Easier trivia

mummywhycantieatcrayons · Post by **mummywhycantieatcrayons** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 4:17 pm

Ok, Verbal 2/5, Enfield 4/5.

Oh, and why are people's final answers appearing outside the quote box?!

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 4:28 pm

can i suggest that on number 4 the wee lad may be tricking you, the answer most have given is the first animated feature film, whereas his debut was in plane crazy some 6 months earlier.

edit:having seen the other answers, he's just wrong on this one.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 4:31 pm

warthog wrote:
mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:Ok, well seeing as nobody got the 5/5, I'll set some questions:

1. Quotation source. "Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country." JFK

2. In which city is the International Court of Justice situated? The Hague

3. What is the capital of Slovakia? Got me there

4. What was the name of the first animated cartoon to feature Mickey Mouse? Steamboat Willie

5. Which major sporting venue has Rudyard Kipling's words "If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster/And treat those two impostors just the same" just above where the players enter the arena?
Wimbledon

mummywhycantieatcrayons · Post by **mummywhycantieatcrayons** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 4:48 pm

communistworkethic wrote:can i suggest that on number 4 the wee lad may be tricking you, the answer most have given is the first animated feature film, whereas his debut was in plane crazy some 6 months earlier.

edit:having seen the other answers, he's just wrong on this one.

Oops, you're absolutely right.

Oh well, I have had the answer I was looking for, so I'll just go back and change the question!

Bonus points for Commie, good knowledge...

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 4:51 pm

communistworkethic wrote:can i suggest that on number 4 the wee lad may be tricking you, the answer most have given is the first animated feature film, whereas his debut was in plane crazy some 6 months earlier.

edit:having seen the other answers, he's just wrong on this one.

So it would appear, although the answer given by us was not a feature film per se - it was also listed as a short. Disney made two Mickey shorts earlier, although he could not apparently find distributors for either one. However, the one commie mentions was released first - if undistributed. I suppose there is a trivia law to cover this! Perhaps Monty's law which means I can never get more than three right.

Prufrock · Post by **Prufrock** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 5:23 pm

mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:Ok, well seeing as nobody got the 5/5, I'll set some questions:

1. Quotation source. "Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country."
JFK
2. In which city is the International Court of Justice situated?
Complete guess, Strasbourg?

3. What is the capital of Slovakia?
Bratislava
4. What was the name of the first animated cartoon feature film to feature Mickey Mouse?
Steamboat Willie
5. Which major sporting venue has Rudyard Kipling's words "If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster/And treat those two impostors just the same" just above where the players enter the arena?
Defo Wimbledon

mummywhycantieatcrayons · Post by **mummywhycantieatcrayons** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 7:02 pm

Prufrock wrote:
mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:Ok, well seeing as nobody got the 5/5, I'll set some questions:

1. Quotation source. "Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country."
JFK
2. In which city is the International Court of Justice situated?
Complete guess, Strasbourg?

3. What is the capital of Slovakia?
Bratislava
4. What was the name of the first animated cartoon feature film to feature Mickey Mouse?
Steamboat Willie
5. Which major sporting venue has Rudyard Kipling's words "If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster/And treat those two impostors just the same" just above where the players enter the arena?
Defo Wimbledon

4/5 - you have named the city in which the European Court of Human Rights is situated. And a lovely place it is too...

Prufrock · Post by **Prufrock** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 7:03 pm

mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:
Prufrock wrote:
mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:Ok, well seeing as nobody got the 5/5, I'll set some questions:

1. Quotation source. "Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country."
JFK
2. In which city is the International Court of Justice situated?
Complete guess, Strasbourg?

3. What is the capital of Slovakia?
Bratislava
4. What was the name of the first animated cartoon feature film to feature Mickey Mouse?
Steamboat Willie
5. Which major sporting venue has Rudyard Kipling's words "If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster/And treat those two impostors just the same" just above where the players enter the arena?
Defo Wimbledon
4/5 - you have named the city in which the European Court of Human Rights is situated. And a lovely place it is too...

Knew there was something Europeany there. 'Twas my other option apart from Paris. Never really caught my imagination.

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:10 pm

1. Quotation source. "Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country."
JFK
2. In which city is the International Court of Justice situated?
Den Haag
3. What is the capital of Slovakia?
Bratislava
4. What was the name of the first animated cartoon feature film to feature Mickey Mouse?
Donald Duck
5. Which major sporting venue has Rudyard Kipling's words "If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster/And treat those two impostors just the same" just above where the players enter the arena?
Twickenham

mummywhycantieatcrayons · Post by **mummywhycantieatcrayons** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 6:37 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote: 2. In which city is the International Court of Justice situated?
Den Haag

Well done that man! Definitely worth half a bonus point...

Only leaves you with 3.5 points though.

mummywhycantieatcrayons · Post by **mummywhycantieatcrayons** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 11:06 pm

Right, I have just captained a four-man team to victory in the Fitzwilliam College quiz, scooping a massive £108 first prize to share between us.

I will post some of the questions that clinched it for us in groups of 5 as soon as someone gets 4/5 correct.

1. Capital of Morrocco?

2. Year first Harry Potter published?

3. Longest mountain range in the world? (On land, not under the sea, as somebody in our crowd had to have clarified!)

4. Year of the Battle of Waterloo?

5. What is the collective noun for cheetahs?

Prufrock · Post by **Prufrock** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 11:21 pm

mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:Right, I have just captained a four-man team to victory in the Fitzwilliam College quiz, scooping a massive £108 first prize to share between us.

I will post some of the questions that clinched it for us in groups of 5 as soon as someone gets 4/5 correct.

1. Capital of Morrocco? Rabat

2. Year first Harry Potter published? 1997 i THINK

3. Longest mountain range in the world? (On land, not under the sea, as somebody in our crowd had to have clarified!) the Andes??

4. Year of the Battle of Waterloo? 1815

5. What is the collective noun for cheetahs? I know you can have a clutter of cats which is a brilliant word, so I'd go for that.

mummywhycantieatcrayons · Post by **mummywhycantieatcrayons** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 11:32 pm

Solid, 4/5. You got the cheetah one wrong.

Alright, one more for this evening...

1. Which bridge does the Oxford v Cambridge boat race start from?

2. Which child star recently gave birth to her second child?

3. Who was Prime Minister at the turn of the 19th/20th Century?

4. Who was Prime Minister in 1955 after Churchill resigned?

5. Who founded the Salvation Army?

These are just going down on the screen as I remember them....

KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab · Post by **KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 11:54 pm

1 is Putney Bridge - bonus for knowing that the finish is Mortlake?

3 I know is the Marquis of Salisbury, because I've just read that bit in John O'Farrell's Impartial History of Britain.

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:26 am

1 - putney bridge

2 - Charlotte Church

3 - Marquis de Salisbury I THINK

4 - I was debating this for a while, but I'll go for Anthony Eden.

5 - Ms. Sally Army? No? Ok then...I'll go with Florence Nightingale. I don't know why

jimbo · Post by **jimbo** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:36 am

mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:Solid, 4/5. You got the cheetah one wrong.

Alright, one more for this evening...

1. Which bridge does the Oxford v Cambridge boat race start from? Putney

2. Which child star recently gave birth to her second child? Charlotte Church

3. Who was Prime Minister at the turn of the 19th/20th Century? Marquis of Salisbury

4. Who was Prime Minister in 1955 after Churchill resigned? No idea though probably should

5. Who founded the Salvation Army? Harold Bishop?

These are just going down on the screen as I remember them....

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 1:23 pm

I think we should change the thread title to not so easy trivia! I educated and one uneducated guess in here.

mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:Right, I have just captained a four-man team to victory in the Fitzwilliam College quiz, scooping a massive £108 first prize to share between us.

I will post some of the questions that clinched it for us in groups of 5 as soon as someone gets 4/5 correct.

1. Capital of Morrocco?
Rabat
2. Year first Harry Potter published?
1997 - I think...

3. Longest mountain range in the world? (On land, not under the sea, as somebody in our crowd had to have clarified!)
Andes
4. Year of the Battle of Waterloo?
1815

5. What is the collective noun for cheetahs?
Bloody hell - the only collective feline I know for sure is Pride of Lions but I can't be that. How about a Speed of Cheetahs?

senorjoeyo · Post by **senorjoeyo** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 1:31 pm

mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:
1. Capital of Morrocco?
Morroco city?
2. Year first Harry Potter published?
1999?

3. Longest mountain range in the world? (On land, not under the sea, as somebody in our crowd had to have clarified!)
Andes
4. Year of the Battle of Waterloo?
????? I'm young, we don't learn things like that in history, we learn how our country should be ashamed of itself for having an empire
5. What is the collective noun for cheetahs?
a coalition

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 1:36 pm

mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:Solid, 4/5. You got the cheetah one wrong.

Alright, one more for this evening...

1. Which bridge does the Oxford v Cambridge boat race start from?
Putney - at least in modern times

2. Which child star recently gave birth to her second child?
Charlotte Church

3. Who was Prime Minister at the turn of the 19th/20th Century?
Lord Salisbury

4. Who was Prime Minister in 1955 after Churchill resigned?
Sir Anthony Eden

5. Who founded the Salvation Army?
William Booth and his wife

These are just going down on the screen as I remember them....

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