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Pub Quiz thread

Discussion in 'Watford' started by colognehornet, Jun 26, 2013.

  1. Bolton's Boots

    Bolton's Boots Well-Known Member

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    And gave her great Joy I believe...

    A bit of a garbled question - an actor playing the part of Kevin in a film objected to a scene containing a non-actor and later had the scene deleted from the film. Who was the actor, why did he object, and who was the non-actor?
     
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  2. J T Bodbo

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    I think she gave him great joy actually. As to the question. Kevin is a bird. The actor playing Kevin Was Jesus L Pifco. He objected that a scene had a real bird in it, and the real bird was not a member of equity, as they couldn't find anyone to certify that the bird (a Great tit I believe called Norris P winterbottom junior) was sufficiently talented. The reason they couldn't find anyone as that it was winter, and all the certification birds at that time were Cetti's warblers ( owing to a trade union rule) and they had all migrated to Southern Africa.
    I assume the key to the question is the word 'garbled'. I trust I have matched it exactly.
     
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  3. Bolton's Boots

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    Sorry, you haven't...
     
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    The orange turd scene in Home Alone 2? Since then the aforementioned mango mussolini rescinded his SAG??
     
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  5. Bolton's Boots

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    Yes - Macauley Culkin was the actor and Trump had a cameo role in a scene filmed in one of his hotels. Culkin later had the scene deleted because - well, it was Trump...

    Over to you.
     
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    Cheers, BB! All of which goes to show that despite Culkin's well documented problems he still has a certain clarity!

    Okay, a quick one, answer as if it is a Vaudeville joke.

    Why did the Alphabet block the road?
     
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    Alphabet is a taxi company...
     
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  8. Bolton's Boots

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    A self-driving taxi confused by traffic cones?

     
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    That's the one. It was funny when the taxi kept driving itself away from the vehicle sent to assist. Over to you.
     
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    I found it odd that the passenger said he kept spreadsheets of all his trips in the car...

    When did a Maori drum fool the world?
     
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    Zzxjoanw (ostensibly pronounced /ʃɔː/ SHAW) is a likely fictitious entry in an encyclopedia which fooled logologists for many years. I

    In 1903, author Rupert Hughes published The Musical Guide, an encyclopedia of classical music. Among its many sections was a "pronouncing and defining dictionary of terms, instruments, etc." The dictionary, 252 pages in all, explained the meaning and gave the pronunciation of German, Italian, and other non-English words found in the terminology of classical music. At the end of the dictionary, immediately following the entry for zymbel (German for cymbal), Hughes added the following definition:[1]

    zzxjoanw (shaw). Maori. 1. Drum. 2. Fife. 3. Conclusion.
     
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  12. Bolton's Boots

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    That's it - the entry was there from 1903 until 1952. Strange that no-one noticed earlier...

    Over to you.
     
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    What is this about??
     
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    noo.......
     
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  16. Bolton's Boots

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    100% of Kenilworth Rd? :)
     
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    <laugh>
    nooooo
     
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    You will see supermarket bags amongst this
     
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    Plastic bags and packaging from UK supermarkets being exported to Turkey for recycling - but is being dumped in the countryside there?
     
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  20. yorkshirehornet

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    yes that is it......
     
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