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Post by jh1980 on Jun 23, 2006 10:55:51 GMT -1
Here's a little quiz all of my own! Some answers are linked, so if you get one, you'll get several. Some of it is hugely obscure and you won't get them... oh well, passes the time 1. Who is my childhood footballing hero? 2. Which 90s band wrote a song that includes my hero's name in the title? Bonus point for name of that song 3.Who is famous for singing "dream a little dream of me"? (2 people) 4. Enough about me, what is the name of my favourite girl in the whole world? 5. "The world is not enough" came out in which year? 6. who wrote "The Torture Garden", quoted by the Manic Street Preachers on the back of their album "The Holy Bible"? 7.as everyone knows (!) biblos is Greek for book. what does "lakkoproktos" mean? 8. what nationality is associated with a cute little church in Cardiff Bay? 9. what does Caerdydd (Cardiff) actually mean? 10.what is my middle name run out of inspiration now! Answers at 2pm or thereabouts
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Post by johngannonstoupe on Jun 23, 2006 11:01:01 GMT -1
Here's a little quiz all of my own! Some answers are linked, so if you get one, you'll get several. Some of it is hugely obscure and you won't get them... oh well, passes the time 1. Who is my childhood footballing hero? Ian Rush 2. Which 90s band wrote a song that includes my hero's name in the title? Bonus point for name of that song 3.Who is famous for singing "dream a little dream of me"? (2 people) the everly brothers? 4. Enough about me, what is the name of my favourite girl in the whole world? - Frank 5. "The world is not enough" came out in which year? - 1998 6. who wrote "The Torture Garden", quoted by the Manic Street Preachers on the back of their album "The Holy Bible"? - roald dahl 7.as everyone knows (!) biblos is Greek for book. what does "lakkoproktos" mean? - anal sex 8. what nationality is associated with a cute little church in Cardiff Bay? - martian 9. what does Caerdydd (Cardiff) actually mean? - sheep brothel 10.what is my middle name run out of inspiration now! Mungo Answers at 2pm or thereabouts
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Post by Stan on Jun 23, 2006 11:02:11 GMT -1
1. Who is my childhood footballing hero? - Zola bud 2. Which 90s band wrote a song that includes my hero's name in the title? The fella from Neighbours... Heeeeeyyy Zola! Bonus point for name of that song 3.Who is famous for singing "dream a little dream of me"? (2 people) - Slayer, the mamas and the papas, louis armstrong and the beautiful south 4. Enough about me, what is the name of my favourite girl in the whole world? - patrick 5. "The world is not enough" came out in which year? - 1827 6. who wrote "The Torture Garden", quoted by the Manic Street Preachers on the back of their album "The Holy Bible"? - JK Rowling 7.as everyone knows (!) biblos is Greek for book. what does "lakkoproktos" mean? Gynaecologist 8. what nationality is associated with a cute little church in Cardiff Bay? - western samoan 9. what does Caerdydd (Cardiff) actually mean? - shithole? 10.what is my middle name run out of inspiration now! - linda
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Post by Shippers on Jun 23, 2006 11:06:47 GMT -1
1. Who is my childhood footballing hero? Ian Rush
2. Which 90s band wrote a song that includes my hero's name in the title? Len had tehir album entitled can't stop the bum rush Bonus point for name of that song
3.Who is famous for singing "dream a little dream of me"? (2 people) Billy Holiday?
4. Enough about me, what is the name of my favourite girl in the whole world? Anneka Rice
5. "The world is not enough" came out in which year? 19something
6. who wrote "The Torture Garden", quoted by the Manic Street Preachers on the back of their album "The Holy Bible"? No idea
7.as everyone knows (!) biblos is Greek for book. what does "lakkoproktos" mean? Doughnut
8. what nationality is associated with a cute little church in Cardiff Bay? Turkish
9. what does Caerdydd (Cardiff) actually mean? don't put your hand tehre you dirty young man
10.what is my middle name run out of inspiration now! Gary
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Post by jh1980 on Jun 23, 2006 11:15:27 GMT -1
was it too difficult??
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Post by johngannonstoupe on Jun 23, 2006 11:17:30 GMT -1
Just give us the answers. I want to know if the martians have a church in cardiff!
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Post by Billy on Jun 23, 2006 11:19:33 GMT -1
1. Who is my childhood footballing hero? erm, Stewatr Pearce 2. Which 90s band wrote a song that includes my hero's name in the title? don't know Bonus point for name of that song 3.Who is famous for singing "dream a little dream of me"? (2 people) Tha Mamas and the Papas 4. Enough about me, what is the name of my favourite girl in the whole world? Rachel Stevens 5. "The world is not enough" came out in which year? 2003 6. who wrote "The Torture Garden", quoted by the Manic Street Preachers on the back of their album "The Holy Bible"? no idea 7.as everyone knows (!) biblos is Greek for book. what does "lakkoproktos" mean? something to do with milk? 8. what nationality is associated with a cute little church in Cardiff Bay? Russian 9. what does Caerdydd (Cardiff) actually mean? Dirty 10.what is my middle name run out of inspiration now! Nigel Answers at 2pm or thereabouts
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Post by Shippers on Jun 23, 2006 11:19:48 GMT -1
stan - it was craig maclaughlin who sang hey mona
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Post by Shippers on Jun 23, 2006 11:21:05 GMT -1
yeppo - too hard for shippers - and my general knowledge is pretty good.
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Post by jh1980 on Jun 23, 2006 11:27:12 GMT -1
ok sod waiting til 2, here's the results... ps: sorry Shippers! I might try to do an easier one sometime JGT - 0.5 Stan - 1 Shippers - 0 Billy - 0 But you were all highly amusing, especially with the getting boys' and girls' names mixed up! 1. "Sparky" Mark Hughes 2. Teenage Fanclub - Sparky's Dream3. Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald 4. Jacqui 5. 1999 6. Octave Mirbeau 7. Fat arse (close JGT!) 8. Norwegian 9. Castle on the Taff (disputed though) 10. David
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Post by mortontheblade on Jun 23, 2006 11:30:28 GMT -1
10. David GOOD NAME!!
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Post by Shippers on Jun 23, 2006 11:32:41 GMT -1
stan got a point and he was trying to lose!
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Post by Stan on Jun 23, 2006 11:33:31 GMT -1
Bollocks - I got more than 1!!!
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Post by johngannonstoupe on Jun 23, 2006 11:34:01 GMT -1
I got half a point for knowing that proktos is greek for arse!
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Post by jh1980 on Jun 23, 2006 11:34:27 GMT -1
10. David GOOD NAME!! Cheers Mort! now let me guess....!!! (certainly better than "nigel" lol!)
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Post by Shippers on Jun 23, 2006 11:34:45 GMT -1
stan's turn for a challenge!
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Post by johngannonstoupe on Jun 23, 2006 11:35:44 GMT -1
STAN!STAN!STAN!
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Post by mortontheblade on Jun 23, 2006 11:35:46 GMT -1
GOOD NAME!! Cheers Mort! now let me guess....!!! (certainly better than "nigel" lol!) Nigel Morton, just doesn't work GRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrRRRRrrrrrrrrrrRRRRrRRRRrrrrrr
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Post by Shippers on Jun 23, 2006 11:37:19 GMT -1
STAIN!!!!STAIN!!!!!STAIN!"!!!!!
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Post by jh1980 on Jun 23, 2006 11:39:46 GMT -1
Bollocks - I got more than 1!!! Errr... no! You answered: 1. Zola bud - NO, not a footballer unless you mean Gianfranco, and still no!! 2. The fella from Neighbours... Heeeeeyyy Zola! - WTF?!?! 3. Slayer, the mamas and the papas, louis armstrong and the beautiful south - yes but was looking for Louis... 4. patrick - woohoo my sides are splitting!!! 5. 1827 - yes, yes, that's the one 6. JK Rowling - I see what you've done there. 7. Gynaecologist - nope, that would be gunaikologistos but ;D 8. western samoan - fair guess actually! 9. shithole? - 10. linda - "cachau bant STANLEY!!!" to coin a well-know phrase ;D but fair play for not trying...
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