Yippee! Testosterone comes in handy here and again. Also, the only reason "sturdy parade" is unknown is because I just made the phrase up a few hours ago .

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I just made the phrase up a few hours ago

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Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to use that phrase at every opportunity, and see if it will be accepted into the language!

An impossible mission lol.

Gats, have you explored the origin of the word 'quiz'? Have a look at this site , and you may be amazed. Without that one simple little word, this site would not exist...

Round 5 is closed --- results in a couple of hours or so.

MONDAY'S ROUND - Round 12

Please give me:

1) The name of a county of Ireland with more than 5 letters in it's name
2) A country with a territorial claim on Antarctica
3) A historical building in Ghent, Belgium
4) A Scottish castle with 'loch' as part of it's name
5) A phrase of "Strine" and it's translation into regular English (Not just one word answers, please)

PM if you get stuck and have fun searching.

Round 7 is closed. Results up soon.

Round 7 results:- 10 players


Q1. A feature film which starred Greta Garbo and John Gilbert.

5 points: A Woman of Affairs (4), Flesh and the Devil (3), Queen Christina (3)

not mentioned: Love


Q2. A Funtrivia editor in the Movies category.

10 points: Logan24, rj211

5 points: linkan (3), Nannanut (3), spanishliz (2)

not mentioned: skunkee


Q3. An actor or actress depicted on one of the stamps in the US Postal Service's Legends of Hollywood series.

10 points: Edward G. Robinson

5 points: Humphrey Bogart (3), Henry Fonda (3), Alfred Hitchcock (3)

not mentioned: Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Lucille Ball, James Cagney, John Wayne


Q4. A feature film which has the word 'movie' in its title.

10 points: Silent Movie, Movie Crazy, Scary Movie 2, The Kentucky Fried Movie, The Pirate Movie, Santa Claus, The Movie, Not Another Teen Movie

5 points: The Tigger Movie (3)

not mentioned: Cheech & Chong's Next Movie, The Muppet Movie, Twilight Zone: The Movie, Doug's 1st Movie, Piglet's Big Movie, many others


Q5. A movie actor/actress with family member(s) who were/are also actors.

10 points: everyone James Mitchum, Corin Redgrave, Judy Garland, Ryan O'Neal, Emilio Estevez, Brandon Lee, Leo Gorcey, Shirley MacLaine, Angelina Jolie, Estelle Reiner

not mentioned: Dennis & Randy Quaid, Martha Plimpton, Timothy Hutton, Hayley, Juliet & John Mills, Natasha & Joely Richardson, Vanessa & Lynn Redgrave, Sean Astin, Stacy & James Keach, Elizabeth & Robert Montgomery, Julia & Eric Roberts, Drew Barrymore, Kate Hudson, Carrie Fisher, Colin Hanks, Edward Albert, many others


SCORES

40 points - Kuu, gemini

35 points - littlewoman, ozzz, gatsby, Jim, Elf, Santana
30 points - ren, cinnam0n


Congratulations to our winners Kuu & gemini

Round 9 will be open for several more hours ... only seven players have submitted answers so far. Any others want to slip your answers in?

Tuesday 13th September (posting early, but still closing on Thursday!)
1. A book by Charles Dickens
2. A gem stone
3. Name me one of the children in “The Sound of Music” (there was seven – just the characters name)
4. A type of vegtable
5. A Hollywood star, past or present, with C as the first letter of their surname

Round 10 will be open about 12 more hours - late entries are welcome!

Round 10 Results
8 participants!

1. Vessels who fought in the Battle of Lake Erie
10 points - USS Caledonia, USS Trippe, USS Scorpion, USS Porcupine, USS Niagra, HMS Queen Charlotte
5 points - USS Somers(2)
There were 15 total ships that participated, so there were several more not mentioned.

2. Musicians that performed before the NFL Season Opener
10 points - Kenye West, Maroon 5, Rolling Stones
5 points - Green Day (3), Santana (2)
Rihanna and Trisha Yearwood weren't mentioned.

3. Movies with a ghost as the main character
10 points - Ghost Dad, Blithe Spirit, Topper, Ghost, Blackbeard's Ghost
5 points - Casper (3)

4. Swanson TV Dinners
10 points - Angus Beef Meatloaf, Salisbury Steak, Mexican Style Fiesta, Breaded Fish Fillet, Veal Parmigiana, Turkey Medallions
5 points - Mesquite Grilled Chicken (2)
Tons more!

5. Things you associate with Jamestown -
10 points - Algonquin Indians, Jamestown Church Tower, Chickahominy River, tobacco, Powhatan, House of Burgesses, Pocahontas, Jimsonweed
Good job, everybody!

Results -

50 points - Ballykissangel
45 points - gatsby722, Santana2002, littlewoman2, gemini19
40 points - ren33
35 points - ozzz2002, Elftwinkle

Thanks to everyone for playing! Congrats, Ballykissangel!

Yay. I finally made it to the top of the list! It's made my day.

Round 9 Results:

Eight players this time.


Question 1: Bob Denver passed away earlier this week. Name a TV show in which he starred as a regular character.

10 points: The Good Guys, Far Out Space Nuts, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

5 points: Gilligan’s Island (2), Dusty’s Trail (2)

Not accepted: Invisible Woman, which was a TV movie. I asked for a TV show.

Not mentioned: Twilight Theater


Question 2: Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy was born on September 9, 1828. Name one of his novels or novellas.

10 points: The Kruetzer Sonata, Boyhood, Anna Karenina

5 points: War and Peace (2), Voskresenia (Resurrection) (2)

Not accepted: The Living Corpse, which is a play.

Not mentioned: Childhood, Father Sergius, The Death of Ivan Illych, and others


Question 3: Queen Victoria is the longest-reigning monarch in Great Britain's history. Name one of her nine children.

10 points: Princess Beatrice, Prince Albert Edward (later Edward VII), Prince Arthur, Princess Louise, Prince Leopold

5 points: Princess Alice (3)

Not mentioned: Princess Victoria, Princess Helena, Prince Alfred


Question 4: Name a famous writer, actor, or musician born in the state of Alabama.

10 points: Jim Nabors, Ruben Studdard, Harper Lee, Rick Bragg

5 points: Helen Keller (2), Fannie Flagg (2)

Not mentioned: Nat King Cole, Courteney Cox, Lionel Richie, Hank Williams Sr., Tobias Wolff, Tallulah Bankhead, Wayne Rogers, Kate Jackson, and others


Question 5: The historic Springer Opera House in Columbus, Georgia, is the official state theatre of Georgia. Name one of the seven plays/musicals in the theatre's 2005-2006 season.

10 points: The Underpants, Guys and Dolls

5 points: Romeo and Juliet (2), Smokey Joe’s Café (2), Proof (2)

Not mentioned: The Bible: The Complete Word of God (Abridged) and A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline

SCORES:

50 points:
Gatsby722

40 points:
Ren33

35 points:
Ozzz2002
Cinnam0n

30 points:
Santana2002
Gemini19

25 points:
ElfTwinkle
Kuu


Congratulations to Gatsby, with a perfect score! Thanks for playing, everyone.

Edited to add Gemini's score. Sorry about leaving you out! I'm usually not in such a hurry, but I compiled these scores while I was at work yesterday.

My turn to get "overlooked"... Lol, hope that wasn't retribution for forgetting Exit and Gatsby's scores last week.

ROUND 14 Questions


1) The 'Singing Senators' is a group of US Republican Senators who sang as a barbershop quartet. Name one of them.

2) A current monarch of a non-European country

3) A mineral featured on the Moh's Hardness Scale

4) In M. Night Shyamalan movie "The Village" and actress/actor who played a character with the surname Walker

5) Any species of bird of paradise (the birds not the flowers). If possible give both common and scientific name to avoid confusion.

Round 15 Questions
1 This month in 1981, Pablo Picasso's wonderful anti war mural was received in Guernica, Spain. Name another painting by Picasso that is in a Spanish museum.
2 On September 15th, 1954, Sir Thomas Beecham conducted his first Promenade Concert. Name an artist who has drawn or painted his portrait.
3 The 15th of September is Columbus day. Name another famous son or daughter of Genoa.
4 Napoleon Bonaparte won the Battle of Borodino in September 1812. Name another of his victorious battles.
5. Fay Wray was born on 15th September,1907.
Name a full length film in which she starred.

Results Round 6

1. Find me any team that plays in the British Water Polo league.
For 10 points: Otter; Lancaster City; Hammersmith Penguin; Rotherham Metro (1st Division); Invicta; Portobello (in 2nd Division)
For 5 points: (None)

2. Tell me any difference between a Black Rhino and a White Rhino.
For 10 points: Different colors; Black rhinos (1.5m) are smaller than white (1.8m)
For 5 points:White's head longer [2]; Whites stay in small family groups, Blacks tend to be solitary [2]
Not mentioned include:Whites graze on grass, Black browse on shrubs; Whites live in the open plain, blacks in closed savannah; whites have wide mouth, black prehensile; White high crowned molars, Black low-crowned molars; When running white holds head near ground, black holds head high; White has large hump behind head; White babies walk infront of mother, black behind; The white's hearing is less acute than black; White better eyesight; White tend to mature later; White more docile.

3. Give any shipwreck that can be found off Cape Point, South Africa.
For 10 points: The Nolluth; SAS Pietermaritzburg (Formally HMS Pelorus)
For 5 points: Thomas T Tucker [3]
Not allowed: Duikersklip - name of the location of one of the wrecks
Not mentioned include: The Boss 400; The Flying Dutchman (Ghost Ship); The Lusitania; The Maori; The Oakburn; The Phyllisia; The Katzmary; The Romelia; The Astor; The Antipolis; The Schuilenberg; The SS South African Seafarer; The RMS Athens; The Clan Stuart; The Brunswick; The Beta; Katsu Maru; The Tania; SAS Transvaal, SAS Good Hope, Rockeater, Princess Elizabeth; The Oratava (the last 5 were sunk to make a reef).


4. Name one of the day signs (Tonalli) of the Aztec Calender.
For 10 points: Alt; Cuauhtli; Océlot; Ollin
For 5 points: Tochtli [2]
Not mentioned: find more at http://www.azteccalendar.com/introduction.html

5. Select anyone mentioned in the Epistle of Jude.
For 10 points: Adam; Balaam; Cain; the Holy Ghost; Jude; Michael the archangel
For 5 points: (None)

Scores:

45 Santana2002; Gatsby722
40 Ren33; ozzz2002; ElfTwinkle
35 Cinnam0n

Well done to the two winners.

September Trivia Rounds: Round 5/August 5th
RESULTS: 7 players participated


Give me the:

QUESTION 1

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Monty Hall is best know as the host of the game show Let's make A Deal --- He has also made several guest star appearances on tv series/shows -- name a tv series/show on which Monty Hall has appeared as a guest star (Note: Other game shows, the tv movie and the musical comedy which appeared in theaters will NOT be accepted):

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10 points: The Love Boat, Love American Style

5 points: That 70's Show (2), The Wonder Years (2)

5 points: Wait Till Your Father Get's Home --- I debated this answer and finally decided to give it 5 points --- (The definition of guest star (from information.com and other sites) is: "A Guest Star, relating to a Television Series, is an actor who appears on one or several episodes playing a character or themselves." --- As noted with the answer by the person who sent in this answer, this was a "voice only" appearance and Monty Hall did not actually appear on the show as a character or himself.

Not Mentioned: The Odd Couple, The Flip Wilson Show, The Dean Martin Show, Love and War, The Nanny



QUESTION 2

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Name of a published work written by Bill Bisset

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10 points: Dragon fly, What Poetiks, B leev abul char ak trs, Sa n th monkey

5 points: Peter Among The Towing Boxes (2)

Not Accepted: Name Is A Label --- I had to look up several of the answers as they weren't on the original list that I had --- I found the other 3, but I have found no mention of this one anywhere --- If the person who sent in this answer can provide me with a website to verify this answer I'll gladly add the applicable points to their score

Not Mentioned: Lots --- see here or here


QUESTION 3

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Title of a song by Gordon Lightfoot which has a girl's name in it

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10 points: Maria Christine, Betty Called Me In, Oh Linda, Daylight Katy, The Montain And The Marian

5 points: Cotton Jenny(2)

Not Mentioned: Alberta Bound, Daisy Doo, May I, On Susan's Floor, Rosanna, Sleep Little Jane, Summer Side Of Life, Sweet Guinevere (Yes, I do know girl's named Alberta and Summer), and possibly more.



QUESTION 4

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The NFL (National Football League) football 2004-05 regular season starts this Thursday --- what is one of the NFL teams that plays in the South division of either conference (ie AFC South or NFC South)

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10 points: New Orlean's Saints, Carolina Panthers, Jacksonville Jaguars

5 points: Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2), Indianapolis Colts(2)

Not mentioned: Houston Texans, Tennessee Titans, Atlanta Falcons


QUESTION 5

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The name of a place in Canada that has a buffalo/bison as a roadside attraction (There are at least 8)

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10 points: Winnipeg, Manitoba ; Wainwright, Alberta; Edmonton, Alberta; Melville, Saskatchewan; Borden, Saskatchewan

5 points: Girvin, Saskatchewan (2

Not Mentioned: Earlton, Ontario; Swift Current, Saskatchewan; Aylesbury, Saskatchewan; St. Louis, Saskatchewan

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


RESULTS

cinnam0n: 45 points
Mugaboo: 45 points
Santana2002: 45 points

gemini19: 35 points
ozzz2002: 35 points

gatsby722: 30 points
ren33: 30 points


Congratulations to cinnam0n, Mugaboo and Santana who each collect a point for this round.


Thanks for playing everyone!

ROUND 12 CLOSED

Results shortly.

ROUND 12 RESULTS

1) The name of a county of Ireland with more than 5 letters in it's name

10 Points: Waterford, Carlow, Offaly, Wexford, Leitrim, Tipperary

Not Mentioned: Dublin, Kildare, Wicklow, Galway, Donegal, Longford plus many others


2) A country with a territorial claim on Antarctica

10 Points: Argentina
5 Points: Australia (2), Chile (3)

3) A historical building in Ghent, Belgium

10 Points: Patershol, The Hospice “Children Alijns”, The Meat Hall
5 Points: Castle of the Counts (3)

4) A Scottish castle with 'loch' as part of it's name


10 Points: Lochhouse Tower, Kinloch Castle
5 Points: Inverlochy Castle (2), Lochleven Castle (2)

5) A phrase of "Strine" and it's translation into regular English (Not just one word answers, please)

10 Points: All answers:

Yerron yerrone : You are on your own
Wee jar stono: We Just don’t know
Yuma sketcher rare cut: You must get your hair cut
Soym Sawnn: Saw him go in
Sleece tiger do: It’s the least I could do
He nair fradder pen e Toohey snime: He never had a penny to his name

THE SCORES

45 Points: ElfTwinkle
40 Points: Exit10, Ballykissangel, Ren, ozzz
35 Points: Gatsby

Thank you all for playing and congratulations to this week’s winner, ElfTwinkle

I'll be closing in about a hour and a half

Round 13 - closed!

1. A book by Charles Dickens
For ten points:
The Life of Our Lord, Master Humphrey's Clock, A Christmas Carol, The Cricket on the Hearth, Great Expectations, Little Dorrit, Pickwick Papers,
For five points:
Bleak House (2), 'A Tale Of Two Cities' (2),
Not mentioned:
Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Nicholas Nickleby, and more!

2. A gem stone
For ten points:
Aventurine, Emerald, Black Opal, Citrine, Opal, Jet, Amethyst, Jasper, Peridot,
For five points:
Tanzanite (2),
Not mentioned:
Jade, Turquiose, Ruby and more

3. Name me one of the children in “The Sound of Music” (there was seven – just the characters name1)
For ten points:
Gretl, Kurt,
For five points:
Brigitta (3), Friedrich (2) Leisl (2), Louisa (2),
Not mentioned:
Matha (second youngest I think!)

4. A type of vegtable
For ten points:
Mustard greens, Canton White Pod Yard Long Bean, Shallot, Choy sum (Chinese vegetable), Turnip, Broccoli, Yellow Crookneck Squash
For five points:
Parsnip (2), Egg plant/Aubergine (2),
Not mentioned:
Carrots, Potatos, Peas and more

5. A Hollywood star, past or present, with C as the first letter of their surname
For ten points:
1. Joseph Cotton, Claudette Colbert, Sean Connery, Cyd Charisse, Kevin Costner, John Candy, Donald Crisp, Craig Charles

For five points:
James Cagney (3)
Not mentioned:
George Clooney and there must be more!




COMPETITORS - 11!
Exit - 50
Ren – 50
Gatsby - 45
Cinnam0n – 40
ElfTwinkle – 40
Little Woman – 40
Ballykissangel – 35
Flynn - 35
Gemini – 35
Mugaboo – 35
Ozzz – 35
Well done Exit and Ren

ROUND 16 - Friday, September 16th

TV Families

Gats got me thinking a couple of days ago about the amount of TV I watch and all the TV trivia I probably know because of this, ahem, addiction... so I figured I'd make you guys foray into TV land for this weeks list. If you watch a lot of TV, this should be a breeze... If you don't, then have fun exploring TV land.


1. Give me the name of a member of the HUXTABLE family from "The Cosby Show".

2. Give me the name of a member of the FISHER family from the show "Six Feet Under".

3. Give me the name of a member of the GRIFFIN family from the show "The Family Guy".

4. Give me the name of a member of the BARONE family from the show "Everybody Loves Raymond".

5. Give me the name of a member of the CAMDEN family from the show "7th Heaven".



Alrighty, like I said, have fun searching, and good luck with the results. I'm here if you run into any snags.