[Elton28]

Originally Posted by BoyToy

Ah, I see it's apparently called the 'phone a friend lifeline' in the English game.

Ah, I had a feeling thats what you meant

[lumi]

Originally Posted by rio

26. What is 44 x 56? (No calculators)

Are we supposed to do this in our heads or is it okay if we write it down?

[rio]

You can write it down, but no calculators.

[rio]

About one more day left, if anyone else wants to send in answers then don't delay.

[stepurhan]

Since the closing deadline has passed, any chance of the answers being posted here? I'm sure we can all wait for the results (don't know how many entries you have to work through for that) but it would be nice to be able to kick myself for the ones I should have got right as early as possible.

[SoccerDude28]

Originally Posted by stepurhan

Since the closing deadline has passed, any chance of the answers being posted here? I'm sure we can all wait for the results (don't know how many entries you have to work through for that) but it would be nice to be able to kick myself for the ones I should have got right as early as possible.

I second that I did not send you the answers rio but I definitely took a look at the questions and I'm interested to know what I got right.

[rio]

Sorry for the delay, the answers are ready. I'll post the question, the answer, correct guessers and any commentary I deem neccessary.

1. What is the capital of Bangladesh? Dhaka

2. Who played Indiana Jones' father in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade? The original James Bond, Sean Connery

3. What does SCUMM stand for? Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion

4. Who was the lead guitarist in Appetite for Destruction era Guns n Roses? (Bonus-Whats his real name?) Slash (Saul Hudson)

5. Who played King Koopa in the Super Mario Brothers movie? In a bad career move, Dennis Hopper

6. Who invented the ukelele? (Answer is a nationality) The Portugese, it was only popularized by the Hawaiians

7. What is the highest mountain in South America? Mt. Aconcagua

8. What is the largest bone in the human body? The femur or thigh bone

9. Who is the CEO of Microsoft? Steve Ballmer, Gates is the chairman and Head of Design

10. Who is the MLB leader in single season RBIs? (Bonus-How Many?) Hack Wilson (191) Very obscure, sorry.

11. Name three members of Monty Python. (Bonus-Name all) Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin

12. Where are Oompa-loompas from? (The place, not the book or movie) Loompaland!!

13. The Portugese man of war is a what? Jellyfish

14. Who won the first Super Bowl? Green Bay Packers

15. Who invented the telephone? I had forgotten the conflict over this, so I am accepting both Alexander Graham Bell and Antonio Meuci

16. What famous director turned down voicing Darth Vader but did narrate the original trailer for Star Wars? Orson Wells - Truly trivial

17. What was George Lucas' first movie? This is not counting student movies and such, THX-1138

18. Switzerland is divided into what? (Instead of counties or the like) Cantons

19. How many strings are on a tenor guitar? 4

20. Who is the patriarch in the family that the Myst games are based around?
Atrus
21. Name the developer of the Doom games. Id Software

22. What does p.s. stand for? Post Scriptum Its directly from Latin, I'm giving half credit to anyone who gave the english.

23. What is this -#- called? (just the thing in the middle) Pound Sign

24. What assassination started World War 1? (Bouns- Where did it happen? answer is a city) Archduke Ferdinand (Sarajevo)

25. What two countries are on the Iberian peninsula? Spain and Portugal

26. What is 44 x 56? (No calculators) 2,464

27. What element causes the sky to be blue? Hydrogen

28. Who are the "Wonder Steves" of Apple computers? Jobs and Wozniak

29. Who wrote For Whom the Bell Tolls? (Bonus-Name one other novel) Ernest Hemingway (I'm not going to list them all)

30. Name the two largest islands of Japan? Honshu and Hokkaido

31. Who founded Adventure Gamers? Marek Bronstring and Lasse Ojanen, got a lot of you on this one.

32. What is the name of Spongebob's squirrel friend? Sandy, I think moat people were too mature for this one.

33. Beethoven (the composer, not the dog) suffered from what handicap? Deafness

34. Name the three members of Guybrush Threepwood's first crew. Meathook, Otis and Carla the Swordmaster

35. Name the music video in which Michael Jackson walks on a sidewalk that lights up? Billie Jean, probably the hardest question.

36. What was the last word spoken by Charles Foster Kane? Rosebud

37. What is the name of Bart Simpson's teacher? (Bonus-Name of his principal?) Edna Krabapple (Seymour Skinner)

38. State the Pythagorean theory. This is the basic version - a squared + b squared = c squared I'll accept your answer if I can tell what you meant.

39. What year was Leisure Suit Larry: In the Land of the Lounge Lizards released? (original) 1987

40. The Dalai Lama is currently residing where? (not including travel, his permanent residence) India, not requiring the city name which is Dhramsale

41. Who coined the term Led Zeppelin? (As in the band) (Bonus-who was Led Zeppelin's drummer?) Keith Moon of The Who (John Bonham)

42. Who wrote Heart of Darkness? (Bonus-Name Francis Ford Coppola's film adaptation) Joseph Conrad (Apocalypse Now)

43. Where does the British Prime Minister live? 10 Downing Street

44. What divides Europe and Asia? The Ural Mountains

45. Who designed The Legend of Zelda? Shiguru Miyamoto

46. The Galapogos Islands are under the jurisdiction of what nation? Equador

47. What disease devastated the Russian royal family shortly before the revolution? (Bonus- Who was brought in to cure it?) Hemophila (Rasputin)

48. What would you do at a fermata? (In music) Hold until director's cue

49. Charlie Chaplin claimed that Hitler copied his mustache from what character? The Little Tramp

50. Where are Chinese gooseberries from? (Bonus-What are they more commonly known as?) New Zealand (Kiwis - the fruit not bird)

Alright, I'll have the correct guessers up soon - Enjoy!

[Elton28]

23. What is this -#- called? (just the thing in the middle) Pound Sign

Hmm...

Over here in the UK its known as "Hash" unless It means something else? Because the pound sign looks like this: £

AF

[Wormsie]

Originally Posted by rio

48. What would you do at a fermata? (In music) Hold until director's cue

When playing solo pieces, there is no director - you just decide for yourself how long the note will be (usually it's at least 1,5 times the marked duration).

[Fairygdmther]

Back when I took piano lessons, I had a T-shirt that said " I'm a fermata - hold me!"

FGM

[stepurhan]

Originally Posted by Elton28

Hmm...
Over here in the UK its known as "Hash" unless It means something else? Because the pound sign looks like this: £

AF

I second that. Definitely a hash sign. Us Brits should be able to tell a pound sign if anyone can.

Do we have a problem with different keyboard layouts here? How did you type this symbol, rio? On my keyboard the pound sign is above the 3 and the sign in the question is in the corner formed by the Enter key and the Right Shift.

Ah. This is always the best part of quizzes. Arguing with the question master over his "right" answers.

Which reminds me. I assume by "director" you mean the person at the front of the orchestra with a baton. We call them conductors in these here parts.

EDIT

Originally Posted by rio

32. What is the name of Spongebob's squirrel friend? Sandy, I think moat people were too mature for this one.

Don't you accuse me of being mature.

[lumi]

Originally Posted by Fairygdmther

Back when I took piano lessons, I had a T-shirt that said " I'm a fermata - hold me!"

FGM

Awesome. I love puns.

[Jazhara7]

I just realized that I accidentally put "Anconcagua" in the question about the Largest bone in the human body.


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[Jazhara7]

Originally Posted by rio

6. Who invented the ukelele? (Answer is a nationality) The Portugese, it was only popularized by the Hawaiians

I protest!

Originally Posted by Wikipedia

It is commonly associated with music from Hawaii where the name roughly translates as "jumping flea" and was developed there in the 1880s as a variation of the Portuguese braguinha. A braguinha is a cavaquinho built in the city of Braga and named after it; the Brazilian cavaquinho is usually tuned in D-G-B-D. In 1879 three 'ukulele makers arrived from Portugal in Hawai'i. One of these, Manuel Nunes, was Bill Tapia's neighbor. He sold Bill his first instrument for 75 cents in 1915.

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[Jazhara7]

Originally Posted by Fairygdmther

Back when I took piano lessons, I had a T-shirt that said " I'm a fermata - hold me!"

FGM

I want one!


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[rio]

Elton, Stephurban - I think we're both right, its just a US/UK thing so I'll count both correct.

Deadworm - Its the same idea, of course you wont hold until the directors cue when theres no director

Fairygdmther - Thats awesome

Jazhara - I'm going to assume that you didnt think Aconcagua was the largest bone in the body and about Wikipedia, it doesn't have the strictest editorial policy.

[Elton28]

Us Brits should be able to tell a pound sign if anyone can.

Also because we get enough of them robbed off us......OMG dont get me started

AF

[stepurhan]

Originally Posted by Elton28

Also because we get enough of them robbed off us......OMG dont get me started

AF

Too late. Didn't you want to link to this thread you started when saying that?

[Fairygdmther]

I'd like to comment about the "pound" sign. # it is also called the "number" sign. The pound in question, however, is not the British pound sterling, but the rather the avoirdupois pound of 16 ounces. The weird thing about it, though, is that, even though we call it a "pound" sign in the USA, we don't use it that way. We use "lb" as the abbrev. for pound (?!).

FGM

[Wormsie]

Originally Posted by Fairygdmther

Back when I took piano lessons, I had a T-shirt that said " I'm a fermata - hold me!"

I want one too!