South African (Off-Topic) Quiz

[+Carbon Hunter 10]

Don Fontaine (or possibly Dom?)

[+cincol 0]

Close.. but not quite half a point

 

For the other half point then - Don LaFontaine

[+GlobalRat 44]

Close.. but not quite half a point

 

For the other half point then - Don LaFontaine

 

Ka-ching... full point to you

[+cincol 0]

How many times have the Sharks played in a Super Rugby [s12 & S14] final?

[+cownchicken 0]

Four? (chicken maybe would know...but not me!)

[+cincol 0]

Four? (chicken maybe would know...but not me!)

 

Nope

[+Carbon Hunter 10]

Three - never winning - (except for 2009 )

 

And twice in the S10 I believe

[+cincol 0]

Three - never winning - (except for 2009 )

 

And twice in the S10 I believe

 

And runner's-up all 3 times as well!

 

1996 vs Blues 45-21

2001 vs Brumbies 36-6

2007 vs Bulls 20-19 [robbed by an "illegal" try from a knock-on and a forward pass after the siren had gone!! - Yes, I am a Sharks supporter!!]

[+Carbon Hunter 10]

OK in the multi-Oscar award winning movie - Slumdog Millionaire. There is a cameo (yet fairly central to the movie) role by South African/s.

 

Who am I thinking of? Bonus points for indicating anything about the story of the appearance.

[+Gps Storm 0]

Are you perhaps talking about the South African Cricket Team?

 

And the match shown between India and South Africa that was played in Belfast, only.... the commentator in the movie says that 'its being played in the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.'?

 

This is just a stab in the dark as I have only read about the movie but not seen it as yet.

[+Carbon Hunter 10]

Ka-ching - you're it.

 

Yep - the game was actually played a year later than stated in the movie in Belfast - not Mumbai.

 

The only cricketer I really recognised was Andre Nel - but you get a good few shots of the game on television in the movie.

 

They needed an Oscar Winning acheivement yesterday at the Wanderers - but alas - looks liek they already won their Oscar this year? Hope we still beat some Aussie the rest of the series.

[+Gps Storm 0]

OK!! Well I have a question that I hope is as difficult as I think it is!

 

Either that or it's comon knowledge for everyone but me!

 

Here goes....

 

One of the objects placed in the first ever geocache is now a TB and tours the world!!!

 

What is it and what is the TB's name?

[+iNokia 0]

A can of beans. Know idea what it's name is. At a guess "travelling beans"

[+GlobalRat 44]

O.C.B.

 

That be Original Can of Beans

 

[+Gps Storm 0]

Half a point goes to iNokia, but GlobalRad scoops the win!!!!

 

Wow Globalrat... Looking at your log time.... Do you ever sleep????

 

The floor is yours GlobalRat

[+GlobalRat 44]

Typical pub quiz question from left field

 

Why should you not swallow your toothpaste?

[+Wazat 0]

Fluoride in the toothpaste is not good for you in large doses. Generally brush your teeth and spit it out. There is not normally enough in a single squeeze on your tooth brush. So you may be safe. But if you swallow more it may result in something serious. Enough of that in and it can kill you.

[+the pooks 0]

If you keep swallowing your toothpaste, you will get g*tvol from brushing your teeth, and didn't your mother say you should brush your teeth? Therefore not a good idea to swallow your tooth paste.

[+GlobalRat 44]

If you keep swallowing your toothpaste, you will get g*tvol from brushing your teeth, and didn't your mother say you should brush your teeth? Therefore not a good idea to swallow your tooth paste.

 

I was waiting for a few of these type answers and was almost thinking of giving out a bonus point for the best.

 

But Wazat is on the button.

 

Just to enlighten the folks, Kids toothpaste in Europe and SA contains half the fluoride of adult toothpaste. even so, a popular toothpaste for kids reportedly contains more than double the amount of flouride to kill a 2 year old. Thankfully few cases, but a handful of "serious" cases have been reported in the US.

 

...AND... apparently toothpaste can be used to polish off scratches from glass on watches, GPSr's etc.

 

Wazat, the podium is yours.

 

Now for some shut eye

[+Wazat 0]

In just 14 years this coin has shown a return of 2.5 million percent. Obviously this coin is very rare but it is the worlds fastest appreciation in value and it is a coin from South Africa. Which coin is this?

[+Gps Storm 0]

The Mandela Inauguration Coin.

[+Carbon Hunter 10]

On the toothpaste still - did you know as toothpaste is effectively made from the same material as Rennies - you can swallow a little to stop heartburn.

[+Wazat 0]

Mandela inauguration coin it is. GPS Storm, flip the coin it is your turn.

[+Carbon Hunter 10]

If it was depreciation - I guess the answer would have been the Zim Dollar (fastest depreciation)

[+Gps Storm 0]

What does one do with a 'Densitometer'?

[+Jors 0]

Determine the density of some material, e.g. concrete or rock?

[+cincol 0]

Sometimes used to determine from which side of the railway tracks certain people came!!

[+Esitoli 0]

Taking a stab at it. Would it be something that you would measure the density of air or light traveling through air

[+Gps Storm 0]

The answers are close, but not right yet... Sorry!!

[+GlobalRat 44]

Think it has something to do with photographic printing. We used a trial and error method in the old darkroom, but I think these meters somehow helped to determine the correct exposure when printing or something like that.

[+Gps Storm 0]

GlobalRat, you are spot on again.

 

"Density is the level of darkness in a negative or positive film or print. The measurement of density is called densitometry. An instrument called a densitometer is used to measure the density."

 

The floor is yours once again!!

[+GlobalRat 44]

Name The Pink Ladies.

[+Gps Storm 0]

Frenchy, Jan, Rizzo & Marty.

[+Wazat 0]

They are the group that was formed after or during the Sheldean Human case. Basically a human rights group for children. Not sure of the names though.

[+GlobalRat 44]

Frenchy, Jan, Rizzo & Marty.

 

Well done... you're up!

[+Gps Storm 0]

Thanks GlobalRat

 

What are you suffering from if you have - Arachibutyrophobia?

[+Wazat 0]

Isn't that funny. I hate that when it happens, but don't have a fear of it. Flip the bread upside down and you won't get the peanut butter stuck on your pallet. I was very surprised when I saw that there was actually a fear of that. Just do a search on phobias, one person's fear is another person's chuckle. I asked someone what they thought this phobia was and they gave me a really funny answer.... the fear of Archie's (from the comics) butt. LOL.

[+Gps Storm 0]

Thats it Wazat

 

The floor is your's!!

[+Wazat 0]

Thanks GPS Storm.

 

In the 70's a group called "The Conglomeration" won the Battle of the Bands, but the dissoved soon afterward to form another band. This new band did the theme for a popular sitcom at the time. What was the name of this band.

[+cownchicken 0]

We think it was Rabbitt!

[+tomtwogates 0]

and I think that is correct!!

[+Wazat 0]

C 'n C spot on. Your turn.

[+cownchicken 0]

How long, to the nearest metre, is the adult small intestine?

[+cincol 0]

Something crazy like 6m [20 feet] or so I think.

[+cownchicken 0]

Well done!! You are it.

[+cincol 0]

The first Comrades Marathon was run on 24 May 1921 - coincidently the same day as the 2009 race! There were 34 runners at the start. How many finished?

Edited March 9, 2009 by cincol

[+GlobalRat 44]

17?

[+cincol 0]

50% of the starters completed the race! I wonder what the percentages are nowadays?

 

Let's see what you can ask now that will take longer than 1 response??!!

[+GlobalRat 44]

50% of the starters completed the race! I wonder what the percentages are nowadays?

 

Let's see what you can ask now that will take longer than 1 response??!!

 

errr mmmm... ...... I take it the guess was correct.....

 

When were the yellow pages first published?

Edited March 9, 2009 by GlobalRat

[+Wazat 0]

Somewhere in the turn of the century 1900's not sure of the year but there was some story of the directory been printed on white paper and they run out and all they had was yellow. Later on they added business names to it. But not sure of the year....