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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-9-2006 03:52

1. Hannibal Lechter-though thats probably wrong-whos the criminal?
2. Norman Bates
3. Jack the Ripper (A freemason Doctor) Why do they always pick on the masons? Shakes head in wonder? LMAO!
4. Darth Vader
5. ?
6. ?
7. Dr. Moriarty
8. Sir Teabing? or is that just because he liked tea. dang!
9. Oh no! I can't remember the Prince's name!
10. Jack the Ripper, Bonnie and Clyde, Al Capone
11. Word has it, the price of living in Sleuthville will rise; Be sure to send me a post card from shangri-la; Have you ever been to Cairo? I hear they may be opening the shipping lines again soon.
12. Warm up on Arch Villians, Have you Seen This

Aug-9-2006 04:34

Villains in films:

What are the names of the villains in these films?

1. Hannibal Lecter
2. Norman Bates
3. ?
4. Darth Vader
5. hmmmm, Othello?
6. ?
7. Dr. Moriarty
8. Teabing
9. Prince of Cairo
10.Al Capone, Ed Gein, Bonnie & Clyde.
11. Your clothes are looking a little word, cant wait to see the new fashions; Have you ever been to Cairo, I hear they are opening the shipping lines soon; There will be many more villians, but you will have to face them alone
12. HAVE YOU SEEN THIS

Aug-9-2006 15:37

Here are the answers:

1. Hannibal Lecter
2. Norman Bates
3. Jack the Ripper
4. Darth Vader
5. Hamlet
6. Bluebeard
7. Professor Moriarty
8. Sir Leigh Teabing
9. An enigmatic prince (unnamed so far)
10. Al Capone, Bonnie and Clyde, Jack the Ripper,Charles Manson etc.
11. Your clothes are looking a bit raggedy. I can't wait to see the new fashions
Word has it, the price of living in Sleuthville will rise
Be sure to send me a post card from shangri-la etc.
12. HAVE YOU SEEN THIS?!

We have a tie again, this time between Greyling and jroepel (10/12). Shall we have those impossible questions or...?

Aug-9-2006 15:58

lol. ok. I suppose I could post the questions. :0) I'll post in just a bit.

Aug-9-2006 16:04

when i get a quiz about asia together, i'll let you know so we can figure out when i can post it : ) and you can be assured there will be a question about SUSHI : )

Aug-9-2006 16:14

1. What was Benjamin Franklin’s multiplication table? Knowing of course, that it has nothing to do with math and everything to do with Manifest Destiny.
2. What does the drug/neurotransmitter Atropine do?
3. True or False- It’s ok for a SCUBA diver to hold her breath under the water?
4. According to Quantum Mechanics, if I repeatedly keep walking into a solid brick wall, eventually I will be able to walk right through the solid wall? True or False?
5. This Greek orator overcame a stutter by walking along the beach and speaking with pebbles in his mouth. Was also the pseudonym of a blogger in Orson Scott Card’s novel ‘Ender’s Game.’
6. In chemistry and firefighting, what does the acronym B.L.E.V.E. stand for?
7. In poker, what is known as the dead mans hand?
8. Name the movie: “Why do I have do be Mr. Pink?”
9. What is the title given to Disney’s creative engineers that design new rides and illusions for its theme parks?
10. What symbol did the International Committee of the Red Cross just add to it’s series of official emblems?
Bonus: What is the name of the movie about the man and woman who taped themselves living in the wilderness with bears before they were attacked and eaten by one of the bears that they had befriended?

Ok here's my first attempt at a quiz. I hope its good enough. :0)

Aug-9-2006 17:39

Hmmm, here's my first attempt at impossible answers:

1. I know I've heard something about this before, but I can't remember for the life of me what it was. Drat.
2. I believe Atropine is a serotonine producer and/or transmitter??
3. Hmm, Seem to recall something from lifeguarding about that being FALSE. But that was a very, very long time ago....
4. Huh boy. (Thank you Dear Ol' Dad, for not passing on the physics genes...) I'm gonna guess TRUE.
5. Hmmm, dunno the book, but I seem to recall Plato was a stutterer, so I'll guess him.
6. (Stares at screen.) (Thanks again, Dad, for the lack of chemistry genes...) He's probably told me, but I can't remember for the life of me.
7. OOOOOHHH!!! I KNOW ONE!!! A dead man's hand is aces and eights!!
8. Mr. Pink?? (Blinks.) Ummm... The Pink Panther??
9. Ooh, ooh, ooh. (Calls over shoulder, "Oh HONEY!!"....Darnit, where'd he go??) Oh well...
10. (Confused look) Well, I know they've had a red cross and a red crescent currently. I'll guess a red star??
Bonus: (Confused look again.) Where DO you come up with these movies, Jr??

Aug-9-2006 17:48

(Sighs.) Well, at least I know how to spell Schloss Neuschwanstein. (Curtsies to Squirrel, and leaves a bag of macadamia nuts for him to munch on while he's racking his brain over this brain-fryer of a quiz. Peanuts just will not do....)

Aug-9-2006 18:18

;) thanks Breit :) I actually do really like Macadamia nuts.

1?
2. Hmm I know you can use of for allergic reactions. And heart 'stuff'. Nope that's it. Medical I'm not.
3. ? Don't know?
4. True? Ah I love guessing
5. Demosthenes
6. Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapour Explosion (yay first aid course)
7. Pairs of Black 8's and Black Aces (it's a cowboy thing right? something to do with Wild Bill Hickock being shot carrying this had. Ok it coulda been Buffalo Bill too, I'm unsure on that bit...)
8. Reservoir Dogs
9. ?
10. I think they were going to add a red diamond. Has that happened?
Bonus: the only 'when people forget bears are BEARS' doco I can thinkof is Grizzly Man.

Aug-9-2006 21:23

1. what the heck are you talking about?
2. really, what the heck are you talking about?
3. no seriously, what the heck are you talking about!
4. really, no joking, what is going on?
5. oh my lord. i have no clue.
6. are quizzes supposed to be this hard?
7. um, the one with the extra ace?
8. oooh, i know this one! Resevoir Dogs!
9. and i know this one too...i think. Imagineers?
10. um....darn. i don't know.
bonus - grizzly man?

well, jr, it was certainly hard enough : )