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Quiz Answers

I am back home now from the visit to Alberta and Utah, but as I go on Holiday tomorrow (Memorial Day), I am putting up the answers to last times quiz today.

Thanks to all those that had a go, and a special welcome to the 'newbie, quiz guys. Well I thought I could throw in a couple of stinkers, but you weren't all fooled. Pleased I beat you all on the link between the two gentlemen in the fuzzy pictures round though!

But, without further ado, the winner of the quiz for the 2nd time in a row was Rollo with 49! Brilliant score, and something for Will to watch out for, he now has competition!

Other scores were;

Rollo - 49
Agrajag - 37
Mum - 21
Will - 20

Mind you Will did say he didn't have much time.

OK click continue for those all important answers, and sorry about the fuzzy pic link!

Round 1: Movie Round

1) Bruce Willis/Sixth Sense
2) Milla Jovovich/Joan of Arc
3) Chris Tucker/Rush Hour
4) Lee evans/Magic Roundabout
5) Gary Oldman/Prisoner of Azkaban

Link: all starred in The Fifth Element


Round 2: Celebs

1) Brion James
2) John Ritter
3) Tim Allen
4) Pierce Brosnan
5) Hulk Hogan
6) Kate Capshaw
7) Amy Irving
8) Kim Basinger
9) Ruby Wax
10) Chaka Khan

2 links are: Brion James & John Ritter both died of Heart Attacks aged 54, and Kate Capshaw and Amy Irving who were married to Stephen Spielberg.

Round 3: Sound bites – Beat the Intro

1) Eternal Flame – The Bangles
2) Licence to Kill – Gladys Knight
3) With or Without You – U2
4) Drive – The Cars
5) When a man loves a Woman – Percy Sledge
6) Crash & Burn – Savage Garden
7) Hotel California – The Eagles
8) Millennium – Robbie Williams
9) Mmmbopp – Hanson
10) Stayin Alive – The Bee Gee’s




Round 4: Quizzicles

1) Which Conceptual artist wrapped islands in Pink plastic sheets to make the worlds largest work of art? Christo
2) Who received applause for a record 1 hour 20 minutes after an operatic performance in 1991? Placido Domingo
3) Which Italian actress spent 17 days in prison for tax fraud in 1982? Sophia Loren
4) Which actor was the first to become a Lord in 1970? Laurence Olivier
5) Who was infamous body snatcher William Hare’s partner in crime? William Blake
6) What was the surname of the brothers that collaborated to produce the first breakfast cereal? Kellogg
7) “Moon River” was a number one hit in 1961 for who? Danny Williams
8) Sgt. Pepper Anderson was a character in which TV series? Police Woman
9) Directed by Stephen Spielburg, and written by J.G. Ballard what was it? Empire of the Sun
10) Which queen was discovered to be bald at the time of her execution? Mary Queen of Scots


Next Quiz will be after my holiday around first week in June.

Thanks Again!

Movie Review

Children of Men & Epic Movie

It has been a while since I wrote a movie review, so I thought I would do a couple. These are of the films that I saw on the plane to India, so you will have to appreciate the review is based on watching the film on a 7 inch screen with a pair of dodgy headphones. Surprisingly though it didn't spoil my enjoyment of one of the films, and the other one probably belongs on a 7 inch screen, and would be far better without sound at all.

If you want to read what I think just click continue, I welcome any comments, and your views if you have seen the film as well.

Children of Men

Based in a dismal future of 2027, where illegal immigrants are caged like animals, awaiting deportation, we find Theo Falon (Clive Owen). An ex-activist turned bureaucrat, who is not too happy with his work and hates the way the world has become. The news that has the whole world mourning is that the youngest person in the world has just died, referred to as a baby even though he was 18 years old hints at the sheer desperation of the world. For something has happened to make people infertile, although we never discover what.

Because Theo works in the right department and knows the right people he is asked by his ex-wife Julien (Julianne Moore) to get a free travel pass for a particularly important illegal immigrant, a Fijian called Kee (Claire-Hope Ashitey), who miraculously is pregnant.

Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London

Something goes wrong however, and Theo has to escort Kee to the Human Project, a sanctuary from the world in which they are currently living.

I have to say I really enjoyed this film, although in parts there was dialogue that I didn't really think was relevant, and it could easily have been removed. The futuristic, dark and bleak view of London 20 years from now was superbly filmed, as were the handy-cam sections of the film, this included blood splatters on the camera lens that really added to the effect given.

A pretty reasonable cameo type role from Michael Caine as Jasper, gave a good background into Theo's break-up with his ex-wife, and added to the desperation and sadness of his character.

Children of Men was I feel left open, we did not see a few things, like what became of the midwife (Pam Ferris), or if the Human Project did actually exist. It would be nice if they made a follow up to tie up the loose ends.

Not a chick flick, but still a very well made film.

Starring: Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, Claire Hope Ashitey

Rating: ****

Epic Movie

This is the other "film" I saw on the plane to India, now I use the term film very loosely when applying it to this PAP!


It follows the story of 4 orphans, who win Golden Tickets for a fantastic adventure. When they get to the chocolate factory they realise that Wonka has been adding human flesh for the flavouring and they are next on the list. So they have to hide. Oh wow they find a wardrobe that transports them to Gnarnia (the G is silent for copyright reasons). Cue Hlarity?? Well NO, the only good thing I can say about this drivel is the performance of Adam Cambell as Capt. Jack Swallow. The rest just didn't offer one single smile, one single laugh. It was utter, utter pants! Not as bad as Hardware but bloody close.

The only Epic about the film in my opinion is the Epic waste of time and money spent doing it.

Starring ; Come on be serious!

Rating: 1/10 of a * and that is been genrous!

Fun & Games

Quiz time

Hi again ladies and gents and once again it's time for the quiz, now this week's theme is... there is no theme!

That's right it's total pot luck this time around although the celebrity painting round (Round 2) has the common theme of 54 running through it.

It was quite a hard one last week, so hopefully I have tuned it just right this week. So without further ado, click continue to do the quiz.

Round 1: Movie Link

Same job as always simply name the star, the name of the film it is from, and then tell me what links them all.

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Round 2: Picture Celebrity

These celebrities have been given a touch up with an artists brush, simply name the celebrity, and for the bonus points name the two men that are connected in some way, and the two women that are connected in some way. Don't worry the men and women aren't connected (as far as I know!).

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Round 3: Beat the Intro



This one is pretty easy, just click on the blue arrow to listen to the intro of a song, and tell me the name of the song and who the group/singer is.




1) Clip 1
2) Clip 2
3) Clip 3
4) Clip 4
5) Clip 5
6) Clip 6
7) Clip 7
8) Clip 8
9) Clip 9
10) Clip 10


Round 4: Quizzicles

OK so now lets test your knowledge of people and things with the infamous quizzicles round.

1) Which Conceptual artist wrapped islands in Pink plastic sheets to make the worlds largest work of art?
2) Who received applause for a record 1 hour 20 minutes after an operatic performance in 1991?
3) Which Italian actress spent 17 days in prison for tax fraud in 1982?
4) Which actor was the first to become a Lord in 1970?
5) Who was infamous body snatcher William Hare’s partner in crime?
6) What was the surname of the brothers that collaborated to produce the first breakfast cereal?
7) “Moon River” was a number one hit in 1961 for who?
8) Sgt. Pepper Anderson was a character in which TV series?
9) Directed by Stephen Spielburg, and written by J.G. Ballard what was it?
10) Which queen was discovered to be bald at the time of her execution?

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!

Fun & Games

Quiz Answers

Well finally I am back home from India, and so able to put up the answers to the quiz. Between you you seem to have managed to get the majority of the answers. Sorry if you all found it a bit too hard, but I thought I would try not to make it too easy. Better lighten up on the difficulty next time.

But the results are pretty interesting, because, even though none of you managed to answer all the rounds completely, you all did very well on the rounds you did answer. But we have a new winner, first quiz entered and they win...

Rollo with 32 takes the Americana quiz title!
Mum you got 27, and not your week Will, just 19 for you!

Click continue for the answers

Round 1: Movie Link

1) Bill Pullman – Rick
2) Morgan Freeman – Batman Begins
3) Jack Nicholson – Something’s got to give
4) Polly Bergen – Cape Fear
5) James Cromwell – The Queen

Link: They have all played the president of the US, well done to Rollo for even naming the films portrayed!

Round 2: Celebrity whirlpool

1) Edward Norton/American History X
2) Shannon Elizabeth/American Pie
3) Thora Birch/American Beauty
4) David Naughton/An American Werewolf in London
5) Richard Dreyfuss/American Graffiti
6) Matt Salinger/Captain America
7) Eddie Murphy/Coming to America
8) Matt Stone/Team America
9) Chloe Sevigny/American Psycho
10)Whoopi Goldberg/Made in America





Round 3: Sound-bites

1) Kiss Me/Sixpence None the Richer – DAWSONS CREEK AUS
2) I’ll be there for you/The Rembrandts – FRIENDS US
3) Searchin’ my soul/Vonda Shepard – ALLY MCBEAL US
4) I Quit/Hepburn – BUFFY US
5) Female of the Species/Space – COLD FEET UK
6) You woke up this morning/Alabama 3 - THE SOPRANO’S US
7) One Way or Another/Blondie – SUGAR RUSH UK
8) Just Looking/Stereophonics – BLESSED UK
9) Closer to Free/Bo Deans – PARTY OF 5 US
10)Wheels on Fire/Julie Driscoll,Brian Auger & The Trinity - ABSOLUTLY FABULOUS UK


Round 4 :Quizzicles

American Law – ALL actual laws but from what state?

1) Illegal to walk down the street with your shoelaces undone? MAINE
2) Illegal to buy alcohol without written permission from the wife? PENNSYLVANIA
3) A man has to remove his hat when he meets a cow? MINNESOTA or KENTUCKY
4) Illegal to threaten a butterfly? California
5) Illegal to take more than 3 sips of beer at one time, whilst standing? TEXAS
6) Illegal to spit into the wind? Nebraska
7) Illegal to eat cottage cheese after 6pm on a Sunday? Tampa Bay, FLORIDA
8) Illegal to peel an orange in a hotel room? California
9) Illegal to carry fishing takle in a cemetery? Muncie, Indiana
10)Illegal for a dog to chase a cat up a telegraph pole (the owner is fined) Minnesota

Will try and get a quiz up for the middle of next week. Theme yet to be decided!

Travel

India Again!!!

Why is it the places you least like going to always seem to be the ones you go to the most??

Well this was my 5Th visit to India (I am writing this from the Imperial Hotel in New Delhi), and it will probably rate as my best and worst. My best because I stayed in two fantastic hotels in Delhi. My worst because I stayed for 6 hours in the cement plant hospital with a glucose and saline drip in me!

So what happened??

It all began pretty well, flight was on time, and I got mt at Delhi airport where I was taken to a 4 star hotel. On the way though they telephoned the driver and told him to divert to a sister hotel as they had double booked the room. I didn't mind this as the sister hotel was a 5 star one, so I was feeling rather happy. But then the driver received another call saying that someone had checked out, and a room was now available. "Oh well thems the breaks" I thought.
When I got to the hotel, I was told I had been upgraded to a deluxe suite at no additional cost - GET IN THERE!

So after a jolly comfy night and morning, I met up with my Indian colleague and took a taxi to.... the train station! The bloody train again!! 5 hours on a train to get to our destination and then another 2 to get to the site. Then at the site they wanted us to share a room with 4 others!! HA HA HA HA HA I started to say, but they were serious! Finally, we managed to get separate rooms.

The job was going OK, but on the 3rd day on site I was feeling a bit rough, well that night by God did I suffer, puking and other things too delicate to mention here all night! OK liquified comes to mind! So I had about 30 minutes kip, and understandably looked a little rough the next day. Keyur asked for the doctor, and she came about 20 minutes later, took temperature and measured my pulse, stating "he is Feverish, Dehydrated and Hypoglycemic we will have to put him on a drip". So loosely translated I wasn't very well! Keyur then asked about pills or other things I could take so I could stay in the room, to which the doc replied "It's not an option he has to go into hospital"

So that was that, on a saline and glucose drip, and then a bloody painful injection in the top of my thigh (which I had to have an ice-pack for the nurse hit bone or something, so I was in bloody agony!).
I then fell straight to sleep, 6 hours later I was discharged, and 20 minutes after getting out of my hospital bed I was on the roof of a building in 40 degree heat trying to get the job finished!

It's amazing really, everytime I come to India I lose weight, but I didn't really want to lose it the way I did!

The rest of the trip went pretty much as expected, and I am fully recovered now, even after a marathon 14 hours at work in the heat the day before yesterday (8th). So I write this in a luxury hotel ($425 a night!) just waiting to get back and see the family again.

One thing is for certain though I NEED A NEW JOB!!!

Until the next time then.