Results are up.
As always, some great answers from all concerned.
There were three questions that went unanswered; no-one knew that the Spanish sport involving knocking down a wooden marro is called 'Calva', that the world's third most popular social networking website is called 'Hi5', or that the hat traditionally worn by Nigerian men is called a 'Kufi'. There were, however, a number of 'solos':
40. EKIDEN - Tero Kalliolevo
150. SA'ADI - Olav Bjortomt
159. BOCCACCIO '70 - Peter Smith
164. SHANNON-HARTLEY THEOREM - Peter Ediss
165. POLARKRIES 18 - Thomas Kolåsæter
170. LIGHTS OF NEW YORK - Phil Duffy
180. ST. CLAIRE'S DEFEAT - Chris Jones
192. DIPROTODON - Tore Dahl
Great answers all!!!
To the results:
1. Olav Bjortomt 153
2. Pat Gibson 149
3. Barry Simmons 143.5
4. Eric Wildsmith 139
5. Tero Kalliolevo 128
6. Ian Bayley 122
7. Mark Grant 114
8. David Stainer 113
9. Scott Dawson 112.5
10. Thomas Kolåsæter 110
11. Nick Mills 107
12. Jamie Dodding 105
13. Phil Duffy 102.5
14. Pete Smith 98.5
15=. Nic Paul 96
15=. Ole Martin Halck 96
15=. William De’Ath 96
18. Tore Dahl 94.5
19=. Gary Grant 94
19=. Diane Hallagan 94
21. Peter Ediss 93.5
22. Chris Quinn 93
23. Kathryn Johnson 92
24. Paul Sinha 91.5
25. Chris Jones 87
26. Mark Kerr 86.5
27. Darren Martin 85.5
28. Alan Morgan 85
29. Lars Heggland 81
30. Bob Thompson 77.5
31=. Dom Tait 75.5
31=. Dave Bill 75.5
33. John Harrison 75
34. Audrey Doyle 73
35. Jon Inge Kolden 72.5
36. Petter Kjær 72
37=. Øystein Aadnevik 67.5
37=. William Barrett 67.5
39=. Knut Heggland 61
39=. Paul Davis 61
41. Geir Kristiansen 59
42. Will Jones 58
43. Karen Skjånes 57
44. Paul Reeve 56
45. Sam Roberts 55
46. Jarle Kvåle 51.5
47. Barry Scott 48
48. Jone Frafjord 47
49. Bjørn Revil 46.5
50. Dave Jones 45.5
51. Paul Philpot 44
52. Tor Carlsen 40.5
53. Ivar Areklett 35
54. Anne Nyhus 30.5
55. Anne Lau Revil 19
56. Lesley Saunders-Davies 17
Many thanks to all who took part. I hope you all enjoyed it!!
Sunday 25 October 2009
Sunday 14 June 2009
RESULTS - ROB'S QUIZ VI
The moment you've all been waiting for (perhaps).
Many thanks to all who took part in Rob's Quiz VI. The standard was, as always, amazing. 198 of the 200 questions were answered correctly. No-one knew that Brer Rabbit was based, in part, on an Ojibwa god called Nanabozho or that Ingmar Bergman's only gothic horror film was entitled 'Hour of the Wolf'. After all that, only one solo emerged:
Q 49: Repo! The Genetic Opera - Michael McPartland
Well done, Michael!!
The final scores are below - if you happened to send me your answers within about an hour of the deadline then please check your score as I'd already, by then, drunk most of a bottle of wine. Thank you. The scores:
1. Pat Gibson 158
2. Olav Bjortomt 153
3. Barry Simmons 147
4. Shanker Menon 145
5. Ian Bayley 135
6. Mark Grant 128
7. David Stainer 120.5
8. Tero Kalliovelo 120
9. Nick Mills 117
10. Chris Quinn 115
11. William De Ath 113
12. Thomas Kolåsæter 111
13. Ole Martin Halck 110
14. David Lea 108
15=. Scott Dawson 106
15=. Kathryn Johnson 106
17. Michael McPartland 105.5
18. Jamie Dodding 103
19. Diane Hallagan 101.5
20. Nic Paul 100
21. Chris Jones 96
22. Tore Dahl 94
23. Quentin Holt 91
24. Harald Aastorp 90
25. Darren Martin 89
26. Keith Andrew 88.5
27=. Lars Heggland 86.5
27=. Gary Grant 86.5
29. Mark Kerr 86
30. Paul Sinha 80
31. Alan Morgan 79
32. Dave Bill 78
33. John Harrison 77
34. Peter Ediss 75
35. William Barrett 74.5
36. Dom Tait 73
37. Øystein Aadnevik 70
38. Knut Heggland 68
39=. Alan Bowell 65.5
39=. Issa Schultz 65.5
41. Bob Thompson 65
42. Iwan Thomas 62
43. Will Jones 60
44. Bjørn Revil 53
45. Paul Davis 51.5
46. Truls Flatberg 51
47. Paul Philpot 50
48. Christian Thorn 47
49. Jon Strøm 46
50. Tor Carlsen 44
51. Sam Roberts 42
52. Ian Dalziel 41
53. Karen Skjånes 40
54=. Lars Andre Gundersen 39
54=. Paul Reeve 39
56. Rob Jones 36
57. Ivar Areklett 35
58. Dave Jones 15
59. Lesley Saunders-Davies 14
Many thanks to all who took part.
Many thanks to all who took part in Rob's Quiz VI. The standard was, as always, amazing. 198 of the 200 questions were answered correctly. No-one knew that Brer Rabbit was based, in part, on an Ojibwa god called Nanabozho or that Ingmar Bergman's only gothic horror film was entitled 'Hour of the Wolf'. After all that, only one solo emerged:
Q 49: Repo! The Genetic Opera - Michael McPartland
Well done, Michael!!
The final scores are below - if you happened to send me your answers within about an hour of the deadline then please check your score as I'd already, by then, drunk most of a bottle of wine. Thank you. The scores:
1. Pat Gibson 158
2. Olav Bjortomt 153
3. Barry Simmons 147
4. Shanker Menon 145
5. Ian Bayley 135
6. Mark Grant 128
7. David Stainer 120.5
8. Tero Kalliovelo 120
9. Nick Mills 117
10. Chris Quinn 115
11. William De Ath 113
12. Thomas Kolåsæter 111
13. Ole Martin Halck 110
14. David Lea 108
15=. Scott Dawson 106
15=. Kathryn Johnson 106
17. Michael McPartland 105.5
18. Jamie Dodding 103
19. Diane Hallagan 101.5
20. Nic Paul 100
21. Chris Jones 96
22. Tore Dahl 94
23. Quentin Holt 91
24. Harald Aastorp 90
25. Darren Martin 89
26. Keith Andrew 88.5
27=. Lars Heggland 86.5
27=. Gary Grant 86.5
29. Mark Kerr 86
30. Paul Sinha 80
31. Alan Morgan 79
32. Dave Bill 78
33. John Harrison 77
34. Peter Ediss 75
35. William Barrett 74.5
36. Dom Tait 73
37. Øystein Aadnevik 70
38. Knut Heggland 68
39=. Alan Bowell 65.5
39=. Issa Schultz 65.5
41. Bob Thompson 65
42. Iwan Thomas 62
43. Will Jones 60
44. Bjørn Revil 53
45. Paul Davis 51.5
46. Truls Flatberg 51
47. Paul Philpot 50
48. Christian Thorn 47
49. Jon Strøm 46
50. Tor Carlsen 44
51. Sam Roberts 42
52. Ian Dalziel 41
53. Karen Skjånes 40
54=. Lars Andre Gundersen 39
54=. Paul Reeve 39
56. Rob Jones 36
57. Ivar Areklett 35
58. Dave Jones 15
59. Lesley Saunders-Davies 14
Many thanks to all who took part.
Monday 27 April 2009
ROB'S QUIZ VI
My new 200 question quiz is out. The deadline is 7th June 2009. If you would like a copy then please mail me at pantscat69er@hotmail.com
Tuesday 24 March 2009
Where are all the quizzes?
You will no doubt have noticed that I have not been posting quizzes here for quite some time. I began this blog at a time when I had just got into quiz and was writing tonnes of questions and had nowhere to put them. This blog, therefore, I used as a repository for my efforts (albeit, the desire to show off was, no doubt, also a contributing factor!). Now that I have my regular 200-question quizzes and am writing for leagues, pubs, etc. I have several appropriate outlets into which my questions can be inserted.
I will continue to post questions here but such postings will, I imagine, be less frequent than once was the case. But, they will come - I assure you!
Those of you who know me well may be aware that many years ago I was pursuing a 'career' as a poet. I think I had almost forgotten this 'past life' of mine but, yesterday, for the first time in several years, I receieved some 'fan mail' from a young Canadian boy who had read some poems I'd written that have, I'm told, found their way into a Canadian anthology of some description. The boy was particularly gushing about a couple of poems I wrote entitled 'If I Were Blind' and 'One Day'. I strongly doubt that the boy will ever read this blog (he will almost certainly be moping in a dark room listening to My Chemical Romance) but, if he ever does, I'd like him to know that he made me smile today. A smile is not much but it does help to make life that little more bearable, and I thank him.
This incident led me to rereading some of the stuff I wrote all those years ago. 'Blind' is a poem that, on reflection, could only have been written by a teenager - I must have been 17 or 18 when I wrote it. It is sincere to the point of insincerity, emotional to the point of triteness and the narrator's massively evident insecurity grates a little. It is also clunky in parts. But there is something to it - it is more than just an angst-ridden goth boy's histrionics. Something. I could easily dismiss the work as a trite, oh so knowingly self-loathing piece of juvenilia but maturity is all too harsh a critic. I'm prepared to be generous. 'One Day' probably falls into a similar bracket as 'Blind' but is more honest and a little less whiney. Its construction leaves an awful lot to be desired but it does feel less insincere (as, indeed, I suspect it was).
I neither feel inclined nor able to produce any poetry at all these days but a quick, nostalgic peek at more fecund times has brought a smile to my face. Today has been a good day - I learned a little more about myself.
If I Were Blind
If I were blind
Would you scold me for turning my head at the sight of unlawfulness and destruction?
Would you berate me for perceiving not the difference between black and white?
Or would you comfort me and be my eyes?
If I were deaf
Would you blame me for ignoring the screams of the pitiably oppressed?
Would you reproach me for discerning not the difference between a tongue and a tear?
Or would you soothe me and be my ears?
If I were mute
Would you rebuke me for failing to speak out against tyranny and cruelty?
Would you censure me for knowing not the difference between the right terms and the wrong?
Or would you reassure me and be my words?
If I were lame
Would you reprehend me for declining to rush to the aid of the dying man?
Would you reprove me for feeling not the difference between the concrete and the pillow?
Or would you console me and be my feet?
But now I am lonely
Why do you lecture me for turning away from the underprivileged and the needy?
Why do you upbraid me for detecting not greater pain than my own?
Why don't you cheer me and be my friend?
Rob Hannah - 1999
One Day
Yesterday
I looked at my lover's feet
As they padded nervously through crowded streets,
Quickening with each hunted thought and haunting memory.
Feet, ceaselessly retreating from a broken city with broken morals
And manufactured tolerance. And the
Fractured cobblestones are built from jagged rock and on flat lies.
Feet, never having travelled, but fled.
Only ever feeling part of a person upon arrival at their destination,
Until which they are the gettaway car,
The hounded quarry, the unsounded scream.
Yesterday
I looked at my lover's hands
As they fumbled along the boundaries of a pale society
And felt the baleful pain of rejection and abject shame.
Hands, shaking upon greeting others for fear that they should incriminate
With a clumsy flap or trembling flutter.
Hands, leading to cramped knuckles and tired wrists
No longer ready to shield eyes from accusing fingers
Nor to mask a face from public view.
Hands, for once not to feel
But instead to soften the pain with
A soothing touch and a clenched fist.
Yesterday
I looked at my lover's ears
As they absorbed the frenzied thoughts of a million mouths,
Each mimicking the words of a million more,
Each miming and mouthing
And regurgitating phrases and fables made true through time and repetition.
Ears, ignoring the words but unable to escape the voices
Of those men and women behind the lies.
Ears, twitching at every noise
And standing upright and alert,
Collecting each scrap of sound with which
To create maps of minds through second-hand bigotry
And a faint hope of survival.
One day
I will look into my lover's eyes.
Rob Hannah - 1998
I will continue to post questions here but such postings will, I imagine, be less frequent than once was the case. But, they will come - I assure you!
Those of you who know me well may be aware that many years ago I was pursuing a 'career' as a poet. I think I had almost forgotten this 'past life' of mine but, yesterday, for the first time in several years, I receieved some 'fan mail' from a young Canadian boy who had read some poems I'd written that have, I'm told, found their way into a Canadian anthology of some description. The boy was particularly gushing about a couple of poems I wrote entitled 'If I Were Blind' and 'One Day'. I strongly doubt that the boy will ever read this blog (he will almost certainly be moping in a dark room listening to My Chemical Romance) but, if he ever does, I'd like him to know that he made me smile today. A smile is not much but it does help to make life that little more bearable, and I thank him.
This incident led me to rereading some of the stuff I wrote all those years ago. 'Blind' is a poem that, on reflection, could only have been written by a teenager - I must have been 17 or 18 when I wrote it. It is sincere to the point of insincerity, emotional to the point of triteness and the narrator's massively evident insecurity grates a little. It is also clunky in parts. But there is something to it - it is more than just an angst-ridden goth boy's histrionics. Something. I could easily dismiss the work as a trite, oh so knowingly self-loathing piece of juvenilia but maturity is all too harsh a critic. I'm prepared to be generous. 'One Day' probably falls into a similar bracket as 'Blind' but is more honest and a little less whiney. Its construction leaves an awful lot to be desired but it does feel less insincere (as, indeed, I suspect it was).
I neither feel inclined nor able to produce any poetry at all these days but a quick, nostalgic peek at more fecund times has brought a smile to my face. Today has been a good day - I learned a little more about myself.
If I Were Blind
If I were blind
Would you scold me for turning my head at the sight of unlawfulness and destruction?
Would you berate me for perceiving not the difference between black and white?
Or would you comfort me and be my eyes?
If I were deaf
Would you blame me for ignoring the screams of the pitiably oppressed?
Would you reproach me for discerning not the difference between a tongue and a tear?
Or would you soothe me and be my ears?
If I were mute
Would you rebuke me for failing to speak out against tyranny and cruelty?
Would you censure me for knowing not the difference between the right terms and the wrong?
Or would you reassure me and be my words?
If I were lame
Would you reprehend me for declining to rush to the aid of the dying man?
Would you reprove me for feeling not the difference between the concrete and the pillow?
Or would you console me and be my feet?
But now I am lonely
Why do you lecture me for turning away from the underprivileged and the needy?
Why do you upbraid me for detecting not greater pain than my own?
Why don't you cheer me and be my friend?
Rob Hannah - 1999
One Day
Yesterday
I looked at my lover's feet
As they padded nervously through crowded streets,
Quickening with each hunted thought and haunting memory.
Feet, ceaselessly retreating from a broken city with broken morals
And manufactured tolerance. And the
Fractured cobblestones are built from jagged rock and on flat lies.
Feet, never having travelled, but fled.
Only ever feeling part of a person upon arrival at their destination,
Until which they are the gettaway car,
The hounded quarry, the unsounded scream.
Yesterday
I looked at my lover's hands
As they fumbled along the boundaries of a pale society
And felt the baleful pain of rejection and abject shame.
Hands, shaking upon greeting others for fear that they should incriminate
With a clumsy flap or trembling flutter.
Hands, leading to cramped knuckles and tired wrists
No longer ready to shield eyes from accusing fingers
Nor to mask a face from public view.
Hands, for once not to feel
But instead to soften the pain with
A soothing touch and a clenched fist.
Yesterday
I looked at my lover's ears
As they absorbed the frenzied thoughts of a million mouths,
Each mimicking the words of a million more,
Each miming and mouthing
And regurgitating phrases and fables made true through time and repetition.
Ears, ignoring the words but unable to escape the voices
Of those men and women behind the lies.
Ears, twitching at every noise
And standing upright and alert,
Collecting each scrap of sound with which
To create maps of minds through second-hand bigotry
And a faint hope of survival.
One day
I will look into my lover's eyes.
Rob Hannah - 1998
Monday 2 March 2009
ROB'S QUIZ V RESULTS
The deadline is up and the results are in.
There were some really terrific scores this time and, amazingly, all 200 questions were answered. Indeed, 199 of them were answered by more than one person. Therefore, the only 'solo' this time was:
115. Mossos d'Esquadra - David Lea
A great answer from David.
I'd like to thank everyone who took the time to enter and I hope you enjoyed it.
The final positions:
1. Phil O’Day 169
2. Pat Gibson 154
3. Olav Bjortomt 153.5
4. Barry Simmons 151.5
5. Shanker Menon 136
6. Ian Bayley 132.5
7. David Stainer 127.5
8. Harald Aastorp 126.5
9. Scott Dawson 125.5
10. Mark Grant 125
11. Thomas Kolåsæter 116
12. David Lea 114.5
13. Tore Dahl 113
14. Nic Paul 109.5
15. Jamie Dodding 107
16. Alan Morgan 105
17. Ole Martin Halck 103.5
18. Peter Ediss 97.5
19. Michael McPartland 97
20. Chris Jones 96.5
21=. Mark Kerr 91
21=. Lars Heggland 91
23. Keith Andrew 90.5
24=. John Harrison 89.5
24=. Jenny Ryan 89.5
26. Paul Sinha 85
27. Darren Martin 83.5
28. Dom Tait 81.5
29. Quentin Holt 80
30. Knut Heggland 78.5
31. William Barrett 74
32. Alan Bowell 73
33. Ian Dalziel 72.5
34. Dave Bill 72
35. Gareth Kingston 71.5
36=. CJ de Mooi 63
36=. Bjørn Revil 63
38. Will Jones 61.5
39. Issa Schultz 59.5
40. Øystein Aadnevik 58
41. Karen Skjånes 55.5
42. Jon Strøm 52
43. Paul Reeve 50.5
44. Jone Frafjord 47
45. Tor Carlsen 46.5
46. Toril Opsahl 43
47. Ivar Areklett 35
48. Tom Waddell 28
49. Christian Grindvold 25.5
50. Lesley Saunders-Davies 25
There were some really terrific scores this time and, amazingly, all 200 questions were answered. Indeed, 199 of them were answered by more than one person. Therefore, the only 'solo' this time was:
115. Mossos d'Esquadra - David Lea
A great answer from David.
I'd like to thank everyone who took the time to enter and I hope you enjoyed it.
The final positions:
1. Phil O’Day 169
2. Pat Gibson 154
3. Olav Bjortomt 153.5
4. Barry Simmons 151.5
5. Shanker Menon 136
6. Ian Bayley 132.5
7. David Stainer 127.5
8. Harald Aastorp 126.5
9. Scott Dawson 125.5
10. Mark Grant 125
11. Thomas Kolåsæter 116
12. David Lea 114.5
13. Tore Dahl 113
14. Nic Paul 109.5
15. Jamie Dodding 107
16. Alan Morgan 105
17. Ole Martin Halck 103.5
18. Peter Ediss 97.5
19. Michael McPartland 97
20. Chris Jones 96.5
21=. Mark Kerr 91
21=. Lars Heggland 91
23. Keith Andrew 90.5
24=. John Harrison 89.5
24=. Jenny Ryan 89.5
26. Paul Sinha 85
27. Darren Martin 83.5
28. Dom Tait 81.5
29. Quentin Holt 80
30. Knut Heggland 78.5
31. William Barrett 74
32. Alan Bowell 73
33. Ian Dalziel 72.5
34. Dave Bill 72
35. Gareth Kingston 71.5
36=. CJ de Mooi 63
36=. Bjørn Revil 63
38. Will Jones 61.5
39. Issa Schultz 59.5
40. Øystein Aadnevik 58
41. Karen Skjånes 55.5
42. Jon Strøm 52
43. Paul Reeve 50.5
44. Jone Frafjord 47
45. Tor Carlsen 46.5
46. Toril Opsahl 43
47. Ivar Areklett 35
48. Tom Waddell 28
49. Christian Grindvold 25.5
50. Lesley Saunders-Davies 25
Sunday 25 January 2009
NEW QUIZ
My new 200 question quiz is out. The deadline is 1st March 2009. If you would like a copy then please mail me at pantscat69er@hotmail.com
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