Thursday, July 05, 2007

Summer Quizzery

Check out previous quiz action here. This month it was my turn to do the music round and picture round.

But in a twist worthy of Machiavelli himself I cunningly decided to replace said picture round with the already legendary cheese round. Each team had a plate of 10 cheeses which they had to identify by appearance and taste. Sadly, I can't replicate the full experience in the blogosphere so you've got to go simply on appearance. Click on the picture for a bigger version.



Edited highlights of the Music Round
1) Vindicated by Dashboard Confessional was used in which superhero movie? X-Men 2, Spiderman 2 or The Fantastic Four
2) Fat Bottomed Girls by Queen was used as the opening to the film documentary in which Morgan Spurlock lived off just junk food for a month. Name the film. Bonus point for naming the other half of the Double-A side that Fat Bottomed Girls was released as.

My birthday is on 19th July, when I hit the magic 3-0. No. 1 singles from my lifetime.
3) What was the No 1 single on my birthday in 1997?
a) Aqua - Barbie Girl
b) Elton John – Candle in the Wind
c) Oasis – D’You Know What I Mean
4) No 1 Single on my birthday in 1987?
a) Pet Shop Boys – It’s a Sin
b) Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
c) Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
5) No 1 Single on the day I was born in 1977?
a) Donna Summer – I Feel Love
b) Hot Chocolate – So You Win Again
c) Wings – Mull of Kintyre
6) Which acclaimed BBC sitcom used this Half the World Away by Oasis as its theme tune?
7) Which German car maker Strange & Beautiful by Aqualung to advertise a new model in 2002? BMW, Audi, VW or Mercedes
8) Name the top 5 best selling UK single of all time?

No googling allowed! Answers sometime next week. *

Just a quick word about Dr Who, the series that has just finished has been generally great. However, just when you thought they'd got it right they hire Catherine bloody 'Am I bovvered' Tate for the next season! What on earth is going on? Check out Tim at Cultural Snow and James Henry for more.

*Answers now the in the comments section

Movies
36 ****
Red Violin ****
Star Trek 6 ***
Casshern ****
Die Hard *****
Die Hard with a Vengeance ****

5 comments:

Valerie said...

Like I have ANY idea on most of these. I guess I'll.. guess.

1) Vindicated by Dashboard Confessional was used in which superhero movie? I'm going to guess The Fantastic Four

2) Fat Bottomed Girls by Queen was used as the opening to the film documentary in which Morgan Spurlock lived off just junk food for a month. Name the film. Bonus point for naming the other half of the Double-A side that Fat Bottomed Girls was released as.

Supersize Me.
I'm going to guess "Bicycle Race" for the other tune, probably wrong.

3) What was the No 1 single on my birthday in 1997?
Hmm, gonna guess
b) Elton John – Candle in the Wind

4) No 1 Single on my birthday in 1987?
I'm gonna guess again:
a) Pet Shop Boys – It’s a Sin
though I don't know if it really hit #1. But I liked the song and the year has to be pretty close. Starship, Bleah.

5) No 1 Single on the day I was born in 1977?
good lord. I don't know.
a) Donna Summer – I Feel Love

6) Which acclaimed BBC sitcom used this Half the World Away by Oasis as its theme tune?
It's got to be one I don't know, so I'll guess "The O.C." (no idea what that show is).

7) Which German car maker Strange & Beautiful by Aqualung to advertise a new model in 2002?
I'll guess VW.

8) Name the top 5 best selling UK single of all time?
No. Idea. Whatsoever. Oops, that's only three. Oh, now it's five.

Uh, I'll throw out Elton John's Candle in the Wind rewrite and David Bowie's Space Oddity. Maybe?

Your quizzes are HARD!

9/10ths Full of Penguins said...

Ha Ha, I do try!

Valiant attempt Valerie.

Although, The OC is actually a piece of American nonsense which, thankfully, the BBC had nothing to do with :)

Valerie said...

Oh, that's hilarious!!! I don't watch U.S. TV, so had no idea. DUH. I feel quite silly now.

9/10ths Full of Penguins said...

You shouldn't feel silly, you should feel proud that you didn't know what that piece of elitist crap is.

9/10ths Full of Penguins said...

Answers!
Cheese Round
1 Babybel
2 Spanish Manchego
3 Brie
4 Chaumes
5 Lancashire
6 Fourme d'Ambert
7 Wensleydale
8 Double Gloucester w Chives
9 Cheddar
10 White Stilton w Apricots

Music round
1 Spiderman 2
2 Super Size Me. Bicycle Race
3 c
4 a
5 b
6 The Royle Family
7 VW for the Beetle
8 in no particular order
Elton John - Candle in the Wind
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Boney M - Rivers of Babylon
Wings - Mull of Kintyre
Band Aid - Do they know its Christmas?