WQ#100 - The Century Barbecue & Puzzles Party

For those who have not been keeping tabs on Ye Wilde Quiz, a ton of WQs or Ye Wilde Century Quiz (aka WQ#100) is almost upon us.
We'll celebrate 100 Wilde Quizzes on Thursday 1 August, starting at the unusual time of 7pm or even a bit earlier. There will be a barbecue before and during the usual party quiz rounds and games. Unlike the rest of the summer, reservations for this special quiz are absolutely needed, if only for organisational reasons. To date we have 6 tables left, maybe 7 if Cannonballs are out. Phone Oscar Wilde if you want in, NO emails or SMS.
The BBQ is going to be BYO - bring as much or as little as your team wants to throw on the grill (sausages, steak, veggies, small cows...) - makes it easier for you and for us to plan, avoiding leftovers or shortages, and you can be sure that you get exactly what you want. If you want to rustle up a salad or desserts for your team and your neighbours - sharing is caring.
As mentioned above, we will have games rounds, and the question/music rounds might be more but shorter, making sure everyone gets the chance to win a round of shots. I'll be figuring out the rest in the next 2 weeks, ideas or wishes welcome. Discuss this in the FB group.
First though WQ#99 is coming up on Thursday 25 July and I can promise it will be fun. Especially since it will be Charlie's Angels' last week :)

Sherlocked, smurfs and a smashing Sunday

You (and you and you) who weren't there...don't know what you've missed :P
A BIG FAT THANK YOU to the owner & staff of the Oscar Wilde Irish Pub who made this wonderful weekend entertainment possible (and we're not even talking about the - largely forgettable but ultimately successful - Newcastle game).
And a big thank you to the BBC, and the plea to pleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease make another season.. Seriously, how can you not?!?!

See you on Thursday.... and maybe we'll watch it again. Together.

Elementary, dear Watson

.. is something Sherlock never said in the books... (it's up there with "beam me up Scotty' and 'Schau mir in die Augen Kleines'...)
Anyroad, before something else happens (it's still Friday 13th...) - last night's points, first pics.. and the current 'book'. Because you were such a wonderful audience :)

 

Right, Blogger is pissing me off now (excusez mon French) and won't let me upload more than 1 pic at a time... and patience is not my forte.. only the 'book' for the next 3 weeks, the first 15 photos are here.

And in case anyone is still in two minds about how to spend the arse end of Sunday ... BBC SHERLOCK. LIVE. BIG SCREEN. OSCAR WILDE. 10PM. Let's have a party.. and get to know each other even better (name tags will be provided :)

The non-Sherlocked of you I'll see on Thursday. We still have a few tables left :D

Reservations and seasonal sillyness

Almost forgot - 'book' for next year..

And since I was asked to post a few of my favourite lolcats and silly cartoons.. here are best of, the rest compiled here. Oh, and there are many more LOL-worthy ones here... adults only :)

 Happy and funny holidays.

Fun with .. PHYSICS

Pity some of you weren't there yesterday, you would have known and appreciated what I was at with that Doctor Who reference in the science round.. for all the others - watch, laugh, and REMEMBER.. you never know when a bit of Whoology might come in handy. :)

Regularlier and regularlier...

As of tonight, the 'regular' regular teams (and their respective regularregular tables) are:

Just Met Today (30)

Pinkies with or without Brain (33)

Howard Met Your Brother (35)

3-5 Graces (23)

Newbies (22)

Kirschbierfraktion (26)

These teams are - unless stated otherwise - in the book every week. All other teams will have to book their table through the proper channels (i.e. tell me right after the quiz or phone the Oscar's)....

The 11 teams in the book for WQ#21... see right hand bar.

The rest tomorrow, have to sort thoughts and points and pictures. To all who made #20 such good fun - THANK YOU. We shall do that again soon.
BTW - great to see that there are other people who know- and enjoy - the genius that is Tom Lehrer ;)

Laughs and links

Since I was asked so nicely last night to share the Sex Road Sign cartoon... I shall do so.. and a few of my other favourite pics too. Of course they're not mine and if I remembered where I found them, I would gladly credit the original artists ;)... enjoy trotzdem :D

And for those of you who were wondering about Mike the Headless Chicken (Halloween Quiz) and want to read up on the story.. here is Mike's very own website. Nothing for the faint-hearted though :)

Biblical fun...

THAT was one of the funnest (yes, that is a word in MY dictionary:) nights in the history of Ye Wilde Quiz... and a record attendance. 14! teams...
And before I forget it, here's the topical comic (Old Testament round)  I promised to share.. found it through a friend's facebook the other day and haven't stopped giggling :D

Points and pics up here on Saturday, till then... thanks again to both the Oscar Wilde staff and all the teams. Most excellent night.
Rules will change ever so slightly, regarding reservations, registration, and kick-off times. All of that up here on Saturday too.
For now - have a lovely sunny weekend, and if you're bored on Sunday around 5pm - Oscar Wilde again. The Berlin Toon Army would appreciate your support.(unless you're a Spurs fan.. in that case you're excused :)


In the book for Ye Wilde Quiz #16:
David Ellis (24)
Just Met Today(30)
Pinkies & The Brain (33)
Craggy Islanders (35)
Bad Apples (25)
CannonballZ (34)

Rest of yis - phone to reserve.
Yogi Round - David Ellis - you have until Monday 9pm.

It's a funny old game....

...tennis, that is. Doing my research for Thursday and finding all these wonderful and wondrous pictures... und wie beim Tennis gilt auch beim Quiz... auf den Stil kommt es an... aber man sollte nicht alles so verbissen sehen..obwohl ein wenig Anstrengung nicht schadet, sonst ist alles für'n A....

und man sollte zwar nicht alles so verbissen sehen

etwas anstrengen solltet ihr euch schon

sonst ist alles für'n A.....

BANG BANG

Seriously, if the Quiky had a future I would definitely consider changing the Yogi rules... new location though could mean new format and new rules... excluding von vorn herein certain topics :P :P

For now though I (and you) have to live with team Bratpfanne's choice for Monday's Yogi round:

The Big Bang Theory.

Nein, wir reden nicht vom Urknall (nicht daß ich darüber mehr wüßte) sonder über die gleichnamige US-Fernsehserie (auf Pro7 zu sehen.. gewesen)).
Zumindest ich muß nun einen Teil meiner Ostertage damit verbringen, mir amerikanische Geekomödien-Folgen anzusehen. Physik und Ami sitcoms.
Hm.
Na ja.

The rest ist still pretty much open, ich werd versuchen das Yogi-Thema irgendwie auszugleichen ;) Bis Samstag abend könnt ihr mir gern noch Wünsche und Vorschläge zuschicken.
Music könnte mal wieder Stadt-Land-Fluß werden .. songs with geography in the title.. cities, countries, mountains, rivers....

Details here round about Sunday.
Till then - Hoppy Easter, und hier sind (nochmal) einige meiner favourites :D :D ..

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.

Eggstraordinarily busy

No eggcuses or apologies.. just an eggsplanation. I've been negligent. Not that I've been lazy.. just busy with other things. RL. And obsessions. And Easter. In RL.
Anyroad, still working on tomorrow's plan (and questions) .. but so far it looks like this:
Music - (more or less famous) intros.. you know, the all important first few sesonds that make you want to buy a song.. or run screaming from the room. Nicely cut and mixed. Round 1 - April Fool's Day - mostly True or False (let's see if you can find out if/when I'm lying :P) maybe a few multiple-choice-assorted-BS questions too. Round 2 - Chicks, and eggs, and lambs, and bunnies.. Easterly, like. Round 3 - not the foggiest. Kinder Surprise. Pictures - the usual mix...
We will have fun, and choccies, and hopefully nuts, and definitely alcohol.. and maybe the odd smoke :D And I can sleep in on Friday you we might even have a bit of karaoke :D
See yis soon.
And last but not least:

And since it's almost Easter - some of this year's KwizMiz faves.



you might want to keep that in mind before you go egg-hunting tomorrow :D

On the 18th day of Quizmas

So, die Anmeldung ist geschlossen.
Im Buch sind zusätzlich zu den vorgenannten Teams noch die Muttis (und 6 "fremde" Teams), es sieht also so aus als ob es voll wird, und familiär :)
Die letzten Vorbereitungen laufen und irgendwann vor Montag fallen mir sicher auch noch ein paar Fragen und Rätsel ein.
Bis dahin schönes letztes Adventwochenende, und ein paar Quizmas Cartoons, von wegen "fröhliche" und so ...







ho ho ho...