Yorkshire Soul's Rambling Quiz Series 5.9 Answers & League 1) What position links Yo Yo Ma, Jane Goodall, Mohammed Ali and Vijay Amritaj ? They are all UN Ambassadors For Peace, appointed by Kofi Anna. 2) Unravel these prizewinners, who created them, and what prizes did they win ? Silk wife being backwards the stuart beauty late harmony life on a freddie factory Stuart : A Life Backwards - Alexcander Masters (Guardian 1st Novel) The Harmony Silk Factory - Tash Aw (Whitbread 1st Novel) On Beauty - Zadie Smith (Orange + Somerset Maugham) Late Wife - Caludia Emerson (Pulitzer Poetry) Being Freddie - Andrew Flintoff (British Book Awards - Sports Book) 3) What could you still do in April 2006 in Urdu, Mandarin, Arabic, Romanian and Tamil but not in Greek, Polish, Thai, Kazakh or Slovene ? Listen to the BBC World Service, these five languages, along with Bulgarian, Czech, Hungarian, Croatian and Slovak were removed from the broadcasting service in March 2006. 4) Which comedian and acto had a reputation for uncompromising and profane routines on sex, race and poverty, once caused himself severe burns when freebasing cocaine, became the highest paid black actor (at that time), married numerous times and died in 2005 ? Richard Pryor 5) What geographical oddity is common to Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan and to no other country ? They are doubly landlocked, i.e. srrounded by countries which are themselves lanlocked. 6) Which country made the surprisr decision to switch it's capitol in 2005, from where to where ? Fearing a coup, the government of Myanmar switched their capitol from Rangoon to Naypyidaw Myodaw. 7) What heavyweight titles did Jamie Paul, Edward Day and Ustar Marjan take in 2006 ? These were the heaviest catches in the IGFA Offshore Angling Tournament 2006 Jamie Paul - Wahoo - 50.6 lbs Edward Day - Dorado - 36.2 lbs Ustar Marjan - Tuna - 117 lbs 8) -7, +5, -18, -18. Winning scores from four 2006 sporting events, who made these scores and at which events ? These were the winning scores from the four major golf tournaments.... -7 Phil Mickelson (Masters, Augusta) +5 Geoff Ogilvy (US Open, Winged Foot) -18 Tiger Woods (The Open, Royal Liverpool) -18 Tiger Woods (USPGA, Medinah) 9) What linked the Aflag irrigation system, the Crac des Chevaliers, Hara Jugol and the Vizcaya bridge in 2006 ? They were all listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. 10) On the web, what is the informational link between Tianamen Square, Falun Gong, Dongzhou and Taiwanese Independance ? They have all been censored / altered by Google after a request by the Chinese Government. This Week's Points Didier 19 MR 19 Dr. P 17 Eleanor 15 Dominic 15 Chez 8 Penny 6 Mr. Moosehead 6 Week 5.9 League Table 1) MR 99 2) Eleanor 90 3) Mr Moosehead 73 4) Dider Depireux 66 5) Saeri 46 5) Dr P 46 7) Penny Farthing 40 8) Dominic Lane 26 9) Chez 24 10) Squirt 21 11) Electric Landlord 19 12) Dan Manche 14 13) Tony G 13 14) Ben Spellman 12 15) Matt M 10 16) Ross Dulmaine 5 Only one week to go in this series, it looks like MR has it sewn up, but will he stumble on next week's Scadanavian Death Metal round ? Lower down the chart Dominic's had a great week and has jumped up the league and Didier is looking like a serious contender for series 6. I'll post a new quiz soonish, thanks for taking part folks.