Friday 5 December 2014

Snickers was a horse

Your targets this week:

1+ out of 4: Well done, you beat us and we'd have won with you on our team!

The attendees
1) The statistician
2) The doctor

The ones that got away
1) The 1981 wedding of (fictional) super couple Luke Spencer and Laura Webber remains the highest-rated hour in American soap opera history. Name the show.
2) The US television channel Syfy broadcasts marathons of science fiction classic The Twilight Zone every year on New Year's Eve (and Day) and which other holiday?
3) Nicknamed the Flying Finn, which real-life marathon runner is Dustin Hoffman's idol in the 1976 movie Marathon Man?
4) Containing a single alcohol serving, typically what size (in millilitres) are bottles of spirits usually served on aeroplanes?

The answers


Our excuses


How did you do? Would you have beaten us and helped us win (1 or more correct)? Let the world know with the poll below, then read on for my alternative questions (loosely) inspired by this week's Ones That Got Away!


My alternative questions
Question 2. Spoopy.
1) A surprise fan of General Hospital, she apparently sent the actors who played Luke and Laura bottles of champagne in time for their on-screen marriage. Whose (real-life) 1981 wedding was one of the most watched broadcasts in British television history?
2) Three years before taking on the role for which he is best known, name the actor pictured on the left in the 1963 Twilight Zone episode Nightmare at 20,000 Feet.
3) With nine Olympic gold medals, Paavo Nurmi sits joint-second on the list of all time Olympic gold medalists. Which athlete is way (way) out in first place with 18?
4) In the UK one unit of alcohol is defined as 10 millilitres. How many units of alcohol are therefore in a 70 centilitre bottle of 40% ABV vodka?

The answers


How did you do on my alternative questions? Have another poll!

2 comments:

  1. That airline question is most unfair - a "single serving" indeed. A single of spirits was 1/6th of a gill or, now, 25ml. So 50ml would really be a double.

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    1. Ha, yes, it certainly seemed a bit off (or at least vague) at the time. Such are the perils of quiz.

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