Famine's Not-Even-Close-To-Sunday Quiz - Round 9 (Probably)

[Solid Lifters]

Boy, i suck this time out. I knew some of this stuff, but can't remember the correct answer that is obviously needed.

I should know the Ferrari question, but can't remember their last overall victory. I'm giving it a while to see if I can remember.

I guess I should have said Richard Gere's middle name was Hallyerassin.

 

[Famine]

Wait WTF?

Sorry - Omnis had 11 points the first time I added them up, but I changed my mind about one of his answers and docked a point.


So. Anyone else want to answer, or should I tell all?

 

[Omnis]

Sorry - Omnis had 11 points the first time I added them up, but I changed my mind about one of his answers and docked a point.


So. Anyone else want to answer, or should I tell all?

Which question? Put up the answers, dude.

 

[Famine]

Okay then. Answertime

1 (Literature) - What was the first ghost/spirit to visit Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol?

Anyone who said "The Ghost of Christmas Past", shame on you. SHAME. ON. YOU. Christmas has just gone by - you should ALL be familiar with the story by now.

Yes, Scrooge receives visits from The Ghost of Christmas Past, The Ghost of Christmas Present and the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come, but before all of these another spirit visits him to tell him that he'll be visited by three spirits. The spirit of Jacob Marley, his former business partner.

2 (Invention/Discovery) - The invention of what can be attributed to either Philo Farnsworth or John Logie Baird, depending on definition?

That'll be the television then.

3 (Geography) - What is the capital city of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia?

Skopje.

4 (Technology) - Why is "Bluetooth" called Bluetooth?

Bluetooth is named after Harold Bluetooth (Harold I), a Danish king of the tenth century. The name is of particular significance - Harold united the Scandinavian countries. The technology was originally devised by Nokia and Ericsson, mobile communications companies from different parts of Scandinavia (specifically Sweden and Finland) and they chose the name to represent a unification.

The Bluetooth logo is, oddly, the Norse runes for H (Harold) and B (Bluetooth).

5 (Sport) - Who has held the FA Cup for longer than any other team (as in, which team has retained it for the longest time, not which has won it most often)?

This is Portsmouth.

They won the FA Cup - the biggest domestic football knockout competition on the planet - in the summer of 1939. The competition did not begin again until the 1945-1946 season meaning that Portsmouth - who won the trophy for their first and only time in 1939 - held onto the Cup for 7 years.

Next best is a 5 year tenure (due to World War 1), and Blackburn Rovers and the now-defunct Wanderers club both won the trophy three times in succession, holding it, therefore, for 4 years each.

6 (Motorsport) - When was the last Ferrari win (overall) at the Le Mans 24 Hours?

1965 - Jochen Rindt and Masten Gregory, driving the Ferrari 275LM.

7 (Extreme Trivia) - How do clowns ensure that no other clown has the same clownface?

This answer is utterly, utterly bizarre and needs some explanation.

To protect his face, a clown must paint it on an egg - along with the materials used for his hair and clothing - and submit it to the clown museum. I really wish I was making this up right now.

Clowns International, in the UK, has a Clown Gallery, containing all copyrighted clown faces. Here's a little sample:

And this is the face of a clown called Blanco:

Once a clown's face is registered with Clowns International, no other clown is permitted to use it.

A couple of fun little facts about the Clown Museum - it appeared in an episode of "The Avengers" (and the curate was played by John Cleese) and is quite prominent in Terry Pratchett's "Men At Arms" book.

8 (Film) - What is the rather bizarre middle name of the "actor" Richard Gere?

Richard Gere's full name is, seriously, Richard Tiffany Gere.

9 (Science) - For what was Albert Einstein awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics?

NOT E=mc^2, or the Theory of Relativity, but for the demonstration of the Photoelectric Effect.

10 (TV) - He has guested in The Simpsons, Futurama ("There he is. Seize him."), and Star Trek: The Next Generation - clearly not having anything better to do at the time. Who?

While it's true that Leonard Nimoy has guested in all three (as himself, twice, and as Spock), the quote I attribute rules him out.

In fact the answer I was looking for is Professor Stephen Hawking.

 

[FoolKiller]

While it's true that Leonard Nimoy has guested in all three (as himself, twice, and as Spock), the quote I attribute rules him out.

In fact the answer I was looking for is Professor Stephen Hawking.

DOH! I don't watch enough Futurama. I knew he was on the other two.

And for anyone who knows the story of Phil Farnsworth it is truly depressing as due to legal delays and bad timing he is rarely credited for his work.

There’s nothing on it worthwhile, and we’re not going to watch it in this household, and I don’t want it in your intellectual diet. —Philo T. Farnsworth to his son Kent, regarding television

 

[Dave A]

I thought I knew the Richard Gere one, I'll have heared it before but remembered it wrong, his parents were odd to name hime that (not as bad as a kid who went to my school called Richard Stiff). I'll try to do the next quiz, I can't be bothered to do anything these days but I knew a couple of thoes off the top of my head..

 

[Sharky.]

(not as bad as a kid who went to my school called Richard Stiff).

Ewww......

 

[Omnis]

Lol, I thought King Bluetooth was sweedish. Thanks to "A Breif History of Rhyme" by MC Hawking for the last one. I wouldn't have remembered the hawkman in all three if it didn't come up in my playlist.

I wiki'd the clownface egg things after submiting my answers and was pretty suprised. Those pics are AWESOME, though. That is so cool.