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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2020 23:00:13 GMT
Themed quiz on "Night and Day" - Normal rules apply.
1 'If music be the food of love, play on' is the opening line of which Shakespeare play ? 2 A car called KITT appeared in which TV show ? 3 What religious feast is also called Lady Day ? 4 Which group had hits with American Idiot and Boulevard of Broken Dreams ? 5 Who won the Best Actor Oscar for My Left Foot, and for There Will Be Blood ? 6 What long running programme first aired on 22 August 1964 ? 7 Which actress and singer's real surname was Kappelhoff ? 8 Freddy Krueger was a character in which series of horror films ? 9 What is the Jewish festival of Yom Kippur also known as ? 10 Who played James Bond in Die Another Day ? 11 Which Russian author wrote One Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich ? (difficulty bonus) 12 What night is celebrated in Scotland on 25 January ? 13 Which nurse was known as 'The Lady With The Lamp' ? (bonus a/v) 14 What poisonous plant has drooping purple flowers and a black, cherry-like fruit ? 15 In TV comedy Friends, Joey played Dr Jake Ramoray in which soap opera ? 16 Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman starred in which 1990 motorsport-inspired film ? 17 Who was the target of the assassination attempt in the film The Day of The Jackal ? 18 Which singer was nicknamed Lady Day ? 19 Which group recorded albums called A Day At The Races and A Night At The Opera ? 20 In 1994, M People spent One Night In .... ?
Good luck !
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Post by gandalf the untidy on Apr 22, 2020 5:11:15 GMT
2 knightrider 5 daniel day lewes 7 doris day
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Post by bigjimsilverfox on Apr 22, 2020 6:55:31 GMT
4 Green Day 10 Pierce Brosnon 13 Florence Nightingale
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Post by daveuk1 on Apr 22, 2020 7:09:27 GMT
1. Twelfth Night
18. Billie Holiday
20. Heaven
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Post by bigtj on Apr 22, 2020 11:48:35 GMT
6) Match of the Day 8) Friday the Thirteenth 9) Day of Atonement
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Post by lewisstrat26 on Apr 22, 2020 14:06:40 GMT
12 burns night 8 nightmare on elm street
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Post by lewisstrat26 on Apr 22, 2020 19:58:25 GMT
19 Queen
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Post by davejones on Apr 22, 2020 20:47:13 GMT
17. Charles De Gaulle
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Post by Chris_Sav on Apr 23, 2020 11:26:40 GMT
Is that sort of Charles Bronson with pierced ears?
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Post by bigjimsilverfox on Apr 23, 2020 18:46:25 GMT
Bloody fat fingers lol
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2020 18:40:33 GMT
2 knightrider 5 daniel day lewes 7 doris day Gandalf off to a flier with 3pts ... must be close to 100pts and being top dog by now !
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2020 18:43:40 GMT
4 Green Day 10 Pierce Brosnon 13 Florence Nightingale All correct from the Fox, and a NHS bonus for 13) for resisting the temptation to give the answer "Caroline Flack".
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2020 18:45:43 GMT
1. Twelfth Night 18. Billie Holiday 20. Heaven all correct, 3 solid points for Daveuk who must be also nearing the 100 points mark.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2020 18:49:09 GMT
6) Match of the Day 8) Friday the Thirteenth 9) Day of Atonement 6) correct, 1pt 8) incorrect but 0.5 bonus as a near miss (similar genre) 9) correct, 1pt
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2020 18:54:39 GMT
12 burns night 8 nightmare on elm street 19 Queen All correct from Lewis including the nailing of Q8) 3pts
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2020 18:58:11 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2020 19:03:48 GMT
Is that sort of Charles Bronson with pierced ears? Yeh, good spot and 0.5 bonus for joke at Foxy's expense.
So the points so far ...... BigJimSilverFox 4pts Gandalf 3pts Daveuk1 3pts Lewis 3pts BigTJ 2.5pts DaveJones 1pt Sav 0.5pt
3,11,14,15 and 16 to get
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Post by gandalf the untidy on Apr 29, 2020 20:23:39 GMT
14 deadly nightshade... well it has night in it and there is no night or day in the question 15 with the same logic Days of our lives 16 days of thunder
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2020 20:58:36 GMT
14 deadly nightshade... well it has night in it and there is no night or day in the question 15 with the same logic Days of our lives 16 days of thunder All correct for 3pts, plus a bonus 0.5 for pointing out the quiz theme.
Leaderboard: Gandalf 6.5pts (must be close to taking overall quiz lead now !)
BigJimSilverFox 4pts
Daveuk1 3pts Lewis 3pts BigTJ 2.5pts DaveJones 1pt 0.5pt Sav 0.5pt
Just 3 and 11 to get
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2020 22:55:36 GMT
DJ receives a fine of -0.5pt for being smutty.
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Post by bigtj on Apr 30, 2020 14:29:35 GMT
3) Feast of Annucuation??
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2020 15:11:59 GMT
3) Feast of Annucuation?? Correct for 1pt
Leaderboard: Gandalf 6.5pts BigJimSilverFox 4pts BigTJ 3.5pts
Daveuk1 3pts Lewis 3pts DaveJones 0.5pt Sav 0.5pt
Just no.11 left to get (difficulty bonus plus completion bonus)
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Post by gandalf the untidy on May 3, 2020 11:35:02 GMT
11 Boris Pasternak 11 Karl Marx 11 checov not the one on board the USS Enterprise NCC1701
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2020 20:20:08 GMT
11 Boris Pasternak 11 Karl Marx 11 checov not the one on board the USS Enterprise NCC1701 LOL none of these are right, but I'll award 1pt amusement bonus for trying. As a clue, it's not Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Engels or Aleksander the meerkat either !!! Leaderboard: Gandalf 7.5pts BigJimSilverFox 4pts BigTJ 3.5pts Daveuk1 3pts Lewis 3pts DaveJones 0.5pt Sav 0.5pt
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2020 20:45:25 GMT
Googling allowed for the last one. No difficulty bonus, but the completion bonus will still apply.
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Post by gandalf the untidy on May 14, 2020 20:47:34 GMT
11 Alexander Soljentzkin
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2020 21:34:35 GMT
2pts for Gandalf (incl. completion bonus) despite the spelling (correct is Alexandr Solzhenitsyn)
Final points
Gandalf 9.5pts BigJimSilverFox 4pts BigTJ 3.5pts Daveuk1 3pts Lewis 3pts DaveJones 0.5pt Sav 0.5pt
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