Friday Quiz (football edition)

Two (related) quiz questions for you today:

1) Aside from the 20 sides currently in the English Premier League this season, there are 22 sides who have played at least one season in the division since the first year it was called that. Name all of them please.

2) How many sides (and who are they) have been the English Premier League every season since the renaming.

Answers in the comments.

Stay away from Google, BBC Sport and Wikipedia. And indeed, any other site that might help you with this!

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Friday Quiz

I've had bit of fun with quizzes in the past few weeks and I spotted this one on Facebook and couldn't resist.

It's a music quiz based on 25 randomly-shuffled tracks in my iTunes library. I'll give you the first line of the song, you guess the artist and title. Don't use Google (or any other search engine of your choice) as it takes away from the fun of it a bit. Obviously, if you actually know me then you might have a slightly better chance of knowing some of the music that I listen to, but it is a pretty eclectic mix so you should be able to get some of them.

I'll put the answers up as folks guess them.

1. And if there’s someone you can live without then do so

BARENAKED LADIES - Be My Yoko Ono (Grainne FB)

2. Do I really need a reason?

3. Hello. I’ve waited here for you

FOO FIGHTERS - Everlong (Sam FB)

4. Every time you point your finger, three more point right back at you

5. I caught you knocking at my cellar door

NEIL YOUNG - The Needle and the Damage Done (Euan)

6. No matter where I roam, I will return

PAUL WELLER - English Rose (Euan)

7. I get up in the evening

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Dancing in the Dark (Tory Bear)

8. We are not your sinners, our voices are for real

9. All the late night bargains have been struck

DIRE STRAITS - Your Latest Trick (P.J)

10. How many special people change?

OASIS - Champagne Supernova (Grainne FB)

11. Blackbirds slow and softly breaks a glass of wine

RYAN ADAMS - Firecracker (Rich FB)

12. Here comes the wise man and there goes the fool

STONE ROSES - What the World is Waiting For (Euan)

13. I would have given you all of my heart

ROD STEWART - The First Cut is the Deepest (Benny/ Grainne)

14. You said New York, New York is dangerous

QUEEN & DAVID BOWIE - Under Pressure (Benny)

15. I can’t stand to fly, I’m not that naïve

FIVE FOR FIGHTING - Superman (Grainne)

16. What’s up with my heart when it skips a beat?

THE CORAL - Dreaming of You (Grainne)

17. My piano is out of tune, I wish it wasn’t

THE FEELING - Helicopter (Fiona)

18. You give your hand to me and then you say hello

RAY CHARLES - You Don't Know Me (P.J)

19. Well I woke up in mid-afternoon ’cause that’s when it all hurts the most

COUNTING CROWS - Mrs Potter's Lullaby (Grainne FB)

20. I met him in a crowded room

BLUR - Charmless Man (Rich FB)

21. I knew all along that I was right at the start

DIRTY PRETTY THINGS - Bang Bang You're Dead

22. There’s no one in town I know, you gave us someplace to go

JIMMY EAT WORLD - Hear You Me (Grainne)

23. Every night I grab some money and I go down to the bar

MEATLOAF - Dead Ringer for Love (P.J)

24. Sometimes I see your face looking at me

TAKE THAT - Up All Night (Euan)

25. That’s great it starts with an earthquake

R.E.M - It's the end of the world as we know it (and I feel fine) (Grainne)

Good luck.

Oh yeah. And Happy Birthday Mum!

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Capitals quiz - answers

My Gran sent me the answers to the capitals quiz (by post - she's not quite up with the internet revolution). So I now have all of the answers which are posted below. Only two you guys never got - and I'll let you have Budapest on the basis that Anon (G) guessed it and I didn't think it was right...

So here's all the answers:

1. Former Hearts player follows tin CANBERRA

2. Fix a letter underwater ANKARA

3. 1+1, 2+2, 3+3, 4+4 etc... DUBLIN

4. Type of map followed by short greeting OSLO

5. Two rivers together make this name BUDAPEST (I know - its two CITIES on the banks of ONE river... going to have words with the quiz setter!)

6. Escaped mammal BEIRUIT

7. Repeatedly give money and leave PAGO PAGO

8. Add this to coffee in France SUCRE

9. Swap D for R and drop S in this Aussie soap EDINBURGH

10. Put a parent in a sack BAGHDAD

11. Support for a broken arm (a drink) SINGAPORE

12. Could be underfoot SEOUL

13. Catchphrase in "Extras" with mirth HAVANA

14. Norse God using razor TORSHAVIN

15. Anagram: A U G C L T G P E A I TEGUCIGALPA

16. Neckwear hands over cash TAIPEI

17. In a field coming after five but before ten KUWAIT

18. Burial place behind a vehicle KHARTOUM

19. Wee Maureen turns whiter PALERMO

20. Organise a wee holiday BUCHAREST

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Trivia question

Since the Champions League returned last night, I have a question for you.

Which Brit has played a part in every Champions League Final since the tournament was restructured in 1992?

Best of luck.

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Capitals quiz - with a twist

I was helping my Gran the other day with a quiz and I thought it might entertain one or two of those whom read this. So here we are - they are cryptic clues to capital cities around the world. Not necessarily state capitals, but capital cities around the world. That's the disclaimer!

Here's an example:

"Is there a cake in this city?" - Answer "PARIS" (Eiffel cakes... or so my Gran tells me!).

So here you go. I'll put the answers in as people guess them. If you guess them! Also, there are a couple I'm not sure of yet!

1. Former Hearts player follows tin CANBERRA (Juliane)

2. Fix a letter underwater ANKARA (Malc's Mum)

3. 1+1, 2+2, 3+3, 4+4 etc... DUBLIN (Anon)

4. Type of map followed by short greeting OSLO (Malc's Gran!)

5. Two rivers together make this name

6. Escaped mammal

7. Repeatedly give money and leave PAGO PAGO (AMERICAN SAMOA) (Wee Mo)

8. Add this to coffee in France SUCRE (Gizem)

9. Swap D for R and drop S in this Aussie soap EDINBURGH (Wee Mo)

10. Put a parent in a sack BAGHDAD (Anon)

11. Support for a broken arm (a drink) SINGAPORE (George)

12. Could be underfoot SEOUL (Linda J)

13. Catchphrase in "Extras" with mirth HAVANA (Finlay)

14. Norse God using razor TORSHAVIN (Anon)

15. Anagram: A U G C L T G P E A I TEGUCIGALPA (Anon)

16. Neckwear hands over cash TAIPEI (Sam)

17. In a field coming after five but before ten KUWAIT (Finlay)

18. Burial place behind a vehicle KHARTOUM (Linda J)

19. Wee Maureen turns whiter PALERMO (Richard)

20. Organise a wee holiday BUCHAREST (Finlay)

Good luck with that!

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Quiz question

Sat in the pub with some of the Welsh boys on Sunday night, a cracking quiz question was put to me. Well, I say cracking, but only because I'm a geography geek. Anyway, it had me going for the three hours we were there (the guy who set the question told me it took him three days... though he did admit his geography is a bit suspect.

So here's the question:

There are seven countries in the world which have names that consist of five letters, two of which are the letter 'A'. Can you name them?

Obviously its good in the pub because your researcher (Mr Google) is not as helpful. I'll stick the answer in the comments in a couple of days, just to let you have a wee while to work it out. Good luck!

UPDATE: Six of the seven answers have been guessed by readers and are now in the comments to this piece. If you DON'T want to know the answers, don't look here.

UPDATE 2: All seven answers are now accounted for, although no one got all seven. Again, if you are still thinking about it, don't look at the answers until it is driving you completely crazy. And if it hasn't yet, give it a couple of days!

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