Quiz and Other Stuff

[ivoralljack]

Going to use this thread for a bit of occasional quiz fun. No prizes or anything and I'm going to trust you not to google the answers. First up:

What is the name of the spy 'hero' in Len Deighton's book "The Ipcress File"? Let's see who'll be the first to post an answer on here.

 

[Borini]

Michael Caine played




Harry Palmer.

 

[ivoralljack]

Ha ha. WRONG!!

 

[The Blobster]

I'd have gone for harry palmer too !

 

[ivoralljack]

Actually, guys, what @Borini said was perfectly correct but it's not the right answer to the question.

 

[Borini]

That's all I can remember of the film...not read the book....
Guess I will have to Google it then!

 

[ivoralljack]

Fair enough, have a Google. This is one of those you either know or don't. It's a regular in pub quizzes.

 

[ivoralljack]

The correct answer is that in the BOOK, unlike the film, no mention is ever made of the character's actual name.

 

[ivoralljack]

Here's another one and it should be easy for those of you with good memories as I know I posted this on another site in the past.

A spy has to break into a safe. He has only one attempt to break the combination and his bosses could give him only two clues.

1.The code is 3 consecutive letters of the alphabet.

2. The letters are associated with Sherlock Holmes.

What are the letters?

 

[ivoralljack]

No takers then? The answer is LMN, so what is the Holmes connection?

 

[Borini]

Yyuryyubicuryy4me

 

[ivoralljack]

The answer is LMN, so what is the Holmes connection?

I'd have thought that the answer was elementary.

 

[Borini]

I'd have thought that the answer was elementary.

Then you would be correct!

 

[Jackflash]

Then you would be correct!

EMNtry Dear Borini.

 

[ivoralljack]

I'd have thought that the answer was elementary.

By the way, Sherlock Holmes never did say, "elementary, my dear Watson," in any of the books, as many people think. Next questions:

What type of boat is a palindrome?

Who was the first Beatle to have a solo #1 hit?

 

[Jackflash]

Pretty sure it was George Harrison (My Sweet Lord) my era

 

[Jackflash]

Being a palindrome is a word that read identical forward or backward, is it the boat what we used to call a double ender, bow front and bow stern.?
(Pointy on both ends)

 

[ivoralljack]

Being a palindrome is a word that read identical forward or backward, is it the boat what we used to call a double ender, bow front and bow stern.?
(Pointy on both ends)

It is a name of a boat that reads the same both ways and your description fits it.

 

[Behindthegoal]

So does a kayak

 

[ivoralljack]

Which 3 actors managed to escape in the film "The Great Escape"?

Apart from human beings name two creatures who talk in the Bible.