Hey! Is that the time..? You must be ready for a QUIZ...! GOOD EVENING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WHEREVER YOU ARE... WE’VE BEEN THROUGH THE ALPHABET INDIVIDUALLY SO NOW EACH WEEK WE CONCENTRATE ON DOUBLE LETTERS – AND TONIGHT’S ARE “Si” THE QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON SUBJECTS BEGINNING WITH THESE LETTERS, FEATURING THEM IN THE QUESTIONS, OR, IN SOME CASES THE ANSWERS. Q1 IS TRUE? OR FALSE? JUST WRITE TRUE OR FALSE TO THESE STATEMENTS... THE Si WORD IS SILK 1.1 TRUE? OR FALSE? SPIDER SILK IS STRONGER THAN STEEL? 1.2 TRUE? OR FALSE? THE MULBERRY MOTH LARVAE FEED ONLY ON LEAVES FROM THE MULBERRY PLANT TO PRODUCE THEIR COCOONS FOR SILK? 1.3 TRUE? OR FALSE? THE TRADE ROUTE “THE SILK ROAD” GETS ITS NAME FROM THE LUCRATIVE CHINESE SILK TRADE? THEY ARE NOT ALL TRUE, AND NOT ALL FALSE Q2: THE Si WORD IS SIGNATURE – I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU FOUR EXAMPLES OF HISTORICAL SIGNATURES – ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS WRITE THE DATE ON WHICH THEY OCCURRED...! TO HELP YOU – THE DATES ARE • MARCH 1948 • OCTOBER 1951 • FEBRUARY 1959 • JUNE 1962 2.1 BRIAN EPSTEIN SIGNS CONTRACT WITH EMI ON BEHALF OF THE BEATLES? 2.2 JOHNNY HAYNES SIGNS PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLER’S CONTRACT WITH FULHAM? 2.3 MARILYN MONROE SIGNS SIX-MONTH CONTRACT WITH COLUMBIA PICTURES? 2.4 THE LONDON AND ZURICH AGREEMENTS ARE SIGNED PAVING THE WAY FOR CYPRUS TO BECOME AN INDEPENDENT STATE? Q3: THE Si WORD IS ALSO SIGNATURE – THIS TIME SIGNATURE TUNES - A SIGNATURE TUNE IS THE ONE TUNE MOST ASSOCIATED WITH A PARTICULAR SINGER OR BAND – I WILL GIVE YOU FIVE SIGNATURE TUNES – YOU HAVE TO SAY WHOSE TUNES THEY ARE – TO MAKE IT EASIER – THE BAND’S NAMES OR THE SINGER’S SURNAMES BEGIN WITH THE LETTERS “SI”! 3.1 “DON’T YOU (FORGET ABOUT ME)”? 3.2 “MY WAY”? 3.3 “BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER”? 3.4 “YOU’RE SO VAIN”? 3.5 “HONG KONG GARDEN”? Q4: THE Si WORD IS SILHOUETTES – BUT NOT JUST ANY SILHOUETTES – LITERARY SILHOUETTES! TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURE SHEET AND ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS... 4.1 HERE ARE HERMIONE, HARRY AND RON - THE THREE MAIN HARRY POTTER CHARACTERS – THE ACTORS WHO PLAYED THEM IN THE FILMS WERE ALL BORN IN DIFFERENT YEARS – 1988, 1989, AND 1990 – WHICH ACTOR WAS BORN IN 1988?) 4.2 WHICH CHARACTER CREATED BY MIGUEL DE CERVANTES IS SEEN HERE ON HIS HORSE ROCINANTE (ROW-SIN-ANT-EE)? 4.3 SHERLOCK HOLMES OF COURSE, BUT OF THE 56 SHORT STORIES AND 4 NOVELS OF THE GREAT DETECTIVE, WERE THE MAJORITY OF THEM WRITTEN IN THE 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY?) 4.4 WHO IS THIS CHARACTER, BASED ON A REAL LIFE PERSON, PRESENTED IN PLAY FORM BY EDMOND ROSTAND IN 1897? 4.5 JAMES BOND – MOST PEOPLE KNOW THAT “CASINO ROYAL” WAS THE FIRST PUBLISHED IAN FLEMING BOND NOVEL IN 1953, BUT WHICH TITLE WAS 2ND IN APRIL 1954? LIVE AND LET DIE? OR MOONRAKER? 4.6 HERE ARE THREE OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS FROM CHARLES DICKENS “OLIVER TWIST” – THERE’S OLIVER ON THE LEFT, FAGIN IN THE MIDDLE, BUT WHO IS ON THE RIGHT AS WE LOOK AT IT? Q5: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE – ALL THE ANSWERS BEGIN WITH THE LETTERS “Si” 5.1 WHICH “Si” IS TO EMIT A LONG, DEEP AUDIBLE BREATH EXPRESSING SADNESS, RELIEF, TIREDNESS, OR SIMILAR? 5.2 WHICH “Si” IS EACH OF TWO OR MORE CHILDREN OR OFFSPRING HAVING ONE OR BOTH PARENTS IN COMMON; A BROTHER OR SISTER? 5.3 WHICH “Si” IS A CRISP BREAD MADE OF FINE WHEAT FLOUR. OR A RICH FRUITCAKE SOMETIMES COVERED WITH ALMOND PASTE AND TRADITIONALLY EATEN AT MID-LENT, EASTER, AND CHRISTMAS? 5.4 WHICH “Si” IS A SHORT-HANDLED FARMING TOOL WITH A SEMICIRCULAR BLADE, USED FOR CUTTING CORN, LOPPING, OR TRIMMING? 5.5 WHICH “Si” IS RELATING TO OR AFFECTING APES OR MONKEYS? 5.6 WHICH “Si” IS EACH OF A NUMBER OF WOMEN OR WINGED CREATURES WHOSE SINGING LURED UNWARY SAILORS ON TO ROCKS OR A DEVICE THAT MAKES A LOUD PROLONGED SIGNAL OR WARNING SOUND? 5.7 WHICH “Si” IS GRASS OR OTHER GREEN FODDER COMPACTED AND STORED IN AIRTIGHT CONDITIONS WITHOUT FIRST BEING DRIED, AND USED AS ANIMAL FEED IN THE WINTER? STARTER FOR 10 – 3 POINTS EACH PLUS ONE POINT BONUS IF ALL CORRECT THIS WEEK “Si” IS FOR SIMPLE MATHS 1. THE POPULATION OF A SMALL TOWN IS 12,840. ONE-TENTH OF THE POPULATION IS AGED 5 AND UNDER. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE MORE THAN 5 YEARS OLD? 2. IN MOSCOW, THE TEMPERATURE AT MIDDAY IS 8°C AND THE TEMPERATURE AT MIDNIGHT IS -3°C. BY HOW MUCH DOES THE TEMPERATURE CHANGE? 3. CALCULATE (72.16 ÷ 8) + (45.34 – 37.63) =? WE START THE SECOND HALF WITH THE NAME GAME – A SIMPLE IDEA – TRY TO IDENTIFY THE PICTURES BELOW – THE INITIALS IN THE BOX MAY HELP YOU – THEN USE EITHER SURNAME OR GIVEN MIXED WITH THE OTHERS TO SOLVE THE NAME GAME AT THE TOP TONIGHT WE ARE LOOKING FOR SINGER/ACTRESS; FOOTBALL CHAIRMAN; ATHLETE; COMEDIAN; BROADCASTER; RUGBY INTERNATIONAL (FORMER) THREE OF THEM ARE MEN, THREE OF THEM ARE WOMEN AND TO FIND THEM WE HAVE L1: FOO FIGHTER; WEAKEST LINK; SPECIAL ADVISOR TO GORDON BROWN; LEE’S DAD IN “NOT GOING OUT” (ACTOR) L2: PUERTO-RICAN JOURNALIST WITH FAMOUS SISTER; MY FAMILY; TV COMEDIAN C20TH; DEL-BOY; ZERO DARK THIRTY L3: MAN UNITED LEGEND; BEANO BOY – NOTE LETTER; FRIENDS; ARCH-ENEMY OF THE DOCTOR – NOTE LETTER – 13 PICTURES! IN ROUND TWO THE QUESTIONS ARE WORTH 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, AND 7 POINTS Q7: TRUE OR FALSE? THE Si WORD IS STILL SILK 7.1 TRUE OR FALSE? A SILKWORM CATERPILLAR INCREASES ITS WEIGHT BY 10,000 TIMES FROM BEING AN EGG TO THE START OF ITS COCOON MAKING? 7.2 TRUE OR FALSE? THE SILKWORM COCOON FROM WHICH SILK IS OBTAIN IS A CREATED BY A SINGLE STRAND OF CATERPILLAR SPIT? Q8: THE Si WORD IS SIEVE... 8.1 WHICH CREATURES WHOSE “HEADS ARE GREEN AND THEIR HANDS ARE BLUE” - “WENT TO SEA IN A SIEVE” IN AN EDWARD LEAR POEM? 8.2 WHICH BROADCASTER’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY (VOLUME ONE) IS CALLED “GOING TO SEA IN A SIEVE”? 8.3 IN WHICH SCIENCE IS THE “SIEVE OF ERATOSTHENES” (AIR-UH-TOSS-TUN-NEEZE) A STEP-BY-STEP PROCEDURE? PHYSICS? MATHEMATICS? OR BIOLOGY? Q9: Si IS FOR SI UNITS - THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS - ABBREVIATED SI FROM FRENCH: LE SYSTEME INTERNATIONAL DUNITES - IS THE MODERN FORM OF THE METRIC SYSTEM AND IS THE WORLDS MOST WIDELY USED SYSTEM OF MEASUREMENT, USED IN BOTH EVERYDAY COMMERCE AND SCIENCE. WRITE THESE FOUR SI UNITS DOWN • BARK • HENRY • MAXWELL • SCOVILLE THEY WILL BE THE ANSWERS! NOW FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING, WRITE ONE OF THEM AS THE ANSWER - SO 9.1 WHICH IS THE UNIT OF THE SPICY HEAT OF CHILLI? 9.2 WHICH IS THE PSYCHO-ACOUSTICAL SCALE – SOUND PERCEPTION? 9.3 WHICH IS THE UNIT OF INDUCTANCE? 9.4 AND WHICH IS THE UNIT OF MAGNETIC FLUX? Q10: THE CONNECTION – 5 POINTS – OR 10 IF YOU CORRECTLY PLAY YOUR JOKER WHAT “ Si ” CONNECTS: • WE’VE GOT TONIGHT • KE-MO SAH-BEE • TITUS, AGED 35 - SEPTEMBER 2009 • OVERGROWN YOUR EXTRA CLUE IS: • FISHMOTH IS NEITHER FISH NOR MOTH THERE ARE TWO MUSIC CLUES, TWO NATURE CLUES AND A TV CLUE.. + ONE OF THEM IS A THREE WAY CLUE! SO THE CONNECTION IS: Q11: THE Si WORD IS SIGHTSEEING – HERE ARE ANAGRAMS OF SIX OF THE MOST FAMOUS VENUES IN THE WORLD FOR SIGHTSEEING – YOU HAVE TO DO TWO THINGS! FIRSTLY SOLVE THE ANAGRAM, THEN WRITE THE COUNTRY YOU WOULD BE IN TO SEE THESE MARVELLOUS SIGHTS... EXTRA CLUE – THE SIGHTS ARE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER (INCLUDING “THE”)...! SO... 11.1 WAGON KART? WHAT? AND WHICH COUNTRY? 11.2 A HICCUP CHUM? WHAT? AND WHICH COUNTRY? 11.3 A SILENT CHARADE? WHAT? AND WHICH COUNTRY? 11.4 A JAM HALT? WHAT? AND WHICH COUNTRY? 11.5 A HEARTH BALM? WHAT? AND WHICH COUNTRY? 11.6 GATHER WALLET? WHAT? AND WHICH COUNTRY? Q 12: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE A-Z - OPEN SUBJECTS – NOT RESTRICTED TO THE “Si” LETTERS – CHOICES ON FIRST AND LAST QUESTIONS 12.1 CHOICES: OF WHAT IS THIXOPHOBIA A FEAR? STUPID PEOPLE? PEOPLE WITH LISPS? BEING TOUCHED? OR SAYING THE WORD “SIX”? 12.2 WHO WERE SCOOBY DOO’S TWO MALE HUMAN FELLOW ADVENTURERS? 12.3 THE SKIN IS THE HEAVIEST ORGAN OF THE HUMAN BODY – BUT WHAT IS THE HEAVIEST INTERNAL ORGAN?) 12.4 IN WHICH ITALIAN CITY IS THE GUGLIELMO (GULY-ELMO) MARCONI AIRPORT? 12.5 WHO WAS THE ROMAN GOD OF THE SEA? E 12.6 WHICH CREATURES HAVE TYPES CALLED TANNER, DUNGENESS, AND RED KING? 12.7 CHOICES: TALK/REALITY TV SHOW HOST JERRY SPRINGER WAS ONCE THE DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED MAYOR OF WHICH CITY? CARMEL? CHICAGO? CINCINNATI? OR COLUMBINE? TIEBREAKER ONLY USED IF TEAMS ARE LEVEL IN A PRIZE POSITION ALWAYS A NUMBER: THE Si WORD IS SIEGE – THE SIEGE OF LENINGRAD BY THE GERMAN ARMY WAS ONE OF THE MOST BRUTAL IN WORLD WAR TWO – HOW MANY DAYS DID IT LAST? THE MONEY-POT JACKPOT IS CALLED Si IS FOR SISTERS – 3Q – 45 SECS – GL! 1. WHICH IS THE ELDEST OF THE CORR SISTERS? SINGER ANDREA? VIOLINIST SHARON? OR DRUMMER CAROLINE? 2. WHO IS ACTOR WARREN BEATTY’S SHOWBIZ SISTER? 3. WHAT IS THE COMBINED AGE OF THE WILSON SISTERS FROM THE ROCK BAND “HEART” AND THE PEARSON SISTERS WHO ARE IN THE FULLY REFORMED IN 2012 BAND “FIVE STAR”? 50/50 CHANCE: WHICH WERE OF THESE SISTERS SANG IN PUBLIC FIRST? THE ANDREWS SISTERS? OR THE BEVERLEY SISTERS?) THE MONEY-POT JACKPOT QUESTION 2 IS CALLED Si IS FOR SIXTEEN – 3Q – 45 SECS – GL! 1. TRUE OR FALSE? “YOU’RE SIXTEEN” WAS BEATLES DRUMMER RINGO STARR’S HIGHEST UK SOLO SINGLE CHART HIT? 2. OF WHAT ARE THERE SIXTEEN TYPES IN THE MYERS-BRIGGS CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM? 3. WHICH WAS THE LAST YEAR THAT THE FIFA WORLD CUP FINALS WERE CONTESTED BY JUST SIXTEEN TEAMS? 50/50 CHANCE: WHICH ELEMENT WITH A SINGLE LETTER SYMBOL HAS ATOMIC NUMBER 16? OXYGEN? OR SULPHUR?
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