11 August 2024

Quiztime

 

Mick and Mike and yours truly won the pub quiz at "The Hammer and Pincers" this evening. In all we made £40 (American: $51). Tonight's ten "Quiztime" questions have all been taken from that quiz. Good luck! As usual, answers will be provided in the Comments section.
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1. With which special day would you associate Saint Sylvester?
(a) Boxing Day or (b) New Year's Eve

2. Which popular song begins with these words:
When the night has come
And the land is dark
And the moon is the only light we'll see

3. Which European country has given its name to a well-known jellyfish?

4. ANAGRAM. This was a hit song for The Beatles:
BEHOLD GOY LEO

5. What was the family name of the children that Mary Poppins looked after?

6. Which country did gender row boxer Imane Khelif represent in the Paris Olympics?

7.If you were on holiday in Germany and you ordered a "bratwurst" what would you expect to be given?

8. In golf, according to the rules, how many minutes are you allowed to search for a lost ball?

9. From which European country did the Boers of South Africa hail?

10. Starring Kevin Costner as Lieutenant Commander Tom Farrell, U.S. Navy, in which famous building is the 1987 film "No Way Out" mostly set?

How did you do?

39 comments:

  1. ANSWERS
    1. (b) New Year's Eve
    2. "Stand By Me"
    3. Portugal (i.e. Portuguese man of war)
    4. "Hello Goodbye"
    5. Banks
    6. Algeria
    7. sausage
    8. five minutes
    9. The Netherlands
    10. The Pentagon

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    1. I made a mistake with Q1. The saint associated with New Year's Eve is Saint Sylvester. Sorry about that.

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  2. Once again, a poor score for me. I missed four (1,5,6,and 8).

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    1. Six out of ten makes you a genius compared with several other blog visitors!

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  3. I'm bragging that I got two right!!!

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    1. But you were a teacher Keith! Teachers are supposed to know everything.

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  4. I got 1, 2, 3, and 7. Not great.

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    1. Don't be too hard on yourself Jennifer!

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  5. 1. New Years Eve, a total guess.
    2. Stand By Me.
    3. No clue ...
    4. Never would have gotten it.
    5. The Banks' children.
    6. Algeria!
    7. A sausage.
    8. Five; I guess.
    9.I dunno.
    10. Pentagon.

    7 of ten?

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  6. re No1. A good future question might be 'How did St Sebastien die? Most would answer by 'arrows', but in fact he survived that and was late clubbed to death. Now, of course, I've given the answer!

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  7. I was let down by my complete lack of knowledge about golf and films. Huh.

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  8. 6, but the golf one was a good guess and other guesses went the wrong way! Tried for ages with the Beatles one but nothing....it's not one of their most famous songs is it? I knew that the Mary Poppins surname began with a B.....half a point??

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    1. Sorry to mislead you with The Beatles song title. In error I put an "a" in there.

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  9. Only 6 out of ten this week. I got Hello Goodbye, but where does the "a" fit in? Unless they spelled Hallo with the "a" instead of the "e".
    I missed #3, #6 (thought it was Russia) #8 (sports pfft!) and #10.

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    1. Sorry to have confused you about the song title. In error I put an "a" in there. Now corrected.

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  10. I didn‘t know the answers to 6, 8 and 10.
    Congratulations to your team! My regular pub quiz is on summer break. We‘ll be playing again in September.

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  11. I sent my answers in advance over a week ago.

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    1. I am sorry to have to inform you that all of your answers were wrong. Sadly, Mystic Meg died last year.

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    2. Before she died, she predicted you would change the questions.

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    3. She also foresaw that you would be slapped by a big Yorkshire pudding!

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  12. Got seven right. Got wrong no.s 2,5 and 8. Technically answer to question 7 is a "Fried sausage". Wurst is just sausage. Braten is to fry. Just saying ;)

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    1. You seem to be quite clever... about sausages ADDY! Thank you.

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  13. I knew the sausage.

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    1. I guessed you would know that one David.

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    1. Mmm... There were ten!

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    2. I can't even type my comment correctly today! No wonder I only got 4 out of the 10! ;)

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  15. 4/10. At least I still know my Mary Poppins! :) And Bratwurst, and the Boers - and I took a guess at St Sebastian. Here in Sweden, New Year's Eve is associated with a different name, though - Sylvester. Not sure if he was a saint, but it seems he was a pope! (Just looked it up.)

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    1. I made a mistake with Q1 Monica. Sorry.

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    2. Good to know that even the Quiz Master can make mistakes... ;-)

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  16. I did not know 1 or 8, and despite being a Beatles fan I could not figure out that anagram to save my life. I am terrible at anagrams.

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  17. I only got the one about the bratwurst. Gadfrey!

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  18. I got two right, which is quite pathetic, really, but I had a good laugh over Tasker's and your exchange!

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