Entries for The Bent Cup

Just to encourage teams to send it their entries for The Bent Cup
(and give us all a bit of a laugh during the winter)
I thought I'd add entries here as I come across them.

To read the answers given, run your cursor over the space between the quotation marks.

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2010-2011 Season

NEW - submitted by Geoff Turner:

Question: What does a borough have which an ordinary town does not?

Answer: "Rabbits" from Alan of Time Out

Correct answer: A royal charter

- submitted by Geoff Turner:

Question: Whose autobiography was entitled, The Story of my Experiments with Truth?

Answer: "Richard Nixon" from Belligerent Fools' player #2 ( Rasen will know his name)

Correct answer: Ghandi

- submitted by Geoff Turner:

Question: Ochlocracy is rule by whom/what?

Answer: "Scotsmen" from Graham of Magic Robots

Correct answer: The mob

2009-2010 Season

- submitted by Geoff Turner:

Question: Enola Gay was the name of the aeroplane that dropped the first atom bomb on Hiroshima. What was the name of the aeroplane that dropped the second atom bomb on Nagasaki?

Answer: "Enola Straight?" - from Pete of Magic Robots

Correct answer: Boxcar

- submitted by Geoff Turner:

Question: Witches ride broomsticks but what do warlocks ride?

Answer: "Witches!" - from anon.

Correct answer: pitchforks

Question: Who wrote the Discworld series of fantasy books?

Answer: " Stephen Hawking " - from Harry of Bux Kwiz.

Correct answer: Sir Terry Pratchett.

Question: The LCROSS satellite was crashed on to the lunar south pole on 9th October 2009 in the search for what?

Answer: " The Clangers " - from Trev of Belligerent Fools.

Correct answer: Water.

Question: In Pride and Prejudice, what is the name of Mr. Darcy's home in Derbyshire?

Answer: "Dunroamin'" - from Dave of Belligerent Fools.

Correct answer: Pemberley.

2008-2009 Season

Question: What's the difference between bacon and gammon?

Answer: " About 50p a pound " - from Mick of Swats submitted by Geoff Turner

Question: The eleventh labour of Hercules was to bring back the Golden Apples of the Hesperides, but who actually went into the garden to collect the apples?

Answer: " A scrumper " - from Dave of Quizlings v Bux Kwiz.

Question: What name is given to plants which flower year after year?

Answer: " Weeds " - from Geoff Swanney in the Individual Open Knock Out.

Question: In Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, what was the name of the king of the fairies?

Answer: " Tinkerbell " - from Malcolm Towle in the Individual Open Knock Out.