Slight change of plan..

there will be no Movie quote round.. a larger Star Wars round will replace it.. with questions worth multiple points

no mate, they are singular guess

flattered :D but with Starwarsy questions u'll want waro on the team he know how many hexagons the tie fighters wings are made of .

There si a slight possibility that I may have to postphone the quiz till Thursday as a friend of the wife has just had a baby and we may be going visiting 2morrow night.

Sorry to mess ya's all about.. I will update when I know more.

well done to those who took part...

questions and answers are as follows....

General Knowledge....

1 What rhyming nickname was given to the Boeing 727 used by NASA to simulate weightlessness for Astronauts?
Vomit Comet

2 How many events were there in the first Ancient Olympic games?
one (running 600 feet)

3 What nationality is/was Erno Rubic, inventor of the Rubic Cube?
Hungarian

4 What is the Jewish Word for proper, genuine or legitimate?
Kosher

5 Who proved the voice of the female hyena in the film The Lion King?
Whoopi Goldberg

6 How many feet are there in a fathom?
six

7 What are the ridges across guitar fingerboards called
Frets

8 What American building is the largest office building in the world?
Pentagon

9 The liqueur Curacao is flavoured with which fruit?
Orange

10 Roxie Hart is a character in which stage and film musical?
Chicago

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Star Wars Knowledge

1. The history of the galaxy is recorded in the...?
Journal of the Whills

2. The creature in the garbage compactor is called the...?
Dianoga

3. Race that built Yavin temples;
Massassi

4. Which planet of the Hoth system was the Rebel base on?
The sixth

5. How many shots does Han take at Darth Vader?
Five

6. What are the natives of Dantooine called?
Dantari

7. What is the snow creature that attacks Luke in ESB called?
A wampa.

8. Han won the Millennium Falcon playing what game?
Sabacc

9. What planet are Twi'leks from?
Ryloth

10. What does blue on a Battle Droid designate?
That the Battle Droid is a pilot

11. Who was Luke's gunner on his snowspeeder on Hoth?
Dack

12. What odds does Artoo gives as Han and Luke's chance for surviving outside on Hoth?
1 in 725

13. Which droid treated Luke when he was injured on Hoth in TESB?
2-1B

14. Who is the only rebel to refer to Darth Vader as 'Lord Vader'?
Lando

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Bonus Round

1 point lost for every '1' away from real answer your guess was....


Total number of destroyed Rebel starfighters in the trilogy.
Fifteen (nine over first Death Star, six over second)

Total number of destroyed TIEs in the trilogy.
Twenty-six (Four during Falcon's escape from first Death Star, four in ensuing battle, four in Anoat asteroid field, fourteen during second Death Star battle)

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-- Edited by Jibblett at 08:20, 2007-02-08