Quiz Questions

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Created by hughie1986 on Fri 16 Sep 2011.

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

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by PJHolybloke Today at 10:20 am

Which well known children's book includes the chapter "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn"?

I'm stumped on this one.

Unless there was a Welsh footballer called Brazil Alan, and I'm pretty sure there wasn't.

Rava wrote:How can I be incorrect. Both these players represented their respective countries and fit your question.

Now if there is more than one answer then thats another matter entirely!!

Fair enough mate! It's not the answer I have though.

Another clue. One was a goalkeeper. That should make it easy to figure out.

Jim (James) Leighton/Leighton James

That's the answer I have PJ.

Nice one.

The goalkeeper gave it away as predicted.

Which city was the first capital of Scotland?

Stirling?

Good guess Lucky, but no Cuban for you there matey.

Arbroath?

Not Arbroath either I'm afraid. It'll come to you soon Jedi of the ancient Scottish, I can feel it. Either that or I have wind.

Any clues? Is it in the north or the south of the country?

I'm on that one PJ.

Dunfermline

luckless_pedestrian wrote:Any clues? Is it in the north or the south of the country?

Mmmm. Scotland central it is!

Rava wrote:I'm on that one PJ.

Dunfermline

Tis nae Dunfermline Tabs.

Tabs!? Predictive feckin text my arse sounds nowt like Rava.

PJHolybloke wrote:Tabs!? Predictive feckin text my arse sounds nowt like Rava.

Dunadd

Aberdeen?

Nae and twice nae I say, neither of those.

It's no longer a city, does that help?

Scone

I know this, I think. It is where Perthshirepuma lives.

Perth?

Isn't Puma in the Stirling area somewhere?

littleswannygirl wrote:Isn't Puma in the Stirling area somewhere?

Not sure Swanny. Its just her V2 name I was referring to. In the Shire of Perth? Not too well up on me Shires.

I'll find out soon. She is coming over to Dublin with me for the Leinster v Blues HC QF. Perthshire's most fanatical Leinster fan, on the road again, och aye, roysh.

My Shire knowledge is limited too Gibbo but I'm pretty certain they're next door to each other. Maybe she's from Stirling and now resides in Perthshire?...

Glad she's Dublin-bound, I know you'll have a grand time

We have a winner!

Tabs - errr Rava! Scone it was indeed deemed to be the first "capital" of Scotland, followed by Perth (just down the road Gibbo) followed by Edinburgh.

In today's terms of "Capital Cities" though, Scotland has only ever had the one - Embra.

Take a bow Rava, but don't forget to ask a question.

What is the name of the singer who recorded The IRS Tapes; Who'll Buy My Memories to help pay a $16.7 million tax bill?

Sounds like it could be Billie Holiday. But, 16 mill back then, would be the equivalent of the Greek national debt in current shekels.

Hmmm. In the last 20 years years Rav?

Just about mate. Not Billie though!

Sounds like a Blues album, any good?

BB King?

I'll guess Willie Nelson since he had massive problems with the IRS.

He did Thomond, reckon you may have cracked it. Blues- country, not a massive difference...

Stick of rock for Thomond

MARK - I'd forgotten all about this thread and I don't want to lose track of it again!

Do I have to come up with a question yeah?


Which of Samuel Beckett's plays is also the name of a well known sitcom?

Waiting for Godot
Waiting for God

Nope.

Happy Days ?

You are correct sir.

What do the colours of the Olympic rings stand for

Hmm. I know it's five rings for five continents, but I'm not too sure about the colours.

I think the colours were meant to represent the predominant colours of the major sporting nations of the time - GB, France, Belgium, Italy, USA, Germany, etc then later countries like China and Brazil.

It's more to do with the Olympic ideals, I think. So valour, courage, sportsmanship, all that bullocks.

Valour, Courage, Sportsmanship, Throwing Games & Avoiding Drug Detection...

Next question!

Linebreaker wrote:I think the colours were meant to represent the predominant colours of the major sporting nations of the time - GB, France, Belgium, Italy, USA, Germany, etc then later countries like China and Brazil.

Your right LB

Yay!! Da quiz is back in da house... an ting.

Yep we just need a question

Oh... that was a surprise.

On the Olympic theme still.

Can you name 8 out of the 14 Discontinued Summer Olympics Sports?

Rugby - go for the obvious one first.
Golf - the second most obvious.

Both coming back in Rio of course.

Polo
...
Lacrosse
...

...

Hmmm this one is more difficult than I thought when I started typing.

Oh - standing long jump!



Nah, I'm all done... real tennis? Monkey tennis?

Rugby
Golf
Polo
Lacrosse
Standing long jump.... all Yes.

Real Tennis is a 'No' - I played that once in Moreton Morrrell....crazy game but I liked it.

Unless you mean Rackets? That was one of them. So you're close enough.

So that's 6.... 2 more?

No idea what rackets is LB, I've never heard of it so I can't claim that one. I meant Real Tennis as in the game that seems to be played against the side of a shed with a funny roof.

Saw the Real Tennis court at Hampton Court some years ago and thought then that it looked totally fecked-up.

Squash?

I actually thought this one would be easy, but I'm guessing there's some really obscure old-school "sports" in there like ferret-fettling or something.