I can't quite decide. On one hand yesterday saw England embarrassingly throw away the 2nd test. But on the other it ended with winning a $200 bar tab.
I'm not going to harp on about the cricket because no one reading this really cares, but the worst thing is that there is now the distinct possibility of the series being dead by the time I get to Melbourne for the 4th test. I was expecting 4 days of drunken revellry with the barmy army and a couple of days in the MCG watching England fight for the ashes. Suppose 1 out of 2 aint bad.
On to the good part of the day. Si, Leanne, myself and Jo went to the Kingslander quiz. It all started so well - I got to use the "Quiz Team Aguilera" team name and we got 10/10 in round one. Then, in the final round we got 9/10 however, in between we scored 4/10 in every other round and finished about 5th bottom.
BUT, after the final round they have a jackpot round. 3 bonus questions for $50 and if no one gets them it rolls over. It was up to $200 this week and here are the questions:
1. Which northern hemisphere capital city is heated by underground volcanic springs?
2. In which year was Lindy Chamberlain officially pardoned?
3. How old was Kurt cobain when he committed suicide?
We knew 1 and 3 but 2 was a bit of a guesstimate. We got all 3 right, as did one other team. So on to the tie breaker...
How many teams have competed in the English Premiership since it started?
Our guess was only 1 away from the correct answer so we walked off with the prize. Oh so sweet.
I'll put the answers up in a couple of days when Boz, Lunt, and Alice have had their customary (poor) attempts.
EDIT: One of the questions in the quiz involved showing this video clip. You won't be surprised to hear that it reduced me to a shaking, red-faced teary mess...
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1. reykjavik
2. not a clue
3. 27. a spooky age that - kurt, jimi hendrix, janis joplin, jim morrison, brian jones were all 27 when they shuffled the mortal coil and joined the great gig in the sky.
i am 27. oops.
Your answer to number 2, was it September 15, 1988?
Who's Brian?
I'm not sure. A new face perhaps? Or an old one who's name I haven't figured out yet.
Anyway, welcome Brian.
Your answer may very well be correct. We put 1987 and it was marked as correct, although Wikipedia suggests otherwise.
Still, what's done is done and I aint giving that bar tab back...
didnt you audition for that show owen?
I did mate. Had a wig, dress, everything.
Just didn't look feminine enough.
Gutted.
shouldnt you be in bed? what time is it?
Hey ho let's go:
1. Budapest has some thermal springs as well as some good boozers and top drawer steakhouses. (do I get bonus points for that?)
2. Lindy who? 2001 then.
3. 27 like all the greats.
Prem League teams eh?
Hmmmmmm
How about 32?
11pm boz. I'm on the net looking for bowling tips after we lost tonight.
Lunt - You get no bonus points because you're wrong.
And 32 teams? Nope. Bear in mind the league started with 22 and this is the 14th season.
Depends what you mean by heated I suppose. The water is deffo heated by thermal springs.
http://www.panoramicearth.com/index.php?europe/hungary/budapest
"Budapest is known as the City of Spas, and not without reason. There are many natural thermal springs scattered underneath Budapest which are used to supply the baths with water that possesses various medicinal properties"
I think it's one of those trick questions and ALL of the cities in the northern hemisphere are heated by underground volcanic springs. Either that or its Oslo.
I think the last one is a trick question too and ALL of the teams have competed in the prem since it started.
that was me. James.
James Creegan.
Andy's brother.
1. Dunno - Reykjavic sounds like the best guess and Mward will have looked it up on Wikipedia before answering anyway ;-)
2. Didn't remember who she was until I clicked your link and it had the answer there. I remember that being quite a big case in the 80s. Dingo indeed... she did it.
3. Erm, 27, judging by all the people who seem convinced. Did he commit suicide, or just take an overdose? Reckon I'd have topped myself if I was married to that troll. Go on Lunt - be like your hero.
As for your lucky break, Garts, I'd say good day.
Number of teams in PL? No idea - guess 34? Hard to believe that teams like Barnsley, Swindon and Oldham have been in there.
I will inform Charlotte that "Smaje suggested that he would top himself if he was associated with a troll like you and suggested that I go ahead and do so".
I hope your knackers are insured.
Maybe Kurt Cobain was eaten by a dingo too?
Smaje will be the next one 'eaten by a dingo' once Charlotte catches wind of what he said.
Reykjavic is correct. 1987 is the answer for number 2 and KC was 27 when he topped himself.
The correct number of Premiership teams is 40. I suppose trying to get all of them would fill a very quiet couple of hours at work.
James, how hard is it for you to select 'Other' as your identity and put your actual name in?
Errm, you misunderstand, Lunt. I just thought that you attempting suicide could be quite a laugh ("oh no, disaster for Lunt - the rope snapped..." etc). Charlotte is lovely and agrees with me about the suicide thing - she'd stand to make a tidy payout on your life insurance. Do it for her.
Sorry, this is all rather macabre. I don't wish you dead at all, old chap. Good health.
og - which one in that video is oliver.
smajey you animal, my knowledge of iceland is clearly greater than you think. still miles behind kerry katona. oh, and "did cobain commit suicide or have an overdose?" You could say he overdosed on a double barrelled shout gun, I suppose.
THough the conspiracy theorists claim that the amount of heroin in his bloodstream would have rendered him unconscious immediately, though possibly still alive, so there would have been no way he could have pulled the trigger. the investigation continues...
English premiership teams... here's my stab.
1 United
2 City
3 Oldham
4 Bolton
5 Wigan
6 Everton
7 Liverpool
8 Sheff Weds
9 Sheff United
10 Barnsley
11 DIrty Leeds
12 Bradford City
13 Middlebrough
14 Sunderland
15 Newcastle
16 Birmingham City
17 Wolves
18 WBA
19 Villa
20 Coventry
21 Norwich
22 Ipswich
23 Swindon
24 Southampton
25 Portsmouth
26 Derby
27 Leicester
28 Forest
29 QPR
30 West Ham
31 Charlton
32 WImbledon
33 Crystal Palace
34 Watford
35 Arsenal
36 Spurs
37 Chelsea
38 Fulham
39 Reading
40 Blackburn
Of course, I meant shot gun, not shout gun, in my las comment. But I like the idea of a shout gun.
from first series of alan partridge:
Ben: I didn’t know you were into music. I know you’re a DJ, but I’ve heard your show.
Alan: Oh, yeah. I like all the bands. I’ve got a broad taste, you know. From the britpop bands like UB40, Def Leppard, right back to classic rock, like Wings.
Ben: Who’s Wings?
Alan: They’re only the band the Beatles could have been.
Ben: I love the Beatles.
Alan: Yeah, so do I.
Ben: What’s your favourite Beatles album, then?
Alan: Tough one. I think I’d have to say ‘The Best of the Beatles’.
Ben: Gum?
Alan: Yeah, cheers. So, who’s your favourite singer, then?
Ben: Oh, anything, really, you know. Frank Sinatra, Kurt Cobain.
Alan: Who’s he?
Ben: Nirvana. Blew his head off with a gun?
Alan: Why?
Ben: He was depressed.
Alan: Why, were they not very good?
Ben: No, they were great.
Alan: Oh. Someone should’ve told him!
Millhouse, you may not be able to see it as there are several thousand miles between us, but I'm doing my partridge base guitar dance routine...
just realised i never attempted your pub quiz.
I wont bother since youve given us the answers.
wheres the jacks hit match report from yesterday?
I wouldnt have thought any Kiwis other than us who have travelled will know who Alan Partridge even is!! Afterall the rest of the nation has had a humour transplant! I once went out with a guy from Norwich who looked a little like Alan, perhaps he has a twin?
There should be a video record of my version of this... click me
Kiss my face.
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