Pub Quiz Questions

[Eamonn Clarke]

And the answer is not that Ian Holm is the only one covered in alien space porridge.

Miles (Woody Allen) is the odd one out - the others are robots made to look like humans.

Very good. Woody Allen is, indeed, the human who is posing as a robot instead of vice versa.

[TordelBack]

And similarly Cage only *thinks* he's a vampire..?

[Eamonn Clarke]

You're on the ball on these. Cage does indeed believe he's a vampire when he is isn't.

[Buttonman]

In the song 'Love Shack' what make of car do the B52s have?

In 'Fairy tale of New York' at what price did the horse win at?

[Colin YNWA]

Wow cool - keep them coming.

[Eamonn Clarke]

Here's one that might be a bit harder. Without the caption but it is the four actresses you need to focus on. Who is the odd one out and why?

[soggy]

What planet is Dr Spock from?

[Greg M.]

Here's one that might be a bit harder. Without the caption but it is the four actresses you need to focus on. Who is the odd one out and why?

B: Debbie Reynolds, because she's not being dubbed by Marni Nixon (she's being dubbed by Betty Noyes.)

[shaolin_monkey]

What planet is Dr Spock from?

Haha, that's a good one! I bet it catches loads of people out.


Which famous computer corporation did Stanley Kubrick base the computer HAL on, in his famous film 2001: A Space Odyssey? And the clue is in the initials HAL.

[Eamonn Clarke]

Here's one that might be a bit harder. Without the caption but it is the four actresses you need to focus on. Who is the odd one out and why?

B: Debbie Reynolds, because she's not being dubbed by Marni Nixon (she's being dubbed by Betty Noyes.)

Correct, and she's playing an actor who dubs for others.

[von Boom]

What planet is Dr Spock from?

Haha, that's a good one! I bet it catches loads of people out.


Which famous computer corporation did Stanley Kubrick base the computer HAL on, in his famous film 2001: A Space Odyssey? And the clue is in the initials HAL.

IBM.

[TordelBack]

What planet is Dr Spock from?

Haha, that's a good one! I bet it catches loads of people out.


Which famous computer corporation did Stanley Kubrick base the computer HAL on, in his famous film 2001: A Space Odyssey? And the clue is in the initials HAL.

IBM.

Careful using this one - while it seems very likely, IIRC both Clarke and Kubrick explicitly denied the connection - and I think there are IBM-logo'd stuff in the movie too.

[von Boom]

What planet is Dr Spock from?

Haha, that's a good one! I bet it catches loads of people out.


Which famous computer corporation did Stanley Kubrick base the computer HAL on, in his famous film 2001: A Space Odyssey? And the clue is in the initials HAL.

IBM.

Careful using this one - while it seems very likely, IIRC both Clarke and Kubrick explicitly denied the connection - and I think there are IBM-logo'd stuff in the movie too.

I always thought it was because HAL is the previous letter of IBM.

[shaolin_monkey]

Aye - seems too much of a coincidence.

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[Richard]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_9000#Origin_of_name