVinci---30 Points

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Congrats to the winners!

Round 11 is closed. I won't be able to post the answers and the results as I am not feeling very well. I will post them later in the day if I am feeling better.

Kuu, I hope you feel better soon!

Here is Round 13.

1. One of the 12 Dutch provinces.
2. An officer's rank in the US Army.
3. A programm included in MS Office.
4. A book from the top 10 of The New York Times Bestseller List of Hardcover Fiction, the week of August 8th, 2004.
5. A desert.

Round 12 is closed...answers in five minutes!

Here are the results!

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Q1 – A character in the board game of Cluedo (also known as Clue)
For ten points:
Reverend Green, Mrs Peacock
For five points:
Professor Plum(5) Mrs White (3), Mr Boddy (2),
(No idea while Professor Plum was so popular!)


Q2 – A King or Queen of England from the year 1485 to the present day (22 to choose from!)
For ten points:
King James II, Edward VII, Richard III, George II, George III, Elizabeth I
For five points:
Mary II (2) William IV (2) George V(2)
I allowed Richard III, but he reigned from 1483 – 1485. I suppose he just squeezes into the quiz.


Q3 – Name a Chocolate bar or selection made by Cadbury’s
For ten points:
Snack, Fruit and Nut, Cadbury’s Furry Friends, Cadbury’s chocolate Buttons, Cadbury’s Caramilk, Snickers, Cadbury’s Crème Eggs
For five points:
Flake (3), Snow Flake(2),
Flake and Snowflake are two different type of Flake, Flake is chocolate while Snowflake is white chocolate.


Q4 – A popular boy’s name
For ten points:
Gregory, Ian, Stuart, Dylan, Cameron, Michael, Patrick, Harry, Oliver
For five points:
Sean (3)

Q5 – A English Premiership football team in the 2004 – 2005 season (20 to choose from)
For ten points:
Southampton, Chelsea, Newcastle United, Fulham, Everton, Arsenal
For five points:
Manchester United(2) Charlton Athletic (2) Norwich City (2)

Twelve people played. The scores are:
Lothruin – 50!
RomeoMikeGolf – 45
Ozzz2002 – 40
Abcdefghijkl1 – 40
LeoDaVinci – 35
Beaker411 – 35
Beeblebrox – 35
Gatsby722 – 35
Helen295 – 35
ElfTwinkle – 35
Julia103 – 35
Kevinatilusa - 30

Good game everybody and well done to Luthruin!

Round 14:

1. Name a "country" that marched in yesterday's Olympic Opening Ceremonies but is not an independent nation.

2. Name a post World War II prime minister of Australia.

3. Name a person or organization which has won 2 or more Nobel Prizes

4. Name a Stephen Sondheim musical.

5. Name a landlocked European Nation.

Deadline in about 48 hours (4-5 AM Monday morning NY Time)

ANSWERS TO ROUND 11

Question 1 - a pope of the Twentieth Century

Worth 10 points
John XXIII

Worth 5 points
Pius XI (2), Pius XII(2), Benedict XV (2), Paul VI (2), John Paul 1 (2)




Question 2) Any person who has appeared on an Australian bank note since the introduction of decimal currency in 1966


Worth 10 points
Caroline Chisholm, David Unaipon, Edith Cowan, Mary Reibey

Worth 5 points
John Flynn (2), Queen Elizabeth II (2), Banjo Patterson (2)

We also had one answer of Sir Edwin Elgar but I think he was a British musican.


Question 3) A cast member of the movie 'Harvey' (actor not character)

Sorry, I didn't realise there was more than one movie of this name. Everyone did however realised that I meant the 1950 Harvey.

Worth 10 points
James Stewart

Worth 5 points
Charles Drake (4), Wallace Ford (3), Cecil Kellaway (2)

We had one person who didn'y answer.


Question 4) A novel by William Morris - not a short story or a translation.

Worth 10 points
House of the Wolfings, The Well at World's End, The Water of the Wondrous Isles

Worth 5 points
News from Nowhere (4), The Wood Beyond the World (3)

I would have liked to give 10 points for 'The Earthly Paradise'. Unfortunately it doesn't fit the question as it is a very long poem not a novel. I wish I had excluded poetry as well as short stories and translation. I should have especially as I know Morris's works quite well. I am very sorry about this.

Question 5) A video gaming system

Worth 10 points
Playstation, Playstation2, Sega Genesis, XBox, Dreamcast, Virtual Boy, Game Boy Advance SP

Worth 5 points
(Magnabox) Odyssey

I had to disallow iRiver iFP-795 as it would seem that this is a digital player/recorder/radio and not a gaming system. I also had to disallow Nintendo as Nintendo made several Gaming systems (including Virtual Boy and Game Boy Advance SP) and therefore Nintendo really refers to the company rather than the games system. I would have accepted Nintendo 64.However if you think I am wrong about this let me know.

SCORES

helen295 - 40
Spanishliz - 40

beaker411 - 35
Jane Marple - 35
Exit10 - 35
romeomikegolf - 35
Kevinatilusa - 30
LeoDaVinci - 25
Elfwinkle - 25
Ozzz2002 - 15
Gatsby722 - 15

Here are Sunday's questions:

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ROUND 15

1 One of the eight provinces that make up the Spanish region of Andalucia

2 An Australian or New Zealander who was awarded the Victoria Cross for an act performed during World War Two

3 An actor who has played Bounty mutineer Fletcher Christian in a movie

4 A country with a team competing in the Olympic baseball event at Athens

5 A Sue Grafton mystery featuring Kinsey Millhone

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Round 13 is now closed.