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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-29-2006 21:02

1. What singer/songwriter was born Eileen Rogers?
2. Who invented a stopwatch that ran backwards?
3. Who played Alex P. Keaton on "Family Ties"?
4. What award was 1st presented to the "Montreal Amateur Athletic Association" in 1893?
5. Who wrote " Prisoners of the North"?
6. Whose ashes will be taken into space this fall as per his request?
7. Who was the Indy Car rookie of the year in 1994?
8. Who wrote "The Handmaids Tale"?
9. What comedian sent his resume to the Carol Burnett Show when he was only 10 years old?
10. What do all these people have in common?

Jul-30-2006 04:33

1. Shania Twain
2.
3. Michael J Fox.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8. Margaret Atwood.
9. Mike Myers.
10. They're all Canadian!

Thanks Carrie!

Jul-30-2006 05:09

"That don't impress me much" LED! ;)

1. Shania Twain
2. ?
3. Michael J Fox
4. Stanley Cup?
5. ? sorry
6. Scotty's being beamed up isn't he? (James Doohan) was he Canadian though? I assumed he was Scottish, but he's the only one I can think of.
7. ?
8. Margaret Atwood
9. ?
10. Ohhhh Canada... Canadian

Yeah spanx Carrie. :D a new quiz mistress!

Jul-30-2006 16:36

Shania is Canadian????? Wow, learn something new every day.

I don't buy it, LED googled that answer. LED is the evil google-pub-quiz-cheater nya nya nya nya nya nya. :p

(Canada rules BTW!)

When can I write a quiz again, I am always too late. Please pretty please?

Jul-30-2006 18:26

Nikkie, as the founder of our quiz we unanimously pronounce you the Lifelong Honorary Quizmaker and you can write a new quiz whenever you please.

Jul-30-2006 18:43

Just goes to show that 'hick' is universal.

Yeah, yeah. next time it's my turn, or I'm confronted with having to fill in, you can can definitely have my go Nikki :) I'm sure i'm in credit lol.

Oh and a personal plug for my all time favourite Canadian author, Charles de Lint (who was actually born in the Netherlands) :)

Jul-30-2006 23:10

So it is really a Dutch author. :p

Jul-30-2006 23:10

(YAY I am honory quiz maker)

Jul-31-2006 05:33

Answers

1. What singer/songwriter was born Eileen Rogers?-Shania Twain
2. Who invented a stopwatch that ran backwards?-Lorne Greene
3. Who played Alex P. Keaton on "Family Ties"?- Michael J. Fox
4. What award was 1st presented to the "Montreal Amateur Athletic Association" in 1893?-The Stanley Cup
5. Who wrote " Prisoners of the North"?- Pierre Burton
6. Whose ashes will be taken into space this fall as per his request?-James Doohan
7. Who was the Indy Car rookie of the year in 1994?-Jacques Villeneuve
8. Who wrote "The Handmaids Tale"?-Margaret Atwood
9. What comedian sent his resume to the Carol Burnett Show when he was only 10 years old?-Jim Carrey
10. What do all these people have in common?-They are all Canadian

SS you are the winner

Jul-31-2006 06:25

which means get your act together jstkdn - you're up! (lol James Doohan was right?! go figure... )