Poster puzzle me this

As usual, I was looking for someth.. ah, you know the story by now.
In case you ever find yourselves online and bored, try these really cool movie poster puzzles. I normally use the site for research on film posters and stuff but apparently it is as much about edumaction as it is entertaining. Might have given me an idea.
Talking about Given, ALLÉZ L'IRLANDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (apologies LN, I'll cheer for la belle France on Wednesday ;)

Fly me to the Moon

.. what we'll be doing in Inquizition #15 on Monday 16. In the "Yogi" round. From the moon in space to ancient deities, Moonstruck, Moon River, Moon 44, people called Moon, half moon, full moon, croissants, Blue Moon, Moonlighting and mooning, from Blutmond to The First Men in The Moon, man on the moon and golf on the moon. And probably lots more I can't quite imagine yet. Guckst du hier. Or here.
The first question round might well be geography & travel, unless I find something better (I've been thinking about an audio round, maybe mystery sounds :).
The second question round is TV & Movie. No sports in it this time :)
Picture round - the usual BS, vertical & horizontal genetix, mystery objects and macros..
Music round - songs with names in the title. Men's, women's, men's & women's...If you need or want to prepare.. follow the link. And take a good guess which 10 I might pick :)
And I have been assured that this time, at long last, absolutely guaranteed, VE VILL HAVE NUTZ!!!!!!!!
In the words of some of my students "ve vill see as Manday". Till then - be good. And alléz les verts!!

The day after

Friday the 13th... nuff said.

Hier nochmals die Zusammenfassung for alle die nicht im email-Verteiler sind. Wer gestern da war weiß es schon, die anderen jetzt. Quiky im Kilkenny ist endgültig gegessen. Ich will mich nicht noch mal über Wie/Warum auslassen, die Show geht weiter. In Charlottenburg.
Inquizition-Time ist jeden Montag um 20.00 Uhr im Irish Harp. Ab 2010 dann jeden Donnerstag um 20.00 Uhr.
Und das erste im neuen Jahr ist das große Jahresrückblicksquiz 2008 am Donnerstag den 7. Januar 2010. Alle anderen Termine (Weihnachtsquiz u.ä.) wie immer hier.
Und nein, ich habe vorerst kein anderes Quiz geplant, in keinem der anderen Stadtbezirke :) Freiheit & Freizeit sind unbezahlbar...
Nochmals vielen Dank an alle Ratefüchse die über die Jahre mit Treue, Wissen, Hartnäckigkeit und Humor dazu beigetragen haben daß die Donnerstage ein Erfolg waren. Es hat Spaß gemacht (zu 99,99% :). Doch nun ist es Zeit weiter zu ziehen. Vielleicht sehen wir uns irgendwo, irgednwie, irgendwann, wenn nicht, immer schön weiter Wissen sammeln, man weiß nie wofür's mal gut ist.

The gist for those who are not on the mailing list. If you were there last night you already know, if not you'll know it now. The Quiky in the Kilkenny is history, this time for good. I'm not going into details again as to why or how, the show will go on. In Charlottenburg.
Inquizition time is every Monday 8pm, Irish Harp, Giesebrechstr. 15. And from 2010 every Thursday at 8pm, still at the Harp. And we're gonna kick off in style with the BIG 2009 Review Special Edition on 7 January. All other dates (e.g. ChristmasQuiz) here, soon.
And no, I have no other quizzes planned for now, not in other districts or on other days. Freedom & time off - priceless :)
Once again a big thank you to all quizzers for the years of loyalty, tenacity, knowledge and creativity. It was a blast! And now it's time to move on. And you never know, we might meet again, somewhere, sometime, somehow. In the meantime, keep collecting knowledge, it might be useful one day :)

Swan Song OR Too much (to) bear

So, that was the ultimate one then. Really, this time. Bit earlier than expected, but the Quiky as we know it (or knew it) is history. Over. Vorbei. Aus. This Quiky is no more. It has ceased to be. It's off the twig, it's shuffled off its mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-QUIKY!!
Me, I'm not too shocked, it was only a matter of time anyway, and at least I didn't do a Keegan this time. Or actually, I did. It was more like a case of constructive dimissal tho.
To (mis)quote King Kev's last letter "I've been working desperately hard to find a way to keep this running ... but sadly that has not proved possible. It's my opinion that a quiz miz must have the right to run the quiz as she sees fit and that pubs should not impose upon any quiz miz any drunken tourists that interrupt proper proceedings, or dessicate her through neglect, or make her waste her time. I have been left with no choice other than to leave." (actually it was the suggestion of the manager but same diff :)
Anyroad, as said before, comebacks are never a good idea to start with (unless you're Led Zeppelin) and it would have happened sooner or later anyway. Which is a blessing (in diguise?) because now I have more time to prepare the InquiZition and, more importantly, we can move it to Thursday which is a MUCH nicer day than Monday. Unfortunately we can not move it to Mitte but we might find new things to make the trip to Ch'burg worth your while. Once in a while.
As usual, the details, and updates, and previews will appear here as soon as I have them.

Preliminary points of the last Quiky as follows (nice table up here tomorrow)

1. Quiz Quiztofferson 56,5
2. L'Auberge Espagnole (formerly known as Feidclub feat. Pinky) 56
3. Fünfsteins 55
4. Smashing Peaches 55
5. Die Gloriösen Milchschnitten (formerly known as De Muttis) 51,5
6. Tyssia 36,5
7. Ding! I am a Giant Horse! 32,5
8. Leprechauns 27,5

Leftovers, links & much more here soon. Till then, Good Night, and Good Luck.

Seasons au soleil

More info, or rather correct info, on "Seasons in the sun": As I have been made aware of, the man who translated the lyrics, and first sang it, was Rod McKuen, Brel's friend and translator, and a totally fascinating character. His .. somewhat different... version can be found here... thanx dude, for that and l'original :)

I feel a very wicked cover version round coming up in Inquizition #16 ;)

And while we're on the subject of very intersting versions - nochmals heißen Dank Manthe for the Schlager-Beitrag. Der Videobeweis für den singenden Präsidenten hat mich doch total auf die Zeitreise geschickt :)

Dementis/denials & discoveries

First of all, the denial (in German "Dementi" - must have something to do with dementia). The Inquizition #15 next Monday is NOT the last one in November since November has 30 days so I'll see you for InQuizition #16 on Monday, 30 November.

And now the discoveries. As some of you might remember (or know), Bobby Darin was not the man who came up with the idea for "Beyond the Sea". Because the song with re-written lyrics in English was based on Charles Trenet's "La Mer".
And apparently it was not the first or the only time that American or Canadian writers and singers plundered la musique francophone.
I just totally stumbled upon the fact that

• "Seasons in the Sun" was not a 1974 Terry Jacks original. It was not even the English original. Earlier versions had been released by The Kingston Trio in 1963, The Fortunes in 1968 and by Pearls Before Swine in 1970/71. But... Jacques Brel (who happened to be Belgian) wrote and sang "Le Moribond" some 13 years before. Guckst du hier.

• And even more interesting, "My Way" was not a 1969 Sinatra original. Again, the English version was (lyrics by none other than Paul Anka) but.... the song was French to start with. Claude François penned and first recorded the song 2 years earlier. More on that here.That's another two 3-pointers for the next cover version round in the Harp (#17 on 7 December)

And if you want to do your own research or just be entertained and edumacated or guess what I'll be playing next - here's a great website I found... and my first choice blog for the interesting things in music is this one here. Check out the Originals series - amazing stuff.

Alreet quizzers, must get some sleep before tonight's Quiky, and need a few more questions and pictures too. Till then - have a good one.

Did U Know That....

This is the first post of probably many (or at least some) wherein I'll spread some of the interesting, intriguing or just immensely funny facts I've found while looking for something completely different. In no particular order, and most of them very likely useless in real life.
In the quiz universe though they might be worth a point or two. If you can remember them.
So, here goes. (Some of you might know some of these already but then, I bet you'll find something new too.)

Cover/Original versions
In The Army Now - I've always thought it was Status Quo. It's Bolland& Bolland (do NOT listen to the original if you like the song!!! :)
Black Magic Woman - written and first performed (less convincingly) by Fleetwood Mac.

Strange causes of death
Antoni Gaudi (he of the Sagrada Familia fame) - got run over by a tram, died 3 days later.

When playing at home, Olympique Marseille's team run out to Van Halen's "Jump". Every time they score, Puff Daddy's "Come With Me" is played.

And here's another source of useless knowledge.

And this one made me laugh. Not so Paris. She's threatening to sue the advertising agency.