Thursday, August 30, 2007

Fun & Games

Directors Quiz

Well fun and games pretty much describes what has been happening to me over the past few weeks. I have visited 5 sites in the States going from Phoenix to Iowa, to South Carolina and then Miami and then back to South Carolina! That last trip being tagged on with the view of "go or else". Worse still the last site, who my work INSISTED I went to, was not ready!!!!! Good theme then for this week - Directors, as my lot have only one sense of direction, and that is down!

Hey ho, on with the quiz

Round 1: Movie Link
OK quite simple I just want the name of the film, and it's Director, then tell me what links the directors.

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Round 2: The Directors Cut
We all know how film companies like to release director's cuts of films, well I like to cut directors, so here are 10 that have a shredded look. Just name them.

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Round 3: A Musical interlude
OK do you know how hard it is to try and find music that relates to directors?? So I yes me, I am the director of music for this quiz, and my directorial debut centres around music of the 80's, simply name the song and artist.


80s clip 1
80s clip 2
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Round 4: Quizzicals on Hitchcock
OK a few questions now based on probably the best director of the lot, The Hitch, The Master of Suspense, yes 15 questions on Alfred Hitchcock.
1) Apart from directing many great films Hitchcock also reportedly had a cameo in them all, but what was the 1st film he directed and ‘starred’ in?
2) In relation to question 1 what part did he play?
3) Which school did Hitchcock attend?
4) What was the name of Hitchcock’s wife?
5) When was she born?
6) What was their age gap?
7) One of Hitchcock’s two guilty pleasure films was Smokey and the Bandit, but what was the other?
8) As a child how would Hitchcock’s father punish him if he misbehaved?
9) How long did Alfred Hitchcock hold a driving licence for?
10) What was his favourite number?
11) He often used the initials BM in his films, what did BM stand for?
12) What was it he had a morbid fear of?
13) Who did HE consider as the best director ever?
14) He appeared on a US stamp, true or false?
15) What was his favourite film?

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Fun & Games

Magic Quiz Answers

So by the looks of things you all know your Harry Potter stars, as all of you got 100% on that round! But who won the quiz this week??
Twice in a row that I know of now, the winner was Keith with a whopping 71 out of 75!!

Here are the scores on the doors;

Keith - 71
Mark - 69
Mum - 62
Will - 55

All very good scores, so I will have to try and tax you a bit more on the Directors Quiz, that I am preparing next.

Here then are the all important answers;

Round 1: Movie Link

1) Escape to Witch Mountain
2) Blair Witch Project
3) Narnia The Lion the Witch & the Wardrobe
4) Witches
5) The Witches of Eastwick

Link all have a witch in the title

Round 2: Potty about Potter

1) Stanislav Lanevski – Victor Krum
2) Mirian Margolyes – Professor Sprout
3) Kenneth Branagh – Gilderoy Lockhart
4) Alan Rickman – Professor Snape
5) Warwick Davis – Professor Flitwick
6) Richard Griffiths – Vernon Dursley
7) Evanna Lynch – Luna Lovegood
8) Timothy Spall – Peter Pettigrew/Wormtail
9) Robert Pattinson – Cedric Diggory
10) Matthew Lewis – Neville Longbottom

Warwick Davis played more than one part.

Round 3: Musical Magic

1) Puff the Magic Dragon – Peter Paul & Mary
2) Every little thing she does is Magic – Ra (I accepted Police)
3) C’est la vie – Bewitched
4) Genie in a bottle – Christina Aguilera
5) The Power – Snap
6) Pinball Wizard – The Who
7) See my Baby Jive – Wizzard
8) Magical Mystery Tour – The Beatles
9) Magic Moments – Perry Como (Accepted Frank Sinatra)
10) I put a spell on You – nina Simone

Round 4: Quizzicles of magic Some fiction some fact, but all Magic.

1) Wand lengths for Harry, Ron and Hagrid
2) Roy Wood
3) Debbie Mcghee
4) 62442 (MAGIC on a telephone pad!)
5) Quidditch
6) Dumbledore
7) Never tickle a sleeping dragon
8) Mark Wilson
9) It is part Kneazel
10) Tommy Cooper
11) “You’re going to like this not a lot, but you’ll like it!”
12) Give away his/her secrets
13) Claudia Schiffer
14) Opens locked doors
15) Pug
16) David Blaine
17) 175417
18) Kenmore Kestrals or Ireland
19) Ernie

20) Polyjuice Potion

Monday, August 13, 2007

Travel

No let up yet!

Firstly thanks to all those who have entered the magic quiz so far, I hope to be putting up some answers next week, and then I hope to be putting the new quiz up a little after that. It is going to be based on directors, so get those thinking caps ready. All entrants have done brilliant in the quiz, and that is all I am going to say.

I have not posted so much lately as I have in the last month spent the majority of time in Saudi Arabia and have not had an internet connection.
In fact the last site I went to I didn't even have a mobile phone signal! Makes you realise that whatever we did before mobile phones must have been something special, cause now I find it very nearly impossible to manage without one.

Still I had been home a little over 3 hours when my fantastic company phoned and said I was to go away again. This time to the States, which I don't mind at all, especially with the dollar been so low. Ohhhh what to buy.......

Right I am going to get off and book my hire car, but before I do I will leave you with a little question.

Will BOTH Petrelli brothers be in the new series of Heroes???