Bored - Quiz Time

[The Large One]

1. According to the Bible, which was the first bird sent out from Noah’s Ark?

2. Who wrote the novel, Treasure Island?

3. Which Georges Simenon creation was played on television by Michael Gambon?

4. What are the first three words in the main text of A Christmas Carol?

5. Which author was born Eric Blair in Bengal, India in 1903?

6. What name is given to the game for which you need a bridge, a stream, and a couple of twigs, as written about in books by AA Milne?

7. What is the name of the main character, the Professor of Religious Symobology in The Da Vinci Code?

8. Who wrote The Hunchback of Notre Dame?

9. Whose half-completed autobiography was called ‘Margrave of the Marshes’?

10. What were the names of the three books in the Barrytown trilogy by Roddy Doyle, all of which were made into films?

 

[Titanic]

1. A raven

 

[chez]

1. His missis
2. Annika Rice
8. Ian Dowie (Autobiography)

Sorry dont know any of the others.

 

[Titanic]

2. Robert Louis Stevenson

 

[Curious Orange]

1. According to the Bible, which was the first bird sent out from Noah’s Ark?

Dove

2. Who wrote the novel, Treasure Island?

Alexander Dumas

3. Which Georges Simenon creation was played on television by Michael Gambon?

Maigret

4. What are the first three words in the main text of A Christmas Carol?

It was a

5. Which author was born Eric Blair in Bengal, India in 1903?

George Orwell

6. What name is given to the game for which you need a bridge, a stream, and a couple of twigs, as written about in books by AA Milne?

Pooh sticks

7. What is the name of the main character, the Professor of Religious Symobology in The Da Vinci Code?

What's the Da Vinci Code

8. Who wrote The Hunchback of Notre Dame?

Some French guy

9. Whose half-completed autobiography was called ‘Margrave of the Marshes’?

John Ravenscroft

10. What were the names of the three books in the Barrytown trilogy by Roddy Doyle, all of which were made into films?

Don't care

 

[Titanic]

6. Pooh Sticks

 

[aftershavedave]

1. dove
2. stephenson
3. maigret
4
5. george orwell
6 poohsticks
7
8 hugo
9 john peel
10 paddy clark ha ha, the van plus one other (the commitments?)

 

[Gazwag]

4. Rudolph the Red

 

[Kylies Stunt Arse]

1 A Raven?
2 Robert Louis Stevenson
3
4 Marley was dead
5 George Orwell
6 Poohsticks
7
8
9 John Peel
10 The Commitments, The Snapper, The Van

 

[Titanic]

8. Victor Hugo

 

[The Large One]

8. Victor Hugo

You can answer them more than one at a time if you want.

 

[Grendel]

10 paddy clark ha ha, the van plus one other (the commitments?)

The Commitments, The Snapper and The Van.

 

[Trufflehound]

1. A raven
2. Robert Louis Stevenson
3. Maigret
4. Marley was dead
5. George Orwell
6. Pooh Sticks
7. Robert Langdon
8. Victor Hugo
9. John Peel
10. The Commitments, The Snapper, The Van


Haven't we already done this?

 

[Titanic]

7. Robert Langdon

 

[Easy 10]

When do we get the sports round ?

 

[Man of Harveys]

4. "Cock piss Partridge!"
6. Filthy scatto shitgames

 

[The Large One]

1. A raven
2. Robert Louis Stevenson
3. Maigret
4. Marley was dead
5. George Orwell
6. Pooh Sticks
7. Robert Langdon
8. Victor Hugo
9. John Peel
10. The Commitments, The Snapper, The Van


Haven't we already done this?

Shhh. It was a memory test (and a search test).

10/10.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

1. His missis
2. Annika Rice
8. Ian Dowie (Autobiography)

Sorry dont know any of the others.

 

[The Large One]

When do we get the sports round ?

NOW.

1. Which cricket ground is located in St Johns Wood

2. What is the line called behind which darts players stand when throwing - spell it correctly?

3. An Olympic swimming team medley relay starts with which stroke?

4. In relation to Football, what was introduced during the Severe Winter of 1963 and has been used in similar circumstances ever since?

5. Which team won the 2006 Rugby Triple Crown?

6. In American professional baseball, how far is it between bases?

7. How many wickets in the Liverpool & Victoria County Championship has Mushtaq Ahmed taken for Sussex so far this season?

8. On which racecourse is the St Leger run?

9. Which other sport is played at the All-England Club aside from tennis?

10. Which three England outfield players did not make an appearance in World Cup 2006?

 

[Curious Orange]

Shhh. It was a memory test (and a search test).

10/10.

Can I get extra points for NOT using Google? Using my OWN knowledge surely counteracts any wrong or blatantly flippant answers?