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

feargale

eisenberg1 wrote: »

Ok,

Who was Victor Lazlo?

Houdini?

eisenberg1

feargale wrote: »

Houdini?

Nope, you are not escaping that easy:D

bonzodog2

eisenberg1 wrote: »

Ok,

Who was Victor Lazlo?

A character from Casablanca IIRC

If I'm right, in a similar vein, who was Harry Lime and what did he do?

garancafan

bonzodog2 wrote: »

A character from Casablanca IIRC

If I'm right, in a similar vein, who was Harry Lime and what did he do?

He played the zither.

bonzodog2

No, but you're close

edit:Hint - it wasn't Harry who played the zither, but it may be known as the HL theme
edit:extra clue - cuckoo clocks!

feargale

bonzodog2 wrote: »

No, but you're close

edit:Hint - it wasn't Harry who played the zither, but it may be known as the HL theme
edit:extra clue - cuckoo clocks!

He was a mischief maker in allied occupied post-war Vienna who justified bad behaviour on the grounds that bowsies like the Borgias were creators of civilisation and thought wrongly that the harmless Swiss invented the cuckoo clock, which they didn't, and nothing else, as per the film, The Third Man.

P.S. He was wrong about the cuckoo clock and wrong about the Swiss being harmless.

bonzodog2

Close enuff feargale!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75tiRL_n-GU

feargale

bonzodog2 wrote: »

Close enuff feargale!

Starring Orson Welles of whom Ava Gardner said he expected to be applauded as he walked out of the bath or shower.

An easy one, cos I may not be here to adjudicate.

In which city is Unter den Linden?

Rubecula

feargale wrote: »

Starring Orson Welles of whom Ava Gardner said he expected to be applauded as he walked out of the bath or shower.

An easy one, cos I may not be here to adjudicate.

In which city is Unter den Linden?

That is Berlin and it means under the linden trees

eisenberg1

bonzodog2 wrote: »

A character from Casablanca IIRC

If I'm right, in a similar vein, who was Harry Lime and what did he do?

Correct.

Rubecula

In the pop group The Mamas and the Papas, what was Mama Cass's surname?

Johnboy1951

Elliot

Johnboy1951

What's the difference between a mule and a jennet (note Irish/English use of jennet)

looksee

One has a horse sire and a donkey dam, and the other is the other way round. I think the mule has the horse sire.

Johnboy1951

looksee wrote: »

One has a horse sire and a donkey dam, and the other is the other way round. I think the mule has the horse sire.

Almost ....... mule is sired by a donkey (jack) and a jennet sired by a horse (stallion).

Over to you

looksee

Other than a couple of movies of that name, what does the term 'vanishing point' refer to?

eisenberg1

looksee wrote: »

Other than a couple of movies of that name, what does the term 'vanishing point' refer to?

Where something is beyond the horizon? I.e when you cannot see it anymore.....guessing.

looksee

You are going in the right direction, but that is not really the answer.

Rubecula

looksee wrote: »

Other than a couple of movies of that name, what does the term 'vanishing point' refer to?

Do you mean the perspective in artwork where the lines all collect together at an unidentifyable distance in the picture? I may have phrased that badly.

looksee

That's the one (pretty much! ) - your turn.

Rubecula

Darn it LOL I had not prepared one, so just a quicky off the top of my head.... No it is nothing to do with dandruff LOL

Who are the Quarrymen best remembered as?

Actually no the real question is///

The Jenson car company made a number of models, the most famous being the awesome Interceptor (7 litre engine in top of the range model I believe)

But what did the initials FF mean in the Interceptor 4 wheel drive model?

(It was the first production car in the world with 4 wheel drive by the way.)

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Ferguson Formula.

The answer to the Sea Pie question was An Oystercatcher, by the way.

Jellybaby1

I think the Quarrymen, were an earlier edition of the Fab Four, the Beatles?

Rubecula

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

Ferguson Formula.

The answer to the Sea Pie question was An Oystercatcher, by the way.

Excellent answer although I believe it was the other way around.

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

I think the Quarrymen, were an earlier edition of the Fab Four, the Beatles?

Both answers are correct.

Jellybaby1

WOO HOO!! Giz a minute to get a question.

Rubecula

Jenson Interceptor FF (I love it)

Jellybaby1

OK, my questions are always answered quickly so we'll get this over in a jiffy without any pain. No peeking allowed!

In 1983 Elton John had a hit called 'I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues'. Who played the harmonica on the track?

OldGoat

That would be the lovely Stevie Wonder.


Who was the captain of the Seaview?

Jellybaby1

It was indeed Stevie Wonder. I can't flummox anyone!

eisenberg1

OldGoat wrote: »

That would be the lovely Stevie Wonder.


Who was the captain of the Seaview?

lee Crane.....Voyage to the Bottom of The Seaa