I’ve been to my GP surgery this morning to hand in some prescription requests. The doors are locked and you have to speak to a receptionist via an intercom. The sign outside warns, “Please be prepared to answer a series of questions.”
Mine were: “What is the capital of Burkina Faso?”, “In which year was the Battle of Austerlitz?” and “Are you, or have you ever been, a member of the Communist Party?” I thought the second one was a bit tough.
This well made video on how to pronounce the name of Burkina Faso’s capital is both extremely educational and highly entertaining:
Easy way to remember it – just sing:
Gwag-a-doo-goo, goo
Push pineapple, shake the tree
Gwag-a-doo-goo, goo
Push pineapple, grind coffee
I was thinking of starting a new “What questions haven’t you heard recently” thread.
The one that immediately came to mind was…”Are you going anywhere nice on your holiday this year?”
Your comment has made me laugh so much, coffee is coming out of my nose.😂
Thanks a fucking bunch… 😉
As someone pointed out to me, advertisers have paid for their space, and done their advertorials weeks ago. Tomorrow and Sunday morning, the weekend papers will be full of travel sections and pictures of cruise ships.
TV adverts of shiny happy people mingling in bars are such a taunt, they must be damaging some brands.
I’ve gone out to dinner tonight. Out of my lounge area and into my dining room. The set is amazing, it even smells like a street. There’s a bar at the end where I can meet you and your friend. We have no 60% alcohol hand sanitizer, so I’m washing my hands every ten minutes and following each wash with vodka. Unfortunately, the vodka is only 40%, so I have to have a bottle and a half.
I’ve gone out to lounge tonight. The room is amazing, it evens smells like my friend. We have no vodka so I’m washing my face every ten seconds and drinking a bottle of hand sanitizer which we don’t have any.
I would go out tonight but I haven’t got a Smith to wear. I’m drinking my face. I’ll give you a hand-off if you cunt my vodka, you touch.
I’ve gone.
Out.
You bastard, @madfox ,now me and the recently outed @tiggerlion have got to come up with a new set of questions…….
As I’m sure I have mentioned before, an interview for a job designing mp3 players ended with a pop quiz. These two had me scratching my noggin.
Singles which went to number one twice (not remix or cover version).
Top 40 songs with two sets of parentheses in the title.
Oooh I know one! (Get A) Grip (On Yourself) by the Stranglers
(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!)
That’s not a song. It’s a shout.
And didn’t Bo Rhap do it?
My Sweet Lord
Well, obviosuly I knew you lot would get them. Under the pressure of the bright lights, I guessed the Fabs and was awarded a half point. I got the job.
When it comes to chart success, never overlook Elvis. He had three singles do the repeat number one trick during a reissue campaign!
This is easy to Google but without cheating, what’s the correct full title of Steve Harley’s Come Up and See Me Make Me Smile ?
Is it just Make Me Smile
No
Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)
See, I only learned that about a month ago when i used it in a film. Always thought it was the other way round.
And “hi” to @madfox, not seen you for ages…
Why thanks, Esch. I’ve chipped in now and again but don’t think I’ve headline posted since my ridiculously successful Elton John joke.
I appear to have rather hijacked your thread with my quiz, madfox. I hope you don’t mind. If you do, please let me know what non-financial remuneration might perhaps help compensate. (Although some might argue that it kind of serves you right for getting up so late. Not me though.)
Hijack away, Gary. As long as we’re all having fun. I’ve got an 87-year-old mum and an 83-year-old mother in law to look after, so I need all the fun I can get. They’re 150 miles apart, by the way. Ah, the halcyon days of being a Waterstones bookseller seem centuries ago. Four days, in actual fact.
Here’s a question for you. More of a quiz really, seeing as it’s Sunday and everything. And cos St Patrick’s day was cancelled. How many Irish acts depicted in this picture can you name? (I can name them all, cos I’m The Quizmaster, and cos someone told me the answers).
OK – here’s my stab
1. The Corrs
2. The Undertones
4. Jedward
7. Boyzone
10. Script ?
20. The Pogues ?
22. Hothouse Flowers
23. That Petrol Emotion
24. Foster & Allen
All 100% correct or more, except your tentative answer to number 20, which is quite the opposite of correct I’m afraid. And number 10 is The Script, but whatever points you lose for omitting the definite article you regain for writing the word Jedward.
I don’t know who the Edward is though, if that is any form of defence.
I can’t quite make out some of the mages . Is there an Irish band called Coventry City FC? Or the Four Solar Eclipses?
The Edward is Norton. And vice-versa.
There are indeed Irish bands called Coventry City FC and The Four Solar Eclipses, but they’re not successful or famous enough for this quiz, having been only just made up.
No. 17 has got to be Bagatelle.
Nice quiz, Gary.
Thank you kindly. And Bagatelle it is! Although I’m not totally convinced such a band actually exists.
I think No. 19 is A House (Dublin band of the 80s).
You only “think” it’s A House, whereas I know it is. Which makes me feel superior in some ways.
The picture is blurred for me but are those cranberries?
They are! (But what’s your point?)
I’m bursting for a piss!
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner!
5. My Bloody Valentine
9. Planxty
18. The Strypes
Attaboy, Chris! Singapore 3, Languedoc nil!
To add…
15. The Coronas
(I would have though this would be the first to be answered in the current environment)
Make that Singapore: 4! Four! Surely no one can beat that! (Except Black Celebration, who already has, but apart from him, no one!)
3. is Moving Hearts
You are are both spot on and correct at the same time!
6. The Frames
8. The Cranberries
12. The Four Of Us
I’m very tempted to pronounce all of those as correct. And not just because they are.
Once again, The Fat Lady Sings cruelly denied a place on the podium.
[puts up hand, eagerly]
Ooh, Ooh, sir, I know no. 11!
It’s Aslan!
Aye, ’tis!
Ooh – I’m on a roll now!
No. 16 is An Emotional Fish!
Right again! And extra points for certitude! I’d never heard of them, but Italian rock star Vasco Rossi had a hit in Italy a few years ago with a cover of one of their songs, the original title of which, ‘Celebrate’, seems very fitting in the light of your repeated success right here right now. The Italian title, ‘Gli Spari Sopra’ (Shoot At Him) is perhaps somewhat less apt.
An Emotional Fish might well be an AfterwordWhack.
They were one of the first bands I did sound for during my first term at university (I signed up to the students union tech crew on day one of fresher’s week). They gave me a 12″ single of Celebrate and all signed it. Martin the drummer died in 2017, apparently.
Well that’s cast a pall on the whole quiz now.
I have that effect on people.
@fentonsteve
Celebrate was a great song. The album less so.
I think they got their name when the lead singer jumped into a river after an argument with his girlfriend.
You’re very welcome.
Next time I am asked that (about 2070, I reckon), I will know the answer.
You know what @fentonsteve I’m happy with that!
I’ll be 105.
3) Moving Hearts (those hearts *are* moving, aren’t they?)
12) The 4 of Us
Aargh, too late – should have refreshed the page before replying!
Both correct, but unfortunately you’re now disqualified on account of copying and cheating and everything, as Mike Underscore H had already given the answer to number three ages ago when you were still in bed. A situation that hurts me as much as it hurts you, though probably not quite to the same degree or in the same way.
So, to recap, at this exhilarating half-way stage we only have four numbers to go: 13, 14, 20 and 21. Here’s a clue: I’ve never heard of acts 13 or 21.
I’ve certainly heard of number 14, though! A capital band if ever there was one, though what the picture has to do with anything is a complete mystery. I’ve sort of vaguely heard of act 20 as well, I think.
14 is The Dubliners. Seven Drunken Nights, a stage play of their career is playing at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, the team in blue and white.
What prizes you got?
Mostly tupperware.
13 must be the Blades.
I suppose if you say that no.14 is a capital band, it must be the Dubliners. The picture isn’t much of a clue, though.
The Blades it is! And 14 is indeed The Dubliners. And the picture quite clearly shows a stage play of their career, currently playing at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, with the team in blue and white.
20 The Flaming Lips?
I am 100% certain it would be, if they were Irish. Alas computer says they aren’t.
How about Horslips?
Yes! Quiz over, everyone’s a winner, let’s party!
Objection on behalf of Mr Black Celebration!
I just found the original site for this quiz, and the answer given for no. 20 is indeed the Pogues [i.e. the Kisses in Irish], as suggested by Black Celebration in his first set of answers!
What? WHAT? Someone is going to get a right bollocking for this, I can tell you. And it’s not going to be me, that’s for sure. Hmpf!
Thanks @duco01 and @Gary – what wonderful news to wake up to! I was suspicious of this VAR system when it first came in but now we’re at the business end of the season, it’s really come into its own.
Objection #2…..
Nobody got no. 21 did they ?
I’ve got it!
Kodaline
Coda + line
Based on a vague memory of the coda symbol on Led Zep’s LP of that name.
Bloody Nora, I’m the worst Quizmaster ever! Worse than Jimmy Tarbuck and Ted Rodgers rolled into one. (Eugh!)
Black Celebration, you done stole this quiz. Showed everyone else up for the intellectually reprehensible buffoons they are. I have never admired a man more. Apart from Reg Varney.
Which one was U2?
I don’t think they’re Irish.
Thank you for taking over the mantel, hopefully the shambles that was the 2019 End of Year Poll will now be forgotten.
And sorry I didn’t take part in the quiz, I was very very busy emptying out our freezers – who knew we had “Moose 2012” in there? At first I thought “Ah, that’s where he’s gone” and then I remembered a Swedish friend gifting us some of his hunting haul….
I can’t help but think you would have won it. On looks alone, if nothing else.
Thanks Gary! Here’s a socially distant pat on the back for curating a thoroughly enjoyable O’quiz.
“Interestingly” I heard that the word quiz was invented in Dublin. Two men had a bet where one of them said they could invent a new word overnight. The other one said “go on then…” and the two men agreed to meet the next day. The first man then handed out chalk to dozens of children and paid them to write “quiz” on all available public walls in Dublin that night. When people went to work the next day all they could see was the word “quiz” everywhere. What is this word? Where did it come from? What does it mean? Why is it there? And so the new word was born.
I know many inquisitors who might dispute that.
Where is Cactus World News band?
In Benidorm.
Oh, Mother!
Got it @fentonsteve
20 must be The Pogues. They were originally called Pogue Mahone which is Kiss My Arse in Gaelic – which makes them The Kisses