The HDC Official Trivia Contest-Round 9-And now for something completely different...

[Despare]

In a few minutes...

Neverending - 30

fortunato - 18.5

Angrymob - 12

Newb - 12

Disease - 2

Gorephobia - 3

Cactus - 6

Jenna26 - 4

Rayne - 2

Dude Guadalupe - 1

Freak - 2

AUSTIN316426808 - 3

[_____V_____]

Are...


you...




...READYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?! :cool:

[fortunato]

sí, i am.
i think.

[Despare]

Remember that the second question will begin this contest followed immediately by the first question. Afterwards the questions will be in sequential order but the first two being switched has a very deep impact on this contest as the second point will NOT be added to the first but the first to the second making number two our number one.

[Despare]

And away we go... don't forget to listen to http://www.neverendingwonder.com/ while you play...

[_____V_____]

GONG!!


Today's Monty Python Round is officially sponsored by NEW Radio. Tune in to hear some great soundtracks from the TV sketches and the movies. :cool:


All yours, Des!

[Despare]

Let's start out really easy.

Q: How much does she weigh?
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/scscanlan/howmuch.jpg

[fortunato]

the same as a duck

[Despare]

the same as a duck

Yes... good job. Don't expect such softballs folks...


Over to you _V_.

[_____V_____]

Well that was a nice and easy one. Good job, J.


Here's your next query...


2) What was at first thought to have stolen the lieutenant's leg in the 'Zulu War' sketch?

[_____V_____]

Tick...tock...tick...tock...

[newb]

mosquito [spelling?].............

[fortunato]

a mosquito

...drat.

[_____V_____]

And that's a GREAT entrance by newb!! :D

Correct answer. You get the point, sir.


Over to Des...

[newb]

ni,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[Despare]

Q: I saw this sign that said: VACANCY - Pilot needed to fly... and that's all I can remember. What do they need pilots to fly at BRL5331?

[_____V_____]

Tick...tock...tick...tock...


Almost 4 minutes...

[Despare]

Tick...tock...tick...tock...


Almost 4 minutes...

I thought we had some fans here. ;)

[Freak]

Damn you would have to have a trivia round about something I know nothing about.

[_____V_____]

Damn you would have to have a trivia round about something I know nothing about.

:eek:


I thought you might have seen Holy Grail, at least.

[Despare]

TIME'S UP!

The answer was "vintage model European Monarchs".

[newb]

this is a tough one

[Despare]

this is a tough one

Maybe _V_ will have pity on you folk with the next question. ;)

[newb]

TIME'S UP!

The answer was "vintage model European Monarchs".

i was right....it was a tough one

[_____V_____]

Ahhh...must be a real tough one, even for the fans. :p


Your next query up shortly...

[fortunato]

yeah, that one was tough.

[_____V_____]

4) Who wins the Summarise Proust Competition?

[Freak]

If answering a question about Monty Python meant stopping a bomb from blowing up the world then you better say goodybe to your friends and family.

[_____V_____]

Rofl !!

[missmacabre]

gerard genette

[_____V_____]

Excellent answer, Miss M!
































































































































































...but its the WRONG one. Keep guessing. :)

[_____V_____]

Tick...tock...tick...tock...


Coming close to the 5 min mark...

[missmacabre]

girl with biggest tits

[_____V_____]

And Google finally saves the day!! :D


Correct answer, Miss M.


Over to Des for the scores...

[Despare]

MM joins the board! Here are the scores...

Neverending - 30

fortunato - 19.5

Angrymob - 12

Newb - 13

Disease - 2

Gorephobia - 3

Cactus - 6

Jenna26 - 4

Rayne - 2

Dude Guadalupe - 1

Freak - 2

AUSTIN316426808 - 3

missmacabre - 1

[newb]

And Google finally saves the day!! :D


Correct answer, Miss M.


Over to Des for the scores...

burn her.....she's a witch

[Despare]

I have to go for a moment so you have between 8 and 14 minutes to answer this question...

(family "emergency", sorry)


Q: In his plan, "A Better Britain for Us"; how many houses per year did Minister for Home Affairs claim he would build (in the greater London area alone)?

[fortunato]

88,000 million billion

[_____V_____]

No worries, Des. I ll keep them perplexed with one of my bamboozlers until you return. :cool:

[newb]

eighty-eight thousand million billion houses a year in the Greater London area ...

[newb]

88,000 million billion

D'OH.............

[_____V_____]

DING! DING!

And the winner gets to sing alongwith the Dead Parrot!! :D

Fortunato gets the point.


Over to your next query in a moment...

[newb]

DING! DING!

And the winner gets to sing alongwith the Dead Parrot!! :D

Fortunato gets the point.


Over to your next query in a moment...

HE'S NOT DEAD....HE'S RESTING

[_____V_____]

2) Complete this quote -

"It's not pining, it's passed on. This parrot is no more. It has ceased to be. It's expired and gone to meet its maker. This is a late parrot. It's a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace..."

[newb]

It's expired and gone to meet its maker. This is a late parrot. It's a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace. If you hadn't nailed it to the perch, it would be pushing up the daisies. It's rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. This is an ex-parrot.

[fortunato]

bummer........

[_____V_____]

It's expired and gone to meet its maker. This is a late parrot. It's a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace. If you hadn't nailed it to the perch, it would be pushing up the daisies. It's rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. This is an ex-parrot.


WAY TO GO, sir Lance-a-lot!!


You get the point for the quick and exact answer. :)


Python round goes on an official break till Des gets back with his next query...stay tuned to NEW Radio till then.

Thank you, folks...

[_____V_____]

bummer........

Only seconds late, J.

Great effort though...and closer to the mark too.

[Despare]

So Fortunato and Newb get one... good job guys! Here comes your next Q:.

[Despare]

Q: Monty Python's famous Piranha Brothers sketch is often mistakenly said to be inspired by the Kray Twins (Ron and Reggie). Who is the real inspiration for this bit?

[fortunato]

the Richardson Gang and their associate "Mad" Frankie Fraser

[newb]

Norman Pilcher

[Despare]

the Richardson Gang and their associate "Mad" Frankie Fraser

Very good... you are indeed wise in the ways of Python.

[newb]

He's also faster on google than I

[_____V_____]

Excellent answer, J.


4) which tune is played if you "Strike Twenty-Three White Mice in a Certain Order"?

[neverending]

three blind mice

[cactus]

Bells of St Mary

[fortunato]

three blind mice

[neverending]

The Bells of Saint Mary

[_____V_____]

Bells of St Mary

DING! DING! DING!

Correct answer, cactus. And welcome back, NE.


Over to Des for the scores...

[neverending]

hah...........

[neverending]

eck i just got back from work.... i don't hold much hope for me...

[Despare]

So with this round we get Fortunato gaining 2 points while New and Cactus each get one. This means that the Python Round scores are as such.

Newb - 2
Fortunato - 3
Missmassacre -1
Cactus - 1

Here comes your next question.

[Despare]

Q: Trey Parker and Matt Stone tried to lure Terry Gilliam into working for them. How?

[newb]

I'm doing much worse than I thought I would.

[fortunato]

they tried to get him to do south park for them.

[Despare]

they tried to get him to do south park for them.

Hence "work for them" but what did they do to entice (coerce) him to work for them?

[fortunato]

they kidnapped his mother to take dna to make little terry gilliams that would work for them.

[Despare]

they kidnapped his mother?

ding ding ding

You are correct sir.

[neverending]

South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone paid an affectionate tribute to the Monty Python team by making a special short animation parody which was shown as part of Python Night. Immediately after this was shown, the BBC aired a video of Parker and Stone holding Terry Gilliam’s mother, Beatrice, hostage, rope-bound to a chair. The duo demanded that Gilliam direct an episode of South Park.

[Despare]

South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone paid an affectionate tribute to the Monty Python team by making a special short animation parody which was shown as part of Python Night. Immediately after this was shown, the BBC aired a video of Parker and Stone holding Terry Gilliam’s mother, Beatrice, hostage, rope-bound to a chair. The duo demanded that Gilliam direct an episode of South Park.

A much more concise answer, but I'm afraid Fortunato's was enough to take the point. Sorry.

[_____V_____]

Way to go, J!


2) In "Decomposing Composers," who was "going to parties" in 1880, but "no fun anymore" in 1881?

[newb]

ni.............................

[neverending]

Modeste Mussorgsky

[fortunato]

mussorgsky

[_____V_____]

Modeste Mussorgsky

KEE-REKT!! :D


Over to the evil puppy...

[newb]

ni...............................

[_____V_____]

ni...............................

ROFL...I hope you had some beer tonight.

[Despare]

Q: How tall would a penguin have to be to have a brain the same size of a man?

[newb]

ROFL...I hope you had some beer tonight.

none



had way too much over the weekend

[fortunato]

6 1/2 feet tall

[Despare]

6 1/2 feet tall

Nope, good guess but you're a wee bit off.

[newb]

6 1/2 feet

[_____V_____]

Explains the "ni"s. ;)

[fortunato]

over 66 feet tall

[cactus]

66 feet tall

[Despare]

over 66 feet tall

You got it...

[newb]

Explains the "ni"s. ;)

true....I play much better "beer fueled"

[_____V_____]

Way to go, J! (again!)


4) Which band took their name from the Monty Python skit featuring the "worst band in the world"?

[neverending]

Toad the Wet Sprocket

[cactus]

edit...damn

[_____V_____]

Toad the Wet Sprocket

RIGHT on the BUTTON!!!

Correct answer, NE.



Over to Des for the scores...

[fortunato]

woah, geez...i was way late on that one.

[newb]

Toad the Wet .....ah fuck it

[Despare]

NE and Fortunato go 2 - 2 in that phase.

So far this round is as follows...

Newb - 2
Fortunato - 7
Missmacabre - 1
Cactus - 1
Neverending - 3

[Despare]

Q: Which sketch isn't included?

[neverending]

the parrot sketch

[fortunato]

parrot sketch

[newb]

damn it............

[Despare]

the parrot sketch

Good job and of course the correct answer.

[newb]

Good job and of course the correct answer.

of course



:mad:

[_____V_____]

They are QUICK tonight! :eek:


2) During "How to Recognize Different Parts of the Body", where was Margaret Thatcher's brain?

[newb]

ni...........................

[fortunato]

the knee........

[newb]

the Shoulder, Just Above the Elbow,

[cactus]

her right leg

[neverending]

after the brain and before more naughty bits

or #26

[_____V_____]

her right leg

THAT's the answer I was looking for!


Great job, Cactus.


Over to the evil puppy again...

[Despare]

Good job Cactus...

Q: In the "Police Station" sketch a Scotsman reports to the police that a giant what has eaten his wife?

[newb]

THAT's the answer I was looking for!


Great job, Cactus.


Over to the evil puppy again...

fuck it....I'm dead.....I Wanna go on the cart

[neverending]

blancmange

[Despare]

blancmange

Damn fast, and I thought you'd be tired?


+1 NE

[fortunato]

frick! ................

[neverending]

i even spelled it correctly from memory!

[_____V_____]

Oh boy...NE is buzzing up some serious steaming form!




4) "Well, of course, this is just the sort of blinkered philistine pig-ignorance I've come to expect from you non-creative garbage. You sit there on your loathsome spotty behinds squeezing blackheads, not caring a tinker's cuss for the struggling artist. You excrement, you whining hypocritical toadies with your colour TV sets and your Tony Jacklin golf clubs and your bleeding Masonic secret handshakes."

What breed of struggling artist fired off this verbal broadside?

[fortunato]

an architect

[neverending]

architect...........

[neverending]

damn!........................

[_____V_____]

an architect

AND J gets a QUICK one JUST IN!!


Over to Des for the scores...

[cactus]

architect...friggit

[newb]

yeah.....i'm way too slow tonight.....must be the hangover....I'm gonna take my measly 2 fucking points and go to bed....night all....good game.:D

[fortunato]

yeah.....i'm way too slow tonight.....must be the hangover....I'm gonna take my measly 2 fucking points and go to bed....night all....good game.:D

haha, goodnight newb.

[neverending]

see ya newb

[_____V_____]

Gnite, newb. Sweet dreams. :)

[Despare]

Give me a moment to tabulate the scores.

(I think I may have missed one after my absence :) )

[_____V_____]

No problemo.


"and I thought to myself, 'a little fermented curd will do the trick,' so, I curtailed my Walpoling activites, sallied forth, and infiltrated your place of purveyance to negotiate the vending of some cheesy comestibles!"

[Despare]

: P

[neverending]

Looks like the Deadites are ruling THIS game as well!

[fortunato]

Looks like the Deadites are ruling THIS game as well!

mwahahaha!!!

[Despare]

Q: How much did Brian pay for the fake beard?

[cactus]

well...you two are anyway

[fortunato]

sixteen shekels

[neverending]

Sixteen sheckles

[Despare]

Yes sir! Good job again Fortunato!

[neverending]

damn again!

[neverending]

i got caught up reading the script- it was damn funny!

[fortunato]

i got caught up reading the script- it was damn funny!

haha, yeah. i'm reading it now too.

[_____V_____]

He is a jolly good fellow, isnt he NE? ;)


2) What does the Gestapo officer do to the captured British soldier to get him to tell the Killer Joke?

[Despare]

PS: I'm retabbing the scores I screwed up. :p

[fortunato]

tickle him...........

[neverending]

He tickles him with a feather.

[_____V_____]

He tickles him with a feather.

Both are right but NE got the more precise answer!!


Over to Des...

[fortunato]

tshh, bummer.

[Despare]

Q: What movie is this mixed up picture from?

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/scscanlan/mixedup.jpg

[fortunato]

the meaning of life

[Despare]

the meaning of life

Yep... good job!

[_____V_____]

J is stealing everyone's thunder tonight, for sure!!


4) Who were the Python members that attended Oxford University?

[neverending]

Michael Palin and Terry Jones

[fortunato]

michael palin and terry jones....crap!

[_____V_____]

Michael Palin and Terry Jones

And NE is QUICK on the draw!!

Good job.




Over to Des for the "updated" scores... ;)

[fortunato]

that was really quick.
well done, neverending.

[Despare]

And NE is QUICK on the draw!!

Good job.




Over to Des for the "updated" scores... ;)

The RIGHT scores finally... sorry about that.

Newb - 2
Fortunato - 8
Missmacabre - 1
Cactus - 2
Neverending - 6

With 4 more questions to go we will have given out 23 points tonight... unless another is missed. :eek:




Here is your next question...

[neverending]

gotta give you SOME competition!

[Despare]

Q: Give me the missing verses from the chaplain's song...

O Lord, please don't burn us,
Don't grill or toast your flock,
Don't braise or bake or boil us,
Or stir-fry us in a wok.

O please don't lightly poach us,
Or baste us with hot fat,
And please don't stick thy servants, Lord,
In a Rotissomat.

[fortunato]

Don't put us on the barbecue,
or simmer us in stock.
Don't fricassee or roast us
or boil us in a vat,

[Despare]

Don't fricassee or roast us
or boil us in a vat,

Close, but read carefully. ;)

[Despare]

Don't put us on the barbecue,
or simmer us in stock.
Don't fricassee or roast us
or boil us in a vat,

And he gets it a second later with the edit...


Over to _V_...

[fortunato]

nevermind, you saw it.
i should read these more carefully...

[_____V_____]

Nice editing skills too. :)


2) Which Python adapted the film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" into the Broadway musical "Spamalot"?

[Despare]

nevermind, you saw it.
i should read these more carefully...

Had Neverending answered we could have had some controversy. ;)

[fortunato]

eric idle.............

[neverending]

eric idle...........

[fortunato]

Had Neverending answered we could have had some controversy. ;)

yeah, well he definitely would get the point if that had happened.

[neverending]

damn- he's got me beat.

[_____V_____]

eric idle.............

Yessir...he sure did! :p


Back to Des...

[Despare]

Speaking of Spamalot...

Q: What theater did Spamalot open in on the seventeenth of March in the year 2005?

[cactus]

Shubert Theatre

[fortunato]

shubert theatre

crap!

[neverending]

New York’s Shubert Theatre

[Despare]

Cactus shows he's still alive with the right answer!

One more question...

[_____V_____]

bang! bang! bang!


And Cactus fires FIRST!

[cactus]

I'm not dead yet...

well, yeah I guess I am, but...

[_____V_____]

And Now For Something Completely Last...


The last question of the night for Monty Python Round, folks...


4) What instrument is being played in 'The National Cheese Emporium'?

[neverending]

bazouki...........

[fortunato]

bazouki............frick again!

[_____V_____]

bazouki...........

Thats QUICK!! :eek:


And correct too. Well done, Sir NE.



The evil puppy has the final scores of the round...and the announcement of the winner.

[cactus]

...damn quick

[neverending]

who can't remember cleese shouting "shut that bloody bazouki up!?"

[_____V_____]

who can't remember cleese shouting "shut that bloody bazouki up!?"

:D

Exact same image I had in mind while typing that question.

[Despare]

Newb - 2
Fortunato - 10
Missmacabre - 1
Cactus - 3
Neverending - 7

This means that Fortunato gets the Python prize package! Fortunato, please send me a PM with your shipping info. This means that Cactus, Fortunato, and NE have all won prizes so far. This also means that the scoreboard for trivia looks like this...


Neverending - 37

fortunato - 28.5

Angrymob - 12

Newb - 14

Disease - 2

Gorephobia - 3

Cactus - 9

Jenna26 - 4

Rayne - 2

Dude Guadalupe - 1

Freak - 2

AUSTIN316426808 - 3

missmacabre - 1


There is one more 12 question round to decide the winners... Good Luck!

[fortunato]

sweet! :D

what did i win?

[_____V_____]

WAY TO GO, FORTUNATO!!


http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/carlapryor/applause.gif


http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/tdiamond8/hands_clapping.gif

[neverending]

Awesome! All three of the DEADITES have won prizes~!

WE ROCK!

Congrats fortunato! (You're lucky I wasn't here from the start....)

And great job done by our hosts again! Thanks Despare and V!

[cactus]

great job, fortunato. Congrats. Yep, Deadites rule.

Thanks, V and Des.

[neverending]

I certainly hope I'll be able to make the last round....


(for obvious reasons... lol...)

[Despare]

sweet! :D

what did i win?

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/scscanlan/seans/prizes2.jpg

[fortunato]

Congrats fortunato! (You're lucky I wasn't here from the start....)

thanks!
(that's exactly what i was thinking, haha)

and a big mega-thanks to _v_ and des!
this trivia contest has been such incredible fun!
you guys are awesome.

[neverending]

Awesome prize!

[_____V_____]

And a big thanks to our sponsor, NEW Radio, for keeping the joint rocking all through the Monty Python round.

Catch you later with the final round of HDC Trivia Contest, folks!!


This is ___V___ saying goodnight, adios...aaaaaaaannndddd....CIAO!!!

[fortunato]

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/scscanlan/seans/prizes2.jpg

awesome!!!!

[Despare]

awesome!!!!

Hope you'll enjoy them. :)