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Jan-4-2005 18:37

See if there is interest for this.

1. Each day I will post 10 questions, at random times of the day.
2. Each Quiz runs exactly 24 hours.
3. The first person that has all 10 questions right, wins. Or if no one has all questions right, the best one wins.
4. You can only post answers ONCE for the same quiz.
5. No cash involved. Just glory. :)

Jan-29-2005 05:55

(cont) further tragedy struck when he had to leave. My father was killed in an earthquake.

Jan-29-2005 16:14

1 Ralph("Lord of the Flies")
2 Dr. John Watson (Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes Series)
3 Philip Marlowe (Raymond Chandler detective stories)
4 Winston Smith ("1984")
5 Pelagia ("Corelli's Mandolin")

Jan-29-2005 17:50

An incredible 100% for Mr John Hale (I'm a bit disappointed - I thought it would be harder than that!). We obviously have an avid reader with us. I'll post another five and make them a little harder ...

Jan-31-2005 10:15

Name the song OR the performer:

1. "And I got one hand in my pocket, and the other one is playing the piano."
2. "Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, Televison, North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe."
3. "Say what you hear is not a test, I'm rappin' to the beat."
4. "Should we blame the government? Or blame society? Or should we blame the images on TV? No..."
5. "Now it catches the gleam. Of the morning's first beam."
6. "A fish won't do anything, but swim in a brook. He can't write his name or read a book."
7. "The truth is I never left you. All through my wild days."
8. "Yo, I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want, So tell me what you want, what you really really want, I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want, So tell me what you want, what you really really want, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really
really really wanna zigazig ha."
9. "If you're filled with affection, you're too shy to convey. Meditate my direction, feel your way."
10. "When I saw the break of day. I wished that I could fly away"

Jan-31-2005 10:19

Great job Joshua!!!!!!!!!!

Jan-31-2005 11:26

1) Alanis Morrisette
2) Billy Joel
3) The Sugarhill Gang
4) South Park Movie- Blame Canada
5) Francis Scott Key- author
6) Swing on a Star
7) Madonna- Evita Soundtrack Don't Cry for Me Argentina
8) Spice Girls
9) Grease Soundtrack- You're the one that I want
10) Norah Jones

Jan-31-2005 11:30

To clarify number 5- it's the US National Anthem, no REAL performer since everyone and his mother sings it here, but that's the author and song.

Jan-31-2005 12:40

YAY Faery won!!!! Go Faery, go Faery! Finally a TAFKADDer that wins a quiz.

Feb-1-2005 01:41

Reading the last quiz, I only recognized the one by Spice Girls!

Feb-1-2005 09:37

Movies:

1. The movie Casablanca was filmed in what country?
2. Which movie star held the following positions in real life: US Ambassador of Ghana, US Chief of Protocol, US Ambassador for Czechoslovakia.
3. Name the movie. "I am Andrew Shepard, and I
-am- the president."
4. In which movie did Michelle Pfeiffer sing the song "Cool Rider."
5. Was the Silence of the Lambs book, close to the movie in story?
6. What was Tom Cruises call sign/code name in "Top Gun."
7. What is the real name of the Amsterdam Coffeeshop, where scene's were shot of "Ocean's 12."
8. Name the movie: "Just as I thought I was out, they pull me back in."
9. What movie is called the female version of the movie "Big?"
10. What is the name of the hotel in Dirty Dancing?