Quiz 2-19..

[Stoneboat]

...Time for a quiz. This is a pub type quiz, so Google is not your friend. Have fun, all.
Please do not reply using a quote. That makes it harder to correct the quiz. Merci.

Rules

1...The quiz will be posted on Saturday or Sunday evening, my time.

2...Answers are worth a point apiece, except some questions may ask for additional info, worth extra points.

2a...There are musical clues scattered throughout the quiz (in groups of 5 or 10). Identify the song and artist from the clue supplied.

3...Until the first set of answers have been posted players are restricted to one post apiece, containing as many answers as they like. Additional posts will be ignored and edited posts will be disqualified. After the first answers have been compiled, all restrictions are cancelled (free for all).

4...The judge's decision is final.


1...What car company is named for the Zoroastrian God of light?
Mazda - Fox

2...Who was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson better known as?
Lewis Carroll - Fox

3...Name the breakfast cereal(s) that were advertised as 'Food shot from guns.'
Puffed Wheat - ian16
Have a point for Puffed Rice Smeagol, there wuz two of 'em.

4...In ye olde Englishe this malady was called gican pox, gican being itchy in ye olde Englishe. In ye new English what is it known as?
Chicken Pox - Mrs. Ex-A

5...What did Mr. Whipple caution against squeezing?
The Charmin - PP

6...George Mendonsa died recently. He and Greta Friedman appeared in what iconic photograph taken on VJ Day, in Times square, that has recently been declared an act of sexual aggression.
Sailor kissing a girl - ian16
Point anyone, what has this photo since been titled?
The Kiss

7...Name the Scottish bridge from which dogs unexplainably jump to their deaths.
Overton Bridge (near Dumbarton.)

8...Name the sailing vessel found intact off the coast of Portugal on December 5, 1872, but with all the crew missing.
The Mary Celeste - ian16
Bonus point, name the vessel that found her.
The Dei Gratia - Smeagol

9...Name the British author who went missing for almost two weeks in 1926.
Agatha Christie - ian16

10..Which member of the Manic Street Preachers is alleged to have committed suicide by jumping off the Severn bridge?
Richey Edwards - TB

11..Oh give me the beat boys and free my soul...
Drift Away/Doobie Brothers - Fox
Have a point for Dobie Grey PP, 'cause that's who I had.

12..Love was ours it tasted sweet like cherries in the summer heat love so sweet...
The Water's Edge/k.d. lang

13..I did my best to notice when the call came down the line...
(Are We) Human/Killers - Mole

14..Son of a bitch give me a drink one more night this can't be me...
SOB/Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats


15..I rode your Ocean Liner to Newfoundland where I made a living in an iron mine...
Canadian Pacific/Hank Snow - Smeagol
Would have accepted George Hamilton IV.

16..Who were Fabrice Morvan and Robert Pilatus better known as?
Milli Vanilli - Smeagol

17..Who was the first British artist to hit # 1 on the US Billboard chart?
Vera Lynn
Have a point for Acker Bilk TB, he came before the Beatles. This lady was before either.

18..What ABBA song was written about the divorces of the members of the group?
One Of Us

19..Which member of ABBA was a tyskerbarna?
Anna-Frid Lyngstad - Fox
Bonus point, what is a tyskerbarna?
German bastard

20..ABBA was called ABBA because a Swedish company- also called ABBA - allowed them to use the name. What product did the company produce?
Fisk - Fox

21..A boz is a goat carcass minus the head, legs and internal organs. What game is played with a boz?
Buzkashi

22..Drummer Harold Simon Belsky died recently. By what name was he better known?
Hal Blaine
Bonus point, name the group of session musicians he played with.
The Wrecking Crew

23..Name the world's oldest commercial airline still in operation under its original name.
KLM (Founded October 17, 1919) - ian16
Bonus point, name the second oldest.
AVIANCA (Founded December 5, 1919)
QANTAS is the third oldest, but the second oldest continuously operating airline. KLM suspended operations during WW2.

24..What airline was founded as Huff Deland Dusters?
Delta - Smeagol

25..What does the LAN part of LAN Chile mean?
Lineas Aereas Nacionales - Mrs. Ex-A

26..What airline was a joint venture between Pan Am and the Grace Shipping Company?
Pan American Grace Airways

27..Dick Dale died recently. What genre of rock music was he credited with starting?
Surf rock - Smeagol
Bonus point, what 1962 hit started his career?
Misirlou - Smeagol

28..What are contronyms?
Words that have two opposite meanings - Smeagol
Ex. sanction - give approval/penalize.

29..Of what material were the flags left behind on the moon by the Apollo astronauts made?
Nylon - PP

30..January 30, 1972, has become known as what?
Bloody Sunday - Smeagol

31..On October 25, 1988, a soccer game took place between Bena Tshadi and Bashangana, two Congolese teams. All eleven members of Bena Tshadi were killed in a freak lightning strike. What did the locals blame it on?
Witchcraft - Fox
Have a point for apartheid Mrs. Ex-A. It has been blamed for everything else.

32..What major league baseball team was allegedly subjected to the curse of the goat?
Chicago Cubs - PP

33..What gem - now in the Smithsonian - has been said to be cursed since it was brought back from India to France in 1642?
The Hope Diamond - PP

34..Whose grave is said to be protected by the following curse:
Good friend for Jesus sake forbear
To dig the dust enclosed here.
Blest be the man that spares these stones
And curst be he that moves my bones.
William Shakespeare - Smeagol

35..What is a person who conducts a séance called?
A medium - Fox

36..One of us is crying one of us is lying in her lonely bed...
One Of Us/ABBA - Fox

37..I've gotta take a little time a little time to think things over...
I Want To Know What Love Is/Foreigner - PP

38..I don't know where my soul is I don't know where my home is...
I'm Like A Bird/Nelly Furtado

39..There ain't no water here to be found some day baby when the river runs free...
Water Of Love/Dire Straits

40..I'm down on my knees I want to take you there...
Like A Prayer/Madonna - TB

There are too many characters for a single reply, therefore I have split the thing in two.
Second half will follow this one.

[Stoneboat]

Answers part deux.

41..One for the Trekkies. What was Mr. Spock's blood type?
T-Negative
Green was too easy Slash. Have a point for Trekkers though.

42..Name the language created by Eliezer l. Samenhof?
Esperanto - ian16

43..Frogs cannot lift or turn their heads. Why?
No necks - PP

44..Name the British children's author who is credited with inventing the word gremlin, during WW2.
Roald Dahl - Fox

45..Ed Gein died on July 26, 1984, in a Wisconsin instituted for criminally insane. Point each, what character from the following three movies was loosely based on his crimes?
a...Psycho...................................Norman Bates
b...The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.......Leatherface
c...Silence Of The Lambs.................Buffalo Bill

46..What is/was a Jarvik-7?
An artificial heart - Smeagol

47..What are elvers?
Baby eels - ian16

48..What is necritizing faschiitis better known as?
Flesh eating disease - Mrs.Ex-A.
A friend contacted that Mrs.Ex-A. The docs caught it in time, but he still lost the sight in one eye.

49..What English expression has evolved from this line from the Iliad:
"Do not let the sun go down until thousands who share this quarrel fall headlong in the dust and bite the earth."
Bite the dust - ian16

50..The brand name of what Australian dish is taken from a line in the old English nursery rhyme Sing A Song Of Sixpence?
Four 'N Twenty Meat Pies - Hydromet
Bonus point, when is this dish traditionally eaten?
During Aussie rules football games - Hydromet

51..Why was the Raleigh R20 bicycle called by that name?
Because of the 20-inch wheels - Mrs. Ex.A

52..In Britain and the US this dish is called macaroni and cheese. In Canada it's called KD. What does the KD mean?
Kraft Dinner - Fox

53..The Northern Territory stone curlew is better known as a what?
The Bush Thicknee - Smeagol
There is another nickname. Point anyone?
Devil bird

54..What Australian city was named for the wife of Charles Todd, the man who was in charge of installing the Overland Telegraph Line?
Alice Springs - Smeagol

55..In what Australian city does the world famous Henley-on-Todd Regatta take place?
Alice Springs
Bonus point, what makes the Regatta unique?
It takes place on the dry riverbed - Smeagol
The boats are 'rowed' by the crews running.

56..Some people run some people crawl some people don't even move at all...
Time/Poso Seco Singers - TB

57..Maybe this is my heart maybe this is yours burns away the eyes peering in our doors...
Wild Country/Wake Owl


58..There are ghost out in the rain tonight high up in the ancient trees...
Guadalupe/Tom Russell


59..Oh it's been such a long long time looks like I'd get you off my mind but I can't...
Misty Blue - TB
Dorothy Moore

60..The lights in the harbor don't shine for me I'm like a lost ship adrift on the sea...
Sea Of Heartbreak - TB
Don Gibson

61..The most successful double-sided hit in history was by Elvis Presley. The "A" side was Hound Dog. What was the "B" side?
Don't Be Cruel - Smeagol
Bonus point, Hound Dog was actually a cover. Who was the original artist?
Big Mama Thornton

62..In what western Canadian province is it illegal to set fire to a person's wooden leg?
Alberta - TB

63..In Cockney rhyming slang what is a 'Donald Trump'?
A 'dump' - PP

64..In 1988, what auto manufacturer bought out Rolls-Royce?
VW - ian16
Point each for ian16, Hydromet, and Mrs.Ex-A for BMW who saw VW's oversight and bought the name.

65..What famous feminist said "The truth may set you free, but first it will piss you off."
Gloria Steinem - TB

66..Point each, name the missing player and what were they called:
L C Greenwood, Jack Ham, Jack Lambert...
Mean Joe Green/The Steel Curtain

67..Paris' 5ie arrondissement is better known as what?
The Latin Quarter (Pantheon) - Smeagol

68..The Pennsylvania Dutch in the US aren't from Holland. Where are they from?
Germany - Fox

69..What is selenology the study of?
The moon - Fox

70..What band played their last public concert - with their original lead singer - at Knebworth Park, Hertfordshire, on August 9, 1986?
Queen - Fox

71..What is a howdah?
A saddle for an elephant - ian16

72..Billie Holiday had a hit song titled Strange Fruit. What was the song a condemnation of?
Lynching - Fox

73..What Paul McCartney song became the title of the movie about the Charles Manson murders?
Helter Skelter - PP

74..The colours of what four characters from the Bible are said to be white, red, black and ashen?
The four horsemen of the apocalypse - Fox
Bonus point each, name the characters.
Death, famine, war, conquest - Fox

75..On November 13, 1974, Ronald DeFao Jr. shot and killed six members of his family in a town on Long Island, NY. What movie was made about the house where the crimes took place?
The Amityville Horror - TB

76..In the movie, Jodie was a what?
A phantom pig with red eyes.

77..What Australian player won the tennis Grand Slam in 1962?
Roc Laver - Smeagol

78..What Sinead O'Connor hit was written by Prince?
Nothing Compares 2 U - Fox

79..In 1829 this city introduced the world's first modern police force.
London - ian16

80..Who sang lead vocals on the Alan Parsons Project hit Eye In The Sky?
Another member of the group Opsboi.
Eric Woolfson.

Bonus question, translate the following:
Saluton! Kiel vi Fartas?
Hello! How are you? - Mrs. Ex-A
Bonus bonus question, what language is this?
Esperanto
The response to that would be "Mi fartas bone."

[Stoneboat]

Stick a fork in this one. Thanks for playing folks. There will be another quiz probably in June, for which there will be suitable notice.
Everybody who played gets a point for Wake Owl, the Canadian indie artist of the month.

Final scores:

Fox3 23
Smeagol 20
ian16 13
Tall Bird 12
Planepsycho 10
Mrs. Ex-A 10
Hydromet 4
Mole 3
Slasher 2
Opsboi 2

[Fox3WheresMyBanana]

Many thanks for the effort, Stoneboat!

[Stoneboat]

You are very welcome.

[Hydromet]

hank you Stoneboat - it's the first one I've been able to participate in before most of th answers were in. Good fun.

[Capetonian]

Thank you from me too. My answers were part of a joint effort.

We would have scored 17 if our internet had been working, but Ian and Fox beat us to print on some of the answers we knew.

Good quiz.

[ian16th]

More thanks, from the Deep South.

The publication time was right for me on this one.

How about music questions from a decade or three earlier?

[Wodrick]

Thanks for the Quiz and the heads up, not possible for me this time, never mind there is next time I hope.

[Slasher]

Yeh thanks from me too.

I'll remember next time to try to squish all me answers into one post.

[Mrs Ex-Ascot]

Thanks again for another great quiz Looking forward to the next one

Capetonian deserves most of the credit for our joint effort from Botswana.

[Opsboi]

Tidy quiz

Got to it late this time and it looked as though everything had gone although I now realise it hadn't

[Stoneboat]

You are very welcome folks. The posting time looks to be about right, between 15:00 and 16:00 on a Sunday. I'm aiming for Sunday June 23rd for the next one, I'm up to 10 questions already. A heads up will be given. Open yer automotive history books.

[fin]

Too late to the party once again, and all my answers are taken.

For awhile, it looked like 75 would stand, but no. I live fairly close and knew one of the subsequent owners.

Great fun. Thanks!

[Stoneboat]

For awhile, it looked like 75 would stand, but no. I live fairly close and knew one of the subsequent owners.

I wonder how much liberty they took with the Lutz story when they made the movie. I'll tell you one thing, that pig scared the living sh!t out of me.

In any horror flick, the scariest stuff is what you don't see but only imagine. My favourite horror movie was The Haunting. You never see a thing, only hear sounds of footsteps and see doors bulging inward. Then there's the scene where the two ladies are holding hands in the dark, and one lets go to go to the bathroom. The other one still thinks he hand is being held by the other woman, but then her hand begins to get squeezed hard enough it's becoming hurtful. Finally she cries out in pain, whereupon the light comes on and the other woman is standing in the bathroom door. I watched that movie on the late show, and when I went to bed I kept turning on every light in the house.

[fin]

Not surprisingly, I asked him whether he and his family had experienced any paranormal events.

He resoundingly said that the ONLY things they experienced were hordes of gawkers who felt entitled to walk all over his lawn and peer through his windows. Traffic got so bad that the town asked him to take his numbers from the house.

H L Mencken said it over a hundred years ago...'nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public'.