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Quiz night thread (Part 5)
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Dare Devil
17-12-2015
1. English
2. Sight
3. X
4. Tail

As always, no idea on the second half
willrelf92
17-12-2015
1.What E is the language that you are all reading now? English.
2.An instant attraction to another person is usually known as love at first... what? Sight.
3.On treasure maps, which letter of the alphabet traditionally marks the spot? X.
4.In the traditional children's party game, blindfolded players have to pin which body part onto a donkey? Tail.
5.Quotations: what, in 1926, did Variety Magazine describe as "a new development in radio"?
6.The Secret Pilgrim, John Le Carre's novel of 1990, sees the final appearance in print of which character, introduced in Call of the Dead in 1961?
7.In 1999, the first commission for the empty fourth plinth was Ecco Homo, a sculpture of Christ by which artist?
8.Which Maltese-born psychologist originated the term lateral thinking?
The quizmaster
21-12-2015
4/4 Dare Devil and will from last quiz. We end 2015 with the Christmas quiz. I wish all of you a Happy Christmas and New Year, and to thank each of you. Quiz night will return in 2016 (4th Jan)

1.A lump of what substance is given to misbehaving children - ice or coal?
2.A year contains 365 days, so on what number day does Christmas Day fall?
3.Name both santa's reindeers that begin with the letter C?
4.Which actor stas as Santa in the 2014 film Get Santa?
5.Driving Home for Christmas was a 1988 single from which singer's Christmas EP?
6.What are the three main spices in a traditional mince pie?
7.Quotations: "Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it white" is a quote by which American actor and singer?
8.Where in London do swimmers compete for the Peter Pan Cup?
9.In which US state would you find this tree? http://www.postimage.org/image/4vcsgc6mp/
10.Which poet wrote The Cultivation of Christmas Trees?
11.Which British monarch introduced the custom of giving thousands of Christmas puddings to staff?
12.Who was the composer of the music to the Christmas Carol Hark the Herald Angels Sing?
bcdee
21-12-2015
1 Coal
2 358
3
4
5 Chris Rea
6 Ginger
The quizmaster
21-12-2015
2,6 are wrong bcdee
P_P
21-12-2015
1. Coal
2. 359
3. Comet, Cupid
4. Jim Broadbent?
5. Chris Rea
6. Cinnamon?
7. Bing Crosby?
8. River Thames?
9. New York?

Merry Christmas QM and everyone in the QN thread. Hope you all have a great Christmas and and New Year
The quizmaster
21-12-2015
Just 8 and 9 are wrong P_P

8-12
Barracute
21-12-2015
1) Coal
2) 359
Sallysally
21-12-2015
1. coal
2. 359
3 Comet, Cupid
4.
5.
6. cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg
7.
8. Serpentine?
9.
10.
11. Victoria?
12.

Oh dear. Too many mince pies, I think! Brain gone to mush.

But have a lovely Yuletide, QM and see you next year!
The quizmaster
21-12-2015
Both right Barracute

8-12
The quizmaster
21-12-2015
Just 11 is wrong Sallysally

9-12
neilwatson
21-12-2015
Merry Christmas everybody. Sorry I've not taken part in the quiz very often QM
Barracute
21-12-2015
8) The Serpentine?
The quizmaster
21-12-2015
Yes Barracute

9-12
Barracute
21-12-2015
9) California?
Visiting
21-12-2015
12) Charles Wesley
Dare Devil
21-12-2015
1. Coal
2. 359
3. Comet
9. New York? I'm sure it's the tree from Home Alone

Super hard christmas quiz to end the year on Thanks for that one, QM
lightdragon
21-12-2015
9) I would've said New York too.

Anyhoo have a great Christmas QM and all quizzers.
The quizmaster
22-12-2015
9 and12 are wrong Barracute/Visiting, 4/4 Dare Devil, and NY is right lightdragon

10-T.S Eliot
11-George V
12-Felix Mendelssohn

willrelf92
22-12-2015
1.A lump of what substance is given to misbehaving children - ice or coal? Coal.
2.A year contains 365 days, so on what number day does Christmas Day fall? 359.
3.Name both Santa's reindeers that begin with the letter C?
4.Which actor stas as Santa in the 2014 film Get Santa?
5.Driving Home for Christmas was a 1988 single from which singer's Christmas EP?
6.What are the three main spices in a traditional mince pie?
7.Quotations: "Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it white" is a quote by which American actor and singer?
8.Where in London do swimmers compete for the Peter Pan Cup?
9.In which US state would you find this tree? http://www.postimage.org/image/4vcsgc6mp/
10.Which poet wrote The Cultivation of Christmas Trees?
11.Which British monarch introduced the custom of giving thousands of Christmas puddings to staff?
12.Who was the composer of the music to the Christmas Carol Hark the Herald Angels Sing?
Hieronymous
28-12-2015
Originally Posted by The quizmaster:
“4/4 Dare Devil and will from last quiz. We end 2015 with the Christmas quiz. I wish all of you a Happy Christmas and New Year, and to thank each of you. Quiz night will return in 2016 (4th Jan)

1.A lump of what substance is given to misbehaving children - ice or coal?

Coal?


2.A year contains 365 days, so on what number day does Christmas Day fall?

359


3.Name both santa's reindeers that begin with the letter C?

Comet and Cupid
4.Which actor stas as Santa in the 2014 film Get Santa?

?


5.Driving Home for Christmas was a 1988 single from which singer's Christmas EP?

Chris Rea


6.What are the three main spices in a traditional mince pie?

?


7.Quotations: "Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it white" is a quote by which American actor and singer?

?


8.Where in London do swimmers compete for the Peter Pan Cup?

Thames?


9.In which US state would you find this tree? http://www.postimage.org/image/4vcsgc6mp/

?


10.Which poet wrote The Cultivation of Christmas Trees?

?
11.Which British monarch introduced the custom of giving thousands of Christmas puddings to staff?

?


12.Who was the composer of the music to the Christmas Carol Hark the Herald Angels Sing?”

J.S. Bach?
The quizmaster
04-01-2016
2/2 from last quiz will and just 8 is wrong Hieronymous. A happy new year, and a warm welcome back to you all. We start the new year as usual by looking back at the previous one

1.Who won the General Election?
2.What new introduction to the driving test will last around 20 minutes?
3.What letter goes after Apple iphone 6, which was released in September?
4.What is the name of the royal baby born in May?
5.Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson was the biggest-selling song of the year. It featured vocals by which singer?
6.Which car manufacturer admitted rigging diesel emission tests?
7.Sevilla retained the Europa League trophy by beating which team 3-2 in the final in Warsaw?
8.In which European capital city were the multiple attacks by ISIL, resulting in 130 fatalities?
9.Who was the first Jamaican-born author to win the Man Booker Prize for his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings?
10.Whose painting, Woman of Algiers, became the most expensive painting ever sold at £102.6m?
neilwatson
04-01-2016
Happy new year QM and quizzers

1) Conservatives
4) Charlotte
7) Dnipro
8) Paris
The quizmaster
04-01-2016
4/4 neil
bcdee
04-01-2016
1 Conservatives
2
3 S
4 Charlotte
5 Bruno Mars
6 VW
7 Porto
8 Paris
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