19 January 2010

Q.What was the programme where a number of men battles it out for a date with a girl only to be told at the end she was a man?

A.There's Something About Miriam was the 2004 reality show in which contestants unknowingly competed to date a transsexual. All the contestants sued Sky.

January 2010

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Q.What was the film were they killed the kids on an island as part of a game

A.Battle Royale is the Kinji Fukasaku film where a group of Japanese school kids are left on an island to slaughter each other. It was released in 2000.

Q.What are the words to brad pitt's motivational speech in troy when he says 'we are lions' before going in to battle

A.Brad Pitt in Troy: "I told you how to fight but I never told you why to fight", "There are no pacts between lions and men" and " We men are wretched things".

Q.In the movie we were soldiers with mel gibson, all of the platoon commanders are american. I was once told that one of them was an ex pat from cornwall, who survived the vietnam war and later died in 9/11. Is this true?

A.Rick Rescorla was born in Hayle, Cornwall. He was in the 1965 Battle of Ia Drang (from the film). He evacuated 2700 people on 9/11, losing his own life.

Q.God? I hope you know what I mean by this? I've been told that a word used to remember a saying e.g 'Richard Of York Gave Battle in Vain' is an acronym? Is this correct because I thought that was like: ASAP? Help up out

A.A 'mnemonic' is a sequence of words designed to aid the memory such as 'Richard of York Gave Battle In Vain', for the rainbow. ASAP is indeed an acronym.

Q.In which early film did the crew of a war ship were told to get up to ramming speed.

A.In the 1959 film Ben-Hur the 200 rowers on a Roman warship are told "Battle speed!... Attack speed!... Ramming speed!" by Quintus Arrius.