Some of the questions have a threshold of specificity that must be equalled or exceeded to qualify for points.


1. According to Radio 4's Today programme: In which country was the first ever oil well drilled? Azerbaijan - Duckpin

2. Gender apart, what have Pattie Hearst, Barbara Walters and Cher in common?
They were all offered $1m to pose nude in Hustler - Duckpin
3. According to the 1976 Encyclopedia Britannica, which country was the biggest consumer of beer? Czechoslovakia - Grease For Roads

4. Who was James Bond? Ornithologist from whom Ian Fleming took the name for his hero while looking at his bookshelf - GVAB

5. Which Bond villain has a particular connection to the county of Dorset? Drax in Moonraker - Mr. Marshall

6. Who is the link between Herbie Fields’s group, PiL and Slayer? Bill Laswell worked with John Lydon of PIL on Time Zone, played with Dave Lombardo of Slayer, put together "Panthalassa" from recordings by Miles Davis who was a member of Herbie Field's group - Spiring

7. These are record covers cropped of all text and colour removed. Please name them:
1. On Land by Brian Eno - Snarfyguy
2. Rubycon by Tangerine Dream - Snarfyguy
3. Nowhere by Ride - Spiring (half point for Flickeringlexicon)

8. For what is the Guinness World Record a distance of 317 feet? Dog Frisbee - Duckpin

9. So what has anybody in EMF ever done for Beyonce, then? Guitarist Ian Dench wrote 3 songs on her last album - Acton High St.

10. Which is the only U.S. state that grows coffee? Hawaii - Acton 5-0

Acton High Street - 2
GVAB - 1
Spiring - 2
Snarfyguy - 2
Flicjeringlexicon - 0.5
Duckpin236 - 3
Grease For Roads - 1
Mr. Marshall - 1

9. One of EMF is now a professional songwriter, who's had a few hits with pop and R&B artists, IIRC. He wrote her hit "Once In A Lifetime".

At first, I was very pleased to find a quiz that hadn't had all the questions answered already (bloody time zones.) Then, I saw the questions... :cry2: Other than that Ride album whose name I can't recall, these are way beyond me...

Correct! Ian Dench (let's face it, the one with the massive conk) wrote three songs on one of her albums. Unbelievable!

3. australia?

Sorry, I try to make them as varied as possible. You might get a half-point for an assist though.

10. Presumably the only US States with a climate that's unique to themselves are Hawaii and Alaska and I doubt they grow coffee in Alaska, so Hawaii?

They're not the best at every sport, I'm afraid. Not even Top Ten in '76.

Bastard. beat me too it :rant:

Oh, no, it's far worse if the questions are too easy (like the quizzes I used to do.) I'll even have a bash at #2:

#2: Were they all in John Waters movies?

Very good!

Hearst was, Cher could well have been, Walters not so sure she'd get the joke.

Talk about 'letting 'em down easy....' :lol: In other words: I'm wrong! :girl2:

Is 7 (1) Scary Monsters by D Bowie?

Nope.

ornithologist Flerming had book by

Correct!

encyclopaedia brittanica must go by volume rather than per capita then. bob hawke could have won it by himself.
:beer:
cheers.

It is per capita. Was beer even legal in 1976?

7:3 is Ride - "Nowhere".

Edit: I didn't see that flickeringlexicon had mentioned Ride already - honestly...

7:1 is that Eno Ambient On Land album.

7:2 is Tangerine Dream's Rubycon.

Spiring and snarfyguy are both Correct!

1 -USA

3 - per capita? Australia

8 - cow patty throw

Neither right Duckpin, although I'm beginning to wonder if I missed the bit where the person on the radio specified the continent - will do my best to find a primary source.

edit: 8 is close, geometrically.

1 - Germany

8 - discus

the eastern state of Pennsylvania was the first in the USA to have oil rigs and there is an Oil City, a motor oil called Quaker State, etc...1850s i think...that's why I picked the USA

As seen on Page 2:

1. According to Radio 4's Today programme: In which country was the first ever oil well drilled?

2. Gender apart, what have Pattie Hearst, Barbara Walters and Cher in common?

3. According to the 1976 Encyclopedia Britannica, which country was the biggest consumer of beer?

5. Which Bond villain has a particular connection to the county of Dorset?

6. Who is the link between Herbie Fields’s group, PiL and Slayer?


Acton High Street - 2
GVAB - 1
Spiring - 1
Snarfyguy - 2
Flicjeringlexicon - 0.5
Duckpin - 1

:ohdear:

5 - Dr No

You're very close on 1 and 8, Duckpin. Am beginning to consider replacing 1, though it has been in the news for something else this week.

Dr. Incorrect.

3 - Japan

i think besides Gold finger , Dr No is the only one I know

say


Goldfinger

buffalo[American Bison] chip

8 = frisbee

1- Canada

Ah, this is where the Specificity Threshold© kicks in...