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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. :)

Aug-4-2006 02:46

If some other kind soul doesn't come along and post one (where's jstkdn... ) I'll put one up later at say 4. But I'm sure someone will jump in :)

Aug-4-2006 02:53

Oh, alright then ;p

Castlemania
1) Which castle is claimed to be the birthplace of King Arthur?
2) The seat of the castle in the Narnia series is called?
3) Where can you find (an imitation of) the Round Table?
4) Which castle is the official London residence of the British monarch?
5) "Hamlet" takes place at which castle?
6) Which castle is the Sleeping Beauty Castle in Disneyland sometimes said to be modeled on?
7) Home of the Russian Tsars from the 1760s until the Revolution, it now houses Russia's most famous museum
8) Name the residence of the Moorish monarchs of Granada
9) What is the name of Odin's hall in Norse mythology?
10) An internet "oldie" this text-based adventure from RinkWorks' Adventure Games Live takes place in and around the title-bearing castle where the object is to find the secret vault
Bonus: Who wrote "I capture the castle"?


Hope your hydro is back before the 28th Carrie :)

Aug-4-2006 03:45

1.
2.
3.
4. Buckingham Palace
5. Elsinore
6.
7. Romanov Palace?
8.
9. Valhala?
10.
Bonus ?

Ouch! I feel so dumb in this thread. lol Good quiz!

Aug-4-2006 03:46

1. Tintagel
2. Ice Castle?
3. There is Henry VIII's Winchester round table... Winchester?
4. Buckingham Palace, but castle...? There is Tower, but that was earlier.
5. Elsinore
6. Somewhere in Germany, can't remember
7. Hermitage
8. Alhambra
9. ?
10.?

Bonus: ?

Beautiful quiz, Grey, I love castles!

Aug-4-2006 04:25

1. Camelot (??)
2. Cair Paravel
3. Windsor Castle (??)
4. Buckingham Palace
5. Castle Elsinore
6. Schloss Neuschwanstein
7. The Hermitage
8. El Alhambra
9. Valhalla
10. absolutely no clue.

Bonus: ??

Aug-4-2006 04:33

me too.

1. Tintagel
2. Caer Paravel
3. Winchester. Though I think Edward I had it made, Henry just had it painted...
4. Buckingham Palace
5. Elsinore
6. ?
7. Tsarkoe Selo (I'm still reading that Rasputin bio too so 'lol' if I'm wrong)
8. Alhambra
9. Valhalla
10?
Bonus?

Aug-4-2006 04:35

*stands and applauds Breit. for spelling Schloss Neuschwanstein , let alone knowing it!* (obv. I copied and pasted)

Aug-4-2006 16:48

1) ?
2) ?
3) Buckingham Palace
4) Same asa above
5)
6) Camelot?
7) ?
8) ?
9) ?
10)
Bonus: ?

This one was a toughie....no clue to SO many, i think im only right on one lol....

How does the rotation of who's supposed to post the new quiz go? Is it the person who won the last one? if so, sorry guys I didnt know and didn't check til I got home :)

Aug-5-2006 02:02

1. Tintagel
2. Cair Paravel
3. Winchester Castle
4. Buckingham Palace
5. Castle Elsinore
6. Schloss Neuschwanstein
7. Winter Palace which is now part of the Hermitage Museum was the one I had in mind :)
(although after a little digging around it appears that Nicholas II did prefer the Alexander Palace in the Imperial retreat of Tsarskoe Selo to the Winter Palace after the Bloody Sunday of 1905 ;)
8. Alhambra
9. Valhalla
10. The Mystery of Brackly Hall
Bonus: Dodie Smith

Breit and Squirrel tie for first – good job guys :)


Not 100% sure how the quiz master rotation plan works, Biggie, but yeah most times the winner tends to get first choice as to whether he or she wants to do the next one or not, or else it's when the natives start getting restless – sometimes that can be days other times it's a matter of hours :D

Aug-5-2006 03:00

FAMOUS FACES... use the links, or use a Send a PM section in City Hall...
Which famous people are represented in these Sleuth’s avatars?
1. Speckled Peals
http://noir.playsleuth.com/detective/detective.spy?id=298871
2. RedstarSJ (a popular one used by many in different poses)
http://noir.playsleuth.com/detective/detective.spy?id=254383
3. Dusky
http://noir.playsleuth.com/detective/detective.spy?id=299029
MUSIC
4. Name any two of the four Operas in the Wagners Ring Cycle (Der Ring des Nibelungen).
5. Who sang the 80’s duet ‘Ebony and Ivory’.
6. Currently, whose ‘hips don’t lie?’
BOOKS / MOVIES
7. Which British author wrote the novel that the current anime movie ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’ was based on?
8. Can anybody remember in which fictional country ‘The Prisoner of Zenda’ was set?
9. What was the name of the two movies made, 30’s (good) & 70’s (crap),
based on travellers who find Shangri-La.
MISCELANEOUS (or ‘what’s on my kitchen bench’...)
10. What is the more common name for the ‘aubergine’.
11. Is an aubergine a vegetable or a fruit?
12. What colour is an aubergine?
BONUS: Which 60’s US TV comedy series spoofed The Prisoner of Zenda in a couple of it’s episodes, by having the main character be a doppelganger for the 'King of Coronia'?