Lets get quizzical
May, 19th 2010 21:36 PM
 

Bootlace: Walking holidays in the Alpujurras, Sierra Nevada, Spain. www.bootlace.com
Not just a walk in the park

 

 

And now this:

 

Play of the Day by Jimmy Hill

 

It is Him

 

The scene: fool and Jimi are off on their picnic but are looking for a tin of fish to accompany their just deserts, which they stole from Woolworths pic n mix counter on Brighton’s promenade (Don’t go looking for it – it’s not there any more, although the dolly mixtures are still very apparent). When suddenly fool exclaims

 

fool: Look… a tin of fish

 

Jimi: Yes, a tin of fish. Let’s take it to our picnic and sit on it.

 

fool: Good idea Jimi

 

Narrator: Will Phil Daniels drown in the cold water? Will the fish live? Do you keep your kippers in your slippers? Is seven such a fanciful number? All these questions and more next week on Is It Him? But now; here is the quiz:

 

1. Which country first tinned fish? – Next week, beef.

 

2. How would 27% doubled be shown as a decimal?

 

3. Who did Don Johnson play in “Miami Vice”?

 

4. Where in the body are the rods and cones?

 

5. In the White House who went after Nancy and came before Hillary?

 

6. Which branch of biology deals with the structure of animals?

 

7. What is the chemical symbol for iodine?

 

8. When were parking meters first introduced? A) 1958 B) 1963 C) 1965

 

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

 

cf’s Quiz Night at… in 2010!

 

WHO AM I? – 2010 – No correct answers in the kitty yet – here is the first clue again; WAI? “ As Jimmy I was always in four minds.” Onto clue numero deux,

 

 

Is it any of me?

 

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

 

Welcome to the 2010 scoreboard; week 23 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)

 

Casualty:

 

Aye:

 

Others: flip-all

 

Let’s move on shall we:

 

Quote(s) for the week:

The other night I was reading a dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything.

Steven Wright

 

*Non-descript trivia moment*

 

            I LOVE YOU

 

Gaelic (Scot)Tha gradh agam ort

German…Ich liebe dich

Ancient GreekSe erotao

GujaratiManey tamari satey pyar che

Hawaiian Aloha I’a au; Aloha au la o’e

 

 

fool’s Gold

 

 

  • The term rock n roll was coined in 1951

 

  • Montana mountain goats butt heads so hard their hooves fall off

 

  • The only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters ‘und’ is underground

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

Dr. Phil Ology’s word of the week:

 


“Words, don’t come easy to me, how can I find the way to make you love me, oh words, they don’t come easy…”

 

The word is we have no word, but we do have this from the Doc…

  

Letters: at Paul Noga’s house

 

 

 

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