Schroms

This week me and Tage have spent more than an hour each day in the forest looking for mushrooms. Except for today we have gone to the smallish forest a couple of hundred meters from here. This one: (We live in the house under 'Earth')


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Since the forest is so close to the town, in fact it is in the town, it is a very popular recreational area. A lot of people move around there and even if not everyone looks for mushrooms I always see people who do just that, but even so, I have had no problem at all finding around 4 litres every day (Chanterelle, Funnel Chanterelle and Trumpet of death (cool name!) mostly). Today I thought I would change it up a bit and take a bike trip a bit further away, to go where not so many other people have gone before. Compared to just getting the stroller and going into the woods it was quite a bit harder. I am not very used to biking around with a little kid on the back of the bike, and getting on and off is a bit tricky... I also had to carry him almost everywhere we went. So, lets have a quick quiz: how much do you think I found today?

What happened? (and quiz #10)

I have no idea what happened to me, but suddenly I stopped writing. It is a bit odd since stuff has happened that I usually would write about. Soups for one thing (Just finished a prawn bisque that was rather good if I may say so myself, and that is just one of the three that I have not told you about). Another thing is the move. We packed all our stuff in boxes (and some paper bags), transported them out the door into a car, drove the car 160m, then out of the car they came and up the elevator to the third floor (for which you have to press the button marked 4) and into our new huge (by our standards) three room (almost four since the hallway serves as a room too) apartment. Yet another thing that has happened is that I am now home full time with Tage, and that is really something to write about. And I will. But now I realize why I stopped. It was the last question in the quiz. I just could not come up with a good question. I felt that, as it was supposed to be about Simpsons, and that I am supposed to be a Simpsons nerd, the question had to be really really good. But fuck it, I will just ask about a couple of random facts and get it over with and then finally I might be able to get on with the blogging. So here goes. The last set of questions:

Who of Marge's sisters has triangular shaped earrings? (1p)
Sideshow Bob has a brother. What is his name? (1p)
What magazine did Milhouse order when he and Bart took care of the comic book store? (1p)
What crop did the family grow at the farm? (1p)
And last but not least: In the movie, Marge makes several variations of 'home sweet home' embroideries. You get 0.5 points for each version you can tell me.

(I will give you a week to answer since most of you probably has stopped looking in several times a day to see if I have written something new since I have not written something new in a long long time)

Quiz #9

Radar has an oncle, what is his name? (1p)
What is Houlihans nickname? (1p)
What is Charles full name? (1p)
Klinger managed to scrounge up a bottle of booze for Charles. What kind? (2p)

Quiz #8

You all probably know the first rule of fightclub, but what is the second rule? (1p)
What does the guy that Edward Norton plays call persons he sits next to when flying? (1p)
Who plays Bob? (1p)

Quiz #7

It is hard to think up questions that are just hard enough... So I think this one is a bit easier:

What is Kramers first name? (1p)
Who ended up having sex in Jerrys van? (1p)
What was the 'religion' that got George the job at the Jankies? (1p)


Monday at eight fifteen I want your answers, and yes, You may watch the entire series to get the answers, but No, you may not google them!

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To get even more players in the fantastically fun and exciting quiz, I am now instituting a consolidation price for the person who gets the most points on the five last questions!!!

So: New players (and old participants who are about to loose interest due to their lack of points), friends, family, new presidents and old presidents, present colleagues and those of yore - Don't be afraid, join in!!!

I'm extending the time on the last question another day so that as many of you as possible can answer, so come on, there is nothing to loose!

Quiz #6

What is the advice Mclain gets on how to calm down after flying? (1p)
Who was the 21'st presient of the united states of america? (2p)
And how could you use a 5 gallon jug and a 3 gallon jug to get exactly 4 gallons of water? (1p)

Yes, you guessed right, it is Die Hard trivia today. Two days from now, and of course no googling.

Quiz #5

Ok, Christmas is over and Monty Python is 40+.... So the question is:

What was it that Brian wrote on the wall to protest the Roman presence. The first thing in poor Latin gives you 2 points and the corrected version that he writes a hundred times in meter high letters gives you another point.

You have until 2010 to come up with the answer.

Quiz #4

'Han shot first'

If you know what it means you'll get two points. Email the un-googled answer to me within two days. And remember, it is never to late to join in, there will be at least 10 questions so you do have a shot at the first prize even if you start now!

Quiz #3

Scrubs:
 
When the janitor pretends to be a doctor, what name does he use? (1p)

And what is the name of the a cappella band, actually the best 'hospital a cappella band in town', that he dreams up in one show to get out of an embarrassing situation? (2p)

New to the game? No problems, we are just getting started. If you know the answers to the questions above, without googling, email them to me within two days from now and you are in. A fantastic prize is in it for the winner and a huge amounts of fun is in it for all of us!

Quiz #2

More movies....

Rosebud.
What movie (1p), and what is it (1p)? You have two days from now.

By the way, how does a CD of your own choice sound? As first price that is... 

Quiz - #1

Ok, so there seems to be a demand for a quiz after-all, so here we go.  I do not know how many questions there will be, perhaps ten or so, It might depend on your participation.

Remember, no googling.

Question 1 (2p): Where did Jules find the 'cold-blooded thing to say to a motherfucker before you popped a cap in his ass' i.e.: "... and i will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothtes..."

Bonus question (1p): Where did Brett get his burger from?

Send me an email with your answers and an alias that you want to have on the scoreboard. You have two days from now to answer. And remember, the winner gets a fantastic price!

Re:Nops etc

Oh yes, as some of you missed the last exciting quiz that took place maybe two years ago (on the blog that predated this one), maybe I should tell you about it so that you know what to expect if it would take place again.. The idea was to bring more readers to the blog by having a fun quiz with equally fun prices. And the idea worked, even if the new readers were just imaginary people part of a big conspiracy.  The winner though was real and received a Pearls before Swine book as a reward.

Anyhow, I posted a question on the blog and the participants had a day or two to answer to get credit. Googling was not allowed and I relied on the honor system and the fact that the questions was inherently hard to google as a way of controlling that people in fact did not google the answers.

So, what do you think, are you up for the challenge??? (please leave a comment if you are so that I know that you are)

Nops

Four persons does not a quiz make.

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Darn it if it isn't time for a new quiz! It was a lot of fun last time don't you think???
Are you with me? (if enough people say yes I will start to think of questions)