The famous fruit-chat quiz!
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by Weyland » Wed Jun 20, 2007 11:31 am
Rob Bob's logic nets him the prize. Benjamin it is. Not massively imaginative naming from Stan Lee (or Jack Kirby, depending on who you believe), but there you go...
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by Flying Spaghetti Monster » Fri Jun 22, 2007 2:08 pm
sorry for the wait
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Which of TVs 'young ones' had a top ten solo hit in 1984 and what was the name of the song?
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by Weyland » Fri Jun 22, 2007 2:22 pm
Neil with Hole in my Shoe?
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by Weyland » Fri Jun 22, 2007 8:21 pm
Sticks in my head that one for some reason.
Time to sort out the fellow TV geeks amongst you: How was the original sound of the Doctor's TARDIS appearing and disappearing created? Bonus points if you know the official spelling of the sound effect (used in the comic strip, etc).
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by harry 3 » Sun Jun 24, 2007 8:42 am
Is it a theremin or something similar.
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by Weyland » Sun Jun 24, 2007 9:50 am
Nope. It does involve a musical instrument, but not in the normal way you'd expect.
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by stuart4010 » Sun Jun 24, 2007 12:56 pm
Hmm, there's a few instruments out there, and probably a few inventive ways to play them!!
How about a trumpet played by a monkey using his toes?
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by Weyland » Sun Jun 24, 2007 1:41 pm
Now you're just guessing wildly.
The instrument in question is a piano.
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by stuart4010 » Sun Jun 24, 2007 3:24 pm
Yes, that was a wild one, sorry.
Is a bow used to play the strings inside the piano as a performer would do on a standard stringed instrument?
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by Weyland » Sun Jun 24, 2007 4:21 pm
Verrry close...
In fact, I'll give it to you. The BBC Radiophonic Workshop created the sound by scraping the strings of a piano (with a pair of keys apparantly, although that's not certain) and slowing down the recording.
The aliterative word used in the comic strip is "vworp", which, to my mind at least, sounds absolutely nothing like the actual noise.
Over to you Stu.
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by stuart4010 » Sun Jun 24, 2007 7:56 pm
Thanks Weyland.
How many squares are visible on a Rubik's Cube??
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by Weyland » Sun Jun 24, 2007 8:18 pm
Is it as simple as 9 * 6 == 54? Or do the corners count as one square, not three?
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by Matt Vinyl » Sun Jun 24, 2007 8:36 pm
I'm going to say 27. My logic being that as it's a cube, and hence 3D, only three sides would be 'visible' at any one time?
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