It's July already, and the year is halfway over! What a daunting thought!

Round 1 Questions:

1. Name a blonde actress who starred as the leading lady in a film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

2. Choose a word--three letters in length or more--that you can make from the letters in "water." Use each letter only once.

3. On June 21, 2005, the American Film Institute released its ranking of "100 Years...100 Movie Quotes." Name a movie quote that appears in the top ten.

4. Name a regular character on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" TV series.

5. Tomorrow, July 2, is my birthday. Please name a historical event that occurred on this date in history.

Have fun! I will close this round on Monday.

Trivia Round 2

1. June was unusually warm here in Pennsylvania and my garden is thriving! Name a vegetable grown in a typical backyard garden.

2. The big news today is the Live 8 event, held at 10 venues around the world. Name one of them.

3. My daughter left today to teach English in China. Name one of the provinces of China.

4. This week, Steven Spielberg's "War of the Worlds" opened. Name one of the credited cast in the original 1953 movie.

5. On this date in 1877, Herman Hesse, the German author and Nobel Prize
winner, was born. Name one of his books.

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Quiz Hosts for July (Just two changes, Mugaboo is going to share Tuesdays with me and Polaris is sharing with Kuu)
Mondays - Santana and Elftwinkle
Tuesdays - Me and Mugaboo
Wednesdays - Kuu, Polaris
Thursdays - Gatsby and Ozzz
Fridys - Gemini and LittleWoman
Saturdays - Kevinatilusa and CinnamOm
and Sundays - SpanishLiz and Exit10

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Each day the alloted person posts five questions (each question will have at least four different answers) and you PM to quiz host for the day. Each round closes approximately 48 hours after it is opened , and then the Quiz host posts the answers.

Welcome, Mugaboo ! Jane, Leo didn't drop out, did he? We can have none of him doing that after all.

I think Leo is off working somewhere for the summer, sans computer. He's pre-lodged his F1 tips until August.

Round 3 (Sunday 3 July 2005)

Brought to you by the number seven. My apologies if any of these questions are repeated.

1. Name one of the brother characters from the 1954 film 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'.

2. Name one of the seven elements of the periodic table that starts with A.

3. Name one of seven deadly sins.

4. Name one of the ‘Seven Little Australians’ from the book of the same name by Ethel Turner.

5.Name one of the seven seas. Clues provided if necessary. Please note that the 'Seven Seas' are those of ancient times.

Good luck!

I'm going to leave Round 2 open til tomorrow around noon, since the holiday weekend was busy for most of us and some give their answers after they get to work on Monday morning.

Round 4: Mon. July 4th

Canada became a country on July 1st, 1867 --- so in honour and celebration of Canada's 138th birthday, here are your round 4 questions.

Note: Canadian = Born in Canada

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Give me the:



Question 1) Name of one of the 4 provinces that formed Canada when Canada became a nation 138 years ago on July 1st, 1867:


Question 2) Name of a Canadian actor/actress:


Question 3) Name of a Canadian author (any genre):


Question 4) Name of a Canadian musician (solo artist or band):


Question 5) Name of a Canadian sports hero/famous athlete (tell me what they are known for/why they are famous)


Question 6) Give me the name of a place in Canada that has a Canadian Flag or Mountie roadside attraction (There are at least 9 to choose from --- Mountie = RCMP/Royal Canadian Mounted Police or Northwest Mounted Police)


Bonus Question: In 2004, Canada held a poll to determine The Greatest Canadian --- name someone who finished in the top 10 on the Greatest Canadian poll. (Scoring for the bonus question: 10 points for a unique answer, 5 points for a duplicate answer (as usual) plus points equal to your answers finishing position in the poll)

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Note: Canadian = Born in Canada --- As per usual, if you are having trouble with any of these questions, please PM me and I will point you in the right direction


Have fun!


***edited only to add the note at the top of the post in addition to the one at the end***

Hey guys, I had some extra time on my hands (Nooo, back to work on Thursday ) and thought maybe you would get a kick at seeing how far you've come in a year. So without further ado, I present to you your yearly point totals (give or take a few points) from June 2004 to end of June 2005.

95= ElfTwinkle
58= CinnamOn
56= Ozzz2002
52= Santana2002
43= Gatsby722
32= Julia103
31= Mugaboo, SpanishLiz
27= JaneMarple
24= Littlewoman2, Beaker
21= Kevinatilusa, Helen295
20= LeoDaVinci
15= Exit10
14= Bbsean
13= Eraserhead
11= Ren33
10= Kuu, Polaris101, Engadine, Justanobody
9= MJohn, Brackleman
7= Blinky Bill
6= Leau78, Romeomikegolf
5= Gemini19
4= SRSTrekker, Flynn, Izzi, OnlyTrivia, Shrivats
3= Lothruin, ChrisSchu, Ceci
2= Ballykissangel, Kaushik_Twin, Manvinder, Trident, Marchmadness, ASA

(13 others tied at 1 point)

Yikes, ElfTwinkle, 95 points? What's your secret?

Tuesday 5 July
1. A card game
2. A weapon in the game Clue (or Cluedo)
3. A board game played with a dice
4. A sport you play at school
5. A playground game

I think ElfTwinkle hit the nail right on the head with the 2 reasons for success in this game. The first is playing as many games as possible, which we have some level of control over, and the second is luck, which we don't! And speaking of luck, mine is fading fast. Wait til the totals for June are posted - I have 2 points, I think...

Round 1 is now closed. Results will be up in a couple of hours, I hope!

Round 2 is also closed --

Round 1 Results:

10 players this round.

Question 1: Name a blonde actress who starred as the leading lady in a film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

10 points: Kim Novak, Vera Miles, Claude Jade, Carole Lombard, Eva Marie Saint

5 points: Grace Kelly (2), Tippi Hedren (3)

Not mentioned: Doris Day, Madeline Carroll, Janet Leigh, Priscilla Lane

Question 2: Choose a word--three letters in length or more--that you can make from the letters in "water." Use each letter only once.

10 points: tar, raw, wet, wart

5 points: awe (2), taw (2), tare (2)

Question 3: On June 21, 2005, the American Film Institute released its ranking of "100 Years...100 Movie Quotes." Name a movie quote that appears in the top ten.

10 points: #1, "Frankly, my dear, I don't give damn"; #2, "I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse"; #4, "Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore"; #8, "May the force be with you"; #10, "You talking to me?"

5 points: #7, "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up" (2); #3, "You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am" (3)

Not mentioned: #5, "Here's looking at you, kid"; #6, "Go ahead, make my day"; #9, "Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night."

Question 4: Name a regular character on the TV show, Star Trek: The Next Generation.

10 points: Data, Tasha Yar, Geordi La Forge, William Riker

5 points: Jean-Luc Picard (2), Deanna Troi (2), Worf (2)

Not mentioned: Beverly Crusher, Wesley Crusher

Question 5: Tomorrow, July 2, is my birthday. Please name a historical event that occurred on this date in history.

10 points: The Sherman Anti-Trust Act was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1890; Canada's Northwest Insurrection ended with the surrender of Big Bear in 1885; President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the U.S. Civil Rights Act in 1964; Mutiny occurred on the infamous Amistad slave ship in 1839; Ernest Hemingway committed suicide in 1961; Nostradamus died in 1566; Actress Lee Remick died in 1991; Charon, Pluto's moon, was discovered in 1978.

5 points: Amelia Earhart's plane disappeared over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 (2).

Not mentioned: Several more. If you're curious, see my History quiz titled "The Date Was July 2."

And for those of you who were curious, Saturday was my 24th birthday.

Scores:

45 points: Gatsby722, Eraserhead, Mugaboo, Polaris101

40 points: ozzz2002

35 points: spanishliz, ElfTwinkle, ren33

30 points: cinnam0n

25 points: gemini19

Wow! Four winners this time! Congrats to gatsby, Eraserhead, Mugaboo, and Polaris. Thanks for playing, everyone.

And the June results will be up by the weekend

Round 2 Results
11 players participated!

1. Veggies from a backyard garden
10 points - zucchini, cucumbers, peas, marrow, acorn squash, lettuce, carrots
5 points - radish (2), eggplant (2)
There were many more to choose from, the most popular probably being the tomato.

2. Live 8 venues

10 points - Philadelphia, Moscow, Berlin, Tokyo
5 points - Barrie, Ontario (3), London (2), Paris (2)
Not mentioned were Rome, Johannesburg, and Cornwall (Eden Project).

3. Chinese Provinces
10 points - Hunan, Qinghai, Henan, Heilongjiang, Taiwan
5 points - Gansu (2), Liaoning (2), Jilin (2)
My daughter is in the Sichuan Province, one of the many which was not mentioned.

4. War of the Worlds cast
10 points- Lewis Martin, Sandra Giglio, Paul Frees
5 points - Vernon Rich (5), Gene Barry (3)

5. Hermann Hesse books
10 points - Narcissus and Goldmund, Demian, Knulp: Three Tales from the Life of Knulp, The Glass Bead Game
5 points - Steppenwolf (3), Peter Camenzind (2), Siddhartha (2)

Scores
Our winners with 45 points - gatsby722, ElfTwinkle, and Mugaboo
40 points - Flynn, Polaris101
35 points - Eraserhead
30 points - gemini19, ren33, spanishliz
25 points - littlewoman2, ozzz2002

Congratulations to our winners! Thanks for taking time out of your weekend to play!

ROUND 6 questions.

I was beginning to think that I wouldn't be able to post these as the fan in my computer went and I had to wait for the new fan to be delivered

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Question 1 - A province of Papua New Guinea
Question 2 - A character from the Finnish epic poem The Kalevala
Question 3 - The name of any director that has directed a film about the 'Titanic' (please name movie and if it is called Titanic please give the year as well)
Question 4 - A member of the group The Amish Outlaws
Question 5 - A communicable disease that humans can contract that is cause by a virus

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Round 7

Q1- Last night (Wednesday), New South Wales trounced Queensland in the Rugby League State Of Origin third and deciding match. Tell me the name of one person who scored, for either side.

Q2- Give me a three-letter word starting with PA_.

Q3- Arthur Hailey wrote 'Flight Into Danger' with John Castle- name one that he authored by himself.

Q4- What is one of the sub-categories in FunTrivia's Geography:Australia category?

Q5- Name a type of watercraft.

Good luck, all, and I will close this off sometime on the weekend.

Round 5 closed
and results in two minutes!

Really really close round!

1.A card game
For ten points:
Canasta, Chase the Ace, Newmarket, Slapjack, President, Euchre, Phrase 10,
For five points:
Crazy Eights (2), Beggar my neighbour (2),
Not mentioned:
Snap
Paitence
Bridge

2.A weapon in the game Clue (or Cluedo)
For ten points:
Revolver, Lead Pipe, Poison (allowed as it was included in the fiftieth comemative edition!),
For five points:
Knife (or dagger) (3), Spanner (2), Rope (3)
Not mentioned:
Candlestick

3.A board game played with a dice
For ten points:
Parchesi, Snake and Ladders, Harry Potter – Hogwarts Duelling Club Game, Totopoly, Mensch argere dich nicht, Rat Race, Campaign, Trivial Pursuit, Ludo, 13 Dead End Drive, Spot A Shot,
For five points:
Everyone got 10 points!
Not mentioned:
Monopoly
Clue
Yahtzee

4.A sport you play at school
For ten points:
Track & Field, Netball, Tennis, Lacrosse, Basketball, Indoor Volleyball, Squash, Soccer, Ice Hockey,
For five points:
Rounders (2),
Not mentioned:
Rugby
Hockey
Swimming

5.Something children do in the school playground/yard
For ten points:
Monkey in the Middle, Hopscotch, KP (King Pin), Five stones, Red light green light, Bulldog, Marbles, Red Rover, Branded (played with a wet tennis ball), Kickball. Four Square,
For five points:
Everyone got ten points!
Not mentioned:
Tick (or Tag) (“you’re it!”)
Conkers
Hopscotch
Climb on climbing frames
Read a book!

SCORES - 11 people took part!

1 Blinky Bill - 50
2 Polaris - 50
3 Flynn - 45
4 LittleWoman = 45
5 Ozzz - 45
6 Ren - 45
7 ElfTwinkle - 40
8 ErasureHead – 40
9 Gatsby - 40
10 Gemini - 40
11 Mugaboo - 40

Well done Blinky Bill and Polaris

ROUND 8 - Friday, July 8th

National Pride Round

(Inspiration for this round came from a thread I read here in the forums about national anthems and national pride. )



1. AUSTRALIA - Contrary to popular belief "Waltzing Matilda" is NOT Australia's national anthem. "Advance Australia Fair" has been the official Australian national anthem since it replaced "God Save the Queen" in 1984. According to my research, usually only the first and third verses are sung due to the large amount of references to England in the other verses (Aussies you can confirm or deny this information for me when you send your answers ). Give me one line from the first verse of "Advance Australia Fair".


2. CANADA - Officially, Canada is a bilingual country, and therefore has two versions of its national anthem to accommodate its citizens. "O Canada" was orginally written in 1880, in French, and the French lyrics have not changed since then. It was translated into English several years later, and was eventually adopted as the Canadian national anthem in 1980. Give me one line from the first verse of the current ENGLISH version of "O Canada".


3. ENGLAND - The official anthem of England and the rest of the United Kingdom is "God save the Queen". However, in 1901 England began occasionally using its own local anthem called "Land of Hope and Glory". Depending on where or against who they're playing in a sporting match, England may opt to use "Land of Hope and Glory" as their anthem instead of "God Save the Queen". Give me one line from the anthem "Land of Hope and Glory".


4. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - The U.S.'s "Star Spangled Banner" wasn't officially adopted as America's national anthem until 1931. It was originally written as a poem by Francis Scott Key in 1814 during the war of 1812. Prior to 1931, the U.S. had no official anthem, however they did use the song "Hail Columbia" as a "sort of" anthem. Currently, the "Star Spangled Banner" has 4 verses, but it's the first verse that is always sung. Give me one line from the first verse of the "Star Spangled Banner".


5. URUGUAY - The small country of Uruguay, tucked between Brazil and Argentina, has long been considered the 'Switzerland' of South America because of its neutral political stance. It being the place of my birth, I'm ashamed to say that I don't know the national anthem by heart. However, unlike me, the citizens of Uruguay are fiercly patriotic and proudly belt out their anthem "Orientales, la Patria o la tumba" whenever the opportunity arises. Give me one line (in spanish) from the first verse of "Orientales, la Patria o la tumba".


If you have trouble with any of these, especially with number 5, head to this website where you'll find the lyrics and also the music for the anthems (if you'd like a listen). If you're still in a pickle, don't hesitate to ask me. Have fun and good luck.

Round 4 is now closed --- results up later today.

Sorry for the delay --- Round 4 results will be posted as soon as I figure out why my links to the roadside attractions aren't working properly.