POTD - week 2, part 1

I've been thinking... (insert your own jokes here).

Since summer is a loooooong time, and some of yis seem to be missing the quizzing (bad puns included) I've decided to continue the "online quiky". You'll get 7 tasks/pictures/riddles per week, and in order to win some virtual vodka (or at least some 'net nuts) you will have to send in your answers. Deadline every week is Sunday, 23:00. You can either take your time and send all your answers in one batch or - if you think you've got it right in one - send them in every day. Those of you who are into that whole social networking-I've-got-17-new-friends-who-don't-agree-that-I'm-Kreuzberg-but-would-gladly-support-me-in-the-Mafia-wars facebook thingie can message me their answers (that's my English going down the toilet). The generous ones amongst you can leave their answers in the blog comments if they don't mind others "borrowing" ideas. You can only leave 1 answer per POTD so make sure it's your final one. No second thoughts. You can also e-mail your answers to quiz_miz(at)hotmail.com...
No teams, this is an individual effort, i.e. every man, woman, child, android, ghoul and Boy George for themselves.
Obviously I can't prevent you from googling your answers but if you cheat, you only cheat yourself. You might get points for funny/creative answers as I'm judge, jury, and executioner :)

Week 1 was a dry run. Week 2 counts. Here is your first question/riddle (bit of a scavenger hunt so you'd be allowed use of t'internet . you never know, you might learn somting :).

What is the connection between Tyrannosaurus Rex, Blade Runner, Tintin, Scotland, America, Narwhal, Fairy Chess, Iron Man, and Legend (answer is one word)?
Oder for ze Germans: Was ist die Verbindung zwischen Tyrannosaurus Rex, Blade Runner, Tintin (Tim & Struppi), Schottland, America, Narwal, Feenschach, Iron Man und Legende (Antwort ist ein Wort)?

Get cracking, there's more to come.

And here is ze deutsche Version:
"Online Quiky" - damit ihr während der Kreativ-/Sommer-/Denk...whatever Pause nicht ganz aus der Übung kommt, gibt's eine wöchentliche Quiky-Kurzfassung. Pro Tag erscheint auf diesen Seiten ein POTD (puzzle of the day), in Bild- oder Fragenform. Diejenigen unter euch die weiterhin ihre geistigen Kräfte mit anderen messen wollen können ihre Antworten einsenden und Punkte sammeln, die im Siegesfall zu virtuellem Wodka führen, Verlierern werden weiterhin Nüsse nachgeschmissen. Einsendeschluß ist jeweils Sonntag 23.00 Uhr. Wer mag darf seine Antworten hier im blog als comments hinterlassen, auf die Gefahr hin daß andere sich inspirieren lassen. Ansonsten zählen Zuschriften per email an quiz_miz(affenschwanz)hotmail.com oder Nachrichten im facebook (für die networker). Dies ist kein Teamsport, jeder kämpft für sich allein. Es zählt pro POTD pro Spieler nur 1 Antwort, ihr solltet also vor Einsendung nochmal überlegen ob das euer letztes Wort ist. Lustige/kreative Antworten führen ggf. auch zum Ziel da ich Richter, Geschworener und Henker in Personalunion bin. Online-Meckern führt zu online bunten Karten :)

Puzzle 1 in Woche 2 findet ihr obenstehend. Mehr morgen an dieser Stelle.

POTD - week 1 - points & answers

See, all it took was some gentle persuasion and thinly veiled threats to get you to participate :)

Here are the correct answers and the points for week 1:

potd1: sticky tape dispenser/Tesafilmabroller & battery/Batterie (ou pile, pour Hélène)
potd2: Mel Gibson & Brendan Fraser
potd2a: Joaquin Phoenix & Nicole Kidman
potd3: Charlie Sheen & David Hasselhoff
potd4: pistol (hammer)/Pistole (Hammer) & hammers in a piano/Hämmer in einem Klavier
potd5: tennis racket/Tennisschläger & tea bag/Teebeutel
potd 6: piano tuner/Klavierstimmer

Points for week 1. Easy since Jon & Hélène were the only two to "properly" compete.

Jon: 5,5 points
Hélène: 4 points

And here are your prizes:

More on POTW (puzzles of the week) up here later. Methinx we should "competitise" this thing a bit :)

POTD - weekend gifts

Before I head off into the sunset and (almost work-free, definitely smoke-free and hopefully deluge-free weekend) here are the promised Puzzles of the Day #4-6.
Since no one ever requested answers for the previous ones I'm guessing you got them all right and don't need any help or hints.
Have fun figuring these out (1 horizontal genetic experiment, 2x2 macros and mystery tools). I'm back on Monday, with hopefully more riddles..




(in what profession would you have these thingies in your toolbox? In welchem Beruf würde man dieses Zeugs in seiner Werk"zeugs"kiste haben?)

And in the spirit of fairness, and equality, and level playing fields, here's the native bit.
Ehe ich mich in den Sonnenuntergang und das arbeits-, rauch- und regenfreie Wochenende aufmache hier die versprochenen Rätsel des Tages #4-6. Da niemand um Hinweise oder Hilfe bei den ersten 3 gebeten hat gehe ich mal stark davon aus daß alle alles herausbekommen haben.
Viel Spaß mit den neuen (1 x horizontale Genetik, 2x2 Macros und 1 mysteriöser Werkzeugs"koffer"). Bis Montag, selbe Stelle, selbe Welle, mit neuen Rätseln & Bildern.

Last points.. at last

Told you I'd find them.. momma always said "in einem geordneten Haushalt findet sich alles wieder an"...

Your Thursday - Sunday puzzles later today...

POTD, the sequel

I said ALL your greens... alreet, I'll let it slip this one time.
Here's number 2, a vertical one. Bit ... weeeeird. I can't look at it for more than 30sec.

POTD - puzzle of the day

As promised, here's your daily fix. Admittedly an easy one but you haven't had much practice lately, have ye?

If you don't get it (and your colleagues aren't much help either), the answer will be in the comments at some stage. And if you're good, and eat all your greens, and tidy your room you might even get a second one today.

Dieses war der erste Streich

Almost 2 weeks after the final one, and reality has me back. Kicking and screaming, and wishing I wasn't but there's no way really to escape it.
So, after a week or so in McPom, enjoying quiescence that almost bordered boredom, I've begun the task of taking stock and making lists (and later, plans).

• Take time out to not do much, enjoy the Heimat, use the brain just enough to make it through the day and not get run over by one of the few cars that stink up my hometown? Reconnect with family and old friends to share memories, and laughs, and find out that, deep down, there's quite a bit of culchie left in me? Done.

(Since I still don't have a camera, I had to nick some of my da's pics)

• Return to the salt mines and resume where I had more or less dropped everything in my haste to get away? Inevitable. Done.
• Declutter laptop, external hard drive, and office computer? After 3 days to find out where to start, started. It's an ongoing process that will take a while... or find a premature end when I decide to just buy another hard drive.
• Go through roughly 250 bookmarks that lead to a) football/Newcastle-related websites, b) potential quiz questions, c) culinary blogs, d) BS sites that made me laugh and that I had intended to share here (I will, as soon as I find them), e) favourite TV shows I need to catch up on, or f) stuff I won't have the slightest clue as to why I wanted to keep it. Started, but that process is going to be even longer than the decluttering plan.
• Check out Berlin's other pub quizzes to observe and learn. And maybe win. Not necessarily though. Only got as far as 4 (Murray's, Celtic Cottage, Happy Pigs, Molly Malone's). Work in progress, dates tbc.
• Learn Spanish. Ay caramba! Can't even find my books, let alone Reyes to practise with. Plan postponed.
• Play boule. Or learn to play it properly. Or at least start watching the pros (ties in nicely with the plan to take up drawing/painting again). Have to find a place in Berlin where they congregate. Suggestions?
• Go bowling. It's been a while. Anyone interested leave a note.
• Develop my photoshop skills. Tons of tutorials that I've found on the 'net are waiting to be tried, and applied. Started, you'll see results here soon-ish. I hope.
• Read more. Write some. Cook more. Eat less. Exercise (almost certainly gonna be shelved). Find my inline skates. Use them. Explore Berlin (weather permitting). Find a buyer for NUFC. Play minigolf. Go to the cinema. Or museums. Or concerts... and that's not counting my jobs.

So many plans that a year wouldn't be enough, let alone a summer.
Achievements so far: not smoked in 9 days, not touched alcohol in 5. Not used favourite four-letter words in 2. The holiday state of "zen" persists. No bets on how long.

Frequently asked question: what's with the Quiky.. or other quizzes?.
When I look back I miss the Thursday night fun but more than that I'm enjoying my free time and the absence of obligations and self-imposed pressure . Old habits die hard tho. Every time I happen upon interesting/strange/funny facts on the 'net, in the papers or in daily life, I can't but think what a lovely quiz question it would make. I keep collecting stuff, just in case. The manager of the Irish Harp has been bugging me for 2 weeks now, chances are that we continue there, eventually. No plans in the near future tho.

And last but not least, an apology. I seem to have misplaced final countdown points (I vaguely remember Feid Club winning and Muttis coming 2nd). They're certainly somewhere, me being the world's biggest pack rat, I rarely throw away stuff. Until I find them, here's a wee puzzle to tide you over. I intent to post a new one (or old one) every day, genetix, macros, young ones, logos.... so that you can practise.

(solution in the comments, in a few days. try it yourselves)

Details on visiting pub quizzes and other parties, here. Later. Watch this space.

(Entschuldigung für die einsprachige Variante, geraffte deutsche Version hier demnächst, zusammen mit den Punkten von #290.)