Name That Film…
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Archive for the 'Quiz' Category
Whaddya lookin’ at?!
Saturday, December 6th, 2008Identify the movie, the scene and the questioner of each of the following examples. 30 points.
1. Well, what the HELL is a jimp?!
2. What’s a mook?
3. What’s the matter with you? What’s the matter with you?
4. What’s a fugazy?
5. What’s Shabbos?
6. What are these electrolytes?
7. What a dump?
8. What’s a yute?
9. What’s a liger?
10. […]
Learn Your British Prime Ministers.
Saturday, June 16th, 2007Thanks to the grace of the online edition of The Manchester Guardian and the illustrator Damien Rochford, I can present 24 of the 52 people who served Great Britain as Prime Minister. They are in correct order with years served and some have their historical nicknames. I have provided the reader with somewhat odd clues […]
WHAT’S YOUR PRICE? Play the home version.
Thursday, April 26th, 2007This is a game I’ve been playing with family and friends for my entire life.
The questions require a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer.
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1. For $10,000 (tax free), would you watch Nancy Grace re-runs from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m., five nights a week for one year? No reading, sleeping, or headphones are allowed. You may daydream, […]
If there were a prize…
Saturday, April 7th, 2007it would have been a guest appearance on Thai Bandstand.
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In the photograph below, see if you can find King Farouk’s 1959 Cadillac, Thailand’s King Bhumibol and a pack of King Sano cigarettes.
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Images: (King) AFP/Royal Bureau/File; (Sano) cgi.ebay.com; (Caddy) madle.org (Lam Morrison-Thailand’s greatest guitarist) nationalradio.com
As promised, here are the answers and explanations for yesterday’s quiz. They are camouflaged for those who may still wish to solve it.
Tuesday, November 14th, 2006Lest you think I’ve forgotten, the correct answers to the 5-question quiz will be posted tomorrow. I may wait an extra day to post the reasoning which is ironclad.
Monday, November 13th, 2006Here’s a quick quiz for your cognitive enjoyment.
Monday, November 13th, 2006From each of the five lists below, find the name or term
which does not belong with the the rest.
1—York…Brighton…Hollywood…Manchester…Columbia
2—Steven…Richard…David…Prince…Gregory
3—J Lo…Jessica Simpson…Britney Spears…Paris Hilton…Santana
4—French Connection…Paris Blues…Rampage…Psycho…Impulse
5—wolverine…pony…badger…lizard…caterpillar
July 20th is the anniversary date of a major failure and a major success in the march of humankind.
Thursday, July 20th, 2006Pick from below.
1. The invention of the ‘talk show’ in 1949.
2. The first Grange meeting takes place in Mankato, Minnesota in 1889.
3. The St. Lawrence Seaway opens when Queen Elizabeth sets a flame to a British Waterloo cannon in 1958.
4. Harry Heilman of the Detroit Tigers sets the record for holding […]
Guess who!
Wednesday, March 29th, 2006*
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Answers and references are here and here.