Oakvillain 7/11
Fledermaus 3/11

Thanks for info on the roulette answer, taking into consideration stuff I hadn't appreciated. Answers nice and quickly today:

• Prompt trading WTI Crude in Cushing hit the record high price for a barrel in early July, what was the price to within 50c/$bbl $145.29 quiz is with some oil folks so hope they'd get this and I've got to be pretty specific as theres lots of Oil much like the roulette variations
• What is the US state capital of Washington Olympia
• What connects Sir Wilfrid Laurier, William Lyon Mackenzie King, Sir John A Macdonald & Sir Robert Borden (NB not that they are all ex-PMS)? Bonus point for the obvious one missing On Canadian banknotes & Queen Elizabeth 2
• What colour is zero on a roulette wheel? What is the payout odds when betting on zero green. & 35:1 was the answer I have
• In what year was the book Harry Potter and the order of the Phoenix first published 2003
• What connects Honey Rider, Tiffany Case, Dr Christmas Jones & Vesper Lynd all names of Bond girls
• Which toys name originated from the Danish for "Play Well" Lego
• What is Oenology the study of? wine
• Billions of people around the world know Miss Roberts better as what ? Clues - she has had over 40 pets (including a lion & a zebra), had a boyfriend from 1961 until she broke up with him in 2004, she hasn't really aged… Barbie

Any feedback on this round? Overall think I've got about 10 questions to drop and re-do and a few others to tweak to get my final list. Thanks to everyone for their help and suggestions.

Is WTI West Texas?

I thought the peak price was $147.27 U.S. in New York and Brent was $147.50 U.S. in London?

As a non-oil person what's Cushing?

I like this round - some that you either know or you don't, some you can hazard a guess at. I wouldn't have got Barbie in a month of Sundays (daughter's too young yet to be interested, my sisters were both Sindy owners!), and I've never heard of Olympia, WA... but that'll be easy for any US-educated guests, I guess (isn't it part of the curriculum?)

BTW I re-read the question on the roulette thing and my answer was needlessly long-winded - the payout odds are set at 35:1 regardless of how many zero pockets the table has.

WTI is West Texas Intermediate which delivers in Cushing, OK when traded on the Nymex.

Good point on the record high at $147.27, I'd been looking at my history which is all based on close prices, the highest closed price was $145.29 on July 3rd, while on the 7th when it hit $147.27 in early trading it closed down at $141.37. Hence why I need to have all the details to pin it down to exactly what I'm refering to.

I still think your questions are too hard for a hogmanay pub quiz.

However...

I am really enjoying them on here so carry on, forever, maybe you could start a pub quiz thread??

I'll see what I can do, need to do a little more work work and not just quiz work over the next few days. Once it's quieter over the holidays and nearer the quiz I'll throw up the questions I've modified.

No reason why others couldn't post some questions in the mean time... I'd be happy to plagiarise anything good

Ok the work work thing is not happening, checked back on the suggestions and realised I was way off on my capital city question, thanks Oakvillain. I'd used a number from Santiago based on the old town not the actual city...

New question in General Knowledge:
Based a on a recent survey Canada was ranked in the top 5 countries for most stressed workers, where exactly are "we" all ranked? Bonus point for naming another country in the top 5.

NB - first part easy on this forum, 2nd I had to dig a bit to find...

Even though I'm the only one posting...I'm still keeping this alive!

Couple of other new questions to possibly replace some earlier attempts:
Christmas ones -
- In Die Hard 2 what type of location did the terrorists take over at Christmas?
- Which actor plays 5 different motion captured roles in The Polar Express movie
- Which countries football team finished runners up in Group B behind Italy in Euro 2000? (remember its a Christmas round...)
- If you were born on Christmas Day, what would your star sign be?

Entertainment -
- According to Hollywood Reporter which actor and actress are currently the highest paid based on amount per film

General -
- What colour is Mr Happy (do Canadians know of the Mr Men?)

a couple of other Christmas-themed ones for you:

The original St Nicholas was a bishop of Myra. In which modern day country would you find it?

What is the total number of gifts my true love gave to me over the 12 days of Christmas?

Who composed the music for Christmas ballet favourite The Nutcracker?

You get them off of Pauls Quiz site? I've seen these all before (though I've been looking at a lot!)
If you thought my selection was tough you should try some of his!!

Busted, Oak.

Wasn't meaning to "out" Oak, I've been scouring Pauls quiz for some useable ones over the past wee while too, so just as guilty!

Oh I expect we're all guilty of googling. I certainly am.

Oh indeed. I googled for pub quiz questions, since Hobbess asked for some suggestions for more. I found paul's quiz site and thought some of his were kind of interesting (especially the 12 days of Christmas one. I actually sat and worked out the answer - incorrectly I may add - before looking it up). I was scrupulously honest in answering the previous rounds, otherwise any critique I added to the question would have been rather pointless, I'd have thought.

Your integrity is unquestioned old bean.