Picture Quiz #3

Can you identify these famous film directors?

1.  2.  3. 

4.  5.  

6. 

Answers

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1. Sam Mendes

2. Francis Ford Coppola

3. Stanley Kubrick

4. Tom Hooper

5. Steven Mcqueen

6. Ron Howard

The Quiz Addict Quiz Book 2

The Second book has been receiving some great feedback so thanks for all the emails! The book is out now on the Kindle Store for 77p. You can read it on most devices including PC/Laptops. Any help with getting it onto your device just ask!

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Mastermind Standings 2014/2015

Following this weeks heat of Mastermind 2014/2015 here are the current standings from the series so far...(Still not sure if its 6 highest scoring runners up in all or whether they need to have finished second?)

Mark Eaves - 30 (Q)
Ian Clark - 30 (Q)
Hazel Humprheys - 28 (Q)
Chris Grandison - 26 (Q)
Andrew Teale - 24 (Q)
Mike Foden - 21 (Q)
Paula Keaveney - 21 (Q)
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Gareth Kingston - 28 (2nd)
Diane Hallaghan - 28 (2nd)
Alice Mennel - 26
Susan Sworn - 25 (2nd =)
Jeremy Renals - 25  (2nd =)
Les Morrell-24
Howard Towner - 23
Cliff Morgan - 21 (2nd)
Louise Boradbent - 21 (2nd)
John Carrington - 21 (2nd)
Neil Madle - 20
Martin Roebuck - 20
Derek Heyes - 20
Jack Young - 20
Lena Gazey - 19 (2nd)
Tim Allison - 19
Stephen Peter - 17
Andy Crane -17
Sidin Sunny - 15
Graham Gowland - 15
Mark Roman Gold - 15

Mastermind 2014/2015 - Heat 7

Mastermind 2014/2015 - Heat 7

A very close heat this week until the very end. Congratulations to Hazel Humphreys who notched up 17 points on her GK to earn a comfortable win. John Carrington scored the lowest on the SS round but it did look for a brief moment as if his score of 21 may be enough but as soon as Hazel got into her stride there was no stopping her!

Hazel Humphreys - 28

John Carrington - 21

Neil Madle - 20

Martin Roebuck-20

My New E-Book - The Quiz Addict Quiz Book #2 - Out Now

It has been a while since I published the first of my ebooks. I am happy to say that the second book is out now in the Kindle Store priced 77p. You dont need a Kindle to read it as it can be read on most devices and indeed read on your laptop PC. Slight format change from last time with only 5 questions per page and the answers on the following page making it easier to navigate hopefully.

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Picture Quiz #2

The first set seemed to go down well. This time....can you identify these figures from the current British Political scene?...



1.  2. 
3. 4. 5.  



6. 





Answers
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1. Nicola Sturgeon
2. Teresa May
3. Chuka Umunna
4. Leanne Wood
5. Phillip Hamkond
6. Jeremy Hunt

Mastermind Specialist Subjects

Mastermind airs at 7pm again this week. I think largely due to the Ryder Cup Coverage although there seemed little need to move the show when you see the schedules. Never mind....here are the subjects being faced on Friday if anyone is keen to take on the wiki challenge -

Les Dawson
West Indies Cricket
The Pre-Raphaelites
Howard Hawks

Mastermind Standings 2014/2015

Heading into tomorrows heat of Mastermind 2014 (which airs at 7pm!) here are the current standings from the series so far...

Mark Eaves - 30 (Q)
Ian Clark - 30 (Q)
Chris Grandison - 26 (Q)
Andrew Teale - 24 (Q)
Mike Foden - 21 (Q)
Paula Keaveney - 21 (Q)
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Gareth Kingston - 28 (2nd)
Diane Hallaghan - 28 (2nd)
Alice Mennel - 26
Susan Sworn - 25 (2nd =)
Jeremy Renals - 25  (2nd =)
Les Morrell-24
Howard Towner - 23
Cliff Morgan - 21 (2nd)
Louise Boradbent - 21 (2nd)
Derek Heyes - 20
Jack Young - 20
Lena Gazey - 19 (2nd)
Tim Allison - 19
Stephen Peter - 17
Andy Crane -17
Sidin Sunny - 15
Graham Gowland - 15
Mark Roman Gold - 15

My New Book - Out Now

It has been a while since I published the first of my ebooks. I am happy to say that the second book is out now in the Kindle Store priced 77p. You' dont need a Kindle to read it as it can be read on most devices and indeed read on your laptop PC. Slight format change from last time with only 5 questions per page and the answers on the following page making it easier to navigate hopefully.

All feedback welcome as always.

Please feel free to post honest reviews of the book on Amazon!

Here is a link to the to the book on the site




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Picture Quiz #1

In what I hope to be a new series of short picture quizzes....Can you identify these famous faces? This week....Classical Composers.


Let me know how you did!


`1.    2.  3. 





4.  5. 6. 





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1. Schubert
2. Chopin
3. Tchaikovsky
4. Debussy
5. Mendelssohn
6. Haydn

Questions

1.       The 1976 Prime Minister’s Resignation Honours became known satirically as what?

 

2.       Television: Ken Russell’s 1968 TV work “Songs of Summer” is a biography of which composer?

 

3.       Her father was the first to identify Munchausen’s Syndrome and she was briefly engaged to Paul McCartney. Which British actress am I talking about?

 

4.       In 1902, who became the first German to win the Nobel prize for Literature?

 

5.       Window  Cleaner, Pop Performer, Driving Instructor, Holiday Camp. What is the connection?

 

6.       Helena Bonham Carter is the great granddaughter of which former British Prime Minister?

 

7.       Who played Cosmo Topper in “Topper” (1953-56) and Alexander Waverly in “The Man from U.N.C.L.E” (1964-1968)?

 

8.       Who was the first British solo artist to win a Grammy Award and the first British female pop singer to have a number one hit single in the USA?

 

9.       Who famously played Edith Keeler in the much-admired episode of Star Trek “The City on the Edge of Forever” (1966)

 

10.   Who is the most capped player in Team Europe in the upcoming Ryder Cup?

 

 

Answers

 

1.       The Lavender List

2.       Frederick Delius

3.       Jane Asher

4.       Mommsen

5.       Confessions of….

6.       Asquith

7.       Leo G Carroll

8.       Petula Clark

9.       Joan Collins

10.   Lee Westwood

Week in Quizzing

The Brunton Shield was again a very enjoyable event. With plenty of quizzers heading down to Newcastle for the annual North East vs Scotland encounter it was a fun afternoon (see previous post if interested). The North East made it 4 wins in a row. Here's to next year!
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Interesting reading in the Sunday Times this weekend which lists the viewing figures for the top 10 shows on each channel. University Challenge is very often the number one show on BBC with just under 3 million viewers. But more pleasingly in there at the top end of the charts with 2.23 million (Week of 7th September) was Only Connect. I remember when the show made a big deal about breaking 1 million viewers on BBC Four. They must be over the moon!
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Speaking of Only Connect, former contestant Stu Hearn has began a very interesting blog HERE. Well worth a look!



Finally I intend to publish my second Quiz Addict Kindle Book this week. It is a sequel of sorts, in terms of content and style, to my first book which is still available HERE

Keep an eye on the blog for more information.

Brunton Shield

The Brunton Shield has, for the past 3 years I have taken part, been one of the highlights of my quizzing calendar. The event pitches teams from Tyne and Wear against Quizzers. In the previous two years we have headed up to Edinburgh to compete but this year the venue was the Old George in Newcastle. A cracking pub in the heart of the city centre.

Strangely there was less of a turnout from the Tyne and Wear quizzers this year than on previous occasions, with 2 teams competing against 3 Scottish teams. In attendance were the likes of Fifteen to One winner Dave McBryan, Mastermind finalist Roderick Cromar, Brian Pendreigh who has appeared on a wide range of shows, Brain of Britain  2014 Semi-Finalist Dave Taylor and recent Mastermind heat winner Mike Foden to name but a few! So as you can imagine the standard was high and I did not envy Barry Howbridge's task of setting the questions to challenge such a crowd.

The format involved 100 questions in teams with the top team from the North East then pairing off against the top Scottish team in the final which was to be individual questions. I was paired with Mike Foden in a team of two. We pulled out some cracking answers and plugged along well but in the end were some distance behind the other North East Team who went into the final to play The Dude Abides.

It was a close contest but the North East Team took a few more risks and nailed the 2 pointers (it was 2 points for an individual answers, 1 if there was a need to confer with the team) giving them a 16-11 victory.

A fantastic quiz all round, a great standard and some superb questions. A great afternoon of quizzing and I am already looking forward to next year!

Mastermind 2014/2015 - Heat 6

Mastermind 2014/2015 - Heat 6

 

A close fought episode this week. Three former contestants having another bite at the cherry but it was Andrew Teale who strove to victory. I have competed against Andrew at many GP's and always fancied he would win the heat. Good luck in the next round!

 

Andrew Teale - 24

Louise Broadbent - 21

Jack Young - 20

Andy Crane -17



This Week I Didn't Know...

Based on a different quiz this week hence why there are less pictures. With only 10 Celebrities to identify only one was missed meaning we didn't loose as much ground as usual....A pretty successful quiz this week!

Picture Round

1. 

Quite an annoying miss too.....


Answer:

1. Micha Barton



Questions

1.What is FORTRAN?

Did mention the correct answer, our guess was however no where near.

2. "Michaelwood Services" are located on which motorway?

Yawn. Rather dull question and I am bad on motorways at the best of times so it was a guessy guessy question that went wrong

3. Who famously wrote the comedic book "Banjaxed"?

Again nothing to go on. This could have been a good question if written correctly (you will notice when you see the answer).

Answers

1. A Computer Language
2. M5
3. Terry Wogan

Mastermind Standings

Heading into tomorrows heat of Mastermind 2014 here are the current standings from the series so far...

Mark Eaves - 30 (Q)
Ian Clark - 30 (Q)
Chris Grandison - 26 (Q)
Mike Foden - 21 (Q)
Paula Keaveney - 21 (Q)
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Gareth Kingston - 28 (2nd)
Diane Hallaghan - 28 (2nd)
Alice Mennel - 26
Susan Sworn - 25 (2nd =)
Jeremy Renals - 25  (2nd =)
Les Morrell-24
Howard Towner - 23
Cliff Morgan - 21 (2nd)
Derek Heyes - 20
Lena Gazey - 19 (2nd)
Tim Allison - 19
Stephen Peter - 17
Sidin Sunny - 15
Graham Gowland - 15
Mark Roman Gold - 15

Mastermind Subjects

Back in its usual timeslot of 8pm this week, here are the Specialist Subjects for this weeks Mastermind if anybody is looking to have a go at the Wikipedia Challenge....

Summer Olympic Games

Duke Ellington

Hammer Films

General James Wolfe

Sunday Quiz

Questions
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1. Who was the last US President who was also a Founding Father of the United States?

2. The Budolfi Cathedral lies in which Danish city, also the site of the famous home of Jens Bang?

3. Who is the only English footballer to have scored in the FA Cup Final, the League Cup Final, The Champions League Final and The Uefa Cup Final?

4. Yoho National Park, home to the famous Emerald Lake, lies in which country ?

5. Recently releasing a solo album, Karen O is the lead singer with which American band who have hits with "Date with the Night" and "Zero"?

6. Psephology is the study of what?

7. Who succeeded Geoffrey Howe as Chancellor of the Exchequer?

8. What was Andrew Gale banned from lifting this week?









Answers
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1. Monroe
2. Aalborg
3. Steven Gerrard
4. Canada
5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
6. Elections and voting trends
7. Nigel Lawson
8. The Cricket County Championship Trophy

Week in Quizzing

One of my favourite quizzing events of the year takes place next weekend. The Brunton Shield, held annually, involves quizzers from the North East of England taking on those from Scotland. This is the third year I have taken place in the event and for the first time in that period the event is being held south of the border in Newcastle. Very much looking forward to it and good luck to all involved.

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Interesting article HERE on the David Edwards and his participation in next months European Quiz Championships.

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The Twitter feed continue to grow @quizaddictblog is the address. I try to add questions daily as well as various other bits and bobs. Speaking of social media I am also keen on arranging some games on Superbuzzer so will look to be putting a post up later in the week.

This Week I Didn't Know....

Picture Rounds

Brutal one this week and we didn't do too badly. However, the misses below as usual set us back but luckily we had done enough on the questions!

1.


Went down totally the wrong route on this and was trying to think of her name based on the fact she presented GMTV at some stage.....which she never did!

2.


Never close.......When given the answer I had heard her name and knew her major song, but can't recall ever seeing a picture of her until this.

3.


Very similar picture used minus the trophy....maybe that would have helped! Usually good on sport and this is certainly the picture I spent most time on during this round! Grrrr...

4.


Particularly annoyed. Was shown a photo of her at about this age in the quiz. I got the Mastermind question about her last week as well as a question in a book I was working through but couldn't recognise her!



1. Fay Ripley
2. Demi Lovato
3. Louis Oosthuizen
4. Diana Rigg



Questions

Strong week this week so only a few errors along the way...

1. The Augusta Golf course famously features a tree dedicated to which American president?

Sport being a strong point for me I couldn't get to this answer! All those years watching the Masters and it obviously didn't stick. I imagine this may well be a chestnut that I have missed.

2.  In which English county are St Cuthbert’s Head and Thirlwall Castle?

Last question of the night and just didn't ring any bells at all




1. Dwight E Eisenhower
2. Northumberland