I'm a little confused again. How can there be more than one room where Napoleon died? Just asking...

I think Mugaboo means name one of the rooms in the house in which Nappy died. Lol!!!

Round 7 will close in a few hours. Late entries accepted. Results up tomorrow.

Thanks, Mugaboo. I'm daffy. I thought the poor fellow died in several rooms or something.

Lol, too funny!

Round 6 should be closing in an hour or two, but feel free to send in entries until it does.

Round 6 Results

10 people participated this time, giving 50 correct answers between them!

1: A 4 letter name of a Country
10: Iran, Laos, Oman, Siam (which is still used in many places in place of Thailand)
5: Chad (2), Cuba (4)
Answers not mentioned include Iraq and Fiji

2: A Title Character in "The Magnificent Seven"
10: Bernardo, Britt, Chris, Harry
5: Chico (3), Vin (3)
Lee was the odd one out here

3: A Novel by a Bronte Sister
10: Shirley (by Charlotte), Wuthering Heights (by Emily)
5: Jane Eyre (by Charlotte, 3 people), The Tenant of Wildfeld Hall (by Anne, 2 people), Villette (by Charlotte, 3 people)
Charlotte's "The Professor" and Anne's "Agnes Grey" went unmentioned.

4: A Mozart Opera
10: Apollo et Hyacinth, Cosi Fan Tutte, Der Schauspieldirektor, Idomeneo, Lucio Silla, Mithridates King of Pontus, The Marriage of Figaro
5: The Magic Flute/Die Zauberflöte (3 people)
Not mentioned: Quite a few others, most notably "Don Giovanni" and "The Abduction from the Seraglio". It seems that many (most?) of Mozart's operas are rarely performed these days.

5: A Letter in the Bottom Row of the Keyboard
10: C, N, X, Z
5: B, V (3 each)
M went unmentioned

Final Scores
45: ozzz2002
40: Exit10, gatsby722
35: cinnam0n, ElfTwinkle, Mugaboo, Polaris101, ren33
30: gemini19
25: littlewoman2

Congrats to ozzz2002 and thanks to all who participated!

Round 10 questions

1. Name a chess piece.

2. A person who is mentioned by first and last names in the song "Life is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)".

3. A cliché which contains the word 'home'.

4. A town/village in Malta which begins with the letter Z.

5. A feature film which John Cusack and Jeremy Piven have appeared in together.

Round 11 teasers are brought to you by the number three.

Q1- Short town names in Australia are not common- we love plces like Woolloongabba and Lake Cadda Barra Wirra Canna, but there are a few with just three letters. Can you find one?

Q2- Name a movie with three in the title.

Q3- I love playing Scrabble (in case you had not noticed, hehe). Tell me a three-letter word that contains the letter J.

Q4- How about a nursery rhyme with three in the title?

Q5- The last three year old winner of the Melbourne Cup was in the 1940's. Can you name one of those long-deceased 3yo winners?

My apologies.. I spelt Woolloongabba wrong

Round 12:

1. Name a piece of furniture commonly found in a living room/den.

2. Name a famous person who was born in Georgia (in the United States).

3. Name a well-known writer or poet who committed suicide.

4. Name an actor who starred as Doris Day's love interest in a movie made during the 1950s.

5. Name one of the last things you do before getting into bed for the night.

Enjoy! This round will close sometime on Monday. If you have any questions, please ask. Thanks!

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My apologies.. I spelt Woolloongabba wrong

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Oooh yes, I definitely noticed that, didn't you, everyone?

Lol, Oz, you also spelled "places" wrong, but now I'm just being nitpicky. (or purposefully annoying, take your pick)

Round 9 will close in about 15 hours

Round 7 results 8 players

1. Name one of Tevye’s daughters from Fiddler on the Roof.
10 Points: Tzeitel
5 Points: Hodel (2), Chava (3), Shprintze (2),

Not mentioned: Beilke. I would also have accepted Teibel because she was a daughter in the book.

2. It is said that Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Please name another Julio-Claudian or Flavian emperor.
10 Points: Caesar Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Vespasian
5 Points: Domitian (4)

Not mentioned: Claudius, Titus

3. Name a member of the string family –
10 Points: 'cello, zither, harp, violin, lute
5 Points: Viola (3)

Not mentioned: A lot including guitar, mandolin, banjo, ukelele, sitar and lots of different Chinese stringed instruments.

4. Could I have another meaning for the word ‘string’ or ‘fiddle’.
10 Points: a complete game consisting of ten frames in bowling; a set of consecutive characters - as in a string of computer code; Remove the stringy parts of (Such as in "I will string the runner beans"); String along - keep someone waiting; to mess around with something; fiddle means fidget
5 Points: To cheat (fiddle the books/To alter or falsify for dishonest gain) (2);

Not mentioned: Architecture a. A stringboard. b. A stringcourse; The balk line in billiards; a cord usually made of fiber, used for fastening, tying, or lacing; Nautical: A guardrail used on a table during rough weather to prevent things from slipping off et al.

5. Please name a word that rhymes with fiddle
10 Points: diddle, piddle, widdle*,
5 Points: griddle (2), middle (3)

Not mentioned: Some of these I have never heard of: biddle, criddle, friddle, kiddle, liddle, paradiddle, riddle, siddle, tarradiddle, twiddle

Although this doesn't appear in the dictionaries I looked in, it has crept into the vernacular and thus have allowed it.

Scores:
45 ren
40 ozzz, gats, gemini
35 Mugaboo, Cinnam0n
30 Polaris
25 Elftwinkle

Congrats ren, original as ever Thanks to all who played

Round 13

1. On this day in 1899 Alfred Hitchcock was born. Name one of the movies he directed in the 1950's.

2. Bambi premiered on this day in 1942. Name any character.

3. On this day in 1956, production started on Rock, Rock, Rock , a movie starring music promoter Alan Freed (who had recently copyrighted the phrase "rock and roll"). Name a group who appeared in the movie as themselves.

4. On this day in 1931, writer William Goldman was born. Name a screenplay he wrote.

5. On this day in 1869, Annie Oakley was born. Name an actress who played her in movies or television.

Round 11 will close in about 24 hours. Links are available if required.

Round 9 Results 5 played

Q1. Name a Paul McCartney bonus track, that was included on the CD version, but not on the LP version, of an album originally released before 1980.
For 10 points: Another Day; Sally G.; Country Dreamer; Family Way - Variation Concertantes Opus 1: IX
For 5 points: (none)
Not accepted: Eat at Home (Original on Ram, It was a bonus track on the Japaneese version of "Wingspan", but that was released after 1980.)
Not mentioned: Quite a few including "Mull Of Kintyre" Where Paul was on Tuesday, having his first look at the memorial to Linda in Campbeltown.

Q2. Name a Temperature Scale.

For 10 points: Celcius; Kelvin; Réaumur
For 5 points: Fahrenheit [2]
Not mentioned:Quite a few including: Rankine; Jacobs; Newton; Rømer; Delisle; Leyden; Wedgewood; Giaque's; Dalton; Hales; Ducrest; Edinburgh; Florentine; Hooke

Q3. Name a room in the house that Napoleon Bonapatre died in.

For 10 points: Drawing room (or Living room); Louis Marchard room (Valet's Bedroom)
For 5 points: Bedroom [3]
Not mentioned:The major rooms cam be found here

Q4. Name a film starring Margaret Rutherford, that was first released in the 1950's (Not for TV)
For 10 points: Innocents in Paris; An Alligator Named Daisy; Miss Robin Hood;
For 5 points: Curtain Up [2]
Not mentioned:I'm All Right Jack; Just my Luck; Mad About Men and others

Q5. The Japanese Prime Minister, Junichiro Koizumi, has just called an election. Name a Minister in his cabinet.
For 10 points: Yuriko Koike; Shoichi Nakagawa; Seiichiro Murakami; Chieko Nohno; Yoshinori Ohno
For 5 points: (none)
Not mentioned: There were 12 others
Scores:

50 - ElfTwinkle
45 - Ren33, ozzz2002
40 - cinnam0n
25 - Gatsby722

Superb form ElfTwinkle, who scoops the point.

Round 8 is now closed --- results later.

Here are Sunday's questions, with blue as the theme:

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ROUND 14

1 Please name a famous blue-eyed person
2 A flag of a European country with blue as one of its colours
3 A pitcher on the 2005 Toronto Blue Jays roster
4 A song from the movie 'G.I. Blues
5 Until 1918, the ribbon of a Victoria Cross awarded to a member of the Navy was blue. Please name a recipient of a VC with such a ribbon.

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As ever, help is available if required.

I'll probably close this some time on Wednesday.

Clarification of Q5: This one seems to be stumping people. We need a VC from the Navy as well as before 1918. Try Googling RN VC and it should turn up some suitable answers. (Just be sure that the date is right too.)

[Edited to clarify Q5.]

August Trivia Rounds: Round 8/August 8th

RESULTS: 7 players participated


Give me the:

QUESTION 1

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Name of a movie released BEFORE 2005 starring actor Margot Kidder (Note: movies released in 2005 or later, movies made for TV, and movies that Margot Kidder was either uncredited or just provided the voice for a character will NOT be accepted)

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10 points: The Planet Of Jr. Brown, Trenchcoat, Aaron Sent Me, Tribulation, The Amittyville Horror

5 points: Superman III (2)

Not Mentioned: There were lots more to chose from --- This site gives a list (Note: this list includes the responses which I specified would not be accepted as well)


QUESTION 2

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Name of a novel written by Margaret Atwood

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10 points: 'Oryx And Crake, The Robber Bride,

5 points: The Handmaids Tale (3), Alias Grace (2)

Not Mentioned: The Edible Woman, Surfacing, Lady Oracle, Life Before Man, Bodily Harm, Cat's Eye, The Blind Assassin


QUESTION 3

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Title of a song on the album, Show Me (released in 1987) by 54-40

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10 points: Walk In Line, Open Fire, One Gun, Standing In The Way, What's In A Name

5 points: Come Here (2)

Not Mentioned: Because Of You, One Day in Your Life,
Get Back Down, Everyday, All the Love Is Gone, Show Me


QUESTION 4

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NFL (National Football League) football training camps opened July 23rd, and the 2004-05 season will be underway in a few short weeks --- what is one of the NFL teams that plays in the WEST division of either conference (ie AFC West or NFC West)

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10 points: Oakland Raiders, St. Louis Rams

5 points: Denver Broncos (2), Arizona Cardinals (3)

Not mentioned: Kansas City Chiefs, San Diego Chargers, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks


QUESTION 5

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The early apples are ready to pick --- give me the name of a place in Canada that has an apple as a roadside attraction (There are at least 7 that I will accept)

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10 points: Durham, Ontario; Meaford, Ontario

5 points: Berwick, Nova Scotia (2); Colborne, Ontario (3)

Not Mentioned: Kelowna, British Columbia; Aylmer, Ontario; Windsor, Ontario

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


RESULTS

cinnam0n: 40 points
gemini19: 40 points
Mugaboo: 40 points

ozzz2002: 40 points
gatsby722: 35 points
Polaris101: 35 points
ren33: 35 points

ozzz2002: 30 points


Congratulations to cinnam0n, gemini19, and Mugaboo who each collect a point for this round. : cool:


Thanks for playing everyone!

Round 10 will close midday Sunday. There's room for more players

Round 11 results.

Q1- Short town names in Australia.

10 points- Yea, Moe, Kew

5 points- Hay (3), Ayr (2), Cue (2)

A few others are Uki, Emu, Rye, Esk, Fox, Dee and Don.


Q2- Name a movie with 'three' in the title.

10 points- 'Three Little Words', 'Three Men and a Baby', 'Three Below Zero', 'Three Faces of Eve', Three Came Home', 'Three Days of the Condor', 'Three to Tango', 'Three Rings and a Goat'.

5 points- 'The Three Amigos' (2)

Q3- A three- letter 'J' word'

10 points- jee, jar, jaw, jib, jut, raj, jab, haj.

5 points- jay (2)

Q4- How about a nursery rhyme with three in the title?

10 points- 'One, Two, Three', 'Three Little Indians', 'Three Little Fishes', 'I Saw Three Ships'.

5 points- 'Three Blind Mice' (3), 'Three Little Kittens' (3)

Q5- Three year old winner of the Melbourne Cup.

10 points- Martini Henry (1883), Artilleryman (1919), Poseidon (1906), Prince Foote (1909), The Barb (1866)

5 points- Skipton (1941 and the most recent) (5).

There were about 15 others to choose from.

The all-important scores!

A Perfect 50 - ElfTwinkle

45 points- Cinnam0n, BallyKissAngel, Ren

35 points- Blinkybill, Littlewoman, Engadine, Gatsby, Gemini

30 points- Mugaboo.

Well played, everyone, and a winner's point goes to ElfTwinkle