The Summer Quiz 2011 Round 2

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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2011:06:28:11:50:56 by Phil..

many answers in the inbox, Dave?

Not yet, unless Pete's got some!

David L

What if there were no hypothetical questions?

- Live wrong and preposterously

Bleach sent me his - whats going on ?

If the idea of the summer quiz is to keep some interest in the board then last years format was better, Pete posted his questions as above, then people posted answers (right or wrong), queries, additions and we went off at tangents. Much more enjoyable.

Half agree with you Chris but in the first week someone posted all the correct answers in short time which sort of ended week one there and then. No tangents, no discussion..

OK folks - I will discuss your popits with an editor on Friday if not before.

If it helps your discussion, Pete, I was going to post something pretty much along the same lines as Chris.

Theres a good interactive summer quiz on the Sale site.

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ChrisG
Theres a good interactive summer quiz on the Sale site.

...which I've been nicking the odd question from for work!

Ill add a third to what Chris and Phil said. I decided not to get involved this year when it became a competition you had to e-mail answers in. Wasnt going to rock the boat though but Im much more up for a quiz along the lines of what Chris described - nothing too serious and a bit of fun.
On the flip side I appreciate it involves a bit of work for Pete so you dont want something that is simply done and dusted in a day.

The Summer Quiz 2011 round two.


Q1 Which republic has produced millions of empresses?

answer -The Republic of Austria. Their mint still strikes Empress Maria-Theresa Thaler coins dated the year of her death 1780 and has produced some 49 million since 1946 - they are widely used for trading in the Middle East, North Africa and the Far East (NB some MTTs were produced by the Dutch and French republics before 1946, but not in such large numbers)

Q2 What exhortation might link Wayne Smith with the battle of Jutland.

ANSWER Kia Kaha - the maori saying or war cry - be strong - was also the motto as found on the compass rose of HMS New Zealand a battle cruiser present at Jutland in 1916.
Q3 What connects an English civil war general , a scottish seat of higher learning university - a home for bats

ANSWER all are Golf courses Wentworth ( Thomas Wentworth ) St Andrews - university and golf course - The Belfry - a place where commonly bats might live.

Q4 How did a wine order sent to Bordeaux in 1847 lead to a record sale in 1993?

ANSWER - Stamps. The envelope sent with two Mauritius 1847 Post Office stamps, was auctioned for 5.7 million Swiss Francs in 1993, the highest sum ever paid for an envelope

Q5 What are arranged singly; in pairs; in threes in fours ; and in fives to distinguish one " group " of these men from another

ANSWER - The buttons on the tunics of guardsmen in the british footguard regiments - singly for the grenadiers ; in pairs for the Coldstreams ; threes for the scots ; fours for the Irish and fives for the Welsh.

Q6 why might an historic miners safety measure ; the rallying point of a roman legion ; and a 70s TV sit -com fly you to a kickabout.

ANSWER - canary , eagle , liverbird,. badges of football clubs - Norwich City, Man city and Liverpool

Q7 which is the odd one out and why - Enrico Fermi ; Edward Teller , Albert Einstein ; Leo Szilard

ANSER -Einstein - all of the others actually worked on the manhatten project to develop the first atomic bomb - Einstein did not.

Q8 Previously they had allways been based in England - what first occurred in 1880 to change that.

ANSWER -Gladstone was elected for the consituency of Midlothian which became the first non English consituency to return a serving Prime Minister.

Q9 What links a polemic against smoking , the Bible and a witch hunt.

ANSWER James 1st wrote a tract against tobacco - initiated the writing / editing of the King James version of the bible and wrote a tract against witchcraft - causing major witch hunts . to occurr.


Q10 although not of this world the bad guys lived to the north of it and good guys lived to the south of it - where was this flame belt.

ANSWER Venus - in the Dan Dare comic strip in the Eagle comic. Treens evil green automatons lived in the north - the friendly and enlightened Therons lived south of it.

Very good Pete, excellent set of questions - especially no. 6 - thats clever.