Tuesday 30th August

Name me:

1. A cartoon dog
2. A cartoon cat
3. A cartoon mouse
4. A animated female heroine in a Disney film with her name in the title (for example, The Little Mermaid – except she is a mermaid most of the film!)
5. A animated Disney villain – any at all. If you give me the film they starred in it would help!

Round 27 will be open for a few more hours - late entries welcome!

Round 27 Results
7 people played!

1. Audrey Hepburn movie after 1953 -
10 points - The Nun's Story, My Fair Lady, War and Peace, Charade, The Children's Hour
5 points - Two for the Road (2)

2. John Ford feature length films
10 points - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Mr. Roberts, Tobacco Road, The Plough and the Stars, Ace of the Saddle
5 points - The Quiet Man (2)

3. Theodore Dreiser works
10 points - Dawn, The Financier, The Bulwark, The Genius, My city
5 points - Jennie Gerhardt (2)

4. A fellow-panelist of Bennett Cerf
10 points - Soupy Sales
5 points - Dorothy Kilgallen (4), Fred Allen (2)
Arlene Francis and Hal Block were the other regular panelists besides Kilgallen and Cerf. Other guest panelists included Steve Allen, Martin Gabel, and many others. I love catching reruns of this classic show!

5. Instruments on Marine 2
10 points - Microwave radiometer, Micrometiorite sensor
5 points - Charged particle sensor (2), Solar plasma sensor (3)
There was also an infrared radiometer and a magnetometer.


Final Scores
Our winners with 40 points -
Santana 2002, ElfTwinkle, littlewoman2, gatsby722, Mugaboo, ozzz2002
30 points - ren33

Strange how those scores worked out - congrats to all the winners!

Round 31 Questions

1) Name of an actor/actress who starred in the movie 'The Quiet Earth'
2)Name of one of the Cook Islands
3)A species of possum that is found in Tasmania
4) A 20th century Archbishop of Canterbury
5) The name of a nursery rhyme that mentions a cat (or a kitten)

ROUND 29 CLOSED

Results as soon as discrepancies are clarified

ROUND 29 RESULTS


1) An extinct species of bird

10 Points: Carolina Parakeet, Moa, Phororhacos, Kangaroo Island Emu, Columbian Grebe

2) An Asterism which is part of a constellation

10 Points: Orion's Belt in Orion, Little Dipper in Ursa Minor, The Great Hook in Scorpius, The Sickle in Leo, Kemble's Cascade in Camelopardis

3) A Historical tourist attraction found on the Isle of Man

10 Points: House of Keys, Laxey Wheel, House of Manannan
5 Points: Laxey Wheel (2)

4) The name of a nautical or fisherman's knot

10 Points: Taut Line Hitch, Mooring Hitch, Clove Hitch, Clear Hitch, Fisherman's Bend

5) A Prime number less than 4,000 which is also a Lucas Number

10 Points: 199, 47, 3
5 Points: 29 (2)

SCORES

50 Points: Ren, ElfTwinkle
45 Poitns: ozzz, Gatsby
40 Points: Mugaboo

Thank you all for playing and congratulations to our two winners this week: Ren & ElfTwinkle

Round 31 closing in about two hours

Closed - 30 August! Results in two minutes

Round 30
1. A cartoon dog
For ten points:
Poncho in " Pooch Café, Goofy, Balto, Droopy, Santa’s Little Helper (from The Simpsons) Jenna (from Balto), Muttley, Braveheart (Inch High Private Eye)
For five points:
Deputy Dawg (2),
Not mentioned:
Spike (Tom and Jerry), Pluto,Tramp, Lady (both from Lady and the Tramp) and more

2. A cartoon cat
For ten points:
Azrael in " The Smurfs", Bill The Cat (fr. "Doonesbury"), Felix, Si (from “Lady and the Tramp”), Am (from “Lady and the Tramp”),(Great names for cats! )Luna (from Sailor Moon), J. Thomas O’ Malley (The Aristocats), Mr Jinks, Snagglepuss, Pumpkin Puss
For five points:
Everyone got 10 points!
Not mentioned:
Tom (from Tom and Jerry), Sylvester, Duchcess, Marie (both from “The Aristocats) and more


3. A cartoon mouse
For ten points:
Dangermouse, Carbine (fr. "Biker Mouse From Mars"), Minnie, Melody (Minnie’s niece), Timothy Q. Mouse (from “Dumbo”) Roquefort (from Aristocats) Mighty Mouse, Mush Mouse,
For five points:
Speedy Gondalas (2),
Not mentioned:
Mickey Mouse, Jerry (From Tom and Jerry) Jaq, Gus, (both from Cinderella) and more

4. A animated female heroine in a Disney film with her name in the title (for example, The Little Mermaid – except she is a mermaid most of the film!)
For ten points:
Alice,
For five points:
Mulan (3), Snow White (2), Pocahontas (4),
Not mentioned:
Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty (Auroa), Belle (Beauty and the Beast) and more

5. A animated Disney villain – any as long as they are human!
For ten points:
Edgar (“The Aristocats”) Scar (“The Lion King”), Ratcliffe (from “Pocahontas”) Sir Hiss (from “Robin Hood”), Sheriff of Nottingham (from “Robin Hood”) Professor Rattigan,
For five points:
Cruella De Ville (From “101 Dalmations”) (2), Garston (“Beauty and the Beast”) (2),
Not mentioned:
Wicked stepmother (Cinderella and Snow White), Shere Khan (Jungle Book), Man (Bambi), Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty), and more.
COMPETITORS - 10 competitors

SCORES
Cinnam0n – 45
ElfTwinkle – 45
Santana – 45
BallyKissAngel – 40
Gatsby – 40
Gemini – 40
LittleWoman – 40
Mugaboo – 40
Ozzz – 40
Ren – 40

Well done Cinnam0n ElfTwinkle Santana

I'm back, and round 20 is now closed. Results will be appearing later tonight.

Round 20 Results:

1. Someone appearing on Canadian currency.
10: Terry Fox ($1 coin), Wilfred Laurier ($5 bill)
5: Robert Borden ($100 bill), Queen Elizabeth II ($20 bill and many coins) (3 each)
Unmentioned: John Macdonald ($10 bill), William Mackenzie King (front of $50 bill), and any of 5 women's rights activists (back of $50 bill)

The Terry Fox coin is being issued in honor of the 25th anniversary of his incredible run for cancer research, which involved running nearly a marathon's distance every day...for over 140 days!

2: A country whose name begins with 'L'
10: Laos, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein
5: Latvia, Lithuania (2 each)
Unmentioned: Leosotho, Liberia, Luxembourg

3: A playing card with 4 eyes on it
10: Jack of Clubs, Queen of Clubs, Queen of Hearts, King of Diamonds, King of Hearts
5: Jack of Diamonds (3)

Any face card except the Jacks of Hearts and Spades would have worked here.

4: A country other than the U.S. competing at the Little League World Series
10: Canada, Guam, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela
5: Japan (2)
Not accepted: Poland (Eliminated by Russia in qualifying play)

Even though Guam is not a country, it competes under its own banner in the International Division of the series, so I counted it. Similarly, Curacao (which lost to Hawaii in the finals) would also have been accepted.

Guam wasn't the only team on the International side with an American flavor -- the Saudi Arabian team was made up entirely of U.S. citizens.

5: A 2 point scrabble word
10: ae, al, an, at, is, no, oi, so. In other words, everybody!

oi is acceptable in the British Scrabble dictionary, but not the American one. The Brits can also get away with qi and zo, making it much easier to get rid of those high point letters.

45: ElfTwinkle, ren33
40: cinnam0n, gatsby722, gemini19, Mugaboo
35: ozzz2002
30: Ballykissangel

Congrats to ElfTwinkle and ren33 and thanks to everybody who participated!

I am taking my son to see "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" so I will leave my round open for another 24 hours.

Round 31 is closed. Answers ans scores up soon.

ROUND 31 answers - 8 people played

1) Name of an actor/actress who starred in the movie 'The Quiet Earth'

Worth 10 points
Alison Routledge, Tom Hyde

Worth 5 points
Pete Smith (2), Bruno Lawrence (2), Anzac Wallace (2)

2)Name of one of the Cook Islands

Worth 10 pints
Penhryn, Pukapuka, Atiu

Worth 5 pounts
Mitiaro (3), Palmerston (2)


3)A species of possum that is found in Tasmania


Worth 10 points
Sugar Glider, Eastern Pygmy Possum, Brushtail Possum

Worth 5 points
Little Pygmy Possum (3), Common Ringtail Possum (2)

The Sugar Glider seems to have been introduced to Tasmania in the first decades of white settlement as it doesn't appear in the fossil record.


4) A 20th century Archbishop of Canterbury

Worth 10 points
Randall Thomas Davidson, Cosmo Gordon Lang, Frederick Donald Coggan, Frederick Temple, Dr Rowan Williams

Worth 5 points
William Temple (2)

I had to disallow John Moore as he wasn't a 20th century Archbishop. Hw was arch bishop from 1783 to 1805.

William Temple was the son of Frederick Temple.



5) The name of a nursery rhyme that mentions a cat (or a kitten)

Worth 10 points
"The Owl and the Pussy Cat", "Poor Dog Bright" ( ran off with all his might because the cat was after him), "Cat Kisses", "Three Little Kittens", "I Love Little Pussy", "Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat, Where ave You Been"

I had to disallow 'Dick Whittington' for the time being as it seems to only be a children story not a rhyme. If the person gave the answer knows of a rhyme let me know. I will make no difference to the winner.

SCORES

45 points - Mugaboo

40 points - gatsby722, Santana2002, EftTwinkle
35 points - gemini19, ren33
30 points - Cinnam0n
25 points - ozzz2002

Round 28 results - 8 players

1. A former Prime Minister of India

10 Points: Nehru, VP Singh, Deve Gowda
5 Points: Morarji Desai (3), Shastri (2),

Not mentioned: GULZARI LAL NANDA, INDIRA GANDHI, CHARAN SINGH, RAJIV GANDHI, CHANDRA SHEKHAR, P. V. NARASIMHA RAO, A. B. VAJPAYEE, I. K. GUJRAL, DR. MANMOHAN SINGH


2. A typical dish you would find in an Indian restaurant

10 Points: Chapati, Bhuna Gosht, Chana Masala, mutton dosas, lamb rogan josh, dopiaza, Erachi Kolumbu (didn't find this as a typical dish but still fits the bill), Jalfrezi.


3. One of the official Indian languages.

10 Points: Nepali, Oriya, Konkini, Kannada, Manipuri, Maithili
5 Points: Guratji (2)

Not mentioned: There are many including Assamese, Telugu, Urdu, Punjabi, Kashmiri, Bengali, Tamil etc

4. One of the major characters from the film ‘Gandhi’

10 Points: Reginald Dwyer, Rev Charlie Andrews, Sardar Patel, Judge Broomfield
5 Points: Margaret Bourke-White (2), Vince Walker (2)

Others not mentioned: erm Gandhi, Lord Irwin, Lord Chelmsford et al

5. Name an Indian recipient of the VC from any Burma campaign.

10 Points: Prakash Singh, Parkash Singh, Karamjeet Singh Judge, Fazal Din, Bhanbhagta Gurung, Nand Singh
5 Points: Umrao Singh Yadav (2)

Not mentioned: Bhandari Ram, Gian Singh, Sher Shar, Ram Sarup Singh

Scores
50 Gats, littlewoman
45 Cinnam0n, Mugaboo
40 Ozzz, Elftwinkle
35 ren
30 Santana

Thanks all for playing and congrats to Gats and littlewoman with perfect scores.

August results!
Elf = 10
Mugaboo = 9
Ren = 9
Cinnam0n = 8
Gatsby = 8
Ozzz = 8
Ballykissangel = 5
Gemini = 5
Little Woman = 4
Santana= 3
Exit = 1
Flynn = 1
Jane = 1
Kuu= 1
Polaris = 1
Well done Elf and everyone else too!