Yes, I've just looked that up, MJ. I've known about Sylvia Plath for years and had never heard she wrote under another name.

which place town/city/village has the longest name?

You surely don't expect us to spell it!

It's in New Zealand and means something like "the village by the hill where uncle george met the chief of the enemies and shagged his daughter in public on a tuesday". There are loads of letter 'U's in it.

edit: didn't someone make it into a song?

sorry wrong answer, its also known by another name thats easy to spell

this had better be good!

and longer than Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu

yes

It's Bangkok then

Correct:

The city of angels, the great city, the eternal jewel city, the impregnable city of God Indra, the grand capital of the world endowed with nine precious gems, the happy city, abounding in an enormous Royal Palace that resembles the heavenly abode where reigns the reincarnated god, a city given by Indra and built by Vishnukarm.

or in it original language:

Krung-dēvamahānagara amararatanakosindra mahindrayudhyā mahātilakabhava navaratanarājadhānī purīramya utamarājanivēsana mahāsthāna amaravimāna avatārasthitya shakrasdattiya vishnukarmaprasiddhi

Well yeah, it's a ceremonial name but whatever.

What sort a "pod" is a scorpion (e.g. quadruped, hexapod, etc.)?

cellopod?

or is it a stupid one like scorpiopod

madjohn should know he had scorpions in his quiz last night

i-Pod?

It's actually an arthropod but that has nothing to do with quantities, which is what I'm after!

Dromopods

whats the answer then

Er ... yes .. forgot.

Eight limbs used for walking means it's an octopod.
They always get in wrong in quizzes since they count the pincers as limbs and call them decapods.
The number of times I have to put quiz writers right...

Here's an easier one. What was the name of the collection of mathematical/logical brain teasers composed by Lewis Carroll?

Alice in Numberland?

look at monty posting rock hard questions noone knows the answers too

symbolic logic by any chance

Aye, summit like that

I know! The number of times that has happened to me....!

Seems you're right.
Tangled Tales is the answer. I'd better let someone else ask a pisseasy question.

OK here is an easy one. What am I reading at the moment? (now that I've finished the excellent 'Kicked Out')

The Bible

No. It's 'The Bell Jar.'

Here's a proper one. Who is the writer here:
'Now Albert's coming back, make yourself a bit smart.
He'll want to know what you've done with that money he gave you
to get yourself some teeth.'

Correct. (There was no need to guess it so quickly...I feel like a failure now.)

It's best to ask a question when no one is about, especially MJ and Monty, although I think the latter tends to lurk in the 'hidden' members, so you can't always tell when he's about.

That's if you want your question to last longer.

I think I know the answer to this one. Is it 15 minutes?

No, I'm sure I must know something they don't know.....

Anyway, come on, MJ, it's your turn.

I don't take part in Pub Quiz's, so I don't know the protocol, are you only allowed to speak when asking a question? (he questioned)

No. You have a go now BP, since MJ has deserted us.

In the Cinicinnatti Kid, what hotel room number was Steve McQueen's 'Kid' staying in.

Was that the poker film? If so it'd have to be 13 surely.

It was,and it wasn't, in that order.

Prial of threes then.

No Poker connection, just something I noticed watching the film recently, and thought 'I bet nobody will know that if I ask it in a quiz.'

What odds did you get?

999 to 1

Right. In the absence of any other question.
Which actor played in the 1945 (yes, 1945) Abbot & Costello film "Abbot & Costello in Hollywood" and also in the 2009 (yes, 64 years later) American TV series The Nanny Express, but will probably most be remembered for the character he played in a TV series about a time traveller and an unexpected miming of a Roy Orbison song?

is it that fella from quantrum leap

You just beat me to it JOhn....

Dean Stockwell - I never googled it honest

Anyway I'll nip in with a question seeing as you haven't. What are the worlds three most spoken languages?

english spanish and chinese

Two out of three there Compo...

One right MJ

english, chinese and arabic

Not Arabic Compo...

french

Non