Points & (p)reviews

First of all the points for the last two Quikys (damit die Smashing Peaches nicht hinterher immer die Zettel zusammensuchen müssen)

So, two nights into the new season (?) and attendance at least doesn't seem to be the problem. Which, once more, leads me to the following reminder.
If you want to make sure you have a table on Quiky Night, do reserve one. The plan with the table numbers can be found under "Reservations". If you make up your mind 12,45 hours before the quiz starts, phone the Kilkenny directly (number is somewhere under "Reservations" too). Emails might not be read & taken care of in time. Likewise, if you change your mind, please call and cancel so the table can be given to someone else.
Next week's Music round is black & white, and the third question round might be themed "Planes". All categories.

Inquizition News. Lucky(?) Number 13 is coming up on Monday 2 November.
Question round 1 is a sports/music/movie crossover. Singing/acting sportsmen, running, jumping, racing, singing actors. Films & songs about sporting events....
"Yogi" round might be silent movies or ... ships.
Question round 3 will be handouts this time - it's Toon on telly and I would love to watch at least 15 minutes of our glorious death by Blades. Anagrams sound appealing or maybe strange signs & logos or you'll have to draw something yourselves. Or write a limerick. We'll see.
Picture round - many new genetic experiments await, and the odd mystery object too.
Music round - first Monday of the month - cover versions!!!
I find much of my material and my inspiration here.. and I bet you didn't know that Bolland & Bolland wrote & first recorded Status Quo's "In the Army Now" :)

Bloody Hell!!!! Mumien, Monster, Mutationen...

It's creeping closer....
Tomorrow it's time for our annual Grusel-Fest. Irish Harp Inquizition, the Halloween Special Edition. It's the only one I'm doing this year and I hope the Harp's preparations are as thorough as mine.
The 3 question rounds are:
1 - geography, history, science (mostly plants & animals :) - gruesome and other events on 30/31 October throughout the centuries, Blood River, Dead Sea, rats, bats & other creepy critters.
2 - film, TV and music (maybe a wee bit of sports) - movie monsters, mummies, mutants, creepy TV shows and terrifying tunes & artists.
3 - books & assorted Halloween BS. Serial killers, record pumpkins, bloody laws and freaky facts.
Picture round - this week's genetic experiments are brought to you by none other than Dr. Frankenstein and might look something like this.

Music round - spooky mix - from TV & movie themes to songs about werewolves, witches, vampires & other bloodthirsty creatures.
It's the creepiest, spookiest, bloodiest quiz in town - enter, if you dare. Be prepared though, and bring silver bullets, stakes, and crosses. You can ask for garlic in the kitchen.

Boints & Breviews

First things first - last night's boints, the (temborarily) abridged version.
1/2 Leninskij (who are still looking for a new name) 46
Two and a half boobs 44
Grand Daddy Baddy 40,5

And now for something combletely different. It's..... ubcoming events.

Thursday sees the (planned) return of the formerly much-beloved Quiky, the Quiz im Kilkenny. Start at 8pm, the details here. Pinkies - your usual table is reserviert. And as mentioned before, this is a probationary Veranstaltung and its future entirely depends on attendance.

More importantly (for some of us) - this year's much-beloved and only Halloween Quiz.
Monday 26 October, 8pm, Irish Harp.

The usual spooky mix of haunting tunes, horrible questions, and spine-chilling images. Headless chicken are a must, massacres and serial killers are classics. Zombified celebrities in the genetix round, Halloween history (like, whatever happend on 31st October), ghost, ghouls & other gruesome critters in literature, movies & music.
More details and sneak preview here towards end of the week.

Brown-eyed girl

Thanks to the ever-reliable and utterly diligent Stewart, the mystery surrounding Mata Hari's eyes has been solved. Guckst du hier (in inglisch :)

So allegedly she had brown eyes as a child and later turned into a greenish-eyed ... monster?!?
Thanks again Stewart, the next puzzle is probably just around the corner.
Monday night's riddles include tunes about the Big Apple (not just in the title tho), Capital geography (capital cities around the globe, their mayors, coats of arms, nicknames, sights and history. And all that in only 9 questions).
Yogi round seems to be all up to me (unless someone else would like to throw in a suggestion). Question round #3 is brought to you by the letter B. Which means that all the answers start with the letter "B". Should make it a bit easier :)
Pictures are the usual BS.
See you Monday at 8. Till then, have a good one.

Coming up roses..

First things first - Monday night's points. As so often, not too many teams but I prefer quality over quantity anyways. And it was fun. As so often.

And now to the part with the unanswered questions. I still haven't found what I was looking for, reliable information on what colour Mata Hari's eyes were. Help or clues appreciated.
Another question tho shall be answered (much to the joy of our male audience :). Someone asked (themselves?) what Rose McGowan's dress might have looked like front-side.
Here's what.

As to the question what she was thinking when she picked it/put it on - I guess you need something bold when you don't want to be outdone by Mr. Manson.

And next week we look at some eye candy for our female quizzers :)
Other features of InQuizition #11 include songs about the Big Apple, Capital punishment (i.e. geopgraphy, capital cities) and genetic experiments with couples.
Till then, send your suggestions or wishes, enjoy the last days of autumn, and have a good one.

Inquizition #10

Done finalizing the topics/questions.
Question round #1 - Big Screen/Small Screen. TV & movie-related questions from Babelsberg to Barbarella, Hollywood to Hollyoaks, soap operas to stars & starlets.
Yogi round - Silent Movies (if Stewart attends, for he chose it) or Roses (from Axl to gardens)

Question round 3 - Connect 9 (9 question the answers to which provide clues to a term/person/thingie..)
Picture round - more of the usual BS, ALL NEW genetic experiments and mystery objects
Music round - we're going to the zoo. 9 tracks with animals in the title. Think Hound Dog, What's New Pussycat, Karl der Käfer... all 9 merged into one :)

See you Monday, keep working on your team names and practice with the genetics you find here :)

Quiky - The Return

For reasons I can't quite comprehend anymore I've agreed to take up the Quiky once again. A decision I might rue (and take back) in a few weeks but until then let's stay optimistic and give it a shot.
Some things remain the same.
Quiz starts at 8pm on Thursdays, in the Kilkenny, back room.
Teams of 6 players max., bigger groups will have to split up or lose 1 point per surplus player, per round.
Entrance fee is 1€ per player, payable upon registration.
Some things change.
Format is the "original" 5 rounds: question round 1 - history/geography/science, question round 2 - sports/TV/movie/music, question round 3 - arts/literature/bullshit (or current affairs). Picture round on the big screen, the usual mix of genetic experiments, macros, logos, BS. Music rounds are themed.
Previews and extensive revisions in the blog fall by the wayside, all you'll find here are basic versions of points & quiz dates.
There won't be any special rounds anymore as they take too much time preparing, and there are no themed quizzes planned. For the time being. Also no bonus round and no Yogi prize/round.
Prizes - bottle of vodka for first, round of drinks for second. Vodka/Lemon shots for winning the round. Nuts for losers if provided by the pub.
The whole show will run as long as attendance makes it worth my while.
And we start on Thursday 22 October. Reservations or at least a heads-up would be appreciated so that I know who/how many to expect.

And since we'll bedoing it in Dshörmen too...
Aus nicht mehr so richtig nachvollziehbaren Gründen habe ich zugestimmt das Quiky wieder aufleben zu lassen. Eine Entscheidung die ich möglicherweise bedauern und zurücknehmen werde aber bis dahin laßt uns optimistisch sein und es nochmal versuchen.
Einige Dinge bleiben beim Alten.
Das Quiz beginnt jeden Donnerstag um 20.00 Uhr im Kilkenny, im hinteren Raum.
Teamstärke maximal 6 Spieler, größere Gruppen müssen sich aufteilen oder pro überzähligen Spieler pro Runde 1 Punkt abgeben.
Eintritt ist 1€ pro Spieler und bei der Anmeldung zu entrichten.
Einige Dinge ändern sich.
Wir gehen zurück zum "Original"-Format. 5 Runden: Fragerunde 1 - Geschichte/Geographie/Wissenschaft, Fragerunde 2 - Sport/TV/Film/Musik, Fragerunde 3 - Kunst/Literatur/Bullshit (oder Aktuelles). Bilderrunde wie gehabt auf der Leinwand, der übliche Mix. Musikrunde thematisch.
Die übliche Vorschau und Nachbereitung im blog fällt weg, Termine und Plazierungen erscheinen hier un Kurzfassung.
Um den Aufwand bei der Vorbereitung so gering wie möglich zu halten gibt es keine Spezial-Runden mehr ( wie z.B. Connect 9) und es sind auch keine thematischen Quizze (Halloween, Weihnachten) mehr geplant. Zumindest vorerst. Anders als im Irish Harp gibt's auch keine Bonus-/Joker-Runden und keine Yogipreise und -runden.
Preise - Flasche Wodka, für die Sieger und Runde Getränke für die Zweiten. Wodka/Lemon- Shots für die Rundengewinner. Nüsse für die Rundenverlierer falls das Kilkenny welche stellt.
Die ganze Show läuft so lange wie die Anwesenheit den zeitlichen und Arbeitsaufwand rechtfertigt.
Der Startschuß fällt am Donnerstag den 22. Oktober. Reservierungen oder zumindest Vorwarnungen wären nett damit ich weiß mit wem/wie vielen ich rechnen muß.

Inquizition #9 - points

As promised, before Wednesday turns into a pumpk.. err, into Thursday... Monday night's points - tight race and different choice of bonus rounds could have made for a different table but then there's always next week.

Question rounds will be Tinseltown (aka TV, movie & celebrities), Connect 9 (9 mixed questions, answers are clues to a Lösungswort), Yogi round is Silent Movies, picture round is the usual BS mix and music is coming from the zoo.. 9 tunes with animals in the title.
On second thought, if Stew doesn't make it we'll change the Yogi round to something entirely different.
Watch this space.
And no more pity points for being Kiwi, Dutch, or promising to strip and/or sing. Find something new.
Till Monday - have a good one, and keep practising :)

Aller guten Dinge...

Wie immer (oder immer öfter) beziehe ich Anregungen aus dem www.
Und wer bisher schon dachte daß die genetischen Experimente schei...schwer sind und unfair und bullshit.. un det allet - you ain't seen nothing yet.
Bisher hatten wir "nur" 2-in-1 Bilder (abgesehen von den 2 Versuchen aus 2x2 eins zu machen).
Hier sind SEHR gute Beispiele wie man 3 in 1 umwandeln kann.
Und jetzt entschuldigt mich - ich hab da einiges an Photoshop aufzuholen :)

Dutch courage.. and suspected spies

What can I say? Slow to get out of the starting blocks today but an absolutely fun night in the end. I really dig being challenged by chemically inconvenienced people, any excuse to run that gob :) ... and I absolutely admired the tenacity :)
And we never got to see the Haka performed properly.. or the striptease (tease he did tho) .. or hear the songs.. Well, there's always next week. Hopefully a bit better prepared .. and easier (can't promise anything but I'll try) and definitely with at least as much bullshit as we had today.
Thumbs up to the very generous winners "All for one bottle" - caring is sharing and it was really nice to break open that whiskey (I never got to sample any :)
The Yogi round (courtesy of Stewart) is "Silent Movies".. music might be the animalic round I had prepared for #8. Or something completely different.
Suggestions are always welcome, points & leftovers will be up here Wednesday(ish) and the rest when I'm done with my work.
Thanks once more for a smashing 3+ hours, looking forward to a repeat performance.

PS - Sasukeit (consider a different name next week? :) - your round has herewith been officially logged.

...and because it would be a waste to not show it again..

Sneak peek

Hah, new genetics! Thanx Katrin, for the inspiration :)

and no, it's not a real-life version of Alfred E. Neuman :)