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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. :)

May-26-2006 04:06

Hehehe - thanks, now I can put my husband out of his misery. I asked him the questions, and he said "so what were the answers?" to which I had to tell him that he just has to wait - hehehe :D

Oki, I'm going to pick up the baton for the time being as I think Della's time zone won't have her on for a bit - so just to keep us amused in the meantime... :)


Colour Quiz #2: A Whiter Shade of Pale (search engines allowed if you want)

1) Who opens a game of chess?
2) Which colour is associated with funerals in China?
3) Which three colours did Snow White’s mother wish would be part of her child’s features?
4) Who hires the protagonist in Paul Auster’s ”Ghosts”?
5) In ”Reservoir Dogs” one guy isn’t pleased about the codename he’s assigned. What is the codename?
5) In another movie from the mid-70’s colours are also used as codenames by the hijackers of a train. What is the leader called?
6) After the fun and off-stage improvisations on the movie “Smoke”, Wayne Wang and Paul Auster decided there was enough material for a follow-up/companion piece. What’s its title/Which colour is mentioned in its title?
7) According to the long-suffering stage manager of a fictitious theatre show it’s not easy bein’…?
8) In which tune from 1924 does Gershwin combine jazz and classical music?
9) Which colour do we encounter in the title of one of Michael Bagen’s mysteries?
10) In which Chinese movie from 2002 are different colours used to tell different versions of the story?
Bonus question: Which colour toothbrush do most people use?

May-26-2006 04:30

1) White
2) White
3) White, black and red
4) ?
5) ?
6) Blue in the face
7) Green
8) Rhapsody in blue
9) Green
10) Hero
Bonus red?

May-26-2006 04:34

At the moment I don't have the time to Google (but thanks for the permission), so I'll attempt only a few.

1. white
2. white (yellow is imperial, right?)
3. white, black, red (or pink?)
8. "Rhapsody in Blue"
9. red (queen)

May-26-2006 07:09

4. Auster... Detective is Blue, I think the Client is White, investigating Black.
5 (a) seen movie... know the colours... no idea! :)
5 (b) Taking of Pelham 123
"Someday we'll find it the rainbow connection... la da da da dee da deee da da doo"... sorry had a muppets moment after qu. 7.
I assume we're all guessing for bonus qu. So I say blue :)

May-26-2006 18:38

1) White.
2) White.
3) Lips white as snow, hair black as coal, lips red as blood.
4) White.
5) Pink.
5) Mr. Blue.
6) Blue.
7) Green.
8) Rhapsody in Blue.
9) Red.
10) Hero.
Bonus question: Blue. I think it's blue, anyway. I read somewhere that 40% of people's favorite color was blue.

May-27-2006 02:21

Well done everyone and sorry for my slowness in getting back with the answers.

Dr. Lucifer Jones got them all right, so I won't bother reposting the answers - yes, I'm lazy, I know :D

Oh, and ad2) yes yellow is the imperial colour (had to do a little checking on that one, but you were absolutely right :) ), ad9) yes, sorry, I was thinking of "Red Queen", think it was Wayne Williams who wrote "The Clutch of the Green Spectre" :), and ad5b) it was indeed "The Taking of Pelham 123", but the leader's codename was in fact Mr. Blue ;). Oh, and yes ad4) Blue is hired by White to watch Black, and finally, ad bonus question) yes, according to the statistics most people use a blue toothbrush (could well be 40%, the page where I read it didn't have the percentages unfortunately), personally I've only had 1 blue toothbrush so far, to the best of my knowledge anyway :D - hmm, seems I ended up posting a long smear anyway ;p

So who's next? :)

May-27-2006 13:46

The winner.

May-27-2006 19:53

ok, since I was supposed to do the next quiz and didn't even think about it when I got up this morning.... :p

Here you go. Since one of my hobbies is rockhounding, and I also make jewelry, let's see how you all are on rocks. *grin*

1. The craft of cutting, polishing and generally working with semi-precious and precious stone is called .........
2. name 3 shapes that stones are commonly cut into for jewelry
3. name 3 shapes that gems are commonly cut into for jewelry
4. what word is most commonly used in reference to the size of a stone?
5. what semi-transluscent stone is commonly found on beaches all over the world?
6. what is the softest known stone that is used in jewelry?
7. what stone is known as the 'Emerald that fell from the stars'?
8. What is coprolite?
9. This rock is generally round or oblong, smooth or knobby, and has a hollow center that usually contains small crystals. What is it's common name?
10. What is the hardest known stone and what is it's hardness?

Bonus question: What is the name of the hardness scale for stones?

Ok, have at it. and no googling. *grin*

May-28-2006 00:21

wow! [oh and u have a new face too :)] ... lol.. umm wow. Talk about draw a blank... can we have a lesson on what's a gem, what's a stone, and then what's a gemstone first that would help lol!

3. Princess. Pear. Oval. [I helped a friend pick out engagement rings]
4. carat?
(5. We have sand on our beaches :p)
7. Moldavite! (stone thought to be in Holy Grail yeah?]
8. Fossilized dinosaur ummm excrement :) [I confess courtesy of a friend on msn]
9. Geode ["No Bart that's a bran muffin..."]
10. Is a diamond a stone? That's the hardest know substance yeah? as to its hardness, not as hard as this quiz :)
Bonus: see now that's one I actually know coz it was in a Trivia Night I went to... mohs

May-28-2006 01:02

yes, a diamond is a gem stone. *grin*

I'm not giving answers yet, although I will make an adjustment to question #9. technically your answer is correct, although it wasn't the answer I'm looking for. So, a bonus point to whoever gives the answer I'm looking for.