Silliness Quiz - Page 549

Shayne Parkinson · 07-10-2012, 07:18 PM

Hmm, I know 4. isn't New Zealand, as we didn't start sending athletes till the early C20th. So is it the West Island, i.e. Australia?

Fbone · 07-10-2012, 11:04 PM

4. Australia
5. Japan

Bilbo1967 · 07-11-2012, 05:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shayne Parkinson

Hmm, I know 4. isn't New Zealand, as we didn't start sending athletes till the early C20th. So is it the West Island, i.e. Australia?

It is Australia, yes.

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Bilbo1967 · 07-11-2012, 05:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fbone

4. Australia
5. Japan

It was Australia, but just a little too late I'm afraid (see Shayne's answer above).

I'll give you Japan - the answer I was looking for was Tokyo.

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I'm surprised nobody seems to know the answer to number 1

I'll give that answer later today if nobody gets it.

orlok · 07-11-2012, 02:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

I'm surprised nobody seems to know the answer to number 1

Don't have a clue. The only things I can think of are Much Wenlock and Stoke Mandeville, but don't know why they would be used as mascot names.

Bilbo1967 · 07-11-2012, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by orlok

Don't have a clue. The only things I can think of are Much Wenlock and Stoke Mandeville, but don't know why they would be used as mascot names.

Kind of correct.

Much Wenlock held an Olympic type event before the first modern Olympics that inspired Baron de Coubertin to set up the Olympics.

Stoke Mandeville is the location of a specialist spinal injury hospital and was the site of an event that was the forerunner to the Paralympic games.

So they are named after the two English towns that inspired the Olympic and Paralympic games.

You win anyway, Orlok, so over to you.

orlok · 07-11-2012, 02:49 PM

Thanks. You know me and linked questions...

Can you make the connection between the following (each is a one word answer):

1. A new town in Essex, UK and a blond film star -

2. A yellowish brown coating on a metal and a reckless German pilot -

3. A type of dog and an adjective describing part of the former Yugoslav coast? -

4. Easy Rider and On Golden Pond -

5. The capital of country which has a port called of Zeebrugge and a variety of a particular sort of vegetable -

6. Patrick Stewart and William Shatner -

7. 007 and Penicillin -

8. A small village and a Prince of Denmark -

9. An alcoholic drink and a type of trap -

10. James Stewart's rabbit friend and the circulation of the blood -

One point each correct answer.

HomeInMyShoes · 07-11-2012, 02:55 PM

2. rust / Mathias Rust (the crazy teen -- I think -- pilot arrest in the Soviet Union)?
5. Belgium, so Brussels / brussel sprouts?
8. hamlet / Hamlet?

Bilbo1967 · 07-11-2012, 02:56 PM

Ones I think I know off the top of my head;

3. Alsatian
4. Fonda
6. Captain Kirk
8. Hamlet
9. Gin
10. Harvey (William Harvey discovered the circulation of blood).

red_phoenix · 07-11-2012, 02:58 PM

6. Both Captains of the Star Ship Enterprise? Patrick in Start Trek: Next Generation and Shatner in the original Star Trek?

Bilbo1967 · 07-11-2012, 03:00 PM

7. Fleming. Author of Bond books and discoverer of penicillin (Ian and Alexander, respectively).

orlok · 07-11-2012, 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

2. rust / Mathias Rust (the crazy teen -- I think -- pilot arrest in the Soviet Union)?
5. Belgium, so Brussels / brussel sprouts?
8. hamlet / Hamlet?

Yes, yes and yes.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

Ones I think I know off the top of my head;

3. Alsatian
4. Henry Fonda
6. Captain Kirk
8. Hamlet
9. Gin
10. Harvey (William Harvey discovered the circulation of blood).

3. No
4. Not quite right. I did say one word answers...
6. Yes
8. Beaten to it
9. Yes (where's Stitchawl when you need him?)
10. Absolutely correct. Was a question on an episode of Pointless that a watched last night.

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Originally Posted by red_pheonix

6. Both Captains of the Star Ship Enterprise? Patrick in Start Trek: Next Generation and Shatner in the original Star Trek?

Not quite a one word answer

, and you were beaten to it.

orlok · 07-11-2012, 03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

7. Fleming. Author of Bond books and discoverer of penicillin (Ian and Alexander, respectively).

Yes..

Daithi · 07-11-2012, 03:46 PM

1. Harlow
3. Hot

orlok · 07-11-2012, 04:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daithi

1. Harlow
3. Hot

1. Yes
2. No

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