Quiz

[KenHigg]

How many moons are there around the earth ??

always good for an argument ...
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Hum... a full moon, 2 quarter moons and a blue moon, new moon...I'd say 5?

 

[rainman89]

How many moons are there around the earth ??

always good for an argument ...
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depends on if i have my pants up or not

 

[Minkey]

How many moons are there around the earth ??

always good for an argument ...
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I remember the episode so I'm not going to say

EDIT: Ah why not I like showing off:

There are either 1 or 5, confused, well the reason is iirc they identified a second moon about 10 years ago which was a small asteroid and it fulfilled the requirements to be defined as a moon but was not formally recognised as a moon. Since then 3 others have been discovered again which meet the requirements but again not formally recognised.

This was on 2 episodes where they asked this question before the discovery of the other 3 so the answer to the question on the first episode was 2 but the answer on the second was 1 or 5, the forfeit answer was 2 which got Alan Davies all wound up as he was on both episodes

 

[GaryPanic]

depends on if i have my pants up or not

not a pretty sight ....

For those who cannot picture who were are talking about see Oscar Wilde the film and this used to be half of a double act with Hugh Laurie - of House fame
Stephen Fry - has a wonderful sort of stiff upper lip - and is what most people outside of the UK expect Brits to be like - a bit of a snob.. but when you see him and listen to him you get to understand that he isn't - his humour (like most brit humour) is inward and at himself and the Brits in general - his obersvation on life - fantastic- his knowledge of stuff is huge ranging from latin to history - his command of "English" is of the highest level - he can sum up in 1 line what would take us hours to think about and do it in a way that you aren't made to feel inadequate -

he Direct's films
writes books
actor
comedian
TV presentor

(But cannot dance)

 

[Minkey]

He also went to the same School as me and was expelled (in only his second year I think.)

 

[Alc]

he Direct's films
writes books
actor
comedian
TV presentor

(But cannot dance)

Nor - I remember from his comments on Whose line is it anyway? - can he rap. He managed fine on the other games, but as soon as he had to rhyme spontaneously he fell apart.

 

[Minkey]

Ok here's round 2 - These are actual Qi questions so I know you could look them up but you wouldn't do that of course. Hopefully they are a good example of why we like this show. I post the answers (along with their forfeit or obvious answers) in say about an hour or so ?

1) What words rhyme with Orange ?

2) What is the largest organ in the body ?

3) Why are Flamingos pink ?

4) What links the Marx brothers and the Hiroshima bomb ?

5) How many states are there in the US ?

6) How much of the Earth is made up of water ?

7) Who inverted the light bulb ?

8) Which is the only ball game to be completely invented in the US ?

9) What is the commonest material in the World ?

10) What was Mozart's middle name ?

 

[Alc]

1) What words rhyme with Orange ?
Borange.

2) What is the largest organ in the body ?
The skin

3) Why are Flamingos pink ?
Something to with the shellfish they eat.

10) What was Mozart's middle name ?
Amadeus

 

[KenHigg]

1 ?
2 skin
3 blood at the surface of the skin/feathers
4 ?
5 2-dumb & dumber
6 2/3s?
7 ?
8 basket ball
9 ignorance
10 'Tommy'

 

[CraigDolphin]

1) What words rhyme with Orange ?
No english words rhyme with orange do they?

2) What is the largest organ in the body ?
Skin

3) Why are Flamingos pink ?
They absorb the pigment from the critters they eat

4) What links the Marx brothers and the Hiroshima bomb ?
No Idea

5) How many states are there in the US ?
50

6) How much of the Earth is made up of water ?
71% [edit] Ohh...just re-read the question. MY answer was how much of the earth's surface is covered by water....if this refers to % of total mass....I'd be quessing maybe 2% ?[/edit]

7) Who inverted the light bulb ?
Thomas Edison...?

8) Which is the only ball game to be completely invented in the US ?
The US invented a ballgame? Maybe baseball (no one else plays that right?)

9) What is the commonest material in the World ?
Depends on what you mean by 'material'. Maybe silica?

10) What was Mozart's middle name ?
Amodeus

Probably revealing my ignorance

 

[Pauldohert]

i got 5.6667 on the original quiz when my mate sent me it yesterday - i am not quite sure why since i got 3 wrong.

 

[Minkey]

5 2-dumb & dumber
9 ignorance
10 'Tommy'

You'd certainly get points for being amusing

 

[Alc]

4) What is the longest animal in the World ?

Lineus worm - 60m

They'd revoke my Dennis the Menace fan club membership if I didn't suggest a millipede beats that (more feet than you can count).

 

[Pauldohert]

Some people have no grasp of facts or logic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Ron_dK]

1) What words rhyme with Orange ?

Florange , oeps might be french

2) What is the largest organ in the body ?

Bowels ? ( Dikke darm in dutch)

3) Why are Flamingos pink ?

Cause they were painted by some gay's.

4) What links the Marx brothers and the Hiroshima bomb ?

The moustache of Karl ?

5) How many states are there in the US ?

Some 51

6) How much of the Earth is made up of water ?

guess some 3 percent

7) Who inverted the light bulb ?

The belgiums !

8) Which is the only ball game to be completely invented in the US ?

soft ball

9) What is the commonest material in the World ?

water or whiskey

10) What was Mozart's middle name ?

Wuelfy

 

[rainman89]

1) What words rhyme with Orange ?
nothing
2) What is the largest organ in the body ?
skin?
3) Why are Flamingos pink ?
agree with rak... ghey
4) What links the Marx brothers and the Hiroshima bomb ?
they both suck
5) How many states are there in the US ?
50 +puertorico
6) How much of the Earth is made up of water ?
75%
7) Who inverted the light bulb ?
who inverted it? and idiot
8) Which is the only ball game to be completely invented in the US ?
the sack tap
9) What is the commonest material in the World ?
stupidity
10) What was Mozart's middle name ?
rock me amadeus

 

[Minkey]

Well some good answers CraigDolphin did quite well but did fall for 4 forfeit answers. So here they are:

1) What words rhyme with Orange ?

Blorenge, a town in Wales and Gorringe (a surname)

FORFEIT - None

2) What is the largest organ in the body ?

The skin - 18 square feet on average

FORFEIT – My ‘organ’

3) Why are Flamingos pink ?

It comes from the blue-green algae they eat

FORFEIT – Shrimp/ prawns (anything pink!)

4) What links the Marx brothers and the Hiroshima bomb ?

Zeppo contributed to the design of release clamps used to hold the Hiroshima bomb.

INTERESTING (OR NOT) TRIVIA – The Russian army trained dogs with bombs attached to run under enemy tanks in order to blow them up but of course they trained them using Russian tanks so guess what happened – that right they blew there own tanks up !!!

5) How many states are there in the US

46 - Kentucky, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts are commonwealths.

FORFEIT – 50

6) How much of the Earth is made up of water ?

0.02% - remember water only covers the surface of the Earth ;-)

FORFEIT - 2/3rd or 75%

7) Who inverted the light bulb ?

Humphrey Davy – clicky

FORFEIT – Thomas Edison but he was the first to use hello as a greeting, Mark Twain was the first to print the word clicky

8) Which is the only ball game to be completely invented in the US

Basketball

FORFEIT: Baseball – It was invented by guess who ? yep the Brits ! clicky

9) What is the commonest material in the World ?

Perovskite exists in the mantel of the earth entire – clicky

FORFEIT: Oxygen, Water

10) What was Mozart's middle name ?

Wolfgang – he was christened, Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart

FORFEIT: Amadeus

 

[Minkey]

Round 3 - sorry Ken it seems I've hijacked your thread - here's 10 more:

1) How many sheep were on Noah’s ark ?

2) What is the commonest bird in the world ?

3) What is the commonest metal in the human body ?

4) These are all types of what ? - Challenger, Tornado, Typhoon, Mustang, Laser, Marauder, Hurricane, Starquest, Apache, Buccaneer, Jetstream, Superstorm and Cobra

5) On the same theme what are these types of ? - Patriot, Gladiator, Dagger, Javelin, Merlin, Archer, Arrow, White King and Excalibur

6) How many men was a centurion in the Roman army in charge of ?

7) How old generally do babies get hair ?

8) What colour could you get the Model T Ford in ?

9) Who was the first President of America ?

10) Who was the second person to portray James Bond ?

 

[KenHigg]

Round 3 - sorry Ken it seems I've hijacked your thread - here's 10 more:...

That's ok, I got basketball right

 

[Alc]

1) How many sheep were on Noah’s ark ?
None. The species didn't exist until after that (supposed) event.

2) What is the commonest bird in the world ?
Ducks (common? downright rough, some of them)

3) What is the commonest metal in the human body ?
Iron or Adamantium (depending on who you're talking about)

4) These are all types of what ? - Challenger, Tornado, Typhoon, Mustang, Laser, Marauder, Hurricane, Starquest, Apache, Buccaneer, Jetstream, Superstorm and Cobra
Fly fishing thingees.

5) On the same theme what are these types of ? - Patriot, Gladiator, Dagger, Javelin, Merlin, Archer, Arrow, White King and Excalibur
Missiles

6) How many men was a centurion in the Roman army in charge of ?
Originally 100. Changed to about 80, then grew to alllow up to about 160.

7) How old generally do babies get hair ?
three months.

8) What colour could you get the Model T Ford in ?
Black

9) Who was the first President of America ?
Washington.

10) Who was the second person to portray James Bond ?
Sean Connery (David NIven was first)?