Kick-Ass Quiz Questions Please

[0000]

Name the former F1 driver whose big brother was in the first series of Big Brother.

[Antony Moxey]

Deesee said:

Antony Moxey said:

Deesee said:

Antony Moxey said:

Which is the only English County with two coastlines?

Devon.

What about Kent, North Sea and the Channel?

What about it? It’s still one unbroken coastline.

There are two separate seas, with your rational Devon’s is one unbroken coastline.

No it’s not you berk. Look at a map - the north coast stretches from Somerset to Cornwall, the south coast stretches from Cornwall to Dorset. Two distinct coastlines with Cornwall in between.

[Pinkie15]

Frank7 said:

InductionRoar said:

Who was the first female monarch of England?

Most think it was Elizabeth I

I passed this along to my wife, a Tudor period buff, she said
“Mary Tudor, sister of Elizabeth 1”, no idea if she’s right.

Does Lady Jane Grey no longer count as having been queen ?

Suppose it depends when you view England as having come into existence. By tudor times we were England AND Wales, so you might argue that any of those three females weren't monarchs of England.


I'll go back further and say Bodaceia (spp ?), though she was "only" leader of the Iceni (East Anglia).


I'm guessing from the wording of the question it will be an animal that was made monarch by some mad, drunk, etc.. King for one night.

[Deesee]

Antony Moxey said:

Deesee said:

Antony Moxey said:

Deesee said:

Antony Moxey said:

Which is the only English County with two coastlines?

Devon.

What about Kent, North Sea and the Channel?

What about it? It’s still one unbroken coastline.

There are two separate seas, with your rational Devon’s is one unbroken coastline.

No it’s not you berk. Look at a map - the north coast stretches from Somerset to Cornwall, the south coast stretches from Cornwall to Dorset. Two distinct coastlines with Cornwall in between.

Excuse me, not wishing to off road this nice thread, no need for name calling, we are not in the playground. I know where Devon is, I don't need to look at a map.

Look at the definition of coastline..

The coast is the land along a sea. The boundary of a coast, where land meets water, is called the coastline.

Two sea's (English Channel & North Sea, or in your case Bristol Channel & English Channel) two coastlines.

[carguy45]

Always a good one for a laugh

Which of these cocks came first… (add dramatic pause): The Aircraft cockpit, the feathered Shuttlecock or Thomas Crapper's Ballcock?

A - The shuttlecock.

[Wiccan of Darkness]

Pinkie15 said:

Frank7 said:

InductionRoar said:

Who was the first female monarch of England?

Most think it was Elizabeth I

I passed this along to my wife, a Tudor period buff, she said
“Mary Tudor, sister of Elizabeth 1”, no idea if she’s right.

Does Lady Jane Grey no longer count as having been queen ?

Suppose it depends when you view England as having come into existence. By tudor times we were England AND Wales, so you might argue that any of those three females weren't monarchs of England.


I'll go back further and say Bodaceia (spp ?), though she was "only" leader of the Iceni (East Anglia).


I'm guessing from the wording of the question it will be an animal that was made monarch by some mad, drunk, etc.. King for one night.

This is one of the contentious questions I hate about pub quizzes. Taking the question at face value, the answer is Matilda, daughter of Henry I and was declared heir presumptive. She did reign in her own right, (1141) but the throne was seized by Stephen (1135-1141 and 1141-1154). After Stephens death, Matilda's son Henry was crowned Henry II (1154-1189)

Matilda reigned but was never coronated, nor was 9 day Jane. Mary I was the first to be crowned Queen in her own right, Matilda was the first to reign, but was never crowned. The way the question is worded, the answer is Matilda.

[StevieBee]

0000 said:

Name the former F1 driver whose big brother was in the first series of Big Brother.

Ant Davidson.

I seem to recall that Rob Smedley is related to the bloke who does the Big Brother voice over.

[Halmyre]

Deesee said:

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Look at the definition of coastline..

The coast is the land along a sea. The boundary of a coast, where land meets water, is called the coastline.

Two sea's (English Channel & North Sea, or in your case Bristol Channel & English Channel) two coastlines.

A sea and a Sea (or a Channel) are two different things. One's a body of water and one is a human construct.

[Deesee]

Halmyre said:

Deesee said:

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Look at the definition of coastline..

The coast is the land along a sea. The boundary of a coast, where land meets water, is called the coastline.

Two sea's (English Channel & North Sea, or in your case Bristol Channel & English Channel) two coastlines.

A sea and a Sea (or a Channel) are two different things. One's a body of water and one is a human construct.

You mean See or Sea...

[Gargamel]

Wiccan of Darkness said:

This is one of the contentious questions I hate about pub quizzes. Taking the question at face value, the answer is Matilda, daughter of Henry I and was declared heir presumptive. She did reign in her own right, (1141) but the throne was seized by Stephen (1135-1141 and 1141-1154). After Stephens death, Matilda's son Henry was crowned Henry II (1154-1189)

Matilda reigned but was never coronated, nor was 9 day Jane. Mary I was the first to be crowned Queen in her own right, Matilda was the first to reign, but was never crowned. The way the question is worded, the answer is Matilda.

Yes that is what I said (Maude/Matilda same person)

However...

[Antony Moxey]

Deesee said:

Antony Moxey said:

Deesee said:

Antony Moxey said:

Deesee said:

Antony Moxey said:

Which is the only English County with two coastlines?

Devon.

What about Kent, North Sea and the Channel?

What about it? It’s still one unbroken coastline.

There are two separate seas, with your rational Devon’s is one unbroken coastline.

No it’s not you berk. Look at a map - the north coast stretches from Somerset to Cornwall, the south coast stretches from Cornwall to Dorset. Two distinct coastlines with Cornwall in between.

Excuse me, not wishing to off road this nice thread, no need for name calling, we are not in the playground. I know where Devon is, I don't need to look at a map.

Look at the definition of coastline..

The coast is the land along a sea. The boundary of a coast, where land meets water, is called the coastline.

Two sea's (English Channel & North Sea, or in your case Bristol Channel & English Channel) two coastlines.

Nope, sorry, you really are a berk if you think that. Put it this way, you could traverse the entirety of Kent that touches water in one continuous journey. You can't do that with Devon because Cornwall is in the way. Your two different seas are only in name, it's still a single unbroken body of water that runs around the wet edge of Kent.

[Deesee]

Antony Moxey said:

Deesee said:

Antony Moxey said:

Deesee said:

Antony Moxey said:

Deesee said:

Antony Moxey said:

Which is the only English County with two coastlines?

Devon.

What about Kent, North Sea and the Channel?

What about it? It’s still one unbroken coastline.

There are two separate seas, with your rational Devon’s is one unbroken coastline.

No it’s not you berk. Look at a map - the north coast stretches from Somerset to Cornwall, the south coast stretches from Cornwall to Dorset. Two distinct coastlines with Cornwall in between.

Excuse me, not wishing to off road this nice thread, no need for name calling, we are not in the playground. I know where Devon is, I don't need to look at a map.

Look at the definition of coastline..

The coast is the land along a sea. The boundary of a coast, where land meets water, is called the coastline.

Two sea's (English Channel & North Sea, or in your case Bristol Channel & English Channel) two coastlines.

Nope, sorry, you really are a berk if you think that. Put it this way, you could traverse the entirety of Kent that touches water in one continuous journey. You can't do that with Devon because Cornwall is in the way. Your two different seas are only in name, it's still a single unbroken body of water that runs around the wet edge of Kent.

I'd suggest you learn to word your questions appropriately, and if you look outside from underneath your rock, you would see that Cornwall and Devon share two coastlines, Cornwall does not "get in the way", and your coastline does not stop at the county border.

If you do not understand the meaning of words or phrases don't use them.

[SpeckledJim]

If a coastline is a line of coast, then Devon definitely has two, and Kent, for example, only has one.

[SlackBladder]

Deesee said:

Antony Moxey said:

Deesee said:

Antony Moxey said:

Deesee said:

Antony Moxey said:

Deesee said:

Antony Moxey said:

Which is the only English County with two coastlines?

Devon.

What about Kent, North Sea and the Channel?

What about it? It’s still one unbroken coastline.

There are two separate seas, with your rational Devon’s is one unbroken coastline.

No it’s not you berk. Look at a map - the north coast stretches from Somerset to Cornwall, the south coast stretches from Cornwall to Dorset. Two distinct coastlines with Cornwall in between.

Excuse me, not wishing to off road this nice thread, no need for name calling, we are not in the playground. I know where Devon is, I don't need to look at a map.

Look at the definition of coastline..

The coast is the land along a sea. The boundary of a coast, where land meets water, is called the coastline.

Two sea's (English Channel & North Sea, or in your case Bristol Channel & English Channel) two coastlines.

Nope, sorry, you really are a berk if you think that. Put it this way, you could traverse the entirety of Kent that touches water in one continuous journey. You can't do that with Devon because Cornwall is in the way. Your two different seas are only in name, it's still a single unbroken body of water that runs around the wet edge of Kent.

I'd suggest you learn to word your questions appropriately, and if you look outside from underneath your rock, you would see that Cornwall and Devon share two coastlines, Cornwall does not "get in the way", and your coastline does not stop at the county border.

If you do not understand the meaning of words or phrases don't use them.

FFS when one body of water merges or becomes another body of water as in the English Channel and the North Sea, the coastline doesn't stop and start again. It's the same effing coastline.
Unlike Devon which is land locked to the NE and SW but has 2 separate coastlines to the NW and SE.

[s6boy]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Now then all participants agree to disagree and move on don't derail a good thread.

[InductionRoar]

Frank7 said:

I passed this along to my wife, a Tudor period buff, she said
“Mary Tudor, sister of Elizabeth 1”, no idea if she’s right.

That was the answer I was thinking of, although it appears that it is not quite as clean cut as that.

In my mind at least, England is a Kingdom and the leader (monarch) of a Kingdom is a King or Queen. In order to rule as such, you need to be crowned and Mary I was the first crowned Queen of England.

This is all based on your understanding of the word monarch of course.

I think most reasonable people would accept Mary I as being the correct answer, but I forget where I am sometimes.

[Gargamel]

InductionRoar said:

Frank7 said:

I passed this along to my wife, a Tudor period buff, she said
“Mary Tudor, sister of Elizabeth 1”, no idea if she’s right.

That was the answer I was thinking of, although it appears that it is not quite as clean cut as that.

In my mind at least, England is a Kingdom and the leader (monarch) of a Kingdom is a King or Queen. In order to rule as such, you need to be crowned and Mary I was the first crowned Queen of England.

This is all based on your understanding of the word monarch of course.

I think most reasonable people would accept Mary I as being the correct answer, but I forget where I am sometimes.

https://www.britainexpress.com/History/monarchs.htm

Maud is in their list, as is Lady Jane Grey...

Controversial. Plenty of support for both claims. I guess if this was 1441, we'd probably have a war about it.

[InductionRoar]

Gargamel said:

InductionRoar said:

Frank7 said:

I passed this along to my wife, a Tudor period buff, she said
“Mary Tudor, sister of Elizabeth 1”, no idea if she’s right.

That was the answer I was thinking of, although it appears that it is not quite as clean cut as that.

In my mind at least, England is a Kingdom and the leader (monarch) of a Kingdom is a King or Queen. In order to rule as such, you need to be crowned and Mary I was the first crowned Queen of England.

This is all based on your understanding of the word monarch of course.

I think most reasonable people would accept Mary I as being the correct answer, but I forget where I am sometimes.

https://www.britainexpress.com/History/monarchs.htm

Maud is in their list, as is Lady Jane Grey...

Controversial. Plenty of support for both claims. I guess if this was 1441, we'd probably have a war about it.

I think the only thing I can take away from this is that I should never host a quiz for PH members.

[Shakermaker]

How about a round of famous people using assumed names, pseudonyms, stage names or similar? Quite good as (nearly) all actors and actresses have to have a unique name for their professional career but quite a few go beyond that

There's all the classics such as

Marilyn Monroe - Norma Jean Mortenson

John Wayne - Marion Morrison

but there are many more up-to-date examples or ones I'd consider a bit lesser-known, or depending on your audience

Vin Diesel - Mark Sinclair

Meat Loaf - Marvin Lee Aday

Lady Gaga - Stefani Germanotta

[mattyn1]

Dr Interceptor said:

What does LASER stand for?

Light Amplification by Stimulated Emissions of Radiation

Ok.... so what does NICAM stand for?

For the kids and speedy answers please....

What do cows drink?

What do you put in a toaster?