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OT - The Pub Quiz Thread

Discussion in 'Queens Park Rangers' started by Rollercoaster Ranger, Jun 15, 2013.

  1. Stroller

    Stroller Well-Known Member

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    Mona Lisa?
     
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  2. Rollercoaster Ranger

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    Too easy, back to you Stroller
     
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  3. Stroller

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    "Bugsy, to the pink and white tent."

    Which film?
     
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    I know it is not Bugsy Malone
     
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  5. Stroller

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    You're right Beth, it's not. I may have gone a bit overboard in trying to make it obscure.

    It's music related.
     
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  6. Shawswood

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    Wasn't it one of those 60's festival movies; Celebration at Big Sur or maybe Woodstock? Did Neil Young say this or something, vaguely remember something like that when I saw it many moons ago.
     
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  7. Stroller

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    Yes, it was Woodstock. It was just a stage announcement for someone who was missing.

    Your go...
     
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  8. Shawswood

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    What is reputed to be the most often kissed statue in history?
     
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    It must be the foot of St Peter in the Vatican...
     
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    Not according to my source; more of a 'kiss' kiss, on the lips....
     
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    Not Michael Jackson at the Cottage?...<laugh>
     
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    I suppose the Blarney stone is not a statue
     
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  13. Shawswood

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    No, supposedly 5 million women have kissed this very statue!
     
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    David?
     
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    No, it's in Italy alright (not the Vatican).
     
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    Nines mate, Michelangelo's David is 17ft tall.........which makes his lips about 16ft off the ground (excluding plinth).

    I have no idea on this one, even google comes up with some waxwork of an Indian actor.

    Is there some statue of Elvis in Vegas or Graceland?
     
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  17. Shawswood

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    It's a bit obscure, not sure anyone will guess it. It's actually the one and only Guidarello Guidarelli (who?), a fearless 16th century Italian soldier in Ravenna. During the 1800's a rumour started that any woman who kissed the reclining armour-clad statue would marry a wonderful gentleman. More than 5 million superstitious women have since kissed Guidarelli's cold marble lips.

    Over to whoever has a question ready.
     
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  18. QPR999

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    Yeah I knew that mate, in fact I'd be surprised if everyone didn't. I even saw it myself in Florence a couple of years ago. I was referring to the David Cassidy statue which is probably in America somewhere.
     
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    Whose recent autobiography begins with a description of a childhood nosebleed?

    Nose bleeds were a pretty common feature of my childhood, caused variously by physical exercise, spicy food, bright sunlight, embarrassment, dairy, shouting (hearing or doing) and fiddling with my nose.
     
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    Apologies for being so dense mate, a schoolboy error on my part.
     
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