Quiz

[CraigDolphin]

I call 'shenanigans' on number 3 The reddest species of flamingo, Phoenicopterus ruber, primarily eats brine flies, shrimps, and mollusks which contain carotenoid pigments (ingested in turn from algae). Smaller flamingo species like Phoenicopparrus andinus directly eat the algae which are the ultimate source of those pigments. http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-flamingo.html.
So, the proximate source of carotenoid pigments is, in fact, crustaceans and other invertebrates for some species of flamingo.

Basketball was invented by a Canadian, James Naismith, but I guess he must have been in the USA at the time he invented it for the answer to be correct.

'Blorange' and 'Gorringe' are both proper nouns which are usually inadmisable in language games (like scrabble). I could name my fish 'Zorange' and use that as an answer equally.

I take my lumps on the rest though

 

[Alc]

Basketball was invented by a Canadian, James Naismith, but I guess he must have been in the USA at the time he invented it for the answer to be correct.

Seeing as many Canadians can - and do - claim the telephone as a Canadian invention, based on the fact that Bell passed through Canada on his way from Scotland to the US, I think the US can claim basketball.

 

[Minkey]

The reddest species of flamingo, Phoenicopterus ruber, primarily eats brine flies, shrimps, and mollusks which contain carotenoid pigments (ingested in turn from algae).

So, the proximate source of carotenoid pigments is, in fact, crustaceans and other invertebrates for some species of flamingo.

You've got the essence of the show you could argue that but as you've said the proximate source

Basketball was invented by a Canadian, James Naismith, but I guess he must have been in the USA at the time he invented it for the answer to be correct.

Really - I quote Baseball Before We Knew It: A Search for the Roots of the Game, by David Block

"Several references to "baseball" and "bat-and-ball" have been found in British and American documents of the early eighteenth century. The earliest known description is in a 1744 British publication, A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, by John Newbery. It contains a wood-cut illustration of boys playing "base-ball," showing a baseball set-up roughly similar to the modern game, and a rhymed description of the sport. The earliest known unambiguous American discussion of "baseball" was published in a 1791 Pittsfield, Massachusetts, town bylaw that prohibited the playing of the game within 80 yards (70 m) of the town's new meeting house."

I know it's often difficult to be 100% on origins but if you have a source I'm willing to be corrected.

'Blorange' and 'Gorringe' are both proper nouns which are usually inadmisable in language games (like scrabble). I could name my fish 'Zorange' and use that as an answer equally.

True they can't be used in scrabble but they do rhyme with orange are valid words and can be used in a sentence

 

[Minkey]

Seeing as many Canadians can - and do - claim the telephone as a Canadian invention, based on the fact that Bell passed through Canada on his way from Scotland to the US, I think the US can claim basketball.

That's almost true, he did not invent the telephone but he was the first to patent it. The guy how did invent the concept of the telephone was Charles Bourseul but the inventor of the first working telephone was Johann Philipp Reis. Bell saw a demo of it in NY and 'took' the idea and developed and patented his version as the telephone.

 

[Alc]

That's almost true, he did not invent the telephone but he was the first to patent it. The guy how did invent the concept of the telephone was Charles Bourseul but the inventor of the first working telephone was Johann Philipp Reis. Bell saw a demo of it in NY and 'took' the idea and developed and patented his version as the telephone.

Sorry, Reis - you snooze, you lose.

 

[Rich]

7) Who inverted the light bulb ?

What's an inverted light bulb?
Assuming you meant invented, that's easy, but it depends on which country you live in as to the actual first to invent a light bulb

 

[Rich]

(or at least it seems that way at times...)



ken

More especially so since the Chimp took charge

 

[KenHigg]

More especially so since the Chimp took charge

You been hitting the sauce already and can't get the quote stuff right

 

[Alc]

Still. 47 posts in before an insult? That's not too bad, I suppose.

 

[Rich]

You been hitting the sauce already and can't get the quote stuff right

 

[Rich]

Still. 47 posts in before an insult? That's not too bad, I suppose.

How can agreement on a topic be an insult?

 

[KenHigg]

Still. 47 posts in before an insult? That's not too bad, I suppose.

We were on a run -

 

[Minkey]

Round 3 answers:

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

7 - there were seven of every type of clean animal onboard the Ark, with two of each unclean animal and sheep are clean animals (apparently !)

Forfeit: Two

2) What is the commonest bird in the world ?

The domesticated Chicken

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

Calcium

Forfeit: Iron, Mercury

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

Caravans

Forfeit: Tanks, Fighters, Helicopters

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

Parsnips.

Forfeit: Missiles

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

83

Forfeit: 100

However see end of post !

7) How old generally do babies get hair ?

8 weeks old – they grow lanugo clicky as a fetuses, then it sheds and eats it (and becomes as Stephen so nicely put it “babies first stool”)

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

Grey, red or Brewster green

Forfeit: Black or “Any Colour So Long As It's Black" as they were only available in black after 1913.

9) Who was the first President of America ?

Peyton Randolph who was the first President of the Continental Congress.

Forfeit: George Washington, who was the first president of the independent United States

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

Bob Holness – many think he was the first as he played him on radio but Barry Nelson played in on TV in 1954 (admittedly the character was called Jimmy Bond – bloody yanks ) – clicky

Forfeit: Sean Connery, David Niven

I've checked on Alc's answer and according to Wiki they did number 80 and then grew to 160 but in the true traditions of Qi they did not number 100. - I'm also not quite sure how they got 83

 

[Alc]

How can agreement on a topic be an insult?

I never said you were insulting the poster, just being insulting.

Calling someone, anyone a chimp is an insult (other than a chimp, I suppose).

If I say I dislike someone and you say that you, too, dislike then and that they're also stupid, you are insulting them (unless they actually are stupid). Since GWB - for all his faults - is patently a human and not a chimp, it was an insult.

 

[Minkey]

I never said you were insulting the poster, just being insulting.

Calling someone, anyone a chimp is an insult (other than a chimp, I suppose).

If I say I dislike someone and you say that you, too, dislike then and that they're also stupid, you are insulting them (unless they actually are stupid). Since GWB - for all his faults - is patently a human and not a chimp, it was an insult.

I think he may have been referring to me as the Chimp - check my user name

 

[rainman89]

ohhhhh happy bday Alc!

 

[Alc]

I think he may have been referring to me as the Chimp - check my user name

Ah! Well, in the tradition of QI, a chimp is an ape not a monkey (clouseau-esque or otherwise), so it still counts as calling someone a chimp who isn't.

And after going zero for ten on the last round, I'm starting to think this is a childish game and not the mentally challenging activity it was back when I was getting a few right.

 

[Alc]

ohhhhh happy bday Alc!

Thanks very much. I'm getting the age bit, now if only the wisdom would hurry up.
I just had 'bouquet' of cookies delivered to the office, from my wife (and very well they went down, too).

 

[Minkey]

Ah! Well, in the tradition of QI, a chimp is an ape not a monkey (clouseau-esque or otherwise), so it still counts as calling someone a chimp who isn't.

Ah but you get points for that

 

[CraigDolphin]

I said BASKETBALL was invented by a Canadian....not quibbling about baseball being British. I got that one wrong...just thought that the 'correct' answer was somewhat suspicious The questions are worded evilly