UncleMalcy

Thanks... I did have a little peek - does that make me a bad person?? An easy one then. Who is this?? My link Clue : 1972 Had a little peek at what UncleMalcy ? I just couldn't dredge up the name (I don't find Swedish names easy - it took me a month to read "The girl with the dragon tattoo") so I had a little peek at Wikipedia. So your advice would be, whenever we don't know the answer, to search for it ? I don't have time to look for the relevant quote from Simply Paul - something along the lines of no googling - but doesn't it seem contrary to basic fairness ? Would you do this in a pub quiz ? Is there any point in attempting to compete with you ? You are, of course, entirely correct. The answer to my last question was "Olga Korbut" I will pass the baton to you, Civilised, and will withdraw from the forum with my tail between my legs, suitably scalded.

Thanks... I did have a little peek - does that make me a bad person?? An easy one then. Who is this?? My link Clue : 1972 Had a little peek at what UncleMalcy ? I just couldn't dredge up the name (I don't find Swedish names easy - it took me a month to read "The girl with the dragon tattoo") so I had a little peek at Wikipedia.

Thanks... I did have a little peek - does that make me a bad person?? An easy one then. Who is this?? Belarusian-born, she started training at age 8, entered a Belarusian sports school headed by coach Renald Knysh at age 9. First trainer was Elena Volchetskaya, an Olympic gold medalist but she was moved to Knysh's group a year later. Initially he found her "lazy and capricious" but he also saw potential in her great talent, unusually supple spine, and charisma. With him, she learned a difficult backward somersault on the balance beam. She debuted this at a competition in the USSR in 1969. In the same year, she completed a backflip-to-catch on the uneven bars; this was the first backward release move ever performed by a woman on bars.

Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall (Swedish)

I'm sure it was one of the Scandanavians who tested positive for alcohol in 68 (Good job I'm not a competitor). I may have to resort to Wiki as my memory won't store the Scandanavian names!! I think he was stripped of his medal.

** ding ** over to you

Thanks for the ding. Staying with US States, which State has the nickname "The Battleborn State" ??

I'm going to guess this is the opposite of one of my favourite quiz questions (Which US State has NO straight line boundaries (answer = Hawaii))..... my guess is that they have ONLY straight line boundaries / borders.

Sadie Frost? That's a *ding* for Beach Hut. Your turn...

Jude Law... has a tattoo which refers to a former partner. Name her.

Dunno why I seem to remember John Lennon saying something about this in an interview... is it St. Jude??

We'll call that a **Ding**... the drummer indeed, Nick Mason. Over to Hellfire1917

That's right... also Harper was cheap and available (they were all at Abbey Road Studios). Thanks for the ding. OK So, still with Pink Floyd... On Meddle, "One Of These Days" is basically instrumental, with one line of lyrics, "One of these days, I'm gonna cut you into little pieces" (nice!). This is the only track where this person sings the lyric alone. Q. Who sings these words?

My specialist subject (yay!) The vocal was a gentleman called Roy Harper. The lyrics refer to the early days of the band's history, and their first taste of success. My favourite bit... "The band is just fantastic, that is really what we think. Oh and by the way, which one's Pink?". Classic Roger Waters cynicism.

Well done. ** DING **

I'm going to modify the question... On which 1973 album was Alan Parsons (of "The Alan Parsons Project") the sound engineer?

Correct! So, who can complete it?

Well, part "A" is right.... but you'll need that first name to help with the second part!! (and the ding lol).

OK, no guesses so far (can't be too difficult??) Hint Dr Evil = Austin Powers' nemesis

Thanks for the **ding** So... another two parter... a.. Who invented the giant Laser that Dr Evil planned to use to destroy New York City? b.. On which very famous 1973 album was this "inventor" the sound engineer?

I'll await Civilised's answer, but i think the law changed in 1928 or 1929 to raise the age to 16, but I have it in mind that before the law changed it was 12 for girls (I cannot put women) and 14 for boys (men - really?).

I'm going to say 12. Shocking.

I knew it was too easy! ** DING ** to Civilised.

Hurrah! Thanks for the ding OK a nice easy one, in two parts. (This is a classic pub quiz question). Who was the only British Prime Minister ever to be assassinated, and in which year??

Hmm, sniffing out / finding survivors amongst the dead bodies??