Quiz Questions

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Following the trend on here, ill give the first question, answer it and ask another pub quiz question


Simples



James Heitfeild is the lead singer of what band ??

Didn't associate Smokey with jazz -

Im Kafflic lads. Way out of my depth with the love thang.

But I can dive. Have me Masters Diving cert. Will that do?

Gibson wrote:

Im Kafflic lads. Way out of my depth with the love thang.

But I can dive. Have me Masters Diving cert. Will that do?

Is it a PADI certificate?

See what I did there?

Did ya? Did ya though?

Just me then?

Yeah PJ darlin. I did.
Its a Paddie Cert. Guaranteed to get me laid in all Paddie Sites Worldwide.

Cost me a Lifetime of experience mind. And a phookload of shekels.

Nite lads. It's been real.

A girlfriend in every airport?!

A pleasure as always Gibbo, no doubt. Slainte

Cheers Kenny.

If ever you really want to feck someone up with a quiz question, try this one:

What do General George Patton, Erroll Flynn and Princess Anne have in common?

And no Gibbo it ain't a 12" lad...

All competed at the Olympics?

xTwisTx wrote:All competed at the Olympics?

Impressive.

Over to you.

Total utter guess PJ. It was Princess Anne that made me think of it. Can you fill us in on what Patton and Flynn did in it?

What connects Sly Stallone, Jason Statham, Keira Knightley and Sean Bean?

An edumicated guess then twist.

Patton was a pentathlete pre first world war and Flynn boxed for Aus in the twenties I think.

Is it anything to do with football?

Escape to Victory, don't know, Bend it Like Beckham, a film about a Sheffield United player?

Yeah you are right PJ. They have all starred in football related movies. I wanted to make it a bit harder and have Sly and Jason and someone else as those 2 starred as goalkeepers in Escape to Victory and Mean Machine. Could not think of a third though.

Off you go then, new question

OK, keeping on the same track

What do Cook, Darwin and Nelson have in common?

All died at sea?

I don't know about that twist, but it's not the answer on my paper

Just going to have a WILD guess and say they've all had spacecraft named after thier ships?

Much more down to earth than that Mickado

In fact, think more down to the sea...

An feic. Well Cook and Darwin did anyway.
Endeavour and Beagle are almost definitely space crafts/probes...

Hmmm, I'll think on.

Something to do with an area named after them? Straights?

A quick check shows that there are actually real or fictitious spaceships named Endeavour (shuttle) Beagle (1950 novel) and Victory (Sid Meir computer game).

That's far more impressive than my answer Mickado.

Mickado wrote:An feic. Well Cook and Darwin did anyway.
Endeavour and Beagle are almost definitely space crafts/probes...

Hmmm, I'll think on.

Something to do with an area named after them? Straights?

Getting warmer...

One's in Aus, one in NZ and the other in Canada...

Islands?

The beagle was also a probe by the way

Not islands Mick, but watery things they are (Yoda stylie)

Of course it was, was it a Mars or Saturn mission? Maybe Jupiter or further even, definitely rings a bell now.

Mine looks shoite now compared to that one.

They must be lakes then?

They may fill them up from time to time...

Must be rivers?
You're giving this to me on a plate!

They are rivers Mick.

To be fair, your spacecraft answer was better by far - infact, I nearly said yes to it.

You're it

Alright, I’ll chance this one. Saw a fascinating program about this on BBC4 last night.

What Russian Chemist developed the periodic table of elements?

Ouch!

Is his name in the table anywhere?

Was it Gregor(?) Mendel?

The element with atomic number 101 is named after him. It’s not that well known though I must warn you, that might not be much of a help!

Mickado wrote:The element with atomic number 101 is named after him. It’s not that well known though I must warn you, that might not be much of a help!

You're right you know, you're not wrong.

It will be heavy though.....

Davie wrote:Was it Gregor(?) Mendel?

No, but his (sur)name is very similar!

Not Polonium then...

Nope. That was named after Poland.

Mendelovski...

That is hard. Apart from randomly guessing well known Russian first names, I am stumped.

PJHolybloke wrote:Mendelovski...

I’ll give it to you, his name is Dimitri Mendeleev (sp?).

Pure genius, when he invented the table there was only 60 or 70 known elements so rather than fudge the numbers he left gaps all over it and predicted the elements that would be discovered. They were pretty much all spot on.

xTwisTx wrote:That is hard. Apart from randomly guessing well known Russian first names, I am stumped.

Guess where I'm going with it twist?


Mendelchev?

Mendelin?

Mendelski?

Mendelov?

I'm oot.

Mickado wrote:

PJHolybloke wrote:Mendelovski...

I’ll give it to you, his name is Dimitri Mendeleev (sp?).

Pure genius, when he invented the table there was only 60 or 70 known elements so rather than fudge the numbers he left gaps all over it and predicted the elements that would be discovered. They were pretty much all spot on.

Clever booger.

Didn't fancy spending the next 30 minutes checking on made up Russian names then Mick? Can't say I blame you.

next!

Which Brummie was responsible for the commercialisation of James Watt's revolutionary steam engine?

What is up with the questions today? Less University Challenge please, it is far too early.

I have no idea. I can't even think of a Brummie name.

John Dudley?

Sorry, I didn't think this one was that hard.

Rhymes with a town in the North West of England - first name Matthew...

PJHolybloke wrote:Sorry, I didn't think this one was that hard.

Rhymes with a town in the North West of England - first name Matthew...

Matthew Funderland. He also invented the fairground.

Matthew Blackburn?

Matthew Weston?

(Funderland's rhyming placename is North East surely!)

Davie wrote:Matthew Weston?

(Funderland's rhyming placename is North East surely!)

Oh yeah. So not only was that answer puerile, it was also asinine.

That’s a healthy dose of self esteem for anyone on a Thursday morning!

Mickado wrote:

Davie wrote:Matthew Weston?

(Funderland's rhyming placename is North East surely!)

Oh yeah. So not only was that answer puerile, it was also asinine.

That’s a healthy dose of self esteem for anyone on a Thursday morning!

Well it just got a titter out of me Mick so all is not lost.

Peter Kay....