August 2009 trivia contest - NOW!

[C.J.Woolf]

[The questions with answers are down-thread.]

There will be 50 questions, each worth $500 casino cash. I will try to post a group of five questions every five minutes, but it remains to be seen if I can keep up with that. Anyway, good luck!

Don't edit your posts, please. I can see edits with my Mod Vision. :ph34r:

Section One: Grab bag

1. This great 17th-18th Century soldier is most commonly associated with a greater soldier he co-operated with. Four nations' navies named a warship after him. Who was he? [Ferrus]

1a. (BONUS, for $500 of my own casino cash.) Name the four nations, and what each one named their warship. (Hint: They don't all speak the same language.) [Ferrus]

2. This equation is named after its inventor. What is its name?
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/t0908_02.png

3. What is this celestial body? [Randall]
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/t0908_03.jpg

4. What city is this? [Hermione]
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/t0908_04.jpg

5. What was the original use of the anticoagulant drug Warfarin? [Randall]

Section Two: Seconds

6. What is the second highest mountain in North America? [Randall]

7. What is the second longest river in Europe? [teleforce]

8. Mary Pickford was the second... what? [teleforce]

9. Linus (the historical figure, not the Peanuts character) was the second... what? [Ferrus]

10. HMS Bellerophon (1907) was the second... what? [Ferrus]


Section Three: Supporting players in fiction
Name the work of fiction with these supporting characters.

11. Snowden and Nately [Randall]

12. Hermine [Randall]

13. Thomas Gradgrind [teleforce]

14. Duncan Idaho [Randall]

15. Pozzo and Lucky [Randall]


Section Four: Supporting players in history
Name the historical figure these people are associated with.

16. Joseph Fouche [cripple]

17. Maharbal [cripple]

18. Fred Noonan [Randall]

19. Hannibal Hamlin [teleforce]

20. Chanakya [Ferrus]


Section Five: Band names
The question is the origin of the band name. Name the band.

21. The title of a movie about a man who thinks he's Sherlock Holmes. [Ferrus]
Hint: Starred George C. Scott.

22. The name of the villain in a French science fiction comic. [Ferrus]
Hint: 1980s New Wave.
Hint: Barbarella

23. The title of a book recalling its English author's experiences with hallucinogens. [teleforce]

24. The title of a 1960s "teenage tragedy" parody song, which is itself taken from a 1950s book of pop-culture studies. [teleforce]
Hint: Teenage death songs, to be precise.

25. A reference to semen. (Name [b]three bands.) [RinconSB]


Section Six: Flags
Name the entity the flag represents.

26. [Ferrus]
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/t0908_26.gif

27. [Ferrus]
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/t0908_27.gif

28. [Technical]
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/t0908_28.gif

29. [Randall]
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/t0908_29.jpg

30. [Ferrus]
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/t0908_30.jpg

Section Seven: Fine art
Name the artist.

31. [teleforce]
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/t0908_31.jpg

32. [Ferrus]
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/t0908_32.jpg

33. [Ferrus]
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/t0908_33.jpg

34. [teleforce]
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/t0908_34.jpg

35. [kuranes]
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/t0908_35.jpg

Section Eight: Not-so-fine art (commercial illustration and cartooning)
Name the artist.

36. [Technical]
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/t0908_36.jpg

37. [teleforce]
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/t0908_37.jpg

38. [kuranes]
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/t0908_38.jpg

39. [teleforce]
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/t0908_39.jpg

40. [kuranes]
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/t0908_40.jpg

Section Nine: Crafts

41. What the name of this type of weaving pattern? [Hermione]
Hint: The name is based on the visual effect of the weave.
Hint 2: Light and... ?
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/t0908_41.jpg

42. Name the type of doll. [Ferrus]
Hint: Originated in 19th Century France.
Hint 2: "Doll in the image of a little girl".
Hint 3: What might the French call a little girl?
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/t0908_42.jpg

43. Name the style of furniture. [Hermione]
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/t0908_43.jpg

44. Name the type of polearm the soldier in the foreground is holding. [RinconSB]
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/t0908_44.jpg

45. Name the type of helmet. [Ferrus]
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/t0908_45.jpg

Section Ten: Historical lasts
Name what each was the last of.

46. Pope Adrian II [Ferrus]

47. Abdul Mejid II of Turkey [Ferrus]

48. The battle of Izbushensky, August 1942 [Ferrus]

49. Franz II of Austria [Ferrus]

50. Peter Anthony Allen and Gwynne Owen Evans [Ferrus]

[Technical]

*gathering*

[C.J.Woolf]

Oh yeah -- the questions will be in post #1.

[Technical]

5. Chemical Weapon?

4. Prague?

3. Io?

[C.J.Woolf]

5. Chemical Weapon?

4. Prague?

3. Io?
3 & 4: nope. 5. Getting warmer.

[Randall]

5. pesticide

[C.J.Woolf]

5. pesticide
Against what pest(s)?

[Randall]

5. pesticide for rats

[teleforce]

3. mimas?

[C.J.Woolf]

More questions up now.

[C.J.Woolf]

5. pesticide for rats
Correct.

[teleforce]

7. danube

[Randall]

6. mount logan

[C.J.Woolf]

3. mimas?
nope

[C.J.Woolf]

7. danube

6. mount logan
both correct

[Technical]

7. rhine

[C.J.Woolf]

7. rhine
nope, and already answered

More questions up now.

[Randall]

3. Iapetus

[teleforce]

8. second oscar winner for best actress

[Technical]

12. "INFP adventurs"

[C.J.Woolf]

3. Iapetus

8. second oscar winner for best actress
Both correct.

[cripple]

10.second Royal Navy vessel to bear the name of the mythic Greek hero

[Randall]

12. Steppenwolf

[Randall]

15. Waiting for Godot

[teleforce]

13. hard times

[C.J.Woolf]

10.second Royal Navy vessel to bear the name of the mythic Greek hero
I should have specified the 1906 version, which is not the third "Billy Ruffian" overall, but it is the second of something else. My bad.


12. Steppenwolf
Correct.

[Randall]

14. Dune

[C.J.Woolf]

15. Waiting for Godot

13. hard times
Both correct.

[C.J.Woolf]

14. Dune
Correct.

[C.J.Woolf]

New questions up now.

[Randall]

11. Catch-22

[teleforce]

19. abraham lincoln

[cripple]

1.Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté, guess..

[Randall]

18. Amelia Earhart

[Randall]

20. Chandragupta Maurya

[cripple]

19-Abraham Lincoln

[C.J.Woolf]

11. Catch-22

19. abraham lincoln

18. Amelia Earhart
All correct.


1.Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté, guess..
Nope.

[cripple]

17-Hannibal

[cripple]

16-Napoleon Bonaparte

[C.J.Woolf]

17-Hannibal

16-Napoleon Bonaparte
Both correct.

New questions up now.

[C.J.Woolf]

Correction: The HMS Bellerophon of question 10 is the 1907 version, not 1906.

[ben from below]

2. Fourier transform

[Ferrus]

2. Fourier

[Technical]

20. Chanakya
Kali (jk hehe)

[Ferrus]

9. Pope

[Ferrus]

4. Bucharest

[C.J.Woolf]

2. Fourier transform
Correct.


2. Fourier
A leeetle too late.


Kali (jk hehe)
Heh. For all I know, he might have been Kali's right-hand man too. But only indirectly.

New questions up now.

[C.J.Woolf]

9. Pope
Correct.


4. Bucharest
Nope.

[Hermione]

Someone get #2 and # 4. Those two are still open and I have to know...

[Randall]

29. Russian Navy

[C.J.Woolf]

The current score:

Randall = 7 questions
teleforce = 4 (where are you now?)
cripple = 1
ben from below = 1
Ferrus = 1

[teleforce]

23. the doors?

btw this section is really hard

[cripple]

28- Scotland

[C.J.Woolf]

29. Russian Navy
Correct.

Randall has 8 questions now.

[C.J.Woolf]

23. the doors?
Correct.

[Technical]

28. Flanders?

[Ferrus]

10. Dreadnaught

[C.J.Woolf]

28- Scotland
Nope.

[Randall]

Correct.

Randall has 8 questions now.

And I have to go now! Good luck to everyone and thanks for hosting CJ!

[C.J.Woolf]

28. Flanders?

10. Dreadnaught
Both correct.

[Ferrus]

30 Byzantine empire

[Ferrus]

29 russian navy

[C.J.Woolf]

30 Byzantine empire
Nope.


Is 29 Scotland?

29 russian navy
Already answered by Randall.

[Ferrus]

27 saxony

[C.J.Woolf]

New questions up now.

[C.J.Woolf]

27 saxony
Correct.

[teleforce]

1. raphael

[Ferrus]

1. Prince Eugene of Savoy?

[C.J.Woolf]

1. raphael

1. Prince Eugene of Savoy?
Both correct.

[Ferrus]

1 b. Germany, Britain, Austria-Hungry and the United states.

[Ferrus]

20. Ashoka.

[C.J.Woolf]

1 b. Germany, Britain, Austria-Hungry and the United states.
One nation is incorrect. And give each nation's name for their warship, please. (This is for my personal casino cash, so I'm gonna be picky with this one. :))

[C.J.Woolf]

20. Ashoka.
Nope.

[Ferrus]

33. Lempicka

[C.J.Woolf]

33. Lempicka
Correct.

New questions up now.

[teleforce]

34. robert indiana

[Technical]

36. ed roth

[Ferrus]

One nation is incorrect. And give each nation's name for their warship, please. (This is for my personal casino cash, so I'm gonna be picky with this one. :))
Hmm

Well there was a German cruiser SMS Prinz Eugene.

Which became the USS Prinz Eugene

British ship HMS Prince Eugene (1915)

Austrian SMS Prinz Eugene.

The only doubtable matter here is whether the USS Prince Eugene can be counted as a different ship. Which I suppose it can't.

[teleforce]

39. jules cheret

[C.J.Woolf]

34. robert indiana

36. ed roth
Both correct.


Hmm

Well there was a German cruiser SMS Prinz Eugene.

Which became the USS Prinz Eugene

British ship HMS Prince Eugene (1915)

Austrian SMS Prinz Eugene.

The only doubtable matter here is whether the USS Prince Eugene can be counted as a different ship. Which I suppose it can't.
The German Prinz Eugen was a war prize? I didn't know that. Anyway, there was another nation that built and named a warship after Prince Eugene without taking it from someone else.

[Ferrus]

32. Henry Moore

[C.J.Woolf]

39. jules cheret
Correct.

[C.J.Woolf]

32. Henry Moore
Nope.

[Ferrus]

37. Pamela Colman Smith

[C.J.Woolf]

37. Pamela Colman Smith
Nope.

[C.J.Woolf]

The current tally:

Randall = 8
teleforce = 7
Ferrus = 5
cripple = 2
Technical = 2
ben from below = 1

[Ferrus]

Italian cruiser Eugenio di Savoia!!!

[Technical]

Sink the fuckin' Bismarck!

[Ferrus]

38. Gary Larson

[teleforce]

42. fucking creepy porcelain doll. dunno

[C.J.Woolf]

Italian cruiser Eugenio di Savoia!!!
Correct!


38. Gary Larson
Nope.

New questions up now.

Geez, I didn't think y'all would find question 4 (the city picture) so tough.

[Ferrus]

44. Partisan

[Ferrus]

45. Sallet

[C.J.Woolf]

42. fucking creepy porcelain doll. dunno
Amazing that some people actually like that, huh?

That particular creepy face is stereotyped, and that stereotype has a name.

[C.J.Woolf]

44. Partisan
Nope.


45. Sallet
Correct.

[Ferrus]

42. Porcelain doll?

[Technical]

45. sallet DAMN IT NEVERMIND

[Ferrus]

44. Glaive

[Ferrus]

44. No wait... ranseur

[C.J.Woolf]

42. Porcelain doll?
More specific, please.


44. Glaive
Nope.

If I was playing and I owned a copy of the D&D book, I'd be posting all the types of polearms in it (and there are several). :grin:

[C.J.Woolf]

44. No wait... ranseur
Nope.

[Ferrus]

41. Twill

[Rincon]

25. Pearl Jam, Spunk (http://www.myspace.com/spunkrock07) and 10cc (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10cc).

[Ferrus]

If I was playing and I owned a copy of the D&D book, I'd be posting all the types of polearms in it (and there are several). :grin:
I used to have that damn thing too... well..


Spetum

[Ferrus]

43. Scandanavian contemporary

[C.J.Woolf]

41. Twill
I'm looking for something else.


25. Pearl Jam, Spunk (http://www.myspace.com/spunkrock07) and 10cc (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10cc).
I'll give you credit for two out of three. #3 is much more established than Spunk. From the 1960s, in fact.

[Ferrus]

20. Chandragupta

[C.J.Woolf]

The last of the questions are up now.

[C.J.Woolf]

43. Scandanavian contemporary
Nope.


20. Chandragupta
Correct.

[Ferrus]

41. Jacquard weaving i.e. a template thereof

[Ferrus]

47. Ottoman Sultan

[Ferrus]

48 last cavalry charge

[Ferrus]

49. Holy Roman Emperor

[Rincon]

I'm looking for something else.


I'll give you credit for two out of three. #3 is much more established than Spunk. From the 1960s, in fact.

Lovin' Spoonful. Now do I win?

[Ferrus]

46. The last head/pope of a unified church

[Ferrus]

50. Last people to be executed in Britain

[Ferrus]

43. Art Noveau

[Hermione]

43 . Shaker

[Ferrus]

44. Spetum

[teleforce]

43. art deco?

[cripple]

44-Spear Of Destiny

[Ferrus]

26. Tokyo

[Hermione]

42. Madame Alexander doll

[C.J.Woolf]

41. Jacquard weaving i.e. a template thereof
It might be, but again, not what I'm looking for. (Shit; this is what I get when I solicit trivia questions from Mrs. Woolf about subjects I don't know jack about, and she's gone to bed!)


47. Ottoman Sultan
Nope.


48 last cavalry charge
Correct. Didja know the charging unit was the Italian Savoia regiment? ;)

[Technical]

46. Pope to serve from France?

[C.J.Woolf]

49. Holy Roman Emperor
Correct.


Lovin' Spoonful. Now do I win?
Yes!


46. The last head/pope of a unified church
Nope.


50. Last people to be executed in Britain
Correct.


43. Art Noveau
Nope.


43 . Shaker
Correct.


44. Spetum
Nope.


43. art deco?
Nope, and too late.


44-Spear Of Destiny
Nope.


26. Tokyo
Correct.


42. Madame Alexander doll
Nope.


46. Pope to serve from France?
Nope.

[Ferrus]

32. David Smith

[Hermione]

4. Budapest

[Ferrus]

47. Last Islamic (and Ottoman) Caliph

[cripple]

44-WICKED SPEAR

[Rincon]

44. Halberd.

[Hermione]

41 . needlepoint .. diamond pattern

[C.J.Woolf]

32. David Smith
Correct.


4. Budapest
Correct.


47. Last Islamic (and Ottoman) Caliph
Correct.


44-WICKED SPEAR

44. Halberd.
Nope.

[Hermione]

42. Shirley Temple doll

[cripple]

42-Armand Marseille Doll

[Rincon]

44. Spontoon.

[kuranes]

35. Paul Delvaux
37. Mobius ?
38. Don Martin
40. Winsor McCay

[C.J.Woolf]

42. Shirley Temple doll
Nope.

The current tally:

Ferrus = 14
teleforce = 9?
Randall = 8
cripple = 2
Technical = 2
Hermione = 2
ben from below = 1
RinconSB = 1

unanswered questions = 12

[Ferrus]

30. Janissary standard

[kuranes]

35. Paul Delvaux
37. Mobius ?
38. Don martin
40. Winsor McCay

[Ferrus]

46. To crown a western roman emperor

[C.J.Woolf]

42. Shirley Temple doll
Nope. Earlier than that.


42-Armand Marseille Doll
Nope.


44. Spontoon.
Correct!


35. Paul Delvaux
37. Mobius ?
38. Don Martin
40. Winsor McCay
35, 38, 40 are correct. 37, nope.

[Hermione]

Fleetwood Mac, R.E.M. ahah for anything, for something.. ?

[teleforce]

i have 8, i think.

[Technical]

35, 38, 40 are correct...
Whoa, thought I was watchin' Tron for a sec.

Thx for runnin' the game, CJ, I GUESS. "Internet? Too hard!" :P

[Ferrus]

41. Basketweave

[teleforce]

37. david palladini

[cripple]

42-Jumeau Dolls

[C.J.Woolf]

30. Janissary standard

46. To crown a western roman emperor
I missed those. Nope to both.


Fleetwood Mac, R.E.M. ahah for anything, for something.. ?
Wha?


i have 8, i think.
You're right.


41. Basketweave
Nope.


37. david palladini
Correct. You have 9 now!

[Ferrus]

46. Last pope with authority over the Bulgars

[Hermione]

Someone pleeez get the names of the rest of the bands. It's driving me buggy.

[Rincon]

24. Grease?

[C.J.Woolf]

46. Last pope with authority over the Bulgars
Nope.

The current tally:

Ferrus = 14
Randall = 9
teleforce = 9
kuranes = 3
cripple = 2
Technical = 2
RinconSB = 2
Hermione = 2
ben from below = 1

unanswered questions = 7

[C.J.Woolf]

24. Grease?
Nope.

[Rincon]

24. Grease?

Wait, nevermind, that was a song not a band name, and the time period was wrong anyway.

[teleforce]

hint for 24?

[Hermione]

30. Phoenician, Incan , or Mayan ?

[Ferrus]

46. Last pope to have been married

[Ferrus]

30. Persian army standard

[Ferrus]

41. Plainweave

[C.J.Woolf]

hint for 24?
I'll put up some hints imminently.


30. Phoenician, Incan , or Mayan ?
Nope.


46. Last pope to have been married
YES!


30. Persian army standard
Correct.


41. Plainweave
Nope.

[teleforce]

24. o.m.g. death cab for cutie?

[Rincon]

24. Moody Blues?

[Ferrus]

22. Alan Ford

[Ferrus]

42. Petitcollin

[Ferrus]

41. Moire

[C.J.Woolf]

I posted hints for the remaining questions, but I see some of you saw them already.


24. o.m.g. death cab for cutie?
Yes!


24. Moody Blues?
Nope, and too late.


22. Alan Ford
Nope.

[C.J.Woolf]

42. Petitcollin

41. Moire
Nope.

[Ferrus]

21. They Might Be Giants

[bluebell]

21. They Might be Giants

[cripple]

42-Bleuette Dolls

[bluebell]

Damnit! Almost got one but toooo slow.

I even have a couple of their albums.

[Ferrus]

42. bebe jumeau

[C.J.Woolf]

21. They Might Be Giants
Correct.


21. They Might be Giants

Damnit! Almost got one but toooo slow.

I even have a couple of their albums.
Sorry. :sadbanana:


42-Bleuette Dolls
Nope.

[Hermione]

hint for 24?

exactly this one is killing me.

[Ferrus]

22. Def Punk

[Ferrus]

Daft Punk I mean

[Ferrus]

42. Bru doll

[Rincon]

Nope, and too late.


lol, is the reference from "Dead Man's Curve"? If so, you've gotta' give me partial credit for guessing the song was "Moody River".... :p

[C.J.Woolf]

22. Def Punk

Daft Punk I mean
Nope.

Hint #2 for question 24: The comic was made into a film starring Jane Fonda.


exactly this one is killing me.
already answered by teleforce: Death Cab for Cutie. :)

[Ferrus]

41. Piqué

[Ferrus]

24. Barbarella

[C.J.Woolf]

42. Bru doll
Nope.

Hmm, gonna need another hint, I think.


lol, is the reference from "Dead Man's Curve"? If so, you've gotta' give me partial credit for guessing the song was "Moody River".... :p
"Death Cab for Cutie" was a song by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. (Vivian Stanshall sang it like Elvis, by the way.)

As for what inspired that song, here's what Wikipedia says (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Cab_for_Cutie_(song)):


While Innes recalls encountering the phrase as the title of an old American pulp fiction crime magazine he had encountered - the phrase Death Cab for Cutie may have been coined by Richard Hoggart in his The Uses of Literacy, a 1957 book discussing British popular culture and a pioneering work in the cultural studies field. The term appears in Chapter 8, "The Newer Mass Art: Sex in Shiny Packets," under part C: "Sex and Violence Novels". Hoggart provides a list of "imitations" of the "terse, periodic titles" of these novels, including "Sweetie, Take It Hot"; "The Lady Takes a Dive"; "Aim Low, Angel"; "Sweetheart, Curves Can Kill"; and "Death-Cab for Cutie" (note use of the hyphen in "Death-Cab").

It is also very likely that the term was derived as a parody of the 1949 Hank Janson novel "Slay-Ride for Cutie".

And no partial credit!

[C.J.Woolf]

41. Piqué
Nope.


24. Barbarella
Getting warmer. Another character in Barbarella.

[Ferrus]

Durand-Durand... of course

[Ferrus]

42. bisque head doll

[Ferrus]

41. Barre

[cripple]

42-SFBJ

[C.J.Woolf]

Durand-Durand... of course
Correct!


42. bisque head doll
Nope.

Hint: "Doll in the image of a little girl".


41. Barre
Nope:

Hint: Light and... ?

[C.J.Woolf]

42-SFBJ
I have no idea what you're talking about, but... nope.

[Rincon]

And no partial credit!

lol, NO SOUP FOR YOU!

[CoHo]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! RICON!

[Ferrus]

42. Les Poupées des Petites Filles Modèles

[Rincon]

lol, NO SOUP FOR YOU!

*edit: well, me I guess*

[C.J.Woolf]

42. Les Poupées des Petites Filles Modèles
Cute... and wrong.

[Rincon]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! RICON!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! COHO!

[Ferrus]

41. Poult and faille

[C.J.Woolf]

The current tally:

Ferrus = 18
teleforce = 10
Randall = 9
kuranes = 3
cripple = 2
Technical = 2
RinconSB = 2
Hermione = 2
ben from below = 1

unanswered questions = 2

It figures that the last questions remaining would be Mrs. Woolf's. :whistle: All hail the queen of trivial torture!

[C.J.Woolf]

41. Poult and faille
Nope.

[C.J.Woolf]

Here are the last two questions, with hints. C'mon, you can do it! (I hope)

41. What the name of this type of weaving pattern?
Hint: The name is based on the visual effect of the weave.
Hint: Light and... ?
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/t0908_41.jpg

42. Name the type of doll.
Hint: Originated in 19th Century France.
Hint 2: "Doll in the image of a little girl".
Hint 3: What might the French call a little girl?
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/t0908_42.jpg

[cripple]

42:François Gaultier

[Ferrus]

42. Bebe

[Ferrus]

41. Summer and Winter

[C.J.Woolf]

42:François Gaultier
Nope.


42. Bebe
YES! At last.

The tally stands at:

Ferrus = 19 = $9500 (includes $500 from my cash)
teleforce = 10 = $5000
Randall = 9 = $4500
kuranes = 3 = $1500
cripple = 2 = $1000
Technical = 2 = $1000
RinconSB = 2 = $1000
Hermione = 2 = $1000
ben from below = 1 = $500

unanswered questions = 1

Congratulations to Ferrus, who wins the contest and the dubious privilege of running the September contest. But I had fun preparing this one, and hope you will too, Ferrus.

Thank you all for playing. I'll start to increment your casino cash now.

[C.J.Woolf]

41. Summer and Winter
Nope.

[Hermione]

41. Light and shadow

[Ferrus]

41. Star and Bethlehem pattern

[Ferrus]

41. Honey comb pattern

[Hermione]

haha the P's who wouldn't give up... Thanks CJ you did an excellent job with all of this. I don't know howz you did it. Very good dearz. yay

[Ferrus]

Heh well I didn't realise I would have to run it next month, damn I tend to avoid anything with the vague whiff of work about it. Oh well I'll have to try to make it even more difficult than this which will not be easy.

[Hermione]

Heh well I didn't realise I would have to run it next month, damn I tend to avoid anything with the vague whiff of work about it. Oh well I'll have to try to make it even more difficult than this which will not be easy.


Don't you dare do that. slaps Consider us dopey people. :banghead:

[C.J.Woolf]

41. Light and shadow
I'll take it. It's called a shadow weave. While you all were struggling with this I tried some Googling and Wikipedia, and man, there is no real help on this question or the bebe doll question. Sorry, people.


41. Star and Bethlehem pattern

41. Honey comb pattern

haha the P's who wouldn't give up...
You can say that again...


Thanks CJ you did an excellent job with all of this. I don't know howz you did it. Very good dearz. yay
Thank you. Thinking of the questions was less effort than I had anticipated. A large part of it was choosing theme sets of five questions. Now if I ever have to do this again it will be much harder, like a second novel or second album. ;)

All the casino cash is updated. Enjoy.

[C.J.Woolf]

For the benefit of people reading the thread later and playing along, here are the questions with the answers.

Section One: Grab bag

1. This great 17th-18th Century soldier is most commonly associated with a greater soldier he co-operated with. Four nations' navies named a warship after him. Who was he? [Prince Eugene of Savoy]

1a. (BONUS, for $500 of my own casino cash.) Name the four nations, and what each one named their warship. (Hint: They don't all speak the same language.) [Austria (Prinz Eugen), Germany (Prinz Eugen), Italy (Eugenio di Savoia), Britain (Prince Eugene)]

2. This equation is named after its inventor. What is its name? [Fourier transform]
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3. What is this celestial body?
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4. What city is this?
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5. What was the original use of the anticoagulant drug Warfarin? [Rat poison]

[b]Section Two: Seconds

6. What is the second highest mountain in North America? [Mount Logan]

7. What is the second longest river in Europe? [Danube]

8. Mary Pickford was the second... what? [Winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress]

9. Linus (the historical figure, not the [i]Peanuts character) was the second... what? [Pope]

10. HMS Bellerophon (1907) was the second... what?

[b]Section Three: Supporting players in fiction
Name the work of fiction with these supporting characters.

11. Snowden and Nately [Catch-22 by Joseph Heller]

12. Hermine [Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse]

13. Thomas Gradgrind [Hard Times by Charles Dickens]

14. Duncan Idaho [Dune (and others) by Frank Herbert]

15. Pozzo and Lucky [Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett]

Section Four: Supporting players in history
Name the historical figure these people are associated with.

16. Joseph Fouche [Napoleon Bonaparte]

17. Maharbal [Hannibal Barca]

18. Fred Noonan [Amelia Earhart]

19. Hannibal Hamlin [Abraham Lincoln]

20. Chanakya [Chandragupta Maurya]

Section Five: Band names
The question is the origin of the band name. Name the band.

21. The title of a movie about a man who thinks he's Sherlock Holmes. [They Might Be Giants]

22. The name of the villain in a French science fiction comic. [Duran Duran (Dr. Durand-Durand in Barbarella)]

23. The title of a book recalling its English author's experiences with hallucinogens. [The Doors (The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley)

24. The title of a 1960s "teenage tragedy" parody song, which is itself taken from a 1950s book of pop-culture studies. [Death Cab for Cutie, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band song]

25. A reference to semen. (Name three.) [The Lovin' Spoonful, 10cc, Pearl Jam]

Section Six: Flags
Name the entity the flag represents.

26. [Tokyo prefecture, Japan]
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27. [State of Sachsen (Saxony), Germany]
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28. [Flanders (Belgium)]
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/t0908_28.gif

29. [Russian Naval ensign]
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/t0908_29.jpg

30. [Persia (Archemenid dynasty)]
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Section Seven: Fine art
Name the artist.

31. [Raphael Sanzio]
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/t0908_31.jpg

32. [David Smith]
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/t0908_32.jpg

33. [Tamara de Lempicka]
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/t0908_33.jpg

34. [Robert Indiana]
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35. [Paul Delvaux]
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Section Eight: Not-so-fine art (commercial illustration and cartooning)
Name the artist.

36. [Ed "Big Daddy" Roth]
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/t0908_36.jpg

37. [David Palladini, Aquarian Tarot]
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/t0908_37.jpg

38. [Don Martin]
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/t0908_38.jpg

39. [Jules Cheret]
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/t0908_39.jpg

40. [Winsor McCay, Little Nemo in Slumberland]
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/t0908_40.jpg

Section Nine: Crafts

41. What the name of this type of weaving pattern? [Shadow weave]
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/t0908_41.jpg

42. Name the type of doll.
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/t0908_42.jpg

43. Name the style of furniture. [Shaker]
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/t0908_43.jpg

44. Name the type of polearm the soldier in the foreground is holding. [Spontoon]
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/t0908_44.jpg

45. Name the type of helmet. [Sallet]
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/t0908_45.jpg

[b] Section Ten: Historical lasts
Name what each was the last of.

46. Pope Adrian II [Last married Pope]

47. Abdul Mejid II of Turkey [Last Caliph of Islam]

48. The battle of Izbushensky, August 1942 [Last horse cavalry charge]

49. Franz II of Austria [Last Holy Roman Emperor]

50. Peter Anthony Allen and Gwynne Owen Evans [Last convicts executed in Britain]

[teleforce]

good job and thanks for running this thing! it was fun.