Tuesday, October 30

QUIZ

Here's a homemade-as-apple-pie quiz for you all. Start at the beginning, and when you get to the end, stop.

1. What has more carrying capacity, an African or a European swallow?
2. Who was the point guard and "face of the Lakers" in the 1980s?
3. Who is the protagonist of Anne of Green Gables (first and last name)?
4. What color did E.T. turn when he got sick?
5. Mozart's rival, played by F. Murray Abraham in Amadeus, was named what?
6. Who did the musical score for the movie Whale Rider?
7. How did singer/guitarist Jeff Buckley die in the 1990s?
8. What famous song of Leonard Cohen's did Jeff Buckley cover?
9. Róisín Murphy was formerly part of which British band?
10. 'Takk' means what in both Icelandic and Norwegian?

11. Who plays the protagonist in the film Emile Zola?
12. What sport may involve wrong 'uns, googlies, top-spinners, and flippers?
13. Name the four tennis Grand Slam events by location and type of playing surface.
14. What is Frodo' s relationship to Bilbo?
15. Who was the protagonist of the novel Pride and Prejudice? Full name preferred.
16. How many of the"big five" Academy Award categories did Silence of the Lambs win?
17. Wot's the sad sod called who scrubs dishes all day at a place at which he can't afford to eat?
18. What's worst - Boy Bands, Marching Bands, Mariachi Bands, or Speedmetal Bands?
19. What is the top speed recorded by radar that a baseball has ever been pitched?
20. Name as many actors who have played James Bond as you can.

21. What are the 3 top-selling albums of all-time? Bonus points for the right order.
22. What album stayed on the US Billboard 200 list a record-shattering 741 consecutive weeks?
23. Who is Norah Jones' famous father?
24. Dumbledore never married. Is he straight, bisexual, gay, or is his sexuality unknown?
25. Apple have just released a new version of their OS X operating system. What is its name?
26. Microsoft recently did the same with their Windows operating system. What is its name?
27. Most atoms are composed of three basic particles. What are they?
28. In turn, these "subatomic" particles (and others) are ALL composed of a basic building block. Which is what?
29. Many sports use the term "hat trick." What does this generally mean?
30. How many points is a basket shot from behind the half court line that goes in the bucket worth?

Send in your answers as emails to justin.sias@gmail.com (Thanks for thinking of this, Bill), your sick and your starving, your toddlers and old memories. I'll grade each question up to 5 points depending on "how correct and complete" the answer is, and some that are debatable I will award points based on the merit of the explanation for the answer. Honor system strongly enforced! Please no using the internet for answers to these questions. There are no penalties for guessing wrong; you'll probably score 0 as though you'd not answered the question at all. So it pays to guess, as long as you don't mind looking lame once in awhile.

I'll give this quiz until at least 3, and hopefully 4 or more, people answer it, then I will announce the answers, the winner (I will reveal your score to you privately if you are not the winner but wish to see how you did, so as not to embarrass anyone, unless Rex is last, in which case I'll proclaim that to everyone).

I'll also accept any suggestions for "themes" for future quizzes or ideas for new games - word games, perhaps? - that would be fun in an asynchronous blog format (what you are reading).

Game on!

25 comments:

Anonymous said...

Trains, Trains, Trains

Anonymous said...

P.S. Whom ever creates "homemade" apple pie any more?

Metamatician said...

I dunno but I would like a slice with homemade vanilla ice cream if you ever locate such a person.

And your train-themed quiz in now on the list. You may have a shot at that one!

Metamatician said...

Bytedoc has submitted his answers already in an email. 1 down! Counting on Emapth, Rex, and Mags now if we can't get Delusionst, Jonathan, Sue, and maybe Anonymous to play. Potential field of 8!! Not too likely though since some of those people appear to have vapourised.

Metamatician said...

Bad use of "whom" there, 'Doc. Sorry to bust ya on it.

Thesaurus Rex said...

I'm on it man. but are we allowed to use wikipedia?
Got 17 already. Do you have pub quizzes in the US, apart from the fact that pubs are few and far between?

Sara said...

Pub quizzes? Ha that's a laugh! Church socials and doughnut eating contests maybe. I bet you cheated Rex.

Sara said...

And I don't care if I lose, coz I just discovered I won Sunday's Wordimperfect :-) na na na.

Anonymous said...

I enjoy questionable use of the American ( not English ) language once in a while, so enjoy it!

Anonymous said...

This is a train in case nobody knows!

Hans said...

quiz about dog and cat breeds!

Mandula said...

Huhh, it's too hard for me... i quit. Erm... i can make homemade vanilla icecream anyway. :)

Metamatician said...

Mandi - Don't worry about it and thanks for even trying. The quiz is already very hard, and if you don't speak English as your native language and didn't grow up reading these books and watching these movies and so on, you have no chance. Don't lose any sleep over it!

Rex - Dammit, what's wrong with you. I said clear as day "Please no using the internet for these questions." Then you ask if you can use Wikipedia. No!

Empath - Quiz about dog and cat breeds would be a good one. I'll put it on the list too, thanks.

Metamatician said...

Oh yeah, I can can be bribed with homemade vanilla ice cream into making you the winner....

Metamatician said...

And yes on the pub quizzes, Rex.

Metamatician said...

Congrats on your Word Imperfect win Mags! I oughta play, but I'm intimidated. I have the site bookmarked.

Metamatician said...

ByteDoc - I recognize that train!

Metamatician said...

Scored 4 tests so far, not counting Mandula who didn't submit one. Still waiting for Duncan, Heath. Will wait one more full day.

Sara said...

Just get on with playing Wordimperfect, Meta. You be really good at it. It's also a great way to increase blog readership.

Thesaurus Rex said...

I'm gonna submit 2 entries. 1 where I cheat wiv wiki-p and 1 where I don't. Will do it l8r when I cooked for the boy and me.

Sara said...

How can you do that when you've already checked the answers on Wiki, Rex? Have you developed the ability to time travel or is the old alien implant playing up again?

Metamatician said...

Ok, Magdalene, I'll get me courage up. Rex, we're all assuming you're gonna cheat now, so even if your "non wiki" entry comes in first it's gonna awfully suspicious. Plus, it would just be suspicious if you won anyways.

Thesaurus Rex said...

re rex dammit. do you actually believe I read all the stuff you write? Feck-a-deck dude I'd be here all bastard day!!!
re non-wiki I don't cheat at games cos i feel so bad if I win like that and REALLY bad if i still lose.

Thesaurus Rex said...

mags, you prize plum, i can try the quiz BEFORE I look up the answers and then AFTER as well. And if the alien implant was playing up I'd be back on Zargon three for a week again getting it mended at dodgy Paul's the implant mechanic. (sharp intake of breath, "never get a transmitter fer wunnadem in dat year mate, knowo'ameen!!")

Metamatician said...

"prize plum" ROFLMAO!!!

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