As the Death List Grows, How Much Do You Know?

On the 14th September US actor, Patrick Swayze has passed away after a battle with pancreatic cancer to add to the total for DeathList 2009. This year alone we have said goodbye to many great people, including:

• 'The Great Train Robber' Ronnie Biggs
• English Footballer Bobby Robson
• US Actor Karl Malden
• US Senator Edward Kennedy
• Broadcast Journalist Walter Cronkite
• 'Manson family' member Susan Atkins
• NZ singer Sir Howard Morrison
• King of Pop Michael Jackson
• One of 'Charlies Angels' Farrah Fawcett
• 'Kill Bill' himself David Carradine
• British Actor Patrick McGoohan
• Mr Roarke from 'Fantasy Island' Ricardo Montalban
• Actor Bob May who played the Robot in 'Lost in Space' ... "Warning!"
• Former Porn Star Marilyn Chambers
• Actress Bea Arthur from 'Golden Girls'
• US Actor Dom DeLuise

We have started to put together some tribute quizzes to test your knowledge on some of these people who have changed our lives. Check out the following quizzes:

Sir Howard Morrison Quiz

Patrick Swayze Quiz

May they R.I.P.

The Quizzer

Quiz Nights are a Place to Leave the Recession Behind

Despite the tough economic times, bars and pubs around the country seem to still being experiencing good numbers at their weekly quiz nights. Whether people are looking for a night out to escape the daily dramas of life in a recession, or whether they are legitmately looking for the opportunity to test their general knowledge, kiwis continue to flock to pub quiz nights.

QuizNight.co.nz has been created to help people find a quiz night in any location around the country. From the far north to the far south and everywhere in between, we aim to find every quiz night and have it published here. If you know of a quiz night that we haven't yet put up, please let us know and we will do our best to publish it immediately.

The Quizzer