Shoot. I like "Jumpy" as an answer and didn't think of it (I picked 'Foggy', just so it's public now ). And, yeah, I think we all mostly have done that 'wrong place' thing, Bally! Never to mind. Those that flinch about it ("I'll copy your answers") are the same that really don't get it that doing so defeats the purpose.

Round 25 is more or less closed...answers this evening, so will accept any late entries.

Thanks, Dave. I've been messing up alot of things lately.

Lol, now I'm confused. Do I use your answers, Bally, or do you want to try a new list of answers?

Hi, Gemini,

I'll come up with new answers and PM them to you. Ok?

Hi Folks! Thanks for your entries (6 altogether)
ROUND 29
This round concerns handcrafts, mainly knitting:
1.Name a region or island with a famous knitting style.
2.Name a knitting stitch.
3.Name a type of knitting yarn.
4 Name another craft, not knitting, that uses wool or string.
5 Name a movie that has 'rope', 'string' or 'wool' in the title.

Q 1
For 10 points
Breton,FairIsle,Shetland,Guernsey
For 5 points
Aran(2)
Q 2
for 10 points
Trellis Stitch,Rice Stitch, Moss stitch, Garter Stitch, Purl, Selvage Stitch (well done all!)
Q 3
For 10 points
Hand painted,3 ply,4 ply,gedifra,shetland,sport(well done all!)
Q 4
For 10 points
Tissue Ghosts, Latchhook rugs/cushions, crochet,embroidery,needlepoint,braiding (well done all!)
Q 5
For 10 points
Wax and Wool, Rope of Sand,
For 5 points
Yarn of Wool(2), Rope, (2)
So the winners are:
Gatsby 50 points
Santana,Mugaboo,Gemini,Elftwinkle 45 points
Jane 40 points
Well done Gats!!

I won't have a chance to compile the results of Round 28 until sometime Monday afternoon, so anyone else who wants to play is welcome.

Results Round 25


Seven people played this round. Thank you all. Sorry it took so long to post the results.

1 A movie with the word light in the title - either alone or in combination (eg lightning would be OK)

Worth 10 points:
‘Blinded by the Light’ (1980); ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ (1968); ‘Friday Night Lights’ (2004); ‘Green Light’ (1937); ‘The Light at the Edge of the World’ (1971)

Worth 5 points:
‘Lightning Jack’ (1994)(2)



2 One of the first 8 unique lines of the Doors' song 'Light My Fire'

I was a bit unclear (even in my own mind) about what I meant here, so accepted all answers!

Worth 10 points:
‘Come on baby, light my fire’; ‘Girl we couldn’t get much higher’; ‘The wet dew felt fresh beside the fog’; ‘Time to hesitate is through’; ‘You know that I would be a liar’

Worth 5 points:
‘If I was to say to you’ (2)


3 A type of lightning - not necessarily the sort seen in the sky

Ten points for everyone!
Ball lightning, Elves’ lightning, Forked lightning, Heat lightning, Lightning Gold Bold (a US beer), Light’ning one’s spirits, White lightning


4 A famous lighthouse in Canada (if you can find it online, it is famous enough! )

Worth 10 points:
Baccaro Point; Big Tub; Fisgard; Port Dover West Pier; Sandy Point

Worth 5 points:
Gibraltar Point (2)


5 A recipient of the Victoria Cross who served in a Light Infantry (LI) unit

Worth 10 points:
Walter Brodie (Lieutenant, Highland Light Infantry, Belgium, 1914); Thomas Kenny (Private, Durham LI, France, 1915); Robert Spall (Sergeant, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, France, 1918)

Worth 5 points:
Richard Annand (2nd Lieut., Durham LI, Belgium, 1940)(2); Thomas Rendle (Bandsman, Duke of Cornwall’s LI, Belgium, 1914)(2)

There’s a four-way tie for first, all with 45 points: cinnam0n, ElfTwinkle, gatsby722, ren33

40 pts: gemini19, Mugaboo, Nefarious

Thanks again for playing, and kudos to Cinnam0n, Elf, Gats and Ren!

Round 18 (Sunday 18 September) results. 10 players

1. Name one of the actors from the movie ‘Where Eagles Dare’.

10 Points:Anton Diffring, Clint Eastwood, Richard Burton, Robert Beatty, John G Heller, Patrick Wymark, Jack Silk, William Squire
5 Points:Donald Houston (2)

2. Name one of the tracks from The Eagles ‘The Very Best of the Eagles 1971-1975’.

10 Points:Already Gone, Desperado, Tequila Sunrise, Peaceful Easy Feeling
5 Points:Take it to the Limit (3), One of These Nights (3)

Not mentioned: Witchy Woman, Take It Easy, Lyin' Eyes, Best of My Love

3. Name an endangered eagle.

10 Points:Harpy Eagle, Crowned Eagle, Philippine Eagle,Tasmanian Wedgetail Eagle
5 Points:Black-breasted (or chested) snake eagle (3)
Serpent Eagle (Madagascar) (3)

Have a read of this delightful true story. http://www.baldeagleinfo.com/eagle/oldabe.html


4. Name a country’s flag that has an eagle on it. (not states, military etc)
10 Points:Mexico
5 Points:Kazakhstan (2), Moldova (3), Albania (4)

Not mentioned (according to CIA fact book): Egypt, American Samoa, US Virgin Islands, Zambia, Montenegro

5. Name a professional sport in Australia or USA that has 'Eagles' in its nickname.

10 Points:American Rugby Team is known as 'The Eagles' (as in The Wallabies, Springboks etc), Salt Lake Golden Eagles (Hockey Club), West Coast Eagles, Soccer - Charlotte (USA) Eagles, New Norfolk Eagles (South West Tasmania),
5 Points: Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) (3), Manly Sea Eagles (NRL) (2),

Scores:
45 Ren
40 Mugaboo, Santana
35 Ozzz, Gats, Elftwinkle, Gemini, Kuu
30 Littlewoman, Cinnam0n

Congrats to Ren and thanks all for playing.

Round 30 is closed. Results up in a bit.

ROUND 30 RESULTS

10 players had a go at this round.


Question 1: You've been down on your luck for a while so you reach into your pocket for your last dollar and figure you may as well go ahead and purchase a lottery ticket. Later, while at home pondering which real estate company you want to sell your house with, you happen to glance at the TV and see, to your utter surprise and glee, that you have won the million dollar lottery jackpot. Using the numbers 1 through 20, what were the 3 lucky lotto numbers that have made you a millionaire?

Answers worth 10 points: 1-8-9, 7-13-16, 6-12-17, 3-5-12, 2-14-17, 4-18-19, 5-13-17, 2-10-19

I did not seriously think this would happen, but it just goes to show that in this place, anything is possible...
Answers worth 5 points: 3-7-13[2] (I dunno what the odds are that out of 10 players choosing from 20 numbers two would actually pick the same three, but cool. )

Also, 13 was the most commonly chosen number since it appeared four times, and the other most chosen numbers were 3, 7, and 17... you guys really like those 3's and 7's.


Question 2: You decide you want to do something with your new cash rather than just sit on it and watch it disappear. After paying off your debts, you enlist some of your closest friends and together start a small clothing company. Which group of people will your clothing line be geared toward?

Answers worth 10 points: Fat people (or excessively horizontal people, if you're into euphamisms), Tall men, Children, Professional petite women, Scuba divers, Baseball players, Funtrivia members, and my favourite-- Hobos (although I'm not sure how much of a profit you'd make )

Answers worth 5 points: Elderly people[2]


Question 3: Your little clothing company has benefitted from great advertising and lots of exposure and your clothes are now the talk of the town. Your story has landed on the desk of a huge Hollywood production company and they have approached you about making a "Rags-To-Riches" movie about your life. You agree on the condition that you get to choose the actor or actress who will portray you on screen. Which living actor/actress (with acting credits to his or her name already) would you choose to play you on screen?

Answers worth 10 points: Everyone gets 10 for this one--> Chris Cooper, Liz Taylor, Hillary Swank, Helen Hunt, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Julie Andrews, Natalie Portman, Megan Cavanagh, Ewan McGregor, and Gene Wilder



Question 4: You are stressed out and stretched to the limit between the clothing line, the movie, and the new book you are writing, so you decide to take a short ocean vacation away from everyone. While on your large yacht enjoying a marvellous day on the ocean, you inadvertantly discover a new island nation. Oddly enough, once you've made your way to the shore to greet the natives, you realize that the language they are speaking is one you've heard before. What language is spoken on this island?

Answers worth 10 points: All 10's again--> Dutch, Cornish, Spanish, Afrikaans, German, French, Yiddish, Sinhalese, Irish, and Can-eh-dian.



Question 5: You return from your vacation (and startling discovery) and you decide that clothing is just not what you want to do with your life. You sell your shares in the company to your partners and go out and land a job with Walt Disney Studios. Your very first day you are assigned to work on the re-make of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves". After some brainstorming and several complaints about the odd number of dwarves, you and your team decide to call the movie "Snow White and the Eight Dwarves". Your particular task for the movie is to design the dwarves' costumes and name the 8th dwarf. The costume animation part is a breeze, but what do you name the 8th dwarf?

Answers worth 10 points: Everyone! Great answers, guys, I loved them --> Nerdy, Surly, Flashy, Hungry, Sporty, Lazy, Exit10 , and my three personal favourites, Giggles, Foggy, and Smartypants.



Scores for this round: I was told there was a high probability everyone would win this round. Alas, it just didn't work out that way.

ElfTwinkle = 50
Exit10 = 50
JaneMarple = 50
LeoDaVinci = 50
LittleWoman2 = 50
Nefarious = 50

Gatsby722 = 45
Ozzz2002 = 45
Mugaboo = 45
Ren33 = 45


Congrats to our 6 winners this round, ElfTwinkle, Exit10, JaneMarple, LeoDaVinci, Littlewoman2, and Nefarious. Thanks everyone else for playing.

What were those numbers again? Jeesh, I can't believe that those doubled up, either . Who'da thunk it? Must write them down. And we did almost get 50 points all around . Fun round!

Sincerely,
"Foggy"

Lol

Oooer...
who else had 3-7-13 besides me?? Was it Gatsby? We just have to use them in the lottery.

It was me, Ren, and I would appreciate it if you would NOT copy my answers

Round 28 results - 7 players bear'd all

Q1. A famous bear from literature or TV.

10 points: everyone
Boo Boo (Yogi's friend), Baloo (Jungle Book), Blubber (Wacky Races), Paddington, Yogi bear, Winnie the Pooh, Teddy Ruxpin

not mentioned: Berenstain bears, the Three Bears, Blinky Bill, the Care Bears, Fozzie bear


Q2. A company which uses (used) bear(s) in its advertising.

10 points: Redoxon polar bear, Fox's Glacier mints polar bear, Qantas koala, Hamm's beer bear, Bundaberg Rum bear

5 points: Snuggles (2)

not mentioned: Charmin bears, US Forest Service's Smokey Bear, ICEE polar bear, Coke bears, Post cereal's Sugar Bear


Q3. Another name for the star Alpha Ursa Minoris.

10 points: Star of Arcady, Polaris, Pole star, the Golden Peg

5 points: Cynosura (3)

not mentioned: North star, Lode star, Angel Stern, Mismar, Phoenice, the Steering Star, others

Q4. Make a word of at least three letters from B-E-A-R-S.

10 points: abs, braes, bares, sabre, bras

5 points: base (2)

not mentioned: bars, ears, sear


Q5. Name one of North American Bear's Very Important Bears.

10 points: Bjorn Bearg, Rebear without a Cause, Judy Bearland, Albeart Einstein, Aloha Bear

5 points: Santa's Helpbear (2)

some not mentioned: Joan Pawford, Audrey Hepbearn, Rocky Bearboa, Statue of Libearty, Scarlett O'Beara, William Shakesbear

Scores

45 - ren, Mugaboo, Jane, ozzz, gemini
40 - gatsby, Elf

Great round everybody & congrats to the winners

Just done the lottery and included ' our' numbers, Ozzz. You won't refuse your cut if they win ,eh?

Lol, you guys can do whatever you want, so long as I get 10%. Just kidding. Good luck with those numbers, Ren.

We won!! We got 20 HK$!
So that's 10 to Oz and 20centsHK to you Gemini.Wow!?

Lol. Ren, is that enough to buy a Mooncake? Yummm.

I am sorry to say it would hardly buy the plastic bag to put one in Sorry!!

Woohoo! You will have to deliver my share in person. The Sydney get-together would be a good occasion to so this..

ROUND 26 RESULTS

6 Participants

1) 1) A pub in Dublin, (Ireland), which has a literary connection

10 Points: Mc Daid’s pub (A James Joyce hangout and the pub that Brendan Behan's old typewriter legendarily got thrown through the window of in a fit of temper)
The Bleeding Horse (frequented by James Clarence Mangan, poet)
Davy Byrne’s (visited by Leopold Bloom in Ulysses)
The Bailey (featured prominently in Joyce's Ulysses)
O'Neills (Samuel Beckett’s “Local”)
Shelbourne Hotel Bar (novelist George Moore wrote his "A Drama in Muslin," which takes place almost entirely in the hotel.)

2) An Irish-born writer who spent a big chunk of their life in another country

10 Points: Edna O’Brian, Oliver Goldsmith, Oscar Wilde, William Trevor
5 Points: Bram Stoker (2)

3) A Line from Oscar Wilde's poem "Requiescat"

10 Points: “I vex my heart alone”
“She was a woman, so sweetly she grew”
“Tread lightly, she is near under the snow”
“Peace, peace she cannot hear”
“She that was young and fair, Fallen to dust”
“Speak gently, she can hear the daisies grow”

In 1867 Oscar Wilde’s younger sister died, and Oscar was shattered. After visiting her grave he wrote Requiescat (a beautiful poem) in her memory.

Thread lightly, she is near
Under the snow,
Speak gently, she can hear
The daisies grow.
All her bright golden hair
Tarnished with rust,
She that was young and fair
Fallen to dust.
Lily-like, white as snow,
She hardly knew
She was a woman, so
Sweetly she grew.
Coffin-board, heavy stone,
Lie on her breast,
I vex my heart alone,
She is at rest.
Peace, peace she cannot hear
Lyre or sonnet,
All my life’s buried here,
Heap earth upon it.

4) A writer who appeared in James Joyce's Ulysses

This gave lots of difficulty to many players, and a list of acceptable answers (for those curious) can be found Here

10 Points: Leopold Bloom, Johnathan Swift, Oscar Wilde, John Millington Synge
5 Points: Stephen Daedalus (2)

5) Compose me an original Limerick concerning Irish Literature - include the name of at least one (Irish) writer in your Limerick.

10 Points: Everyone – Limericks submitted were:

There was a young Butler called Yeats
On Trivia quizes he preformed Wilde feats
But when he did a quiz on Shaw
He was Swift to score four
Now he's so Strong some say he cheats.
(References to William Butler Yeats, Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, Jonathon Swift and Eithne Strong)

(This is such a well constructed Limerick that I think you will all agree with me that it deserves 5 extra bonus points!!)

A poet named George Bernard Shaw
Wrote 'Pygmalion' and several more
'Man and Superman',
Was also Shavian
To be sure, to be sure, to be sure...
(Reference to George Bernard Shaw)

There is was a writer named Muldoon
Around whom the ladies do swoon
Paul uses many a word
That nowdays seldom are heard
I think I'll read one of his books soon
(Reference to writer Paul Muldoon)

From Dublin came George Bernard SHAW.
He died at age ninety four,
A brilliant wit,
His plays were a hit.
About him I can't say any more...
(Reference to George Bernard Shaw)

There once was a writer named Bram.
Stoker was surely not "glam"!
Dracula bit
But became a hit,
Likely sating his thirst by the gram!
(Reference to Bram Stoker)

There once was a writer named Joyce
Who hadn't yet found his voice.
He took a trip overseas
And found inspiration with ease,
But only outside Ireland did he rejoice.
(Reference to James Joyce)

Well done everyone!!

THE SCORES

50 Points: ElfTwinkle, ozzz2002, littlewoman2
45 Points: Mugaboo, Gatsby, Ren

Well done all, and thank you all for playing

September results!
Mugaboo = 9
Gatsby = 8
Ren = 8
LittleWoman - 6
Ozzz = 6
Santana = 6
Cinnam0n = 5
ElfTwinkle = 5
Gemini = 4
Exit = 3
BallyKissangel = 2
JaneMarple = 2
Leo = 2
Kuu = 1
Nefarious = 1

Well done to Mugaboo

Ren, I played 'our' three numbers at Keno tonight, and won $44 AUD! I think that is about $200 HK.. wanna beer?