The Visa Journey UK Pub Quiz Thread!

[Mags 112]

Yup, D was right, so no one got that little lot right. I'll do some British themed ones this time:

1) Whose autobiography is entitled With Nails?

2) Which singer and actress was born Julia Elizabeth Wells in 1935?

3) Which TV and film character's full name is Alistair Graham?

4) London's Trafalgar Square Christmas tree is traditionally given by which country?

5) Which country was the location of the second UK TV series of Auf Wiedersehen Pet?

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

Yup, D was right, so no one got that little lot right. I'll do some British themed ones this time:

1) Whose autobiography is entitled With Nails?

2) Which singer and actress was born Julia Elizabeth Wells in 1935?

3) Which TV and film character's full name is Alistair Graham?

4) London's Trafalgar Square Christmas tree is traditionally given by which country?

5) Which country was the location of the second UK TV series of Auf Wiedersehen Pet?

1. Richard E Grant

2. Julie Andrews

3. Ali G

4. Norway

5. Spain...? (Not sure on that.)

(back to work now...)

Edited March 8, 2007 by elmcitymaven

[Fandango 1,439]

Yup, D was right, so no one got that little lot right. I'll do some British themed ones this time:

1) Whose autobiography is entitled With Nails?

2) Which singer and actress was born Julia Elizabeth Wells in 1935?

3) Which TV and film character's full name is Alistair Graham?

4) London's Trafalgar Square Christmas tree is traditionally given by which country?

5) Which country was the location of the second UK TV series of Auf Wiedersehen Pet?

Oi I'mma challenge that

The skull is composed of 30 different bones.

http://www.kidzworld.com/article/922-dem-bones

for clarity: i'm just joking and being pedantic cos I actually knew all those mahself!

[Mags 112]

Yup, D was right, so no one got that little lot right. I'll do some British themed ones this time:

1) Whose autobiography is entitled With Nails?

2) Which singer and actress was born Julia Elizabeth Wells in 1935?

3) Which TV and film character's full name is Alistair Graham?

4) London's Trafalgar Square Christmas tree is traditionally given by which country?

5) Which country was the location of the second UK TV series of Auf Wiedersehen Pet?

Oi I'mma challenge that

The skull is composed of 30 different bones.

http://www.kidzworld.com/article/922-dem-bones

for clarity: i'm just joking and being pedantic cos I actually knew all those mahself!

D'ya know what, the quiz I got it from said there were 28 bones...but, I worked in science and was sure it was wrong. So I did some checking and there are 29 actually... I think.

Note to self : Pick questions in which the answers are CLEAR....

[Fandango 1,439]

So I'll have a G&T for my trouble then

Ahh, ** it... I'll get all the drinks in

[Mags 112]

So I'll have a G&T for my trouble then

Ahh, ** it... I'll get all the drinks in

Voddy and coke for me. Bottoms up, luv!

[HuffyTheSlayer 22]

I was gonna answer, but elm got them all already. :-p Ah well. *settles down with an Archers & Coke and a pack of crisps*

Edited March 8, 2007 by HuffyTheSlayer

[Mags 112]

I was gonna answer, but elm got them all already. :-p Ah well. *settles down with an Archers & Coke and a pack of crisps*

Aye they got them all right. What'll ya be having Elm?

Next lot of questions:

1) How many UK chart number ones did the Beatles have (as a group)?

2) Which US soul singer was shot dead in 1964 aged 33?

3) Which actor played the King in the 1995 film The Madness of King George?

4) What dance hit does David Brent hum during his famous dance routine in UK TV comedy The Office?

5) On which Shakespeare play is the 1961 film West Side Story based?

[Fandango 1,439]

I was gonna answer, but elm got them all already. :-p Ah well. *settles down with an Archers & Coke and a pack of crisps*

Aye they got them all right. What'll ya be having Elm?

Next lot of questions:

1) How many UK chart number ones did the Beatles have (as a group)?

2) Which US soul singer was shot dead in 1964 aged 33?

3) Which actor played the King in the 1995 film The Madness of King George?

4) What dance hit does David Brent hum during his famous dance routine in UK TV comedy The Office?

5) On which Shakespeare play is the 1961 film West Side Story based?

Holy #######, I know these!

1) 17

2) Sam Cooke

3) Nigel Hawthorne

4) Disco Inferno

5) Romeo & Juliet

[Mags 112]

I was gonna answer, but elm got them all already. :-p Ah well. *settles down with an Archers & Coke and a pack of crisps*

Aye they got them all right. What'll ya be having Elm?

Next lot of questions:

1) How many UK chart number ones did the Beatles have (as a group)?

2) Which US soul singer was shot dead in 1964 aged 33?

3) Which actor played the King in the 1995 film The Madness of King George?

4) What dance hit does David Brent hum during his famous dance routine in UK TV comedy The Office?

5) On which Shakespeare play is the 1961 film West Side Story based?

Holy #######, I know these!

1) 17

2) Sam Cooke

3) Nigel Hawthorne

4) Disco Inferno

5) Romeo & Juliet

Damn girl, you're good. I'll post some more tomorrow....LOL

In the mean time, here's the bottle of gin.....

[HuffyTheSlayer 22]

LOL. Good work, Lisa.

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

I was gonna answer, but elm got them all already. :-p Ah well. *settles down with an Archers & Coke and a pack of crisps*

Aye they got them all right. What'll ya be having Elm?

Next lot of questions:

1) How many UK chart number ones did the Beatles have (as a group)?

2) Which US soul singer was shot dead in 1964 aged 33?

3) Which actor played the King in the 1995 film The Madness of King George?

4) What dance hit does David Brent hum during his famous dance routine in UK TV comedy The Office?

5) On which Shakespeare play is the 1961 film West Side Story based?

Just got back from the pub (hic) after the London Stitch-n-B*tch, so I'll go for something light...like a triple vodka-n-Red Bull...

[HuffyTheSlayer 22]

I'm just glad I'm in CA with all this pub-talk going on. I can actually walk into a supermarket and get a bottle of wine, some decent alcopops and spirits here! No such luck in UT.

[Mags 112]

Ooops, I'm slacking....

1) In which year did French Queen Marie Antoinette go the guillotine?

2) Which English King abdicated in 1936?

3) Who directed the 1969 western The Wild Bunch and the 1971 thriller Straw Dogs?

4) What is the world's third largest sea?

5) What type of weather is Brontophobia a fear of?

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

1) 1793

2) Edward VIII

3) Peckinpah

4) Uhh, Atlantic?

5) thunder and lightening! (I used to suffer!)