Movies, Music And Murder In Today’s Quiz.

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Yes, movies, music and murder all appear in today’s quiz.

Lots of other subjects too.

And as usual, if you get stuck, you can find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating!

Enjoy and good luck.

Q. 1: Who was assassinated at the theater by John Wilkes Booth?

Q. 2: What is the most abundant substance found in the plant kingdom?

Q. 3: What well known city in the Far East is known as ‘The Lion City’ ?

Q. 4: Who discovered the law that the volume of a given mass of gas at a constant temperature is inversely proportional to its pressure?

Q. 5: What type of creature is a Pacific sea wasp?

Q. 6: Which of Napoleon’s victories had a chicken dish named after it?

Q. 7: In which country is the port of Fray Bentos?

Q. 8: What was the name of the English galleon best known for her circumnavigation of the globe between 1577 and 1580, captained by Sir Francis Drake?

Q. 9: English novelist John Meade Falkner, not to be confused with the famous American author John Faulkner, published three novels. ‘The Nebuly Coat’ was one of them, you get a point for each of the other two you can name correctly and two bonus points if you get both of them correct.

Q. 10: What are the only two numbers on a dartboard to lie between two odd ones?

Q. 11: What wind is a warm southerly coming from the Sahara Desert over the Mediterranean?

Q. 12: What is the largest flat fish species?

Q. 13: Which Washington D.C. born oscar-winning actress wrote ‘A Lotus Grows in the Mud’ ?

Q. 14: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played 20 seasons in which sport?

Q. 15: What item of clothing was named after its Scottish inventor?

Q. 16: On which continent would you find the world’s most ancient forest?

Q. 17: Bray Studios, near Windsor in Berkshire, England was home to which famous brand of horror films?

Q. 18: Which kind of flower bulbs were once exchanged as a form of currency?

Q. 19: Name the three primary colors.

Q. 20: What was the name of the song performed by Eton John, a revised version of which became a mega-hit after being sung live by Elton at Princess Diana’s funeral? A bonus point if you can also correctly name the sub-title given to the latter version.

ANSWERS

Q. 1: Who was assassinated at the theater by John Wilkes Booth?

A. 1: Abraham Lincoln.

Q. 2: What is the most abundant substance found in the plant kingdom?

A. 2: Cellulose.

Q. 3: What well known city in the Far East is known as ‘The Lion City’ ?

A. 3: Singapore.

Q. 4: Who discovered the law that the volume of a given mass of gas at a constant temperature is inversely proportional to its pressure?

A. 4: Robert Boyle.

Q. 5: What type of creature is a Pacific sea wasp?

A. 5: It is a Jellyfish.

Q. 6: Which of Napoleon’s victories had a chicken dish named after it?

A. 6: Marengo.

Q. 7: In which country is the port of Fray Bentos?

A. 7: In the South American country Uruguay.

Q. 8: What was the name of the English galleon best known for her circumnavigation of the globe between 1577 and 1580, captained by Sir Francis Drake?

A. 8: It was the Golden Hind or Golden Hinde.

A. 9: They are ‘The Lost Stradivarius’ and ‘Moonfleet’.

Q. 10: What are the only two numbers on a dartboard to lie between two odd ones?

A. 10: 3 and 19 (there is a run of four odd numbers around the bottom – 17,3,19,7, nowhere else is there a run of more than 2 consecutive odd or even numbers).

Q. 11: What wind is a warm southerly coming from the Sahara Desert over the Mediterranean?

A. 11: Sirocco.

Q. 12: What is the largest flat fish species?

A. 12: Halibut.

Q. 13: Which Washington D.C. born oscar-winning actress wrote ‘A Lotus Grows in the Mud’ ?

A. 13: Goldie Hawn.

Q. 14: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played 20 seasons in which sport?

A. 14: Basketball.

Q. 15: What item of clothing was named after its Scottish inventor?

A. 15: A mackintosh.

Q. 16: On which continent would you find the world’s most ancient forest?

A. 16: In Australia specifically Daintree Forest, north of Cairns.

Q. 17: Bray Studios, near Windsor in Berkshire, England was home to which famous brand of horror films?

A. 17: Hammer Horror.

Q. 18: Which kind of flower bulbs were once exchanged as a form of currency?

A. 18: Tulips.

Q. 19: Name the three primary colors.

A. 19: Red, yellow and blue.

A. 20: It was ‘Candle in the wind’. For your bonus point the sub-title for the revised version was ‘Goodbye England’s Rose’.

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It’s March 17th So Some Facts About Saint Patrick Today.

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“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day to one and all who celebrate these things.

Grab a glass of your green beer and find out a few facts about St. Patrick that you may find interesting and a little surprising.

Enjoy.

Let’s start with this fact,

Saint Patrick wasn’t Irish

and he wasn’t born in Ireland.

Although he is remembered for introducing

Christianity to Ireland in the year 432, Patrick was

born to Roman parents in Scotland or Wales in

the late fourth century (about 385 AD)

so actually he’s British!

And while we are doing a bit of myth-busting,

you might as well also know that the

Shamrock is not the symbol of Ireland.

It is a popular Irish symbol,

but the symbol of Ireland is the Harp.

As early as the medieval period, the harp appeared

on Irish gravestones and manuscripts and was

popular in Irish legend and culture well before that.

King Henry VIII used the harp on coins as early as 1534.

Later, it was used on Irish flags and Irish coats of arms.

Starting in 1642 the harp also appeared on flags

during rebellions against English rule and when

Ireland became an independent country in 1921,

it adopted the harp as the national symbol.

Harp national symbol of Ireland — The Harp is the national symbol of Ireland.

Although today many people claim that

the shamrock represents faith, hope, and love,

or any number of other things,

it was actually used by Patrick to teach

the mystery of the Holy Trinity,

and how three things,

the Father, The Son, and the Holy Spirit

could be separate entities, yet one in the same.

Obviously, the pagan rulers of Ireland found

Patrick to be convincing because they

quickly converted to Christianity.

Patrick’s first introduction to the Irish was not a pleasant one.

At the age of 16, he had the misfortune of

being kidnapped by Irish raiders who took him away

and sold him as a slave.

He spent several years in Ireland herding sheep

and learning about the people there.

At the age of 22, he managed to escape and

made his way to a monastery in England where

he spent 12 years growing closer to God.

The original color associated with St. Patrick is blue,

not green as commonly believed.

In several artworks depicting the saint,

he is shown wearing blue vestments.

King Henry VIII used the Irish harp in gold

on a blue flag to represent the country.

Since that time, and possibly before,

blue has been a popular color to represent

the country on flags, coats-of-arms,

and even sports jerseys.

Ireland’s association with the color green

came later, presumably because of the greenness

of the countryside, caused by endless rainfall.

Today, the country is also referred to as the “Emerald Isle.”

The St. Patrick‘s Day parade was invented

in the United States, not Ireland.

On March 17, 1762, Irish soldiers serving in the British army

marched through New York City, the parade and accompanying

music helping the soldiers celebrate their Irish roots,

as well as reconnect with fellow Irishmen

serving in the British army.

In 1848, several New York Irish Aid societies united

their parades to form one official New York City

St. Patrick’s Day Parade which has become one of the

largest St Patrick’s parades with about 200,000

participants and 3 million onlookers.

It is also the oldest civilian parade in the United States.

Only the City of Boston rivals it.

By contrast, the world’s shortest St. Patrick’s Day

parade is in Dripsey, Cork, where the

parade lasts just 100 yards and

travels between the village’s two pubs.

And only the Irish know why this parade goes from

one pub to the other because until 1970 St. Patrick’s

was what was known as a dry holiday in Ireland,

meaning that all pubs were shut down for the day.

The law was overturned in 1970, when St. Patrick’s

was reclassified as a national holiday

– cheers to that!

In the United States during the mid 19th century,

the Roman Catholic Irish faced discrimination

much like that faced by African Americans.

Unlike the Protestant Irish who quickly assimilated

into their new country and became Americans,

(their descendants now number many millions in the USA),

the Roman Catholic Irish clung to their religion and culture

and were perceived as a potentially disloyal.

To combat this, they began to organize themselves politically

and by the end of the 19th century, St. Patrick’s Day was

a large holiday for the Roman Catholic Irish and an occasion

for them to demonstrate their collective political and social might.

In more recent times the political emphasis has faded along with

the discrimination, and the holiday has now become popular as an

opportunity for festivity regardless of one’s cultural background.

The New York and Boston St. Patrick’s Day celebrations

may well be impressive in their own right,

but they have a rival.

St Patrick’s Day has twice been celebrated in space.

In 2011, the International Space Station hosted

a St. Paddy’s Day celebration with Irish-American

astronaut Catherine Coleman playing a hundred-year-old flute

and a tin whistle belonging to members

of the Irish group, the Chieftains,

while floating weightlessly in space.

Coleman’s performance was included in a track entitled

”The Chieftains In Orbit” on the group’s album, ‘Voice of Ages’.

And in 2013, astronaut, Chris Hadfield, celebrated

St Patrick’s Day by photographing Ireland from

space while singing Danny Boy.

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Did You Know – It’s Fasab’s February Facts

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These facts aren’t particularly for February, it just sounded good for the title.

In fact they are just as random as ever so hopefully you may find something of interest.

Enjoy.

Saturday mail delivery in Canada was eliminated

by Canada Post on February 1, 1969!

Arnold Schwarzenegger was paid approximately $21,429

for every one of the 700 words he said in,

Terminator 2: Judgement Day.

In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for

most trips of less than 50 minutes!

In England, there is still a law on the books

requiring all men older than 14 years old to carry out

2 hours of longbow practice every day.

Star Wars was originally prefixed

by the definite article ‘The’.

In Germany, it is illegal to run out of gas

on an autobahn (highway).

In Australia, it’s illegal to name

any animal you plan to eat.

Your body is creating and killing 15 million

red blood cells per second!

The king of hearts is the only king without

a moustache on a standard playing card!

The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows.

It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off!

(Bet you never noticed!)

Every day 20 banks are robbed.

The average take is $2,500!

Tablecloths were originally meant to be

served as towels with which dinner guests

could wipe their hands and faces after eating!

The names of Popeye’s four nephews are

Pipeye, Peepeye, Pupeye, and Poopeye!

Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea

were used as money in Siberia!

There is a sound effect called the Wilhelm Scream

that has been used in over 200 movies and TV shows since 1951

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Did You Know? – Here Are Some More Things You Probably Didn’t.

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Welcome to another fact finding day on the fasab blog.

Fifteen more very random but hopefully interesting facts that you probably didn’t know.

Enjoy.

If you live in France,

and happen to own a pig,

it is illegal to name it ‘Napoleon’.

50 of the 83 restaurants

featured on Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares

have been sold or shut down.

In Turkey, it is illegal for a man

over 80 years old to become a pilot.

It took 127 beers to make Andre The Giant

pass out in a hotel lobby;

he was so big, hotel management couldn’t

move him and left him there until the next day.

If you have the plague you are not

permitted to flag down a taxi in London.

If a set of identical twin women

married a set of identical twin men

and subsequently had children,

their kids would genetically be siblings.

Every year Louis Vuitton burns

all of its unsold stock of bags.

It is against the law in Barbados to wear any camouflage clothing,

but, hey, if it’s good enough whose going to notice?

Sean Connery wore a wig in every

one of his Bond performances.

Whilst chewing gum in Singapore is not illegal,

importing it, or selling it,

or spitting it on to the pavement definitely is.

Peter Sellers was paid $1 million for his

part in the movie Dr. Strangelove,

55 percent of the film’s budget.

In Canada stores are not

legally required to accept coins

The United Arab Emirates donated a laptop

to every high school student in Joplin, Missouri,

after the city had been devastated by a tornado.

Astronaut Pete Conrad’s first sentence on the moon was

“Oooh, is that soft an queasy”,

said in order to win a $500 bet.

And speaking of the Moon,

the Moonwalk predates Michael Jackson by at least 50 years,

having been performed by James Brown, David Bowie,

Dick Van Dyke and Cab Calloway.

(MJ is still the best at it though.)

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Back To Normal Quiz

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“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”

After a couple of festive mega quizzes it’s back to normal this week with a standard sized offering to test your knowledge.

As usual the answers can be found waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but NO cheating please!

Enjoy.

Q. 1: What was Walt Disney’s Middle name?

a) Ewart b) Elias c) Elliot d) Ernest

Q. 2: Which was the first state in America to pass a law which required vehicle occupants to wear seat belts, and what year did that law that come into effect? (A point for each part.)

Q. 3: In which year did seat belts become compulsory in Great Britain?

Q. 4: In Germany what is a ‘kaufhaus’?

Q. 5: Which country has the longest land border with Russia?

a) Mongolia b) Kazakhstan c) China

Q. 6: ‘Hogmanay’ is another name for which day of the year?

a) New Year’s Day b) New Year’s Eve c) Christmas Day

Q. 7: Camp David, the country retreat of US Presidents, is in which state?

Q. 8: The name of which Mexican snack food literally means ‘little cheese thing’?

a) quesadilla b) burrito c) enchilada

Q. 9: Absolute government by one person called what?

Q. 10: The Egyptian god Anubis had the head of what animal?

a) Jackal b) Lion c) Crocodile

Q. 11: What was the first fully computer-generated feature length movie made by Pixar?

a) Monsters Inc b) A Bug’s Life c) Toy Story

Q. 12: Which Canadian city hosts the ‘Just For Laughs’ comedy festival every July?

Q. 13: Who was the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Zeus?

Q. 14: The US TV series ‘The Office’ was set in which Pennsylvanian city?

Q. 15: What is measured on the Rankine scale?

Q. 16: Who composed the opera ‘Cosi fan tutte’?

Q. 17: What is the profession of Bill Murray’s character in ‘Groundhog Day’?

Q. 18: ‘Mariculture’ is the cultivation of the animals and plants of which environment?

a) Desert b) Forest c) Sea

Q. 19: Writers from which country have won the Nobel Prize for Literature most often?

a) America b) Sweden c) France d) England

Q. 20: What car is the prize possession of Clint Eastwood’s movie character ‘Walt Kowalski’?

ANSWERS

Q. 1: What was Walt Disney’s Middle name?

a) Ewart b) Elias c) Elliot d) Ernest

A. 1: b) Elias.

Q. 2: Which was the first state in America to pass a law which required vehicle occupants to wear seat belts, and what year did that law that come into effect? (A point for each part.)

A. 2: New York in 1984 (December 1 to be precise).

Q. 3: In which year did seat belts become compulsory in Great Britain?

A. 3: 1983.

Q. 4: In Germany what is a ‘kaufhaus’?

A. 4: A department store.

Q. 5: Which country has the longest land border with Russia?

a) Mongolia b) Kazakhstan c) China

A. 5: b) Kazakhstan.

Q. 6: ‘Hogmanay’ is another name for which day of the year?

a) New Year’s Day b) New Year’s Eve c) Christmas Day

A. 6: Hogmanay is celebrated on b) New Year’s Eve.

Q. 7: Camp David, the country retreat of US Presidents, is in which state?

A. 7: Maryland.

Q. 8: The name of which Mexican snack food literally means ‘little cheese thing’?

a) quesadilla b) burrito c) enchilada

A. 8: a) quesadilla.

Q. 9: Absolute government by one person called what?

A. 9: Autocracy.

Q. 10: The Egyptian god Anubis had the head of what animal?

a) Jackal b) Lion c) Crocodile

A. 10: a) Jackal.

Q. 11: What was the first fully computer-generated feature length movie made by Pixar?

a) Monsters Inc b) A Bug’s Life c) Toy Story

A. 11: c) Toy Story.

Q. 12: Which Canadian city hosts the ‘Just For Laughs’ comedy festival every July?

A. 12: Montreal.

Q. 13: Who was the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Zeus?

A. 13: Jupiter.

Q. 14: The US TV series ‘The Office’ was set in which Pennsylvanian city?

A. 14: Scranton.

Q. 15: What is measured on the Rankine scale?

A. 15: The Rankine scale measures temperature.

Q. 16: Who composed the opera ‘Cosi fan tutte’?

A. 16: Mozart.

Q. 17: What is the profession of Bill Murray’s character in ‘Groundhog Day’?

A. 17: He plays the part of a TV weatherman.

Q. 18: ‘Mariculture’ is the cultivation of the animals and plants of which environment?

a) Desert b) Forest c) Sea

A. 18: c) Sea.

Q. 19: Writers from which country have won the Nobel Prize for Literature most often?

a) America b) Sweden c) France d) England

A. 19: c) France.

Q. 20: What car is the prize possession of Clint Eastwood’s movie character ‘Walt Kowalski’?

A. 20: Gran Torino

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The Brain-To-Mouth-Bypass Mishaps Of Joe Public And Friends – Yes, Another Quiz Show Monday Folks!

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“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”

Yesterday you were in the hot seat trying to answer some questions. But I’m sure you did better than this lot and your questions were much trickier than these.

Feel superior and enjoy the brain-to-mouth-bypass mishaps of Joe Public and friends.

Q: In literature, Arthur C. Clarke’s “2010: Odyssey Two” was primarily set in what century?

A: Third

Q: What is 2 times 5?

A: 7

Q: What name is given to the field of medicine that concerns the health of women?

A: Womenology

Q: The law of what organization states that its members are “brave, clean and reverent”?

A: Alcoholics Anonymous (Answer: Boy Scouts)

Q: The name of which Caribbean island literally means “rich port” in Spanish?

A: Port Richmond

Q: What is half of 1,000

A: 100

Q: According to Hallmark, what type of gift should be given on the 50th wedding anniversary?

A: Greeting card

Q: What animal builds dams and lodges?

A: Sheep

Q: Who is the only Marx brother that remained silent throughout all their films?

A: Karl

Q: What Tennessee congressman fought at the Battle of the Alamo?

A: Al Gore

Q: What ‘S’ is one of the seven deadly sins in Christianity?

A: Science

Q: What part of the human body is closest to the floor when we are walking?

A: Head

Q: What 20 year old Russian tennis star released a fitness video called “Basic Elements?”

A: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Q: In 1973, President Nixon issued a statement saying “I am not a…” what?

A: Canadian

Q: What is the largest planet visible from Earth?

A: The moon

Q: On TV’s “Cheers,” which actress played bar manager Rebecca Howe?

A: Ted Dansen

Q: The Governor’s mansion in the state of Georgia is located in which city?

A: Alabama

Q: What does the “U” stand for in the name of the dissolved country U.S.S.R.?

A: Russia

Q: What is the capital of New Jersey?

A: Delaware

Q: What computer company’s name is abbreviated IBM?

A: Apple

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Don’t Call Me A Cannibal! – Oh, oh, We’re In Court Again!

October 24, 2012October 24, 2012 fasab comedy, court, Crime, Humour, lawyers, Legal, Uncategorized, Unusual accident, accountable, alcohol, arm, August, bite, cannibal, client, coffee, Comedy, counsel, crime, Defense Counsel, dismiss, District Attorney, drink, English language, fluent, fools, funny, Humor, Humour, idiots, intimate relationship, joe public, judge, juror, jury, law, Lone Ranger, Misc, Miscellaneous, morons, motions, mouth, nephew, object, Officer, on duty, park ranger, penis, People, Pokey, police officer, purse snatched, Random, robbery, sex, so say you all, spanish, speak Spanish, stupid, stupid people, stupidity, subpoena, teetotaler, unzipped his pants, verdict, victim, victim of a crime, witness, Your Honor

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It’s been a while since I raided the court archives. So here are a few more examples of the level of intelligence you can expect, not only from untrained Joe Public called to give evidence, but from the supposedly highly trained lawyers, supposedly!

Enjoy.

District Attorney: What happened next, Ma’am?

Witness: He unzipped his pants and pulled out his subpoena.

Judge: Any motions, counsel?

Counsel: I move to dismiss, Your Honor. All my client did was pull out a subpoena. There’s no law against that.

Judge: Counsel, if the witness doesn’t know the difference between a penis and a subpoena that’s her problem. Held to answer!

Judge: If that be your verdict, so say you all

2 Jurors: “you all”

Judge: Any member of your immediate family or yourself ever been the victim of a crime or robbery?

Juror: My mother had her purse snatched

Judge: How long ago was that?

Juror: Ten, fifteen years ago

Judge: Was she hurt at all in the snatch?

Judge: What made you bite the police officer?

Witness: He stuck his arm in my mouth

Q: Were you the lone ranger on duty that night?

A: I was a park ranger on duty that night

Q: I mean the only one, the lone

A: You mean alone?

Q Alone

A: Yes, I was

Q: Do you speak Spanish, Officer?

A: Yes, I do

Q: Are you fluent in Spanish?

A: Yes, I do

Q: Are you being selective about what you remember and what you don’t remember as to the details of your previous record?

A: I don’t remember.

Q: Do you have any problem with the English language?

A: No, I speak very good English.

Q: Great. Do you know Andre?

A: That’s my cousin.

Q: Have you known him all your life?

A: Since we grewed up.

Q: Now, do you recall the date the accident occurred?

A: Yes, sir.

Q: What date was it?

A: It was a hot day in August.

Q: Did you drink any alcohol?

A: No, sir.

Q: Are you a teetotaler?

A: Not really. Just coffee once in a while, like in the morning.

Q: And y’all had a very intimate relationship, didn’t you, Ms. A?

A: We had sex two times. It wasn’t very intimate.

A: Yeah, I used to be around with him a lot. Me and his nephew run together.?

Q: Who is his nephew?

A: Pokey. I think he’s doing time now.

Q: Pokey is Kenny’s nephew and is doing time now? Are you saying Pokey is in the pokey?

A: Yeah.

District Attorney: Defense Counsel is accountable to you (the jury)

Counsel: Judge I object to that. I object to him referring to me as a cannibal, Judge

Judge: He said accountable

Counsel: A what?

Judge: He said accountable, not a cannibal

Counsel: It sounded like cannibal to me and I object

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