Daily Quiz anyone?

[zico]

Thanks to the guys for getting this great new site up and running and here is a brand new quiz thread. You know the rules. Please don't post your answers before the quizzer does. Don't forget to post your scores.  

[zico]

Five Quiz

1.  The Olympic rings are five interlocking rings. What do they represent?

2.  In the television series, "Doctor Who", who played the Doctor's fifth persona from 1982 to 1984?

3.  The "Jackson Five" were formed in 1964 and originally consisted of five brothers - Jermaine, Jackie, Tito, Marlon and Michael Jackson. In 1976, they changed their name to "The Jacksons" and switched labels from Motown to Epic. Jermaine stayed at Motown. Which of their siblings took Jermaine's place in the group?

4.  There are five members of the genus Panthera, commonly known as the "great cats". Which of the following is NOT a member of this group, jaguar, cheetah, snow leopard or tiger?

5.  "My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you today that I've just signed legislation that'll outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in FIVE minutes". Which president was responsible for this public blunder?

6.  In the books by Reverend W Awdry, which of Thomas the Tank Engine's friends carried the number five, was it Henry, Gordon or James?

7.  What is the subtitle of the fifth of the films in the "Star Trek" franchise in which Spock's half-brother hijacks the Enterprise to try and locate the mythical planet of Sha Ka Ree?

8.  This TV series created by J. Michael Straczynski, was set aboard a space station that was the universe's last best hope for peace. Its title contains the name of which ancient city followed by the number five?

9.  The five singers Lee Latchford-Evans, Claire Richards, Lisa Scott-Lee, Faye Tozer and Ian "H" Watkins were better known as what?

10.  The first five books of the Old Testament are quite well known, but which is the fifth book of the New Testament?

11.  Which of the five human senses can be referred to as "tactile"?

12.  Which of the five great lakes is the only one that lies completely within American borders?

13.  Which Scrabble letter is worth 5 points?

14.  How many US state names have exactly five letters? 

15.  Clint Eastwood played Dirty Harry in five films, Dirty Harry, Magnum Force, The Enforcer, Sudden Impact are four, which one is missing?

16.  Enid Blyton wrote a series of books based on the "Famous Five". The "Famous Five" were four children and a dog. They had many adventures and solved crimes and mysteries. What was the dog's name?

17.  Which player has been allocated the number 5 shirt at West Ham for this coming season?

18.  Which of the five Marx brothers legally changed his (real) first name from Adolph to Arthur around 1911, was it Harpo, Zeppo or Gummo?

19.  Which legendary actor was married five times to wives Josephine Dillon, Ria Langham, Carole Lombard, Lady Sylvia Ashley and Kay Spreckels?

20.  There were five original members of the Rat Pack.  Four were Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jnr and Joey Bishop.  Who is missing?

 

[only1billybonds]

13


Cheers Zico 

[zebthecat]

19 today thanks zico.

[easthammer]

15 thanks Zico

[mallard]

14 Today
11 Yesterday 

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[Westside]

18. Thanks Zico.

[zico]

Four Quiz

1.  Name the fourth in this quartet of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, and…..?
Raphael

2.  Mikhail Gorbachev, Desmond Tutu, Yasser Arafat and Lech Walesa all won what?
Nobel Peace Prize

3.  Magician, Devil, Hermit, High Priestess are all what?
Tarot Cards

4.  "Four Weddings and a Funeral" was a romantic movie directed by Mike Newell. Hugh Grant starred as the English bachelor Charles who kept running into the American single girl Carrie played by which actress?
Andie MacDowell

5.  In the song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas", what did "my true love send to me" on the fourth day?
Calling birds

6. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse appear in which book of the Bible?  
Revelation

7.  Four normal human beings, Susan Storm, Johnny Storm, Reed Richards and Ben Grimm, become known by what name after being bombarded by cosmic rays while on a mission in space?
Fantastic Four

8.  A popular boy singing quartet called themselves the Four Seasons. Who was the lead singer at their inception?
Frankie Valli

9.  What is a solid figure with four triangular faces known as?
Tetrahedron

10. Four prisoners play a key role in novel "The Sign of Four", which is the second novel to feature which main character?
Sherlock Holmes

11.  The four-minute barrier was first broken on 6 May 1954 at Oxford University's Iffley Road Track, by British athlete Roger Bannister, with the help of which two fellow runners as pacemakers? Point for each.
Chris Chataway and Chris Brasher

12.  Four American Presidents have been assassinated whilst in office.  The obvious two are Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy.  For two points name the other two?
James A. Garfield and William McKinley

13.   The Four Musketeers is a 1974 British swashbuckler film and sequel to the 1973 film The Three Musketeers.  It stars Michael York as D’Artagnan, Oliver Reed as Athos, Richard Chamberlain as Aramis but who played Porthos?
Frank Finlay 

14.  On a standard dartboard what number is directly opposite the number four?
Sixteen

15.  Which team came fourth in last year’s Premier League?
Chelsea

16.  Hydrogen is the first element on the Periodic Table, but what is the fourth element?
Beryllium

17. The Fourth of July, or Independence Day, is a national holiday in the United States commemorating the country’s declaration of independence from Great Britain in which year?
1776

18.  The Fourth Protocol is a 1987 British Cold War spy film starring Michael Caine and Pierce Brosnan. Directed by John Mackenzie, it is based on the 1984 novel The Fourth Protocol by which author?
Frederick Forsyth

19.  Out of the four Golf Major Championships which one is played earliest in the year?
The Masters played in April

20.  Which four European capital cities does the river Danube flow through?     Point for each
Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, and Belgrade.    


 

[zico]

Advance warning ! .. we already had a number seven quiz, haha
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Thank you, I am aware, when I get to seven, the questions are different to the last one.  When you have done a daily quiz for three years odd it is inevitable you will get rehashed subjects and questions!  

Only joking old chap, all quizzes are much appreciated  !
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Thank you, much appreciated.  Bloody struggling to find 20 questions on the number 8 mind!  

[the coming of gary]

Advance warning ! .. we already had a number seven quiz, haha
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Thank you, I am aware, when I get to seven, the questions are different to the last one.  When you have done a daily quiz for three years odd it is inevitable you will get rehashed subjects and questions!  

Only joking old chap, all quizzes are much appreciated  !
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[zico]

Advance warning ! .. we already had a number seven quiz, haha
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Thank you, I am aware, when I get to seven, the questions are different to the last one.  When you have done a daily quiz for three years odd it is inevitable you will get rehashed subjects and questions!  

[the coming of gary]

Advance warning ! .. we already had a number seven quiz, haha
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[only1billybonds]

11 yesterday 



Cheers Zico 

[zico]

Four Quiz

1.  Name the fourth in this quartet of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, and…..?

2.  Mikhail Gorbachev, Desmond Tutu, Yasser Arafat and Lech Walesa all won what?

3.  Magician, Devil, Hermit, High Priestess are all what?

4.  "Four Weddings and a Funeral" was a romantic movie directed by Mike Newell. Hugh Grant starred as the English bachelor Charles who kept running into the American single girl Carrie played by which actress?

5.  In the song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas", what did "my true love send to me" on the fourth day?

6. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse appear in which book of the Bible?  

7.  Four normal human beings, Susan Storm, Johnny Storm, Reed Richards and Ben Grimm, become known by what name after being bombarded by cosmic rays while on a mission in space?

8.  A popular boy singing quartet called themselves the Four Seasons. Who was the lead singer at their inception?

9.  What is a solid figure with four triangular faces known as?

10. Four prisoners play a key role in novel "The Sign of Four", which is the second novel to feature which main character?

11.  The four-minute barrier was first broken on 6 May 1954 at Oxford University's Iffley Road Track, by British athlete Roger Bannister, with the help of which two fellow runners as pacemakers? Point for each.

12.  Four American Presidents have been assassinated whilst in office.  The obvious two are Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy.  For two points name the other two?

13.   The Four Musketeers is a 1974 British swashbuckler film and sequel to the 1973 film The Three Musketeers.  It stars Michael York as D’Artagnan, Oliver Reed as Athos, Richard Chamberlain as Aramis but who played Porthos?

14.  On a standard dartboard what number is directly opposite the number four?

15.  Which team came fourth in last year’s Premier League?

16.  Hydrogen is the first element on the Periodic Table, but what is the fourth element?

17. The Fourth of July, or Independence Day, is a national holiday in the United States commemorating the country’s declaration of independence from Great Britain in which year?

18.  The Fourth Protocol is a 1987 British Cold War spy film starring Michael Caine and Pierce Brosnan. Directed by John Mackenzie, it is based on the 1984 novel The Fourth Protocol by which author?

19.  Out of the four Golf Major Championships which one is played earliest in the year?

20.  Which four European capital cities does the river Danube flow through?     Point for each

 

[easthammer]

12 thanks Zico

[zebthecat]

16 today thanks zico.
Got the wrong three peaks though as I went for Ingleborough, Pen-y-ghent and Whernside as I went caving around there a lot and there is definitely a race albeit a one dayer.

[Westside]

12. Thanks Zico.

[zico]

Three Quiz

1. Which late Star Trek original series star directed the 1987 American comedy film Three Men and a Baby?
Leonard Nimoy

2. Which Shakespeare play begins: "When shall we three meet again in thunder, lightning or in rain?"
Macbeth

3. Three Days of the Condor is a 1975 American spy thriller film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring which actor in the lead role?
Robert Redford

4. Which ancient Greek philosopher described three as the perfect number, expressive of "beginning, middle and end" and therefore in his work he made it the symbol of deity?
Pythagoras

5. What was the make and model of the three-wheeler car made famous by "Del Boy" Trotter in the TV show "Only Fools and Horses"? Point for make and point for model.
Reliant Regal -Many people (myself included) thought that Del actually drove a Reliant Robin but it was in fact a Regal van.  

6.  The National Three Peaks Challenge involves climbing which three peaks, often within 24 hours?  Point for each.
Snowdon, in Wales (1085m), Scafell Pike, in England (978m), and Ben Nevis, in Scotland (1345m)

7.  The Bourne Identity (2002), The Bourne Supremacy (2004), and which other film make up the “original” Bourne Trilogy of films back in the 2000’s?
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

8.  Can you name the scene in Pennsylvania of a near-disastrous accident at a nuclear plant in 1979?
Three Mile Island

9.  The name of which country's capital city comes from the Greek meaning three cities?
Libya – Tripoli

10.  What is it called in Ten-Pin bowling if you score three strikes in a row?
Turkey

11.  The pop group Bucks Fizz had three UK number one hits with Making Your Mind Up, The Land of Make Believe and which other track?
My Camera Never Lies

12. The first names of the three Bronte sisters were Anne, Charlotte and who?
Emily

13. In the 1996 song Three Lions by Frank Skinner, David Baddiel and Lightning Seeds Ian Broudie, the lyric "That tackle by Moore" referenced Bobby Moore's tackle of which player in a group match against Brazil at the 1970 FIFA World Cup?
Jairzinho

14. Kenneth Branagh has directed and starred in three Hercule Poirot movies based on Agatha Christie's novels:
Murder on the Orient Express (2017), Death on the Nile (2022) and which 2023 offering?
A Haunting In Venice 

15. Which of the following actors was NOT one of the "Three Amigos", Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Steve Martin or Martin Short?
Dan Aykroyd

16. Over the years, there were several different members of the Three Stooges; three of them were brothers. Which of the following was NOT one of the Howard brothers, Curly, Larry, Moe or Shemp?
Larry

17.  Which three football teams were part of the original football league in 1888 and part of the Premiership when it started in 1992?  Point for each.
Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers and Everton

18.  Euryale, Medusa and Stheno are collectively known as the three what?
Gorgons

19. 'The Story of the Three Bears', which is also known as 'Goldilocks', was written by which author?
Robert Southey 

20.  Fun Boy Three were an English new wave pop band, active from 1981 to 1983 and formed by which three musicians after they left the Specials?  Point for each
Terry Hall, Neville Staple(s) and Lynval Golding

 

[zico]

Three Quiz

1. Which late Star Trek original series star directed the 1987 American comedy film Three Men and a Baby?

2. Which Shakespeare play begins: "When shall we three meet again in thunder, lightning or in rain?"

3. Three Days of the Condor is a 1975 American spy thriller film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring which actor in the lead role?

4. Which ancient Greek philosopher described three as the perfect number, expressive of "beginning, middle and end" and therefore in his work he made it the symbol of deity?

5. What was the make and model of the three-wheeler car made famous by "Del Boy" Trotter in the TV show "Only Fools and Horses"? Point for make and point for model.

6.  The National Three Peaks Challenge involves climbing which three peaks, often within 24 hours?  Point for each.

7.  The Bourne Identity (2002), The Bourne Supremacy (2004), and which other film make up the “original” Bourne Trilogy of films back in the 2000’s?

8.  Can you name the scene in Pennsylvania of a near-disastrous accident at a nuclear plant in 1979?

9.  The name of which country's capital city comes from the Greek meaning three cities?

10.  What is it called in Ten-Pin bowling if you score three strikes in a row?

11.  The pop group Bucks Fizz had three UK number one hits with Making Your Mind Up, The Land of Make Believe and which other track?

12. The first names of the three Bronte sisters were Anne, Charlotte and who?

13. In the 1996 song Three Lions by Frank Skinner, David Baddiel and Lightning Seeds Ian Broudie, the lyric "That tackle by Moore" referenced Bobby Moore's tackle of which player in a group match against Brazil at the 1970 FIFA World Cup?

14. Kenneth Branagh has directed and starred in three Hercule Poirot movies based on Agatha Christie's novels:
Murder on the Orient Express (2017), Death on the Nile (2022) and which 2023 offering?

15. Which of the following actors was NOT one of the "Three Amigos", Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Steve Martin or Martin Short?

16. Over the years, there were several different members of the Three Stooges; three of them were brothers. Which of the following was NOT one of the Howard brothers, Curly, Larry, Moe or Shemp?

17.  Which three football teams were part of the original football league in 1888 and part of the Premiership when it started in 1992?  Point for each.

18.  Euryale, Medusa and Stheno are collectively known as the three what?

19. 'The Story of the Three Bears', which is also known as 'Goldilocks', was written by which author?

20.  Fun Boy Three were an English new wave pop band, active from 1981 to 1983 and formed by which three musicians after they left the Specials?  Point for each


 

[only1billybonds]

13.

Cheers Zico 

[easthammer]

11 thanks Zico like West Ham my first half perfomance wasn't great but okay the second half was just bloody awful

[Westside]

14. Thanks Zico.

[zebthecat]

15 today thanks zico.

[mallard]

16 Thanks Zico

[zico]

Two Quiz

1.  There are two Cleopatra's {Needles;} One is in London, in which city is the other?
New York

2. Which 1998 film marked the directorial debut of Guy Ritchie?
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

3. “Bravo Two Zero” is a 1993 book written under the pseudonym and pen-name of what?
Andy McNab

4. The Bard, William Shakespeare, wrote about the two Gentlemen of what Italian city?
Verona

5. “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times”. is the opening line from which famous book?  Bonus point if you can name the author.
A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens

6.  Which month of the year is named after a deity traditionally depicted with two faces?
January - is named after Janus, the Roman god of beginnings and endings. Because of that, he’s the god of duality as well. Janus was depicted with 2 faces, each facing the opposite direction.

7. Which two US cities are mentioned in the Rolling Stones song 'Honky Tonk Woman'?  Point for each.
Memphis and New York City

8.  Adam Ant had a British Number One solo hit with which song in the Summer of 1982?
Goody Two Shoes

9.  What year was the single "2 Become 1" a number One hit fo0r The Spice Girls, was it 1994. 1996 or 1998?
1996

10 Traditionally, the second wedding anniversary gift is what?
Cotton

11. What is the second astrological sign in the modern zodiac, April 19 – May 20?
Taurus

12.  Who holds the distinction of being the second President of the United States and the first to live in the White House?
John Adams

13. “Vienna” by Ultravox spent four consecutive weeks at No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart back in 1981 but was famously kept off the Number One spot for three weeks by Joe Dolce’s Joe Dolce's "Shaddap You Face".  Which song by John Lennon however held the top spot in “Vienna’s” first week at Number 2?
Woman (Lennon of course had been murdered months before, whereas Dolce just murdered music!!)

14.  Actor David McCallum wore the badge number 2 as secret agent Ilya Kuryakin in the 1960s TV drama “The Man From U.N.C.L.E”.  What did the letters U.N.C.L.E stand for?
United Network Command for Law and Enforcement

15.  "Two Tribes" is an anti-war song by British band Frankie Goes to Hollywood, released in the UK by ZTT Records on 4 June 1984. The song was later included on which of their albums?
Welcome to the Pleasuredome

16. “The Two Escobars” is a documentary which explores the intersecting lives of two men sharing the same last name: notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar and Colombia's national football team captain, who was murdered after scoring an own goal in the 1994 World Cup.  What was his first name?
Andrés

17. “The Two Towers” is book two in J.R.R. Tolkien's acclaimed Lord of the Rings trilogy.  What do the initials J.R.R stand for, is it John Ronald Reuel, Jeffrey Ruben Raul or James Robert Royal?
John Ronald Reuel

18. What charismatic Italian general overthrew the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in 1860? (Hint, a biscuit is named after him)
Garibaldi - The Garibaldi biscuit was named after Giuseppe Garibaldi

19.  The two leaning towers named Garisenda and Torre degli Asinelli are the symbols of which Italian city, known for its world-class university and superb cuisine?
Bologna

20.  K2 is the second-highest mountain in the world. What does the "K" in its name stand for?
Karakoram



 

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