11. Fiji
Quiz night thread (Part 5)
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1.366
2.Pink
3.Eating
4.Palm
5.(First Female) Bishop
6. Arctic Monkeys
7.Diaries
8. Marks and Spencer
9.Swallows and Amazons
10.Olaf Palme
11.Maldives
12.Eratosthenes
2.Pink
3.Eating
4.Palm
5.(First Female) Bishop
6. Arctic Monkeys
7.Diaries
8. Marks and Spencer
9.Swallows and Amazons
10.Olaf Palme
11.Maldives
12.Eratosthenes
1.How many days are in a leap year? 366.
2.In snooker, which ball is worth six points? Pink.
3.According to the proverb, the proof of the pudding is in the what? Not sure.
4.The Sunday before Easter is known as what: Palm or oak? Palm.
5.Current affairs: to what post has the Rev Libby Lane been appointed to? Don't know.
6.Which indie rock band won their third Best Album Award at the 2014 Brit Awards for AM? Arctic Monkeys?
7.Samuel Pepys, Anne Frank and Alan Clark are noted writers of what style of book? Diaries.
8."Don't ask the price, it's a penny!" was the original slogan of which high-street shop? Not sure.
9.Set in the Norfolk Broads, in which 1930 book do we meet the Walker and Plackett children? No idea.
10.In 1986, which Swedish Prime Minister was assassinated while walking home from the cinema with his wife? Don't know.
11.With an average ground-level of 1.5m/4ft 11 in above sea level, which country is the lowest on earth, as well as the one with the lowest natural point in the world, at 2.4m/7ft 10 in? I'll guess Tonga for now particular reason.
12.Using only sticks and the shadows they cast, which third-century BC Greek mathematician calculated the earth's circumference to be 25,000 miles, very close to the actual circumference? Don't know.
2.In snooker, which ball is worth six points? Pink.
3.According to the proverb, the proof of the pudding is in the what? Not sure.
4.The Sunday before Easter is known as what: Palm or oak? Palm.
5.Current affairs: to what post has the Rev Libby Lane been appointed to? Don't know.
6.Which indie rock band won their third Best Album Award at the 2014 Brit Awards for AM? Arctic Monkeys?
7.Samuel Pepys, Anne Frank and Alan Clark are noted writers of what style of book? Diaries.
8."Don't ask the price, it's a penny!" was the original slogan of which high-street shop? Not sure.
9.Set in the Norfolk Broads, in which 1930 book do we meet the Walker and Plackett children? No idea.
10.In 1986, which Swedish Prime Minister was assassinated while walking home from the cinema with his wife? Don't know.
11.With an average ground-level of 1.5m/4ft 11 in above sea level, which country is the lowest on earth, as well as the one with the lowest natural point in the world, at 2.4m/7ft 10 in? I'll guess Tonga for now particular reason.
12.Using only sticks and the shadows they cast, which third-century BC Greek mathematician calculated the earth's circumference to be 25,000 miles, very close to the actual circumference? Don't know.
1 366
2 pink ball
3 the eating
4 palm Sunday
5 CofE bishop
6 the arctic monkeys
7 diary
8 marks & spencer
9 the railway children?
10 Olaf Palme
11 Jordan?
12
2 pink ball
3 the eating
4 palm Sunday
5 CofE bishop
6 the arctic monkeys
7 diary
8 marks & spencer
9 the railway children?
10 Olaf Palme
11 Jordan?
12
1. 366
2. Pink?
3. Eating
4. Palm
5. Bishop
6. Arctic Monkeys
7. Non fiction
11. Tuvalu? (I know it's only just above sea level)
2. Pink?
3. Eating
4. Palm
5. Bishop
6. Arctic Monkeys
7. Non fiction
11. Tuvalu? (I know it's only just above sea level)
1. 366
2. Pink
3. Eating
4. Palm
5. Bishop
6. Arctic Monkeys
7. Novel
8. Lidl
9. Famous Five
10. Henrick Breidsson
11. Vatican City
12. Aristotle
2. Pink
3. Eating
4. Palm
5. Bishop
6. Arctic Monkeys
7. Novel
8. Lidl
9. Famous Five
10. Henrick Breidsson
11. Vatican City
12. Aristotle
Good evening and a Happy Quizmas everybody 
We end 2014 with the Christmas quiz. I would like to thank all of you and to wish you a happy Christmas and New Year. I'll be back with you all in 2015 (5 Jan) 
1.What word is used as a common abbreviation for Christmas because x is the first letter of the Greek word for Christ?
2.Who makes a speech every Christmas Day afternoon which begins "I speak now from my home and from my heart to you all"?
3.What is the name of the festive charity initiative set up in 2011 by ITV to support UK charities during the Christmas period?
4.Which traditional Christmas treat originally contained meat and was made in the shape of a cradle, as a reminder of the manger in which Jesus lay?
5.What is the title of the sequel to Raymond Briggs's animated classic The Snowman, which was first broadcast on Channel 4 on Christmas Eve 2012?
6.Picture: a still from which classic Christmas film? http://www.postimage.org/image/q7m41i1qb/
7.What was invented when the choirmaster at Cologne Cathedral bent sugar sticks into shepherd's-crook shapes for kids who came to watch nativity plays?
8.The former world's biggest Christmas stocking was created by supporters of which children's charity in December 2007?
9.According to a 2013 poll, what was Britain's favourite Christmas carol?
10.In which country is Father Christmas known as Daidi na Nollag?
11.Which traditional American cocktail is a variant of eggnog with brandy and rum added and served hot, usually in a mug or a bowl?
12.Where did the greeting Merry Christmas first appear in print?
We end 2014 with the Christmas quiz. I would like to thank all of you and to wish you a happy Christmas and New Year. I'll be back with you all in 2015 (5 Jan) 1.What word is used as a common abbreviation for Christmas because x is the first letter of the Greek word for Christ?
2.Who makes a speech every Christmas Day afternoon which begins "I speak now from my home and from my heart to you all"?
3.What is the name of the festive charity initiative set up in 2011 by ITV to support UK charities during the Christmas period?
4.Which traditional Christmas treat originally contained meat and was made in the shape of a cradle, as a reminder of the manger in which Jesus lay?
5.What is the title of the sequel to Raymond Briggs's animated classic The Snowman, which was first broadcast on Channel 4 on Christmas Eve 2012?
6.Picture: a still from which classic Christmas film? http://www.postimage.org/image/q7m41i1qb/
7.What was invented when the choirmaster at Cologne Cathedral bent sugar sticks into shepherd's-crook shapes for kids who came to watch nativity plays?
8.The former world's biggest Christmas stocking was created by supporters of which children's charity in December 2007?
9.According to a 2013 poll, what was Britain's favourite Christmas carol?
10.In which country is Father Christmas known as Daidi na Nollag?
11.Which traditional American cocktail is a variant of eggnog with brandy and rum added and served hot, usually in a mug or a bowl?
12.Where did the greeting Merry Christmas first appear in print?
1.Xmas
2.The Queen
3.Text Santa
4.Mince Pie
5.The Snowman and the Snow Dog
6.Miracle of 34th Srteet
7.Candy Cane
8.
9.Silent Night
10.Ireland
11.
12.Wall Street Journal?
2.The Queen
3.Text Santa
4.Mince Pie
5.The Snowman and the Snow Dog
6.Miracle of 34th Srteet
7.Candy Cane
8.
9.Silent Night
10.Ireland
11.
12.Wall Street Journal?
1 Xmas
2 The Queen's Speech
3
4 Christmas Pudding
5 Melted
6 It's A Wonderful Life
7 Christmas Stockings
8
9 Silent Night
2 The Queen's Speech
3
4 Christmas Pudding
5 Melted
6 It's A Wonderful Life
7 Christmas Stockings
8
9 Silent Night
1. Xmas
2. The Queen
3. Text Santa
4. Mince Pie
5. Snowman and the Snowdog
6. It's A Wonderful Life
7. Candy Canes
8. The Children's Society
9. O Holy Night
10. Ireland
11. Tom and Jerry
12. A christmas card
2. The Queen
3. Text Santa
4. Mince Pie
5. Snowman and the Snowdog
6. It's A Wonderful Life
7. Candy Canes
8. The Children's Society
9. O Holy Night
10. Ireland
11. Tom and Jerry
12. A christmas card
7,9 are wrong bcddee and 3/3 Barracute
1. Xmas
2. The Queen
3. Text Santa
4. Christmas Pudding?
6. Most wonderful time of the year?
7. Candy Cane
8. Mencap?
9. Silent Night?
Merry Christmas to you QM and everyone else in QN
2. The Queen
3. Text Santa
4. Christmas Pudding?
6. Most wonderful time of the year?
7. Candy Cane
8. Mencap?
9. Silent Night?
Merry Christmas to you QM and everyone else in QN
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