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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. :)

Jun-25-2006 21:00

Sorry for taking so long on the answers, but here they are...

1. Blue
2. Kermit the Frog
3. The room where actors or performers relax
4. Jealousy
5. Dipsy
6. Ralph Nader
7. The green M&M is a female
8. A newcomer or 'newbie'
9. Purple
10. Green Day

BONUS: Whatever comes to you...

The winner...or, rather, WINNERS, are Serena Siren and jstkdn (jstkdn since she added Rhiemma's bonus answers to Serena's quiz). Serena's got 'em all right, except for not including the bonus answers (which jstkdn included), but I really can't decide on one winner, so them two can duke it out on who can go next.

Jun-26-2006 19:56

jstkdn must be out pulling down all the orange streamers from her neighbours houses now Holland's out of World Cup. Maybe when she comes and posts her quiz *nudge*, she'll offer up her Robben Guernsey as a prize ;)

Jun-27-2006 00:33

Good morning, morning crew, here's an easy one until Serena or jstkdn. post theirs. This time it isn't green, it's blue.

1. What is the title of the most famous waltz by Johann Strauss the Younger?
2. What detective celebrated his birthday in the Gumshoe Lounge yesterday?
3. What 20th century painter had a blue phase?
4. What phrase, meaning something sudden or unexpected, contains the word "blue"?
5. What is the title of BBC's series of documentaries about the natural history of the oceans?
6. Name two instruments characteristic of the Bluegrass music.
7. What is the name of the blue fairy in Disney's "Sleeping Beauty"?
8. What prize was awarded to the fastest steamer in North Atlantic crossing?
9. What is the name of the blue or blue-green gemstone, a variety of beryl?
10. What two rivers meet at Khartoum to form the longest river in the world?

Jun-27-2006 01:53

Couldn't wait eh ;)

1. Blue Danube
2. Blueberry Hill
3. rank guess Picasso
4. Out of the blue
5. I bet it has blue in the answer...
6. Banjo and Fiddle (life ain't nothin' but a funny funny riddle... lol sorry)
7. ?
8. ?
9. Aquamarine? (Rhiemma will know :) )
10. White and Blue Nile

nice RC :)

Jun-27-2006 02:13

Yay - *hugs Rosamund* - thanks for soothing our withdrawals :D

1. An der schönen blauen Donau (The Blue Danube)
2. Blueberry Hill
3. Picasso
4. Out of the blue
5. ?
6. Banjo and guitar
7. Merriweather
8. ?
9. Emerald
10. The Blue Nile and the White Nile

Jun-27-2006 02:50

Oh, I remember the answer to #5 now - just took about an hour to dig out the info from whichever section it had been stored in :D

Jun-27-2006 03:42

Serena or me, doesn't matter! If serena wants to post a pubquiz, she should. If not, then I can. Serena?

The Robben shirt........last week they cost 50 Eur which would be waaaay too much to hand out as a price. But now that we miserably lost, to Portugal no less, it's probably worth 5 bucks. :)

Jun-27-2006 10:07

The answers to the blue quiz are:

1. On the Beautiful Blue Danube (or just Blue Danube) in any language
2. Blueberry Hill
3. Picasso
4. Out of the blue
5. The Blue Planet
6. Banjo, fiddle, guitar etc.
7. Merriweather
8. The Blue Ribbon (or Ribband)
9. Aquamarine
10. Blue and White Nile

Both Grey and Squirrel have 7 correct and will have to toss a coin to decide who will make the next quiz.

Jun-27-2006 10:42

lol, Squirrel. Yes, I did know the answer to #9. (I do love the 'sparklies') *grin* and about half of the rest. unfortunately, life gets in the way of my sleuthing sometimes. *sigh*

Jun-27-2006 15:55

I'm sorry, everyone...I got caught up with some agency business and it completely slipped my mind that I was supposed to post the next quiz. In honor of my faux pas, here is:

The Seven Deadly Sins Quiz

Round 1

Answer the following seven questions and receive an extra bonus point if you can name the deadly sin that each question pertains to.

1. This man killed Alexander Hamilton, America's first Secretary of the Treasury, in a dual after his honor had be called into question.

2. In Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, which character speaks these words: "My ear should catch your voice, my eye your eye, My tongue should catch your tongue's sweet melody. Were all the world mine, Demetrius being bated, The rest I'll give to be to you translated."

3. How many hours a day does the average cat sleep?

4. Attributed to its rule over the reproductive organs, which of the 12 Zodiac signs is known for having a particularly amorous nature?

5. The surname of this Dicken's character has come to be a synonym for miserliness and misanthropy.

6. Which U.S. President is humorously known for repeatedly getting stuck in the White House bath tub.

7. Which lead singer famously said that his band was "more popular than Jesus?"

Round 2

And to finish off the quiz with 10 questions...The 3 lesser known deadly sins of Sleuth.

Forgetting Two Birthdays In A Row
8. How many birthdays does the average man have?

Comitting a Slight That Is Long Forgotten
9. What two American pioneer families living on the border of West Virginia and Kentucky were involved in famous a famous feud that is rumored to have started over the ownership on a hog?

Wanting the Inheritance That Comes With a Death
10. Which Secretary of State erroniously declared "I'm in control here" after President Reagan was shot, apparently not understanding the order of U.S. presidential succession.