BS: Quiz Time

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz Time
From: GUEST,quizzling auf ircqnet
Date: 24 May 11 - 05:49 PM

I have written you an acceptance speech gnomad, if it helps.


"Oh my God. I'm sorry. This moment is so much bigger than me.

"This moment is for Mudcat. It's for the mudcatters that I call friends - and it's for every wonderful thread on this forum this thread is one such example.

Thank you and thank you Mods, Joe and Max. Thank you so much for being my mentors and the two week holiday. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz Time
From: gnomad
Date: 24 May 11 - 05:11 PM

So do I get to make a speech, all incoherent and thanking everybody from my Mum to the guy who trims the sound engineer's cat's whiskers? I think maybe I had better get a stunt-double, couldn't do it myself, I would just choke up.

Of course if I really knew stuff I could tell you why it means that. But I can't.

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz Time
From: GUEST,quizzling auf ircqnet
Date: 24 May 11 - 04:51 PM

Congratulations gnomad, A two week premier, all-inclusive holiday for two in Barbados or St Lucia, courtesy of Max Holidays is yours.

Expect a pm shortly.

Well done.

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz Time
From: gnomad
Date: 24 May 11 - 04:41 PM

It means that Mudcat is starting to load.

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz Time
From: GUEST,quizzling auf ircqnet
Date: 24 May 11 - 04:25 PM

No crackerjack pencil for you gnu.

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz Time
From: gnu
Date: 24 May 11 - 04:14 PM

Not I.

Do I win?

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz Time
From: GUEST,quizzling auf ircqnet
Date: 24 May 11 - 04:11 PM

Can anyone guess what this means ?



Subject: RE: BS: Quiz Time
From: jeffp
Date: 16 Jul 09 - 02:34 PM

#10 could also have been Bouncing Betty, a land mine used in VietNam. The first charge propelled the main charge up about waist-high, which then went off, disemboweling the victim.

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz Time
From: Seamus Kennedy
Date: 16 Jul 09 - 02:20 PM

Good one John! Thanks.

Seamus

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz Time
From: fat B****rd
Date: 16 Jul 09 - 10:07 AM

Very entertaining, John. 'scuse my lack of checking out the information.
More, please?
Especially liked the Albert Anastasia question.

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz Time
From: John on the Sunset Coast
Date: 16 Jul 09 - 09:52 AM

Sorry SINSULL, blonde bombshell is a discriptor not a name, see my original post wherein I use it as such. As umpire in chief, as well as quiz creator, I rule against your protest.

However, you are correct that you got 16 winning answers...I had forgotten the exact number, when I posted. Chalk it up to old age or that I was rigging the quiz against you, but I do humbly apologize. (Well not really humbly.)

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz Time
From: SINSULL
Date: 16 Jul 09 - 08:50 AM

10 Blonde Bombshell is equally correct. I demand a recount. I got 16 right + Blonde Bombshell...

whine

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz Time - The Answers
From: John on the Sunset Coast
Date: 15 Jul 09 - 06:55 PM

This is the moment a few of you have been waiting for, but first some comments.

I was happy to see that there were so many questions answered correctly. Many of these folks or things were pretty esoteric, to say nothing of old. And they were very Amerocentric. The only question which nobody got was #6, so there must be some awesome trivia buffs out there.

Seamus Kennedy had an outstanding 19 answers correct, followed by SINSULL with, I think, 14.

So without further adieu [Drumroll], the answers:

1) Perhaps the most influential American gossip monger of his (or any?) day. He was untouchable. WALTER WINCHELL – he narrated The Untouchables TV show
2) Underneath all that dirt, she was the most beyootiful Dogpatcher of them all. Eat your heart out Daisy Mae!   MOONBEAM MCSWINE
3) Life mate of the world's oldest comic strip detective still detecting (I think).   TESS TRUEHART (or TRACY).
4) This mobster's death wasn't a close shave. ALBERT ANASTASIA He was killed in a barber's chair.
5) This real-life cop became an actor who played mostly cops in movies, getting his start in a film portraying his real-life exploits.   EDDIE EGAN   The 'real' Popeye Doyle of The French Connection
6) Comic actress and radio personality; sort of a Gracie Allen type.    VERA VAGUE   Never quite understood what was going on around her, hence the sobriquet Vague.
7) He was part of a long time vaudeville (music hall to you Brits) team. All heck broke loose when they performed their greatest show.   OLE OLSEN of Olsen and Johnson's, 'Hellz-a-Poppin'.
8) The greatest Amazon of them all…in four colors.   WONDER WOMAN four color = comic books
9) He sang with Redheads…and that's no lie.    SUMTHIN' SMITH (and the Redheads)   Hit in 1950s with "It's a Sin to Tell a Lie"
10) She ain't no lady, but she sure is explosive.   BIG BERTHA the world's largest cannon?
11) Alter ego of this super arachnid.   PETER PARKER
12) The great escape-ist.   HARRY HOUDINI
13) This mobster was fortunate to only be deported.    LUCKY LUCIANO   Fortunate = lucky. Wasn't gunned down like #4.
14) "America's Fightin' Cowboy"…not to be confused with "The King of the Cowboys". RED RYDER Comics, movie and radio…intro-ed as America's fighten' cowboy. Used to promote Daisy BB guns.
15) Gossip biographer of the stars and famous…didn't like it when she was between the covers.   KITTY KELLY bioed Frank and Jackie etc., cried foul when she was the subject.
16) How are you doing?…respond in a Runyonesque way.   NICELY NICELY   character in Guys and Dolls
17) Funny silent film star, but he wasn't a tramp.   CHARLIE CHASE The dapper Charlie of the silents.
18) Yankee Doodle who went to London.    JOHNNY JONES per G.M. Cohan standard
19) The prettiest wrestler in the 1950's…if he did say so himself.   GORGEOUS GEORGE
20) Did this singer dent his car? Or his guitar? FREDDY FENDER one often dents a fender; a guitarist plays a Fender.
21) The English answer to la Monroe.   DIANA DORS
22) He kept the kids out of the pool…hall that is. HAROLD HILL   Trouble right here in River City.
23) A one hit wonder of the 1950s, he sang bloody well.    NERVOUS NORVUS hit song Transfusion; oft played by Dr. Demento
24) He was L'il Abner's ideel, a cop who looked like swiss cheese.    FEARLESS FOSDICK, Always shot full of holes
25) With his musical name he was a natural for the stage.   TOMMY TUNE

Compaints, compliments or comments welcome,
JotSC

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz Time
From: SINSULL
Date: 15 Jul 09 - 02:49 PM

Just figured out 9
Something to do with Little red Riding Hood?

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz Time
From: John on the Sunset Coast
Date: 15 Jul 09 - 01:28 PM

Seamus Kennedy--
You demand a recount? DEMAND? Okay.

I stand by crediting you with 19 correct answers...still the leader, BTW, and a very fine total it is.

By my tally you omitted or were incorrect on #s 6,9,10,14,18,& 23. Have I erred?

Correct answers here about 4-5pm PDT, after I return from class. Contrary to many opinions, I do have class(es).

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz Time
From: SINSULL
Date: 15 Jul 09 - 10:12 AM

6 & 9 still need answers. I think I got the others.

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz Time
From: Seamus Kennedy
Date: 15 Jul 09 - 09:06 AM

John - I demand a recount!

Seamus

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz Time
From: John on the Sunset Coast
Date: 14 Jul 09 - 06:18 PM

Seamus Kennedy has raised the bar to 19 correct. I erred in giving him credit for Vivian Vance as the VV...my bad. But a great job so far.

Only #s6,9,10,14,18 & 19 have no correct answers to date.

#10 is a thing, not a person.

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz Time
From: John on the Sunset Coast
Date: 14 Jul 09 - 04:29 PM

Hedda Hopper has not the initials KK.

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz Time
From: fat B****rd
Date: 14 Jul 09 - 03:53 PM

15, Hedda Hopper

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz Time
From: John on the Sunset Coast
Date: 14 Jul 09 - 01:29 PM

Rapaire--where's your PM?

This seems to be a little harder than I anticipated, but that may be because most are quite old--as am I--and some out of main stream consciousness in this century.

Here are the double initials I had in mind, and which the clues point to:

1) Perhaps the most influential American gossip monger of his (or any?) day. He was untouchable. WW
2) Underneath all that dirt, she was the most beeyootiful Dogpatcher of them all. Eat your heart out Daisy Mae! MM
3) Life mate of the world's oldest comic strip detective. TT
4) This mobster's death wasn't a close shave. AA
5) This real-life cop became an actor who played mostly cops in movies, getting his start in a film which portrayed his real-life exploits. EE
6) Comic actress and radio personality; sort of a Gracie Allen type. VV
7) He was part of a long time vaudeville (music hall to you Brits) team. All heck broke loose when they performed their greatest show. OO
8) The greatest Amazon of them all…in four colors. WW
9) He sang with Redheads…and that's no lie.   SS
10) She ain't no lady, but she sure is explosive. BB
11) Alter ego of this super arachnid. PP
12) The great escape-ist. HH
13) This mobster was fortunate to only be deported. LL
14) "America's Fightin' Cowboy"…not to be confused with "The King of the Cowboys". RR
15) Gossip biographer of the stars and famous…didn't like it when she was between the covers. KK
16) How are you doing…respond in a Runyonesque way. NN
17) Funny silent film star, but he wasn't a tramp. CC
18) "Yankee Doodle Boy" who went to London. JJ
19) The prettiest wrestler in the 1950's…if he did say so himself. GG
20) Did this singer dent his car? Or his guitar? FF
21) The English answer to la Monroe. DD
22) He kept the kids out of the pool…hall that is. HH
23) A one hit wonder of the 1950s, he sang bloody well. NN
24) He was L'il Abner's ideel, a cop who looked like swiss cheese. FF
25) With his musical name, he was a natural for the stage. TT

Several wrong answers on #14 and #17. The clues should lead away from the popular answers of Roy Rogers and Charlie Chaplin.

BillD has six correct. Come on there must be old people or historians out there.BG    Good luck!

Answers tomorrow.

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz Time
From: Rapparee
Date: 14 Jul 09 - 09:06 AM

Oops.

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz Time
From: Alice
Date: 13 Jul 09 - 10:33 PM

Rapaire, you're supposed to PM John w/answers

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz Time
From: Rapparee
Date: 13 Jul 09 - 10:14 PM

[edited by request] 1. Walter Winchell
2. Moonbeam McSwine
3. Tess Tracy
8. Wonder Woman
12. Harry Houdini
13. Lucky Luciano
15. Kitty Kelly
19. Gorgeous George
24. Fearless Fosdick

Those I'm unsure of:

21. Marilyn Maxwell.

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz Time
From: John on the Sunset Coast
Date: 13 Jul 09 - 02:07 PM

Have had a few responses, but not a lot of correct answers. Some answers given could seem to be correct...except they don't take the clues into consideration; this is especially true for 14 & 17.
To clarify 15...this person was not a gossip columnist, but wrote several biographies which were mostly gossip.

Keep those answers coming.

Subject: BS: Quiz Time
From: John on the Sunset Coast
Date: 12 Jul 09 - 08:40 PM

I haven't seen one, here, for quite a while, but life can't be that easy.
The object of this quiz is to identify a person (real or fictional) or thing. The trick is that in the each word of an answer starts with the same letter: e.g. Hollywood blonde bombshell = Marilyn Monroe. I have, in some cases, introduced a punny clue to help (or perhaps hinder) you.

As per usual, please don't blurt out the answer on the thread. PM me with your answers. I'll post the answers anon...whenever that is.

1) Perhaps the most influential American gossip monger of his (or any?) day. He was untouchable.
2) Underneath all that dirt, she was the most beeyootiful Dogpatcher of them all. Eat your heart out Daisy Mae!
3) Life mate of the world's oldest comic strip detective.
4) This mobster's death wasn't a close shave.
5) This real-life cop became an actor who played mostly cops in movies, getting his start in a film which portrayed his real-life exploits.
6) Comic actress and radio personality; sort of a Gracie Allen type.
7) He was part of a long time vaudeville (music hall to you Brits) team. All heck broke loose when they performed their greatest show.
8) The greatest Amazon of them all…in four colors.
9) He sang with Redheads…and that's no lie.
10) She ain't no lady, but she sure is explosive.
11) Alter ego of this super arachnid.
12) The great escape-ist.
13) This mobster was fortunate to only be deported.
14) "America's Fightin' Cowboy"…not to be confused with "The King of the Cowboys".
15) Gossip biographer of the stars and famous…didn't like it when she was between the covers.
16) How are you doing…respond in a Runyonesque way.
17) Funny silent film star, but he wasn't a tramp.
18) "Yankee Doodle Boy" who went to London.
19) The prettiest wrestler in the 1950's…if he did say so himself,
20) Did this singer dent his car? Or his guitar?
21) The English answer to la Monroe.
22) He kept the kids out of the pool…hall that is.
23) A one hit wonder of the 1950s, he sang bloody well.
24) He was L'il Abner's ideel, a cop who looked like swiss cheese.
25) With his musical name, he was a natural for the stage.

PS: Not every letter is represented (obviously from the number of questions), and some are represented more than once. Good Luck.