Pub Quiz

It's been a close-fought contest, but the results are finally in for the Name that Tune pub quiz from last week.

Before I move onto opening the shiny envelopes, I'd just like to thank everyone for taking part; and especially all you lovely, lovely people who knew the answer to Number 8. I got so much stick for using a longer clip of that in a work quiz because "no-one's ever heard of it." Thank-you for proving them wrong.

And now *fanfare* on to the winners.

Sharing joint third place are jinx1419 and bobsworld with a very respectable 14 points each.

Second place on the podium is also looking a little crowded as gashinryu and eyekiller both clocked up 16 points.

First place on the podium however is a place of splendid isolation as one person came out head and shoulders above the rest. They did so well I started to get paranoid that they'd nicked my CD collection, but it was all still there when I checked. Ladies, gentlemen and LJers this has been my first quiz where anyone scored full marks. I'd like a big, musical round of applause for pookee who scored a maximum 20 twenty points!! Congratulations!!

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Well done everyone.

Hello pubquiz!

Each of the following ten intros clips is no longer than 5 seconds long, in fact some are a good deal shorter.

You get a point for the song title, and a point for the artist; giving a possible maximum score of 20 lovely, lovely points. So go on - give it your best shot.

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You have until 5pm on Saturday 8th November to get your entries in.

Good luck everyone.

Here are the answers to the infuriating and ill designed Film Quotes Quiz.

1: Abigails Party
2: The Big Lebowski
3: River's Edge
4: Convoy
5: Revenge of the Sith
6: Scarface
7: Platoon
8: Shaun of the Dead
9: The Replacements
10: Finding Nemo

In third place was shereenb with 4 points
In second place was gashinryu with 6

and the winner (and my new hero for knowing River's Edge) was anged with 8.


Well done you.

Must do another of these. Just not when i'm in the middle of watching Iron Man.

Righty-ho, I guess it's time for the results of the lyrics quiz. First off, thanks to everybody who took part. Second off, here's the top five in reverse order:

In 5th place, with 24.5 points -shereenb 
In 4th place, with 26 points -anged 
In 3rd place, with 29 points-eyekiller 
In 2nd place, with 33 points-popsock 
And in 1st place, with a not-quite-perfect 39 points out of 40, it'sgashinryu 

Well done, chaps!

If you want to know your score/position, just comment below. In the meantime, here's the answers:

1. You don't have to take this crap! - The Style Council - Walls Come Tumbling Down
2. Got a wife and kids in Baltimore Jack - Bruce Springsteen - Hungry Heart
3. It's all the same, only the names will change - Bon Jovi - Dead or Alive
4. Caroline laughs and it's raining all day - Psychedelic Furs - Pretty In Pink
5. I've never seen you look like this without a reason - Big Country - In A Big Country
6. There's a girl who's been on my mind, all the time - Phil Collins - Sussudio
7. The rain falls hard on a humdrum town - The Smiths - William It Was Really Nothing
8. Last night a little dancer came dancing through my door - Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
9. A man walks down the street, he says why am I short in the middle now? - Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al
10. Standing in a line marking time waiting for the welfare dime - Bruce Hornsby & The Range - The Way It Is
11. When routine bites hard and ambitions are low - Joy Division, Love Will Tear Us Apart
12. You consider me your young apprentice - The Police - Wrapped Around Your Finger
13. When I was a child running in the night - Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
14. When I'm with you baby I go out of my head - Depeche Mode - I Just Can't Get Enough
15. Now the mist across the window hides the light - Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out
16. I never meant to cause you any sorrow - Prince - Purple Rain
17. I get up and nothing gets me down - Van Halen - Jump
18. Hey Hey, the clouds are whey - XTC - Senses Working Overtime
19. You always wanted a lover, I only wanted a job - Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield - What Have I Done To Deserve This?
20. Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Wooooooh Woah! - Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me

[edit] I'm that out of practice i forgot to say: I'm looking for film titles from the quotes given below.

Hello? Is anybody out there?

*Tumbleweeds drift past*

I thought it might be time to resurrect the pubquiz community again by way of a short(ish) pop quiz. Assuming, of course, there's anybody still around who wants to do it. So, 20 questions are coming up, each of which is the first line to a song that was a hit in the 1980s. All you have to provide is the song title and artist (without the aid of Google - cheats never prosper, and you'll only end up burning in the fiery pits of hell if you do, YOU KNOW THAT!)

You get one point for each, so a possible 2 points per question, and I always encourage you to fill something in even if you don't know the answer, because I sometimes give bonus points for stuff that makes me laugh.

Closing date for entries is 5.00pm on Sunday 1st November. Enjoy!

Edit I just spotted a typo in number 14. I should be 'I go out of my head' not 'I got out of my head'. Sorry.

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Thank you to everybody who entered the quiz, and for the nice comments you left about it. It was time consuming to put together, but great fun, and I've already got a few more lined up for a future quiz. But first, we need to know the results of this one. It was incredibly close, but the results in reverse order were as follows:

In 3rd place, with a stonking 41 points out of 50 - step forward lordofthethings and rhino!
In 2nd place, with a fantastic 42 points - arise sir baggy!
and in first place, with a mahooosive 46 out of 50 - take a bow jinx1419!

If anyone else would like to know their score, just shout and I'll reveal all in the comments.

Now I guess you'll be wanting to know the answers:

1. The Beatles - A Hard Days Night, All You Need Is Love, Day Tripper, I Feel Fine
2. Blur - Coffee and TV, There's No Other Way, Parklife, Tender
3. The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me, Message In A Bottle, Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic, Can't Stand Losing You
4. Squeeze - Cool For Cats, Up The Junction, Hourglass, Tempted
5. Robbie Williams - Let Me Entertain You, Kids, Rock DJ, Angels
6. Abba - The Day Before You Came, Dancing Queen, Gimme Gimme Gimme, Money Money Money
7. Foo Fighters - Monkey Wrench, Everlong, All My Life, The One
8. Madonna - Like A Prayer, Ray Of Light, Don't Tell Me, Vogue (kudos to those who spotted the one word 'God' which signified the start of 'Like A Prayer'!)
9. Basement Jaxx - Good Luck, Do Your Thing, Where's Your Head At, Oh My Gosh
10. Scissor Sisters - Laura, Take Your Mama, I Don't Feel Like Dancing, Comfortably Numb

That's all, folks!

Believe it or not, I actually started compiling this quiz back in 2003. I found the original files when clearing out some old stuff on the pooter, and thought maybe it was time to finish and post the quiz. So here it is...

On this webpage you will find 10 mp3 files. Each file contains four intros to songs by one band or singer. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to identify the artist and each of the four songs. Each correct answer will earn you 1 point, making each question worth five points. Due to the restrictions of LJ polls, I could only post one text box per question, so to make marking the quiz easier could you please set the answers out by putting in the artists name first then each of the track names in order separated by commas. So, for example, if Question 1 was The Bee Gees and the tracks were Stayin' Alive, Night Fever, You Win Again and You Should Be Dancin' you'd fill out the text box as follows:

The Bee Gees, Stayin' Alive, Night Fever, You Win Again, You Should Be Dancin'

Easy, huh? If you want to use shortened names, you can, but you shouldn't need to as I've checked and all the artist and titles should fit ok.

If you have trouble accessing the mp3's for whatever reason, please shout in comments and I'll try to sort something out, e.g. emailing a zip file to you or something. Hopefully, though, it should work ok as I've posted similar quizzes in the past. As I said, there's five points per question to play for and possible points for comedy/amusing answers (if you can fit any in). I think there's something in there for everyone, so do have a go - it's the taking part that counts after all! I'm hoping this is relatively cheat-proof, but the usual rules still apply (and we all know that cheaters make the Baby Jesus cry!) Closing date for the quiz is next Wednesday, 22nd November at 6pm.

Hopefully that's all clear. So, on with the quiz!
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Musical Movies
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It's time for another pub quiz.

No Googling the answers.

Results on Monday 6th November (or sometime just after)
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