I have no idea but I might as well guess something: TurkishOriginally posted by An Gadaí
I have no idea but I might as well guess something: Turkish
Huh. I feel like I should know this one, but it's not coming to me. I'll just throw this out there then: Longfellow.
Bibendum is the Michelin Man.
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San Francisco?
7.14. Exy - What is a Bombay Duck?
Um, a species of pheasant?
ROUND 8: Literally!!!
ROUND 8: Run off begins 10pm GMT tomorrow, Saturday.
Good luck!
Below are the first lines of famous novels, name the novel and its author !
8.1. Zuul - Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun.
8.2. Laughing Lagomorph - 3 May. Bistritz.- Left Munich at 8:35 P.M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning.
8.3. Oliveloaf - It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.
8.4. Orual - The drought had lasted now for ten million years, and the reign of the terrible lizards had long since ended. Here on the Equator, in the continent which would one day be known as Africa, the battle for existence had reached a new climax of ferocity, and the victor was not yet in sight.
8.5. AndrewRyan - In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since. "Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone," he told me, "just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had."
8.6. Marsilia - A squat grey building of only thirty-four stories. Over the main entrance the words, CENTRAL LONDON HATCHERY AND CONDITIONING CENTRE, and in a shield, the World State's motto, COMMUNITY, IDENTITY, STABILITY.
8.7. Inner Stickler - As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.
8.8. Myrnalene - Renowned curator Jacques Sauniere staggered through the vaulted archway of the museum's Grand Gallery.
8.9. Cluricaun - It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
8.10. What Exit? - Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. They were the last people you'd expect to be involved in anything strange or mysterious, because they just didn't hold with such nonsense.
8.11. Revs - Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.
8.12. vison - Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
8.13. Feirefiz - riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs.
8.14. Exy - If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.
8.15. ivan astikov - Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.
8.16. Taumpy - Mother died today.
8.17. iampunha - The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.
8.18. jali - All this happened, more or less.
8.19. OneCentStamp - He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish.
8.20. Katriona - It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York.
8.21. kk fusion - On my naming day when I come 12 I gone front spear and kilt a wyld boar he parbly ben the las wyld pig on the Bundel Downs any how there hadnt ben none for a long time befor him nor I aint looking to see none agen.
8.22. Spitzbergen - It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.
Ultra High Temperature?
I swear it has something to do with being pastuerized all to heck.
I don't think so, therefore I'm probably not.
omg one I know.
Kafka's Metamorphosis.
I don't think so, therefore I'm probably not.
Dang, you weren't kidding about this being an easy round!
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams.8.1. Zuul - Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun.
Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
8.3. Oliveloaf - It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.
Dunno.
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte?
"I won't kill for money, and I won't marry for it. Other than that, I'm open to just about anything."
-Jim Rockford
7.2. Laughing Lagomorph - By what title is Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso better known?
The Dalai Lama
7.6. Marsilia - What is a vexillophile?
Lover of flags
7.9. Cluricaun - What are the two official languages of Pakistan?
Urdu and English?
7.10. What Exit? - What does the "mp" stand for in MP3?
Motion Picture
7.15. ivan astikov - What country was Stalin born in?
Ukraine?
7.19. OneCentStamp - Who succeeded Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
John Major?
7.18. jali - Which British actor provided the voice of the evil Scar in
Disney's "The Lion King"?
Jeremy Irons
7.20. Katriona - Who is purported to have sent the "From Hell" letter?
Jack the Ripper
7.21. kk fusion - In which city was the infamous black hole?
Calcutta
everything in nature is sort of gross when you look at it too closely. what is an apple? basically the uterus of a tree - terrifel
Georgia7.15. ivan astikov - What country was Stalin born in?
Dutch7.17. iampunha - The explorer Abel Tasman gave his name to the island of Tasmania - but what nationality was he?
Mona Lisa7.22. Spitzbergen - La Giaconda is a painting better known by what name?
8.12. vison - Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy
And could name all but one of the rest, if required.
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Stalin was born in Georgia, I believe.
Tasman was a Dutchman.
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7.11. Revs - What did Valentina Tereshkova do in 1963 that is her main claim to fame?
Go into space
7.13. Feirefiz - The Saluki is also known as the ________ greyhound.
Russian?
7.16. Taumpy - Who wrote the poem ‘Ode to a Nightingale’?
John Keats
No idea whatsoever.8.4. Orual - The drought had lasted now for ten million years, and the reign of the terrible lizards had long since ended. Here on the Equator, in the continent which would one day be known as Africa, the battle for existence had reached a new climax of ferocity, and the victor was not yet in sight.
the anaconda7.22. Spitzbergen - La Giaconda is a painting better known by what name?
The Saluki is known as the Persian Greyhound. It's a very lovely and elegant dog.
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Scores as of Post 220!
1. Zuul 88
2. Laughing Lagomorph
3. Oliveloaf 30
4. Orual 49
5. AndrewRyan 55
6. Marsilia 53
7. Inner Stickler 30
8. Myrnalene 57
9. Cluricaun 10
10. What Exit? 43
11. Revs 10
12. vison 33
13, Feirefiz 52
14, Exy 83
15. ivan astikov 16
16. Taumpy 44
17. iampunha 10
18. jali 10
19. OneCentStamp 13
20. Katriona
21. kk fusion 29
22. Spitzbergen 10
6.1. Zuul - Athens, GreeceIdentify the City
6.1. Zuul
6.2. Laughing Lagomorph
6.3. Oliveloaf
6.4. Orual
6.5. AndrewRyan
6.6. Marsilia
6.7. Inner Stickler
6.8. Myrnalene
6.9. Cluricaun
6.10. What Exit?
6.11. Revs
6.12. vison
6.13. Feirefiz
6.14. Exy
6.15. ivan astikov
6.16. Taumpy
6.17. iampunha
6.18. jali
6.19. OneCentStamp
6.20. Katriona
6.21. kk fusion
6.22. Spitzbergen
6.2. Laughing Lagomorph - Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
6.3. Oliveloaf - Vatican City, Vatican City
6.4. Orual - Cairo, Egypt
6.5. AndrewRyan - Johannesburg, South Africa
6.6. Marsilia - Manchester, UK
6.7. Inner Stickler - New Delhi, India
6.8. Myrnalene - Berlin, Germany
6.9. Cluricaun - Pyongyang, North Korea
6.10. What Exit? - Shanghai, China
6.11. Revs - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
6.12. vison - Barcelona, Spain
6.13. Feirefiz - New York City, USA
6.14. Exy - Paris, France
6.15. ivan astikov - Seattle, USA
6.16. Taumpy - Montréal, Canada
6.17. iampunha - Denver, USA
6.18. jali - London, UK
6.19. OneCentStamp - Prague, Czech Republic
6.20. Katriona - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
6.21. kk fusion - Edinburgh, UK
6.22. Spitzbergen - Dublin, Ireland (W00t)
Ulysses?
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
J K Rowling
Psycho?8.16. Taumpy - Mother died today.
So, An Gadai, what's that building in Inner Stickler's picture?
The Great Gatsby.
Hell hath no fury, like a woman's scorn for video games.
8.3. Oliveloaf - It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.
Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
8.4. Orual - The drought had lasted now for ten million years, and the reign of the terrible lizards had long since ended. Here on the Equator, in the continent which would one day be known as Africa, the battle for existence had reached a new climax of ferocity, and the victor was not yet in sight.
I'm guessing Clan of the Cave Bear, Jean Auel
8.5. AndrewRyan - In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since. "Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone," he told me, "just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had."
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
8.8. Myrnalene - Renowned curator Jacques Sauniere staggered through the vaulted archway of the museum's Grand Gallery.
The DaVinci Code, Dan Brown
8.9. Cluricaun - It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
This is 1984 by George Orwell, right?
8.11. Revs - Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.
One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
8.13. Feirefiz - riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs.
Finnegan's Wake, James Joyce
8.17. iampunha - The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.
Neuromancer, William Gibson
8.19. OneCentStamp - He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish.
The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway
8.22. Spitzbergen - It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.
A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
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The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger.8.14. Exy - If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.
Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut.8.18. jali - All this happened, more or less.
8.4. Orual - The drought had lasted now for ten million years, and the reign of the terrible lizards had long since ended. Here on the Equator, in the continent which would one day be known as Africa, the battle for existence had reached a new climax of ferocity, and the victor was not yet in sight.
I'm guessing Clan of the Cave Bear, Jean Auel
Nope: 2001, A Space Odyssey, by Arthur C. Clarke.
8.16. Taumpy - Mother died today.
The Stranger, by Camus.
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ROUND 9: As we approach Endgame!
ROUND 9: Run off begins 10pm GMT tomorrow, Sunday.
Good luck!
9.1. Zuul - What was Francois Mitterand's famous (and famously illegal) last meal?
9.2. Laughing Lagomorph - How does black pasta get its colour?
9.3. Oliveloaf - On which Scottish island is Ardbeg Whisky produced?
9.4. Orual - What are crubeens?
9.5. AndrewRyan - Caligula was an infamous Roman Emperor but how did he get his sobriquet?
9.6. Marsilia - Who was Cosmo. G. Spacely's most famous employee?
9.7. Inner Stickler - Where can you see David Beckham, Amy Winehouse, Prince William, and Barack Obama under the one roof?
9.8. Myrnalene - Which English King is purported to have believed himself so powerful that he could turn back the tide?
9.9. Cluricaun - Which classic cinema star was born in Tasmania?
9.10. What Exit? - In what year was F1 champion Lewis Hamilton born?
9.11. Revs - What was the original name of the city of Stalingrad?
9.12. vison - In what country are the Abu Simbel temples?
9.13. Feirefiz - If you were the Ambassador to the Court of St. James where would your Embassy likely be located?
9.14. Exy - What was the name of the US Naval vessel that sank on the 10th of April, 1963 with the loss of all 129 aboard?
9.15. ivan astikov - Who was the fourth man to walk on the Moon?
9.16. Taumpy - What does an Argentinian call the Falkland Islands?
9.17. iampunha - What city was the classic British sitcom "The Liver Birds" set in?
9.18. jali - What is Yukio Hatoyama's current job?
9.19. OneCentStamp - To be Francophone is to be able to French, what is the equivalent for a Portuguese speaker?
9.20. Katriona - Who was the author of Veronika Decides To Die?
9.21. kk fusion - Which artist painted Saturn Devouring his Son?
9.22. Spitzbergen - The United Arab Republic was short lived union between what two states?
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In London.
9.12. vison - In what country are the Abu Simbel temples?
Egypt.
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Those little songbirds that are drowned in wine, plucked, roasted, and then eaten whole--bones and all--while you wear a napkin over your head to hide your shame from God. I could probably describe the recipe in more detail even, but I cannot remember how to spell the friggin' name. Argh. Ortolan, I think?
Madame Toussand's Wax Museum or whatever it's called.
I don't think so, therefore I'm probably not.
9.3. Oliveloaf - On which Scottish island is Ardbeg Whisky produced?
Um...Balta?
"I won't kill for money, and I won't marry for it. Other than that, I'm open to just about anything."
-Jim Rockford
Canute!
everything in nature is sort of gross when you look at it too closely. what is an apple? basically the uterus of a tree - terrifel
9.10. What Exit? - In what year was F1 champion Lewis Hamilton born?
1982(a guess)
I'm postponing the FINAL EVIL SPECIALIST MEGA ROUND until tomorrow evening at 10pm (GMT). Apologies for the delay my friends.
9.2. Laughing Lagomorph - How does black pasta get its colour?
Squid ink
9.3. Oliveloaf - On which Scottish island is Ardbeg Whisky produced?
Arbitrarily, I say Orkney
9.6. Marsilia - Who was Cosmo. G. Spacely's most famous employee?
George Jetson?
9.9. Cluricaun - Which classic cinema star was born in Tasmania?
Peter O'Toole?
9.11. Revs - What was the original name of the city of Stalingrad?
St. Petersburg
9.14. Exy - What was the name of the US Naval vessel that sank on the 10th of April, 1963 with the loss of all 129 aboard?
The Arizona
9.16. Taumpy - What does an Argentinian call the Falkland Islands?
Las Islas Malvinas
9.17. iampunha - What city was the classic British sitcom "The Liver Birds" set in?
Yorkshire maybe?
9.19. OneCentStamp - To be Francophone is to be able to French, what is the equivalent for a Portuguese speaker?
"lusófono" (or in English, "Lusophone")
9.21. kk fusion - Which artist painted Saturn Devouring his Son?
Francisco Goya
9.22. Spitzbergen - The United Arab Republic was short lived union between what two states?
I'ma guess Qatar and the United Arab Emirates?
Squid ink. Tasteh.9.2. Laughing Lagomorph - How does black pasta get its colour?
Pig feet. Nom.9.4. Orual - What are crubeens?
A dimunitive of caliga, for wearing "little soldier's boots".9.5. AndrewRyan - Caligula was an infamous Roman Emperor but how did he get his sobriquet?
Tsaritsyn9.11. Revs - What was the original name of the city of Stalingrad?
Francisco Goya.9.21. kk fusion - Which artist painted Saturn Devouring his Son?
Egypt and Syria.9.22. Spitzbergen - The United Arab Republic was short lived union between what two states?
9.5. AndrewRyan - Caligula was an infamous Roman Emperor but how did he get his sobriquet?
He was nicknamed "Little Boots" by his father's soldiers.
9.6. Marsilia - Who was Cosmo. G. Spacely's most famous employee?
George Jetson
9.9. Cluricaun - Which classic cinema star was born in Tasmania?
Errol Flynn
9.11. Revs - What was the original name of the city of Stalingrad?
St. Petersburg
9.21. kk fusion - Which artist painted Saturn Devouring his Son?
Goya
everything in nature is sort of gross when you look at it too closely. what is an apple? basically the uterus of a tree - terrifel
Liver... Liverpool?9.17. iampunha - What city was the classic British sitcom "The Liver Birds" set in?
Yes.
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Awesome. Never heard of the show but it seemed like a logical guess.
OK FOR THE LAST ROUND LET'S DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
I will post a dozen questions (each worth 5 juicy points) and you each will PM me your answers. Please do not post your answers within the thread.
I will give until 10pm (GMT) tomorrow for everyone/anyone to pm me their answers. There is a total of 60 points up for grabs in this round. Good Luck!
1. Which country is Port Vila the capital of?
2. Who played Dorothy in the 1985 film Return To Oz?
3. Stephen King has written a number of times under the pen name, Richard Bachman, what is the other pseudonym King has used?
4. Which country won the 2006 Soccer World Cup?
5. If I were viewing the Girl With The Pearl Earring, a masterwork by Vermeer, which museum would I be in and where?
6. Who was the nineteenth President of The United States?
7. What is the subtitle of Walt Disney's The Little Mermaid II?
8. What was the name of Jay Z's début album?
9. What comic (and issue number) did Batman first make his appearance in?
10. What was the area now known as Bangladesh called immediately prior to 1971?
11. Elton John had a number 1 hit with this Beatles cover in 1975.
12. What is the oldest English-speaking city in North America?
Hah.
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To get higher on the leaderboard, it just might be!Hah.
I got 4 for sure and maybe 5 if the judges are generous.
Then I checked the rest on Google and felt really stupid on a couple, but all in all, not too bad.
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