Round 11 will be ending in a few hours when I get home. Send now or forever hold your typing fingers.

Round 12 will still be open until tomorrow. Late entries welcome!

Round 11 is now closed. Results to follow shortly.

Round 11 Results:

10 people participated this round.

1. An Oz Book
10: Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, Ozma of Oz, Rinkitink in Oz, The Emerald City of Oz, The Lost Princess of Oz, The Patchwork Girl of Oz, The Tin Woodsman of Oz, Tiktok of Oz
5: The Road to Oz (2)
Not mentioned: Several others, most notably "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz". For a full listing of Oz books (by Baum and by others), see this site (the years given in that listing are the years during which the stories take place, not the years they were written).

2. A God or Goddess Residing on Olympus
10: Artemis, Cronus, Demeter, Dionysus, Zeus
5: Apollo (2), Hestia (3)
Not mentioned: Ares, Athena, Hades (according to some sources), Hephaestus, Hera, Hermes, Poseidon, the rest of the Titans.

Although Cronus and the other Titans are not traditionally considered part of "The Olympians", they resided on Olympus before their overthrow by Zeus and his allies.

3. One of the U.S. Navy's Sullivan Brothers
10: Francis Henry, Joseph Eugene
5: Albert Leo (4), George Thomas (2), Madison Abel (2)

All five brothers perished when their ship was sunk by a Japanese Torpedo in 1942. More information can be found here

4: A Painting by Bruegel the Elder
10: Hunters in the Snow, Magpie on the Gallows, Big Fish Eat Little Fish, The Dirty Bride, The Fall of the Rebel Angels, The Peasant Dance, The Procession to Calvary, The Tower of Babel
5: Netherlandish Proverbs (2)

The links above go to various sites with images of the paintings/drawings in question (I counted all of Bruegel's works as correct whether or not they used paint).

5: A Country Crossed by the Arctic Circle
10: Russia, Sweden
5: Canada (2), Finland (4), Norway (2)
Not mentioned: Denmark/Greenland, The United States (Alaska)

Final Scores:
45: Flynn
40: Elftwinkle, gemini19, Mugaboo, Polaris101, ren33
35: gatsby722, Kuu, ozzz2002
25: Cinnam0n

Congratulations to Flynn, and thanks to everybody who participated!

Round 16

I'm posting these early. I'm so slow right now and could really use a few extra days to read answers. Results sometime this weekend.

1. Pick a movie in the 1970s that had Valerie Perrine in it.

2. Say a city in Finland that has a population of 150,000 or higher.

3. The Iditararod! Liking those dog racers and mushers. The race begins in Nome, Alaska and is followed by 8 checkpoints (before the route splits based on which numbered year it is). Tell me one of those first checkpoints.

4. On June 5 the 'Antoinette Perry' Awards were issued for Broadway shows this past season. I'm looking for one of those nominated for Best Featured Actress or Best Featured Actor in a Musical that didn't grab the trophy that night.

5. Name a Flintstone or a Rubble (pets'll work ) in that old animated classic TV show.

Have fun!

*Edited for spelling*

Round 12 is closed now. Results shortly.

ROUND 12 RESULTS

There were ten players this round.


1 A famous John Brown, and his claim to fame

I’m just going to list the claims to fame.

Worth 10 points:
Astronomer Royal for Scotland; American football pro; American boxer; Clydebank shipbuilder; English architect; Irish-Philadelphia banker; Scottish physician; US congressman for Rhode Island

Worth 5 points:
US abolitionist (2)

2 An ingredient in an Apple Brown Betty

Worth 10 points:
Butter; cinnamon; Graham cracker crumbs; lemon juice; vanilla extract; water

Worth 5 points:
Apples (2); Brown sugar (2)

Not mentioned: Heavy cream; bread crumbs (substituted in some recipes for Graham cracker crumbs); probably more. There are plenty of recipes out there!

3 A poem by Robert Browning

Worth 10 points:
‘Childe Rolande to the Dark Tower Came’; ‘The Laboratory’; ‘Life in a Bottle’; ‘Meeting at Night’; ‘Over the Sea Our Galleys Went’; ‘Porphyria’s Lover’; ‘A Toccata of Galuppis’; ‘Up at a Villa- Down in the City’

Worth 5 points:
‘Prospice’ (2)

There were many more not mentioned.

4 A winner of the Brownlow Medal between 1995 and 2004, inclusive

Worth 10 points:
Jason Akermanis (2001), James Hird (1996), Chris Judd (2004)

Worth 5 points:
Robert Harvey (1997, 98)(3), Shane Crawford (1999)(2), Shane Woewodin (2000)(2)

Among those not mentioned were Paul Kelly (1995) and Simon Black (2002).

5 A recipient of the Victoria Cross with the surname Brown (or Browne)

Worth 10 points:
Harry Brown (Private, 10th Bn, Quebec Regt, Canadian Expeditionary Force, France, 1917-posthumous); Peter Brown (Trooper, Cape Mounted Rifles, South African Forces, Basutoland, 1879); Edward Stevenson Browne (Lieutenant, 24th Regt, Zululand, 1879); Henry Gore-Browne (Captain, 32nd Regt, India, 1857)

Worth 5 points:
Edward Douglas Brown (Major, 14th Hussars, South Africa, 1900)(2); Francis Brown (Lieut., 1st European Bengal Fusiliers, India, 1857)(2); Walter Brown (Corporal, 20th Bn, Australian Imperial Force, France, 1918 – killed in action in Malaya in 1942 during WWII)(2)

Not mentioned: New Zealand Sgt Donald Brown (France, 1916) and Lt.Col. Sam Browne, after whom the ‘Sam Browne’ belt is named (India, 1858)


The winner, with a perfect 50 is Polaris101!

45 points: ren33
40 points: gemini19, Kuu, littlewoman2, Mugaboo
35 points: cinnam0n, ElfTwinkle, gatsby722, ozzz2002

Congratulations and a point to Polaris!
Thank you all for playing.

ROUND 15

1. Name one of the wives of Henry VIII.

2. According to the Recording Industry Association of America, name a country artist (soloist or group) that has sold at least 25 million albums.

3. Name someone who appears on currently circulating US paper money.

4. Name one of the Noble Gases.

5. Name someone who has won the grand prize on any US version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire".

Round 13 (Monday) will close in a few hours - any late entries in before then will be accepted.

Round 17

1. Name a TV show that ran for at least eight complete and consecutive seasons (daytime soap operas are not allowed).

2. Name a movie starring Vivien Leigh that was made after Gone With the Wind.

3. Name one of the nine "Little House" books written by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

4. Name a person who is listed in the top ten of the 2005 Forbes magazine Celebrity 100 list.

5. Name a common tradition in wedding ceremonies.

Have fun! This round will close late on Sunday.

Edited to clarify question 1.

Round 14 is dwindling down. Late entries will be accepted...

ROUND 13 - MONDAY - RESULTS

1) One of the 'Miranda' rights

10 Points:
* If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed to you free of charge if you wish.
* Anything you say can be used against you in a court of law.

5 Points:
* You have the right to remain silent. (4)
* You have the right to have an attorney present now and during any future questioning. (3)

2) Two different words which share the same plural

10 Points: Forte & Fortis (Fortes), Ellipse & Ellipsis (Ellipses), Lis & Lisse (Lisses), Genie & Genius (Genii)

5 Points: Cruce & Crux (Cruces) (2), Base & Basis (Bases) (3)

Others not mentioned include: Half & Halve (Halves), Lance & Lanx (Lances), Sol & Sole (Soles), Tax & Taxis (Taxes) amongst others

The name of a place in Finland which is also a palindrome.

10 Points: Ii, Ava, Appa, Esse, Sokos, Alila

5 Points: Roor (3)

One of the crowns making up the regalia known as the 'Crown Jewels'

10 Points:
* The Prince of Wales Crown
* State Crown of Mary of Modena
* Imperial Crown of India

5 Points:
* Imperial State Crown (4)
* St Edward's Crown (2)

Others not mentioned: George IV State Diadem, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother's crown, Coronation Crown of Mary of Modena, amongst others

5) An artefact found in the Crypt of Christ Church Cathedral, (Dublin, Ireland)

10 Points: Medievil carved stones, Tabernacle, Stocks, Pewter Candlesticks, Mummified Cat, Mummified rat, Statue of Charles II

5 Points: Gilt Plate (given by King William in 1697 to celebrate winning the Battle of the Boyne) (2)

There are various other monuments to be found including a statue of Charles I and a forest of pillars supporting the upper church. The mummified cat and rat (one presumably chasing the other)were were trapped in an organ pipe in the 1860s and became mummified.

SCORES

45 Points: Elf Twinkle, LeoDaVinci, Flynn
35 Points: Gatby, Littlewoman, Mugaboo
30 Points: ozzz, Cinnam0n
25 Points: Ren

Thanks for playing, all, and congratulations to our three winners: ElfTwinkle, LeoDaVinci & Flynn

Round XXIX - March 29th, 2005...

The Results!

9 people played this round...

Question I: Name a sister city of New York City, NY, USA...
For 10 points: Madrid, Santo Domingo, Beijing
For 5 points: Cairo (2), Budapest (4)
Not mentioned: London, Rome, Tokyo, Johannesburg, Jerusalem
Let me use this opportunity to promote my quiz on the subject: Sister Cities of New York City

Question II: Game 2 of the NBA finals was just played, with the Spurs beating the Pistons 97-76. Name a player who scored for the Spurs...
For 10 points: Robert Horry, Tim Duncan, and Beno Udrih
For 5 points: Bruce Bowen (4), Tony Parker (2)
Not mentioned: Manu Ginobili and Nazr Mohammed
The Spurs rolled all over the Pistons in the first two games, but since then, the Pistons have tied it all up.

Question III: Name a country whose flag contains only the colours red, white, and green...
For 10 points: Seychelles, Hungary, Madagascar, Maldives, Italy, Belarus, and Iran
For 5 points: Bulgaria (2)
Not Mentioned: Oman, Burundi, Algeria, and Lebanon
All of these flags contain all three colours. Including Bulgaria...

Question IV: I love iced tea, especially when its hot outside. Name a liquid ingredient of a regular Long Island Iced Tea...
For 10 points: Lemon/Lime Juice
For 5 points: Gin (3), Rum (3), Coca Cola (2)
Not mentioned: Vodka, tequila, triple sec, and I know people who put vermouth in it, but that just ruins it...

Question V: Some countries change their names for many reasons. Name an independent island nation's former name (and mention the nation's current name too)...
For 10 points: Hibernia - Ireland
For 5 points: Ceylon - Sri Lanka (4), Malagasy Republic - Madagascar (2)
Not accepted: Niu Tireni - yes it is the name of New Zealand in Maori, but I couldn't find a reference of the country being independent under that name.
Not mentioned: Many! Formosa is now Taiwan, Tuvalu was originally the Ellice Islands, the Friendly Islands are now Tonga, Harvey Islands are now the Cook Islands, Phoenix Islands are now Kiribati, Western Samoa is now the Independent State of Samoa.

The Results:
Our winners: Mugaboo and ElfTwinkle with 40! points...
The rest:
35 points: ozzz2002, cinnamOn, and kevinatilusa
30 points: ren33, Ballykissangel, and Polaris101
25 points: Gatsby722

Thanks to all for playing.
Congratulations to Mugaboo and ElfTwinkle.
Have a great week!

June 18th Round

1. This week a famous celebrity's trial ended with a verdict of not guilty. Name another celebrity who was charged with a felony. (Make sure the person you name is/was a celebrity in his own right, and did not become well-known because of the charge)

2. On June 18, 1983, the shuttle Challenger was launched with the first American woman in space aboard. Five years earlier, NASA had approved 6 women for astronaut training, including this woman. Name one of them.

3. On June 18, 1903, Jeannette MacDonald was born. She and Nelson Eddy became one of the most famous musical duos of the 30's and early 40's. Name one of the films (non-documentary) that they made together.

4. On June 18, 1908, Bud Collyer was born. Name a game show that he either hosted or announced.

5. The US Open Golf Tournament is going on this week. Name someone who has won this event in the last 10 years (1995-2004).

Have a good weekend - this will close late on Monday!

Ummm, Q5, don't you mean Wimbledon?

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Ummm, Q5, don't you mean Wimbledon?

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My guess would be that cinnam0n means US Open --- Golf's US Open PGA tournament is taking place this weekend/June 16th to 19th --- the US Open is one of the Grand Slam tournaments on the PGA (Professional Golf Association) tour.

Correct, Elf! Should've included the word "golf" in my question - I'll edit it! (Wimbledon hasn't started yet, anyway!)

Round 16 is closed now - the venomous, sneaky and slippery thing (not to mention nicely bungled by me )! You all did great, though. Results directly.

Round 16

Yikes! I should be fired now! Not only do I spell like a blinding horse I mistook East from West.

1. Pick a movie in the 1970s that had Valerie Perrine in it.

For 10 points:
Mr. Billion (1977), The Last American Hero (1973), The Magician Of Lublin (1979), W.C. Fields And Me (1976).

For 5 points:
The Electric Horseman (1979)(2), Slaughterhouse Five (1972)(2).

One disallowed: Maid To Order, which she was in, came out in 1987 and I was asking for films in the 1970s.

Perrine was a Las Vegas showgirl and took a stab at Hollywood, making quite a splash playing Honey Bruce in 1974's Lenny. Lenny and Honey Bruce never fared so well but his completely raucous/obscene comedy got him into a LOT of trouble back in the day. Perrine was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for that film but eventually drifted off into the buxom showgirl routine.

2. Say a city in Finland that has a population of 150,000 or higher.

There are only 5 and all were named !

For 10 points:

Turku, Helsinki.

For 5 points:
Tampere(3), Espoo(2), Vantaa(2).

3. The Iditarod! Liking those dog racers and mushers. The race begins in Nome, Alaska and is followed by 8 checkpoints (before the route splits based on which numbered year it is). Tell me one of those first checkpoints.

Here's the blundery one. The route actually starts in Anchorage and ends in Nome. Since I screwed that part up I accepted either the first or last 8 checkpoints. Sorry everyone about that 'oops'.

For 10 points:
Elim, Koyuk, Nikolai (<---that last one the only checkpoint given on the Anchorage side of the Track; some people know when to work around my pitiful instructions ).

For 5 points:
White Mountain(2), Kaltag(2), Safety Roadhouse(2).

Others, of course, would have worked.

4. On June 5 the 'Antoinette Perry' Awards were issued for Broadway shows this past season. I'm looking for one of those nominated for Best Featured Actress or Best Featured Actor in a Musical that didn't grab the trophy that night.

Blech! to this question, too. The big glitch came in what a Lead Actor is vs. a Featured one. Leads are in the bulk of the show while Featureds stop in for a short time and then leave, after they've made a notable impression with their song. That said:

For 10 points:
Michael McGrath in Monty Python's Spamalot, Joanna Gleason in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Jan Maxwell in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Marc Kudisch (he was doing the Chitty Chitty bit, too).

For 5 points:
Celia Keenan-Bolger in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (which still sounds like the weirdest name for a Musical - but it won several awards)(2).

I had to disallow 3 answers on this one . Gary Beach was nominated for Lead Actor for La Cage Aux Folles as was Phylicia Rashad (Actress) for Gem Of The Ocean. Sutton Foster in Little Women was nowhere to be named this year.

5. Name a Flintstone or a Rubble (pets'll work ) in that old animated classic TV show.

Got 'em all but 1! Great job on the goofy question! Actually I reckon they were all a bit on the daffy side...

For 10 points:
Betty Rubble, Bam-Bam Rubble, Dino (the Flintstone's dinosaur/dog).

For 5 points:
Fred & Wilma Flintstone(both 2), Barney Rubble(2).

Poor Pebbles. Nobody picked her. Must be that perpetual bad hair day?

Scores List:

Mugaboo --- with 45 points!

gemini19 and ren33 --- 35 points!

cinnamOn, ElfTwinkle, Leo Da Vinci, Polaris101 --- 30 points!

littlewoman2 & ozzz2002 --- 25 points!

Well played all! And, I promise, my vision/attention to details will improve shortly. Don't oust me just yet.

Congrats to Mugaboo for collecting a point on The Monthly Board!

Trivia Questions for Sunday 19 June (Round 19)

Brought to you by the letter R.
1. Name part of a refrigerator.

2. Name a famous Ronald (or Ron/Ronnie).

3. Name a famous rat.

4 Name a Russian Republic.

5. Name a country that ends in R.

Good luck! I will close this on Tues/Wed.

Take your time Gatsby...the Trivia rounds are made very lenient and no strict rules when to be posted!

I'm going to leave Round 17 open for a few more hours. I had a busy weekend and haven't had time to tally the results yet. So if any other players want to submit answers, feel free to do so. I'll probably close the round in about six hours.

Round 20: Mon. June 20th

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Give me the:



Question 1) Name of a movie released BEFORE 2005/this year starring actor Martin Short (Note: movies released in 2005 or later, movies made for TV, and movies that Martin Short was either uncredited or just provided the voice for a character will NOT be accepted):


Question 2) Name of a novel written by William Deverell:


Question 3) Title of a song on the album, Colour Moving and Still (released in 1999 ) by Chantal Kreviazuk:


Question 4) The CFL (Canadian Football League) 2005 regular season starts on Wed. --- give me the name of one of the teams that makes up the CFL:


Question 5) Time never stops --- give me the name of a place in Canada that has a Sundial roadside attraction (There are at least 5)

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Note: As per usual, if you are having trouble with any of these questions (notably Q4 and Q5), please PM me and I will try to point you in the right direction


Have fun!

OK, Round 17 is now closed. I should have results up shortly.

Round 17 Results:

Nine players participated.

Question 1: Name a TV show that lasted for at least eight complete and consecutive seasons (daytime soap operas are not allowed).

10 points: Cheers, Nightline, Dallas, Knots Landing, Happy Days, Little House on the Prairie, The Beverly Hillbillies

5 points: X-Files (2)

Not mentioned: Dozens more, including The Waltons, Everybody Loves Raymond, Friends, Frasier, The Carol Burnett Show, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Family Matters, etc.


Question 2: Name a movie starring Vivien Leigh that was made after Gone With the Wind.

10 points: The Deep Blue Sea, Ship of Fools, A Streetcar Named Desire

5 points: The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (2), Anna Karenina (2), 21 Days (2)

Not mentioned: Caesar and Cleopatra, That Hamilton Woman, Waterloo Bridge



Question 3: Name one of the nine "Little House" books by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

10 points: On the Banks of Plum Creek, Farmer Boy, Little House in the Big Woods, Little Town on the Prairie

5 points: By the Shores of Silver Lake (2)

Not accepted: Rainbow Valley, which was written by Lucy Maud Montgomery as part of the "Anne of Green Gables" series.

Not mentioned: These Happy Golden Years, The First Four Years


Question 4: Name a person who is listed in the top ten of the Forbes magazine 2005 Celebrity 100 list.

10 points: Steven Spielberg, Elton John

5 points: Madonna (3), Tiger Woods (2), Shaquille O'Neal (2)

Not mentioned: Oprah Winfrey, Mel Gibson, George Lucas, Johnny Depp, Tom Cruise


Question 5: Name a common tradition at wedding ceremonies.

10 points: Having a little boy as a ring bearer; tying shoes/tins on the back of the newlyweds' vehicle; the bride wearing a white dress; inviting guests to a reception; the couple serving tea to the bride's parents (Chinese); breaking a glass (Jewish); groom lifting the bride's veil at the altar

5 points: Wearing "something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue" (2)

Not mentioned: Lots more!

Scores:

45 points: Mugaboo

40 points: gatsby722, cinnam0n, gemini19

35 points: LeoDaVinci, ren33, Polaris101, ozzz2002

30 points: ElfTwinkle


Congratulations to Mugaboo, who picks up one point! Thanks for playing, everyone.