BH quiz #16
What is the etiquette for sitting in pubs when you aren't doing the quiz and have to go to a gig? That happened on Sunday night, and I have to say, I behaved disgracefully. I kept on whispering the answers - how many senators are there in the US Senate? What rapper's real name is Sean Coombs? What is the subtitle of The Naked Gun 2 1/2? Pretty regulation stuff, but the team next to us (one was middle-aged with carefully combed white hair, and there was a thirysomething blonde woman with dreads, in other words a real mixed bag of regulars) really needed our help. Only I didn't want to be an ogre and ruin it for everyone. I spoke at a low volume. I left the amplification job to Dave, who did shout out every answer. He was getting quite mullered and repeating my answers and hollering hooligan-style the ones I thought were too easy to get. We walked out before we were chucked out, though it was quite funny trying to gain the trust of the team next to us. For all they knew, we could have been sabotaging them in a highly comedic act of misanthropy.
But in hindsight, I know it is showing off, and feel quite silly thinking about it. Next time, I'll shut up.
Brief preview
Tonight we entertain Atletico in the second round of the QLL play-offs. Good team. Former champions. They deserve our respect. And it's a good thing we're too self-deprecating and paranoid to get cocky about our chances, whatever our record says.
1 Which US President apparently bought his wife's wedding ring at Sears for the princely sum of $2.50?
2 What airport was built during the Berlin Airlift?
3 Which German chemist was responsible for the titular rule that outlines criteria for whether a ring structure can be termed aromatic?
4 Karl, who born in Magdeburg in Germany in 1905 and died falling from a tightrope in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1978, was the patriarch of which family of acrobats and daredevil stunt performers?
5 Which car company produced its first great model, the Type 35, in 1924?
6 Born in 1927 to an opera singer and piano teacher, which Algerian pianist, composer, bandleader and noted improviser composed Suite in D Flat for jazz quartet for the film A Bout De Souffle?
7 What is the Greek parliament called?
8 After winning gold at the 1976 Winter Olympics and setting off a brief fad for her bobbed hairstyle, which figure skater became the first woman athlete to sign a million dollar per year contract with the Ice Capades and went bankrupt in 1996 after selling it to evangelist Pat Robertson?
9 Bislama, French and English are the official languages of which island nation in the south Pacific Ocean?
10 Which vicar of Bridstow and Astronomer Royal's extensive observations of Draco and its apparent changes in position led to him discovering the aberration of starlight in 1725?
11 What Arabic term meaning "east" refers to the Arab countries of the eastern Mediterranean: Egypt, Sudan, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon?
12 Built in 1818 by Chao Anou the last king of Vientiane in the Siamese style to protect it from invading Siamese forces, what monastery is the spiritual home and symbol of Laotian nationhood?
13 To which order did Martin Luther belong?
14 What did TS Eliot call the "strong, brown god"?
15 In genetic theory what term describes a measure of the success with which a genetically determined character can spread in future generations?
16 What is the IUCN the international union for?
17 Which group's last top ten hit was Our Lips Are Sealed in 1983?
18 Which member of the anti-Nazi resistance group the White Rose is commemorated in the title of a new film directed by Marc Rothemund?
19 Which golfer won his first major in 1968 at the US Open, the major he won again in 1971?
20 Known for The Boo-Boos Series, Valentine (1921-22) and her Great Big Midget Books of 1934-5, which English illustrator (1879-1964) is associated with the cheerful, chubby babies she contributed to many greetings cards and books?
BH #15 answers
1 The Hague 2 Lavender and Old Lace 3 Nictitating Membrane 4 Theobald 5 Sundiata Keita or Sunjata Keita 6 Norman Maclean 7 Magic Eye 8 Helmut Newton 9 Practical videotape recorder 10 Altair 8800 11 The Mahdi 12 John Talafierro Thompson 13 Rossini 14 Henry Royce 15 Miltiades 16 Claudio Arrau 17 Lakshmi 18 Baryon 19 Laurel 20 Elburz 21 Promontory 22 Beirut 23 Lake Balaton 24 Nicene Creed 25 Teflon
One more thing
I've found the worst blog in the world. It's written in textese gibberish. I 'nid'? She doesn't 'noe'? Sweet Jay-sus. I can't even begin to take in whatever it's saying because whatever it's saying is a load of illiterate cow dung. It actually makes me despair of young people in general, unless it is an elaborate joke mimicking the odious hordes of text messaging young imps. In that case, it is not funny. It's really annoying. Stop it. Please.
But in hindsight, I know it is showing off, and feel quite silly thinking about it. Next time, I'll shut up.
Brief preview
Tonight we entertain Atletico in the second round of the QLL play-offs. Good team. Former champions. They deserve our respect. And it's a good thing we're too self-deprecating and paranoid to get cocky about our chances, whatever our record says.
1 Which US President apparently bought his wife's wedding ring at Sears for the princely sum of $2.50?
2 What airport was built during the Berlin Airlift?
3 Which German chemist was responsible for the titular rule that outlines criteria for whether a ring structure can be termed aromatic?
4 Karl, who born in Magdeburg in Germany in 1905 and died falling from a tightrope in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1978, was the patriarch of which family of acrobats and daredevil stunt performers?
5 Which car company produced its first great model, the Type 35, in 1924?
6 Born in 1927 to an opera singer and piano teacher, which Algerian pianist, composer, bandleader and noted improviser composed Suite in D Flat for jazz quartet for the film A Bout De Souffle?
7 What is the Greek parliament called?
8 After winning gold at the 1976 Winter Olympics and setting off a brief fad for her bobbed hairstyle, which figure skater became the first woman athlete to sign a million dollar per year contract with the Ice Capades and went bankrupt in 1996 after selling it to evangelist Pat Robertson?
9 Bislama, French and English are the official languages of which island nation in the south Pacific Ocean?
10 Which vicar of Bridstow and Astronomer Royal's extensive observations of Draco and its apparent changes in position led to him discovering the aberration of starlight in 1725?
11 What Arabic term meaning "east" refers to the Arab countries of the eastern Mediterranean: Egypt, Sudan, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon?
12 Built in 1818 by Chao Anou the last king of Vientiane in the Siamese style to protect it from invading Siamese forces, what monastery is the spiritual home and symbol of Laotian nationhood?
13 To which order did Martin Luther belong?
14 What did TS Eliot call the "strong, brown god"?
15 In genetic theory what term describes a measure of the success with which a genetically determined character can spread in future generations?
16 What is the IUCN the international union for?
17 Which group's last top ten hit was Our Lips Are Sealed in 1983?
18 Which member of the anti-Nazi resistance group the White Rose is commemorated in the title of a new film directed by Marc Rothemund?
19 Which golfer won his first major in 1968 at the US Open, the major he won again in 1971?
20 Known for The Boo-Boos Series, Valentine (1921-22) and her Great Big Midget Books of 1934-5, which English illustrator (1879-1964) is associated with the cheerful, chubby babies she contributed to many greetings cards and books?
BH #15 answers
1 The Hague 2 Lavender and Old Lace 3 Nictitating Membrane 4 Theobald 5 Sundiata Keita or Sunjata Keita 6 Norman Maclean 7 Magic Eye 8 Helmut Newton 9 Practical videotape recorder 10 Altair 8800 11 The Mahdi 12 John Talafierro Thompson 13 Rossini 14 Henry Royce 15 Miltiades 16 Claudio Arrau 17 Lakshmi 18 Baryon 19 Laurel 20 Elburz 21 Promontory 22 Beirut 23 Lake Balaton 24 Nicene Creed 25 Teflon
One more thing
I've found the worst blog in the world. It's written in textese gibberish. I 'nid'? She doesn't 'noe'? Sweet Jay-sus. I can't even begin to take in whatever it's saying because whatever it's saying is a load of illiterate cow dung. It actually makes me despair of young people in general, unless it is an elaborate joke mimicking the odious hordes of text messaging young imps. In that case, it is not funny. It's really annoying. Stop it. Please.
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