Couple of quizzes to keep you entertained. There are no real rules; I will post the answers after a suitable period of time. Discussion is permitted.
Cwiz 1: Prisons
1. In which novel did Edmond Nantes escape from the Chateau d’If?
2. In which prison was the Marquis de Sade incarcerated?
3. Which South African prison was named after the Afrikaans word for seal?
4. Which Cavalier poet wrote, “Stone walls do not a prison make”?
5. Which US prison took its name from pelicans?
6. Who wrote
I never saw a man who looked,
With such a wistful eye,
Upon that little tent of blue,
Which prisoners call the sky.
7. Tartarus was a dungeon in Greek myth; for whom was it built?
8. Frank Darabont directed which prison movie?
9. Which isolated UK prison opened in 1809 to house Napoleonic War prisoners?
10. In 1952, the Kray twins were held in which historic prison?
This cwiz is courtesy of ProfessorPineapple
Cwiz 2: Scrambled Plays
1. Forgoing toadwit
2. Meth cab
3. Née in lewd farmyards
4. Limp agony
5. Anal seas fathomed
6. Sex up or die
7. A Leo knocking bar
8. See earthling games
9. I scorn hero
10. Sole had soul
Ovally Balls 
Bananarama, not Deebee’s assets.
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karl
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‘I feel it in my fingers,
I feel it my toes,
Your live is all around me,
That’s just the way it goes!’
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Loads of bands get signed and press, but not all get a ‘boost’ by being on a single from a major British band (at the time).
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They were well in on the London scene and would have got a big push anyway.
Also, it was two singles and Fun Boy Three were on a single by them. Good for both groups I should think. Both were new and the songs are fun and pretty good.
Admittedly, am a Terry Hall fanboy. Plus, I may have been wildly in love with Keren from when I was 10 or so until now.
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The trombonist in Fun Boy Three (and the Communards) was Annie Whitehead from Oldham. I knew her trombone teacher.
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@OT – well, we had a photo of Leo in shorts and no shirt in the Phoenix Park last week, so I suppose he was trying to top that (or bottom it!)
(Ming’s “excuse” was – as I heard it – he’d just gotten in from a “run” and was half-changed).
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@trisk
He appears to be the kind of bloke who doesn’t give a monkeys either way. Which I like.
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OT – we knew that about you already ;-)
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@Brookter, I got questions 1, 3 & 5 right re Georgy Girl. Feeling half-way smug, and half-way old.
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Correction, I only got part of question 3 right. Rats.
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Excellent, MrIks!
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I didn’t know any of them! I can hum the tune though.
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… or at least, the bit that goes Hey, now, Georgy girl….
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Carter and Beaudie together again at the (Auckland) Blues.
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well, you could knock me down with a feather etc……………..
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jun/04/nhs-track-and-trace-system-not-expected-to-be-operating-fully-until-september-coronavirus
plus, ominously “It comes as a leaked email from the chief executive of Serco – one of the main companies contracted to deliver the service – revealed how he doubted the scheme would evolve smoothly but said he wanted it to “cement the position of the private sector” in the NHS supply chain.”
oh dear, oh dear, oh dear…………………….
Didn’t Johnson attack Starmer at PMQs yesterday for questioning when it would be fully operational?
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Answers:
1) Which popular beat combo had the first hit with this song? (For the avoidance of doubt, it’s “Georgy Girl” from 1966)
The Seekers. From Australia.
2) Which well known comic actor wrote the lyrics?
Carry On’s Very Own Jim Dale.
3) What is the connection between the composer of the tune, a well known TV animation series of humorous intent, and a women who sang that she just didn’t know what to do with herself and who was responsible for Led Zeppelin signing with Atlantic Records?
Tom Springfield (a stage name) was the brother of Dusty Springfield (a stage name).
4) What was the B side of the record in Europe?
The last thing on my mind.
5) Who played Georgy in the 1966 film?
Lynn Redgrave
6) How many of these questions would I have got right before I read the Wikipedia article having originally thought that it was sung by Alan Price and being surprised by some of the details?
None.
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Merci, Brookter! Who the fuck is Jim Dale?
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Now ‘The Last Thing on my Mind’ is something I can sing all the way through.
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Jim Dale was the Roy Castle of acting, but without the trumpet.
Do keep up, Thauma.
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Jim Dale also almost cracked America, playing three (3!) roles in a comedy Western in the seventies.
I don’t recall any other comedy legends from the UK getting that close to world stardom in those days. Sellars, Moore, Feldman threatened, but all died of frustration after getting so close. I imagine Jim went back to opening fetes and tending roses somewhere between Barnes and Henley until he died of Good Nature, pleasantly.
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Just had a look at Jim’s Wiki page and I’ve really done him a disservice.
Budge up on that ‘who the fuck?’ couch, Thauma.
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Thaum,
He’s the one with the stethoscope.
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Have you noticed how the ‘track & trace’ system is being referred to as “the NHS’s”? Even though it’s being developed and run by private businesses. One would almost think they’re setting up a fall guy.
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…….on my mind. Someone mention Willie ?
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Y’know, somehow when I read Carry On’s Very Own Jim Dale, I managed to miss the Carry On part and just thought, who? Much obliged for the education!
Refit – yes, I keep thinking they’re talking about some other system, one that might work.
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Serco’s boss is Rupert Soames, a scion of the Churchill family, brother of the dreadful Nicholas Soames, and an Old Etonian. Rupe’s brother-in-law Philip Dunne, MP for Ludlow, is also an Old Etonian and was a member of the Bullingdon Club.
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Dunne did this last year:
Nicholas Soames from 2004:
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How very cosy. But wasn’t Soames one of the ones who had the whip removed before the election?
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Nicholas. Doesn’t mean much.
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Nicholas Soames, Pfft! Just watched Scott Higginbotham headbutt Saint Ruchie on the floor in 2012 Bledisloe. Scott is either the most evil man in existence or a people’s hero. I’m going with Aussie wanker, personally. Taking the neutral ground.
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Dan Carter just missed a penalty from just outside the 22. Useless plonker.
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12-6 to Australia at the oranges. Can they do it? Can they crush the (then) reigning world champions? Can’t wait for the second half! The joy of having a memory like a sieve! The joy of oh, looks like I already said that.
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Craig Joubert penalises Michael Hooper at the breakdown. Pure evil, Joubert, pure evil.
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Kiwi got carded when I was pretending to work. Not sure who. Not Ma’a Nonu – he just dropped the ball with the tryline beckoning.
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15-12 Wallabies going into the last quarter!
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15-15, after Polota-Nau overthrows 5m from his own line and the Wobblies cough a penalty. A sense of dreadful inevitability is setting in. Joubert pinging the Aussies at will in the rucks and mauls now.
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Is this proper rugby actually happening or just a replay?
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Or just some kind of reality-detached Deebee fantasy?
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18-15 to the ABs, Phipps offside. 10 to go.
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Joubert pings the Kiwis at the breakdown and it’s back to evens!
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Live NRL on now. Penrith vs NZ Warriors
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Deebee, here’s the Guardian report plus comments underneath – https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/oct/20/australia-new-zealand-rugby-union-report
You’re all over it.
Guess who this is talking about proper 7s:
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Beale getting the yips in the last 10 – first almost costs a try dropping the pass from the restart, then passes forward under pressure on a good counter-attack.
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Deebee, did you see Tyrone Green’s signed for Harlequins (not the ones in Pretoria). He’s a good player and a proper Joburger, Jeppe boy and all that. Fortunately, you’ve managed to keep Simelane.
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385 phases of Aussie bashing and they eventually cough up the penalty, inside the Kiwi 22. Almost in front of the posts. Kiwis win a couple more penalties, race downfield and Carter takes the drop that the Aussies didn’t. But misses and it’s a draw!
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OT, just read this about Alex Givvons, who I’d never heard of before:
https://www.therugbypaper.co.uk/features/36884/jackson-column-givvons-spun-them-a-golden-yarn-in-oldham/
A load of cliches in there but a good story.
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TomP – I didn’t. Bugger. He was developing nicely. I may well be dusting off my boots at this rate.
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Guardian No 1 single is a song written and performed by an ex-pop journalist. Wishful thinking.
A terrific song. When I went to university in London, I made a trip to The Dive Bar because I thought it was the one in the song. It wasn’t but i hadn’t really understood what a dive bar was.
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