BS: Quiz March 2015

Subject: BS: Quiz March 2015
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 01 Mar 15 - 02:53 PM

Just another quiz, this time with an unnamed theme. If you get the theme it may help with other answers, but each question can be approached as jus a General Knowledge question without recourse to the theme.
As usual Please do not put answers in the discussion. I will respond to PMs (eventually).
And I may have taken some liberties with spelling & pronunciation.
Cheers
Nigel


1        What is depicted by the constellation (star sign) Sagittarius?
2        Which freshwater fish is also a weapon?
3        What name is used in Scotland for a small church or chapel?
4        Which French 17th century astronomer and Jesuit priest was the first to measure the size of the Earth, coming within 0.44% of the modern value? (accept surname)
5        Which 1960s TV series starred Duncan Rinaldo in the title role? (The title also being used for a film 1994, a radio series, and a book character created by O Henry in 1907)
6        Who wrote "The Cherry Orchard" & "Uncle Vanya"?
7        If counting the planets outward from the Sun, what number describes Uranus?
8        Which character has been played on film by Desmond Llewellyn, John Cleese & Ben Whishaw?
9        Black & White whisky labels portray two dog breeds, a 'westie' (West Highland White) & what other?
10        What units are approximately equal to 1600m?
11        What name is usually given to quick-setting gypsum plaster consisting of a fine, white powder, calcium sulfate hemihydrate?
12         What elementary particles and fundamental constituents of matter will combine to form composite particles called hadrons, the most stable of which are protons and neutrons?
13        What name is given to a type of skirt traditionally worn by men and women in Fiji? It is regarded as Fiji's national dress. It is similar to a sarong(Malay & Indonesia), or a lava lava (Polynesia)
14        What forename links Pitney, Kelly & Rodenberry?
15        What word for a loading area or jetty has a silent 'H'?
16        Island Prisons: The French Château d'If, and Alcatraz in San Francisco harbour. What is New York City's main jail complex?
17        Which 'herald' was a roll-on roll-off ferry which capsized moments after leaving the Belgian port of Zeebrugge on the night of 6 March 1987?
18        Which paediatrician wrote The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care?
19        Who directed the film three men and a baby?
20        Shalom (Hebrew), Salaam Alaikum (Arabic), Pax vobiscum (Latin). What is the Vulcan equivalent of this greeting, or its response?

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz March 2015
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 01 Mar 15 - 04:02 PM

1       What is depicted by the constellation (star sign) Sagittarius?

Saggy titties.

2       Which freshwater fish is also a weapon?

Carpoon.


3       What name is used in Scotland for a small church or chapel?

Wee churrrch.


4       Which French 17th century astronomer and Jesuit priest was the first to measure the size of the Earth, coming within 0.44% of the modern value? (accept surname)


Hebdo.


5       Which 1960s TV series starred Duncan Rinaldo in the title role? (The title also being used for a film 1994, a radio series, and a book character created by O Henry in 1907)

O Dolores.


6       Who wrote "The Cherry Orchard" & "Uncle Vanya"?

Teresa Green and Henry Ford Transitya.


7       If counting the planets outward from the Sun, what number describes Uranus?

One. I have only one anus.


8       Which character has been played on film by Desmond Llewellyn, John Cleese & Ben Whishaw?


Eric The Red.


9       Black & White whisky labels portray two dog breeds, a 'westie' (West Highland White) & what other?

An 'eastie' (Aberdonian wolfhound)


10       What units are approximately equal to 1600m?

1600001mm (you said approximately)


11       What name is usually given to quick-setting gypsum plaster consisting of a fine, white powder, calcium sulfate hemihydrate?

"Pain in the arse". Quick-drying doesn't let you fix mistakes innit.


12         What elementary particles and fundamental constituents of matter will combine to form composite particles called hadrons, the most stable of which are protons and neutrons?

Colliders. Elementary my dear Cox.


13       What name is given to a type of skirt traditionally worn by men and women in Fiji? It is regarded as Fiji's national dress. It is similar to a sarong(Malay & Indonesia), or a lava lava (Polynesia)

Grass ra-ra.


14       What forename links Pitney, Kelly & Rodenberry?

Luke. Two of my best mates are Luke Pitney and Luke Roddenberry. How did you know!


15       What word for a loading area or jetty has a silent 'H'?

Hpier.


16       Island Prisons: The French Château d'If, and Alcatraz in San Francisco harbour. What is New York City's main jail complex?

Terminal 1 at JFK.


17       Which 'herald' was a roll-on roll-off ferry which capsized moments after leaving the Belgian port of Zeebrugge on the night of 6 March 1987?

Herald of Free Beer.


18       Which paediatrician wrote The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care?

What would a foot doctor know about kids anyway?


19       Who directed the film three men and a baby?

Four Men And A Dog.


20       Shalom (Hebrew), Salaam Alaikum (Arabic), Pax vobiscum (Latin). What is the Vulcan equivalent of this greeting, or its response?

Illegitimes non carborundum.

Sorry, Nigel, I couldn't resist... I'll get me coat....

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz March 2015
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 01 Mar 15 - 05:56 PM

I know only a few answers, but they are enough to give me a guess at the category.

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz March 2015
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 01 Mar 15 - 07:02 PM

PM sent.

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz March 2015
From: GUEST,HiLo
Date: 02 Mar 15 - 01:47 AM

I think I got them all except the grass skirt.

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz March 2015
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 02 Mar 15 - 05:24 AM

Steve Shaw 0/20 - The cloakroom's that way ==>
Jeri (by PM) 18/20
B-W-L (by PM) 20/20

Cheers

Nigel

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz March 2015
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 02 Mar 15 - 06:37 AM

:-)

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz March 2015
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 02 Mar 15 - 06:59 AM

Guest HiLo:
It's a fabric skirt, not grass. And it almost rhymes with your nom-de-plume.

Cheers

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz March 2015
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 02 Mar 15 - 07:17 AM

Silo? Lino? Biro? Filo(fax)? Jaylo? Nylon? Tyro? Shiloh? Creole? Lilo? Milo? Am I getting warm?

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz March 2015
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 02 Mar 15 - 07:32 AM

Steve:
Where you're going it's very warm, you baaaad man. :)

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz March 2015
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 02 Mar 15 - 08:10 AM

Yebbut you can't knock my sheer enthusiasm! :-)

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz March 2015
From: John on the Sunset Coast
Date: 02 Mar 15 - 10:32 PM

Another great quiz, Mr. P. I flat outdid not now a couple of answers, namely the French priest/astronomer, and the characters played by Cleese, et al. Several I'm pretty sure I got several correct, of which I don't know the connection to Nimoy/Star Trek, which I take to be the theme.

Allow me to expound on Q5 answer "The Cisco Kid" (which I don't know the connection, unless Nimoy appeared in one or more episodes). First, the Cisco Kid of O. Henry was not a Mexican...he was a gringo, a caucasian bad man. When the first Cisco movie, "In Old Arizona," was produced, it leaned heavily on the original shot story...except that the Kid had an ethnic change, and a caucasian actor, won the academy award for his portrayal of a Mexicanized Kid. And such the Cisco Kid has been ever since. All subsequent Ciscos were portrayed by Latinos: Cesar Romero, Gilbert Roland and Jimmy Smits, but not Duncan Renaldo, who despite his name is thought to have been eastern European, possibly of gypsy origin. Jack Mather, the radio Cisco Kid, was also a caucasion. The Renaldo Cisco TV series of the 1950s was filmedin color, even though color TV was not yet (widely)available.
Cheers!

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz March 2015
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 03 Mar 15 - 04:18 AM

John,
Although I don't normally give answers in the thread, the connection is indeed Star Trek (following our late loss of Leonard Nimoy)
Taking in mind my comments about spelling/pronunciation, Sisko is captain of space station DS9 in one of the spin-off series. One of a series of captains at the start of the quiz (Excluding Janeway as too difficult to write a question for!)

Cheers
Nigel

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz March 2015
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 03 Mar 15 - 04:36 PM

For those who can't wait, the answers are now Here

Please continue to not post answers in this thread, to allow others to look at it without 'spoilers'.

Cheers
Nigel

LLAP (oops, clue!)

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz March 2015
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 04 Mar 15 - 05:35 AM

And Noreen with a 20/20 (by PM)