The first inter-round was Geoff's math round,
Maths Round
This is a conversation between a shopkeeper and a customer. Explain how it makes sense.
Customer: How much will one cost?
Shopkeeper: 25 pence
Customer: How much will fifteen cost?
Shopkeeper: 50 pence
Customer: OK then, I’ll take one hundred and sixteen, please.
Shopkeeper: Thank you. That will be 75 pence.
You have to think of the numbers separately. The shop is one that sells numbers to put in front of your house. Each number costs 25 pence.
In a mathematical context what is the importance of this following sentence (think in circles):
How I want a drink, alcoholic of course, after the heavy chapters involving quantum mechanics.
Here you have to think of circles. As in the mathematical constant pi. Each word has the number of letters corresponding the the sequence of pi. How=3, I=1, want=4.....3.14159265358979323846264....
A hammer and a nail cost $31. If the hammer costs $30 more than the nail, what is the cost of each?
This is a combination of maths and British trivia.
Take the age of Prince Charles and multiply it by the number of corgis (a breed of dog) that the Queen owns. Add this total to the number of years Queen Elizabeth the Second has been queen. Finally, subtract from this total the number of kings and queens the
What is you final number?
That damn Geoff still hasn't given me the answer, I'll look it up later.
In a men’s singles five set match what is the minimum number of shots a player must make to win the match?
As above, I'll figure it out when I have time.
Round 1- Where am I?
1. I was completed in 1937 and connect San Francisco with Marin County. It costs $5.00 to cross me, a total distance of 2,737 metres.
The Golden Gate Bridge
2. I'm standing in a country in Asia. I am cut off from the world by some of the highest mountains in the world, in fact the highest unclimbed peak in the world is within my borders. 98% of my population practice a highly sexual form of Buddhism which may help explain why they are usually ranked amongst the happiest people in the world. I'm bordered to the south, east and west by India and to the north by China. My capital city is called Thimphu.
Bhutan
3. I'm standing on a group of islands about 1,000 km west of Ecuador. My most famous visitor came in 1835 aboard a ship called the Beagle and he was very interested in the animal life that had evolved on my islands
The Galapagos Islands
4. Staying in South America, now in Peru. I am a UNESCO World Heritage Sited about 80 km northwest of Cuzco. I have become the most familiar symbol of the Incan Empire and was built in about 1450 but abandoned during the Spanish invasion and not discovered by the west until the late 19th century.
Machu Pichu
5. I am standing about 300 metres underground in the place voted by readers of Rzeczpospolita newspaper in 2007 as the number one wonder of Poland, chosen from over 400 national monuments that were listed by Internet users as candidates. Where am I?
Wieliczka Salt Mine
6. Finally, a Canadian one for you... I'm standing on the border between the USA and Canada, between Ontario and New York State and I'm getting really wet because of all the water falling on me. Where am I?
Niagara Falls
Round 2-
1.
a. Bank
b. Post office
c. Town hall
d. Museum
2. What common farm animal is used for racing in
3. In
4. Cleopatra was not Egyptian she was in fact ...? Greek
5. Which of these quite normal situations are in fact illegal in
a. Borrowing a cup of sugar from your neighbour
b. Lending your car to your neighbour
c. Lending your vacuum cleaner to your neighbour
d. Inviting your neighbours round for drinks after 10pm
6.
1. 'You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off' - Michael Caine in The Italian Job.
2. 'I honestly think you ought to calm down, take a stress pill and think things over' - HAL 9000 computer to Dave Bowman (in 2001 again) after locking him out of the Discovery spacecraft.
3. 'We'll make him an offer he can't refuse' - Marlon Brando as the Godfather.
4. 'You're going to need a bigger boat' - Chief Brodie in Jaws.
5. 'Mother's not feeling very well at the moment' - Norman Bates in Psycho...
6. 'You gotta ask yourself one question - 'Do I feel lucky...' Well, do ya punk...' - Clint Eastwood as Harry Callaghan in Dirty Harry.
7. 'I'll be back' - Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator.
8. 'Here's Johnny...' - Jack Nicholson taking off the Johnny Carson Show in The Shining.
9. 'Always look on the bright side of life' - Eric Idle and the song from the soundtrack of The Life of Brian.
10. 'OK... what did the Romans ever do for us?' - John Cleese for the Judean Liberation Front, also in The Life of Brian.
11. 'That's not a knife... That's a knife!' - Paul Hogan as Crocodile Dundee in the film of the same name.
12. 'You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me?' - Robert De Niro as Travis, in Taxi Driver.
13. 'Show me the money... Show me the money!' - Tom Cruise as Jerry Maguire, in the film of the same name.
14. 'You're one groovy baby... baby' - Austin Powers. International Man of Mystery.
1. Money - Pink Floyd
2. Give Peace a Chance - John Lennon
3. Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
4. Redemption Song - Bob Marley
5. Dancing Queen - ABBA
6. Love Will Tear us Apart - Joy Division
Round 4 - Numbers of the world (answers in bold)
1. How many species of spider does
2. The shortest war in history was between
3. How many American citizens are currently in prison? 2.1 million
4. How many steps does the Eiffel tower have? 1792
5. The average pencil can draw a line that is how long in miles before it runs out? The nearest answer gets a point
6. Sylvester Stallone received a tiny sum for his appearance in the first rocky film. How much was it?
a. $13,000
b. $23,000
c. $33,000
d. $43,000
Below you will find the reported last words of famous people from history. Match one of the names below to their famous last words.
- That was a great game of golf, fellers. __________________________
- That guy's got to stop... He'll see us. ___________________________
- Applaud, my friends, the comedy is finished._____________________
- Go on, get out! Last words are for fools who haven't said enough! _____________
- My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us has to go.___________________________
- Et tu, Brute._______________________
- Drink to me!________________________
- Water.______________________
- I am not the least afraid to die.___________________________
- Jesus, I love you. Jesus, I love you._________________________
- Please put out the light.__________________________
- I'm shot, I'm shot.________________________
- It's very beautiful over there.________________________
- Dying is easy, comedy is hard._____________________________
- I'm bored with it all.____________________________
- Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.________________________
- I have not told half of what I saw.____________________________
Applaud, my friends, the comedy is finished.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Et tu, Brute.
Julius Caesar
I'm bored with it all.
Winston Churchill
That was a great game of golf, fellers.
Bing Crosby
I am not the least afraid to die.
Charles Darwin
That guy's got to stop... He'll see us.
James Dean
It's very beautiful over there.
Thomas Edison
Water.
Ulysses S. Grant
Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.
Jesus of Nazareth
Go on, get out! Last words are for fools who haven't said enough!
Karl Marx
I'm shot, I'm shot.
John Lennon
Drink to me!
Pablo Picasso
I have not told half of what I saw.
Marco Polo
Please put out the light.
Theodore Roosevelt
Dying is easy, comedy is hard.
George Bernard Shaw
Jesus, I love you. Jesus, I love you.
Mother Teresa
My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us has to go.
Oscar Wilde
1. Which 4 different cities have hosted the Summer Olympic Games twice?
Los Angeles, London, Paris and Athens.
2. On a darts board, what number is directly opposite the number 1? You have from 2 to 20.
Number 19
3. Who is the most successful club in the history of English football?
4. In which sport is it a bad thing to have love?
Tennis. It seems to have been adapted from the phrase 'to play for love (of the game)' (that is, to play for nothing). Although the theory is often heard that it represents the French word l'oeuf an 'egg' (from the resemblance between an egg and a nought) this seems unlikely.
5. Which sport do you have to pot your ball into pockets?
Billiards
6. In which country is the worlds largest stadium (1 point) and how many people does it hold (1 point given for answers within 5,000).
The Rŭngrado May Day Stadium, in Pyongyang, North Korea holds 150,000 people.
Round 6 - Famous Lasts
This being the last round of questions, the final 6 will be about famous lasts, some easy, some hard…
- We all know who the first man on the moon was, right? But can you tell me who was the last man to be on the moon?.... Ha, too hard, I know. It was Eugene Cernan who said goodbye to our lone satellite with the words, “As we leave the Moon at Taurus-Littrow, we leave as we came, and, God willing, we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind.” Now, all you have to tell me is what year this happened in.
December 1972 - What was the last state to join the
Hawaii - What was the name of the last Beatles album? For a bonus what was the last song on the 2nd side?
Let it Be - Get Back - When was the last day of the
December 31, 1991 - According to Revelations 6:2-8 which was the last of the four horses of the apocalypse?
Death - Good question for… what is the phobia that means the fear of being last?
- telesphobia
- cacaphobia ( the fear of ugliness)
- atychiphobia (fear of failure
And that's all folks. By the way the final results were as follows:
1. No Name Team - 39
2. Raisins - 36.5
3. Go Peanuts - 33.5
4. WHOT - 33
5. Isfahan - 31
6. Ibiza Dram - 27.5
7. The Killers - 22.5
8. Milky Way - DNF
Thank everyone who came out and we hope to see you all again next year! I'll try to get more links up in the next few days to make it more interesting, so why don't you take a look at the message board and leave a comment!
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