The Saturday quiz !

[Robin_L]

(sorry Smiffy, not trying to steal your thunder, its not a patch on yours ;) )

Winner gets a drop of bottled bohemia, courtesy of The Thrills.

1. Who recorded the original version of "It's My Life", recently covered this year by No Doubt?

2. Who was America's president prior to Ronald Reagan?

3. Which famous composer was born in Cheltenham?

4. In which year did the Queen celebrate her Silver Jubilee?

5. What is Tiger Wood's real christian name?

6. What begins with an 'E', ends in an 'E' and has a letter in between ?

7. What special diet must a Coeliac sufferer follow?

8. Who famously had a dog called Shep?

9. What form of currency is used in Mauritius?

10. How many pounds does the human head weigh?

[StretfordEnd]

1. Who recorded the original version of "It's My Life", recently covered this year by No Doubt?

Dr Alban

2. Who was America's president prior to Ronald Reagan?

Carter

3. Which famous composer was born in Cheltenham?

No idea ~ guess Elgar?

4. In which year did the Queen celebrate her Silver Jubilee?

1977

5. What is Tiger Wood's real christian name?

Eldrick

6. What begins with an 'E', ends in an 'E' and has a letter in between ?

Envelope

7. What special diet must a Coeliac sufferer follow?

Only eats dry roasted elephant droppings. (No idea)

8. Who famously had a dog called Shep?

John Noakes of Blue Peter

9. What form of currency is used in Mauritius?

Guess ~ Pound?

10. How many pounds does the human head weigh?

No idea ~ guess 25.

[Smiffyboy]

It'll never catch on ;)

1. Who recorded the original version of "It's My Life", recently covered this year by No Doubt? Talk Talk :clap: Classic song.

2. Who was America's president prior to Ronald Reagan? Jimmy Carter, nobel peace prize winner and a nice man.

3. Which famous composer was born in Cheltenham? Dunno.

4. In which year did the Queen celebrate her Silver Jubilee? 1977.

5. What is Tiger Wood's real christian name? Eldrick. What a silly name. Then again, so is Tiger.

6. What begins with an 'E', ends in an 'E' and has a letter in between ? Do you mean a word? Eye.

7. What special diet must a Coeliac sufferer follow? Gluten free. My neice has it.

8. Who famously had a dog called Shep? The Blue Peter bloke. Erm. John Noakes!

9. What form of currency is used in Mauritius? Either pound or Rupee... I'll go for the pound.

10. How many pounds does the human head weigh? I think about 10 pounds for a male and slightly less for a woman?

[Jock]

2 ) Jimmy Carter
6 ) eye, ewe or envelope
7 ) gluten free
9 ) the mauritius pound

[QPRW12]

or eve....

OH! that catchy bit og the moulin rouge, (where they sing that song) is on now! im gonna do the charleston round the room...

[I Love Wolves]

Originally posted by StretfordEnd




6. What begins with an 'E', ends in an 'E' and has a letter in between ?

Envelope



:laugh: Course! And here's me going through the alphabet coming up with eye, eve, ewe and 'ere. :dunce:

[daz90]

1. Who recorded the original version of "It's My Life", recently covered this year by No Doubt?
Dr Alban
2. Who was America's president prior to Ronald Reagan?
Carter

3. Which famous composer was born in Cheltenham?
Andrew Lloyd webber??

4. In which year did the Queen celebrate her Silver Jubilee?
76
5. What is Tiger Wood's real christian name?
Dave:)

6. What begins with an 'E', ends in an 'E' and has a letter in between ?
Eye

7. What special diet must a Coeliac sufferer follow?
?
8. Who famously had a dog called Shep?
Dave..

9. What form of currency is used in Mauritius?
$

10. How many pounds does the human head weigh?
15, Guess..

[I Love Wolves]

10. An adult human brain weighs between 1300 g and 1400 g, about 3 lbs. A newborn human brain weighs between 350 and 400 g.

[Robin_L]

Answers as follows:-

1. The The
2. Jimmy Carter
3. Gustav Holst
4. 1977
5. Eldrick
6. Envelope
7. Gluten Free Diet
8. John Noakes
9. Rupee
10. 8 lbs

StretfordEnd - 5 points
Smiffyboy - 5 points
Jock - 3 points
daz90 - 1 point

I declare a joint winner. Well done all :)

[great white]

Erm.... I think you'll find that "It's My Life" which was covered by No Doubt was originally sung by Talk Talk......Admittedly Dr Alban also had a song of the same title but it was not of the same composition music or lyric wise....

It deffo wasn't The The....:no:

[great white]

No Doubt Lyrics

It's My Life Lyrics


It's funny how I find myself
In love with you
If I could buy my reasoning
I'd pay to lose
One half won't do

I've asked myself
How much do you
Commit yourself?

It's my life
Don't you forget
It's my life
It never ends (It never ends...)

Funny how I blind myself
I never knew
If I was sometimes played upon
Afraid to lose

Oh, I'd tell myself
What good do you do
Convince myself

Oh, It's my life
Don't you forget
Oh, It's my life
It never ends (It never ends...)

And I've asked myself
How much do you
Commit yourself?

It's my life
Don't you forget
Caught in the crowd
It never ends (its my life)

It's my life
Don't you forget
Caught in the crowd
It never ends (It never ends)

Oh, It's my life... (oh its my life)
Don't you forget... (don't you forget)
Caught in the crowd... (caught in the crowd)
It never ends (it never ends...)



SEND TALK TALK RINGTONES TO YOUR CELLPHONE

Funny how I find myself in love with you
If I could buy my reasoning I'd pay to lose
One half won't do
I've asked myself
How much do you commit yourself?

It's my life
Don't you forget
It's my life
It never ends

Funny how I blind myself
I never knew if I was sometimes played upon
Afraid to lose,
I'd tell myself what good you do
Convince myself

It's my life
Don't you forget
It's my life
It never ends

I've asked myself
How much do you commit yourself?

It's my life
Don't you forget
Caught in the crowd
It never ends


Sunday lunchtime boredom and Google....bloody wonderful stuff...just put the greatest hits disc released in 1990 on the CD aswell...good stuff....."Life's What You Make It"

[Robin_L]

Ok ok old-timer, dont get your long-johns ina twist :eek:

my apologies, ill go shoot the person responsible for that question, meanwhile an extra point for Smiffy - edging him into the lead and therefore the winner :clap:

[great white]

Originally posted by Robin_L
Ok ok old-timer, dont get your long-johns ina twist :eek:

my apologies, ill go shoot the person responsible for that question, meanwhile an extra point for Smiffy - edging him into the lead and therefore the winner :clap: So you just post up a quiz and don't bother actually verifying that the answers to the questions are correct after coming from a third party...... :rolleyes:

Tis you that needs shooting old boy...:p

[Smiffyboy]

I got one more as well - Eye. Or are you denying that EYE starts with an E, ends with an E and has a letter in between? ;)

[Robin_L]

So you just post up a quiz and don't bother actually verifying that the answers to the questions are correct after coming from a third party......

Yes.

However will I live it down :rolleyes:

Smiffy - technically correct of course, but you know the answer I was looking for. Hey, its not like you need the extra point now :)

[StretfordEnd]

To be honest I didn't even know that No Doubt had covered It's My Life, and I still can't remember the Talk Talk version . . .

[great white]

Originally posted by StretfordEnd
To be honest I didn't even know that No Doubt had covered It's My Life, and I still can't remember the Talk Talk version . . . That's cos it was The The that did it originally....you're losing the plot Stret... :rolleyes:

[Smiffyboy]

TBH I never knew No Doubt covered it either ;) But, I do remember the original.

[StretfordEnd]

Originally posted by great white
That's cos it was The The that did it originally....you're losing the plot Stret... :rolleyes:

er, did I even mention who did it originally?

The song I was thinking of by Dr Alban isn't even the same song, just the same title. :p

[great white]

This Saturday quiz is gonna need a face lift me thinks....namely the author effectuates that the answers in hand are the right ones....

Well done Smiffy BTW.....

[Robin_L]

:laugh:

give it a rest great white, for the love of god
:(

I know you must have something better to do :yawn:

[StretfordEnd]

Is there even such a word as "effectuates"?

[da]

Originally posted by StretfordEnd
Is there even such a word as "effectuates"?

Yes.

[great white]

Originally posted by Robin_L
:laugh:

give it a rest great white, for the love of god

I'm atheist....you suffer...simple really... :)

[great white]

Originally posted by da
Yes. Ta da.... :wave: