It's not 'Send', it's the 'Culture Cup', stupid.

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10 is London?

5. Canberra
9. Moscow

Good morning.

Good morning boys

G'day Shah. How is the young Prince Hassan?

Will the cricket be rained out today? Have a bad feeling about our team. I don't think the contract dispute will inspire the players as they say. In fact the opposite might well happen.
Either that or it gets rained out.

Need some damn rain here. Have to water the lawns every day going into winter... only about 5mm of 'rain' since it was laid down in April. So friggin' dry.

Mexico - correct
Brasilia - correct (thus Madrid incorrect, by some margin)
Tokyo & Beijing correct (but in my order, not yours)
Paris correct

The Loaded Dog wrote:5. Canberra
9. Moscow

Good morning.

Correct.
Morning.

ShahenshahG wrote:10 is London?

Wrong continent

I should point out that I handed this round out when I did the quiz, rather than read out one at a time. 2 teams out of 11 got all 10 right.

10 is Ottawa. The 75.70°W gives it away... and quite far north.

6. Washington and 7. New Delhi... and not Lahore.

The Loaded Dog wrote:10 is Ottawa. The 75.70°W gives it away... and quite far north.

Correct

Just 6 & 7 needed

Ah yes. Sorry. The writing on the giant world map in reception I was reading off was just too small to read from the security desk

JuliusHMarx wrote:Just 6 & 7 needed

I added them both above.

The Loaded Dog wrote:

JuliusHMarx wrote:Just 6 & 7 needed

I added them both above.

Correct

Interesting table quiz, Jules, nice one.

I love geography and numbers... I'm always looking at latitude and longitudes of places and juxtaposing northern and southern hemispheres.

For instance, I knew Washington DC was almost the exact opposite of Melbourne in terms of latitude.
Similarly Sydney with LA, Buenos Aires (same latitude), Osaka and Casablanca... although I noted you didn't include BA in the quiz.

I should have been on Mastermind.... Special Subject: Geo-Spatial Juxtaposing of Cities in Both Hemispheres.

Round 4
Pop Life
1. Who had more UK No 1 singles, David Bowie or George Michael (including duets, but excluding Wham)?
2. Who is Sir Thomas John Woodward better known as?
3. What are the names of Adele’s three albums)?
4. I’m just mad about Saffron, Saffron’s mad about me. What do they call me?
5. Who won the first ever series of Pop Idol in 2002?
6. Name the five members of Girls Aloud (first and last names, 1 point for 3, 2 points for all 5).
7. In 1956, what was Elvis Presley’s first US No 1 single?
8. PJ and Duncan had 2 top ten UK hits in the 1990s. Who are they better known as?
9. In one week in March this year, how many songs did Ed Sheeran have in the UK singles chart?
10. Who has had more UK No 1 singles, Westlife or Take That (including as a featured artist or with another featured artist)?

A lot of guesses.

1 Michael
2 Tom Jones
3 22 24 26??
4. no idea
5 Will Young
6 Kimberly Walsh, Sarah Harding, Naomi something, Cheryl Tweedy/Cole/whatevs/
7 Heartbreak Hotel?
8 Ant and Dec
9 15?
10 Westlife?

3. Think of a number: 19, 21, 25
4. Mellow Yellow
5. Will Young
8. Would you accept annoying Geordie wanchors or does it have to be Ant & Dec?

I accept Geordie wanchors and GrumpyGolfers.

rick_dagless wrote:A lot of guesses.

1 Michael
2 Tom Jones
3 22 24 26??
4. no idea
5 Will Young
6 Kimberly Walsh, Sarah Harding, Naomi something, Cheryl Tweedy/Cole/whatevs/
7 Heartbreak Hotel?
8 Ant and Dec
9 15?
10 Westlife?

yes, yes, no (see GG), see GG, yes, 3 out of 5, yes, yes, nearly, yes

9 16?

Morning notches.

Fist

Correct.

Sekonda.

Gutentag Notcherinos

TV is due to arrive today, Wind, Rain and more wind - My favourite kind of weather in fact, the misty rain smacked into your face at high speeds is invigorating. How is it up there?

Excellent.

Do enjoy a bit of wind, but not with rain. It is currently overcast here but not raining.

What kind of TV, Shah?

Cathode Ray Tube?

A 55 inch 4k Ultra HD Smart, sensible, thrifty, judicious and modest TV. It's a luxor I got for something shy of 350 quid. Wife wants the kids to watch the tv instead of the tablet as it's easier on the eyes and we can control where they sit (they are no longer allowed to lay down and watch as they don't move from there without a slap.

ShahenshahG wrote:A 55 inch 4k Ultra HD Smart, sensible, thrifty, judicious and modest TV. It's a luxor I got for something shy of 350 quid. Wife wants the kids to watch the tv instead of the tablet as it's easier on the eyes and we can control where they sit (they are no longer allowed to lay down and watch as they don't move from there without a slap.

I also recently bought a 55 inch 4K Ultra HD television. It is wonderfully awesome and sexy, even if the missus claims not to notice any difference between SD and HD, let alone ultra HD.
Have a look at the 4K Costa Rica Youtube clip through your TV.

Round 5
Joy In Repetition
1. What sauce/flavouring is Nando’s best known for?
2. Who was Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1992 to December 1996?
3. What was the name of The Archies only UK No 1 single in 1969?
4. In the novel and film Catch-22 what was the name of Yossarian’s squadron commander?
5. In The Flintstones what was the name of Barney Rubble’s young son?
6. Who killed Robert Kennedy?
7. What was the name of the uprising or rebellion in Kenya between 1952 – 1960?
8. Where did Peter Pan live in the original 1904 play (the name has changed slightly in later adaptations)?
9. What was the name of the man whose 2 footballing sons both played for Manchester United and England?
10. Who was Yogi Bear’s cartoon friend?

2. Hoping it's Perez de Cuella but think he was before... no Boutros Boutros Ghali
4. Major Major Major...
6. Sirhan Sirhan
10. Boo-Boo

ah... doubles in names. Or Joy in Repetition as you say, you say.

1 peri peri
3 Sugar Sugar
5 Bam Bam
8 Never Never Land
9 Neville Neville

7 is on the tip of my tongue. Some funny repetitious word that belies the violence of the times.

Same here...

All correct so far.

All the titles of the rounds are Prince songs.

Nice touch.

7 mau mau

Galted wrote:7 mau mau

Correct

Dammit, I was getting close to googling that, so nice save, galts.

rick_dagless wrote:Dammit, I was getting close to googling that, so nice save, galts.

I admit I had too google it too. Hence I had to automatically disqualify myself. Now I fear a self ban is imminent.

Round 6
Movie Star
1. Who directed The Godfather trilogy?
2. In how many films did Sean Connery star as James Bond?
3. What is the highest grossing film ever in the UK?
4. Which film has the most ever ticket sales in the UK?
5. In what film did Rick Blaine and Captain Renault begin what could be a beautiful friendship?
6. How many times has Meryl Streep won the Best Actress Oscar?
7. Which film won the 2017 Best Film Oscar?
8. Who starred as the voice of the Genie in the 1992 Disney film Aladdin?
9. In Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, who played the title characters (put them in the correct order)?
10. Who starred as The Jazz Singer in the first ever talkie film in 1927?

1 Coppola
6 Casablanca
7 Moonlight
8 Robin Williams
9 Newman and Redford

This quiz should get Jeff back on board.

All correct Galted.

Does Jeff deserve to be back on board?

Today is my most successful quiz day by some distance.

Deserve's got nothing to do with it.

JuliusHMarx wrote:Round 6
Movie Star
1. Who directed The Godfather trilogy?
2. In how many films did Sean Connery star as James Bond?
3. What is the highest grossing film ever in the UK?
4. Which film has the most ever ticket sales in the UK?
5. In what film did Rick Blaine and Captain Renault begin what could be a beautiful friendship?
6. How many times has Meryl Streep won the Best Actress Oscar?  
7. Which film won the 2017 Best Film Oscar?
8. Who starred as the voice of the Genie in the 1992 Disney film Aladdin?
9. In Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, who played the title characters (put them in the correct order)?
10. Who starred as The Jazz Singer in the first ever talkie film in 1927?

Galted wrote:1 Coppola
6 Casablanca
7 Moonlight
8 Robin Williams
9 Newman and Redford

This quiz should get Jeff back on board.

JuliusHMarx wrote:All correct Galted.

Does Jeff deserve to be back on board?

Not with marking like that it won't. Rowley, pronounced however the f*ck you like, not how Rowley likes, won't show his face to such sloppiness.

Anyway, number 11, Al Jolson

Guesses to questions 2 and 6: 7 and 3

7 is correct for Connery. 3 is incorrect for Streep.

It was indeed sloppy. Galted answered "How many times has Meryl Streep won the Best Actress Oscar?" with "Casablanca" and I confirmed it to be correct. This is beneath Jeff.

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:Guesses to questions 2 and 6: 7 and 3

I'm up for that, though I'm doing it in Roman Numerals;
VI and V.

JuliusHMarx wrote:7 is correct for Connery. 3 is incorrect for Streep.

It was indeed sloppy. Galted answered "How many times has Meryl Streep won the Best Actress Oscar?" with "Casablanca" and I confirmed it to be correct. This is beneath Jeff.

Sorry about that. I was doing a poo at the time and was gripping my phone a bit too tightly to type properly.

Galted wrote:

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:Guesses to questions 2 and 6: 7 and 3

I'm up for that, though I'm doing it in Roman Numerals;
VI and V.

I'll have some of that, sticking with VII for number II, and changing to II for number VI.

I have no idea how to answer in Roman Numerals for number X: Al Jolson