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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. :)

Jan-10-2005 15:15

1) Pulp Fiction
2)Prince Bernhard
3) Queen Juliana
4) Ajax Amsterdam
5) Germany and Belgium
6) Anne Frank's house
7) Derisive nickname that comes from Dutch "Janke" OR (according to what I learned in school) Indians attempt to say the word "English"-pronounced "Yenghee". I came across both answers in this search.
8) Flevoland
9)Rubens and Vermeer
10) When Harry Met Sally

14) Drugs (hash, marijuana, ABSINTHE!!! Jstkdn, I'm still waiting!) and prostitution.

I really tried on this one, but I'm unsure about two of them.

Jan-10-2005 15:25

I found the first record use of SOS as 11 August 1909, the steamship Arapahoe on scopes.com
It was first adopted in 1906, but not everyone was using it.

Jan-10-2005 15:50

Faery did not get a 10/10, any other takers?

Jan-10-2005 16:22

To throw everyone off, here is tomorrows, just to stay fair to the time zones.

Sports:
1. What is the name of Toronto's Baseball team?
2. The golden gophers are what?
3. Which profesionally played sport uses a basket, a ball, players of the team can be both males an females mixed during official competitions, and is not basketball.
4. Which sport is played in Twickenham stadium?
5. It is vegetable and a sport, what is it?
6. What is a kibitz in chess?
7. Who is number 2 in the most homeruns in professional American baseball througout history?
8. Who was awarded "Greatest Filipino Athlete of All Time?"
9. Despite all the news (incl. gossip and sensation press) on these two rivals. Neither one won Olympic gold, but Oksana Baiul did. Who are the two rivals?
10. Which country won olympic gold for the sport Hockey in the Athens olympics?

Jan-10-2005 16:22

Sure!

1-13: No idea as I'm too lazy to look them up!

14: Drugs and prostitituion!

Jan-10-2005 16:25

Oh that would be men's hockey.

Jan-10-2005 20:40

Ok, here goes...

1. Pulp Fiction
2. Prince Bernhard
3. Queen Juliana
4. Ajax (“Football Club Ajax”)
5. Germany & Belgium
6. The Anne Frank House
7. The leading hypothesis as to its origin is that it is from the Dutch janke, meaning a diminutive of the name Jan. The second leading hypothesis is that it is from Jan Kaas, literally John Cheese, a nickname for the Dutch that parallels the British John Bull. Usage of Jan Kaas has been dated in Europe to the 1650s. The term could have been applied to Dutch pirates in the Caribbean and later shifted to New Englanders.
8. Flevoland
9. Rubens and Brueghel
10. ?

11. Jan de Bont
12. 1924
13. 3 times
14. soft drugs such as marijuana and prostitution

Wow, that took awhile.

Jan-11-2005 00:25

Sports:

1. Bluejays
2. I'm fairly sure there's a teeam the Golden Gophers is the mascot of one of the Minnesota colleges. All of their teams would have the same name (all sports).
3. ummmm
4. Twickenham is a rugby stadium, I'm sure. They may play soccer (football) there too.
5. SQUAsh
6. A tie
7. I haven't been paying attention to the Barry Bonds count. Did he pass Babe or Hank Aaron yet? I'm thinking he has, in which case Hank Aaron is now #2.
8. No idea
9. Tonya Harding and Nancy the Knee
10. The Dutchies?

Jan-11-2005 08:44

And....kerrbear is the winner!!!! The answer to number 10 was "Prelude to a kiss", Alec Baldwin said it to Meg Ryan.

Jan-11-2005 08:44

Anyone going to beat Ben?