The gloves are off every afternoon on the Just Plain Show as Darren and Anisa square off for Your Question, My Question.

It’s a fun feature, crammed with facts, trivia and the occasional curveball!

Over the years, YQMQ has offered some awesome prizes and we’re holding out on unveiling them until the very end….just to keep the suspense!

There are two ways to enter:

First, pick a side. If Darren’s your hero, go with him. If you feel Team Anisa can kick his butt, side with her. But remember, once you’ve chosen a team, you can’t swap else you’ll be disqualified. 

Then, either submit a question to Darren (justplain@ecr.coza ) or Anisa (anisa@ecr.co.za) and if your question stumps the opposition, you’re added onto the nominee list.

The other way to get onto the list, is help with the answer.

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If you’re chosen, then you stand in line to win the prizes.

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Thursday, 19 November

Anisa: Which US president came up with his own recipe for eggnog which included rye whisky, rum and sherry?

George Washington. He loved eggnog. His own recipe  which included rye whisky, rum and sherry was said to be so strong that only the most courageous were willing to try it.

Darren: Who did Marilyn Monroe divorce in 1961?
Arthur Miller

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Monday, 16 November

Anisa: How many "Angels" were featured in the "Charlie's Angels" TV Series which ran from 1976 - 1981?
 
Six (originally Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett-Majors, and Jaclyn Smith. As the show progressed, Majors and Jackson both eventually left the show for other projects. Fawcett was replaced by Cheryl Ladd as Kris Munroe. Jackson was replaced by Shelley Hack as Tiffany Welles. In the final season Tanya Roberts replaced Hack as Julie Rogers)

Darren: What is the smallest actual entity in the world?
The Sovereign Military of Malta

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Friday, 13 October

Anisa: The Sundance Film Festival, which takes place in Utah every year, is the largest festival independent film festival in the US. What was the first South African film to be entered into the prestigious festival?

Son of Man. It’s a 2005 movie by local director Mike Dornford-May.


Darren: The royal collection of which animal is kept at the Royal Zoo?

Goats.
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Thursday, 12 November

Anisa: Which singer is known as the Mother of the MP3?

Suzanne Vega. Her song "Tom's Diner" was used as the reference track in an early trial of the MP3 compression system, earning her the distinction of being the Mother of the MP3.

Darren: The Bible has 150 Psalms. Which one made it to the top of the charts in a song?

The Rivers of Babylon – Boney M

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Wednesday, 11 November

Anisa: Which inventor did Russian cosmonauts on board the International Space Station send a special message to yesterday to mark his 90th birthday?

Mikhail Kalashnikov who invented the Kalashnikov machine gun. At a ceremony to mark his 90th birthday yesterday, Kalashnikov ironically said he wanted to be a poet when growing up.

Darren: Actress Winona Ryder is named after which US state?
Minnesota

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Tuesday, 10 November

Anisa: Which author famously referred to cricketers as “flannelled fools”?
Rudyard Kipling

Darren: In what year was the Gallic Rooster officially adopted as an emblem on the French rugby jersey?

1911

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Monday, 9 November

Anisa: Which local town holds the distinction of being the only town where the main street ends into a river?

Verulam. The main street - Wick Street – ends in a river

Darren: What was the first movie Tom Hanks acted in?

He Knows You’re Alone

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Friday, 6 November

Anisa: Who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 by U2 frontman, Bono?
Bruce Springsteen. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame the same year.

Darren: What was Joaquin Phoenix’s original first name?
Rain

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Wednesday, 4 November

Anisa: Who was the first athlete to fail a chromosome test?

Ewa Klobukowska (Poland). Ewa won two medals at the 1964 Tokyo Games and broke the women’s 100m record in 1965. She was later banned from all professional sport after she became the first athlete to fail a chromosome test.

Darren: What is Glen Agliotti’s first name?

Norbert

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Tuesday, 3 November

Anisa: Marilyn Munroe famously sang happy birthday to JF Kennedy back in 1962.
Who was the other famous female actor who also sang happy birthday a year later to JFK not long before he was shot?

Audrey Hepburn.


Darren: Which was the most popular Halloween costume in the US this year?

Lady Gaga

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Friday, 30 October

Anisa: Which website was founded by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger?

Wikipedia. They launched it in 2001. The name Wikipedia is derived from the Hawaiian word “wiki” which means "quick" and encyclopedia.

Darren: Three of the five most covered songs are Beatles tracks. Name either one of the other two.

Satisfaction by the Rolling Stones and Cry Me A River.

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Thursday, 29 October

Anisa: Which actress married her tennis instructor in 1997 but left him eight hours later?

Robin Givens. She married her instructor Svetozar Marinkovic in 1997 but parted ways from him the very same day. She filed for divorce three months later.

Darren: On this day in 1987, Sheena Easton made her acting debut on which TV programme?

Miami Vice

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Wednesday, 28 October

Anisa: Forbes magazine has come out with its annual list of  top earning celebrities from the grave. Surprisingly, the French designer YSL has topped this year’s list (largely due to a mega auction in Feb or priceless pieces of art and antiques) The first author comes in at number 5 – who is that author?

Lord of the Rings creator J.R.R Tolkien. He raked in 50-million dollars over the past year. Tolkien died in 1973. The Tolkien estate and publisher HarperCollins recently reached a settlement with New Line Cinema over allegedly unpaid royalties from the Lord of the Rings movies. It’s reportedly over $100 million, meaning J.R.R. Tolkien earned a sizable income in the last year.


Darren: In 1978, The John Travolta-Olivia Newton-John hit, You’re The One, kept which song from reaching the number one spot on the British charts?

South African band Clout’s hit Substitute.

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Tuesday, 27 October

Anisa: Where would you find the longest indoor corridor in the world?

It’s the Grande Galerie in the Louvre, built in 1607 by Henry IV of France. On rainy days the King would clear the entire passageway, move trees, rocks, and grass turf inside, and stage a fox hunt with his entire court down the middle of the corridor.

Darren: What was comedian John Cleese’s original surname before his dad changed it?

Cheese

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Monday, 26 October

Anisa: What do you have an extreme fear of if you suffer from Samhainophobia (pronounced Sa-winno-phobia)?

It’s the fear of Halloween. Halloween or Samhain had its beginnings in an ancient, pre-Christian Celtic festival of the dead.


Darren: During the 2006 Soccer World Cup, the 32-panelled ball was replaced by another. How many panels did that ball have?

14.

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Friday, 23 October

Anisa:Christian Bale who portrayed a bloodthirsty maniac in American Psycho has now revealed that a famous actor inspired his terrifying character in the movie. Who is that actor?

Tom Cruise. Bale played the role of Patrick Bateman in the 2000 thriller, playing a wealthy young investment banker who leds a double life as a vicious multiple murderer.
Bale based the character on Cruise after seeing the Hollywood superstar give an interview on TV. Bale says he noticed Tom had a very intense friendliness but nothing behind his eyes, and that’s what inspired his character.


Darren: What does the Gaelic word “Taoiseach” mean?

Prime Minister
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Thursday, 22 October

Anisa: According to a Forbes magazine listing earlier this month, who is the world’s youngest billionaire?

25-year-old German Prince Albert von Thurn und Taxis. He’s  worth $2.1 billion. Von Thurn und Taxis first appeared on the Forbes list of the world's billionaires at age 8, but he officially inherited his family's fortune in 2001 on his 18th birthday.

Darren:  In the last 40 years which team has lost the most Currie Cup finals?

The Blue Bulls

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Wednesday, 21 October

Anisa: Which compose was ordained as a priest in 1703?
Vivaldi

Darren: Benjamin Storm Keogh turns 17 today. Who’s son is he?
Lisa Marie Presley.

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Tuesday, 20 October

Anisa: Which is the only country in the world where windmills turn in the clockwise direction?

Ireland. In all other countries, windmills turn counter-clockwise.

Darren: Jimi Hendrix has been named the best electric guitarist of all time in a new poll. Who was in second place?

Slash from Guns ‘n Roses.

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Monday, 19 October

Anisa: Which actor was made an honorary mascot for the French soccer team Olympique Lyon, over the weekend?

Clint Eastwood. He flew to central France over the weekend. The 79-year-old Oscar winner was invited to receive an award at the first ever Lyon Film Festival - prompting bosses at the country's top soccer squad to try and turn Eastwood into a good luck charm.
The screen legend was marched onto the pitch ahead of a team game on Saturday (and conducted a ceremonial kick-off in heavy rain - after being presented with a Lyon jersey with his name on the back.

Darren: Karl Wallinger wrote a famous song for an artist who took it straight to number one. What was the name of the song?

Robbie Williams’ She’s The One.

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Friday, 16 October

Anisa: The word “set” has the most definitions in the Oxford English Dictionary (464 definitions to be exact). What word has the SECOND highest number of definitions?

Run, with 396 definitions. It’s followed by “go” with 368, "take" with 343 and "stand" with 334.

Darren: Which magazine marked its 20th anniversary with Marge Simpson on its cover?
Playboy

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Thursday, 15 October

Anisa: The head of which country has been voted as the World’s Hottest Leader?

Ukraine’s Prime Minister, Yulia Tymoshenko. Second place went to Norway’s leader Jens Stoltenberg while the king of Bhutan - Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck - came third.

Darren: Scientist, Jerry Hall, this week baxk in 1993 became the first person to successfully do what?

He successfully cloned human embryos.

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Wednesday, 14 October

Anisa: What breed of dog was considered sacred among Chinese royalty?

The Pekingese dog. At the court of Li Hsiu, one of the last Manchu queens, all court Pekingese had human wet nurses. Each dog had its own eunuch to protect it from other dogs; some even had private palaces, complete with servants. In the mid 1800's the British invaded the Summer Palace of Peking and stole 5 Imperial Pekingese. Before that time, no one able to own one of these little dogs other than members of the Chinese Royal family and theft was punishable by death.


Darren: Who was originally asked to sing the “It’s Raining Men” which later became a hit for The Weather Girls?

Donna Summer. She had become a born-again Christian and didn’t think the song was appropriate to sing.

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Tuesday, 13 October

Anisa: What song has just fallen off the Billboard Hot 100 chart after a record-breaking 76-weeks – the LONGEST in that chart’s history?

JASON MRAZ's smash hit "I'm Yours." The song first debuted on the Hot 100 way back on May 3rd, 2008 and hadn't left the chart until now, 12 October 2009.  The track is now the third best-selling digital song of all time in the U.S., with paid downloads in excess of 4.4 million copies.


Darren: How many times does two hundred appear on the R200 note?
18

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Friday,  9 October

Anisa: US President and now Nobel Peace Prize winner, is a huge fan of two comic book heroes. One is Spiderman. Who is the other? (He collects these comic books)

Conan the Barbarian. He has read every Harry Potter book. He also owns a set of boxing gloves autographed by Mohammed Ali.

Darren: Tico Torres, the drummer for Bon Jovi, was once married to which famous supermodel?

Eva Herzgova

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Thursday, 8 October

Anisa: Where in the world would you find the first ever fleet of solar-powered golf carts in operation?

Hong Kong. Air pollution is huge there and a golf course has just become the first in the world to introduce an entire fleet of solar-powered golf carts. Solar-cell roof panels have been fitted to the 205 carts at The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course. They’re able to capture and convert daylight into sufficient energy to power them year round, even on cloudy days. The carts charge themselves as they go.


Darren: What is Kahn from the Parlotones’ real name?
Dingaan. It was shortened to Gaan which later became Kahn.

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Tuesday,  6 October

Anisa: Who scored the first goal when the very first Fifa World Cup was held in 1930?

Lucien Laurent of France. The first contest was held in Uruguay in 1930. The home country won the tournament.


Darren: Eighteen years ago today, Liz Taylor married Larry Fortensky for the second time. Where did their wedding take place?

Michael Jackson’s Neverland ranch.

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Monday,   5 October

Anisa: It’s just been revealed that Robert Fair, a grandfather from New Zealand, was the inspiration for which much-loved fictional character?

Dennis the Menace! Cartoonist David Law created the prankster Dennis in 1951 but he never named his inspiration for fear of offending the Fair family who were friends of his. David died in 1971 and his daughter Rosemary has now spilled the beans. Rosemary says Robert was a real menace when he was little – he always got into trouble and used to love frightening his friends by jumping out and throwing spiders and worms at them. She says : “Every time he left the house my father used to start laughing and say, 'What a menace he is'."

Darren: Who is CNN considering to replace Larry King on his Larry King Live Show?
Ryan Seacrest

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Tuesday,   29 September

Anisa: What comes from the Aspalathus linearis bush.

Rooibos tea. The bush grows on the slopes of the Cedarberg mountains in the Western Cape and nowhere else in the world.

Darren: In which James Bond film did Rowan Atkinson act in?

Never Say Never Again (1983). He played Nigel Small-Fawcett.

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Monday,  28 September

Anisa: Courtney Love has just revealed that a big name star once saved her life with CPR. Who is that star?

Johnny Depp. Courtney says the Pirates of the Caribbean star had to give her the Kiss of Life when she collapsed after a heavy drink and drugs session.


Darren: What day of the week is the isiZulu word uMgqibelo?
Saturday

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Wednesday,  23 September

Anisa: Who is the new owner of Christiano Ronaldo’s 5 million pound house in England?

Emmanuel Adebayo. He’s the former Arsenal striker who now plays for Manchester City in Manchester.

Darren: Which actor has been given a lifetime supply of Red Bull because of the amount of it he drinks in public and on his movie sets?

Neil Patrick Harris

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Tuesday, 22 September

Anisa: Which South African band's song features in the wildly popular series One T ree Hill in series 7?

The Parlotones. Their track Rock, Paper, Scissors features in the cake fight scene at Jamie's party in the premier episode of series seven.

Darren: Which country was declared a republic on this day in 1792?
France

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Monday,  21 September

Anisa: What did Canadian teacher, James Naismith, invent in the late 19th century?

Basketball. He was teaching at Springfield College in Massachusetts and needed to come up with a game to entertain the school's rugby and football players during the winter months. So he grabbed a peach basket he found in the janitor's closet of the school and hung it on a railing about 10 feet from the floor. Every time the players made a shot though, they had to take down the basket and grab the ball, which became really annoying. Naismith decided to cut a hole in the basket so the ball would go straight through without them having to dig it out all the time. On December 21, 1891 he made the first 13 rules for basketball, which resemble many of the rules used today.

Darren: Where was the world’s first ATM installed?

At a Barclays Bank in Enfield in the UK I  1967.

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Friday, 18 September

Anisa: Which country boasts the shortest national anthem?

Japan. It is only four lines long. The longest is the Greek national anthem, which is158 verses long.


Darren: How many humans were there on Noah’s Ark?
Eight. Noah and his wife. His three sons and their wives.

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Thursday, 17 September

Anisa: Who is the youngest player to take a Test hat-trick?

Alok Kapali of Bangladesh was only 19 years and 240 days old when he took three Pakistani wickets in succession at Peshawar in 2003. Kapali was only brought on towards the end of the innings and finished with an analysis of 2.1-1-3-3.

Darren: A big screen movie’s being made about the hit 80’s TV show, The A-Team. Which actor has been cast to play Howlin’ Mad Murdoch?

Sharlto Copley who played the lead in the hit SA sci fi movie, District 9.

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Tuesday, 15 September

Anisa: According to the Guinness World Records 2010 edition, which is out this week, who is the highest-grossing actor of this decade?

Harry Potter star DANIEL RADCLIFFE. He’s raked in an average of 558 million dollars per film. His co-star EMMA WATSON got the record for Highest Average Box-Office Gross for an Actress. She’s been in six movies that have grossed an average of 753.7 million dollars each. ANGELINA JOLIE’S listed as the Most Powerful Actress for the second year in a row. JOHNNY DEPP is named as the Most Powerful Actor based on his most recent films, including the blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.

Darren: Britain’s Got Talent contestant, Susan Boyle, has just released her debut album. The first single is a cover of which classic?

The Rolling Stones’ Wild Horses

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Monday, 14 September

Anisa: What is the largest country to have only ONE time zone?

China. In 1949, the entire country decided to adopt a single time zone. That’s like the US having LA, Denver, Chicago and New York all in the same time zone! China used to have five time zones but in 1949, the government decided to stick with just one. That’s because much of China was agricultural, and as farmers, people weren’t concerned about the official time of day because work was dictated by the sun and the needs of crops and livestock. Now with farmland being urbanized, many small communities are no longer reliant on farming. As the people become more involved in manufacturing, experts believe time will become more of an issue. To solve this dilemma, some communities use their own private time, along with the nations single zone time.

Darren: Which country celebrated its New Year on Friday, 11 September, 2009?

Ethiopia. Enkutatash is the first day of the New Year in Ethiopia. It occurs on Meskerem 1 on the Ethiopian calendar, which is September 11. Enkutatash means the "gift of jewels". When the famous Queen of Sheba returned from her expensive jaunt to visit King Solomon in Jerusalem, her chiefs welcomed her bolts by replenishing her treasury with inku or jewels. The spring festival has been celebrated since this early times and as the rains come to their abrupt end, dancing and singing can be heard at every village in the green countryside.
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Friday, 11 September

Anisa: We’ve all heard the expression “turn a blind eye.”  Who coined that expression?

British Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson. In 1801 while the British navy was attacking the French, Nelson was ordered to pack up his ship and retreat because it seemed the French were in control. But Nelson refused saying he’d like to see the signal ordering retreat himself. Nelson then turned to his flag Captain, Thomas Foley, and said "You know, Foley, I only have one eye – I have the right to be blind sometimes," and then holding his telescope to his blind eye, said "I really do not see the signal!"
Able to honestly state that he had not seen any signal to retreat he kept on fighting. Eventually Nelson was the victor of the battle, and it left us with the proverbial saying 'to turn a blind eye.'


Darren: Which 1960 Rhodesian Springbok front row forward once killed a lion with his bare hands?

Andy MacDonald

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Thursday, 10 September

Anisa: What bizarre phobia does actor Johnny Depp suffer from?

Clourophobia


Darren: In which country, does everyone celebrate their birthday on the same day?

Vietnam. Everyones birthday is celebrated on new years day.  Not only is Tet the beginning of a New Year, it is also everyone's birthday. The Vietnamese do not know or acknowledge the exact day they were born. A baby turns one on Tet no matter when he/she was born that year. Children say they were born in the year of the symbol of the lunar calendar for that year.

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Wednesday, 9 September

Anisa: What was the name given to Gerald Ford, the 38th President of the United States, when he was born?

Gerald Ford was born in 1913 as Leslie King Jr., named after his father. Unfortunately, his biological father was abusive and so his mum divorced Leslie King Sr. shortly after Ford's birth. Two years later, she met and married Gerald Ford Sr. and Ford's family began to call him Gerald Ford Jr. rather than Leslie King Jr. Although from about age two Ford was known as Gerald Ford Jr., the name change was not made official until December 3, 1935, when Ford was 22 years old.


Darren: Between December 1984 and Dec 1985, three artists went to number one with three completely different songs which all had exactly the same song title. What was the song title?

The Power of Love (Huey Lewis / Jennifer Rush and Frankie Goes To Hollywood)

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