Round 7 will close in about 8 hours.. any late entries?

Trivia Rounds - July: Round 4/July 4th RESULTS: 11 players participated


Canada became a country on July 1st, 1867 --- so in honour and celebration of Canada's 138th birthday...

Note: Canadian = Born in Canada

Give me the:

QUESTION 1

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

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10 points: none

5 points: Ontario/Upper Canada (2), Quebec/Lower Canada (2), New Brunswick (2), Nova Scotia (5)

Not Mentioned: All were mentionned --- The dates the remaining provinces and territories joined confederation and became part of Canada are: Manitoba (July 15th, 1870), Northwest Territories (July 15th, 1870), British Columbia (July 20th, 1871), Prince Edward Island (July 1st, 1873), Yukon Territory (June 13th, 1898), Alberta (Sept. 1st, 1905), Saskatchewan (Sept. 1st, 1905), Newfoundland (Mar. 31st, 1949), Nunnavut (April 1st, 1999)


QUESTION 2

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Name any Canadian actor

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10 points: Donald Sutherland, Margot Kidder, Rick Mercer, Maury Chakin, Graham Greene, Gloria Reuben, Walter Pidgeon, Jill Hennessy, Monty Hall

5 points: Christopher Plummer (2)

Not Mentioned: Many others --- notable ones that come to mind are Jay Silverheels (Tonto), John Candy, Jim Carrey, Martin Short, Dan Akroyd, Leslie Neilson, Mike Myers, .....


QUESTION 3

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Name any Canadian author (any genre)

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10 points: Mordecai Richelar, Marshall McLuhan, EJ (Edward John) Pratt, Elizabeth Smart, Pamela Paige Porter, Anne Hebert, Margaret Atwood, CJ Carmichael, Janette Oke

5 points: Sharon Pollack (2)

Not Mentioned: Many others --- notable ones that come to mind are Pierre Burton, Pauline Johnson, Farley Mowat, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Gabrielle Roy, ....


QUESTION 4

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Name any Canadian musician/solo artist or band

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10 points: Oscar Peterson, Our Lady Peace, The Tragically Hip, Bryan Adams, The Stampeders, Joee (Joee Desimone), Nelly Furtado, Bachman Turner Overdrive, Slammin' Jack, David Wilcox, Eddie Coffey

5 points: Everyone got 10 points

Not mentioned: Many others --- notable ones that come to mind are Anne Murray, the Guess Who, Alanis Morrisette, Shania Twain, Celine Dion, Rush, Blue Rodeo, Neil Young, .....


QUESTION 5

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Name any Canadian sports hero/famous athlete (tell me what they are known for/why they are famous)

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10 points: Jason Tunks (Olympic athlete/discus), Kurt Browning (Figure Skating/4 time mens world champion & first person to land a quad in competition), Tom Longboat (World Champion marathoner), Bobby Orr (NHL hockey, career was ended early by injuries, but definitely one of the great ones to play the game), Ross Rebagliatti (Olympic Snowboarder/won 1st Olympic medal ever awarded for his sport), Elizabeth Manley (Figure Skater/1988 Womens Olympic & World Championships silver medalist), Steve Podborski (Alpine skiing/one of the original "Crazy Canucks), Mario Lemieux (NHL hockey), Gerald Presley (Bobsled)

5 points: Dr. James Naismith (invented the game of basketball)

Not Mentioned: Many others --- notable ones that come to mind are Ferguson Jenkins (Baseball hall of famer), Gilles Villeneuve (auto racing), Marilyn bell (marathon swimmer), Ian Miller & Big Ben (show jumping)

Paul Henderson: hockey player, scored winning goal in 1972 Canada-Russia summit series (any Canadian age 35 or older can probably tell you exactly where they were/what they were doing when "the goal heard around the world" was scored -- I was watching the game on tv at school --- most people were watching the game whether at work, school or home with permission of the employers, etc.)

Sandra "Schmirler The Curler" Schmirler: 3 time Canadian Curling and 3 time World Curling champion, 1998 Olympic Womens Curling gold medalist --- died of cancer at the age of 36 in 2000

Silken Laumann: Olympic Rower --- 1984/Olympic bronze medal in the double skulls,1992/Olympic bronze medal (the 1992 medal came even though she was not yet fully recovered from an injury incurred just 2 months prior to the start of the 1992 Olympics when her shell was hit broadside by a German double skulls crew during pracitice at a pre-Olympic meet which injured her knee so badly she would require five operations and a skin graft to repair the damage, and at the Olympics she had to be helped both into and out of her shell)

Ken Read, Dave Irwin & Dave Murray: along with Steve Podborski, these were the original Crazy Canucks/"Crazy to the limit, Canadian to the bone, these four alpine ski racers gained respect in Europe’s great ski valleys for flying down the most challenging hills with a kamikaze flair"

and many, many more .....

QUESTION 6

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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)

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10 points:Toronto, Ontario (Mountie Moose); Aurora, Ontario (Canadian Moments Mural); Niagara Falls, Ontario (Mounties); Redvers, Saskatchewan (Northwest Mounted Police)

5 points: Falkland, British Columbia(Canadian Flag) (2)
Beaver Creek, Yukon Territory (Mountie, Prospectors and Pack Dog) (3); Fort St. James, British Columbia (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) (2)

Not Mentioned: North Battleford, Saskatchewan (Royal Canadian Mounted Police); Emerson, Manitoba (Royal Canadian Mounted Police)

These are the 9 that I am aware of --- there may be others as well.


BONUS QUESTION

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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 only: 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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10 points: Sir Fredrick Banting (#4 + 4 bonus points), Lester B. Pearson (#6 + 6 bonus points), Don Cherry (#7 + 7 bonus points)

5 points: Tommy Douglas (#1 + 1 bonus point) (4), Terry Fox (#2 + 2 bonus points) (2), David Suzuki (#5 + 5 bonus points) (2)

Not mentioned: Pierre Elliott Trudeau/#3, Sir John A. Macdonald/#8, Alexander Graham Bell/#9, Wayne Gretzky/#10

For more info about the Greatest Canadians/Greatest Canadian poll, go here or here


Results

ozzz2002: 62 points
santana2002: 62 points

Eraserhead: 61 points
gatsby722: 61 points
Polaris101: 61 points

Flynn: 60 points
ren33: 60 points

gemini19: 56 points
littlewoman2: 54 points
Mugaboo: 52 points
cinnam0n: 51 points


Congratulations to ozzz and santana who each collect a point for this round.


Thanks for playing everyone!


*edited only to change the top line to read "July 4th" instead of "June 4th"*

Because I am feeling ill I will leave Round 6 open for a day or two. More entries are welcomed.

Round 7

Q1- Rugby League State Of Origin match. Tell me the name of one person who scored, for either side.

10 points- Craig Fitzgibbon (NSW-1 Goal), Timanu Tahu (NSW (1 try), Cameron Smith (Qld- 1 goal), Matt Bowen (Qld- 1 try)

5 points- Matt King (NSW- 3 tries) (4), Andrew Johns (NSW- 3 goals) (2)

Not mentioned- Braith Anasta (NSW- 1 try), Mark Gasnier (NSW- 1 try), Jonathon Thurston (Qld- 1 try)

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

10 points- Paw, Pam, Pas, Pad, Pay, Pax.

5 points- Pal (2), Par (2)

Not mentioned- Pac, Pah, Pan, Pap, Pat.

Q3- Arthur Hailey novel.

10 points- 'Overload', 'In High Places', 'Hotel', 'Airport', 'Wheels'.

5 points- 'The Moneychangers' (3), 'Evening News' (2)

Others- 'Strong Medicine', 'The Final Diagnosis', 'Detective'.

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

10 points- New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

5 points- Victoria (2), Australian Alphabetics (3), National Parks (2)

Missed- Tasmania, Northern Territory, South Australia

Q5- Name a type of watercraft.

10 points to everyone- Pedal boat, surfboard, kayak, container ship, dhow, hovercraft, paddle boat, trawler, jetfoil, seaplane.


Points

50- Santana

45- Polaris101, Mugaboo
40- ElfTwinkle, Blinkybill
35- Gemini, Eraserhead, Gatsby, Ren
30- Ballykissangel

I hereby award a point to Santana!

Here are Sunday's questions. Sorry I'm a bit later than usual getting them up. My theme this week is black.

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ROUND 10

Please name:
1 A country bordering the Black Sea
2 A regular cast member of the seventies TV show 'Baa Baa Black Sheep' (please give actor and character)
3 A player banned from baseball for taking part in the Black Sox scandal of 1919
4 A tool a blacksmith might use
5 A recipient of the Victoria Cross who served in the Black Watch, or an associated regiment

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Please let me know if you are having trouble with any of these, particularly #3 or #5, and I'll provide hints or links.

I'll probably leave this open until Wednesday.

Nice work everybody! Chris Schru has to stand down for Wednesdays so would any of our regular competitors like to help Kuu, with alternate Wednesdays?

Hee hee, you'd think I'd be happy with just getting Fridays. I'll volunteer if no one else wants it... but, Jane, feel free to let anyone else have it, as I'm just being greedy now.


Round 8 will remain open until Monday, as I don't think I'll have time to close it out tonight. Late entries welcome, as always.

If no body volunteers Gemini...thankyou thankyou thankyou!

Round 9

Please:

1. Name one of the 8 Justices who remain on the court after Sandra Day O'Connor's retirement.
2. Give a country through which the Danube River flows.
3. Name a movie which won the Oscar for Best Picture at some point in the 1980's
4. Give a property on the Monopoly board which lies between Jail and Free Parking. For this question I will count properties located on the same space in different versions of Monopoly as the same answer, (e.g. Boardwalk=Mayfair, though both would be wrong for this question)
5. Harry Potter will be entering his sixth year at Hogwarts in the book coming out next week. Give another member of Gryffindor House who will also be entering his sixth year.

Oh, *shudders*. Another Harry Potter question...

And Polaris is going to share with Kuu...welcome on board!

Round 8 is closed. Results in a bit.

ROUND 8 RESULTS

7 players had a go at this round.


Question 1: AUSTRALIA - Give me one line from the first verse of "Advance Australia Fair".

Answers worth 10 points: "In history's page, let every stage"

Answers worth 5 points: "We've golden soil and wealth for toil"[2], "Our home is girt by sea"[2], "Of beauty rich and rare"[2]

Not mentioned: "Australians all let us rejoice", "For we are young and free" "Our land abounds in Nature's gifts", "In joyful strains then let us sing", "Advance Australia fair!"


Question 2: CANADA - Give me one line from the first verse of the current ENGLISH version of "O Canada".

Answers worth 10 points: "True patriot love in all thy sons command", "With glowing hearts we see thee rise", "O Canada, we stand on guard for thee"

Answers worth 5 points: "The true north strong and free."[4] {that one was popular }

Not mentioned: "O Canada!", "Our home and native land!", "From far and wide", "God keep our land glorious and free!"



Question 3: ENGLAND - Give me one line from the anthem "Land of Hope and Glory".

Answers worth 10 points: "Land of Hope and Glory", "Mother of the free", "Have ruled thee well and long" {from the rarely sung first verse }

Answers worth 5 points: "God who made the mighty"[2], "Make thee mightier yet"[2]

Not mentioned: "How shall we extole thee", "Who are born of thee", "Wider and still wider", "Shall thy bounds be set"



Question 4: AMERICA - Give me one line from the first verse of the "Star Spangled Banner".

Answers worth 10 points: "Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light", "What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?", "O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?", "And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air"

Answers worth 5 points: "Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there"[3]

Not mentioned: "Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight", "Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave", "O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?"



Question 5: URUGUAY - Give me one line (in spanish) from the first verse of "Orientales, la Patria o la Tumba".

Answers worth 10 points: "Orientales, la patria o la tumba"

Answers worth 5 points: Libertad o con gloria morir"[2], "Es el voto que el alma pronuncia"[2], "y que heroicos sabremos cumplir"[2]

Not mentioned: All 4 lines were mentioned.


Scores for this round:

Eraserhead= 45
Gatsby722= 35
JaneMarple= 35
Ozzz2002= 35
Ren33= 35
Mugaboo= 30
ElfTwinkle= 25


Yay Eraserhead! Thanks everyone else for playing.

ROUND 11 - MONDAY

Please name me:

1) one of the major island groups of the Aleutian Islands

2) An Island single malt scotch whisky

3) One of the words in the first phrase uttered by Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse

4) An Irish crystal company

5) Any English word with a silent first letter

Round 6 is closed. Answers up in 2 or 3 hours time

I hope you feel better Kuu...

^^^ I am a bit better. I only have a cold but having one really affects my asthma and leaves me very short of breathe

ANSWERS TO ROUND 6 - 10 people played

Question 1 - A province of Papua New Guinea

Worth 10 points
Morobe, Manus, Eastern Highlands, Bougainville

Worth 5 points
Milne Bay (2), Simbu/Chimbu (2), Sandaun (2)


Question 2 - A character from the Finnish epic poem The Kalevala

Worth 10 points
Otso the Honey-Eater, Seppo Ilmarinen, Joukahainen, Lemminkainen, Vainamoinen, Pilayatar, Aino, Kullervo

Worth 5 points
Louhi (2)

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)

Robert Lieberman (Titanic - 1996 TV movie), Jerry Jameson (Raise the Titanic), Werner Klinger/Herbert Selpin (Titanic 1943 German movie), Roy Ward Baker (A Night to Remember), William Hale (S.O.S Titanic), James Cameron (Titanic 1997), Volker Von Collande (Der Letzte Nacht der Titanic 1955 German movie)

Worth 5 points
Etienne Arnaud (Save from the Titanic 1912)

I had one answer 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown' that unfortunately didn't give the director's name therefore I had to disallow it.


Question 4 - A member of the group The Amish Outlaws

Worth 10 points
Brother Ishmael L Cool J, Brother Hezekiah X, Brother Eazy Ezekiel

Worth 5 points
Brother Amos Def (4), Brother McMullen (3)

Not mentioned - Brother Jakob the Pipe Layer

question 5 - A communicable disease that humans can contract that is cause by a virus

Worth 10 points
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, Flu, Hepatitus B, Measles, Rubella, Infectionous mononucleosis, Chickenpox, West Nile Virus, Viral meningitis, gasteoenteritis (can be bacterial or viral)

SCORES

45 points - Gemini19, Mugaboo, littlewoman2, Polaris101, Ballykissangel

40 points - ElfTwinkle, Ren33
35 points - Eraserhead, gatsby722
30 points - ozzz2002

Congratulations to our five winners.

Round 12

Q1. Name any beneficiary of William Shakespeare's last will & testament.

Q2. Name a March with an opus number less than 100 written by Johann Strauss II (1825-1899). (Either in German, English or opus number please.)

Q3. Give me the Heraldic name of any stance that can be taken by a lion on a Coat of Arms.

Q4. Someone is going to take the Trans-siberian Railway from Moskva Yaroslavskaya (Moscow) to Vladivostok, leaving at 5:03am. Give me any scheduled stop, of at least 15 minutes, on the third day of the journey.

Q5. The author born as Salvatore Lombino died last week. Give me any other name he wrote under.

Sorry, I accidently post answers instead of sending PM but I quickly removed them.

Round 13 questions

1. The title of one of John D. MacDonald's Travis McGee stories.
2. Name a feature film (no shorts or documentaries) that Joan Crawford made with one of her husbands.
3. A current or former member of Def Leppard.
4. A castle associated with King Ludwig II of Bavaria.
5. The space shuttle Discovery will launch soon on the STS-114 mission. Name a crew member.

Edited to re-word Q5 to reflect that the space shuttle mission referenced didn't launch today

Round 10 is closed. Results soon.

Round Ten Results

Eight people played this round.

1 A country bordering the Black Sea

Worth 10 points:
Bulgaria, Russia, Ukraine

Worth 5 points:
Turkey (5)!

Not mentioned: Georgia, Romania

2 A regular cast member of the seventies TV show 'Baa Baa Black Sheep' (please give actor and character)

Worth 10 points:
Robert Conrad (Major Greg ‘Pappy’ Boyington), Dirk Blocker (Lt Jerry Bragg), Larry Manetti (Lt Bob Boyle), Jeb Stuart Adams (Lt Jeb Pruitt)

Worth 5 points:
John Larroquette (Lt Bob Anderson), Jeff MacKay (Lt Don French) (2 each)

Other possibilities: Robert Ginty, James Whitmore Jr, Dana Elcar, and others



3 A player banned from baseball for taking part in the Black Sox scandal of 1919

Worth 10 points:
Oscar ‘Happy’ Felsch, ‘Shoeless’ Joe Jackson, Charles ‘Swede’ Risberg, Claude ‘Lefty’ Williams

Worth 5 points:
Chick Gandil, Buck Weaver (2 each)

Not mentioned: Eddie Cicotte, Fred McMullin


4 A tool a blacksmith might use

Worth 10 points:
Anvil, bickern (or bick – a small anvil horn), coupler, forming stake, mallet

Worth 5 points:
Tongs (3)



5 A recipient of the Victoria Cross who served in the Black Watch, or an associated regiment

Everyone got 10 points!
James Davis, real name Kelly (Private, 1st Bn, 42nd Regt, India, 1858), Thomas Dinesen (Pte, 42nd Bn, Canadian Expeditionary Force (R Highlanders of Canada), France, 1918 – one of 3 Danish VC recipients), Thomas Edwards (Pte, 1st Bn, The Royal Highlanders (The Black Watch), Sudan, 1884), Lewis Pugh Evans (A/Lieut Colonel, The Black Watch (R Highlanders), commanding 1st Bn, The Lincolnshire Regt, Belgium, 1917),
David Finlay (L/Cpl, 2nd Bn, The Black Watch (R Highlanders), France, 1915), Charles Melvin(Pte, 2nd Bn, The Black Watch (R Highlanders), Mesopotamia [Iraq], 1917), John Ripley (Corporal, 1st Bn, The Black Watch (R Highlanders), France, 1917), Edward Spence, Pte, 1st Bn, 42nd Regt, India, 1858)

The 42nd Regiment became the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)in 1881, and the 42nd Bn, CEF along with other CEF battalions made up the Black Watch (R Highlanders of Canada) during WWI.

We have two winners, on 50 points each: ElfTwinkle and Eraserhead

40 points: gatsby722, Polaris 101
35 points: littlewoman2, Mugaboo, ozzz2002, ren33

Thanks everyone for playing, and congrats to ElfTwinkle and Eraserhead!

Round 14!

1. Name a member of the band "Blodwyn Pig". (I may be asking for trouble there ---> provide backup on your answers, please).

2. The title of an episode of the short-lived TV series "Boomtown". Great show, incidentally. Probably too good for TV.

3. Give a movie released before 1934 starring my favorite: Bette Davis.

4. Name a U.S. President who died in July of any year.

5. Tell me something, some distinct quality, that you think is important for a Supreme Court Justice to have.

That's it. Have fun!

Round 15

1. Name a movie that contains at least five words in its title. No TV movies allowed.

2. Name a work that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in the 1950s.

3. Give me a girl's name that begins with the letter V.

4. Name a regular character on "The Dick Van Dyke Show."

5. Name something that you have or would like to have insured. (That is, you've bought an insurance policy for it--or you could buy an insurance policy for it.)

Good luck! If you have any questions, please let me know. This round will probably close on Monday.

Round 12 will close in 24 hours. Results in 24 and a bit hours.