deltablue Posted February 1, 2016 Author Share Posted February 1, 2016 I think I'll have to sign up for hosting another round, delta, so I can throw in a couple of more Norwegian questions.. (No, not about Abba. They're not Norwegian, and they're crap anyway, if you want really good Swedish music, Roxette, Europe, Gyllene Tider, Broder Daniel, Hoola Bandoola Band, Ebba Grön, that's more like it (stay away from Ace of Base!), but of course, Norwegian music beats Swedish any day - the ESC doesn't really count!) As for music, and potentially another round... I happen to like Ace of Base, and I'm a massive Eurodance fan who also loves the ESC I was wondering about what to do when everyone had done a a round. In the past we did a set number of rounds and stopped but I've got another round in my head and was wondering about potentially repeating the cycle if other people wanted to set a round again, so it's interesting to hear that other people might be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hungoth Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Finland's got Leningrad Cowboys, Hanoi Rocks, HIM and The Rasmus.Oh, and Darude.. (not!) and Children of Bodom... btw, while reading all quizes I could rival being close to 0 as I'm non-brit (except for geographic and historical questions). Anyway in quiz 2 there's one half wrong answer... there're 2 Christmas Islands ... one is on Pacific Ocean. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wavelberry Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 As for music, and potentially another round... I happen to like Ace of Base, and I'm a massive Eurodance fan who also loves the ESC I was wondering about what to do when everyone had done a a round. In the past we did a set number of rounds and stopped but I've got another round in my head and was wondering about potentially repeating the cycle if other people wanted to set a round again, so it's interesting to hear that other people might be. I'm in for that. I have so many more parochial English based questions I can ask... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maw74 Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 .I think I'll have to sign up for hosting another round, delta, so I can throw in a couple of more Norwegian questions.. (No, not about Abba. They're not Norwegian, and they're crap anyway, if you want really good Swedish music, Roxette, Europe, Gyllene Tider, Broder Daniel, Hoola Bandoola Band, Ebba Grön, that's more like it (stay away from Ace of Base!), but of course, Norwegian music beats Swedish any day - the ESC doesn't really count!) I've been to a Roxette gig but would really like to see Lene Marlin, love her music and have all her albums. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius1998 Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 I won't even try to answer anything related to Scandinavian music. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pompeyboyz Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Love the new thread title Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pompeyboyz Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 But I shall like to throw my hat in the ring for bringing a round of questions. Or as I like to call it bringing the brain pain Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted February 2, 2016 Author Share Posted February 2, 2016 Rather frustratingly I've found out that one of my answers is wrong. I knew the final two chancellors before Hitler but not the order and a book on Germany I'm just finishing off happened to throw up the fact that I went for the wrong one. Ah well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simbion Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Alright I think I have gotten 2 on this round as well! Also on the subject of Scandinavian music does everyone agree that Sweden and Norway generally have better music than Denamark? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dllu Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Just to derail the thread even further (I don't know if it's even possible with this particular thread): In the Nordic countries, we generally don't use the term Scandinavia anyway. The more common term here is Norden ("The North") which covers Finland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and Greenland as well as DEN-NOR-SWE. But what do I know - Ireland is one of the Home Nations, right? Anyway, as for Danish music: For some reason only the worst crap tends to become successful outside Denmark (i.e. AQUA). I am glad to hear that D.A.D. are known in Norway as well, though. I thought you guys only listened to traditional folk music or death metal. Or both... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitner Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Aqua is a lovely crap. At least Barbie Girl is... And i'm listening to Stratovarius as I post. Cheers, Bitner Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dllu Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Also on the subject of Scandinavian music does everyone agree that Sweden and Norway generally have better music than Denamark? Yes. Yes they do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted February 2, 2016 Author Share Posted February 2, 2016 Aqua definitely have better songs than 'Barbie Girl'. Ditto with Eiffel 65 and 'Blue' though they're Italian and I genuinely love that song anyway. It's still pretty cheesy Europop/Eurodance but I do really enjoy silly, cheesy, fun things like that. I am a massive fan of Power Rangers and similar shows after all. Doctor Who and a lot of other sci-fi can qualify as well. I'm certainly learning quite a bit about the Nordic countries in this thread. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maw74 Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Aqua definitely have better songs than 'Barbie Girl'. Turn back time and I don't think A-ha have even been mentioned yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted February 2, 2016 Author Share Posted February 2, 2016 But I shall like to throw my hat in the ring for bringing a round of questions. Or as I like to call it bringing the brain pain Right back to quiz matters. I was wondering about inviting dllu in for a round anyway even if he hadn't put himself forward given his feedback on the rounds so far which takes it up to 10. I was going to duplicate it to take it up to 20 rounds (for the sake of having some sort of structure) but since I doubt everyone will want to do a second round you can do 11 and people can opt in to doing another round. I'm still set on stopping after 20 since people could well tire of it by that point but it looks like lots of you are enjoying too much to stop in the next few weeks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted February 2, 2016 Author Share Posted February 2, 2016 And back off quiz matters... I've just remembered about Pellek. He's a Norwegian singer (though specifically an internet star I think) who does all sorts of covers, usually rock/metal versions, of tv theme tunes (I first heard of him when he did a medley all all the PR theme songs) and other songs (including quite a bit of disney). That includes a metal version of Barbie Girl by the way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitner Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Turn back time and I don't think A-ha have even been mentioned yet. Probably because they're actually good, haha. And i loved singing Barbie Girl in a Karaoke, you guys should do the same. Cheers, Bitner Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maw74 Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Probably because they're actually good, haha. As are some of the other stuff mentioned. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 It's all about Gåte and Kaizer's Orchestra tbh. (Norway FTW) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 And I'd do another round. Preferably 10 questions on ice hockey, but I know there would be uproar Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted February 3, 2016 Author Share Posted February 3, 2016 Preferably 10 questions on ice hockey, but I know there would be uproar Best not, you remember what happened last time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maaka Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 10 hockey Q's? I'm in! In fact, I can easily put together one round of hockey Q's, one of music Q's (if it ain't rock music, it ain't music ), and then a couple of rounds of geography. Throw in a few football ones as well, and I'll host another 8-10 rounds.. Ok, I guess I could mash it up a bit.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Right back to quiz matters. I was wondering about inviting dllu in for a round anyway even if he hadn't put himself forward given his feedback on the rounds so far which takes it up to 10. I was going to duplicate it to take it up to 20 rounds (for the sake of having some sort of structure) but since I doubt everyone will want to do a second round you can do 11 and people can opt in to doing another round. I'm still set on stopping after 20 since people could well tire of it by that point but it looks like lots of you are enjoying too much to stop in the next few weeks. I confirmed in post 80 that I can do round 10. I have already written my questions (though may change one yet) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Christ that was hard. Might get a couple with educated guesses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbokav1971 Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 I'm losing the will to live here with all the Euro pop garbage, (ABBA for the original win btw). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeedsUnitedFan2 Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Happy to go on the list for another round, but think we should avoid "theme" rounds, as they're frustrating for those who know nothing about the subject in question (in my case Ice Hockey, Europop etc) Chuck in 1 or 2 "specialist subject" Questions if you like, but not all 10 Either that, or my next round'll be on the novels of Simon Kernick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maaka Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 How about a round just about the doppler effect? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 ooooooooooOOOOOOOOOKKKKKKKkkkkkkkkkkkkk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wavelberry Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Scores will be coming later on this afternoon. Still time to get answers in if you havenae. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maw74 Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Got my answers in, might get 1 or 2 or maybe 0 again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wavelberry Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 To the answers then and let's see what they are: 1. Where were the opening industrial shots in the film Blade Runner filmed? - They were filmed on Teeside (Stockton, I believe) 2. Who was the last Chancellor of Germany before everyone's favourite moustachioed nutter took over in 1933 (that's Hitler for the uninitiated)? - Kurt von Schleicher 3. Match of the Day disappeared from our screens for three years during the early 2000s to allow us the joy of Andy Townsend's Tactics Truck. Who won goal of the season in the last season before they went away? - Can you Adam and Eve it: it was Shaun Bartlett for Charlton vs Leicester City. i only remember as I'm a Charlton fan and they glossed over it so quickly I was raging. 4. The Demon Headmaster is a well known children's book. What is the sequel called? The Prime Ministers Brain 5. What is the reason behind the ordering of the animals in the Chinese Calendar? Order of finishing in the great race 6. Sonic 3 has some of the best zone music in the series of Sonic games. What is so significant about it? Micheal Jackson worked on it. 7. Nostradamus is famed for his power of predictions. In what format did he write these predictions? Quatrains - four line poems. 8. The River Severn is the longest river in the UK. Name the counties it flows through. - Shropshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Powys 9. Which player has won the most FA cups? - Ashley Cole. 10. In my career game 'These Weans get right on my Wick' what is the name of my favourite player? So many people said Big Gaz and I do love him so I am going to award a point to everyone who did however one person did get the name of my true favourite of Kieran Forbes so they can have two and if you don't like that tough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wavelberry Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Onto the results then: Jimbokav1971 - 1 Deisler26 - 5 Pompeyboyz - 7 DB08 - 1 dllu - 5 Deltablue - 3 Maaka - 4 Swooperpooper - 5 (the only one to mention Kieran) Simbion - 3 Cplpeters1900 - 3 Dafuge - 1 Nobby - 1 Leedsunitedfan2 - 3 Maw74 - 4 As for the bonus point for the funniest? Well, these were the best funny answers I got. 8. The River Severn is the longest river in the UK. Name the counties it flows through. Mordor, The Shire, Pandora and Milton Keynes 7. Nostradamus is famed for his power of predictions. In what format did he write these predictions? Times New Roman 4. The Demon Headmaster II: Electric Boogaloo 10. In my career game 'These Weans get right on my Wick' what is the name of my favourite player? Chris P. Duck 7. Nostradamus is famed for his power of predictions. In what format did he write these predictions? PDF It's a tough one. Big respect to Deisler for calling out Milton Keynes and excellent reference of Electric Boogaloo by Swooper but the one that made me giggle the most was Delta's Times New Roman so I'm gonna give him the bonus point. Nobby - all is not lost for you as I will be christening a player from my next intake as Chris P. Duck. He may well become a legend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wavelberry Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Let's put some scores on the doors then. Scoreboard Swooperproop: 46 Pompeyboyz: 45 Maaka: 38 Deisler: 37 Dllu: 34 Maw74: 25 Raware: 23 Deltablue: 23 cplpeters1900: 23 Nobby: 21 Dafuge: 20 LeedsUnitedFan2: 20 EvilDave: 17 Wavelberry: 13 DB08: 13 Jimbokav1971: 11 Noikeee: 7 Rithas: 5 simbion: 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wavelberry Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 All done then. Thanks for playing and remember to have nightmares. Or something Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pompeyboyz Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 oooh still not taken the lead Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Hopefully this will be the last time that I'm delighted to get 1/10. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted February 7, 2016 Author Share Posted February 7, 2016 Finally got a few decent funny answers I see. Even if I was pushing it by mentioning a font instead of a 'format'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted February 7, 2016 Author Share Posted February 7, 2016 Hopefully this will be the last time that I'm delighted to get 1/10. Well you're not going to get anything this time as it's your round Updated the OP to put Nobby in his rightful place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbokav1971 Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 All I can say is..... thank God for Cashley! Has anyone got 0 yet? (That was mighty close for a few of us). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted February 7, 2016 Author Share Posted February 7, 2016 A few rounds ago we had a couple. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dllu Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 1. Where were the opening industrial shots in the film Blade Runner filmed? - They were filmed on Teeside (Stockton, I believe) At the risk of being a pain in the rear, I would very much like to see a source on this... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maaka Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 At the risk of being a pain in the rear, I would very much like to see a source on this... Sorry to say, but I can't find any sources to this either. The Stockton wikipedia page lists a number of films which where shot there, and Blade Runner is not on the list. More so, the following links lists several locations for where Blade Runner were filmed, and Stockton isn't mentioned in any of them. http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/b/bladerun.html#.VremSFjhChc http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/locations https://moviemaps.org/movies/2h However, Los Angeles are mentioned for most of the scenes, which at least is in the same state as Stockton (yes, LA is SoCal, while Stockton is in the Bay Area, but still). If a source for the Stockton answer can be provided, I'm more than happy to live with that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Being a REALLY anal BR fan, the opening sequence was filmed in a hangar. It's a model.. "The Hades landscape in the opening shot was filmed using forced perspective. The miniature itself was only 13 feet deep and 18 feet wide. Almost seven miles of fiber optics and over 2000 lights were needed to illuminate it." Sorry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maaka Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Being a REALLY anal BR fan, the opening sequence was filmed in a hangar. It's a model.."The Hades landscape in the opening shot was filmed using forced perspective. The miniature itself was only 13 feet deep and 18 feet wide. Almost seven miles of fiber optics and over 2000 lights were needed to illuminate it." Sorry And where were this hangar located? And "Teeside"/"Stockton", does that refer to Stockton, San Joaquin County, California, USA, or Stockton-on-Tees, Durham County (or North Yorkshire County), England, UK? I assumed the former, as I'm sorry to say, I haven't heard of Stockton, UK, but I knew of Stockton, US. But reading about Stockton, UK, I can see that Ridley Scott (and his younger brother Tony), director of Blade Runner, lived in Stockton, UK, as a child, and that - I quote - "After the Second World War, the Scott family moved back to their native North East, eventually settling on Greens Beck Road in Hartburn, County Durham, whose industrial landscape would later inspire similar scenes in Blade Runner." (link). Then, when reading more, I followed the links, and found this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/tees/content/articles/2009/03/30/tees_tf_blade_runner_feature.shtml. Sorry to say, but this really negates the answer of "Stockton/Teesside", and makes Hollywood/Los Angeles, CA, USA the right answer.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 And where were this hangar located?And "Teeside"/"Stockton", does that refer to Stockton, San Joaquin County, California, USA, or Stockton-on-Tees, Durham County (or North Yorkshire County), England, UK? I assumed the former, as I'm sorry to say, I haven't heard of Stockton, UK, but I knew of Stockton, US. My answer to the question was 'in a hangar' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wavelberry Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Yes, sorry. It was based on the Stockton skyline but was not filmed in Stockton. Turns out the one question I didn't research to check coz I believed what my Media teacher had told me fifteen years ago was a bad decision. Have an extra point then Deisler. I will update the main table accordingly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maaka Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Yes, sorry. It was based on the Stockton skyline but was not filmed in Stockton. Turns out the one question I didn't research to check coz I believed what my Media teacher had told me fifteen years ago was a bad decision.Have an extra point then Deisler. I will update the main table accordingly. Since most of the film were filmed in LA (Hollywood is in LA), then it would be safe to assume this hangar is in LA as well, which would make "Los Angeles" a valid answer, right? Thus, those who answered "Los Angeles" should also get a point, right? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Whose is the next round anyway? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted February 7, 2016 Author Share Posted February 7, 2016 Dafuge should be next. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maaka Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Sorry for b!***!n' 'bout this, but I believe the hanger in question were at the Van Nuys Airport, which is within the city limits of LA.. (I really want my point :p ) https://www.google.no/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=where+is+the+hangar+used+in+the+opening+sequence+of+Blade+Runner+located - The 5th link, Douglas Trumbull, as you can see on the google page, it says "(...) California, and inside an airplane hangar at the Van Nuys airport in the San Fernando Valley." - However, I cannot find this exact sentence when I click the link, so I cannot provide conclusive evidence, only "circumstantial" as they would say on "Columbo" or "CSI".. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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