Round 10 is closed. Results up in a bit.

Round 10 results - 11 players


Q1: Name a chess piece.

10 points: Rook

5 points: King (4), Queen (2), Pawn (2), Bishop (2)

not mentioned: Knight


Q2: A person who is mentioned by first and last names in the song "Life is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)".

10 points: John Denver, Eric Clapton, Johnny Rivers, Ritchie Valens, Lonnie Mack, Wilson Pickett, Harry Nilsson

5 points: Leon Russell (2), Carly Simon (2)

not mentioned: Ray Charles, Lesley Gore, Richard Perry, Barry Spector, Johnny Cash, Doris Day, Bonnie Bramlett, Arthur Janov, Donny Osmond, David Bowie, Edgar Winter, Alan Freed, Murray Kaufmann, Stephen Foster, Joanie Sommers


Q3: A cliché which contains the word 'home'.

10 points: Bring home the bacon, The lights are on but no one's home, Home is where you hang your hat, A man's home is his castle, Til the cows come home, There's no place like home

5 points: Home is where the heart is (3), Nothing to write home about (2)

not mentioned: You can never go home again, Keep the home fires burning, Drive the point home


Q4: A town/village in Malta which begins with the letter Z.

10 points: Zonqor, Zebbeigh

5 points: Zebbug (6), Zejtun (3)

not mentioned: Zabbar, Zurrieq


Q5: A feature film which John Cusack and Jeremy Piven have appeared in together.

10 points: "Runaway Jury", "The Grifters", "The Player"

5 points: "One Crazy Summer" (2), "Serendipity" (3), "Floundering" (3)

not mentioned: "Bob Roberts", "Say Anything", "Grosse Pointe Blank"


Scores

40 points - ren, gatsby, cinnam0n, gemini

35 points - littlewoman, ElfTwinkle
30 points - Jimjih, Ballykissangel, ozzz
25 points - Mugaboo, Exit10


Congratulations to our four winners, and thanks to everyone for playing

Round 12 is now closed. Results up shortly.

Santana is still offline --- hopefully she'll be back online for next week's round

August Trivia Rounds: Round 15/Monday August 15th

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Give me the:


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


Question 2) Name of a book in the Benny Cooperman Series written by Howard Engel:


Question 3) Title of a song on the album, Just The Same (released in 1996) by Terri Clark:


Question 4) NFL (National Football League) football training camps opened this past Saturday, and the 2004-05 season will be underway in a few short weeks --- what is one of the NFL teams that plays in the North division of either conference (ie AFC North or NFC North) :


Question 5) I'm still hungry --- give me the name of a place in Canada that has a "berry" as a roadside attraction (Any kind of berry will do / There are at least 4):

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Note: 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!

Round 12 Results:

Ten players this round


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

10 points: end table, lamp, ottoman, sofa, entertainment center, recliner chair, pouffe, telephone stand

5 points: curio cabinet (2)


Question 2: Name a famous person born in Georgia (in the United States).

10 points: Devon Werkheiser (actor), Doc Holliday (gambler and gunfighter), Jackie Robinson (Major League Baseball player), Michael Stipe (band member of REM), DeForest Kelley (actor), Spike Lee (movie director), Trisha Yearwood (singer), Ludacris (rapper)

5 points: Richard Wayne Penniman (singer, better known as Little Richard) (2)

FYI, I found conflicting answers for the birthplace of the rapper known as Ludacris (his birth name is Christopher Bridges and he’s also been known as Chris Lova Lova). Several web sites list his birthplace as Atlanta, Georgia, but several sites also list his birthplace as Champaign, Illinois, and state that he later relocated to Atlanta. However, since several sites do list his birthplace as Atlanta, whether that’s correct or not, I will accept that answer.


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

10 points: Will Cuppy, Hart Crane, Hunter S. Thompson, Anne Sexton

5 points: Virginia Woolf (2), Sylvia Plath (2), Ernest Hemingway (2)


Question 4: Name an actor who played Doris Day’s love interest in a movie made during the 1950s.

10 points: Clark Gable, Ray Bolger, John Raitt

5 points: Gordon MacRae (3), Howard Keel (2), Rock Hudson (2)


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

10 points for everyone: use body lotion, lock the doors, do barncheck, take feet off the floor, turn on a fan, take off watch, get the coffee machine loaded for the morning, close down FunTrivia, put on nail strengthener stuff, check on the kids & kiss them goodnight.


SCORES:

50 points:
Gatsby722

45 points:
Cinnam0n
Mugaboo

40 points:
Exit10
ElfTwinkle
Gemini19
Polaris101
Ren33
Ballykissangel

35 points:
Ozzz2002


Great game! Congratulations to our winner with a perfect score, Gatsby722! Thanks for playing, everyone.

Hey! Something has run wildly dizzy here. I got two points in a row. The judges need to be immediately consulted .

Well done ,Lad!!

Tuesday 16th August
1. Name me something you would find on the beach
2. Name an animal that makes a recognizable sound.
3. Name something that comes through a window.
4. One of the seven dwarfs
5. Name me something you would see in a park (a park in England is where you go for picnics etc, not a car park!)

A few hours left for Round 13 - get those answers in quickly!

Round 13 Results
8 players this time!

1. Hitchcock movie from the 1950's
10 points - Strangers On A Train, The Wrong Man, I Confess, To Catch A Thief
5 points - The Man Who Knew Too Much(2), Vertigo(2)

Not mentioned were Dial M For Murder, Rear Window, and North By Northwest, among others.

2. Character from Bambi
10 points - Owl, Mrs. Rabbit
5 points - Thumper(4), Mrs. Possum(2)

Not mentioned were Bambi, Faline, Flower, Bambi's mother, and others.

3. A Group appearing in the movie Rock, Rock, Rock
10 points - The Johnny Burnett Trio, Cirino and the Bowties
5 points - The Flamingos (3), Frank Virtue and the Virtues (2)

Others in the movie included Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, Jimmy Cavello and the House Rockers, and the Moonglows. Not accepted was ABBA, whose members weren't old enough to be in this movie, which was made in 1956.

4. William Goldman screenplays
10 for everyone! All the President's Men, Absolute Power, The Great Waldo Pepper, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Harper, The Ghost and the Darkness, Magic, Chaplin

5. Actresses who played Annie Oakley in movies or on TV
10 points - Geraldine Chapman, Ethel Merman
5 points - Barbara Stanwyck (3), Reba McEntire(2)
Lucie Arnaz was also given as an answer, but I can't find any evidence that her performance as Annie Oakley on Broadway was ever shown on TV. If anyone can help out here, let me know.
Elizabeth Berridge, Gail Davis, Angela Douglas, Margery Lowe, Mary Martin, and others played this fascinating character.

Our winner with 45 points - littlewoman2
40 points - gatsby722, ElfTwinkle
35 points - Polaris101
30 points - ozzz2002, Mugaboo, ren33, Exit10

Thanks for playing and congratulations to littlewoman!

Thursday 18th August
A bit early, but I am still busy at work.
As you see I live in Hong Kong now, so this is a HK based quiz. Please ask if you have any queries.

1 Name an island in Hong Kong with a population of more than 100.
2 Name a former British governor of HK.
3 Name a popular tourist venue in Hong Kong
4 Name a place you want to visit from HK that is within 5000 kms.
5 Name a souvenir from here that you could take home legally .

ROUND 17

1) Any object, organisation or person that has the name Mercury
2) Any actor who has portrayed George Armstrong Custer in a movie (please name the movie]
3) A recipient of the New Zealand Bravery Star
4) Any mammal that has a longer gestation period than a human does
5) Any of the French composers that made up the group known as Les Six

Round 16 is closing in about 5 hours

Results up in two minutes!

1. Name me something you would find on the beach
For ten points:
A broken old flip flop, Paperback books, Worm casts, Seaweed, driftwood, Toy buckets and shovels, Sand Spur, Seagull droppings, Crab, Star Fish,
For five points:
Cuttlefish(2),
Not mentioned:
Sand, picnic hampers, children and more

2. Name an animal that makes a recognizable sound.
For ten points:
Kookaburra, a barking deer, a cricket, Snake, Donkey, goat, a goose, Owl, Locust, Cow, Hyena, Duck,
For five points:
Everybody got 10 points!
Not mentioned:
Cat, Elephant, Horse and more

3. Name something that comes through a window.
For ten points:
A cricket ball, a flying cockroach, a kidnapper, fresh air, Pollen, sound of a jackhammer, a burglar, Bees, Ultra Violet rays, Ants,
For five points:
Mosquito (2),
Not mentioned:
Rain, Moth, butterfly, and more

4. One of the seven dwarfs
For ten points:
Nobody got a dwarf on their own!
For five points:
Sleepy (5), Sneezy (2), Bashful (3), Dopey (2),
Not mentioned:
Doc, Happy, Grumpy,

5. Name me something you would see in a park
For ten points:
Another cricket ball!, a bench, ducks, Squirril, Lovers, Outdoor cinema, a drinking fountain, garbage bins. Ants, Swans, Birds, Flowers,
For five points:
All got 10 points
Not mentioned:
Children’s Zoo, Swings, Slides and more


12 people played and EIGHT winners!
SCORES
Ballykissangel – 45
CinnamOn – 45
Gatsby – 45
Gemini – 45
Kuu - 45
Mugaboo – 45
Polaris - 45
Ren – 45
Elf – 40
Exit – 40
LittleWoman – 40
Ozzz – 40

Well done to BallyKissangel, CinnamOn, Gats, Gemini, Kuu Mugaboo, Polaris and Ren

Whoa, sorry, lost track of the days! Round 14 is now closed - results soon!

ROUND 14 RESULTS

Eight people played this round. Thank you all!

1 Please name a famous blue-eyed person

Worth 10 points – everyone got 10 points!
Julie Andrews, Cameron Diaz, Matthew MacConaughey, Lee Remick, singer/guitarist Tommy Shaw, Frank Sinatra (Old Blue Eyes himself!), James Stewart, George Washington

I didn’t actually check Washington’s eye colour out, I just believe you.

2 A flag of a European country with blue as one of its colours

Worth 10 points:
Croatia, France, Iceland, San Marino

Worth 5 points:
Norway (4)

Not mentioned: Greece, the Netherlands, Finland, the United Kingdom, others


3 A pitcher on the 2005 Toronto Blue Jays roster

Worth 10 points:
Gustavo Chacin, Brandon League, Ted Lilly, Dustin McGowan, Ricky Romero*

Worth 5 points:
Justin Speier (2)

*I was lenient with Romero, who is a prospect who has just signed with the Jays, knowing that the person who chose him doesn’t see a lot of Jays games, and because it made no real impact on the result.


4 A song from the movie 'G.I. Blues

Worth 10 points:
Doin’ the Best I Can, Tonight Is So Right For Love, Wooden Heart

Worth 5 points:
Big Boots (3), Pocketful of Rainbows (2)

Not mentioned: GI Blues, Shoppin’ Around, Blue Suede Shoes, Frankfort Special, others


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.

Worth 10 points:
Gordon Campbell (Commander, RN, HMS Q5, Atlantic, 1917), Edgar Cookson (Lieut.Cmdr., RN, HMS Comet, Mesopotamia, 1915), George Dowell (Lieut., R Marine Artillery, The Baltic, 1855), Basil Guy (Midshipman, RN, HMS Barfleur, China, 1900), John Harrison (Leading Seaman, RN (Naval Brigade), India, 1857),
William Peel (Captain, RN (Naval Brigade), Crimea, 1854/5), Arthur Wilson (Captain, RN (Naval Brigade), Sudan, 1884)

Not accepted: John Marshall, who as an Army recipient would have had a crimson ribbon on his VC. (Lest anyone think I’m being unfair, the person who gave this answer elected to take a zero, with a smile, after being offered the same assistance as was given to others.)

Not mentioned: The first-ever recipient (by date of deed) Mate Charles Lucas, RN HMS Hecla, The Baltic, 1854, and many others.

We have two winners, both with perfect scores of 50! They are gemini19 and ren33.

45 points: ElfTwinkle
40 points: cinnam0n, Exit10, littlewoman2
35 points: gatsby722, Mugaboo

Thanks again for playing, and congratulations gemini and ren!

Woo Hoo! High fives, Ren.

ROUND 19 - Friday, August 19th

Around the FT Forums

Not making you stray too far from home this week.


1. Tell me a question answered under the FAQ page of the FT Forums. (just the question, you don't have to give me the answer too.)

2. Tell me a colour scheme/style sheet you can choose in order to view the FT Forums. (The style sheets with the same names but are large font will be considered the same and counted as one.)

3. Tell me a forum moderator or administrator with a number attached to their screen name.

4. Tell me the name of the forum which you least visit.

5. When composing a private message or post, you are given convenient boxes of instant UBB code links, instant graemlins, and instant font colours to use. Give me one of the items in the instant UBB code box.


If you don't know where to find this stuff, just ask and I'll be glad to help. Have fun.

Round 15 is now closed --- results later.

I will be closing Round 17 in about 4 hours if anyone wants to get a late entry in.

Round 17 is closed. Answers and scores up soon.

ROUND 17 answers

1) Any object, organisation or person that has the name Mercury

Worth 10 points
House of Mercury (handbags), Mercury Travel, Portland Mercury (newspaper), mercury thermometer, Mercury Records, Daniela Mercury (singer), Gold Mercury International, Mercury Morris (NFL player), Mercury (outboard motors)

I thought of this question while reading my local newspaper The Mercury (Southern Tasmania). Other possiblities included the Planet Mercury, the god Mercury, the element Mercury, Mercury cars, Mercury Insurance and Freddy Mercury. (singer)


2) Any actor who has portrayed George Armstrong Custer in a movie (please name the movie]

Worth 10 points
Ned Findlay, Wayne Maunder, James Millican, Fred Duprez, Francis Ford

Worth 5 points
John Beck (2), John Miljan (2)

No-one mention Richard Mulligan from 'Little Big Man' which is my favourite western


3) A recipient of the New Zealand Bravery Star

Worth 10 points
Trevor John Mokaruka, Sgt Jeanette Ruth Park, Robert Edwin Hall, Const. Damien Pater John Klavs

Worth 5 points
Walter Bruce Butler (5)

4) Any mammal that has a longer gestation period than a human does

I accepted gestation periods longer than 274 days as human gestation is generally regarded as being between 266-274 days.

Worth 10 points
Killer whale (517 days), Cow (284 days), Giraffe (457 days), Malayan Tapir (392 days), donkey (12-14 months), rhinoceros (16 months), Javan Rhinoceros (15-16 months)

Worth 5 points
Camel (400 days) (2)

The people who answered camel and rhinoceros (not Javan rhino) are lucky that I worded the question 'any mammal' and not 'any species of mammal (as I usually do) as there are 5 species of rhino and 2 species of camel. Next time I will remember the word species


5) Any of the French composers that made up the group known as Les Six

Worth 10 points
None

Worth 5 points
Francis Poulenc (2), Louis Durey (3), Darius Milhaud (2), Arthur Honneger (2)

Not mentioned

Georges Auric and Germaine Tailleferre (the only female member)

SCORES
45 points - Ballykissangel

40 points - Ren33, polaris101, gatsby722, Exit10, ElfTwinkle
35 points - Mugaboo, ozzz2002, Cinnam0n

Congratulations to Ballykissangel

I'll be computerless for a couple of weeks beginning the 30th of August, so have swapped Rounds with Exit, so...

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

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ROUND 21

Please name:

1 Any green vegetable
2 A golfer who wore the Masters Tournament's green jacket between 1996 and 2005
3 A famous person with Green anywhere in their name
4 An actor or actress who played a member of the Morgan family in the 1941 movie 'How Green Was My Valley'
5 A recipient of the Victoria Cross associated with the modern regiment The Royal Green Jackets

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Help is available if needed, especially for Q5!

Closing Wednesday late, or Thursday early.

Round 20:

Please give:
1. A person who appears on Canadian Currency.
2. A country beginning with the letter "L"
3. A playing card with exactly 4 eyes on it (both rank and suit please) (editted, as I forgot that cards typically carry two pictures on them!)

4. A nation other than the United States which has a team competing in this year's Little League World Series.
5. A word worth exactly 2 points in Scrabble (any word appearing in either the British or the American scrabble dictionary is okay)

I'm going to be out of town over the next week, so this round will be open a long time, probably not closing until the 29th or 30th. Good luck to all!