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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. :)

Jul-10-2006 23:39

1. even though its wrong-Pirates of Penzance. lol
2. Grease
3. Sound of Music
4. My fair lady/Pygmallian
5. The Producers
6. Marry Poppins
7. Rocky Horror Picture Show (Oh how I love this movie-go see it in theatre!)
8. Oklahoma
9. Chicago
10. No idea so gonna guess a fav. Guys and Dolls. lol
11. Phantom of the Opera

Jul-10-2006 23:53

1. ?
2. Grease
3. The Sound of Music
4. My Fair Lady
5. ?
6. Mary Poppins
7. ?
8. Oklahoma
9. Chicago
10. A Chorus Line???
11. Phantom of the Opera

Jul-11-2006 00:37

1. Peter Pan (??)
2. Grease
3. The Sound of Music
4. My Fair Lady
5. The Producers
6. Mary Poppins
7. Rocky Horror Picture Show
8. Oklahoma
9. Chicago
10. A Chorus Line
11. The Phantom of the Opera

Jul-11-2006 06:50

One with 10/11. I'll post the answers in the arvo Sleuth time.

Jul-11-2006 16:24

ok :)

1. Muppet Treasure Island
2. Grease
3. The Sound of Music
4. My Fair Lady
5. The Producers
6. Mary Poppins
7. Rocky Horror Picture Show
8. Oklahoma
9. Chicago
10. A Chorus Line
11. The Phantom of the Opera

Breitkat gets it with 10/11... kudos to RC for getting A Chorus Line first :)

Jul-12-2006 00:41

In honour of a rather famous French holiday coming up shortly, my associates and I present the following:

VIVE LA MARSEILLAISE!!!

1. French citizens celebrate July 14th for what specific reason?

2. Before the Euro, what did France use for its currency (both bills & coins, please)?

3. France's most famous street, the Champs Elysees, translates to what in English?

4. Who is the current President of France?

5. Where does the Tour de France officially start and end this year?

6. What famous Frenchman is considered the father of microbiology?

7. Which French cities have hosted Olympic Games?

8. When was France's most famous university, La Sorbonne, founded?

9. What famous Frenchman developed a reading system for the blind?

10. What's the French name for the English Channel?

BONUS -- Where exactly would one go to celebrate the namesake for July 14th, and why?

Jul-12-2006 01:17

1. The fall of the Bastille
2. (French) Francs, with 100 centimes making 1 franc
3. The Elysian fields
4. Jacques Chirac
5. Start:? Finish: Paris
6. Louis Pasteur?
7. Albertville is the only one I remember, but I'm almost willing to bet it's been in Paris as well at some point
8. Oh, it's old - sometime in the 15th century?
9. Braille
10. Can't remember
BONUS ?

Jul-12-2006 04:14

1. The fall of the Bastille (the beginning of the French Revolution)
2. Francs, centimes
3. The Elysian Fields
4. Jacques Chirac
5. Strasbourg(?), Paris
6. Louis Pasteur
7. Paris, Chamonix, Albertville, Grenoble
8. 12th century
9. Louis Braille
10. La Manche

Jul-12-2006 16:58

ok 1. I'm going to go with the 'end' of the French Revolution, and the beginning of the Republic, coz I'm sure I rem. reading somewhere that it was one year after the fall of the Bastille that they celebrated the above.
2. Francs, centimes (I always think of Fantine selling her hair)
3. Elysian Fields
4. Chirac
5. Started in Strasbourg this year. Ends where it always ends, Paris on the Champs-Élysées
6. Pastuer
7. Paris. Wow I'm thick here.
8. No Idea.
9. Braille
10. Didn't know that.
Bonus: the old Bastille site has an Opera House (Bastille Opera probably) on it now... maybe you'd go to the opera...?

Jul-12-2006 18:15

Oh la la, you guys are doing fantastique!! So far Rosamund is in the lead with 9 answers correct! Squirrel is right behind her with 6, and Greyling is very close also with 5 1/2! I never knew we had so many francophiles! I'll leave this up a little longer to see if there are any more takers....