Wednesday 1 December 2010

Quz 9

Have at it, people! No bonus round this time, I fear; since it involved spelling. (Edit: I should have mentioned, the top five scores last night were 33, 33, 30, 28, 28.  That's what you have to beat.)

Round 1: Words

(Each word is made up entirely of Roman numerals)

1. Amiably gentle or temperate in taste, sensation, or feeling or behaviour toward others. MILD

2. A perennial herb, sole member of the genus Anethum, with both leaves and seeds that are used in preparing food. DILL

3.  To imitate or copy in action, speech, or appearance. MIMIC

4.  Enraged or furiously angry. LIVID

5.  Of or pertaining to a city or to citizenship. CIVIC\CIVIL


Round 2: Yellow

1. Which fictional villain with a distinctive moustache has appeared extensively in cinema, television, radio and comic books since being created in the 1930s – despite unfortunate racist overtones - and has been described as “The yellow peril incarnate in one man”? Fu Manchu

2. What was the name of Coldplay’s debut album, from which their second single “Yellow” was taken, giving the band their first top ten hit? "Parachutes"

3. Which DC Comics superhero has a magical “power ring” which has almost infinite potential, but which for many years was entirely powerless against yellow objects? Green Lantern

4. What reason did Frenchman Louis Bobet offer when he initially refused to wear the first yellow jersey he had won in the Tour de France? The jersey included synthetic fibres, and Bobet demanded pure wool

5. Authorised in 1853 and first completed in 1884, which London Underground line is coloured yellow on maps of the system? Circle


Round 3: Insults

1. Which politician did the late comedian Linda Smith describe as "Satan's bearded folk-singer"? David Blunkett

2. According to the French knights in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, "your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of..."what? Elderberries

3. Which poet reputedly died of an insult to brain caused by eighteen straight whiskies on top of serious pneumonia? Dylan Thomas

4. Which crime under defamation law is defined as a harmful statement in a transitory form, especially speech? Slander

5. Which politician, when accused of drunkenness by MP Bessie Braddock, replied, "Bessie, you're ugly; but tomorrow morning, I shall be sober."? Winston Churchill

 
Round 4: Women in song

(For each question I want to know the name of the woman being sung about.)

1.”Died in the church and was buried along with her name.” Elanor Rigby

2. ”Jubilation, she loves me again; I fall on the floor and I’m laughing.” Cecilia

3. “Well I’m not dumb but I can’t understand why she walked like a woman but talked like a man.” Lola

4. “You had the grace to hold yourself while those around you crawled.” Norma Jean (Marilyn Monroe)

5. “As she deceived me I watched and went out of my mind.” Delilah


Round 5: Strange Ends

1. Which American actress and sex-symbol of the ‘50s died when her car passed under a suddenly-breaking trailer, crushing her head? Jayne Mansfield

2. Which philosopher was found guilty of corrupting the minds of youth and subsequently sentenced to death by drinking a mixture including hemlock? Socrates

3. Hanged in 1829 for his role in a spate of grisly murders, what became of the body of William Burke? His body was given over to medical science

4. Which animal finally put an end to famous snake-botherer and crocodile-enrager Steve Irwin? A sting-ray

5. After surviving a plunge down Niagara Falls in a barrel, Englishman Bobby Leach died in another fall after slipping on what? Orange peel


Round 6: Bavaria

1. The Bavarian flag and its lesser coat of arms both consist of which two colours? Blue and white

2. Bavaria shares a border with Switzerland across lake Constance, but which two other Europeans countries does the region border? Austria and the Czech Republic

3. Which team did Bayern Munich beat 4-0 in Berlin this May to win the German Cup? Werner Bremen

4. Protected until recently by a “purity law” first established in Munich in 1487, which drink is consumed in Bavaria at an average annual rate of 170 litres per person? Beer

5. Which member of the Christian Social Union and Minister President in Bavaria died in 1988, and gave his name to the newly constructed Munich Airport in 1992? Franz Josef Strauss


GK Round

1. (Harry Potter) What kind of dragon is Norbert? Norwegian Ridgeback

2. Which is the only number which when written in English has its letters in alphabetical order? Forty

3. Proteus, Despina and Thalassa are all moons of which planet? Neptune

4. Which South American capital city has the distinction of being the highest capital city above sea level in the world? La Paz

5. Which element has the chemical symbol W? Tungsten

6. According to popular legend, whose final words were “Pardon monsieur”, as they stepped on their executioner’s foot on the way to their death? Marie Antoinette

7. Which board game was originally released in France in 1957 as La Conquete du Monde? "Risk"

8. Which former majority leader of the US House of Representatives was convicted by a Texas court this week for money laundering? Tom DeLay

9. Robert Thompson Craftsmen Ltd produces oak furniture, each piece of which famously includes a carving of what animal? Mouse

10. What kind of animal is a Devil’s coach-horse? Insect (beetle)

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Round two:
1. Fu Manchu
3. The Green Lanterns.

Round three:
2. Elderberries.
4. Defamation?
5. Winston Churchill.

Round five:
2. Socrates
3. It was dissected.
4. Stingray

GK round:
1. Norwegian Ridgeback

SpaceSquid said...

That's our first eight points up on the board.

JJ said...

Round 1: Words
1. MILD
2. DILL
3. MIMIC
4. LIVID
5. CIVIC

Round 2: Yellow
1. Fu Manchu
2.
3. Green Lantern
4. Clashed with his bicycle clips :D
5. Picadilly

Round 3: Insults
1. David Blunkett
2. Elderberries
3. Robert Burns
4. Slander
5. Churchill

Round 4: Women in song

1.Eleanor Rigby
2. Cecelia (my confirmation name!)
3. L-O-L-A Lola
4. Marilyn Monroe
5.

Round 5: Strange Ends
1.
2. Aristotle
3.
4. a ray
5. a banana skin

Round 6: Bavaria

1. black and red
2. Austria Italy
3.
4.
5.

GK Round
1. Norwegian Ridgeback
2. forty
3.
4.
5. Water ;)
6. Marie Antoinette
7. Risk
8. Tom Delay
9. Mouse (Mouseman)
10.

SpaceSquid said...

That's 22 for JJ, and a current total of 23.

Gooder said...

Not time to look for long but the Coldplay album is Parachutes

Gooder said...

Think to be fair most of the others I'd get have been answered.

SpaceSquid said...

That's us up to 24.

Tomsk said...

T+Chemie:

R1

1. CIVIL
2. DILL
3. MIMIC
4. LIVID
5. CIVIC

R2

1. Fu Manchu
2. Parachutes
3. Green Lantern
4. Yellow is slower
5. Circle

R3

1. David Blunkett
2. Eldeberries
3. Burns
4. Slander
5. Winston Churchill

R4.

1. Eleanor Rigby
2. Cecilia
3. Lola
4. Norma Jean (Marilyn Monroe)
5.

R5.

1. Zsa Zsa Gabor
2. Socrates
3. Given to medicine
4. Stingray
5. Banana peel

R6.

1. Blue and white
2. Austria & Lichtenstein
3. Bremen
4. Beer
5.

GK

1. Norwegian Ridgeback
2. Forty
3. Jupiter
4. La Paz
5. Tungsten
6. Marie Antoinette
7. Risk
8. Tom DeLay
9. Mouse
10. Butterfly

SpaceSquid said...

32 for team Chemie-Tomsk, which is also the current total.

Allen said...

Barring my round (still think you should have included Heroclitus and manure), I can add round 3 q.3. Dylan Thomas. May be some others but it's late.

SpaceSquid said...

(Adopts Star Trek IV Vulcan computer voice)

Correct.

That puts you up to 33, and joint first.