it is him volume 409
December, 08th 2010 17:41 PM

PotD, Q, T

 

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And now this:

 

Play of the Day by Phil Drabble

It is Him

 

The scene: Jimi is off to a fancy dress party with Cher dressed in a black sequined glove stretched over his entire body and a top hat.

 

Cher: What are you meant to be?

 

Jimi: Dead by now, its 2009, but you can get away with it.

 

Narrator: Will Cher pull it off? Has Jimi got a hold of the situation? Does everyone have a ticket for Loretofest 2010? stop… here’s the quiz:

 

1) Where did Jimi, dressed as Cher wear ‘that’ body suit?

 

2) Whose first husband was john Dunbar when she was 18?

 

3) How many hours are there in a fortnight?

 

4) Who designed and built the world’s first iron bridge?

 

5) Edward Wymper is associated with which leisure activity?

 

6) On the Chinese calendar what is the only bird?

 

7) Where are the Padang Highlands?

 

8) What is the most common mineral on earth? A) Iron pyrite B) Feldspar C) Quartz

 

Get all the answers and more in the *Comps & results page – or buzz him, manually, on cf.crazyfool@gmail.com 

 

cf’s Christmas Quiz Night:

When: Maybe Thursday 9th December

Hours: 6.30-8.30

Who: You lot and fool

What exactly: Christmas Quiz

Where: Spice Island, Boat Lagoon

 

WHO AM I? – 2010 – Too easy wasn’t it! Hats off to STPfkaQ – for this clue; “Set off to seek my fortune my cat came with me.” – It was of course Dick Whittington. This week’s new clue; “A popular Chinese TV series Hollywood found seven good men to adapt a film to.” It was not John Sturges but right track - Clue 2; “This kind of torture was over the edge.” – Clue 3, “I am that TV series.” – It’s not Yul Brenner – clue 4, “I am the name of the TV series!” – clue 4, “Try the Water Margin!’

 

Is it me?

Send in answers to: cf.crazyfool@gmail.com

 

Bonus question: Is this me?

 

Now posted purely for disturbing reasons

 

Welcome to the 2010 scoreboard; week 53 bonus points tally in brackets for the first answer in. (For all previous answers to the main quiz see: *comps and results page in the categories.)

 

With all the ones and the brackets:

 

The Slackers, pardon I, The Regulars

 

Dracule:

 

Legal Eagle: 1, 1, 1 (1, 1)

 

Hannibal Lecherure: 

 

Silent Third Party, formerly known as Quizmaster: 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1)

 

Casualty:

 

Aye:

 

Others: flip-all

 

Let’s move on shall we:

 

Quote(s) for the week:

There’s more than one way to skin a cat but from a cat’s perspective they all suck

Ze Frank

*Non-descript trivia moment*

 

CHESS TERMS

 

RANK a horizontal row of squares

 

fool’s Gold

 

 

  • Rita Hayworth’s real name was Margarita Cansino

 

  • The black and white spots of Holstein dairy cattle are like finger prints; no two cows have the same pattern of spots

 

  • Edgar Allen Poe was expelled from West Point Military Academy for turning out on a public parade wearing only his white belt and gloves

 

 

 

 

Al Frescos: Take home two pizzas and only pay for one

every Tuesday at Al’s – make it a date. Check the *classifieds for their restaurants in Saigon, Vietnam

www.alfrescosgroup.com

 

Most famous – Gone – see back edition if you really need that Brummie hit

 
 

 

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