.. was one of the answers tonight. Pity you missed it - won't come up again any time soon :P
Points, pics & stuff tomorrow - for now just this
There is no quiz on Thursday 29 April. I've decided to leave the field to the Liverpool (and other football) fans. Too much stress to do it without microphone, and background noises, jingles & tunes.
The next one (#33) is on Thursday 6 May (unless I find Sky somewhere and decide to watch Strike Back :)
Das Recht ein Yogi-Thema vorzuschlagen geht an Team Öhm. Bis Dienstag 4. May, 22.00 Uhr.
Rest morgen, bis dahin good night.
23/04/2010
17/04/2010
David Hasselhoff's Sex Toys
..were once again not the answer to any question. Keep trying, one day you'll get it right.
As usual, absolutely lovely and very funny night, even tho I woke up on Friday and was missing my voice. Found half of it by now. Will have the rest back by 22nd. I hope.
Provisional preview for #32 on Thursday 22 April:
Yogi (thanks to White Shoes) - Basketball. Leaves the field WIIIIIIIIIIIIIDE open :D
Music: Cover versions. Got new ones. Even 90's...
Question Rounds - either you send me suggestions/requests or I'll find something last minute :D
Rest (links and elaborations, along with new jokes and funny ads) Monday-ish.
Lavinia - vielen Dank nochmals für die BZ - gib mir Bescheid was du in deinem personalised Quiz haben möchtest :D
As usual, absolutely lovely and very funny night, even tho I woke up on Friday and was missing my voice. Found half of it by now. Will have the rest back by 22nd. I hope.
Provisional preview for #32 on Thursday 22 April:
Yogi (thanks to White Shoes) - Basketball. Leaves the field WIIIIIIIIIIIIIDE open :D
Music: Cover versions. Got new ones. Even 90's...
Question Rounds - either you send me suggestions/requests or I'll find something last minute :D
Rest (links and elaborations, along with new jokes and funny ads) Monday-ish.
Lavinia - vielen Dank nochmals für die BZ - gib mir Bescheid was du in deinem personalised Quiz haben möchtest :D
14/04/2010
CHANGE OF PLANS
sorry, bit last minute an' all but .. we'll just swap it round a bit.
Music Round is Songs about Capital Cities. Paris, Rome, Erkner, like :D (remember remember, New York is not :D)
And the question round 2 is Black & White mix instead of capitals.
Not that bad now, is it?!!
Music Round is Songs about Capital Cities. Paris, Rome, Erkner, like :D (remember remember, New York is not :D)
And the question round 2 is Black & White mix instead of capitals.
Not that bad now, is it?!!
13/04/2010
Ooops, I did it again
.. being tardy, that is.
Quick then, points for #30 (again (?), brilliant night that was ... lots of fun and great meeting new peeps, ever-growing quiz family :D).
Anyroad - here goes
Preview for #31 then.
Thanks to Wannabe (who were only passing through and will not be there to reap the fruits of their... labour?!?) the Yogi Round is Bunte Werbe-Welt (or All About Advertising).. had meant to do that anyway and it leaves the field WIDE open :D. Expect anything from print ads to TV commercials and melodies used in them (Sail away, all I'm saying :D)
Round 1 is going to be Jules Verne (that's Sci-Fi/Literature x-over then). Another topic we've been talking about for a bit now. From Earth to Moon, back to the Centre of the Earth, Weeks in a Balloon, Nemo & Passepartout to.. jeez, did you know that his Voyages Extraordinaires alone comprise 54!!! novels?!?! we'll stick to books only then, NO FILM VERSIONS, Pierce Brosnan or not.
Round 2 will be capitals. As in 'cities' .. basically geography round with emphasis on Paris, Rome, Erkn... Berlin, Moscow.. Ottawa and Canberra. To name but a few.
Music round - not sure yet what I'll dig up (we could always do another "A" round - I have loads of leftover already cut&dried :D) but it might be bunt, as in - songs with colours in the title.
Rest (links & babble) tomorrow, can't concentrate, Newcastle are just trying to win the title.
till later....
Gee, just realised I can't even spell properly - it's ABC-Schützen of course :D (schuldigung :))
Quick then, points for #30 (again (?), brilliant night that was ... lots of fun and great meeting new peeps, ever-growing quiz family :D).
Anyroad - here goes
Preview for #31 then.
Thanks to Wannabe (who were only passing through and will not be there to reap the fruits of their... labour?!?) the Yogi Round is Bunte Werbe-Welt (or All About Advertising).. had meant to do that anyway and it leaves the field WIDE open :D. Expect anything from print ads to TV commercials and melodies used in them (Sail away, all I'm saying :D)
Round 1 is going to be Jules Verne (that's Sci-Fi/Literature x-over then). Another topic we've been talking about for a bit now. From Earth to Moon, back to the Centre of the Earth, Weeks in a Balloon, Nemo & Passepartout to.. jeez, did you know that his Voyages Extraordinaires alone comprise 54!!! novels?!?! we'll stick to books only then, NO FILM VERSIONS, Pierce Brosnan or not.
Round 2 will be capitals. As in 'cities' .. basically geography round with emphasis on Paris, Rome, Erkn... Berlin, Moscow.. Ottawa and Canberra. To name but a few.
Music round - not sure yet what I'll dig up (we could always do another "A" round - I have loads of leftover already cut&dried :D) but it might be bunt, as in - songs with colours in the title.
Rest (links & babble) tomorrow, can't concentrate, Newcastle are just trying to win the title.
till later....
Gee, just realised I can't even spell properly - it's ABC-Schützen of course :D (schuldigung :))
07/04/2010
The weakest link
Searching for something I don't remember, I happened upon this article from the 2008 online Daily Mail (yeah.)
If you're ever concerned about not having all the answers, or having wrong ones - it'll never be as bad as the following. Just don't know whether to hysterically laugh or cry. Not saying it's just our friends from the Insel, I've met living proof that Germans can be just as thick.
Perfect proof that Britain is dumbing down comes from the toe-curlingly embarrassing answers given by many contestants on TV and radio general knowledge quiz shows. Here, CLAIRE COHEN presents some of the most outrageously stupid doing the rounds on the internet
UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE (BBC2)
Jeremy Paxman: What is another name for "cherrypickers" and "cheesemongers"?
Contestant: Homosexuals.
Paxman: No. They're regiments in the British Army who will be very upset with you.
BEG, BORROW OR STEAL (BBC2)
Jamie Theakston: Where do you think Cambridge University is?
Contestant: Geography isn't my strong point.
Theakston: There's a clue in the title.
Contestant: Leicester.
PHIL WOOD SHOW (BBC GMR)
Wood: What 'K' could be described as the Islamic Bible?
Contestant: Er. . .
Wood: It's got two syllables . . . Kor . . .
Contestant: Blimey?
Wood: Ha ha ha ha, no. The past participle of run . . .
Contestant: (Silence.)
Wood: OK, try it another way. Today I run, yesterday I . . .
Contestant: Walked?
BBC NORFOLK
Stewart White: Who had a worldwide hit with What A Wonderful World?
Contestant: I don't know.
White: I'll give you some clues. What do you call the part between your hand and your elbow?
Contestant: Arm.
White: Correct. And if you're not weak, you're . .?
Contestant: Strong.
White: Correct - and what was Lord Mountbatten's first name?
Contestant: Louis.
White: Well, there we are then. So, who had a worldwide hit with the song What A Wonderful World?
Contestant: Frank Sinatra?
LATE SHOW (BBC MIDLANDS)
Alex Trelinski: What's the capital of Italy?
Contestant: France.
Trelinski: France is another country. Try again.
Contestant: Oh, um, Benidorm.
Trelinski: Wrong, sorry, let's try another question. In which country is the Parthenon?
Contestant: Sorry, I don't know.
Trelinski: Just guess a country then.
Contestant: Paris.
THE WEAKEST LINK (BBC2)
Anne Robinson: Oscar Wilde, Adolf Hitler and Jeffrey Archer have all written books about their experiences in what: Prison or the Conservative Party?
Contestant: The Conservative Party.
BEACON RADIO, Wolverhampton
DJ Mark: For £10, what is the nationality of the Pope?
Ruth from Rowley Regis: I think I know that one. Is it Jewish?
UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE (BBC2)
Bamber Gascoigne: What was Gandhi's first name?
Contestant: Goosey?
GWR FM, Bristol
Presenter: What happened in Dallas on November 22, 1963?
Contestant: I don't know, I wasn't watching it then.
RTE RADIO 2FM, Ireland
Presenter: What is the name of the long-running TV comedy show about pensioners: Last Of The. .?
Caller: Mohicans.
RICHARD AND JUDY (C4))
Q: Which American actor is married to Nicole Kidman?
A: Forrest Gump.
LINCS FM PHONE-IN
Presenter: Which is the largest Spanish-speaking country in the world?
Contestant: Barcelona.
Presenter: I was really after the name of a country.
Contestant: I'm sorry; I don't know the names of any countries in Spain.
NATIONAL LOTTERY (BBC1)
Q: What is the world's largest continent?
A: The Pacific
RICHARD AND JUDY (C4))
Presenter: On which street did Sherlock Holmes live?
Contestant: Er. . .
Presenter: He makes bread. . .
Contestant: Err...
Presenter: He makes cakes . .
Contestant: Kipling Street?
THE BIGGEST GAME IN TOWN (ITV)
Steve Le Fevre: What was signed to bring World War I to an end in 1918?
Contestant: Magna Carta?
BREAKFAST SHOW (RADIO 1)
Chris Moyles: Which 's' is a kind of whale that can grow up to 80 tonnes?
Contestant: Ummm. . .
Moyles: It begins with 's' and rhymes with 'perm'.
Contestant: Shark.
JAMES O'BRIEN SHOW (LBC)
O'Brien: How many kings of England have been called Henry?
Contestant: Well, I know there was a Henry the Eighth. . . er . . . Three?
CHRIS SEARLE SHOW (BBC RADIO BRISTOL)
Searle: In which European country is Mount Etna?
Caller: Japan.
Searle: I did say which European country, so in case you didn't hear that, I can let you try again.
Caller: Er . . . Mexico?
PAUL WAPPAT (BBC RADIO NEWCASTLE)
Wappat: How long did the Six-Day War between Egypt and Israel last?
Contestant (after long pause): Fourteen days.
DARYL DENHAM'S DRIVETIME (VIRGIN RADIO)
Denham: In which country would you spend shekels?
Contestant: Holland?
Denham: Try the next letter of the alphabet.
Contestant: Iceland? Ireland?
Denham (helpfully): It's a bad line. Did you say Israel?
Contestant: No.
THE VAULT (ITV)
Melanie Sykes: What is the name given to the condition where the sufferer can fall asleep at any time?
Contestant: Nostalgia.
STEVE WRIGHT IN THE AFTERNOON (RADIO 2)
Wright: Johnny Weissmuller died on this day. Which jungle-swinging character clad only in a loincloth did he play?
Contestant: Jesus
NATIONAL LOTTERY (BBC1)
Eamonn Holmes: Dizzy Gillespie is famous for playing what?
Contestant: Basketball.
DOG EAT DOG (BBC1)
Ulrika Jonsson: Who wrote Lord Of The Rings?
Contestant: Enid Blyton.
NATIONAL LOTTERY (BBC1)
Eamonn Holmes: There are three states of matter: solid, liquid and . . ?
Contestant: Jelly.
FORT BOYARD (CHALLENGE TV)
Jodie Marsh: Arrange these two groups of letters to form a word - CHED and PIT.
Team: Chedpit.
SIMPLY THE BEST (ITV)
Phil Tufnell: How many Olympic Games have been held?
Contestant: Six.
Tufnell: Higher!
Contestant: Five.
NOTTS AND CROSSES QUIZ (BBC RADIO NOTTINGHAM)
Jeff Owen: In which country is Mount Everest?
Contestant (long pause): Er, it's not in Scotland, is it?
THE WEAKEST LINK (BBC2)
Anne Robinson: In traffic, what 'j' is where two roads meet?
Contestant: Jool carriageway?
QUIZMANIA (ITV)
Greg Scott: We're looking for an occupation beginning with T.
Contestant: Doctor.
Scott: No, it's 'T'. 'T' for Tommy. 'T' for Tango.
Contestant: Oh, (pause) Doctor.
BIG QUIZ (LBC)
Gary King: Name the funny men who once entertained kings and queens at court.
Contestant: Lepers.
DANNY KELLY SHOW (RADIO WM)
Kelly: Which French Mediterranean town hosts a famous film festival every year?
Contestant: I need a clue.
Kelly: OK. What do beans come in?
Contestant: Cartons?
TALKSPORT
Andy Townsend: How many wheels does a tricycle have?
Caller: Two.
Townsend: The Beatles were known as the Fab...?
Caller: Five.
JFK
MAGIC 52 (NORTH-EAST ENGLAND)
Presenter: In what year was President Kennedy assassinated?
Contestant: Erm...
Presenter: Well, let's put it this way - he didn't see 1964.
Contestant: 1965?
WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE? (ITV)
Chris Tarrant (asking the audience): 'Jambon' is the French for which food?
11 per cent of the audience: Jam.
DAVE LEE TRAVIS SHOW (BREEZE FM)
DLT: In which European country are there people called Walloons?
Contestant: Wales.
JANICE FORSYTH SHOW (BBC RADIO SCOTLAND)
Forsyth: What is India's currency?
Contestant: Ramadan.
OWEN MONEY SHOW (BBC RADIO WALES)
Money: In 30 seconds, name as many well-known politicians as you can.
Caller: Er. . . Tony Brown. . . and Nigel Benn. (Silence.)
Rolling on the Floor.
Laughing.
My Ass Off.
Repeatedly.
If you're ever concerned about not having all the answers, or having wrong ones - it'll never be as bad as the following. Just don't know whether to hysterically laugh or cry. Not saying it's just our friends from the Insel, I've met living proof that Germans can be just as thick.
Perfect proof that Britain is dumbing down comes from the toe-curlingly embarrassing answers given by many contestants on TV and radio general knowledge quiz shows. Here, CLAIRE COHEN presents some of the most outrageously stupid doing the rounds on the internet
UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE (BBC2)
Jeremy Paxman: What is another name for "cherrypickers" and "cheesemongers"?
Contestant: Homosexuals.
Paxman: No. They're regiments in the British Army who will be very upset with you.
BEG, BORROW OR STEAL (BBC2)
Jamie Theakston: Where do you think Cambridge University is?
Contestant: Geography isn't my strong point.
Theakston: There's a clue in the title.
Contestant: Leicester.
PHIL WOOD SHOW (BBC GMR)
Wood: What 'K' could be described as the Islamic Bible?
Contestant: Er. . .
Wood: It's got two syllables . . . Kor . . .
Contestant: Blimey?
Wood: Ha ha ha ha, no. The past participle of run . . .
Contestant: (Silence.)
Wood: OK, try it another way. Today I run, yesterday I . . .
Contestant: Walked?
BBC NORFOLK
Stewart White: Who had a worldwide hit with What A Wonderful World?
Contestant: I don't know.
White: I'll give you some clues. What do you call the part between your hand and your elbow?
Contestant: Arm.
White: Correct. And if you're not weak, you're . .?
Contestant: Strong.
White: Correct - and what was Lord Mountbatten's first name?
Contestant: Louis.
White: Well, there we are then. So, who had a worldwide hit with the song What A Wonderful World?
Contestant: Frank Sinatra?
LATE SHOW (BBC MIDLANDS)
Alex Trelinski: What's the capital of Italy?
Contestant: France.
Trelinski: France is another country. Try again.
Contestant: Oh, um, Benidorm.
Trelinski: Wrong, sorry, let's try another question. In which country is the Parthenon?
Contestant: Sorry, I don't know.
Trelinski: Just guess a country then.
Contestant: Paris.
THE WEAKEST LINK (BBC2)
Anne Robinson: Oscar Wilde, Adolf Hitler and Jeffrey Archer have all written books about their experiences in what: Prison or the Conservative Party?
Contestant: The Conservative Party.
BEACON RADIO, Wolverhampton
DJ Mark: For £10, what is the nationality of the Pope?
Ruth from Rowley Regis: I think I know that one. Is it Jewish?
UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE (BBC2)
Bamber Gascoigne: What was Gandhi's first name?
Contestant: Goosey?
GWR FM, Bristol
Presenter: What happened in Dallas on November 22, 1963?
Contestant: I don't know, I wasn't watching it then.
RTE RADIO 2FM, Ireland
Presenter: What is the name of the long-running TV comedy show about pensioners: Last Of The. .?
Caller: Mohicans.
RICHARD AND JUDY (C4))
Q: Which American actor is married to Nicole Kidman?
A: Forrest Gump.
LINCS FM PHONE-IN
Presenter: Which is the largest Spanish-speaking country in the world?
Contestant: Barcelona.
Presenter: I was really after the name of a country.
Contestant: I'm sorry; I don't know the names of any countries in Spain.
NATIONAL LOTTERY (BBC1)
Q: What is the world's largest continent?
A: The Pacific
RICHARD AND JUDY (C4))
Presenter: On which street did Sherlock Holmes live?
Contestant: Er. . .
Presenter: He makes bread. . .
Contestant: Err...
Presenter: He makes cakes . .
Contestant: Kipling Street?
THE BIGGEST GAME IN TOWN (ITV)
Steve Le Fevre: What was signed to bring World War I to an end in 1918?
Contestant: Magna Carta?
BREAKFAST SHOW (RADIO 1)
Chris Moyles: Which 's' is a kind of whale that can grow up to 80 tonnes?
Contestant: Ummm. . .
Moyles: It begins with 's' and rhymes with 'perm'.
Contestant: Shark.
JAMES O'BRIEN SHOW (LBC)
O'Brien: How many kings of England have been called Henry?
Contestant: Well, I know there was a Henry the Eighth. . . er . . . Three?
CHRIS SEARLE SHOW (BBC RADIO BRISTOL)
Searle: In which European country is Mount Etna?
Caller: Japan.
Searle: I did say which European country, so in case you didn't hear that, I can let you try again.
Caller: Er . . . Mexico?
PAUL WAPPAT (BBC RADIO NEWCASTLE)
Wappat: How long did the Six-Day War between Egypt and Israel last?
Contestant (after long pause): Fourteen days.
DARYL DENHAM'S DRIVETIME (VIRGIN RADIO)
Denham: In which country would you spend shekels?
Contestant: Holland?
Denham: Try the next letter of the alphabet.
Contestant: Iceland? Ireland?
Denham (helpfully): It's a bad line. Did you say Israel?
Contestant: No.
THE VAULT (ITV)
Melanie Sykes: What is the name given to the condition where the sufferer can fall asleep at any time?
Contestant: Nostalgia.
STEVE WRIGHT IN THE AFTERNOON (RADIO 2)
Wright: Johnny Weissmuller died on this day. Which jungle-swinging character clad only in a loincloth did he play?
Contestant: Jesus
NATIONAL LOTTERY (BBC1)
Eamonn Holmes: Dizzy Gillespie is famous for playing what?
Contestant: Basketball.
DOG EAT DOG (BBC1)
Ulrika Jonsson: Who wrote Lord Of The Rings?
Contestant: Enid Blyton.
NATIONAL LOTTERY (BBC1)
Eamonn Holmes: There are three states of matter: solid, liquid and . . ?
Contestant: Jelly.
FORT BOYARD (CHALLENGE TV)
Jodie Marsh: Arrange these two groups of letters to form a word - CHED and PIT.
Team: Chedpit.
SIMPLY THE BEST (ITV)
Phil Tufnell: How many Olympic Games have been held?
Contestant: Six.
Tufnell: Higher!
Contestant: Five.
NOTTS AND CROSSES QUIZ (BBC RADIO NOTTINGHAM)
Jeff Owen: In which country is Mount Everest?
Contestant (long pause): Er, it's not in Scotland, is it?
THE WEAKEST LINK (BBC2)
Anne Robinson: In traffic, what 'j' is where two roads meet?
Contestant: Jool carriageway?
QUIZMANIA (ITV)
Greg Scott: We're looking for an occupation beginning with T.
Contestant: Doctor.
Scott: No, it's 'T'. 'T' for Tommy. 'T' for Tango.
Contestant: Oh, (pause) Doctor.
BIG QUIZ (LBC)
Gary King: Name the funny men who once entertained kings and queens at court.
Contestant: Lepers.
DANNY KELLY SHOW (RADIO WM)
Kelly: Which French Mediterranean town hosts a famous film festival every year?
Contestant: I need a clue.
Kelly: OK. What do beans come in?
Contestant: Cartons?
TALKSPORT
Andy Townsend: How many wheels does a tricycle have?
Caller: Two.
Townsend: The Beatles were known as the Fab...?
Caller: Five.
JFK
MAGIC 52 (NORTH-EAST ENGLAND)
Presenter: In what year was President Kennedy assassinated?
Contestant: Erm...
Presenter: Well, let's put it this way - he didn't see 1964.
Contestant: 1965?
WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE? (ITV)
Chris Tarrant (asking the audience): 'Jambon' is the French for which food?
11 per cent of the audience: Jam.
DAVE LEE TRAVIS SHOW (BREEZE FM)
DLT: In which European country are there people called Walloons?
Contestant: Wales.
JANICE FORSYTH SHOW (BBC RADIO SCOTLAND)
Forsyth: What is India's currency?
Contestant: Ramadan.
OWEN MONEY SHOW (BBC RADIO WALES)
Money: In 30 seconds, name as many well-known politicians as you can.
Caller: Er. . . Tony Brown. . . and Nigel Benn. (Silence.)
Rolling on the Floor.
Laughing.
My Ass Off.
Repeatedly.
06/04/2010
Post-Oster post
Apologies for the tardiness but I enjoyed a long and brilliant Easter weekend, with too much food, family and fun.. and promotion for Newcastle. Yes, no more jokes, at least not about being second-class.. only 5 more weeks!!! Then it's back in the Premier League. And the worrying starts.
However in the meantime I can (try to) concentrate on quizzes..
Here are the Easter points
As for #30 on 8 April - only 2 days to prepare... tricky :D
I didn't get any Yogi suggestions, from anyone so I'm gonna make that round Silver (as in "silverware", the kind Newcastle are going to win in the next few days.. or week(s). So, basically anything that glitters and could potentially attract magpies :D.. from Silver Surfer to silver medals, silverbacks to Silver Dagger...
Round 1 is Oh Captain, my Captain. From Janeyway to Ahab, Edward Smith to Captain Haddock and any other sea or space-faring leader in history, and fiction. And music (anyone remember "the Captain of her heart"??.. :)
Round 2 is Lucky Dip - similar to Darts Round but without the pointed objects. I'll prepare a bag/hat full of questions from which you can pick 9. All categories.
Music - brought to you by the letter "P" (as in Promotion, Premier League, Peter Lovenkrands...)
Pictures - the usual.. still a few macros and mystery objects left over from Easter :D .. and hopefully new genetix.
No Prediction of the Week anymore, you rarely make one anyway and Newcastle can more or less play as they want from now till August.
See you Thursday, if you want "your" table let me know (or phone the Harp) - I expect a few newbies.. or just turn up in time.
However in the meantime I can (try to) concentrate on quizzes..
Here are the Easter points
As for #30 on 8 April - only 2 days to prepare... tricky :D
I didn't get any Yogi suggestions, from anyone so I'm gonna make that round Silver (as in "silverware", the kind Newcastle are going to win in the next few days.. or week(s). So, basically anything that glitters and could potentially attract magpies :D.. from Silver Surfer to silver medals, silverbacks to Silver Dagger...
Round 1 is Oh Captain, my Captain. From Janeyway to Ahab, Edward Smith to Captain Haddock and any other sea or space-faring leader in history, and fiction. And music (anyone remember "the Captain of her heart"??.. :)
Round 2 is Lucky Dip - similar to Darts Round but without the pointed objects. I'll prepare a bag/hat full of questions from which you can pick 9. All categories.
Music - brought to you by the letter "P" (as in Promotion, Premier League, Peter Lovenkrands...)
Pictures - the usual.. still a few macros and mystery objects left over from Easter :D .. and hopefully new genetix.
No Prediction of the Week anymore, you rarely make one anyway and Newcastle can more or less play as they want from now till August.
See you Thursday, if you want "your" table let me know (or phone the Harp) - I expect a few newbies.. or just turn up in time.
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