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The Mick and Dave Load of Bollock Quiz part 1

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The Mick and Dave Load of Bollock  Quiz part 1


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I would like to welcome you to the McIntyre Vloader Bullet Show. Stand by for action.

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Five. Four. Three. Two. One.

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Anything can happen in the next half hour. So straight away, I'm gonna I'm going to hand you over to our quizmaster, the man with all the knowledge. Mick, off you go, Mick, over to you.

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Question one. Which band released the album Rumors in 1977? That's a good one. Again. Question one is which band released the album Rumours in 1977? Question two? Which British artist's real name is Reginald Kenneth Dwight? Question two again? Which British artist's real name is Reginald Kenneth Dwight? Question three, which band released Wonderwall in nineteen ninety-five? So question three again, which band released Wonderwall in nineteen ninety five? Question four. Which singer is known as the material girl? Question four again. Which singer is known as the material girl?

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So that's round one. Round two is on history. All the two mate for So Question Five.

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Which year did the Battle of Hastings take place? So which year did the Battle of Hastings take place? Question six. Who was the first Roman Emperor? So who was the first Roman Emperor? And they'll give you the answer then. Question seven. In what year did the Berlin Wall fall? What year did the Berlin Wall fall? Question eight. Which empire was ruled by Genghis Khan? Which empire was ruled by Genghis Khan?

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And we're on to round number three, which is general knowledge over two minutes. I know it. You know it.

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Which James Bond actor worked as a plaster as laborer before becoming famous? So which James Bond actor worked as a plaster as laborer before becoming famous? Question ten. Which Hollywood star worked as a carpenter before becoming famous? So which Hollywood star became a carp? I'll reword that again. Which Hollywood star worked as a carpenter before becoming famous? Question eleven. What is the capital of Canada? What is the capital of Canada? Question twelve. In which sport would you perform a slam dunk? So which sport would you perform a slam and dunk?

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Doing well there, mate? Absolutely superb. Right, we'll go on to round four. Round four is geography. Over to you, mate.

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Question thirteen. Which US state is known as the sunshine state? Well, definitely not Britain. Which state is known as the sunshine state? Question fourteen Twitky. Which river flows through the most countries in the world? So which river flows through the most countries in the world? Question fifteen. What is the only river that crosses the equator twice? Brilliant. What is the only river that crosses the equator twice?

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Well done, mate, doing really well. So now we're on to round five. Now this is a bit of a weird one. We call this one Myths, Magic and Bollocks.

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Question sixteen. Adding cement to lime proper we'll start again because my teeth aren't in. Adding cement to lime plaster improves its performance in old buildings. Is it a myth? Is it magic or is it birds? Question 17. Lime plaster helps regulate moisture in a building. So lime plaster helps relegate moisture in a building? Again, is it a myth? Is it magic? Or is it color? Question 18. Hair in plaster was added for reinforcement. So hair in plaster was added for reinforcement. Is that a myth? Is it magic? Or is it bollocks?

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Well done, mate. Doing really well. We're on to round six, and round six is sport.

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Question 19. Which country has won the most FIFA World Cups? So which country has won the most FIFA World Cups? Question 20. In which sport would you compete for the Ryder Cup? So in which sport would you compete for the Ryder Cup?

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And here we go for a special question. This point, this question is worth five points. So over to you, Mick, for the final five-pointer.

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And it's a piggy long one, isn't it? Which song, originally written and recorded by Dolly Parton, was later re-recorded by Whitney Houston for the film The Bodyguard, becoming one of the best-selling singles of all time. So we'll read it again for you. Which song, originally written and recorded by Dolly Parton, was later re-recorded by Whitney Houston for the film The Bodyguard, becoming one of the best-selling singles of all time.

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Brilliant. Right, that's your question. So what we'll do now, we'll go through your answers. You get one point correct for each question, you answer correctly, and you get five points, you get a special question at the end. A total of 25 points. So do you want to read them again and I'll read the answers? You read all the questions and I'll read the answers. I've got the answers here, don't you worry about it.

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That's all right then. So in round one for music, we went with question one which band released was it album rumours in 1977?

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The answer is Fleawood Mac again, the answer is Fleetwood Mac.

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And question two, which British artist's real name is Reginald Kenneth Dwight?

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The answer is Elton John. I'm sure most people know that one. So the answer again is Elton John.

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Which band, which is question three, released Wonder Wall in 1995?

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The answer is Oasis. Again, the answer is Oasis.

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I thought that was a drink.

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Question four. Which is the singer is known as the material girl. You better say that again because I thought through it. Say it again. So question four. Which singer is known as the material girl? The answer is Madonna. Again, the answer is Madonna. So we'll go on to round number two. Do you want to take us away, Mick? We answer question number five.

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Question five, which year did the Battle of Hastings take place?

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The answer was ten sixty-six. Again, the answer was ten sixty-six. Question six. Who was the first Roman Emperor? The answer? Augustus. Again, the answer Augustus.

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Question seven. In what year did the Berlin Wall fall?

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Correct answer, nineteen eighty-nine. If you remember it, answer nineteen eighty-nine.

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Question eight. Which empire was ruled by Genghis Khan?

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The answer, the Mongol and Empire. Again, the Mongol Empire. So it takes us on to round number three, general knowledge. So Mick, take away general knowledge. Love this question.

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We love this one. Question nine. Which James Bond actor worked as a plasterer's labourer before becoming famous?

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Only one person. One James Bond, Sean Connery. Has to be Sean Connery. He worked as a plaster's labourer before becoming famous. So there's a chance for everybody, yeah? We might be talking to other James Bonds out here, mate. I've already had the call turned it down, mate. Did you? Going back to the podcast, podcasts, magazine, writing books, interviews, and we were fucking doing it.

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Exactly. I just couldn't I couldn't be doing with it. No. Question 10. Which Hollywood star worked as a carpenter before becoming famous? The answer to that is Arison Ford. Again, Arison Ford. Question 11. What is the capital of Canada? And if you've written C, good on you.

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Correct answer, Ottawa. Again, the correct answer is Ottawa.

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Question 12. In which sport would you perform a slam dump?

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The answer is baseball. Again. I think you got out wrong, mate. The answer is basketball. Oh funny. Right. I'll record out. I'll edit that out. The answer is basketball. The answer is basketball. I won't mind you've got it in front of you. Okay. Right, we're on to round number four now. Geography. Question 13.

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Which state sorry, which US state is known as the Sunshine State?

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The correct answer is Florida. Again, the correct answer is Florida. 14. Which river flows through the most countries in the world? The answer is a Danube. Again, the answer is Danube. I think are there nine or ten countries it flows through? Oh we're at you won that. Chicken won that. The good one. Good one.

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Question 15. What is the only river that crosses the equator twice?

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The answer is the Congo. The answer is the Congo. Now our favourite section. Myth, magic or bollocks? So the answer should be it's either myth, magic or total bollocks. So let's go for it. Go on.

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Question 16. Adding cement to lime plaster improves its performance in old buildings. That's a load of bollocks.

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That's a load of bollocks. So you never use cement in old buildings, would you? So it's merely sand and lime. So yeah, that answer is bollocks.

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Go on, what's next? Question 17. Lime plaster helps regulate moisture in a building.

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True, it's magic. Yeah. It's magic. It works, it's magic, doesn't it? And that's it.

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Now this question is a bit a bit a bit not nice for us follically challenge people. Hair in plaster was added for reinforcement.

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The answer is magic. Yeah, it's added to reinforcement, sand and lime, put her in. You pull the ceiling down, it's report for study ball, you'll see animal air, maybe cow, horseshoe, ghost, whatever. It's in there.

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Or a micro Dave.

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Yeah, put it on my mind there somewhere once upon a time. Right, okay, let's get on to round number six. Answers for round number six, Mike, please, if you don't mind.

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So we're on question number 19. And this is for sports. Which country has won the most FIFA World Cups?

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There's only one country that could do that, and that is Brazil. So Brazil have won more World Cups than anybody. Question 20. In which sport would you compete for the Ryder Cup? The Ryder Cup is golf. It's a golf player for golf. And that's it.

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I feel like I need a drum roll for this one. Right, okay, on the drum roll. Go on. This is for your final question for a five-pointer. Which song, originally written and recorded by Dolly Parton, was later re-recorded by Whitney Houston for the film The Bodyguard, becoming one of the best-selling singles of all time.

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The answer for five points is I will always love you. I'm not talking to Mick when I say that anyway. Oh, and I thought you were. I've got it now. So what you want to do now, tot up your points. Uh if you're clever, you've got them all, brilliant, absolutely superb. Well, whatever you've done. I've always enjoyed it. What we're doing, we're putting a Facebook page up, so it's called the Mick and what's it called, Mick? Mick and Dave Loads of Ballots. Yeah, yeah. What you want to do, put your scores on there. Let us say how you gone on. You know, let's have a look with Tabasha, have you gone on? And we'll find out.

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But I don't believe for one minute everybody's got twenty-five.

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No, if you got twenty-five, you'll have to be on AI Google chat GBT. But yeah, anyway, whatever you've done. I'm hoping we enjoyed that. So that's today's quiz.

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And always look on the bright side of light. Always look on the light side of light.

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Hey, the end of the film. Incidentally this.