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Posted: April 03 2005 at 18:00

4.Who recorded the album "Smiling At Grief"? Twelfth Night
5.Where does the name "Soft Machine" come from? A novel by Wiliam Burroughs
8.What was Steve McQueen's last film? The Hunter
9.Who directed The Killing Fields? Roland Joffe (b.t.w., nice OST by Mike Oldfield, including an exotic version of the Tarrega's Spanish clasical guitar sonata "Recuerdos de Alhambra")

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Posted: April 03 2005 at 18:07

Cesar Inca wrote:

thanks Cesar!

Any advance on 4 correct? There are 16 questions still unanswered....

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Posted: April 03 2005 at 22:15

US scientists have found evidence that cats really do drive people mad. Researchers from Baltimore's Johns Hopkins University say their findings show keeping a furry pet can lead to schizophrenia, manic depression and even permanent brain damage.

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Posted: April 04 2005 at 03:32

Reed Lover wrote:

synthguy wrote:

Who is Alan Smithee?
He has directed a lot of films.

He's an alias for a director who wants to remain uncredited for a film-usually used during the McCarthy Witch Hunt era.

In fact, it all started with the film 'Death of a Gunfighter'. The original director didn't get along with star Richard Widmark, so he was replaced by Don Siegel. Siegel didn't want the credit, out of respect for the original director, who had already directed some of the film, but Widmark didn't want that man's name on the film, son Siegel signed with an pseudonym. After that, this pseudonym began the general standar name for directors who didn't want credit for a film. Unlike the movie that spawned this trend, wich quite good, it usually meant that the product was bad as a result of the producers taking control of the movie. This went along unoticed for several years, until the name began being too well known after Arthur Hiller shoot a movie called 'An Allan Smithee Film'... for wich he declined to take credit (it was not a publicity stunt: he asked the title to be changed to 'Burn, Hollywood Burn' in order to not give that impression). After this, 'Allan Smithee' was too widly known, so it was changed to 'Thomas Lee' for the sci-fi movie 'Supernova'. But the this name hasn't been used since. As far as I know, Allan Smithee credits used today are usually used by artists as a post-modern joke, not because a conflict in the shooting.

Uf... talk about Monday morning and don't wanting to start working.

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Posted: April 04 2005 at 07:44

GOOD GREIF!!!!!

I leave the forums for awhile and when i come back i find one of my old thraeds staring me in the face.

i cant beleive it was a year ago that i posted this one!!

Paco Fox mentioned "supernova",on the disc i have, in the "extras", is the original Apocaliptic, doom laden ending....

I think the movie would have done a little better if they kept it in!!

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Posted: April 04 2005 at 11:07

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7.How many crotchets make up a breve?

Eight

We Lost the Skyline............

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Posted: April 04 2005 at 14:46

Metropolis wrote:

Reed Lover wrote:

7.How many crotchets make up a breve?

Eight

correctomundo....and the rest?

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Posted: April 04 2005 at 15:03

Reed Lover wrote:

Ok I have a couple of the answers (If someone else answered first I apoligise) :

5.Where does the name "Soft Machine" come from? The title of a William Burroughs novel
8.What was Steve McQueen's last film? The Hunter or Tom Thorn
9.Who directed The Killing Fields? Roland Joffe

Sport:

11.Which sports star's real name is Lew Alcindor? Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
17. Who was the first man to run a mile in exactly 4 minutes? Jim Ryan
20.What did KT Suburaya of Japan do after failing to win the 1960 Olympic marathon?
a) Commit Hara-Kiri?
b)Sue the Olympic Committee for running the race in the midday heat?
c) Changed sex and ran in the 1968 Olympics as a woman?

I am guessing: "C"

Edited by Garion81

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Posted: April 04 2005 at 15:12

Garion81 wrote:

Reed Lover wrote:

Ok I have a couple of the answers (If someone else answered first I apoligise) :

5.Where does the name "Soft Machine" come from? The title of a William Burroughs novel yup
8.What was Steve McQueen's last film? The Hunter or Tom Thorn which?
9.Who directed The Killing Fields? Roland Joffe yup

Sport:

11.Which sports star's real name is Lew Alcindor? Kareem Abdul-Jabbar YES
17. Who was the first man to run a mile in exactly 4 minutes? Jim Ryan Nope!!!!
20.What did KT Suburaya of Japan do after failing to win the 1960 Olympic marathon?
a) Commit Hara-Kiri?
b)Sue the Olympic Committee for running the race in the midday heat?
c) Changed sex and ran in the 1968 Olympics as a woman?

I am guessing: "C" NOPE LOL

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Posted: April 04 2005 at 16:00

17. Who was the first man to run a mile in exactly 4 minutes? Jim Ryan Nope!!!!

I read that wrong.

8.What was Steve McQueen's last film? The Hunter

"What are you going to do when that damn thing rusts?"

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Posted: April 04 2005 at 16:12

Napoleon was actually slightly above average height for a Frenchman of his era. Stern Smile

French "feet" were a little longer than the standard English unit, so when the English victors translated Nappy's height (from his posthumous measurement by French doctors) for history, he seemed to have been shorter than he really was. Geek

His personal Imperial guard (always around him in battle) were all big, tall men, making the Napster look shorter to casual observers. Ermm

Trivial enough for you, Dude? Wink

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Posted: April 05 2005 at 03:22

dude wrote:

Paco Fox mentioned "supernova",on the disc i have, in the "extras", is the original Apocaliptic, doom laden ending....

I think the movie would have done a little better if they kept it in!!

Hey, I have to see that. Thanks for the info. Walter Hill is not the best director in the world, but he has some quite good films, so I'm sure this one had something going for it before `co-producers starting meesing around (ironically, I think Hill was producer also).

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Posted: April 21 2005 at 05:53

Um-------a Reliant Robin has 3 Wheels!!

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Posted: April 21 2005 at 10:50

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Posted: April 21 2005 at 11:00

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Posted: April 21 2005 at 11:09

Reed Lover wrote:

Here we go a Sunday Night Quiz:

Music and Entertainment:

1.Which was the first Symphony to feature trombones?Beethovens 5th
2.What does EMI stand for? Electrical and Musical instruments
3.At which venue did The Beatles perform their first US concert?Carnegie Hall
4.Who recorded the album "Smiling At Grief"?Twelfth Night
5.Where does the name "Soft Machine" come from? An ER Burroughs novel
6.Who played Cheyenne Bodie in "Cheyenne"?Clint Walker
7.How many crotchets make up a breve?8
8.What was Steve McQueen's last film?The Hunter
9.Who directed The Killing Fields? Roland Joffe
10.Which film features "the Scopes Monkey Trial"?Inherit the Wind

Sport:

11.Which sports star's real name is Lew Alcindor?Kareem Abdul-Jabaar
12.What is the usual name for the sign-language used by Bookies?Tic Tac
13.Which was the first 18 hole golf course?St Andrews,Scotland
14.Which numbers are next to 20 on a dart board? 1 & 5
15.Which sport uses "The Cartwright Rules"?
16.Who was the tallest ever World heavyweight Boxing Champion?Primo Carnera
17. Who was the first man to run a mile in exactly 4 minutes? Derek Ibbotsen
18.What does a flag with yellow and red diagonal stripes mean in Formula 1?Oil on track
19.In the infamous “Battle Of The Sexes” series in Tennis,which female tennis player had Bobbie Riggs beaten prior to losing to Billie Jean King?Margeret Court
20.What did KT Suburaya of Japan do after failing to win the 1960 Olympic marathon?
a) Commit Hara-Kiri? *
b)Sue the Olympic Committee for running the race in the midday heat?
c) Changed sex and ran in the 1968 Olympics as a woman?

a) He committed Hara-Kiri!!!!! Confused

Thanks for the underwhelming response Wink

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Posted: April 21 2005 at 11:24

I knew the questions,

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Posted: April 21 2005 at 14:31

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Posted: April 22 2005 at 10:46

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Posted: April 22 2005 at 16:00

It is theoretically possible to make a cat hover.

Given the following universal absolutes:

1 - a cat always lands on it's feet
2 - toast always lands butter side down on a white carpet

If you butter a cat's paws and drop it over a white carpet (on, ELP's stage, for example), then it will be unable to land, and must therefore hover (looking - without doubt - disdainfully at it's owner, and planning bloody revenge)

Just a thought....

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