The all new, revised and easier quiz! (mod note posts 1 and 2042)

garancafan · 02-02-2016 12:29am

One of them didn't study. He read.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 02-02-2016 9:20am

garancafan wrote: »

One of them didn't study. He read.

Studied will do for me.

recylingbin · 02-02-2016 4:18pm

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

yes.

I'm actually shocked. Total guess

Who was the father of the children of lir?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 02-02-2016 4:42pm

I should know this but it won't come to me. I am useless at Irish mythology yet remember Greek and Roman. Baaah!!!!!

samsid · 02-02-2016 5:34pm

Is it not Lir or King Lir, as I remember King Lir had 4 children, when their mother died, he remarried Aoife , who grew to hate the children
and transformed them into swans, condemning them to remain as such for either 2 or 3 hundred years, that's about all I remember

recylingbin · 02-02-2016 7:00pm

samsid wrote: »

Is it not Lir or King Lir, as I remember King Lir had 4 children, when their mother died, he remarried Aoife , who grew to hate the children
and transformed them into swans, condemning them to remain as such for either 2 or 3 hundred years, that's about all I remember

Bingo.
Got that wrong in a table quiz once upon a time.

feargale · 02-02-2016 7:25pm

recylingbin wrote: »

Who was the father of the children of lir?

Would it be the same man who composed Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony? ( I can't for the life of me remember his name.)

Old King Lir
Went on the beer
And stayed there three hundred years.

His kids were neglected
He stayed unaffected
As he lifted his glass and said "Cheers."

samsid · 02-02-2016 8:17pm

what's the connection between Batman and James Bond?

garancafan · 02-02-2016 8:27pm

feargale wrote: »

Would it be the same man who composed Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony? ( I can't for the life of me remember his name.)

Me neither, I can't recollect who Beethoven's pastor was.

Jellybaby1 · 02-02-2016 11:10pm

samsid wrote: »

what's the connection between Batman and James Bond?

Could we ask for more details please, i.e. which Batman, and which James Bond? And if there are no differences then it might be summat to do with film director or musical score mebbe?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 02-02-2016 11:32pm

Adam West claimed he had been approached to play Bond but it was often denied elsewhere.

samsid · 02-02-2016 11:41pm

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

Could we ask for more details please, i.e. which Batman, and which James Bond? And if there are no differences then it might be summat to do with film director or musical score mebbe?

certainly Batman onscreen and the James Bond movie franchise, nothing to do with directors or movie scores ,
the connection still exists today Iwill say it's quite a solid link between the two

samsid · 02-02-2016 11:46pm

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

Adam West claimed he had been approached to play Bond but it was often denied elsewhere.

not the answer I'm afraid, it's a documented fact, not a tenous claim, as said in another post, it deals with Batman onscreen and James Bond on screen.

looksee · 02-02-2016 11:54pm

Something, something, cat villain...

samsid · 02-02-2016 11:57pm

looksee wrote: »

Something, something, cat villain...

sorry no , a little clue, the link is a person, sometimes actor, but not his given profession, he hasn't played either Batman or James Bond

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 03-02-2016 9:23am

Yer man that's not really an actor did that thing about James Batman Bond.

Samsid, it's a bit vague in the question. Could you reword it in someway?

samsid · 03-02-2016 3:10pm

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

Yer man that's not really an actor did that thing about James Batman Bond.

Samsid, it's a bit vague in the question. Could you reword it in someway?

It's not really vague, but ok

there is a link between Batman & James Bond, I elaborated that it's between onscreen versions of Batman & Bond, not the books,nor comics, bearing in mind the onscreen versions of Batman began in 1943 and Bond appeared on TV first in 1955 i think. The link with Bond concerns the official movie franchise

The link is a person, he has acted in small/ cameo parts, acting is not their profession . TBH if you are a fan of either character short of giving the answer, I have hinted strongly here in this post , the answer will bear this out

so put simply who is the link ?

Jellybaby1 · 04-02-2016 12:44am

I've thunk and thunk but am not a fan enough to know the answer or even guess. I'm out.

looksee · 04-02-2016 9:12am

Me too, maybe its one of Bond's gorgeous girlies was the plain one in Batman? No, I'm mixing it up with Superman, but there was sure to have been a gorgeous girl in Batman!

OldGoat · 04-02-2016 10:11am

Is it Sammy Davis Jr.? I remember his appearance in Batman (leaning out a window as Bats & Robin climbed the building using their batropes) and he is an 'occasional' actor but I don't remember him in any Bond film. Did he have a bit part in Live and Let Die perhaps?

samsid · 04-02-2016 2:06pm

OldGoat wrote: »

Is it Sammy Davis Jr.? I remember his appearance in Batman (leaning out a window as Bats & Robin climbed the building using their batropes) and he is an 'occasional' actor but I don't remember him in any Bond film. Did he have a bit part in Live and Let Die perhaps?

that's a good point, Sammy Davis Jnr could have had a part in Bond, Dean Martins uncle played the comedian 'Shady Tree' in 'Diamonds are Forever'

Anyway time for the answer

The link is Michael G Wilson, stepson of Cubby Broccoli , Wikson is a co producer of the Bond movies, taking cameo parts in many. Wilsons natural father Lewis Wilson was the 1st man to play Batman onscreen
in Columbia's 'Batman' movie serial in 1943.

Here's another movie based question

which actor /singer was the character of 'Dirty' Harry Callahan written specifically for?

looksee · 04-02-2016 2:31pm

samsid wrote: »

that's a good point, Sammy Davis Jnr could have had a part in Bond, Dean Martins uncle played the comedian 'Shady Tree' in 'Diamonds are Forever'

Anyway time for the answer

The link is Michael G Wilson, stepson of Cubby Broccoli , Wikson is a co producer of the Bond movies, taking cameo parts in many. Wilsons natural father Lewis Wilson was the 1st man to play Batman onscreen
in Columbia's 'Batman' movie serial in 1943.

Ah come on Samsid, if this were a film-buff thread you might possibly have got an answer there, but that is so obscure as to be impossible. And who is Cubby Broccoli? Hope your second question is a bit more reasonable - I wouldn't know, I am not a film person.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 04-02-2016 2:56pm

samsid wrote: »

that's a good point, Sammy Davis Jnr could have had a part in Bond, Dean Martins uncle played the comedian 'Shady Tree' in 'Diamonds are Forever'

Anyway time for the answer

The link is Michael G Wilson, stepson of Cubby Broccoli , Wikson is a co producer of the Bond movies, taking cameo parts in many. Wilsons natural father Lewis Wilson was the 1st man to play Batman onscreen
in Columbia's 'Batman' movie serial in 1943.

Here's another movie based question

which actor /singer was the character of 'Dirty' Harry Callahan written specifically for?

Sinatra was to play the role. John Wayne was mentioned at one time too.

OldGoat · 04-02-2016 3:09pm

looksee wrote: »

Ah come on Samsid, if this were a film-buff thread you might possibly have got an answer there, but that is so obscure as to be impossible. And who is Cubby Broccoli? Hope your second question is a bit more reasonable - I wouldn't know, I am not a film person.

I know it's a bit of a film buff question but Broccoli is as well known as a film maker as Coppola, Kubrick or Scott. He is to the spy film what Hitchcock is to the horror or Leone is to the (spaggetti) Western. He has a huge body of work behind him.
Just sayin'.

samsid · 04-02-2016 3:20pm

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

Sinatra was to play the role. John Wayne was mentioned at one time too.

your spot on with Sinatra, the Finks , the creators wrote specifically for Sinatra, there were 'lobby shots' created of Sinatra as Dirty Harry' howeve rthe official reason for him withdrawing from the role ,an old wrist injury
stopped him from holding or firing the trademark 44 magnum the character uses

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 04-02-2016 3:33pm

What is the world's largest fish?

samsid · 04-02-2016 3:33pm

looksee wrote: »

Ah come on Samsid, if this were a film-buff thread you might possibly have got an answer there, but that is so obscure as to be impossible. And who is Cubby Broccoli? Hope your second question is a bit more reasonable - I wouldn't know, I am not a film person.

getting a bit stiff there m8, as a quizzer of over 35 years knowledge,useless, trivial or not accumulates, the answer ,far from impossible,it's been mentioned several time in extras on Bond dvd's, who is Cubby Brpccoli,? the Producer
of the Bond movies... his family were credited with the development of the broccoli vegetable. I thought this thread was meant to be a bit of fun, I had no intention of setting an impossible question to answer, a difficult one yes
the point of a quiz is you either know the answer or you don't and if you don't what harm ,no one knows everything, I took to popular franchises and asked how they were linked ,maybe providing a question for someone else to use elsewhere.

With that in mind my last question has been answered and I shall not ask another

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 04-02-2016 3:51pm

OldGoat wrote: »

I know it's a bit of a film buff question but Broccoli is as well known as a film maker as Coppola, Kubrick or Scott. He is to the spy film what Hitchcock is to the horror or Leone is to the (spaggetti) Western. He has a huge body of work behind him.
Just sayin'.

I have to say I would consider Broccoli an obscure figure to all but film buffs.

OldGoat · 04-02-2016 3:56pm

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

What is the world's largest fish?

Whale shark.

A pharmacist created a scale for measuring the pungency or heat of chillies and naturally called it after himself.
The measurements on the scale are S....... Heat Units.

The newest hottest chilli in the world is now "Carolina Reaper" tipping the scale at over 1,500,000 SHUs.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 04-02-2016 4:03pm

OldGoat wrote: »

Whale shark?

That's the blighter!

Jellybaby1 · 04-02-2016 4:56pm

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

I have to say I would consider Broccoli an obscure figure to all but film buffs.

I am sure I've seen the name Brocolli pop up on some TV comody series that I've watched, don't know the first name though. It's one that stuck in my mind. How could you forget anyone you've met by the name of Brocolli?

garancafan · 04-02-2016 5:18pm

samsid wrote: »

getting a bit stiff there m8, as a quizzer of over 35 years knowledge,useless, trivial or not accumulates, the answer ,far from impossible,it's been mentioned several time in extras on Bond dvd's, who is Cubby Brpccoli,? the Producer
of the Bond movies... his family were credited with the development of the broccoli vegetable. I thought this thread was meant to be a bit of fun, I had no intention of setting an impossible question to answer, a difficult one yes
the point of a quiz is you either know the answer or you don't and if you don't what harm ,no one knows everything, I took to popular franchises and asked how they were linked ,maybe providing a question for someone else to use elsewhere.

With that in mind my last question has been answered and I shall not ask another

I hope this doesn't mean that you've taken umbrage at Looksee's comment and will not be taking any further part. That would be a pity as your contributions have been very good. I hope you will reconsider.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 04-02-2016 5:39pm

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

I am sure I've seen the name Broccoli pop up on some TV comedy series that I've watched, don't know the first name though. It's one that stuck in my mind. How could you forget anyone you've met by the name of Broccoli?

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

I am sure I've seen the name Brocolli pop up on some TV comedy series that I've watched, don't know the first name though. It's one that stuck in my mind. How could you forget anyone you've met by the name of Brocolli?

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

I am sure I've seen the name Brocolli pop up on some TV comody series that I've watched, don't know the first name though. It's one that stuck in my mind. How could you forget anyone you've met by the name of Brocolli?

Good God, Jellybaby. Have duplicate posts become triplicate now? It's like the old civil service here nkw,

Jellybaby1 · 05-02-2016 1:15am

And recently I stated that I was deleting my double posts. How the heck did I post three times when I only posted once? I am in housekeeping mode so I will try to get rid of the spares. Gremlins still at work.

Edit: Ta-Daaa!

feargale · 05-02-2016 2:41am

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

What is the world's largest fish?

Great white shark

abff · 05-02-2016 7:45am

feargale wrote: »

Great white shark

Greg Norman is the world's largest fish???

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 05-02-2016 9:44am

feargale wrote: »

Great white shark

Wrong.

It was already answered 6 posts back. Try to keep up.

OldGoat · 05-02-2016 9:46am

My question above is a little unclear so I'll rephrase.

What is the name of the scale for measuring the heat of chillies?

looksee · 05-02-2016 11:20am

garancafan wrote: »

I hope this doesn't mean that you've taken umbrage at Looksee's comment and will not be taking any further part. That would be a pity as your contributions have been very good. I hope you will reconsider.

Sorry about that folks, doing a bit of grouch at the moment, will keep my head down for a bit. That was a personal comment not a mod comment btw.

garancafan · 05-02-2016 11:46am

abff wrote: »

Greg Norman is the world's largest fish???

No - only the world's wealthiest.

Rubecula · 05-02-2016 12:33pm

OldGoat wrote: »

My question above is a little unclear so I'll rephrase.

What is the name of the scale for measuring the heat of chillies?

Would you be talking about the Scoville scale? The higher the number the more it smarts? :eek:

garancafan · 06-02-2016 12:14am

looksee wrote: »

Sorry about that folks, doing a bit of grouch at the moment, will keep my head down for a bit. That was a personal comment not a mod comment btw.

I don't see anything to apologise for. As an active participant in the thread you are perfectly entitled to express your point of view. As a mod you exercise admirable restraint and when you need to make a mod-level point you flag it well as such.

Let's rattle on oldies. I enjoy this nonsense.

Rubecula · 06-02-2016 5:21pm

garancafan wrote: »

I don't see anything to apologise for. As an active participant in the thread you are perfectly entitled to express your point of view. As a mod you exercise admirable restraint and when you need to make a mod-level point you flag it well as such.

Let's rattle on oldies. I enjoy this nonsense.

What? A restrained Mod? Looksee have you gone soft? :eek:

Cry havoc and let slip the Mods of boards...... or words to that effect:D:D

garancafan · 06-02-2016 8:23pm

Why not let slip a question Rube? [I think the Old Goat is hibernating (I don't blame him)]. You were right with the Scoville scale.

Here's a quickie in the meantime: What colour were the blue jumpers today?

looksee · 06-02-2016 8:45pm

The jumpers - the rugby watcher tells me the french were wearing browny-red. This could be anything from rust to red to maroon, but apparently they normally wear blue (I did ask the right question to get this answer!)

garancafan · 06-02-2016 9:24pm

Right track. Wrong match. Try again.

looksee · 06-02-2016 9:29pm

Lord I have no idea! The rugby watcher has gone to bed!

Rubecula · 06-02-2016 11:00pm

Which blues?

Oh you wanted a question from me I think?

Music question then.......

Which band had a song called !In My Own Time formed in 1966 disbanded in 1973 and had Roger Chapman as a lead singer.

Rubecula · 06-02-2016 11:00pm

Which blues?

Oh you wanted a question from me I think?

Music question then.......

Which band had a song called !In My Own Time formed in 1966 disbanded in 1973 and had Roger Chapman as a lead singer.

garancafan · 07-02-2016 1:46am

Rubecula wrote: »

Which blues?

Oh you wanted a question from me I think?

Music question then.......

Which band had a song called !In My Own Time formed in 1966 disbanded in 1973 and had Roger Chapman as a lead singer.

Formed in '66? Long after my time then, although the song-title does strike a faint chord. I think it was a folk band rather than an electronic band.

I will let my question run (post 2145) until after the main event tomorrow. Spelling needs to be disregarded.

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