...crashed and burned.......

We lost our third Quiz of the season tonight....that's our chance of winning the League gone....we might end as runner's -up.

The third round did for us...the opposition scored 9....we scored 2.....another round of questions that were supposed to be balanced and equal but were anything but....I mean how many 14 year old Dutch diarists who died in 1944 do you know...one ....right?...and how many diarists do you know who died in 1912?....no clue to nationally or age?

Here are some for you to try.

1. Which fruit juice is a component of a Cosmopolitan?
2. What name is given to syrup of pomegranate which gives the red colour in a Tequila Sunrise?
3. Which actress played the twin sister of Eric Sykes in the comedy series "Sykes"?
4. Which footballer scored five goals in a game for Chelsea, once in 1958, again in 1959 and once more in 1960?
5. Who's last diary entry was "It seems a pity but I do not think I can write any more" in 1912?
6. Which organisation has a "Thinking Day?
7.Which tv show is known as "The shark tank" in the USA?
8. The Atbara is the final tributary of which river before it flows into the Mediterranean?
9. The Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Centre was built to accommodate construction of what tyoe of rocket?
10. In 1921 the French boxer Georges Carpentier fought who for the World Heavyweight title in what was the first $1000000 match?
11. A Saturn V rockets built for the Apollo moon programme was later used to launch which Us space station in 1973?
12. Sacha, Chloe, Jade and Jasmine were the first 4 dolls in which series of toys launched in 2003?
13. In 1884 what was unveiled in Paris mounted on a frame work designed and constructed by Gustav Eiffel?
14. In the 1900 Paris Olympics Irish-American Walter Tewkesbury became the first gold medalist in which track event?
15. In 1963 Charles Webb wrote a novel in which Benjamin Braddock had an affair with who?

I'm gutted...that's all for tonight.

Das vidanya moy padruga





Oh...you want the answers?
1. Cranberry
2. Grenadine
3. Hattie Jacques
4. Jimmy Greaves
5. Captain Robert Falcon Scott
6. The Girl Guides
7. Dragon's Den
8. Nile
9. Saturn V
10. Jack Dempsey
11. Skylab
12. Bratz
13. Statue of Liberty
14. 400m hurdles
15. Mrs. Robinson (The Graduate)