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Weekly Quiz

Well finally I have managed to get a decent Internet connection, at the 5* hotel I am now at in Venezuela, I say decent, but every so often the blooming thing does keep tripping out all the time. The other problem, everything is in Spanish, which is a bit of a nightmare when you don't speak the lingo! Still I am going to perservere and try and get through this unscathed! I daren't run the spelling checker, just in case, so forgive any glaring errors, English was never my strong subject at School.

Anyway, Kim set the theme of this weeks or bi-week quiz, and she set me a toughy. Have you ever tried setting a quiz based on the Theme of Children?? HARD! or what! But I have managed it, and you are going to love the quizzicles part!

So on with the quiz then;

Round 1: Link Me

Yep, the old favourite is back, just give me the name of the actor/actress, the film it is from, and what links them all! Couldn't be easier!

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Round 2: Child Stars

Well you can't have a quiz themed on children, without pictures of stars when they were kids! Give the names of the stars, and for a bonus of 5, tell me what links four of those kids together.

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Round 3: Kiddies Lyrics

Ok Here's the deal, I give you one line of the lyrics from these famous Children's films, and all you have to do is give me the NEXT line, and the movie it is from. This should get you all humming a few tunes!

1) "When you look under the rocks and plants...."

2) "The sweet caress of twilight......."

3) "Steada' kisses we get Kicked!......."

4) "But the thingamabob that does the job is......."

5) "I seen a needle wink it's eye, but I been done seen about everything......"

6) "Plenty of sunshine heading my way....."

7) "Their nest's are so bare all it takes is tuppence from you......"

8) "If your heart is in a dream......."

9) "Take you wonder by wonder, over, sideways and under........"

10) "A thousand rubies sometimes more........"

Round 4: Quizzicles

Well this last one is proof that our so called celebs, are completely heartless when picking names for their kids. These are a list of some of the poor unfortunates, just give me if you would the famous parent/parents, that gave them such bizzare names, and set them up for ridicule for the rest of their lives.

1) Piper Maru

2) Duncan Zowie Heywood Jones

3) Kal-el

4) Elijah Blue

5) Peaches Honeyblossom

6) Homer James Jigme

7) Makena'lei Gordon

8) Tallulah Pine

9) Sage Moonblood

10) Gaia Romilly

11) Diva Muffin

12) Shiloh Nouvel

13) Alcamy

14) Coco Riley

15) Sailor Lee

Firsts and beginnings Quiz Questions and Answers

Will is the Champ yet again! He managed to get a fantasic 58/65, with just two mistakes, and not getting the link to the parts question. My mum got 36, which is pretty good.

Amazingly though Will actually practically gave the answer to the links away in his Star Wars answer. The clip shown was from the Original Star Wars film, that was entitled Star Wars Pt'4, later to be called A New Hope. It was the only one of the 10 that was an original put was not part 1!

No quiz this week as I am travelling, but the next one is going to be on Children, thanks to Kim!

OK on with the answers

Round One: Picture This

Star Trek First Contact, First Blood, First Knight, First Wives Club, 50 First Dates. The word FIRST links them all.

Round 2: Picture this as well

1) Saw/part 2
2) Superman/part 3
3) Pirates of the Caribbean/part 3
4) 101 Dalmations/original
5) X-Men/original
6) Men in black/part 2
7) Lord of the Rings/original
8) Police Academy/original
9) Terminator/part 2
10) Star Wars/original but now part 4


Round 3: My first Number 1 UK hit.

1) Didn’t know how lost I was till I found you. (Like a Virgin/Madonna)1st N0.1 album!
2) So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye. (Bohemian Rhapsody/Queen)
3) Some nights you’re like nothing I’ve ever seen before or will again. (I would do anything for love (but I wont do that))Meatloaf
4) Once I had a love and it was divine. (Heart of Glass/Blondie)
5) We-de-de-de, de-de-de-de-de-de, we-um-um-a-way? (The lion sleeps tonight/Tight Fit)
6) Don’t lose your grip on the dreams of the past. (Eye of the Tiger/Survivor)
7) Everyone’s a super-hero, everyone’s a Captain Kirk. (99 Red Balloons/Nena)
8) Ya’ll act like you never seen a white person before. ( The Real Slim Shady/Eminem)
9) When it’s all over please get up and leave. (Independent woman Pt. 1/Destiny’s Child)
10) I’ve never seen a sight that didn’t look better looking back. (Wandrin’ Star/Lee Marvin)


Round 4: Quizzicles

The famous (surely by now it is!) Quizzicles round, just answer the questions, and remember the theme.

1) Nice easy one to start, Buzz Aldrin was second, but who came first? Neil Armstrong
2) “The Colour of Magic “was the first, but what was the second? The Light Fantastic
3) Who is credited with winning the very first Academy Award of Merit? Emil Jannings for Best Actor
4) How long did it take Captain Matthew Webb to do what he was the first person to do? 21 hours 45 minutes
5) In 1974, Stockholm, Kaissa won the worlds first what? Computer Chess Tournement
6) The magnifying glass is used throughout the world, but who invented it? Roger Bacon
7) At the age of 64 Annie Taylor became the first woman to achieve what remarkable feat? Go over Niagara falls in a barrel
8) Alice Wells became the first what in 1910? US Policewoman
9) In 1872, who became the first woman to run for the Presidency of the USA? Victoria Woodhall
10) Who was the first black US Secretary of State? Colin Powell in 2000

Travel

First of the Year

Answers to the firsts Quiz will be up tomorrow, time willing. But on the subjects of firsts, it's the first trip of 2007 for me on Sunday. This time I am off to Venezuela, to a little town called La Victoria, well at least that is the nearest town to the cement factory I am going to be working at for 5 days. I get all the fun ehh??

So that means that there probably isn't going to be a quiz this week, but it will be back next week, and Kim has picked a Corker of a Theme - Children! I am leaving the weekly quiz poll open a little longer as it is pretty close at the moment in votes. I am going to try to post a new weekly question subject before I go to Venezuela, as I very much doubt I will be able to get on after Sunday, but the theme is going to be of a similar type as last weeks question.

Keep looking though I may be able to post up a Children Quiz by next week.

Chow!

Entertainment

Well, I never knew that !!!!

Got this as part of an email and thought it quite good, so I have decided to reproduce it here.

In the 1400's a law was set forth that a man was not allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have "therule of thumb".

Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was ruled"Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden"...and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.

The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV was Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.

Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.

Coca-Cola was originally green.

It is impossible to lick your elbow.

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The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour:61,000

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king in history:
Spades - King David
Hearts - Charlemagne
Clubs -Alexander, the Great
Diamonds - Julius Caesar

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg inthe air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. Ifthe horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"?
A. One thousand

Q. What do bullet-proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?
A. All invented by women.

Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
A. Honey

In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes.When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bedfirmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase......... "goodnight, sleep tight."

It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month,which we know today as the honeymoon.

In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts... So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them "Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down." It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's"

Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim, or handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice.

Don't delete this phrase just because it looks weird. Believe it or not, you can read it..........

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg.The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in awrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer bein the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raedit wouthit a porbelm Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Fckuing Amazing huh?

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At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow, were you one of them?

Fun & games

Weekly Quiz

Well last weeks quiz certainly had a theme to it that a couple of you enjoyed, and that is because it produced a First. Ironic really as the theme of this weeks quiz is Firsts and Beginnings!
Yes for the first time, someone (due to my generosity) has got themselves 100%, but not just 1 person it’s two! Although they didn’t get reason for the chin being the odd one out that I was after, they did provide a good valid case which earned them the points.
So KIM and WILL, CONGRATULATIONS!!! I am going to have to work hard to make this weeks quiz a lot harder for you two! I tossed a coin and it’s Kim who gets to pick the theme of next weeks quiz!

Scores: - Kim 50, Will 50, Mum a respectable 27 and a half!

On with this weeks quiz then:


Round 1: Scenic Scenes

Below I have drawn, well doodled as I am rubbish at drawing, a tranquil scene, containing scenes from 5 movies, you just need to give me the movie, and what connects them all.

Round 2: Part What?

All the scenes here come from the original film or from one of the sequels, you just have to give me the name of the film and if it is from the original or its sequel. So if I showed a scene from Superman 3 your answer would be Superman/part 3. Whereas if I showed a scene from Spiderman your answer would be Spiderman/original, are we clear? Good let’s carry on. For a bonus 5, which one of the 10 is the odd one and why?

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3) Bit of a cheat this one, but it’s NOT the odd one out.

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Round 3: Waxing Lyrical

All these lyrics come from the artists first UK No.1, some didn’t have any more, some had lots more, some had loads of hits before that elusive No.1, but what are the songs and who are the singers?

1) Didn’t know how lost I was till I found you.
2) So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye.
3) Some nights you’re like nothing I’ve ever seen before or will again.
4) Once I had a love and it was divine.
5) We-de-de-de, de-de-de-de-de-de, we-um-um-a-way?
6) Don’t lose your grip on the dreams of the past.
7) Everyone’s a super-hero, everyone’s a Captain Kirk.
8) Ya’ll act like you never seen a white person before.
9) When it’s all over please get up and leave.
10) I’ve never seen a sight that didn’t look better looking back.


Round 4: Quizzicles

The famous (surely by now it is!) Quizzicles round, just answer the questions, and remember the theme.

1) Nice easy one to start, Buzz Aldrin was second, but who came first?
2) “The Colour of Magic “was the first, but what was the second?
3) Who is credited with winning the very first Academy Award of Merit?
4) How long did it take Captain Matthew Webb to do what he was the first person to do?
5) In 1974, Stockholm, Kaissa won the worlds first what?
6) The magnifying glass is used throughout the world, but who invented it?
7) At the age of 64 Annie Taylor became the first woman to achieve what remarkable feat?
8) Alice Wells became the first what in 1910?
9) In 1872, who became the first woman to run for the Presidency of the USA?
10) Who was the first black US Secretary of State?


And so ends this week’s quiz, thanks Will it has been a challenge to compile, Finally one for fun.

What most probably was the name of the first man to be shot at Rorkes Drift?

William, because the commander shouted to his troops, “FIRE AT WILL!!!”

Answers to last weeks quiz: Well all I can say is check Kim or Will's answers! The Chin was the Odd one out as the stage show of the films, Sound of Music (Julie Andrews), Grease (ONJ/Travolta), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Dick Van Dyke) all were done AFTER the films. Whereas Chicago with Catherine Zeta Jones was made AFTER the Stage show of the Liza Minelli film. But like I said there reason was just as good!

Weekly Question

Is Film Dead?

This weeks question is a simple one, but it is probably going to get the amateur photographers throwing their toys out of the cot in droves. Or will it?
It is my belief that the 35mm film for photography is dead, in a few years we will not be able to go into the shops and buy our ISO400, or ISO200, to pop into our point and shoot camera’s, indeed the cheapo all-in one disposable camera’s could also disappear off the shelves.
Sorry to say this but the world of photography is going digital, but how soon before we all have to go out and buy a new camera? Well let’s have a look…

Seven years ago I went to a photographer based on an offer given that would allow my wife to have a professional make-over and photo’s taken as part of a package, the photo’s were fantastic, we bought 5 or 6 small ones, 2 medium size ones and a large one for just over £200 ($390), we then had a package for our first child and we ended up spending nearly £500 ($970), over a period of two years on some fantastic photo’s of her, but we were limited to how many we could choose.
Last year, we again had photo’s done by the same company, but instead of photo’s we purchased the copyright and CD of ALL the photo’s taken, at a price of £120 ($230). Now not only could we copy the CD and send it to family, we could print out the images we wanted to as many times as we liked. The reason, well 7 years ago it was 35mm film, or whatever the photographer used. Last year it was digital photography.

Here are the results;




Since that time unfortunately the company we used has gone bust, due to the competition out there, but it just highlights the changes now in photography.

Prices of camera’s even 2 years ago were pretty steep for a 3 Mega pixel camera with optical zoom, nowadays you can pick one up for less than £100 ($200). The photographs taken were easily determinable from a good SLR camera, and you could only get at most 30 pictures stored.
Now you can store over 50 images even in the highest resolution mode, which on some cameras is 16 mega-pixels, such as the one in the image below. They also produce pictures even with the cheapest printer, that I would defy anyone to be able to tell the difference between digital and film.

The Canon -eos-1ds-mark-II

But arguably the BIGGEST most singularly important thing about the digital camera, is the ability to manipulate and share.

As I said with the CD we bought we could copy it and give it to friends. For film you had to identify on the negatives which photo you wanted to copy, and then get the photo copied from the negative before sending it to friends and family.
If a photo you took was pretty ropey you would have to take another of the same thing, and hope that that one turned out OK, you also never knew how the others were going to turn out. When you went on holiday, you would have to take rolls and rolls of film with you, and then bring it all back to be developed, which would cost a small fortune and the results were not all that great. Also, what a pain it was when the film ran out just at the wrong moment!
But with digital, you can take the picture, look at it, and if you don’t like it can delete it, no more double pictures! You can then change the brightness on it once you have it on the PC, get rid of those nasty red eyes, even delete from the picture the idiot that decided to walk across the fantastic view you were taking. You can even change the colours, rub out imperfections, in short do just about anything you like. Then store as many as 100 photo’s on a CDROM, or countless images on the hard-drive.

Now all this has to mean that film is dead, and when they have the technology (and it wont take long!) to have movies of the same quality as the current format, (in fact I think it is probably BETTER now)then film makers are going to save fortunes on the cutting room floor.

Yes folk’s film is dead, long live digital! Unless any of you photographers have anything to say?

By the way, I DO NOT have my own digital camera yet, my mum is ahead on that one. I have a cheapo company point and soot, but that is it. So the next thing on my shopping list is a digital camera.

I am available to test them for Kodak, Minolta, HP, Canon etc, etc, etc!

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Weekly Quiz

The Winner of last weeks quiz, Will, has got the honour of picking a theme for the next quiz. He has come up with something pretty relevant to the New Year, and that is the theme of Beginnings and Firsts. So next weeks quiz is going to be based around that sort of theme. So brush up on your first knowledge with questions like "Who was the first man to swim the English Channel?". Although, I probably won't do that one as we all know it was Captain Webb.

So on with this weeks quiz, and I thought I would keep in the lyrics round, just for a little bit more for you to Google.

OK here we go with the quiz that has a West End theme.

Round 1: Muddled face

Below is a menagerie of faces, all you need to do is give me, who makes up the Head, eyes, nose, mouth and chin. The second part is Why is the chin the odd one out?

Round 2: Fuzzy Stars

On to round 2 then, simply name the stars here who have had their picture taken by a rather inexperienced photographer.

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Round 3: Waxing Lyrical

Just give the name of the song and the singer/s. By the way use Word's spell checker on question 6, you may get a surprise!

1) My heart wants to beat like the birds that rise from the lake to the trees.

2) Purple French tail lights and thirty inch fins oh yeah.

3) It fills the sails of boats that are waiting, waiting to sail your worries away.

4) Come on baby why don't we paint the town.

5) She swam by me she got a cramp.

6) My father gave my nose a tweak and told me I was bad.

7) We glide far below the rolling tide, serene, through the bubbly blue and green.

8) Giuche, Giuche, ya ya dada (hey Hey Hey), Giuche, Giuche ya ya here (here).

9) Music loud and women warm. I've been kicked around since I was born.

10) So dark up above the sun's in my heart

Round 4: Quizzicles

The infamous quizzicles take on the music scene.

1) The song "I'm going to wash that man right out of my hair" is from which musical?

2) Phil Collins had a hit with Groovy Kind of Love but who sang the original?

3) Which Australian singer had hits with I remember you and Lovesick Blues?

4) Which singer was originally known as Gerry Dorsey?

5) Who saw The Whole of the Moon?

6) The song The Lambeth Walk comes from which musical?

7) In 1982 a collection of sheep noises known as The Singing Sheep got to No.42 in the UK charts, but with what song?

8) The musical Kiss Me Kate is based upon which Shakespeare play?

9) Which composer wrote Music for the Royal Fireworks?

10) The film Evita gave Madonna 2 top ten hits, what were they?

Good Luck everyone!

Weekly Question

New Year’s Resolutions

By now over 30% of us will have broken any New Year’s Resolutions we may have made. That is 30% of people have taken less than 2 days to break there resolutions, incredibly 25% of us break them within the first day!
The majority of people (75%) break them within the week, so what is the point in making them in the first place???

Well I think it is because we all have to have something to aim for, so we go with the boldest and hardest resolutions to achieve that goal. For me, if I had made one, it would have been to cut down on the amount of chocolate I eat, and try to lose a bit of weight. But as I had a mini Snikers from the chocolate barrel, at about 12:10, I was on a losing streak right from the start.



Why make a resolution that you know that it is very unlikely to keep? My one that I mentioned about cutting down on chocolate and trying to lose weight is one of the top three resolutions made, the top being quit smoking.

The top three in the UK are;

1) Quit smoking
2) Loose Weight/Exercise more
3) Spend more time with Friends & Family

So this weeks poll is a simple question, it just asks how long you have managed to keep on of your resolutions for?

Last weeks Question: Is Christmas too commercialised? Yes 92.9%, No 7.1%