9pm – The Newsroom. Jackpot £150. Cheat answer: Sofia Loren (pic round).
It’s Easter holidays and I’m doing the childcare so today’s post is brief and functional, like when you nip into WH Smith as fast as you possibly can to buy a bottle of water before you get on the train.
So here are the music round cheat answers for tonight:
First for The Ship Inn at Musselburgh where Kerry will be playing this bollocks by Niall Horan who used to be one of the directions out of One Direction:
And secondly at the Argyle Bar where I will be playing this by Pulp which feels epic at first but, upon repeated listens, becomes rather turgid:
Both these tunes are not the greatest but maybe Niall Horan wins because he is available in life-size cardboard cutout format:
If you buy that, remember to make sure you do it ironically
Joshua’s quiz at the Saint Andrews Brewing Co hits a high of £90 tonight.
As things have been going so far, it’s not the busiest quiz in the world so your chances of winning are good. Get along and try it out. 7pm at the Saint Andrews Brewing Company
Elsewhere we have my own two quizzes. Get involved.
Meanwhile, here are the cheat music round clues for tonight. First the Leo Sayer song at the Brass Monkey quiz:
From so long ago, its not even really a video
The song is packed with story-telling detail, including a blue Morris van which the guy in the story couldn’t drive last week because it was getting resprayed.
As every tedious comment on youtube will gleefully tell you: they don’t write ’em like that any more.
Nice work from the Sayer. Fun fact: he’s called that because he says things.
Meanwhile, here’s the Michael Buble song that turns up as a clip on Josh’s music round at the SABC:
It’s always annoyed me. It’s a song by a pop star about how you shouldn’t really want to be a pop star.
“Do as I say, not as I do”.
What a twat.
Anyway, the only true way to avoid being labelled a twat is to come to the quiz tonight.
Thelma and Louise winning at the Safari Lounge
See ya later – x
Dr P
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Not so many entries this month as we experienced a few stationery issues.
In other words, I ran out of Dead Pool sheets and forgot to order more.
Anyway, here are the ones that were picked for the month. Full list after the picture:
Sharp betting on the PM but remember: political or metaphorical death does not count Only the real thing.
List:
Barbara Knox Bill Cosby Brian Wilson Cliff Richard David Attenborough David Attenborough Dick Van Dyke Elon Musk Joan Collins Keith Richards Kirk Douglas Kirk Douglas Menzies Campbell Michael Douglas Nicholas Parsons Ozzy Osbourne Paolo Nutini Paul Gascoigne Paul McCartney Paul McCartney Philip May Prince Philip Prince Philip Prince Philip Prince Philip Prince Philip Prince Philip Prince Philip R Kelly Seamus Heath Shania Twain Shia Le Beouf The Queen The Queen Theresa May Theresa May Theresa May Theresa May Yoko Ono
So! There’s a brand new DP Quiz starting tonight in the fair town of Musselburgh. Get yourself down to the Ship Inn for a crack at this new quiz, hosted by Kerry.
Here are the music cheat answers for tonight:
At the Ship the music round includes a Drake song:
Nae idea what’s going on in the video and I also have no idea why Drake is such a big deal.
I mean, the tune It’s OK but seems a little uninspiring. Like crushed-up aspirin on white bread.
Meanwhile, the Newsroom music round includes Demi Lovato:
By the way, if you click the vid to listen to the song, you’ll need to forward to about three minutes which is where the actual song starts. Prior to that it’s some kind of film or soap opera.
Anyway, enjoy the quizzes tonight. Go and support Kerry in Musselburgh. Check it out!
Sunday: like a cake full of sawdust heralding the empty week.
The best thing you can do to oppose this sawdust paradigm is go to the quiz where it is possible to win money, booze and the respect of your friends in a friendly knowledge-based contest which rewards a sneaky combination of smarts and luck.
I love it when you come to the quiz. I could kiss every one of you. Anyway. Here’s the music round cheat for tonight’s quiz at the Persevere:
This is jaunty tune but also strangely depressing. I remember when it came out and I couldn’t decide whether I quite liked it or totally hated it.
I’m still torn.
So there you have it: in thirty years I have learned nothing. Well nothing in terms of Tanita Tikaram anyway.
Although, having said that I was looking her up the other day on Wikipedia and discovered she was born in Germany. That’s proper trivial, in the sense that it’s information that can be of no proper use.
Another item which is not really a fact came from one of the youtube comments which pointed out that she looks like Elvis.
This is another type of learning: something that I always knew but never really thought of until someone pointed it out.
But also useless in terms of knowledge. What do we know and why do we remember it? This is PhD stuff. I’d better leave it there. It’s Sunday.
Anyway – come to the quiz.
x
See you later.
Ooh la la.
Dr Paul
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The cheat answers for tonight include this song by Train: I can’t stand it. It came out in 2012 and feels like every template ever written for bland-as-possible radio playlists which are calculated to offend no-one and inspire no-one.
It’s the same shit as Maroon 5 and all that type of bollocks.
It’s classified by Google as “Adult Contemporary” which is a long phrase for “Dull”.
And if the song is bad, the video is worse.
What a load of shit.
Anyway, from crap videos to the greatest film of all time. As you know, I’ve been counting down the list of my ten favourite films of all time.
I had often heard about this film but never watched it until a couple of years ago. It is satisfyingly brilliant and I watched it again straight away.
It’s a Werner Herzog joint so it’s already almost automatically going to be interesting but the action and the crazy adventure draws you in completely until you too are dying on the Amazon, merely by watching.
Basically it the 16th century, its South America and the lunatic Spanish conquistadores are determined to find El Dorado, the city of Gold.
Instead they find madness and murder and a whole lot of Mother Nature, spurning their goliath ambitions of riches and conquest in the same way an elephant would disregard a used bus ticket.
Kalus Kinski is the madman Aguirre, a warrior hungry for power, gold and perhaps immortality.
The crazy in his performance is aided by the fact that he was obviously an actual madman.
Much has been written on the making of the film, and the difficulties and impossibilities thereof, including the epic fights between director and star.
Like a lot of films in my top ten, music is important. The soundtrack to this is just great. I was recorded by some crafty German band named Popol Vuh and it’s got just the right balance of strangeness, beauty and menace, perfectly in sync with the action.
I could talk about this film all day but, to be honest, the internet has been up and down this morning like a Dundonian who keeps thinking he’s seen a five pence piece on the ground, so I’m going to publish it and get the fuck on with Thursday.
The St Andrews Brewing Co is at Potterrow, near the University and boasts food, drink and all the usual shite but with a brand new shiny host. Go and give him a hard time!
St. Andrews Brewing Co., Potterrow
Last Monday’s Quiz was a great start and Joshua will welcome you tonight for more. 7pm start.
Meanwhile, here is the cheat music for tonight’s quiz at the Brass: it’s your old pal Lou Reed doing a song called ‘Sick of You’
And here’s a music cheat for St Andrews Brewing Co: It’s Norah Jones, the song’s called ‘Chasing Pirates’ and she sails a building through Manhattan which is pretty cool:
So whether you attend Joshua’s quiz or one of mine (or a combo) tonight, have a great time because the Ultimate Warrior says so
x
Dr P
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Midweek is here – the summit, not only of the work-cycle but of human greatness too.
If you don’t dig Wednesdays – its cos you have the big L.
Anyway, here is the free answer for tonight’s music round at the Joker and The Thief which is officially the Greatest pub on Elm Row.
Flamingos and Speedboats
It’s “Tweet” and I don’t know whatever happened to her. Did she get hashtagged? This song was a hit in 2002 and is apparently about masturbation.
None of her other songs were big hits in the UK. Maybe we just like songs about wanking.
Anyway – be sure to get your fabulous arse to the quiz tonight. There will be booze, merriment, winning and despair. There will be success, food, insults and ultimate triumph.
Quiz Team feeling
Come on. Let’s go out and do the quiz.
Love,
Dr P
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Got round to tabulating and recording the March 2019 Dead Pool entries yesterday.
Prince Philip dominates, a spell in the news always gives Dead Pool rankings a boost and the old D of E is usually number one anyway so he’s the big boss this month: if he dies it will be a fifteen way tie for the scratchy.
Surprise/exotic picks for this month include Les Dennis and Mariah Carey. What a pair they would make if they ever became romantically involved.
Anyway, here is the full list for the month:
Alex Ferguson
Angela Lansbury
Angela Ripon
Barbara Windsor
Barbara Windsor
Barbara Windsor
Billy Connolly
Billy Connolly
Daniel McGarrell
David Attenborough
David Attenborough
David Attenborough
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Dr Paul
Duchess of Cambridge
Elton John
Elton John
Gary Moore
Henry Kissinger
Hope
Jack Nicholson
Judi Dench
Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas
Les Dennis
Maggie Smith
Mariah Carey
Meghan Markle
Michael J Fox
Mick Jagger
Nicholas Parsons
Nicolas Maduro
Nicolas Maduro
Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne
Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney
Pele
Prince Philip
Prince Philip
Prince Philip
Prince Philip
Prince Philip
Prince Philip
Prince Philip
Prince Philip
Prince Philip
Prince Philip
Prince Philip
Prince Philip
Prince Philip
Prince Philip
Prince Philip
R Kelly
Robert Mugabe
Robert Redford
Scott Disick
Sean Connery
Shamima Begum
Shemima Begum
Silvio Berlusconi
The Queen
The Queen
The Queen
The Queen
The Queen
The Queen
The Queen
Theresa May
Tim Curry
Tina Turner
Tony Bennett
Vera Lynn
Yoko Ono
