Hi all, for a little treat
i thought i would resurrect the foxy quiz online for your delectation.
so here goes!
there are 7 rounds and you get to play a joker which doubles your points for that round.you need to play your joker before you see your questions so please choose from LANGUAGE,MUSIC,TV,SPORT,FILM,GEN K AND HISTORY.
NO PEEKING!! COMMIT TO YOUR JOKER CATEGORY NOW!!
PM me with your answers and i shall reveal scores and answers in due course.
enjoy!
round 1 - language
1.which german word means noisy ghost?
2.which word in the phonetic alphabet would score most in a game of scrabble?
3.which 3 letter word was removed from decimal coins in 1982?
4.which english word derives from an old french word meaning sour wine?
5.which company's name derives from a medical condition involving stomach pain that it was originally intended to cure?
6.the global language monitor has predicted that there wil be ow many english words in existence by 29th april 2009?
round 2 - sport
1.which asian team withdrew from the 1950 world cup bcs fifa wouldn't let them play bare-footed?
2.which tennis star was banned for 2 years after testing positive for cocaine at wimbledon 2007?
3.which 4 uk cities have hosted the commonwealth games?
4.at what time and date did the beijing olympics commence?
5.carlos sastre won which sporting event in 2008?
6.why did the inclusion of a young moldovan footballer in the recent times list of the 50 most promising stars prove to be such a strange choice?
round 3 - film
1.johnny5 is central to which film?
2.which film studio was founded by charlie chaplin, mary pickford and douglas fairbanks?
3.in which film was the boat orca central?
4.to which poet does il postino deliver the mail?
5.to which planet do abbott and costello go to in abbott and costello go to mars?
6.why were 7000 inflatable dolls needed for the movie seabiscuit?
round 4 - music
1.which kinks song was originally banned by the bbc until a subtle change of lyrics was introduced?
2.which modern artist designed a cover for the band aid20 single depicting an african child sitting on the knee of the grim reaper which was rejected?
3.who represented the uk at the 2008 eurovision?
4.what % of people chose to pay nothing for downloading in rainbows (5 % either way)?
5.which singer/songwriter was the youngest ever pupil accepted to a music conservatory in baltimore but was expelled 6 years later, an event inspiring the title of her debut album?
6.which rap artist has a tattoo of an open grave with the words rot in pieces dedicated to his ex-wife?
round 5 - history
1.who was awarded the nobel peace prive in 1993 along with nelson mandela?
2.ichthios was the architect of which ancient building?
3.the shortest verse in the bible is jesus wept.but whose death was he mourning?
4.which us president did a young bill clinton shake hands with during a trip to the whitehouse?
5.which future dictator was expelled from his boarding school for throwing an inkwell at his teacher and stabbing a fellow pupil in the buttocks?
6.what was the name of noah's wife?
round 6 - tv
1.in which show in 1975 did one set of contestants answer every question with either che guevara, marx, lenin or trotsky?
2. killer was the title of a 1983 pilot of which long running detective show?
3.on which show, first broadcast in 1998, would you have come across dead metal, shunt and matilda?
4.who is the new presenter of countdown?
5.the first inter-racial kiss on us tv took place on which show in 1968?
6.to 50 either way how many episodes of my favourite soap prisoner cell block h were there?
round 7 - general knowledge
1.which famous novel was banned in the uk in 1922?
2 which uk university has the most students?
3.in 2003 what did jason hatch go to buckingham palace dressed as?
4.which country claimed its town names were being used for cheap items in ikea whilst swedish towns were being used for up-market goods?
5.which entertainer was successfully sued by an audience member when he was hit in the left eye by a gladioli?
6. the us navy was forced to spend $650,000 altering a base in california when thay realised it resembled which symbol from the air?
good luck and i await your answers with anticipation.
cheers,
foxy.
the guy formerly of bis and datapanik( he thanks you for the kind words roberto) works with me and is hosting the quiz this time whilst stuart and beans STILL OF belle and sebastian regularly take part. Having said that the guy with the big sideys from del amitri won last time whilst franz ferdinand were having their dinner downstairs! one bomb and indie glasgow would have been wiped off the map!
