Silliness Quiz - Page 422

Hamlet53 · 03-26-2012, 02:08 PM

C. Robert Altman?

pdurrant · 03-26-2012, 05:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by orlok

A. House, Knock, Mate, Peg Out

A. Winning in various games?

Bingo
Dominos
Chess
Cribbage

pdurrant · 03-26-2012, 05:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by orlok

D. Errand, Gold Paradise, Parsley

D. Fool's

Fool's Errand
Fool's Gold (Iron Pyrite)
Fool's Paradise
Fool's Parsley (a plant, but not cow parsley)

Hamlet53 · 03-26-2012, 05:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdurrant

D. Fool's

Fool's Errand
Fool's Gold (Iron Pyrite)
Fool's Paradise
Fool's Parsley (a plant, but not cow parsley)

I am sure you are correct. Well done, including seeing the need to insert that missing coma.

Should have included this in my first post, but MASH, Nashville, Short Cuts are all Robert Altman directed films. I am guessing that Images is another Altman film, or just that films are moving images?

orlok · 03-26-2012, 07:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maianhvk

B. GOOGLE!!!!

Google services, correct.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hamlet53

C. Robert Altman?

Correct

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdurrant

A. Winning in various games?

Bingo
Dominos
Chess
Cribbage

It's the end of the games, yes.

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdurrant

D. Fool's

Fool's Errand

Fool's Gold (Iron Pyrite)

Fool's Paradise

Fool's Parsley (a plant, but not cow parsley)

Correct

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hamlet53

I am sure you are correct. Well done, including seeing the need to insert that missing coma.

Should have included this in my first post, but MASH, Nashville, Short Cuts are all Robert Altman directed films. I am guessing that Images is another Altman film, or just that films are moving images?

Images is also an Altman film.

pdurrant gets the next go, I think, for answering two of the links.

pdurrant · 03-27-2012, 04:07 AM

Two questions I heard on a radio quiz.

a) List the ten ways it is possible to be out in cricket
b) List the eleven elements that are gases at STP (atmospheric pressure and 25C).

The US members may be at a bit of a disadvantage on the first part of this question. It makes up for the US popular culture questions earlier!

Stitchawl · 03-27-2012, 04:10 AM

A. Be named "Jimminy"?

B. Hydrogen
oxygen
nitrogen
chlorine
helium
neon

Stitchawl

pdurrant · 03-27-2012, 04:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

A. Be named "Jimminy"?

B. Hydrogen
oxygen
nitrogen
chlorine
helium
neon

A. No. But I'm sure you can come up with at least one better guess than that!

B. Yes, six right, only five more to find. You could still get the most answers, even with no knowledge of cricket at all!

Shayne Parkinson · 03-27-2012, 04:54 AM

A.
Stumped
Bowled
Run out
LBW
Caught behind
Field catch
(at this point *I'm* stumped)

B.
Fluorine
Xenon
Krypton
Argon
Radon

pdurrant · 03-27-2012, 05:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shayne Parkinson

A.
Stumped
Bowled
Run out
LBW
Caught behind
Field catch
(at this point *I'm* stumped)

B.
Fluorine
Xenon
Krypton
Argon
Radon

A. Caught behind and field caught and both just 'caught'. So you have the first five. Five more to go!

B. Yes, those are the missing five.

Stitchawl: 6
Shayne Parkinson: 10

I don't think anyone will catch or match Shayne's total, so she can give the next question.

Meanwhile, can anyone give some more ways to be out? I can give the clue that they are all actions (or inactions) of the batsman, not something that involves the fielding team directly.

Bilbo1967 · 03-27-2012, 06:49 AM

More ways to be out in cricket:

Hit wicket
There's one about not getting to the crease in time when you are next in; not sure what that's called (timed out?).
Retired hurt
Handling the ball (I recall seeing Graham Gooch being given out for this years ago)
Deliberately obstructing a fielder

Is that the final five? I'm not sure about the retired hurt one because I think that they can come back in later if they recover, so they are not really out.

pdurrant · 03-27-2012, 09:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

More ways to be out in cricket:

Hit wicket
There's one about not getting to the crease in time when you are next in; not sure what that's called (timed out?).
Retired hurt
Handling the ball (I recall seeing Graham Gooch being given out for this years ago)
Deliberately obstructing a fielder

Is that the final five? I'm not sure about the retired hurt one because I think that they can come back in later if they recover, so they are not really out.

That's four of them Bilbo!
Hitting your own wicket
Timed Out (when you don't make it onto the field in a reasonable time)
Handling the ball without permission of the fielding side
Obstruction of the fielding side.

Retired Hurt isn't out.

Only one left!

Daithi · 03-27-2012, 11:35 AM

Great quiz. I was too slow for the gasses, and I don't know squat about cricket (except for Jimminy). It's like you are speaking a foreign language.

pdurrant · 03-27-2012, 11:40 AM

Scores:

Stitchawl: 6
Shayne Parkinson: 10
Bilbo1967: 4

With only one answer remaining to be given (final method by which a batsman can be out in cricket), I declare that Shayne Parkinson is the winner, and should supply the next quiz question.

orlok · 03-27-2012, 02:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdurrant

I don't think anyone will catch or match Shayne's total, so he can give the next question.

(pssstttt...he's a she...)

03-27-2012, 04:07 AM	#6321
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,095 Karma: 315558332 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	Two questions I heard on a radio quiz. a) List the ten ways it is possible to be out in cricket b) List the eleven elements that are gases at STP (atmospheric pressure and 25C). The US members may be at a bit of a disadvantage on the first part of this question. It makes up for the US popular culture questions earlier! Last edited by pdurrant; 03-27-2012 at 04:31 AM.

03-27-2012, 04:54 AM	#6324
Shayne Parkinson Author Posts: 1,532 Karma: 5447804 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New Zealand Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab	A. Stumped Bowled Run out LBW Caught behind Field catch (at this point I'm stumped) B. Fluorine Xenon Krypton Argon Radon Last edited by Shayne Parkinson; 03-27-2012 at 04:57 AM.

03-27-2012, 06:49 AM	#6326
Bilbo1967 Not scared! Posts: 13,424 Karma: 81011643 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Midlands, UK Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, Huawei M5 10	More ways to be out in cricket: Hit wicket There's one about not getting to the crease in time when you are next in; not sure what that's called (timed out?). Retired hurt Handling the ball (I recall seeing Graham Gooch being given out for this years ago) Deliberately obstructing a fielder Is that the final five? I'm not sure about the retired hurt one because I think that they can come back in later if they recover, so they are not really out. Last edited by Bilbo1967; 03-27-2012 at 09:09 AM.

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pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,095 Karma: 315558332 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	Scores: Stitchawl: 6 Shayne Parkinson: 10 Bilbo1967: 4 With only one answer remaining to be given (final method by which a batsman can be out in cricket), I declare that Shayne Parkinson is the winner, and should supply the next quiz question.