What's your favourite quiz question?

blackcard

blackcard wrote: »

Who was the first man credited with running the mile in 4 minutes?
Clue. Roger Bannister ran the mile in less than 4 minutes, so not him

Derek Ibbotson is the answer

Bass Reeves

Deleted User wrote: »

Who played the gunsmith in The Day Of The Jackal.. (the original - not the Richard Gere/Bruce Willis remake)

Was it Cyril Cusack, Edward Fox was the Jackel

Bass Reeves

Bass Reeves wrote: »

Was it Cyril Cusack, Edward Fox was the Jackel

Correct

Bass Reeves

Bass Reeves wrote: »

There was a good few of these TV detective shows with main character being the name of the the show I will Iist a few here first name of the character and who played him. Last one first name is there

Cannon
Madigan
Mannix
Ironside
Rockford Files
Culumbo
McCloud
Barnby Jones

Deleted User wrote: »

Only familiar with a couple of those.

Jim - Rockford.
Columbo :pac: - Any time someone asked him his first name he used to say 'Lieutenant' ... Don't think he had a first name for the show Or a wife

I will bump this in that so far we have only one half heated attempt. Yes Culumbo first name was never given on the series. He was always referred to as Lieutenant is correct. However a close up of his identification gave a very blurred impression of Frank.

No names of the actors who potrayed them either

Bass Reeves

Bass Reeves wrote: »

There was a good few of these TV detective shows with main character being the name of the the show I will Iist a few here first name of the character and who played him. Last one first name is there

Cannon
Madigan
Mannix
Ironside
Rockford Files
Culumbo
McCloud
Barnby Jones

Deleted User wrote: »

Only familiar with a couple of those.

Jim - Rockford.
Columbo :pac: - Any time someone asked him his first name he used to say 'Lieutenant' ... Don't think he had a first name for the show Or a wife

Bass Reeves wrote: »

I will bump this in that so far we have only one half heated attempt. Yes Culumbo first name was never given on the series. He was always referred to as Lieutenant is correct. However a close up of his identification gave a very blurred impression of Frank.

No names of the actors who potrayed them either

Missed that bit where you asked 'who played them'

I know a few - not many though :pac:

Ironside - Raymond Burr
Maybe George Peppard for one of the first three - Madigan
Rockford Files - James Garner
Columbo - Peter Falk
Barnaby Jones - The Beverly Hillbillies dad

First names of their characters; I only know Jim Rockford

MeisterG

Which (still running) British TV show had its debut delayed by the JFK assassination?

Bass Reeves

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Missed that bit where you asked 'who played them'

I know a few - not many though :pac:

Ironside - Raymond Burr
Maybe George Peppard for one of the first three - Madigan
Rockford Files - James Garner
Columbo - Peter Falk
Barnaby Jones - The Beverly Hillbillies dad

First names of their characters; I only know Jim Rockford

Raymond Burr is right. He was a chief of detective's but was in a wheelchair.

George Peppard did the detective Banacek I forgot to put that one in. Not sure of his first name was it Steven, George or Thomas

Ya Barnby Jones actor was the Beverly hillbillies

the beer revolu

MeisterG wrote: »

Which (still running) British TV show had its debut delayed by the JFK assassination?

Corrie, surely.

MeisterG

MeisterG wrote: »

Which (still running) British TV show had its debut delayed by the JFK assassination?

Gotta be Corporation Street :pac: Been going since 1962, I think. Not sure about the assassination, but it would have been around about that time.

magicbastarder

i just did a quick google and wikipedia suggests that was first broadcast in 1960.

Following on from the theme of American TV shows that were 'before our time' , but we've seen them cos they've been repeated so often :pac:, I have three questions:

Quincy ME - what does ME stand for.

Bonanza - The first names (or nicknames) of Ben Cartwright's three sons.

Also Bonanza - The name of the ranch on the show.

magicbastarder

i always assumed it was something like medical examiner.

EmmetSpiceland

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Following on from the theme of American TV shows that were 'before our time' , but we've seen them cos they've been repeated so often :pac:, I have three questions:

Quincy ME - what does ME stand for.

Bonanza - The first names (or nicknames) of Ben Cartwright's three sons.

Also Bonanza - The name of the ranch on the show.

Medical Examiner?

Adam, Hoss and Little Joe.

The Ponderosa.

fran38

Hayden Christensen, Spencer Wilding, James Earl Jones.
Name the movie character please?

magicbastarder

magicbastarder wrote: »

i always assumed it was something like medical examiner.

correct

EmmetSpiceland

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Medical Examiner?

Adam, Hoss and Little Joe.

The Ponderosa.

Emmet gets the trifecta!

fran38

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Missed that bit where you asked 'who played them'

I know a few - not many though :pac:

Ironside - Raymond Burr
Maybe George Peppard for one of the first three - Madigan
Rockford Files - James Garner
Columbo - Peter Falk
Barnaby Jones - The Beverly Hillbillies dad

First names of their characters; I only know Jim Rockford

Barnaby Jones - Buddy Ibson (spelling?)
Joe Mannix- Mike Connors

These TV ones are popular... Here's one that'll appeal to TV addicts, and those what are good at combinations/permutations in Mathematics.

The Waltons - "Goodnight Johnboy"
Assuming every Walton's character said 'goodnight' to each other; how many "goodnights" would there be in total?

fran38

fran38 wrote: »

Barnaby Jones - Buddy Ibson (spelling?)
Joe Mannix- Mike Connors

Drat.. Now that you mention it 'Buddy Ebsen(?) rings a bell... :pac:

The Zanclean megaflood, thought to the biggest flood ever, refilled what body of water 5.3 million years ago?

ohnonotgmail

fran38 wrote: »

Hayden Christensen, Spencer Wilding, James Earl Jones.
Name the movie character please?

Darth Vader. Christensen as the young vader, Jones as the voice and Wilding as Vader in Rogue one. You left out David Prowse who was the guy in the suit in the original trilogy that Jones voiced.

ETA You also forgot Sebastian Shaw who played the unmasked vader at the end of ROTJ and the force ghost that appears at the end of that film with the ghosts of Yoda and Obi Wan.

magicbastarder

[Deleted User] wrote: »

The Zanclean megaflood, thought to the biggest flood ever, refilled what body of water 5.3 million years ago?

The med, I suspect.

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

The Zanclean megaflood, thought to the biggest flood ever, refilled what body of water 5.3 million years ago?

Not a clue.. The 'Sea of Tranquility'

magicbastarder

magicbastarder wrote: »

The med, I suspect.

Yep.

Terence Rattigan

Name three current League of Ireland clubs with the letter V in their name?

ohnonotgmail

Terence Rattigan wrote: »

Name three current League of Ireland clubs with the letter V in their name?

Sligo Rovers
Shamrock Rovers
University College Dublin

fran38

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

Darth Vader. Christensen as the young vader, Jones as the voice and Wilding as Vader in Rogue one. You left out David Prowse who was the guy in the suit in the original trilogy that Jones voiced.

ETA You also forgot Sebastian Shaw who played the unmasked vader at the end of ROTJ and the force ghost that appears at the end of that film with the ghosts of Yoda and Obi Wan.

They were deliberately left out as I didn't want a long winded question.

fran38

Terence Rattigan wrote: »

Name three current League of Ireland clubs with the letter V in their name?

Devvy, Fin Harv's and Cobh :+)

magicbastarder

What is the shortest town name in Ireland?

magicbastarder

magicbastarder wrote: »

What is the shortest town name in Ireland?

Inch?