Welcome to all those interested in finding out the answers from the Pub Quiz last week at Tanner's Pub. We had another great turnout and hope you had as good a time as we did. Don't forget, if you ever want to brush up on your English or had a tough time adjusting your ear to Dave or my (Shane) accent, you should click over the Rabbitfire.org to get your fill. Anyway, without further ado, here we go...
Round 1 - Halloween
1. The word Halloween is a contraction of, and is also known as, 'All Hallows Eve' - What does the Old English word "hallow" mean?
SAINT
2. As you may know, Jack-o-Lanterns are carved out of pumpkins today, however, this wasn't always so. Tell me, what do you think Jack-o-Lanterns were originally made from before the tradition came to America?
TURNIPS
3. Within 200 pounds, how many pounds did the largest pumpkin ever recorded weigh? If you insist on using kilograms, you must be within 100 kilograms
2,009lbs, 911kg
4. The American horror Halloween was so successful that it became a ten part franchise. The original was made for $300,000 and grossed almost $50 million at the box office. To get a point for this question all you need to do is get one of these 4 questions correct. When was the original film made? How long did the filming take (in weeks)? What was the name of the antagonist (the bad guy) and how much was the actor who played that character paid each day within $5?
1978, 3 weeks, Michael Myers, $25/day
5. Staying with the movie. To conceal his identity, the villain wore a Halloween mask which he painted white. Tell me, what Starship captain's mask did the film makers buy, spray paint white and use in the movie.
CAPTAIN KIRK/William Shatner
6. Every Halloween, American TV broadcasts a Charlie Brown Halloween special and every year, Charlie Brown helps his friend Linus wait for what character to appear? Is it Lucy, The Grinch, The Great Pumpkin, Godot or Snoopy.
The Great Pumpkin
7. Various games are played at Halloween parties, one of which involves bobbing your head into a barrel of water to grab something with your mouth. What do folks traditionally bob for at Halloween parties?
APPLES
8. Finally, a two part question worth ½ a point each. What are the most popular costumes for girls and boys each. Name the most popular Halloween costume for girls and that for boys.
PRINCESS/BATMAN
Round 2 - Music
F.E.A.R. - Ian Brown
I Kissed a Girl - Katy Perry
It's Real - Real Estate
Guns of Navarone - Skatalites
Blinded by the Lights - The Streets
All Apologies - Nirvana
Round 3 - This Day (Oct. 24) in History
1.October 24th marked a black day in Polish history as the finally partition of Poland occurred on this day in 1795. However, a century and a half before that, the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth was huge. In 1656, the Treaty or Truce of Vilnius was signed on this day by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Tell me who did Poland sign this truce with and what country was it aimed against - between Poland and which country against which country?
(RUSSIA/SWEDEN)
2.This day also markes the 156th anniversary of the foundation of the world's first stand-alone-football (or soccer) club. For the pedantic out there, this means club not associated with an institution such as a school, hospital or university and the club recognized by FIFA and the FA as the world's oldest club now playing associatioin football. Tell me what club was founded on this day in 1857.
(SHEFFIELD F.C)
3.Today also marks the day the New York City subway opened, what year was it?
(1904)
4.October 24th is also the anniversary of both "Black Thursday" and "Bloody Friday", 79 years apart. What happened on those days?
(STOCK MARKET CRASH)
5.Just a couple years after Black Thursday, on October 24th 1931, the famous gangster Al Capone was sentenced to 11 years in prison. What was he sentenced for?
(TAX EVASION)
6.The United Nations charter came into force on this day in history in 1945. The UN headquarters are in New York City, however, the United Nations has 3 additional, subsidiary, regional headquarters. Name two of the three cities where these are located. Two are in Europe and one is in Africa.
(GENEVA, VIENNA, NAIROBI)
7.Soviet tanks rolled into Budapest on this day in 1956 in response to the first major revolt again the USSR. Who became Prime Minister of Hungary on October 24th 1956?
(IMRE NAGY)
8.Today also marks the anniversary of the end of supersonic air travel. October 24th of what year was the last commercial flight of the Concorde?
(2003)
Round 4 - Famous Quotes
1. "Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them."
a. Oscar Wilde
2. "Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty."
c. Mother Teresa
3. "Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm."
b. Winston Churchill
4. "A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new."
a. Albert Einstein
5. "Woman is the nigger of the world."
c. John Lennon
6. "Big Brother is watching you."
d. George Orwell
7. "If there were gold medals for taking drugs for England I would have won a shitload."
a. Noel Gallagher
8. "I believe that the presidential term should be limited."
b. Vladimir Putin
Round 5 - The Anglosphere - English Body Part Homophones
1. This word's first meaning came from a mixture of old English and Old French words signifying a part of your hand and it is also a type of tree with fronds (branches) that spread like the fingers of the hand.
(PALM)
2. Of latin origin this abrevation has come to mean both a campus courtyard and a muscle of the leg.
(QUAD)
3. If you are opposite to the shape described by number two, you may be described using this word which can either mean trendy and being up-to-date or the lateral prominence of the pelvis, the way you move them is vital to dancing, particularly belly dancing .
(HIP/S)
4. This word comes from Latin via a Greek word which meant tool or instrument, today it can either be a pipe or electrical musical instrument or a name for body parts with specific vital functions.
(ORGAN)
5. This word can mean came into English from an old French word via Latin where it meant sandal or shoe but today it can mean a part of the foot and is also a kind of fish thanks to their shape.
(SOLE)
6. From two unconnected Greek words, what five letter word links a punctuation mark used to separate clauses when the second expands or illustrates the first, and the main part of the large intestine, between the caecum and rectum? In other words, this is something you would prefer to get wrong for your teacher than have your doctor screw up.
(COLON)
7. The most commonly dislocated joint in the human body and the edge or border running on either side of a roadway.
(SHOULDER)
8. Toughened keratin at the end of an animal digit or what everything looks like if all you have is a hammer.
(NAIL)
