How Smart Do You Think You Are?

[Ben Pugh]

19. Which famous poet wrote the poems "Storm On The Island" and "Death of a Naturalist"?
A. Simon Armitage B. William Wordsworth C. John Clare D. Seamus Heaney

The answer's D. I hate Heaney so much, are you having to do the 4 poems by him in the anthology for GCSE English, Jason?

Death of a Naturalist is such a dreadful poem, it's a below-average short story turned into a poem by excessive enjambement.

[Jon O'Neill]

I liked Heaney when I did him for GCSE, although some if that anthology is intolerably bad.

[Joseph Bolas]

The answer's D. I hate Heaney so much, are you having to do the 4 poems by him in the anthology for GCSE English, Jason?

Is one of them The Early Purges at all?

I remember reading that poem in my English class in school and all I could think about were kittens drowning.

[Jon O'Neill]

Is that because the first line is "I was six when I first saw kittens drown"?

[Joseph Bolas]

Is that because the first line is "I was six when I first saw kittens drown"?

If the kittens were mentioned elsewhere in the poem (after other animals get killed), it's what would've stuck in my mind.

I am a cat person.

[Richard Brittain]

Is 25 a joke question? No-one has walked on the Moon.

That was an awesome thread until you deleted all your posts.

It had to happen. If the authorities knew about what I know, and that I was telling other people about it, they would probably try to kill me. We will all learn the truth in time, though.

[Richard Brittain]

Anyway, here are my answers. This quiz is definitely your easiest. I think I did considerably better than in your last quiz, in which I failed to spot that 'Aneres' is 'Serena' backwards. I don't really like this 'team' idea though, couldn't you have just done a straight quiz?

1. B
2. A
3. D
4. C
5. C
6. A
7. D
8. C
9. A
10. C
11. B
12. D
13. B
14. A
15. C
16. A
17. C
18. D
19. D
20. C
21. B
22. D
23. B
24. C
25. A (although zero is the real answer, I accept that your quiz is based in popular culture and fiction)

[Jon Corby]

It had to happen. If the authorities knew about what I know, and that I was telling other people about it, they would probably try to kill me. We will all learn the truth in time, though.

How's the book coming along?

[Dinos Sfyris]

Here's my answers along with my reasoning for ones I'm unsure about so feel free to correct me

1. A
2. A
3. D
4. C
5. C
6. A
7. D
8. C
9. A
10.
11. A
12.
13. Either A or B, its like a tankard I think but dont know exact size. I'll go for B.
14. A
15. D
16. A (thanks Jim )
17. B (Never read it but the theme is jealousy)
18.
19. D
20.
21. B
22. D
23. B
24. A
25.

[Richard Brittain]

It had to happen. If the authorities knew about what I know, and that I was telling other people about it, they would probably try to kill me. We will all learn the truth in time, though.

How's the book coming along?

Haven't been writing it lately.. Working at the moment, 9 to 5. It's probably about one quarter done, so it won't be finished for some time. It's going to be hard to find a publisher too; I may have to publish and distribute it independently, out of my own pocket.

[Jon Corby]

I may have to publish and distribute it independently, out of my own pocket.

Won't this also get you killed?

Is 'the truth' finally being in the public domain worth the sacrifice?

[Richard Brittain]

I may have to publish and distribute it independently, out of my own pocket.

Won't this also get you killed?

Is 'the truth' finally being in the public domain worth the sacrifice?

The authorities could probably discretely kill me now and get away with it. However, if I were to publish a book, and be widely known for revealing the truth, they would know that my sudden death would only heighten suspicion in the populace and make my words seem more correct. A violent uprising would ensue, the government would be overthrown, etc etc. They would be far more likely to try to discredit me by using intellectual satire or something similar in the newspapers. They wouldn't have the audacity to kill me. So, by gaining recognition my security is actually increased.

[David O'Donnell]

19. Which famous poet wrote the poems "Storm On The Island" and "Death of a Naturalist"?
A. Simon Armitage B. William Wordsworth C. John Clare D. Seamus Heaney

The answer's D. I hate Heaney so much.

Heaney used to go out with my aunt but she thought [Edit: or maybe it was my uncles]he was a big girl's blouse. My Grandma used to express similar sentiment about Heaney, she didn't like his gritty realism and thought that poetry should transport you to another world rather than remind you how shit this one is[Edit: though she always cried at that line "A four foot coffin, a foot for every year" so she probably liked him begrudgingly].

[Edit: I like his poetry but then I think Larkin rocks so it's my kinda thing.]
[Edit: That's enough edits - ed.]

[JimBentley]

16. B (Poss A or B but I think shoulder blade is clavicle)

Dinos, it's A, trust me. Shoulder blade = scapula, collar bone = clavicle. I studied medicine many years ago and although I've forgotten most of it, I'm still pretty good on the bones.

[Ben Pugh]

[Edit: though she always cried at that line "A four foot coffin, a foot for every year" so she probably liked him begrudgingly].

[Edit: I like his poetry but then I think Larkin rocks so it's my kinda thing.]

Mid-Term Break isn't that bad but this is a monstrosity:

All year the flax-dam festered in the heart
Of the townland; green and heavy headed
Flax had rotted there, weighted down by huge sods.
Daily it sweltered in the punishing sun.
Bubbles gargled delicately, bluebottles
Wove a strong gauze of sound around the smell.
There were dragon-flies, spotted butterflies,
But best of all was the warm thick slobber
Of frogspawn that grew like clotted water
In the shade of the banks. Here, every spring
I would fill jampotfuls of the jellied
Specks to range on window-sills at home,
On shelves at school, and wait and watch until
The fattening dots burst into nimble-
Swimming tadpoles. Miss Walls would tell us how
The daddy frog was called a bullfrog
And how he croaked and how the mammy frog
Laid hundreds of little eggs and this was
Frogspawn. You could tell the weather by frogs too
For they were yellow in the sun and brown
In rain.

Then one hot day when fields were rank
With cowdung in the grass the angry frogs
Invaded the flax-dam; I ducked through hedges
To a coarse croaking that I had not heard
Before. The air was thick with a bass chorus.
Right down the dam gross-bellied frogs were cocked
On sods; their loose necks pulsed like sails. Some hopped:
The slap and plop were obscene threats. Some sat
Poised like mud grenades, their blunt heads farting.
I sickened, turned, and ran. The great slime kings
Were gathered there for vengeance and I knew
That if I dipped my hand the spawn would clutch it.

[Paul Howe]

[Edit: I like his poetry but then I think Larkin rocks so it's my kinda thing.]

Ah, good old cheerful Phil. My English teacher was obsessed with him, so much so that I could legitimately claim to have a GCSE in Larkin. Wasn't really to my taste at the time, although that was probably because having things rammed down your throat is never the best way to appreciate them.

Anyway, she was quite an eccentric soul, but she did make up for her nutty behaviour by reading out "This Be the Verse" in the middle of an OFSTED inspection. Somehow she kept her job

[Jon Corby]

So, by gaining recognition my security is actually increased.

This theory intrigued me, so I analysed it further and came up with the following graph:



As you can see, as recognition increases following the publication of the book, the chance of being killed by the authorities actually remains pretty much static, at only just above zero. Credibility, on the other hand, takes quite a steep downturn.

Interesting.

[Dinos Sfyris]

Lol nice graph

Dinos, it's A, trust me. Shoulder blade = scapula, collar bone = clavicle. I studied medicine many years ago and although I've forgotten most of it, I'm still pretty good on the bones.

Thanks Jim, duly edited. (Doddy, do I have to pay you royalties for saying that?)

[JasonCullen]

19. Which famous poet wrote the poems "Storm On The Island" and "Death of a Naturalist"?
A. Simon Armitage B. William Wordsworth C. John Clare D. Seamus Heaney

The answer's D. I hate Heaney so much, are you having to do the 4 poems by him in the anthology for GCSE English, Jason?

Death of a Naturalist is such a dreadful poem, it's a below-average short story turned into a poem by excessive enjambement.

Thats exactly what I have to learn. I agree the poet who wrote this doesn't float my boat either. Most of the poems in the GCSE anthology book are pants but I like the "Affliction of Margaret" by Wordsworth. How did you know I study these? Did you? Got an exam on this crap on Tuesday

[Jon Corby]

Lol nice graph

Thanks. I did it in the new version of Excel, like Joseph's pie chart.

[JasonCullen]

15. Which Marquis of Queensbury formulated the rules of boxing?
B. 1st
E. 2nd
H. 4th
K. 8th

[Dinos Sfyris]

I've got a straight forward quiz that I've cooked up during boring commutes. Will submit it when I get back from karate.

[Richard Brittain]

I bet you hear that big old Countdown clock 'ticking on down' in your sleep, Jon, don't you?

[/Larsenesque comeback]

[David O'Donnell]

[Edit: though she always cried at that line "A four foot coffin, a foot for every year" so she probably liked him begrudgingly].

[Edit: I like his poetry but then I think Larkin rocks so it's my kinda thing.]

Mid-Term Break isn't that bad but this is a monstrosity:

All year the flax-dam festered in the heart
Of the townland; green and heavy headed
Flax had rotted there, weighted down by huge sods.
Daily it sweltered in the punishing sun.
Bubbles gargled delicately, bluebottles
Wove a strong gauze of sound around the smell.
There were dragon-flies, spotted butterflies,
But best of all was the warm thick slobber
Of frogspawn that grew like clotted water
In the shade of the banks. Here, every spring
I would fill jampotfuls of the jellied
Specks to range on window-sills at home,
On shelves at school, and wait and watch until
The fattening dots burst into nimble-
Swimming tadpoles. Miss Walls would tell us how
The daddy frog was called a bullfrog
And how he croaked and how the mammy frog
Laid hundreds of little eggs and this was
Frogspawn. You could tell the weather by frogs too
For they were yellow in the sun and brown
In rain.

Then one hot day when fields were rank
With cowdung in the grass the angry frogs
Invaded the flax-dam; I ducked through hedges
To a coarse croaking that I had not heard
Before. The air was thick with a bass chorus.
Right down the dam gross-bellied frogs were cocked
On sods; their loose necks pulsed like sails. Some hopped:
The slap and plop were obscene threats. Some sat
Poised like mud grenades, their blunt heads farting.
I sickened, turned, and ran. The great slime kings
Were gathered there for vengeance and I knew
That if I dipped my hand the spawn would clutch it.

I always liked this poem, I find his juxtaposition between the onset of puberty and our losing our sense of place in the natural world to be very interesting but then I am weird.

she did make up for her nutty behaviour by reading out "This Be the Verse" in the middle of an OFSTED inspection. Somehow she kept her job

Wow! She sounds hardcore and I think I love her, if she is within thirty years of my age then hook a playa up.

Thanks Jim, duly edited. (Doddy, do I have to pay you royalties for saying that?)

No mate, for favoured forumites such as your good self you only need to acknowledge that it is indeed my catchphrase which you have done.

[Jon Corby]

I bet you hear that big old Countdown clock 'ticking on down' in your sleep, Jon, don't you?

[/Larsenesque comeback]

That really did make me lol


Edit... although actually your Larsen impression may be just a little too good.... *eyes RB suspiciously*

[Dinos Sfyris]

Right here's my attempt at a big fat quiz of 25 questions for you to have a crack at? I'm not as cultured as some people so the questions are predominantly telly, films and chemistry. Enjoy

1. What type of Pokémon is a Blastoise?
2. Which actress plays Willow in the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"?
3. What is the IUPAC name (standard chemistry nomenclature) for acetone?
4. What's the name of the referee in Gladiators?
5. In cooking, a veloute is made using predominantly which vegetable?
6. Which band had a hit with "Knights of Cydonia"?
7. What colour is the middle fret key in Guitar Hero?
8. How many James Bond films have been released to date? (not including Never say never again)
9. In French what is une éolienne?
10. Which Marvel Comics superhero is also known as Ben Grimm?
11. In what country will you find the city "Karachi"?
12. What is the full title of the 2007 film "Borat"?
13. In karate an "empe" strike is with which body part?
14. Who wrote the book "If I did it, this is how I would have done it..."?
15. What does the abbreviation HOLLAND stand for?
16. Garth Elgar is a character in which movie franchise?
17. What did the confectionery "Starburst" used to be known as?
18. In what year did Martin Luther King die?
19. On what Channel 4 show will you find George Agdgwango?
20. What musical note is twice the length of a crotchet?
21. What month is (ironically) both Oral Health month and Jack Daniels month?
22. What would you do with a Wurlitzer?
23. K is the chemical symbol for which element?
24. In 2008 who won the Oscar for best actor?
25. What is the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet?

[Kevin Thurlow]

Quiz before last....
1A
2A
3D
4
5C
6A?
7D
8
9A (I think - I viewed it from a lodge in Kenya, but I think the mountain is actually in Tanzania)
10
11A?
12
13
14 A? ( I think)
15
16
17A? as the Scottish play is partly about jealousy
18
19
20 C? maybe, A was fairly old for his final and unprecedented 3rd term, but I think they changed the rules, to avoid having elections when they were involved (to some extent) in world war II.)
21
22 possibly D
23B
24
25 B (Apollo 11-17 allegedly set off for the moon, 13 didn't get there and 6 x 2 =12)

New quiz

3 er,..... the IUPAC name for acetone is acetone. English schools and USA's Chemical Abstracts Service may like propanone, but it isn't IUPAC yet. An alternative IUPAC name which is permitted, but not recommended, is dimethyl ketone. That will be 100 guineas please (+VAT).

Kevin

[Howard Somerset]

Dinos's quiz

I have no idea at all with many of the questions in this quiz. So my answer is going to be very brief.

8. Guess 22. Now if you'd asked in which year the first one was released, I'd know that - I remember who I went with.

11. Pakistan

18. Guess 1967

20. At last - one for which I'm confident. Minim

22. Listen to it. But I guess you are really wanting as the answer - Play it.

23. Not a very confident guess - Krypton

25. At least I can finish with some degree of confidence - Epsilon

[Ben Pugh]

1. What type of Pokémon is a Blastoise? He's a water Pokemon, Squirtle -> Wartortle -> Blastoise.
2. Which actress plays Willow in the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"? Alyson Hannigan
3. What is the IUPAC name (standard chemistry nomenclature) for acetone?
4. What's the name of the referee in Gladiators? John Anderson
5. In cooking, a veloute is made using predominantly which vegetable? Is this a trick question? I don't think there are any vegetables in a veloute.
6. Which band had a hit with "Knights of Cydonia"? Muse
7. What colour is the middle fret key in Guitar Hero? Yellow (I still use the controller instead of the guitar
8. How many James Bond films have been released to date? (not including Never say never again) 22?
9. In French what is une éolienne? Aaaargh, I'm sure I've heard this before in my French lessons.
10. Which Marvel Comics superhero is also known as Ben Grimm?
11. In what country will you find the city "Karachi"? Pakistan
12. What is the full title of the 2007 film "Borat"? Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Glorious Benefit Nation of Kazakhstan.
13. In karate an "empe" strike is with which body part?
14. Who wrote the book "If I did it, this is how I would have done it..."? O.J Simpson, talking about the murder of his wife
15. What does the abbreviation HOLLAND stand for? This is something to do with letters being sent home from the front by soldiers during the World Wars, I've read about this in Schott's Miscellany but I can't remember
16. Garth Elgar is a character in which movie franchise?
17. What did the confectionery "Starburst" used to be known as? Opal Fruits, I still mourn the change
18. In what year did Martin Luther King die? 1968
19. On what Channel 4 show will you find George Agdgwango? Fonejacker
20. What musical note is twice the length of a crotchet? Minim
21. What month is (ironically) both Oral Health month and Jack Daniels month? Complete guess, November
22. What would you do with a Wurlitzer? You would play it, it's a musical instrument, an organ I believe
23. K is the chemical symbol for which element? Potassium
24. In 2008 who won the Oscar for best actor? Daniel Day Lewis
25. What is the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet?[/quote]

[Joseph Bolas]

Heres my feeble attempt (some as you can see are pure guesses ):

01. Water
02. Alyson Hannigan (sp?)
03.
04. John Anderson
05. Onion?
06.
07.
08. 22?
09.
10.
11.
12.
13. Groin
14.
15.
16.
17. Opal Fruits
18. The Past
19. Fonejacker
20.
21. October
22.
23. Potassium
24.
25. Epsilon.

The funniest line ever on Fonejacker is where someone said fuck off and George's character replied by asking "is that the sort code?".

[Jon O'Neill]

Right here's my attempt at a big fat quiz of 25 questions for you to have a crack at? I'm not as cultured as some people so the questions are predominantly telly, films and chemistry. Enjoy

1. What type of Pokémon is a Blastoise? Water.
2. Which actress plays Willow in the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"? Alyson Hannigan
3. What is the IUPAC name (standard chemistry nomenclature) for acetone? ?
4. What's the name of the referee in Gladiators? ?
5. In cooking, a veloute is made using predominantly which vegetable? ?
6. Which band had a hit with "Knights of Cydonia"? Muse
7. What colour is the middle fret key in Guitar Hero? ?
8. How many James Bond films have been released to date? (not including Never say never again) 20
9. In French what is une éolienne? ?
10. Which Marvel Comics superhero is also known as Ben Grimm? ?
11. In what country will you find the city "Karachi"? "Pakistan"
12. What is the full title of the 2007 film "Borat"? Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan!
13. In karate an "empe" strike is with which body part? ?
14. Who wrote the book "If I did it, this is how I would have done it..."? ?
15. What does the abbreviation HOLLAND stand for? ?
16. Garth Elgar is a character in which movie franchise? ?
17. What did the confectionery "Starburst" used to be known as? Opal Fruits
18. In what year did Martin Luther King die? 1968
19. On what Channel 4 show will you find George Agdgwango? Fonejacker
20. What musical note is twice the length of a crotchet? Minim
21. What month is (ironically) both Oral Health month and Jack Daniels month? ?
22. What would you do with a Wurlitzer? Play it.
23. K is the chemical symbol for which element? Potassium
24. In 2008 who won the Oscar for best actor? ?
25. What is the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet? Epsilon

[Jon O'Neill]

The funniest line ever on Fonejacker is where someone said fuck off and George's character replied by asking "is that the sort code?".

I stupidly stayed up until 2am on a work night watching Fonejacker on DVD yesterday. That line is amazing.

[Joseph Bolas]

The funniest line ever on Fonejacker is where someone said fuck off and George's character replied by asking "is that the sort code?".

I stupidly stayed up until 2am on a work night watching Fonejacker on DVD yesterday. That line is amazing.

The stories are good too. Like the one about the monies being steamed so they come out of the machine crisp and also the bird flu story .

[Dinos Sfyris]

The leaderboard so far:

Ben Pugh: 15 (Can't believe you use the controller pad for Guitar Hero lol )
Jon O'Neill: 12 A very decent effort
Joseph Bolas: 8 Lol at your answer to 13
Howard Somerset: 4 although a couple of your incorrect answers were v close.

Re question 5: I suppose you don't HAVE to use this vegetable in a velouté, but it is used most of the time, so I guess the question should be: "Which vegetable is most often used in a velouté?"

Will reveal the answers on Sunday morning.

[Richard Brittain]

Hmm, nice quiz dinos. Shouldn't be too hard. Let's see..

1. Karl Marx
2. Karl Marx
3. Karl Marx
4. Lenin
5. Trotsky
6. Karl Marx
7. Karl Marx
8. Karl Marx
9. Che Guevara
10. Josef Stalin
11. Che Guevara
12. Karl Marx
13. Karl Marx
14. Uri Geller
15. Rasputin
16. Steven Spielberg
17. Che Guevara
18. Karl Marx
19. Karl Marx
20. Karl Marx
21. Albert Einstein
22. Richard Feynman
23. Winston Churchill
24. George W. Bush
25. Karl Marx

[Ben Pugh]

Hmm, nice quiz dinos. Shouldn't be too hard. Let's see..

1. Karl Marx
2. Karl Marx
3. Karl Marx
4. Lenin
5. Trotsky
6. Karl Marx
7. Karl Marx
8. Karl Marx
9. Che Guevara
10. Josef Stalin
11. Che Guevara
12. Karl Marx
13. Karl Marx
14. Uri Geller
15. Rasputin
16. Steven Spielberg
17. Che Guevara
18. Karl Marx
19. Karl Marx
20. Karl Marx
21. Albert Einstein
22. Richard Feynman
23. Winston Churchill
24. George W. Bush
25. Karl Marx

Copycat.

[Richard Brittain]

Are you saying that because it is fairly similar to something that once happened on University Challenge? If so, you don't understand at all why I gave those answers. I wasn't doing it to replicate the Uni Challenge thing at all, but rather to portray dinos as a rampant Jewish communist, which he is, following his attempt to portray me as an anti-semitic Hitlerite.

[Jon O'Neill]

But why does that make you unhappy? Surely even you will admit that you are anti-Semitic and a Hitlerite. Surely?

I'm reserving my judgement on the Jewish people for The Truth..

[Richard Brittain]

I didn't say it made me unhappy, Jonathan. But for the record, I am not anti-semitic or a Hitlerite. I am one eighth Jewish myself and so possess the seed of Abraham within me. I am not anti-semitic, or anti-Jewish, but only anti-Satanic, and in the words of Jesus himself, there are those who call themselves Jews, and are not, but are the Synagogue of Satan. It's only the Satanic Jews that I have a problem with.

[JasonCullen]

The answers to my "Unanimous" quiz will be revealed on sunday afternoon so there is still time for forumites to make their contribution to my quiz and those people who have left answers blank, just have a wild guess because your answer could make the difference .

[Jon Corby]

I didn't say it made me unhappy, Jonathan. But for the record, I am not anti-semitic or a Hitlerite. I am one eighth Jewish myself and so possess the seed of Abraham within me. I am not anti-semitic, or anti-Jewish, but only anti-Satanic, and in the words of Jesus himself, there are those who call themselves Jews, and are not, but are the Synagogue of Satan. It's only the Satanic Jews that I have a problem with.

I think I need to adjust the scale on my graph.

[Dinos Sfyris]

Here are the answers to my quiz

1. What type of Pokémon is a Blastoise?
Water
2. Which actress plays Willow in the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"?
Alyson Hannigan
3. What is the IUPAC name (standard chemistry nomenclature) for acetone?
Propanone
4. What's the name of the referee in Gladiators?
John Anderson
5. In cooking, a veloute is made using predominantly which vegetable?
Shallot (or onion)
6. Which band had a hit with "Knights of Cydonia"?
Muse
7. What colour is the middle fret key in Guitar Hero?
Yellow
8. How many James Bond films have been released to date? (not including Never say never again)
21 Everyone who attempted this one (except Richard) was 1 away! (You don't get 7 points though)
9. In French what is une éolienne?
A wind farm
10. Which Marvel Comics superhero is also known as Ben Grimm?
The Thing
11. In what country will you find the city "Karachi"?
Pakistan
12. What is the full title of the 2007 film "Borat"?
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for make benefit glorious nation of Kazakhstan!
13. In karate an "empe" strike is with which body part?
Elbow
14. Who wrote the book "If I did it, this is how I would have done it..."?
OJ Simpson
15. What does the abbreviation HOLLAND stand for?
Hope Our Love Lasts And Never Dies
16. Garth Elgar is a character in which movie franchise?
Wayne's World
17. What did the confectionery "Starburst" used to be known as?
Opal Fruits
18. In what year did Martin Luther King die?
1968
19. On what Channel 4 show will you find George Agdgwango?
Fonejacker
20. What musical note is twice the length of a crotchet?
Minim
21. What month is (ironically) both Oral Health month and Jack Daniels month?
September
22. What would you do with a Wurlitzer?
Play it (or listen to it I spose)
23. K is the chemical symbol for which element?
Potassium
24. In 2008 who won the Oscar for best actor?
Daniel Day Lewis (in There Will Be Blood. A shit film if ever there was one)
25. What is the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet?[/quote]
Epsilon

Thanks to all who took part. Here are the final scores:

1st Ben Pugh: 15
2nd Jon O'Neill: 12
3rd Joseph Bolas: 8
4th Howard Somerset: 4
5th Richard Brittain: Nil points

[JasonCullen]

Here are the all-important answers to my "unanimous" quiz. As a team, the forum did impressively well to answer the majority of these questions correctly. Hats off to all who contributed to the team and I hope you enjoyed this new quiz phenomenon made by yours truly

Answers

1. Which female breakthrough artist has become a hit in the UK with her songs including "Mercy" and "Warwick Avenue"?
A. Duffy
2. What is the chemical symbol for Hydrogen?
A. H
3. Which female is the focal point of the game "Tomb Raider"?
D. Lara Croft
4. How many limbs does a starfish have?
C. 5
5. Along with Kirsty Gallacher, who is the other new co-host of the new series of "Gladiators"?
C. Ian Wright
6. Which animal plays the main role in the animated film "Racing Stripes"?
A. Zebra
7. What is the name of the hardest natural substance?
D. Diamond
8. Who scored Arsenal's only goal in the 2-1 Champions League final defeat to Barcelona in 2006?
C. Sol Campbell
9. Mount Kilimanjaro is located in which African country?
A. Tanzania
10. American actor Matt Damon is said to support which English football team?
D. West Ham Utd.
11. Which well-known singer did Debbie Rowe marry?
A. Michael Jackson
12. In what year did Canal Mania begin?
C. 1790
13. What amount of liquid is equivalent to a flagon?
B. Two pints
14. Which British person was born in a ladies' room during a dance?
A. Sir Winston Churchill
15. If the 1st of May falls on a Saturday, how many months in that year will also begin on a Saturday?
D. 0
16. The scapula is an alternative name for which part of the human body?
A. Shoulder Blade
17. Which William Shakespeare play doe sthe words "the green-eyed monster" come from?
B. Othello
18. What is the national dialling code for the Asian country of the Philippines?
D. 0063
19. Which famous poet wrote the poems "Storm On The Island" and "Death of a Naturalist"?
D. Seamus Heaney
20. Who was the oldest elected US President in history?
C. Ronald Reagan
21. In what year was Chitty Chitty Bang Bang released on TV?
C. 1968
22. Which country has the largest number of active volcanoes in the world today?
D. Indonesia
23. What is the largest landlocked country in the world?
B. Kazakhstan
24. Which sportsman released his autobiography called "My Side"?
A. David Beckham
25. As of June 2004, how many men have been on the moon?
B. 12

The forum's unanimous answers and the forum's score will be posted very shortly. Stay tuned...

[JasonCullen]

Here are the forum's unanimous answers and the percentage of people that got that answer correct. The incorrect answers given by the forum are in bold print.

1. A. Duffy (66%)
2. A. H (100%)
3. D. Lara Croft (100%)
4. C. 5 (100%)
5. C. Ian Wright (100%)
6. A. Zebra (100%)
7. D. Diamond (100%)
8. C. Sol Campbell (100%)
9. A. Tanzania (66%)
10. D. West Ham Utd (33%)
11. A. Michael Jackson (66%)
12. D. 1800 (50%)
13. B. Two pints (60%)
14. A. Sir Winston Churchill (66%)
15. D. 0 (80%)
16. A. Shoulder Blade (80%)
17. B. Othello (50%)
18. D. 0063 (50%)
19. D. Seamus Heaney (80%)
20. C. Ronald Reagan (80%)
21. B. 1966 (60%)
22. D. Indonesia (66%)
23. B. Kazakhstan (83%)
24. A. David Beckham (50%)
25. B. 12 (60%)

The forum scored an impressive 22 and 1/3 out of 25 . This is equivalent to 89% which is great.

Here are the individual scores of the forum out of 25;
1. Jim Bentley 23
2. Dinos 19
3. Richard Brittain 16
4. Joseph Bolas 14
5. Kevin Thurlow 13
6. Howard Somerset 12

Well done to all who took part in this quiz. In particular, a special congrats should go to Jim Bentley who scored a near perfect score

Any suggestions for the next quiz format? Let me know asap

[Howard Somerset]

Here are the individual scores of the forum out of 25;
1. Jim Bentley 23
2. Dinos 19
3. Richard Brittain 16
4. Joseph Bolas 14
5. Kevin Thurlow 13
6. Howard Somerset 12

I'm glad to see that all my confident or near confident answers proved correct- 6 out of 6. I'm happy with 3 out of 5 for those I thought might be ok. And 4 out of 14 for the random guesses is about what one could expect, since there were four choices for each. I do make my score 13, though.

Thanks to all who took part. Here are the final scores:

1st Ben Pugh: 15
2nd Jon O'Neill: 12
3rd Joseph Bolas: 8
4th Howard Somerset: 4
5th Richard Brittain: Nil points

Even after seeing the answers, I still don't understand most of the questions. I guess I should've got a two or three more points, but there was no way I could've got any more than that.


Thanks, both Jason and Dino for the entertainment. I look forward to more.

And congrats to Jim and Ben for the highest scores.

[JimBentley]

Well done to all who took part in this quiz. In particular, a special congrats should go to Jim Bentley who scored a near perfect score

Thanks, Jason, and thanks for the quiz. I think it helped that most of my guesses turned out to be right!

How's about a music quiz for the next one?

[Dinos Sfyris]

Way to go on the quizzes so far Jason. Thought the Unanimous format was highly original. I sense a budding game show creator in you

Even after seeing the answers, I still don't understand most of the questions. I guess I should've got a two or three more points, but there was no way I could've got any more than that.

Cheers for having a go anyway Howard. If I do another quiz I promise it will appeal to all key demographics

[Kevin Thurlow]

No Dinos, the answer to question 3 is acetone! Propanone is not IUPAC (well, not yet anyway - the Americans will probably try to get that changed.) Schools in UK use propanone because they have amended IUPAC names to be more systematic, (e.g ethanoic acid instead of acetic acid - as "ethan" suggests there are 2 carbons), because it is easier to teach. The author of the book explained that when he asked me to comment on it! I still grumbled a bit, but can see his point of view.

Kevin
Head of Government Chemist's Chemical Nomenclature Advisory Service;
GC representative on Royal Society of Chemistry's "Committee on Standards in Nomenclature, Terminology, Units and Symbols";
Member of IUPAC's "Advisory Subcommittee for Chemical Nomenclature and Structure Representation".

[Dinos Sfyris]

Bugger

Perhaps admin should change my name to dinos_the_failed_chemist

or if Richard Brittain is to be believed: dinos_the_communist

[JasonCullen]

How's about a music quiz for the next one?

Thanks Jim . Unfortunately, I can't do a quiz on a specific topic or field because it doesn't make good quiz viewing for people who are not specialised in a chosen topic A variety of different subjects gets a variety of interest from the forum. But well done on your performance in my last quiz again and look forward to my next quiz...it's HUGE!!

[JasonCullen]

10. Who killed someone in the first live televised murder in 1963 in the USA?
A. Lee Harvey Oswald
G. Fidel Castro
L. Jack Ruby
R. James Stone

[Kevin Thurlow]

Not a failure Dinos!

Nobody knows everything.... I was a bit narked when a very experienced colleague published a paper with a mistake in the title! Anyway IUPAC will now spite me by using propanone when they publish the next rule book, which was due last year.

Kevin

[JasonCullen]

11. What name was the most popular name given to baby girls in England and Wales in 2007?
K. Emily
Q. Catherine
S. Louise
T. Grace

[Kai Laddiman]

1. Which horse came third in this year's Grand National?
2. Which letter of the alphabet appears only once in an English or Scottish league football team and does not appear in the names of the elements on the Periodic Table? X
3. What is the capital city of the Philippines? Manila
4. Which South American capital city has a name that means "our lady of peace"? Buenos Aires
5. What is measured on the Mohs scale? Mineral hardness
6. What year did the Battle of Bannockburn take place?
7. Which former Westlife singer was formerly married to an ex-Atomic Kitten singer?
8. What breed of spaniel has been selected as "Best in Show" more times than any other? Cocker
9. Who was the first person to sail around the world? Magellan
10. Who wrote the book "Who Dares Wins"?
11. Where in the body would you find the scaphoid bone?
12. Which American state has the capital Cheyenne? Wyoming
13. Who was the manager of Bolton Wanderers football club from May 2007-October 2007? Sammy Lee
14. What year did Madame Tussaud's first open to the public?
15. In a standard game of chess, which is the only piece able to jump over other pieces? Knight
16. What is the name of the deepest lake in the world?
17. In what year was the television invented?
18. Which actress played snobby Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced bouquet) in classic sitcom "Keeping Up Appearances"?
19. In horse racing, what betting odds are also known as a "carpet"? 3/1
20. What date is the second Countdown quarter final reportedly being transmitted on TV? 9th December

Best of luck
Jason