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Announcement: Short-content feeds

Phillip Winn — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 12:00:00 EDT

Sunday, August 26, 2007, marks the switch of all Blogcritics.org article feeds from full-content to short-content. This is the result of several converging factors, and is unfortunately a permanent decision (as permanent as any decision can be on the web, that is). We are aware of all of the reasons that this is a Bad Idea, and we are aware that some of you will be quite upset about having to click on something to read the free content, and we're sorry. Unfortunately, despite great effort, full-content feeds are not currently economically viable. Two other factors are involved: full-content feeds have resulted in an unprecedented level of content theft, with BC content appearing on many websites, usually spam sites, without attribution or permission. This duplicate content causes a cascading set of problems, not the least of which is that search engines generally aren't favorable to duplicate content, and don't always guess correctly. Finally, our RSS advertising partner is strongly in favor of short-content feeds. We hope that you'll continue to subscribe to BC via RSS, and when an article grabs your eye, it's only a click away, still free on the BC website. Thank you for your understanding.

Quiz Time 13 - The Blogosphere

Aaman Lamba — Sat, 31 Dec 2005 21:31:02 EST

Quiz Time 13 Yr Host - Aaman Lamba Answers have been added to Quiz Time 12 - and the winner is Phillip Winn, with 3 pointsJust under the wire of 2005, this quiz has a theme - the blogosphere. All the questions are related in some way to the blogosphere and it's denizens. Are you a question or an answer?Also, tonight (Jan 1), there is a huge and arbitrary quiz online on a blog hosted by the Karnataka Quiz Association (KQA), the finest Quiz Association in the world, and one of which I have had the honor of being a member, and ranked quizzer, along with my team, "Mustafa and the Fat Bottomed Girls" - the quiz is online from 1500-1800 IST (09:30:00-12:30:00 GMT) - give it a shot, if you like.Send me your answers by email - aamanlamba at gmail.comPrize:Once again, whoever gets the most answers right will get a prize mailed him/her from me. Honor system, so no looking up answers from Elgoog, etc.The Questions - Stage I 1. What does it mean if you get SLAPPed?2. What did the following people start: Evan Williams, Paul Bausch, and Meg Hourihan?3. What immortal phrase did Sam Sugar coin in his article "How to Make Money Podcasting if You're Not Adam Curry"? (I'll accept small variants of the term)4. Name at least two people in this picture. For a bonus point, name all 5. 5. Which podcast was the winner at this year's Weblog Awards (2005) 6. Which blogging service allows users to add eProps to other users' blog entries, to encourage comments?7. Who wrote this blog entry?Some of our maids sitting up late last night to get things ready against our feast today, Jane called up about three in the morning, to tell us of a great fire they saw in the City. So I rose, and slipped on my night-gown and went to her window, and thought it to be on the back side of Mark Lane at the farthest; but, being unused to such fires as followed, I thought it far enough off, and so went to bed again, and to sleep. . . . By and by Jane comes and tells me that she hears that above 300 houses have been burned down tonight by the fire we saw 8. What is a livemark?9. What is the Chinese term for blogger?10. Complete this series: b2\cafelog, Miles, Blakey,Mingus, Strayhorn, ? Technorati Tags: quiz, trivia, game, puzzle

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It's Quiz Time 12

Aaman Lamba — Tue, 27 Dec 2005 08:20:15 EST

Quiz Time 12 Yr Host - Aaman Lamba Answers have been added to Quiz Time 11 - and the winner for Quiz Time 11, receiving a pristine copy of Richard Matheson's "I Am Legend" is Mary K Williams. with actually a tie between her, Alisha Karabinus and Phillip Winn, resolved for a variety of reasons in Mary's favor. This quiz was won by Phillip Winn, with 3 pointsSome new questions on a variety of themes. Send me your answers by email - aamanlamba at gmail.comPrize:Once again, whoever gets the most answers right will get a prize mailed him/her from me. Honor system, so no looking up answers from Elgoog, etc.The Questions - Stage I 1. Where would you find The Dot, F-1, The Genius, the Jigsaw, Mother Nature, Links, Clippy and Rocky? The Answer is ... The help icons in MS Office 2. The Duramax comes in at least 4 versions - the LG5, the LG4, the LGY and the LGZ. It uses high-pressure common-rail direct injection. What is the Duramax? The Answer is ... GM engines for large trucks 3. Complete the title of this well-known book: _____________ from This World to That Which Is to Come The Answer is ... The Pilgrim's Progress 4. Who is represented in this painting? The Answer is ... Ponce De Leon 5. This piece by Offenbach from Orphee aux Enfers, is used for a popular dance form. Name the piece/dance form The Answer is ... The can-can 6. Ozzfest, the annual heavy metal festival organized by Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne, is no stranger to controversy. Which famous band faced heckling and sabotage at Ozzfest 2005, allegedly encouraged by Sharon herself? The Answer is ... Iron Maiden 7. What is the NASDAQ symbol for the restaurant chain, The Cheesecake Factory? The Answer is ... CAKE 8. What is this icon called, and where did it originate? The Answer is ... Buddy Christ From Kevin Smith's "Dogma" 9. What is this ant called? It was recently discovered by Brian Fisher in Madagascar, via a California Academy of Sciences project called Antweb, and might well be considered the world's first dot-com ant The Answer is ... The Google Ant Proceratium Google 10. How was this famous note signed? (A word has been elided to make it a little harder)I know I will be dead long before you read thisbut I want you to know that it was I who discovered your secret.I have stolen the real ______ and intend to destroy it as soon as I can.I face death in the hope that when you meet your match you will be mortal once more. The Answer is ... R.A.B. from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Technorati Tags: quiz, trivia, game, puzzle

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It's Quiz Time 11

Aaman Lamba — Thu, 8 Dec 2005 21:53:35 EST

Quiz Time 11 Yr Host - Aaman LambaQuestions on a variety of themes. Send me your answers by email - aamanlamba at gmail.comPrize: The winner this time was Mary K Williams. Thanks for playingThe Questions - Stage I 1. What is the claim to fame of the intermission piece in the Eurovision song competition held in Dublin in 1994? The Answer is ... the origin of Riverdance, The Irish step dancing phenomenon 2. Saddam Hussein's hometown is Tikrit. It is the provincial capital of which Iraqi province, that also contains the significantly larger city of Samarra? The Answer is ... Saladin, or Sal'ah'din ,Named after the 12-century conqueror, who was also born there 3. On Pink Floyd's rock epic The Wall there is an intentional backwards message halfway through the track "Empty Spaces": "...congratulations. You've just discovered the secret message. Please send your answer to Old Pink, care of the funny farm, Chalfont"Who/What does this refer to? The Answer is ... Syd Barrett, who went insane a year earlier ,and was committed to the Chalford asylum 4. What is this symbol and why is it in the news? The Answer is ... Red Diamond, or Red Crystal the logo of the combined International Red Cross, Red Crescent, and allied organizations 5. Of which city was British historian John William Burgon writing when he wrote, Match me such marvel save in Eastern clime, A rose-red city - half as old as time! The Answer is ... Petra, in Jordan 6. Which word does the New Oxford dictionary consider the word of the year? The Answer is ... podcast, or podcasting 7. The flag of this country is never lowered to half-mast because it bears the shahada. The country protested against its inclusion on a football that FIFA planned to issue for the 2002 World Cup. Which country? The Answer is ... Saudi Arabia 8. Who or what are the Socceroos? The Answer is ... The Australian national soccer team 9. Star Wars fans date events in the Star Wars universe as either BBY and ABY, thus, the events described in the Phantom Menace happened in 32 BBY and the recent book series Star Wars: The Dark Nest Trilogy occurs in 35 ABY. What is the origin point, the BY as it were? The Answer is ... The Battle of Yavin ,when the first Death Star was destroyed 10. The Delight-O-Meter is currently at approximately 73,521,539. What is the Delight-O-Meter and where would you find it? The Answer is ... On Amazon.com, tracks shopping worldwide via Amazon, from Nov 1 Technorati Tags: quiz, trivia, game, puzzle

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Quiz Time 10

Aaman Lamba — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 04:19:58 EST

Quiz Time 10 Yr Host - Aaman Lamba Here's another set of questions - give them a shot The answers are up - Alisha/LegendaryMonkey topped the scores with 5.5, followed by Philip and swingingpuss at 3 - that's pretty good. Thanks for playing The Questions - Stage I 1. Which film holds the record for the biggest opening weekend box-office gross ever outside of May The Answer is ... Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2. This person, under the name Sayako Kuroda, is in the news. How is she better known, and why is she in the news? The Answer is ... Princess Nori of Japan She recently married a commoner 3. Without getting too technical, what is the Bradley Amendment in US Law? The Answer is ... Laws protecting child support payments 4. The Cathars were a religious movement of the 10th to the 11th centuries C.E., which faced strong opposition from the Roman Catholic Church, and were suppressed through pogroms and massacres. They believed in a dualist view of the universe, and derived from the earlier Gnostic traditions. What term did they use to refer to themselves? The Answer is ... Good Christians 5. The Sims 2 introduced aliens, The Sims 2 University introduced Zombies. What innovation did The Sims 2 Nightlife introduce to Simcity? The Answer is ... Vampires 6. What is the headquarters of the Canadian Space Agency, named after the father of the Canadian Space Program, called? The Answer is ... John H Chapman Space Center, Saint-Hubert,Quebec 7. Connect the following: Kodak, Yahoo, Flickr? (Hint: Photos ) The Answer is ... All have tied up with Target For fulfilment - you can pick up your photos at Target after printing from their websites Kodak provides the Kodak Photo Center 8. Name the artist behind this creative song - The Answer is ... The Flaming Lips From the Spongebob movie soundtrack 9. Where would you find the BIKINI states and what are they? The Answer is ... The British equivalent of the US Threat Levels RED,AMBER,BLACK SPECIAL,BLACK and WHITE 10. The Broadway musical "Rent" has been made into a film, and is still seeing a great run on the stage. The playwright, Jonathan Larsen died before the play opened on Broadway. It features a group of impoverished musicians and artists struggling under the twin shadows of AIDS and poverty. What famous opera is it based on? The Answer is ... Puccini's opera La boh�me Send me questions, if you like at aamanlamba at gmail.com.

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Quiz Time 9

Aaman Lamba — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 10:58:15 EST

Quiz Time 9 Yr Host - Aaman Lamba The Bangalore quiz scene in India seems to be going strong, from the emails I receive on quiz announcements from the Karnataka Quiz Association, my erstwhile quiz fraternity. And out of the blue, I received an email (and a call) from some old friends recently, who were classmates since second grade and the original members of our quiz team, Mustafa and the Fat Bottomed Girls. They are doing well, and validate, as it were, a certain theory of mine - quizzers do well, life-wise. We might be outre when it comes to knowing abtruse pieces of information, or interests outside the ordinary, but the faculties that go into being a good quizzer seem to help in the long run. 'Nuff said. The answers have been added. Joan Hunt and Tiffany Leigh both scored 7 out of 10 - that's great. Thanks for playing and stay tunedThe Questions - Stage I 1. His experience of oppression in Turkey and the suppression of the Kurdish language inspired his 1988 play Mountain Language. He opposed the U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. He called George W Bush a mass murderer and Tony Blair a 'deluded idiot', and defends Slobodan Milosevic and Fidel Castro. He appears in "The Tailor of Panama" and was nominated twice for an Oscar. He was in the news recently, though for another reason. Who? The Answer is ... Harold Pinter Winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize for Literature 2. Identify this person The Answer is ... Francisco Pizarro 3. What five sporting activities make up the modern pentathlon, as practiced in the Olympic Games? The Answer is ... épée fencing, pistol shooting, 200 m freestyle swimming, a show jumping course, and a cross-country run 4."Monday burn Millay, Wednesday ____,Friday ______, burn 'em to ashes, then burn the ashes. That's our official slogan." Fill in the blanks and provide the source of these lines The Answer is ... Wednesday Whitman, Friday Faulkner The song of the Firemen (book-burners) in Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451" 5. This is the core of which famous molecule? The Answer is ... Pencillin 6. Which two teams played the first international cricket match at St George's Club in 1844? The Answer is ... USA v. Canada 7. Fill in the blank with an actor's name - as an assist, I've provided his picture. The Answer is ... Barry Nelson, the first cinematic James Bond 8. Fill in the blank for this verse, and name the poet: Pretty boys, witty boys, You may sneer At our disintegration. Haughty boys, naughty boys, Dear, dear, dear! Swooning with affectation... And as we are the reason For the "Nineties" being _________, We all wear a green carnation. The Answer is ... "gay" - Noel Coward's "Bittersweet" One of the first uses of the word In its current sense 9. In the premiere episode of MTV's Punk'd, the host Ashton Kutcher convinced a star that the IRS was seizing the star's property and boarding up the doors and windows of his home for not paying his taxes. Who was this unfortunate star? The Answer is ... Justin Timberlake 10. Name the only baseball player to have been killed in a Major League Baseball game and his team. The Answer is ... Ray Chapman, of the Cleveland Indians Hit on the head by Carl Mays in 1920 Send me questions, if you like at aamanlamba at gmail.com.

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Quiz Time 8

Aaman Lamba — Sat, 1 Oct 2005 18:20:40 EDT

Quiz Time 8 Yr Host - Aaman Lamba After a prolonged hiatus, induced by much slogging, not at the crease, but under a sort of skunkworks, the new edition of Quiz Time. Note: The answers have been added. Not too many people gave it a shot. The winner:Philip Winn - 4.5Joan Hunt - unknown, because she didn't mail her answers inThanks for playing:)The Questions - Stage I 1. His mother was Swiss, and his father Scottish. They were killed in a climbing accident near Chamonix after the Great War. He was brought up by his aunt, went to Eton, had to leave after some 'troubles with the maids, went to Fettes College, a brief stint at the Univ. of Geneva. He lied about his age to enter the Royal Navy, then entered his line of business after the War, which has taken him to many places, most recently, Korea. He was married once, and has one son. Who? The Answer is ... James Bond 2. In parliamentary democracies, it is called a 'Loss of Supply'. When a Loss of Supply occurs, a prime minister is generally required to immediately resign or dissolve the parliament. Examples were the Australian Constitutional Crisis of 1975 and a similar instance in Ireland in 1982. What is the corollary in a presidential system, such as the United States, which does not, however, force new elections? The Answer is ... A budgetary crisis The failure to pass a bill or request for funds triggers this 3. Identify the artist The Answer is ... Canaletto The Stonemason's Yard 4. In the science-fiction multi-verse,Order 66 was recently passed, with grievous consequences. What was Order 66, and who gave it? The Answer is ... Chancellor Palpatine, in Star Wars: ROTS This was the order to destroy the Jedi, across the galaxy General Grievous led the offensive on Coruscant 5. Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips is a restaurant chain in the Northeastern United States, renowned for their very British fish'n'chips. They were very successful in the 1970s, and then faced a crisis in 1981 with the 'cod wars' between Great Britain and Iceland, which led them to replace their codfish-based dishes with pollack. This was not well-received, and among other reasons, led to a decline in the fortunes of the chain, and mergers, bankruptcy and other crises. The chain is still around, currently being revitalized under new management. Question: Who is/was Arthur Treacher? The Answer is ... Arthur Treacher played Jeeves in the British TV series "Jeeves and Wooster" He was also the announcer on "The Merv Griffin Show" He was chosen to give a 'British' character to the chain 6.This is an album cover. Name the album/band The Answer is ... "Bread" by the band Bread Their first album 7. In anime, who or what is a seiyu? The Answer is ... The voice actor(s) for anime characters 8. Andrew Farriss (guitar and keyboards), Tim Farriss (lead guitar), Jon Farriss (drums), Garry Gary Beers (bass), and Kirk Pengilly (saxophone and guitar). __________(lead vocals) Fill in the blank with two names - different people:

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Quiz Time 7

Aaman Lamba — Fri, 5 Aug 2005 09:58:58 EDT

Quiz Time 7 Yr Host - Aaman Lamba Some easier questions, I hope. Note: The answers have been added. The winners:Nathaniel Winn - 6Temple Stark - 4Philip Winn, Lisa McKay - 3Thanks for playing:) The Questions - Stage I 1. In "Finding Nemo", what was Nemo's father's name?? The Answer is ... Marlin 2. Fill in the blanks from this passage - the first occurences of two now-common words:He still dreamed of cyberspace, hope fading nightly. All the speed he took, all the turns he'd taken and the corners he'd cut in the Night City, and still he'd see the matrix in his sleep, bright lattices of logic unfolding across the colorless void. The Answer is ... cyberspace,matrix From William Gibson's "Neuromancer" 3. In the Bible, it is described as "having a bitter taste". In C. S. Lewis' Screwtape Letters, it is the name of Screwtape's demonic nephew. The English word, as most can tell, is wormwood. Mugwort or Common Wormwood (Artemisia vulgaris L.), is a species from the daisy family Asteraceae. It is also known as Felon Herb, St. John's Plant, and Wild Wormwood.What is its Russian translation? The Answer is ... Chernobyl 4. The term Oedipus Complex is applied in psychology to refer to a son's love for his mother, what term is applied for the mother's love for her son, named after the mother and wife of Oedipus? The Answer is ... Jocasta, or the Jocasta Complex 5. Identify the artist The Answer is ... Roy Lichtenstein 6.This Old English word means cheap, smelly tobacco. It is derived from the Spanish word for tripe. What word (Clue: Harry Potter) The Answer is ... mundungus Mundungus Fletcher is a shifty character in the books 7. Someone from a famous band speaking at Live 8 - name him or the band Clip 1: The Answer is ... Coldplay's Chris Martin 8. Identify the country whose flag this is The Answer is ... That's the flag of Malaysia 9. These are the lyrics to the theme music for something - what? (clue:sci-fi)Beyond The rim of the star-light My love Is wand'ring in star-flight I know He'll find in star-clustered reaches Love, Strange love a star woman teaches. I know His journey ends never His __________ Will go on forever. But tell him While he wanders his starry sea Remember, remember me. The Answer is ... The actual lyrics for the Star Trek theme Penned by Gene Roddenberry 10. Name the author of this U2 song (Hint: Author) The Answer is ... My favorite: Salman Rushdie Pretty rare song - not on any album Salman even sang it with them at a concert Send me questions, if you like at aamanlamba at gmail.com. Audio clips made using audacity

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Quiz Time 6 - connections

Aaman Lamba — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 10:05:17 EDT

Quiz Time 6 Yr Host - Aaman Lamba Quizzing normally has two types of rounds - the dry rounds, which unfortunately have little to do with spirits being imbibed or not, and the audio/visual rounds. Some of the most interesting questions are audio/visual connections - often these can be audio-audio or audio-visual-visual, etc. In this spirit, this quiz has a few of these types. I've also fixed the bug from the last quiz that caused a new window when the audio links were clicked.Note: The answers have been inserted - how did you do? The Questions - Stage I 1. Lamborghini cars are named for something. Miura, Jalpa, Diablo. What? The Answer is ... Fighting Bulls 2. What is the significance of this clip/advertisement? The Answer is ... This is an ad for the first Radio DJ show 3. These are two popular songs - connect them. Coldplay's "Don't Panic" Radiohead's "Paranoid Android" The Answer is ... Both are inspired by Douglas Adams' Hitchhikers' Guide To The Galaxy 4. Connect this image and the audio clip.Clip 1: The Answer is ... A drawing in memory of Jerry Garcia, with lyrics from "Uncle John's Band The clip is the band, the Grateful Dead 5. A conflict between Norma McCorvey and the prosecutor of Jack Ruby has been in the news recently. What am I talking about? The Answer is ... Roe v. Wade 6. What is the name of "The Bride" in Kill Bill? The Answer is ... Beatrix Kiddo/Plympton 7. Connect this image and the audio clipClip 1: The Answer is ... The Beatles' "Taxman" is inspired by Edward Heath, British PM 8. Connect these two images The Answer is ... The Superman/Clark Kent character was inspired by this book,Gladiator Also made into a film the same year Superman first appeared in Action Comics 9. Esmond Haddock, Dame Daphne Winkworth, The Earl of Worplesdon, Digby Thistleton..Who's next in this series? (Clue: Literature) The Answer is ... Bertie Wooster Employers of PG Wodehouse' character Jeeves 10. Connect this famous song in the clip and the following verse: Twelve o'clock.Along the reaches of the streetHeld in a lunar synthesis,Whispering lunar incantationsDissolve the floors of memoryAnd all its clear relations,Its divisions and precisions,Every street lamp that I passBeats like a fatalistic drum,And through the spaces of the darkMidnight shakes the memoryAs a madman shakes a dead geranium. The Answer is ... The song is "Memory" from Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Cats" inspired by T S Eliot's poem "Rhapsody on a Windy Night" Send me questions, if you like at aamanlamba at gmail.com. Audio clips made using audacity

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Quiz Time 5

Aaman Lamba — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 16:50:23 EDT

Quiz Time 5 Yr Host - Aaman Lamba Another quiz - some guest questions, some audio - click on the audio to play the clip or save to disk and then answer the question. Note: The answers have been added. The Questions - Stage I 1. This airline was started in 1955 when an American commercial pilot relocated several war-surplus Dakota Aircraft which he had been operating as a private air service after the end of World War ll. 49% of its shares were held by Pan American Airways during start-up. The logo of the Airline was designed by the king of the country in which it is now based and the design represents a swallow on a blue field, whose graceful fight has always delighted the people of the country throughout the ages, and the blue field was inspired by the precious stone lapis lazuli, found uniquely in the high mountains of this country. Which airline/country? Contributed by Aniruddha Dutta - The Answer is ... Ariana Airlines (or Ariana Afghan Airlines) Afghanistan(http://www.flyariana.com) 2. Identify this popular song, which makes reference to a superhero in the last verse - the one in the clip actually. Who? The Answer is ... Captain America, from Paradise City (Guns'n'Roses) "Captain America's been torn apart Now he's a court jester with a broken heart He said- Turn me around and take me back to the start I must be losin' my mind-"Are you blind?" I've seen it all a million times" 3. This 1932 film was the only film where all three Barrymores - John, Ethel and Lionel - appeared together. It gained notoriety when Prince Yusupov brought a multi-million dollar lawsuit against MGM for insuniating in the film that the lead character may have raped his wife. The film was bowdlerized to remove any such references and future screenings/prints carried a warning. Name the film, and what practice in films, now common, did this originate? Contributed by swingingpuss The Answer is ... Rasputin And The Empress All future Hollywood films were obliged to carry the "Any resemblance to actual persons , living or dead, is purely coincidental" disclaimer 4. Another qn from Anirudha Dutta. This publishing house was established as 'The Scientific Press' in 1920s by Sir Maurice and Lady Gwyer with the weekly magazine 'The Nursing Mirror' as its first publication. T S Eliot left Lloyds bank and joined this company as an advisor in 1925. They were earlier specialist publishers for poetry and have been associated with as many as 9 Nobel laureates over the years. What am I talking about? The Answer is ... Faber and Faber 5. Robert Heinlein contributed much to writing, and English. Expand either or both of these acronyms found in his books, now popular. a)"E.F. or F.F" b)TANSTAAFL The Answer is ... Eat First or F*ck First There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch 6. Identify either the person providing the backing vocal to Robert Plant on this famous song, or it's source, as in, what is it based on? The Answer is ... Sandy Denny of Fairport Convention The Battle Of Evermore is based on Tolkien's The Battle Of Pelennor Fields, from the Lord Of The Rings 7. Identify The Answer is ... Mark Zupan Captain of the U.S. quadriplegic rugby team "Murderball" 8. Identify - to get any points, name the news organization he represented. The Answer is ... Jeff Gannon/Jim Guckert Talon News 9. These are the opening notes for which popular podcast? The Answer is ... Coverville, by Brian Abbott www.coverville.com 10. Borrowed from the podcast above, identify this artist doing a cover version of a popular song from a few years back by Oasis. The Answer is ... Paul Anka, on his new Rock Swings CD Send me questions, if you like at aamanlamba at gmail.com Also, would it be a good idea to not have the answers up with the questions? Audio clips made using audacity

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Quiz Time 4

Aaman Lamba — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 08:57:42 EDT

Quiz Time 4 Yr Host - Aaman Lamba A new quiz - next time guest quiz-masters - please send me your questions if you'd like them included in the quiz - at my discretion. The Questions - Stage I 1. Madonna described _________ as better than sex and added that, what's more, they last longer. The maker responded, "You have to admire her, she hides her lack of talent so well". A blog is dedicated to __________. What? The Answer is ... Manolo Blahnik shoes http://manoloshoes.blogspot.com/ Now at http://shoeblogs.com/ 2. This actress has announced she is pulling out from the screen adaptation of "The Picture Of Dorian Gray" because of a minor heart attack. Name her, and her replacement for bonus points The Answer is ... Marianne Faithfull Nastassja Kinski replaced her 3. Identify this person, who once posed nude to model his own fragrance. He was also honored with a retrospective at the 1998 Soccer World Cup The Answer is ... Yves St. Laurent 4. British Super-model Lily Cole has announced she will no longer model for De Beers. Why? The Answer is ... Survival International's campaign to raise awareness of the evicted Botswana Bushmen 5. Identify this classic film - the primary actors' names have been elided The Answer is ... Rebecca 6. What is the name of the daughter of Helen of Troy and King Menelaus of Sparta? (clue: Harry Potter) The Answer is ... Hermione 7. What is this a description of? (clue: recent event)"The left hander shoved the photographer telling him, "I told you to get those cameras out of my face" and then yelled to everyone "I'll break every ... one of them" before being escorted to the clubhouse." The Answer is ... Texas Rangers' pitcher Kenny Rogers' altercation 8. What unusual connection is there between the new film "Cinderella Man" and the 1988 film "Mystic Pizza"? The Answer is ... AMC Theaters offered a money back guarantee to dissatisfied customers who truly didn't enjoy the film The last time they did this was in 1988 for 'Mystic Pizza' 9. Name this controversial character from recent Mexican stamps, originally created in the 1940s The Answer is ... Memin Pinguin 10. This talented actor provided the voice for King Neptune in SpongeBob SquarePants: The Battle For Bikini Bottom. He is also a finalist in "Dancing With The Stars". His most memorable role, however, for most, is in another TV series. Name the role and the series. The Answer is ... John O'Hurley who played J. Peterman, Elaine's boss in Seinfeld Give it a shot

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