October Quiz

 

A slice of Carrot Cake here again. I hope you are all well and recovered from last night’s Doughnut quiz.

Thank you for all your lovely comments. It was hard work putting the evening together but now it is all over it has proved to have been well worthwhile after reading your kind thoughts.

The next monthly quiz is on Saturday, 30th November at 6.45pm for 7pm. Your hosts will be Steve & Barbara.

So here are the results. Our panel of highly qualified adjudicators have verified the scores and declare the winners to be TIME TRAVELLERS. Congratulations to the Time Travellers.

Commiserations to the Popping Corks and We Turned Up Didn’t We?, you were close guys.

 

Rounds

Team Name

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Totals

Time Travellers

5

9

10

9

25

9

10

9

9

95

Popping Corks

7

8

10

9

23

9

9

9

9

93

We Turned Up Didn't We?

7

9

10

10

21

10

10

9

7

93

All The Ws

7

9

10

9

20

10

7

7

10

89

Team Crackers

6

9

10

9

22

8

9

7

7

87

The Dahlias

6

9

10

8

21

9

7

8

7

85

Smashing Pumpkins

5

7

10

9

20

8

8

9

9

85

North and South

6

7

10

9

21

9

7

7

8

84

Field Laners

7

8

10

8

19

7

8

8

7

82

Jolliers

8

7

8

8

20

9

6

5

8

79

Herts Hopeful

7

8

8

8

20

7

6

5

7

76

Team touCHE

4

5

7

8

17

6

3

6

5

61

 

All The Answers

Round 1 is all about The NETHERLANDS (can be in the question or the answer)

1.  Name theBritish TV crime drama, set in the Netherlands, which ran from 1972 to 1992 and has now been remade from 2020 to the present. Van der Valk

2.  Which Dutch city is the seat of government? The Hague

3.  Who painted “The Night Watch”, one of the most famous Dutch Golden Age works? Rembrandt (van Rijn)

4.  Which is the most famous Dutch cheese, popular worldwide, and accounting for about 50% of cheese production in the Netherlands? Gouda

5.  What was the Dutch War of Independence (1568 to 1648) otherwise known as? The Eighty Years War

6.  What are the Keukenhof Gardens, south-west of Amsterdam, most famous for? Displays of tulips in spring   

7.  The Amstel, which flows through Amsterdam, is a major tributary of which river? Rhine

8.  At the recent Olympic Games, in what sport did the Netherlands win the most medals and also the most Golds? Rowing

9.  How many times has the Netherlands hosted the Eurovision Song Contest - a) 3  b) 4 c) 5 ? 5 – 1958, 1970, 1976, 1980 and 2020

10. The Netherlands is credited with inventing which distilled spirit? Gin

 

Round 2 is all about Winston, Salem and Carolina (can be in the question or the answer)

1.  Name the country estate bought by Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1922, which was his home for the rest of his life. Chartwell (Kent)

2.  Winston Smith is the main character in which famous novel? 1984 (by George Orwell)

3.  Black American Arthur Winston was awarded the citation “Employee of the Century” by Bill Clinton in 1996.  For how many years did he work for the Los Angeles Metro – a) 62 b) 66  c) 72? 72  (He retired in 2006 at the age of 100.  He claimed only one sick day, for his wife’s funeral)

4.  Which famous American artist wrote and sang “Carolina” for the soundtrack of the 2022 film “Where the Crawdads Sing”? Taylor Swift

5.  Carolina Kluft is a retired athlete who won Olympic, World and European gold medals in the heptathlon, among many other achievements. Which country did she represent? Sweden

6.  Who carried out the first successful airplane flight, which took place near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina? The Wright brothers (Wilbur and Orville Wright)

7.  In which American state is Salem, famous for its witch trials? Massachusetts

8.  Which television series, broadcast originally in 1975 and remade in 2015, is based on novels by Winston Graham? Poldark

9.  What is the official state mammal of North Carolina, often regarded as a pest in the UK? Grey Squirrel

10.  What is a Carolina Reaper? A chilli pepper (it is considered the world’s hottest)

 

Round 3 is all about AUSTRALIA and SYDNEY/SIDNEY (can be in the question or the answer)

1.  Who was the first black actor to win a Best Actor Oscar? Sidney Poitier

2.  Syd Barrett was a founding member of which famous band in the mid-1960s? Pink Floyd

3.  Sydney Carton is one of the main characters in which of Charles Dickens’ novels? Tale of Two Cities

4.  Sydney is the capital of which Australian state? New South Wales

5.  What are Tim-Tams, which originated in Australia? A brand of chocolate biscuit

6.  Which city was Australia’s capital from 1901 to 1927? Melbourne

7.  Which constellation is represented on the Australian flag? Southern Cross

8.  What is Don Bradman’s Test batting average, to the nearest 5 runs? 99.94 (accept 94 to 105)

9.  What is the longest running Australian soap opera? Neighbours

10. Which Sydney structure did Danish architect Jorn Utzon design? Sydney Opera House

 

Round 4 is all about the United Kingdom (can be in the question or the answer)

 

1.  What is the name of the UK’s most famous graffiti artist? Banksy

2.  A Scottish mountain above 3000 feet is known as what? A Munro

3.  Which Welsh actor starred in Silence of the Lambs? Anthony Hopkins

4.  How many counties make up Northern Ireland? Six (Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry, and Tyrone)

5.  What is the name of Birmingham's famous cricket ground? Edgbaston

6.  Who released the album 'Back to Black' in 2006? Amy Winehouse

7.  Pat Phoenix played which famous Coronation Street character? Elsie Tanner

8.  Mary of Guise was the mother of which famous Tudor figure? Mary Queen of Scots

9.  What is the longest continuously running international sporting event, which was first raced round the Isle of Wright? The America’s Cup – first raced on the 22nd August, 1851

10.  Which monarch granted Stevenage the annual Charter Fair? Edward I in 1281

Round 5 - D E M O N Y M S

In this round simply identify the country, county or city etc by the demonyms

Definition of demonym – a noun used to denote the native or inhabitants of a particular country, county or city, i.e. Liverpudlian (scouser) – Liverpool

 

1.  Mancunians - Manchester

2. Fijian - Fiji

3. Maldivian - Maldives

4. Puerto Rican - Puerto Rico

5. Novocastrians - Newcastle Upon Tyne

6. Inverkippers - Inverkip

7. Biggleswadians - Biggleswade

8. Brummie - Birmingham

9. Hartlepudlian (Monkey Hanger) - Hartlepool

10. Neapolitan - Naples

11. Oxonian - Oxford

12. Birkonians - Birkenhead

13. Maxonians - Macclesfield

14. Muscovite -  Moscow, Russia

15. Sluff or Paludian - Slough

16. Haligonian - Halifax

17. Kittitian or Nevisian - St Kitts and Nevis

18. Truronian - Truro

19. Leodensian or Loiner - Leeds

20. Silhillians - Solihull

21. Barrovians or Shipbuilders - Barrow in Furness

22. Newportonian or Newporter - Newport, Wales

23. Parisian - Paris

24. Hoosier - Indiana

25. Mackem - Sunderland

 

Round 6 is all about SIMPSON and YELLOW (can be in the question or the answer)

1.  Journalist John Simpson OBE has worked all his life for which organisation? BBC

2.  What was the nickname of American footballer O J Simpson? The Juice

3.  How many husbands did Wallis Simpson have before Edward Vlll? Two

4.  Who sang the lead vocals on The Beatles’ song, “Yellow Submarine”? Ringo Starr

5.  Name the little girl who followed the Yellow Brick Road in the film “The Wizard of Oz” Dorothy Gale (will accept Dorothy)

6.  What is a yellowhammer? A bird

7. “The Yellow House” is an 1888 oil painting by which 19th-century Post-Impressionist painter? Vincent Van Gogh

8.  Yellowknife is a city in which country? Canada (the only city in the Northwest Territories)

9.  Which flavouring is known as “the Golden Spice”? Turmeric

10. “The Amber Spyglass” is the third and final novel in which trilogy by Philip Pullman? His Dark Materials

 

Round 7 is about the Police or BILL (can be in the question or the answer).

1.  What was London’s first professional police force called? Bow Street Runners

2.  Who is the writer of the Vera Stanhope series of novels? Ann Cleeves

3.  The television series “Life on Mars” is set in which city? Manchester

4.  What was the name of the fictional police chief in the film ”Jaws”? Police Chief Martin Brody

5.  What was Wild West outlaw William H Bonney better known as? Billy the Kid

6.  Portland Bill is the southernmost point of which English county? Dorset

7.  In law enforcement, what is dactyloscopy? Fingerprint identification

8.  How many Grand Slam singles titles have the Williams sisters won between them? 30

9.  Which cockney rhyming slang term is often used for the Flying Squad of London's Metropolitan Police Service? The Sweeney (rhyming slang: 'Sweeney Todd' for 'Flying Squad')

10.  In which French city are the headquarters of INTERPOL? Lyon

 

Round 8 is all about Acronyms, Initialisms and Abbreviations (can be in the question or the answer)

1.  Which movie won the BAFTA for Best Film in 2024? Oppenheimer

2.  What is the ailment BSE more commonly known as? Mad Cow Disease (BSE stands for Bovine spongiform encephalopathy)

3.  Where does CAMRA – the Campaign for Real Ale – have its headquarters? St Albans

4.  The TV series “Line of Duty” is well known for its use of acronyms.  What does OCG stand for? Organised Crime Group

5.  What was the abbreviation for the Nazi regime's secret political police force? Gestapo (Geheime Staatspolizei)

6.  Which band member wrote the majority of ELO’s songs? Jeff Lynne

7.  The name Pakistan is an abbreviation.  True or False? True (compiled from the names of the areas of Punjab, Afghania, Kashmir, Sindh, and Baluchistan

8.  In which area of London is the MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club)? St John’s Wood (Lord’s Cricket Ground)

9.  Strongly associated with social media usage, FOMO stands for what? Fear of Missing Out

10.  What does the T.T. stand for in The Isle of Man T.T. races? Tourist Trophy

 

Round 9 is all about CARROTS and CAKES (can be in the question or the answer)

1.  What is the more common name for the “Daucus Carota”? Wild Carrot

2.  In which novel, considered a children’s classic, does the heroine become really upset at being called “Carrots”? Anne of Green Gables (She breaks her slate over Gilbert’s head)

3.  Eaten in excess, carrots may lead to a condition called carotenemia.  What is the main symptom? Skin becomes yellow or orange in colour

4.  Domesticated carrots were originally which colours - a) Purple or Yellow  b) Orange or Yellow      c) Green or Yellow? Purple or Yellow.

5.  Sachertorte, a chocolate cake, originated in which country? Austria

6. “Someone left the cake out in the rain” is a line from which song, originally sung by Richard Harris in 1968? Macarthur Park

7.  In which 1996 film is Bruce Bogtrotter forced to eat a whole chocolate cake? Matilda

8.  From which country does the girl group Red Velvet come? South Korea

9.  In which country is the Black Forest situated? Germany (Baden-Württemberg)

10.  What is Robert Norman Davis’s stage name? Jasper Carrott

 

 

 

 

 

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