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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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With the OT quiz team taking shape (4 queers and a dancer) or whatever they are calling themselves.
Now is a great time to see just how good they are.

Post your trivia questions and useless facts and see if team OT can answer them without using Google (I fully expect them to cheat).

Alt: If you had to go on one gameshow, which one would you go on and why.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 14:59, 427 replies, latest was 15 years ago)
Which national team won the first FIFA world cup?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:00, Reply)
Venezuela, wasn't it?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:01, Reply)
Unfortunately that is incorrect.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:04, Reply)
I will not answer this cunts questions.
because he is a cunt.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:01, Reply)
are we still on that?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:02, Reply)
well I am, don't know about anyone else.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:03, Reply)
I'm concerned that if you do go on Eggheads and decide you don't like the host, you might not win with that attitude.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:02, Reply)
I like Dermot, and the other fella.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:03, Reply)
Uruguay

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:05, Reply)
Are you calling FreeFail a poof?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:06, Reply)
Homer Simpson lols

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:06, Reply)
hehehehe

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:08, Reply)
^ What he said

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:06, Reply)
Yes, correct.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:07, Reply)
That was my second guess.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:09, Reply)
What makes Swindon Town unique amongst the 92 league teams?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:01, Reply)
B

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:02, Reply)
I need more information than that Bob.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:03, Reply)
I need options, if I don't know I will have to make an educated guess
this is a shit simulator.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:03, Reply)
Fair enough. Future questions will be multiple choice.
The answer to the Swindon Town question though, is that it's the only league club with none of the letters of the word 'mackerel' in it.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:05, Reply)
what's that white bit that's under your fingernail at the base?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:03, Reply)
cuticle?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:04, Reply)
dried spunk

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:04, Reply)
Something like luna or lunelle

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:04, Reply)
lunula
well done Roota
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:07, Reply)
Damn. I knew it was moonish but I didn't want to cheat

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:08, Reply)
I never would've known it even had a name, if I hadn't ran across the fact randomly

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:11, Reply)
Who is the British man widely credited for the invention of the modern internet?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:04, Reply)
Tim Berners-Lee

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:05, Reply)
Oh I see, like that is it?
In mechanics, what is the function of an overdrive?
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:06, Reply)
to make it go fast

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:06, Reply)
+er

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:07, Reply)
Yes

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:07, Reply)
I'm sorry Boss, but I have to take your first answer...

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:07, Reply)
Fucksticks

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:08, Reply)
shame it's wrong eh?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:08, Reply)
something to do with gearing it so it will be most efficient

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:08, Reply)
If you're actually interested
It's a module that connects to the gearbox containing a second clutch and a rotary gear that effectively steps up the gear ratios by a third, leading to a higher road speed relative to the engine.

So BK was essentially correct.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:12, Reply)
*pulls shirt over head*
*runs around room*
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:13, Reply)
I thought that it meant that you couldn't reach your highest speed
but was generally more efficient for higher speeds
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:13, Reply)
Well it would be more efficient for higher speeds
Because by maintaining 70mph, you could drop your engine speed by a third. It also means that if you engage it at 70mph and maintain engine speed, your road speed would be a third faster.

Edit: None of this explains why they didn't just chuck a fifth cog in the box like they do now.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:16, Reply)
I despute that the function of it is to make you go faster

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:18, Reply)
Nevertheless, that is its effect.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:22, Reply)
that wasn't the question though

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:49, Reply)
Which football league teams' pitch is the highest above sea level in the U.K?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:07, Reply)
Oldham
(Is my guess)
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:07, Reply)
Thinking about it.
Is it the Baggies? I'm sure I've heard this question before.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:09, Reply)
That's what I heard too.
Not sure if I believe it myself, only a few miles up the road and It doesn't strike me as being very far above anywhere else
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:10, Reply)
I initially said Oldham as everytime I've been to Boundary Park it has been beyond windy.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:14, Reply)
considering the fact you are never more than 70 ish miles from the coast in this country
logic dictates that it's going to be somewhere in the middle.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:15, Reply)
Unless it's on a clifftop.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:18, Reply)
yes b3th but only a doris would build a football stadium up a bloody mountain!

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:24, Reply)
Everton FC
(when we play Subbuteo in my auntie's high-rise flat)
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:08, Reply)
Don't know
Let me ask our self-proclaimed sport expert.

Bobby? Which football league team's pitch is the highest above sea level in the UK?
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:08, Reply)
West Bromwich Albion
about 550 feet
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:10, Reply)
Cheers mate
Bobby? Is that right?
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:11, Reply)
Hang on, Yep, I can confirm that is right.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:13, Reply)
I'm not surprised
If I was located in or near Birmingham I'd try to get as far away from it as possible too
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:14, Reply)
They have more than 275* supporters
*Give or take the odd mong/visiting ex-wife of Paul McCartney
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:11, Reply)
I know this, I'm not sure if I should answer

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:08, Reply)
just answer
ignore bobby acting like an arse. he can't help it, because he's a massive arse.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:10, Reply)
The Hawthorns ground of West Brom Albion.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:11, Reply)
What makes Hull City unique amongst the 92 league teams?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:08, Reply)
You can't colour in any of the letters! :)

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:08, Reply)
I knew this one!
We had that as a quiz question a few weeks ago.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:10, Reply)
Well strictly speaking you could colour in the letters
but there are no areas within the letters to fill in, but I knew what you meant.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:11, Reply)
Their kit
It's fucking horrible
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:08, Reply)
who gives a shit about football?
answer: I certainly don't, you twats
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:08, Reply)
What sort of question do you want Vipros.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:10, Reply)
Someone ask this moody cow a science question
Someone who knows or gives a shit about science, i.e. not me.

Oooh, I know - why do the wires of my headphones get tangled up in knots if I lay them out flat in a drawer?
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:10, Reply)
if I knew that about the wires then I would be a rich rich man
edit: my theory is that it is either aliens or some kind of bacteria
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:10, Reply)
I like the aliens one
It implies that they exist, but are not only benign but also possessed of a bastardly sense of humour. Basically, that aliens are among us and probably post on B3ta
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:12, Reply)
Because absolutely everything in your house is bent.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:11, Reply)
This is very amusing
*produces Eggheads team list*

Vipros
Berk
Agnostic Antichrist
Boss Keloid
Bobby Pires
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:13, Reply)
Noooooooo!!!!!

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:14, Reply)
Fear my strikethroughs of doom!

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:14, Reply)
*fears*

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:15, Reply)
because when your boyfriend is grappling about in the dark looking for some lube he messes them up

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:12, Reply)
do you put other things in the drawer?
is the drawer opened and closed for reasons other than to obtain the wires?
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:12, Reply)
String theory innit
something to do with anything that can get tangled will get tangled because it's lower entropy.*



*NB, I have completely made this up. But I do remember having a lecture on string theory at uni and it sounds like a reasonable explanation for tangled headphones to me.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:14, Reply)
New plan
I'll ask the Eggheads themselves my question, you make them look stupid with a fully fleshed out argument based on this and they'll be so flummoxed that they won't notice B3th kicking the living shit out of CJ
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:19, Reply)
The trick is to lie convincingly
my ability to do so, and to back up my argument, has given our quiz team the winning point on several occasions. Well twice, anyway.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:23, Reply)
I shall be mindful of this next Wednesday

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:31, Reply)
I'm terribly sorry about this
but I'm going to have to cancel - I'm being whisked away to Wimbledon for the day, all expenses paid etc...
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:38, Reply)
That is the most unlikely and impressively elaborate bullshit excuse for not meeting me I've ever heard

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:45, Reply)
Yeah, well I'm screwing my tennis coach
and he gets free tickets, so... I can picture message you from centre court if you like.

Besides, if you weren't such a pansy you'd get yourself down to one of the numerous proper bashes that go on.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:54, Reply)
Innit.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:54, Reply)
If TC behaves will you let him take you (up the) number 2 court?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:55, Reply)
Meh
old news.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:57, Reply)
Sorry berk. It wasn't funny months ago.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:58, Reply)
It does worry me slightly that you keep asking whether I have had happy analfuntimes
if I say yes, will you stop speculating?
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:01, Reply)
No.
It was only because you posted that 'I did something I never thought I'd do' thing the other week that there has been speculation.

I won't mention it again.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:03, Reply)
Oh yeah
That actually makes it significantly more likely. In which case I hope you have a fucking awesome time :-)
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:02, Reply)
Correct, have a cuddly toy

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:10, Reply)
Can quantum mechanics and general relativity be realized as a fully consistent theory (perhaps as a quantum field theory)?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:11, Reply)
yes

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:15, Reply)
where was Kelly Slater born?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:11, Reply)
hopefully the answer is Coco Beach
otherwise I know nothing
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:12, Reply)
cocoa beach so fail.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:14, Reply)
lame

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:15, Reply)
ok one more.
Which famous surfer found a father when surfing as a small boy and went on to pioneer being towed into bigger waves by boats then jet skis.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:16, Reply)
stab in the dark
Laird Hamilton
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:19, Reply)
bingo!

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:23, Reply)
awesome

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:27, Reply)
Out of your Mum's cunt
or Hawaii
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:12, Reply)
In a hospital.
If you want me to be more specific, I'd say in a maternity ward.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:12, Reply)
why is coffee so delicious?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:13, Reply)
trick question
it fucking isn't
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:14, Reply)
Other people's coffee smells nice.
But in real life, anything above instant coffee tastes liek rancid bitter pissy cacky cack.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:16, Reply)
Coffee is one of those weird things i lovethe smell of
but don't really enjoy drinking.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:17, Reply)
this, same with hot piss.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:18, Reply)
You love the smell of hot piss?
You are weird.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:19, Reply)
this. gross.
but I do like the smell of gasoline
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:20, Reply)
I don't really...
honest guv.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:24, Reply)
yup

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:19, Reply)
how instant are we talking?
like coffee machine instant?
or putting the grounds in your cup and adding water instant?
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:17, Reply)
Granules in a cup,
Not grounds though.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:18, Reply)
same difference
ew
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:19, Reply)
Really?
Coffee grounds aren't freeze-dried instant granules are they?
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:21, Reply)
haha not same thing
same difference
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:25, Reply)
it is if you only have it once in a while

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:19, Reply)
Because of the secret ingredient
which is to say, CRACK.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:14, Reply)
Why do birds suddenly appear?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:15, Reply)
Because you have WORMS

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:15, Reply)
Pan pipes innit

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:16, Reply)
just like me they long to be close to you

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:16, Reply)
Because you've been hit over the head by an ACME brand frying pan?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:16, Reply)
Because she threw all her food away, what did she expect?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:17, Reply)
I love this one

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:55, Reply)
Stale bread

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:23, Reply)
Entomology is the study of:
a. The gut
b. Insects
c. Hormones
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:15, Reply)
insects

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:16, Reply)
Insects
Guts is enterology.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:17, Reply)
And endocrinology is hormones innit?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:17, Reply)
Yup!

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:18, Reply)
You should totally be on our team too, Sis.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:19, Reply)
Well I survived your dad's quiz when I first visited them so I must be ok!

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:20, Reply)
Ah, but
If we go on telly proclaiming to be FROM THE INTERNET with three girls on the team, we'll be accused of lying on our application form
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:22, Reply)
Haha!

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:23, Reply)
Three girls
A nonce, and a bender.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:25, Reply)
Don't call Keloid a nonce

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:30, Reply)
Darth - put Roota on The List.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:22, Reply)
I'll balls it up.
Go on without me, save yerselves.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:24, Reply)
Yup.
10 internet points to you, Madame.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:19, Reply)
Ta!

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:20, Reply)
bugs and shit

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:17, Reply)
Shit is crapologism, actually

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:21, Reply)
I meant shit in a cool slang way, not actually turds.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:25, Reply)
TURDD

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:29, Reply)

*recoils from past memories*
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:34, Reply)
Insects.
My dad used to be an amateur one.
Entomologist, not insect.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:17, Reply)
Insects innit

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:17, Reply)
Political trivia anyone?
How many seats did the Thatcher lead Conservative party win in 1983. I'll give ten each way.
What percentage of the popular vote did Tony Blair's Labour Party win in 1997? I'll give one each way. (not including abstainers from voting)
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:16, Reply)
187 seats
31%
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:18, Reply)
You were right about the popular vote if you include non voters.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:24, Reply)
How can you include non-voters?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:26, Reply)
You were right in terms of how many eligible voters voted, including those eligible but non voting, if you get my drift.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:28, Reply)
which football team lost both the 1974 and 1978 world cup finals?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:21, Reply)
Nottingham Forest?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:22, Reply)
It has to be, doesn't it, considering who's asking.
Or Spurs.

EDIT: ohhhh. WORLD Cup Final.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:23, Reply)
Excellent logic both of you
Who won the 1898 and 1959 FA Cup Finals?
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:25, Reply)
Accrington Stanley?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:26, Reply)
who are they?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:27, Reply)
points deducted for no attempt at accent

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:27, Reply)
WILL TRY HARDER NEXT TIME.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:29, Reply)
Needs MOAR regional accent

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:27, Reply)
oo are dey?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:27, Reply)
Exakkly!

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:28, Reply)
Iggggzacccccchhhhhleee!

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:28, Reply)
Gimme sum!!!

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:29, Reply)
NO
Nottingham Forest OBVIOUSLY
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:29, Reply)
Oh man
who woulda thought?
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:31, Reply)
I remember it like it was yesterday

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:35, Reply)
Holland
I assume you mean World Cup?
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:22, Reply)
yup, good spot!

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:23, Reply)
Holland
1974 saw Johan Cruyff, in his only World Cup, unlucky not to lead a great team to victory against hosts Germany, powered by the goals of Gerd Muller, who held the record for most goals scored in World Cup finals with 14 until Ronaldo broke it.

1978 saw Argentina's new Junta government apply enormous pressure to FIFA and the referee, making it apparent that the host nation would be winning at all costs.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:25, Reply)
Kempes was a bit good though in all fairness

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:25, Reply)
Oh yeah, totally
But nonetheless, it was made apparent to the referee that if he wanted to avoid a mass riot and lots of death, he should keep playing until Argentina scored
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:27, Reply)
How much wood can a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:23, Reply)
Edward Woodward?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:24, Reply)
Not now sadly.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:25, Reply)
Edward Woodward has the most ridiculous sounding name if you take the 'D's out
Ewar Woowar lols.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:27, Reply)
His death was announced to me that way

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:28, Reply)
enough to kill and bury you you cunt.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:25, Reply)
WDC-defined Competition Dances
Name the five International Standard Ballroom dances?
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:25, Reply)
Dunno

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:26, Reply)
FFS.
There's no helping some queers.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:27, Reply)
Hahaha
Waltz
Tango
Viennese Waltz
Foxtrot
Quickstep

which is also the order they would be danced in
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:28, Reply)
*gives massive kiss*

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:29, Reply)
*slips the tongue*

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:32, Reply)
I think you'll find it's more appropriate to throw flowers.
Or is that ice skating?
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:33, Reply)
Silly Jeff
You can't throw ice skating.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:35, Reply)
You can if it's in Swansea and Andre Marriner referees

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:37, Reply)
*massive guess*
Foxtrot, Waltz, Samba, Limbo and the Lambada.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:26, Reply)
10 points for Limbo.
2/5.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:27, Reply)
I'd go with
Foxtrot, waltz, quickstep, cha cha cha, macarena.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:28, Reply)
10 points for Macarena.
See above for correct answer.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:31, Reply)
Cha Cha Cha is a Latin dance
along with Samba, Rumba, Paso Doble and Jive.

You cheeky sod.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:32, Reply)
gay
gayer
gayer still
gayest
anal prolapse
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:26, Reply)
are you still annoyed?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:29, Reply)
no but it's ballroom innit.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:33, Reply)
have you gotten your dates?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:35, Reply)
October the 2oth I think we fly out

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:47, Reply)
which country did Bruce Grobbelar represent at international level?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:26, Reply)
Sith Ifrikka?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:26, Reply)
Zimbabwe

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:27, Reply)
good work! Roota fell into the trap.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:28, Reply)
I really thought he was South African

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:28, Reply)
so do most people hence the awesomeness of the Q

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:32, Reply)
Well done

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:32, Reply)
He was from Zimbabwe wasn't he?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:27, Reply)
He answered 3,333 trivia questions to earn a guiness world record

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:28, Reply)
One for B3th
Who scored Scotland`s only goal at the 1996 European football championships?
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:28, Reply)
Justin Currie!

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:28, Reply)
Did we score in Euro 96?
All I can remember is Gary McAllister and the moving ball of death.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:30, Reply)
Hendry?
Nah, it was a penalty and the ball moved whilst he ran up?
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:30, Reply)
Trick question, Scotland don't play football

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:34, Reply)
Oh, you great hairy poof!
You wait, mate. You just fucking wait.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:37, Reply)
I bet FreeFair can't remember the last time they played at a competitive tournament

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:38, Reply)
I imagine he's more intested in rugger
and leaves the association football to the proles.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:41, Reply)
Obvious edit is obvious
r +b
+y
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:46, Reply)
Ally McCoist.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:39, Reply)
What is triskaidekaphobia?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:30, Reply)
Fear of the number 13!

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:30, Reply)
Fear of the number 13
*edit* Beaten to the buzzer!
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:30, Reply)
What is pognophobia?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:31, Reply)
Fear of beards?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:31, Reply)
Correct!

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:31, Reply)
Hoopla!

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:31, Reply)
^this
I have no fear of them, but I greatly distrust men with them.

Which usually covers my brother and my husband.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:32, Reply)
I don't fear them.
I just don't like them.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:32, Reply)
charming

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:48, Reply)
wanking material

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:32, Reply)
Pogonophobia, I thought?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:34, Reply)
me too
and I should know
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:47, Reply)
What is the technical (binomial) name of the common magpie?
and for extra points, describe the disease that shares the name.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:32, Reply)
Michael Jackson disease
doesn't matter if you're black and/or white.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:33, Reply)
Is it Corvus?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:34, Reply)
I believe this is a family of birds that includes, rooks and ravens

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:34, Reply)
Ahh, was a complete guess anyway

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:37, Reply)
Avian Minstralius pikeyium

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:34, Reply)
Toon Army.
Extra: A love of brown ale.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:34, Reply)
Kleptos
Stealing shiny things.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:35, Reply)
I had to google the name
but the disease is the craving to eat non foodstuffs during pregnancy, eg coal or chalk.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:36, Reply)
Magpies are my favourite birds
and the name is hilarious.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:38, Reply)
Hah
magpies shoot lightning from their cheeks.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:39, Reply)
I did not know that was their latin name
it makes them sound like a type of pokemon.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:44, Reply)
Ooh, and it also happens in some cases of anaemia.
I found it when I was convinced I had anaemia. I used to love convincing myself I was ill.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:44, Reply)
That's one of the great pitfalls of studying the biological sciences
you're permanently convinced you have this, that or the other weird symptom which means you have this, that or the other weird disease. I convinced myself I had a myelodysplastic syndrome once.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:46, Reply)
What unfortunate 'accident' did Gary Lineker have at World Cup 1990?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:35, Reply)
He was from Leicester?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:37, Reply)
Broke his arm. Still played on though.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:38, Reply)
That was 1986

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:41, Reply)
when did he piss on the pitch?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:40, Reply)
he crapped himself!

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:44, Reply)
Yep

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:49, Reply)
Which Reese was in legaly blonde
and was recently stabbed?
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:35, Reply)
witherknife.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:36, Reply)
With a KNIFE?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:37, Reply)
Name the actor Lance Henriksen shoots in Dog Day Afternoon
Alt: Bullseye, but only if they brought back Jim Bowen. I want a speedboat and a bendy bully.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:35, Reply)
John Cazale?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:37, Reply)
Correct

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:39, Reply)
Which footballer has scored in all divisions, a european cup final, an fa cup final and was only capped for their country last year?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:36, Reply)
Robert Earnshaw?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:37, Reply)
nope, I just rang my mate to double check the wording of the question and he assures me it's fine.
Keep guessing.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:39, Reply)
Somebody whose country only got into international football in 2010?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:40, Reply)
nope

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:40, Reply)
As if Bob Earnshaw has been anywhere near a European Cup final
He's scored hat-tricks in all divisions, both domestic cups and internationally.

Am stumped by Bobby's question actually
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:40, Reply)
my mate asked us this a few weeks ago and only two of us got it.
It took me about 15 minutes.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:41, Reply)
It must be someone who only got citizenship for their country recently or something
Nani?
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:47, Reply)
nope
so close first time.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:49, Reply)
Is it a trick question?
Is the cap for cricket or something?
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:52, Reply)
nope,
do you want the nationality, will that help?
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:52, Reply)
Let's think about this
They've played in all the English divisions, so they either play for an English club to have recently made a Champions League final or recently transferred to either Barcelona or Inter Milan.

Nope, still no clue
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:52, Reply)
english player, english club

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:54, Reply)
Capped for England last year?
Or English by birth but defected?
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:55, Reply)
capped

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:56, Reply)
So this is someone who scored in a Champions League final for an English club, gained English citizenship and was capped by England in 2010
Vladimir Smicer. That's the only name it possibly can be. But it's not.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:01, Reply)
You said champions league, I said european cup final.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:02, Reply)

www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post1246516
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:03, Reply)
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
Well done our kid
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:06, Reply)
It's not Bobby Zamora, is it?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:00, Reply)
yes mate!!!!!

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:04, Reply)
would that be the same Bobby Zamora who was released by Bristol Rovers as he wasn't good enough?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:06, Reply)
they dropped a bollock there.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:07, Reply)
Forest rejected Andy Cole because he wasn't up to snuff
Although he eventually proved them right. Also Shaun Wright-Phillips, who admits that being chucked by Forest gave him the kick up the arse he needed to concentrate on his game
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:15, Reply)
Woo!

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:06, Reply)
bingo.
two points, that man. At least, I assume so, that would have been my answer.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:06, Reply)
The Common Cormorant is also know by which name?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:36, Reply)
brian

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:36, Reply)
Fishy black bastard

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:36, Reply)
Pike?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:37, Reply)
The myth says it's a Shag
but in reality they are two different birds
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:38, Reply)
That's right
The one you'd like to shag and the one you'd take home to your mother.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:39, Reply)
It does lay its eggs in a paper bag though

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:42, Reply)
What was Mickey Mouse originally called?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:38, Reply)
Mortimer

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:39, Reply)
Yes. Well done.
What is Donals Duck's middle name?
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:40, Reply)
Dave

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:41, Reply)
Fuck, I know this
No I don't. Richard Nixon's was Milhouse though
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:42, Reply)
It's a name that would suit you....

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:46, Reply)
it has come to me but too much time has passed fro me not to have googled it so I shan't answer.
Oh Lord!
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:48, Reply)
Oh, go on.
We all trust you.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:49, Reply)
Fauntelroy

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:53, Reply)
This is indeed correct.
You definitely have to be on telly with us.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:54, Reply)
Quendo?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:49, Reply)
Willy

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:41, Reply)
Mortimer Mouse in Steamboat Willy

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:42, Reply)
BOLZ

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:43, Reply)
I'll bet Darth would love to steamboat Willy.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:43, Reply)
motorboat, surely?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:44, Reply)
Surnames of the actors that played the Magnificent Seven?
(will allow with seven).
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:39, Reply)
Borgnine, Dexter, Bucholdst, McQueen, Brynner, Wagner, Bronson?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:40, Reply)
One wrong

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:41, Reply)
Was it Robert Vaughan instead of Wagner?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:41, Reply)
Oh yeah, two wrong then including that one

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:42, Reply)
You are no Anne Robinson Bill Clay

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:43, Reply)
Trudat

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:43, Reply)
Balls
Robert Vaughan and James Coburn
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:45, Reply)
Wagner was that cunt from that singing show I don't like.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:42, Reply)
wasn't Robert Wagner the one in Hart to Hart?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:43, Reply)
The dog in Hart to Hart was called Freeway.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:45, Reply)
Married to Mrs H I believe.
She's gwargeous!
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:46, Reply)
Max lolz.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:46, Reply)
Brynner, McQueen, Buccholz, Bronson, Vaughn, Dexter, Coburn.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:44, Reply)
Who has won more acting Oscars than anyone else EVAH?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:43, Reply)
IS it Batman?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:44, Reply)
Vipros thinks you're spicey.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:46, Reply)
What does that even mean?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:48, Reply)
Dunno

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:49, Reply)
generally pleasant
but if not careful it will fuck you up
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:49, Reply)
Can only be handled with lots of beer?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:51, Reply)
I approve of this

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:52, Reply)
it came about because clendrix said you like variety
I said "spice of life etc." and she said you are spicy. I thought it was a good description.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:52, Reply)
I love Clendrix

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:53, Reply)
I recently get the impression that she disapproves of me

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:54, Reply)
Maybe you should stop being
a whiny, smug, drug addict in denial then
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:55, Reply)
I've stopped denying it

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:57, Reply)
also, I've tried to tone down the smug.
Guess that didn't work.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:06, Reply)
I'd guess Katherine Hepburn

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:44, Reply)
Spot on sir, four Academy Awards to her name
Bonus point for the runner up, with three
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:48, Reply)
Jack Nicholson?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:49, Reply)
Casper Van Dien

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:50, Reply)
Played
Lastly, name three people who have two acting Oscars to their names.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:56, Reply)
Tom Hanks
Jimmy Stewart
ummmm..... pass on the third.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:59, Reply)
The Rock
Nicolas Cage
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:00, Reply)
Yes, yes (although I was thinking of people who could still equal Jack ideally, Jimmy might be hard pushed to do so)
Also Denzel Washington, Kevin Spacey, Jason Robards (also unlikely to grab a third), Hilary Swank, Robert De Niro, Sally Field, Jodie Foster and probably some others I can't remember
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:05, Reply)
Spider-Man?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:52, Reply)
Some obscure sound or SFX guy?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:46, Reply)
Psst - he said 'acting' Oscars.
I'm guessing that means it's an on-screen talent.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:47, Reply)
piss

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:50, Reply)
That would be my guess too.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:48, Reply)
Steven Segal
He'll take you to the bank...the blood bank
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:53, Reply)
Who was the first Simpsons character to die in a storyline?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:44, Reply)
Maude Flanders?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:44, Reply)
Oh bless you
that's not even close.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:45, Reply)
You're deleting posts again, you div.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:47, Reply)
Roota will sniff you out from 100 miles away

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:52, Reply)
I can't be arsed with the soft cunt
It's going back on ignore now.
Deleting like a tit.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:04, Reply)
What did he delete?
Something overtly contraversial?
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:08, Reply)
bleeding gums murphy?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:45, Reply)
this has my vote

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:45, Reply)
Scratchy?
Itchy?
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:45, Reply)
Santa's Little Helper 1

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:45, Reply)
Snowball

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:47, Reply)
Darth's favourite drink?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:49, Reply)
"Do you want a flake in that love?"

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:51, Reply)
he likes Boddingtons?
what a cunt
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:53, Reply)
For ale drinkers who don't like ale

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:55, Reply)
My nan used to drink those
She also used to buy me two halves of bitter instead of a pint, because gilrls shouldn't drink pints.

Bless.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:53, Reply)
Name the Roman general who lost three legions to Arminius in the battle of Teutoburg Forest in 9AD, the single worst defeat in Roman history at that point.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:56, Reply)
Oo.
Is that a bit early for Pompey? Dunno.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:57, Reply)
Publius Quinctilius Varus

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:57, Reply)
Well done Google, I mean Apers.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:59, Reply)
Actually i knew-ish, but checked the spelling
As lets be honest, my English isn't great so latin names might be a step too far
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:03, Reply)
I have a feeling it was something like Armenius
More accurately, I know that this name was associated with the battle and assume he was Roman cos it sounds it.

I know, brilliant
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:59, Reply)
You spanner. Arminius - referred to in the question - was German, and was the victor.
He is a source of history nerd-lols as he is 'Herman the German'. He is still regarded as something of a national hero to the Boche.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:01, Reply)
Hey, that wasn't bad!
I'm chuffed I was even in the ballpark, frankly
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:03, Reply)
That's not the sort of park you're usually in...

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:04, Reply)
That's just what me and the sisters call any park with a lot of balls in

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:08, Reply)
It's a pretty apt name for hamstead heath.
/'noon.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:09, Reply)
Don't I know it, darling
Wotcha squire
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:13, Reply)
At least you didn't just Google it like that cunt Nakers.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:07, Reply)
I am a quiz purist, Monty
Plus I seriously doubt the Beeb will let us use internet phones on Eggheads, so cheating gets us nowhere
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:09, Reply)
Oi, you take that back!
Smearing my good name all over the internet, it's a fucking liberty
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:12, Reply)
Did you put some clothes on, then?
I missed the memo on that.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:13, Reply)
Yeah, got cold

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:13, Reply)
No idea. But I'll bet Doctor Who was in the background, pulling the strings as it were.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:00, Reply)
Pulling the strings
the new name for wanking.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:00, Reply)
Dunno
Cannae was far worse
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:03, Reply)
The internet says you are right
and that the battle of Arausio in 105BC was evern worst in terms of Romans killed.

Perhaps I should have said 'most humiliating defeat'.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:05, Reply)
Carrhae was a fucking disaster

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:07, Reply)
Was it that Pyrrhus chap?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:15, Reply)
No, he won
Just at an immense cost. Hence the term 'pyrrhic victory'
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:17, Reply)
Who wrote and performed the first rock opera?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:04, Reply)
That's right.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:05, Reply)
Not so.
The Pretty Things.

SF Sorrow predates Tommy by a year.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:06, Reply)
The Whom

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:05, Reply)
pfft

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:06, Reply)
Was it Hawkwind by any chance?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:06, Reply)
Wagner

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:06, Reply)
Monty Boyce, aged 13, only available to watch in his mum's basement

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:07, Reply)
Emerson Stranglewank the Third.
also, good afternoon Monters.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:08, Reply)
Fucking hell, it's
MIIIIIGHTERRRRRRRS
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:08, Reply)
It is
I've just got back from Glasgow and nobody stabbed me. RESULT.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:12, Reply)
That's almost unheard-of good fortune.
Did you have a munchy box?
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:15, Reply)
I was only there for 2 hours
so no.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:16, Reply)
Crystal Maze
Best 'gameshow' ever, and the most expensive. However, I would change it a wee bit, to the....

Crystal Meth Maze.

Basically get 6 random punters mad stupefied on Meth and set them a series of challenges. These could include...being quiet for 3 minutes, scab picking and retrieving insects from under their own skin.

How could it fail?
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:08, Reply)
I'm in.
A friend of mine had the time of his life on that stuff in Las Vegas. He was in a strip club for over 24 hours without noticing.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:10, Reply)
bet he noticed when he checked his bank balance afterwards

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:11, Reply)
Yup, he spent a fucking fortune.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:13, Reply)
I'm intrigued as to what he didn't notice?
just that he was in a strip club?
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:13, Reply)
That 24 hours had passed since he went in there.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:15, Reply)
that is pretty impressive
I was going to ask ... didn't it close at some point? but then I saw the word "Vegas"
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:17, Reply)
Breakfast strippers must be a sight to behold

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:19, Reply)
I wonder if he would have noticed
if he'd been made to suck off a fat sweaty businessman to get drinks money.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:21, Reply)
lack of advertising revenue and having Keith Chegwin present naked

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:10, Reply)
If Iraq was Mesopotamia,
and Istanbul was Constantinople, what was Iceland?
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:11, Reply)
Norseland

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:13, Reply)
Bejams

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:13, Reply)
Hahaha

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:13, Reply)
funny and correct.
a double-whammy.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:14, Reply)
Internet validation!
I win!!!!!
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:15, Reply)
there is no higher honour.

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:16, Reply)
well played.
The old ones are the best.
(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:13, Reply)
Vinland

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:13, Reply)
Is that where new cars are registered?

(, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:15, Reply)

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