What's your favourite quiz question?

magicbastarder · 05-04-2021 10:20pm

doesn't seem to have been the case; wikipedia claims 'In the United Kingdom, Bedingfield and her brother, pop-singer Daniel Bedingfield, became the first sister and brother to achieve separate number one singles' which is not quite the same.

ohnonotgmail · 05-04-2021 10:27pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

doesn't seem to have been the case; wikipedia claims 'In the United Kingdom, Bedingfield and her brother, pop-singer Daniel Bedingfield, became the first sister and brother to achieve separate number one singles' which is not quite the same.

The Bewitched and boyzone number ones predate the beddingfield number ones by a couple of years.

DJIMI TRARORE · 05-04-2021 10:45pm

The memory bank had me believe that they had consecutive no1s

bonzothedog · 06-04-2021 10:40am

Good lord - BWitched boyzone and the Bedingfields, somebody shoot me

magicbastarder · 06-04-2021 11:00am

'these words' by natasha bedingfield is the perfect pop tune.

bonzothedog · 06-04-2021 2:15pm

Yes it is fantastic.

Terence Rattigan · 06-04-2021 2:21pm

Who are Ivana Zelnickova and Marla Maples?

ohnonotgmail · 06-04-2021 2:22pm

Terence Rattigan wrote: »

Who are Ivana Zelnickova and Marla Maples?

two of trumps wives.

DJIMI TRARORE · 06-04-2021 2:24pm

Last guess Frank and Nancy Sinatra

magicbastarder · 06-04-2021 2:31pm

where was QE2 at the moment she became queen?

Terence Rattigan · 06-04-2021 2:33pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

where was QE2 at the moment she became queen?

Up a tree in Kenya?

EmmetSpiceland · 06-04-2021 2:45pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

where was QE2 at the moment she became queen?

In the shipyard?

dulpit · 06-04-2021 2:47pm

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

In the shipyard?

On that topic, who is the QE2 (the big bád) ultimately named after?

chooseusername · 06-04-2021 2:51pm

dulpit wrote: »

On that topic, who is the QE2 (the big bád) ultimately named after?

QE1?

Louis Friend · 06-04-2021 3:18pm

I think the fact that it’s a “2” rather than a “II” is significant. It’s named after the first ship rather than Elizabeth R.

And the first ship was named after the Queen Mother.

06-04-2021 4:59pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

where was QE2 at the moment she became queen?

On the throne

Louis Friend · 06-04-2021 5:03pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

On the throne

I think she was in Africa if my recollection from watching The Crown is accurate...

bonzothedog · 06-04-2021 5:07pm

Pass, AFRICA 12

Quantum Erasure · 06-04-2021 5:10pm

bonzothedog wrote: »

Good lord - BWitched boyzone and the Bedingfields, somebody shoot me

I was looking up the Number 1's from 1999, theres a right mix in there...

Steps - Heartbeat
Fatboy Slim - Praise You
911 - A Little Bit More
The Offspring - Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)
Armand Van Helden - You Dont Know Me
Blondie - Maria
Lenny Kravitz - Fly Away
Britney Spears - Baby One More Time
Boyzone - When The Going Gets Tough
B*witched - Blame It On The Weatherman
Mr Oizo - Flat Beat
....

And that's only the first three months
https://www.number-ones.co.uk/1999-number-ones.html

06-04-2021 5:10pm

Name shared by a: Singer/Actor/Racecourse/Character in CSI

dulpit · 06-04-2021 5:12pm

Louis Friend wrote: »

I think the fact that it’s a “2” rather than a “II” is significant. It’s named after the first ship rather than Elizabeth R.

And the first ship was named after the Queen Mother.

Ding ding.

Joe_ Public · 06-04-2021 6:12pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Name shared by a: Singer/Actor/Racecourse/Character in CSI

Carlisle? Belinda & Robert.

06-04-2021 6:19pm

Joe_ Public wrote: »

Carlisle? Belinda & Robert.

Wasn't the one I was thinking about.. Don't know if CSI had a character called Carlisle; but I'll have to give it to ya Joe, cos I don't know otherwise

Joe_ Public · 06-04-2021 6:21pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Wasn't the one I was thinking about.. Don't know if CSI had a character called Carlisle; but I'll have to give it to ya Joe, cos I don't know otherwise

No idea on csi tbh, have never seen it. So close i guess but no cigar!

06-04-2021 6:29pm

Joe_ Public wrote: »

No idea on csi tbh, have never seen it. So close i guess but no cigar!

I think a character called Carlisle only featured in 1 or two episodes (according to wiki)

One I was thinking about.. Clue - A relative of Whitney's.

Badly Drunk Boy · 06-04-2021 6:43pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Name shared by a: Singer/Actor/Racecourse/Character in CSI

Warwick

06-04-2021 6:51pm

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

Warwick

Correct BDB!

Dionne Warwick
Warwick Davis
Warwick (racetrack in Warwickshire)
Warrick (spelling semantics :P) - Afro-haired chap in CSI

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 06-04-2021 9:03pm

monseiur wrote: »

A sport related question
Name the Welsh rugby player, not, according his team mates, an outwardly religious person, who famously declared that he religiously went straight into 'church' after every rugby match.

As was correctly answered it was Gavin Henson
For those young ones on here who did not get to joke, the Church that Mr. Henson referred to was his then girlfriend the singer Charlotte Church!
Pat Kenny got caught out on that one live on radio.

I remember hearing that live. Somebody pointed it out to him and he got upset. Hilarious.

EmmetSpiceland · 06-04-2021 9:06pm

Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »

I remember hearing that live. Somebody pointed it out to him and he got upset. Hilarious.

Des Cahill saying ‘please stop saying it’.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 06-04-2021 9:25pm

monseiur wrote: »

What is the most southern state in North America ?

dulpit wrote: »

If you mean USA, I think it's Hawaii.

Skylinehead wrote: »

I'd say Yucatan or one of those Mexican states down there.

Wouldn't say Hawaii is in North America.

Infernal Racket wrote: »

Yep, Hawaii is the correct answer

Chiapas is further south than Hawaii.

monseiur · 07-04-2021 1:56pm

Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »

Chiapas is further south than Hawaii.

Hawaii is the correct answer

(Apologies, my original question should read USA not North America)

monseiur · 07-04-2021 1:58pm

When did Good Friday fall on Easter Monday ?

07-04-2021 2:01pm

monseiur wrote: »

When did Good Friday fall on Easter Monday ?

Irish Grand National...

monseiur · 07-04-2021 2:04pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Irish Grand National...

Correct !

The Big Easy · 07-04-2021 3:09pm

monseiur wrote: »

When did Good Friday fall on Easter Monday ?

Came up earlier in the thread that it never actually happened or if it did there is no record of it.

Alongside the winning the FA Cup and Never scored a goal which also never happened, well I never!

golfball37 · 07-04-2021 3:17pm

The Big Easy wrote: »

Came up earlier in the thread that it never actually happened or if it did there is no record of it.

Alongside the winning the FA Cup and Never scored a goal which also never happened, well I never!

The horse Good Friday fell in the King George on Boxing/SS day it was established.

Uncle Pierre · 07-04-2021 3:40pm

golfball37 wrote: »

The horse Good Friday fell in the King George on Boxing/SS day it was established.

Well, some places say that.....others say it fell at Wolverhampton on "Boxing" Day: https://www.wackyraces.net/in-which-year-did-good-friday-fall-on-boxing-day/

Seems the only thing all agree on is that it's a good quiz question, whether or not there's any actual truth to it....!

Fake Scores · 07-04-2021 3:50pm

Uncle Pierre wrote: »

Well, some places say that.....others say it fell at Wolverhampton on "Boxing" Day: https://www.wackyraces.net/in-which-year-did-good-friday-fall-on-boxing-day/

Seems the only thing all agree on is that it's a good quiz question, whether or not there's any actual truth to it....!

I can confirm. I was at Wolverhampton that day. With my old friend John Never. Good footballer but crap tipster. He told me to back Mayday in the aforementioned race.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 07-04-2021 5:04pm

In what year were two counties from the same province successively declared All Ireland football champions without a final ever being played?

Fake Scores · 07-04-2021 5:18pm

Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »

In what year were two counties from the same province successively declared All Ireland football champions without a final ever being played?

Year being 1919, kildare win the 19 AI, wexford the 18.

Longest river in Europe?

blade1 · 07-04-2021 5:27pm

Who was the odd man out at Tom Slattery's funeral?
Was it
A. Billy Murphy
B. John Slattery
C. Frank Murphy

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 07-04-2021 5:49pm

Fake Scores wrote: »

Year being 1919, kildare win the 19 AI, wexford the 18.

Longest river in Europe?

Not the one I was thinking of! This was a case of two teams being the champions for one season and there was no final.

The Volga?

Uncle Pierre · 07-04-2021 7:00pm

Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »

In what year were two counties from the same province successively declared All Ireland football champions without a final ever being played?

A good question all right. I don't know the answer, but....

Sometime back around the 1920s, both Kerry and Cavan were disqualified after each won their provincial championships, and some sort of substitute competition was arranged instead. Am I on the right track at all?

Uncle Pierre · 07-04-2021 7:01pm

Here's another gaelic football one from the mists of time:

What was unusual about the manner of Louth's All-Ireland senior football title of 1910?

golfball37 · 07-04-2021 7:02pm

Kilkenny were declared winners of the 1911 hurling championship with no all Ireland final

golfball37 · 07-04-2021 7:06pm

Uncle Pierre wrote: »

Here's another gaelic football one from the mists of time:

What was unusual about the manner of Louth's All-Ireland senior football title of 1910?

I think that was the year Kerry refused to travel because of the price of the train ticket? Not making that up either. It certainly happened one year anyway

Uncle Pierre · 07-04-2021 7:08pm

golfball37 wrote: »

I think that was the year Kerry refused to travel because of the price of the train ticket? Not making that up either. It certainly happened one year anyway

Spot on. Louth were awarded a walkover after Kerry refused to travel to Dublin because the railway company wouldn't sell cheaper tickets to their supporters.

Capt'n Midnight · 07-04-2021 7:34pm

You see a bear but you can only move south.

What colour is the bear ?

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 07-04-2021 7:37pm

Uncle Pierre wrote: »

A good question all right. I don't know the answer, but....

Sometime back around the 1920s, both Kerry and Cavan were disqualified after each won their provincial championships, and some sort of substitute competition was arranged instead. Am I on the right track at all?

Yes. 1925. Mayo and then Galway were All Ireland champions, but without having played in a final. Looking further into this, I see there was a sort of final after, but it didn't change the result.

The Connacht final had not been held by the time the semi-finals were played; Mayo were nominated to represent the province. In the semi-finals, Mayo beat Wexford and Kerry beat Cavan. However, both Kerry and Cavan were disqualified for fielding illegal players. This meant that Mayo were declared champions without the need for a final. Following this, however, Galway defeated Mayo in the Connacht final. Galway were therefore proclaimed All-Ireland champions.[4]

Following protests from Galway, Kerry and Mayo, the GAA Central Council organised a substitute competition between the four provincial champions, with Galway as Connacht champions. However, Kerry complained that their semi-final victory over Cavan should stand in this new competition. When the GAA insisted that it should not stand, Kerry withdrew, leaving Cavan to automatically proceed to the final. Galway defeated Cavan in the final of that tournament, which was played on 10 January 1926.[4]

blade1 · 07-04-2021 7:37pm

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

You see a bear but you can only move south.

What colour is the bear ?

White

What's your favourite quiz question?

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