peter H
LIFE MEMBER
14th place with 1 point Shirlandy
13th place with 2 points Tofo
joint 11th place with 4 points Leftlegger and Runrig
10th place with 5 points Sunflower
9th place with 7 points Teddybard
8th place with 8 points Movan
Joint 6th place with 10 points 1man and his doblo & Wasp
5th place with 13 points JJ
4th place with 15 Philcot
3rd place with 16 points mitzimad
second place with 19 points Maz
and our winner tonight and next weeks quiz setter, with 22 points StCyr
The questions and answers were as follow below
Q1 - The Draconians are the arch enemy of which 'Hero' ?
Q2 - The "Edge of Reason" is the sub title to which best selling novel ?
Q3 - What breed of Terrier dog was named after a character in Walter Scot's novel 'Guy Mannering' ?
Q4 - Which football club's stadium has the largest capacity in Europe ?
Q5 - What bird family does the Mynah bird belong to ?
Q6 - What is the more common name for an 'Ocular Contusion' ?
Q7 - Legend has it that Zeus was born on the highest mountain in Crete, what is it called ?
Q8 - What six words complete the following quote from Sir Isacc Newton - - "If I have seen further it is by …………" ?
Q9 - Everyone knows the names of the first two people to set foot on th emoon, but who was third ?
Q10 - Which song opens with the line - "Picture yourself on a boat on a river" ?
Q11 - What was founded in 1831 by King Louis Philippe to assist in controling the French Colonies ?
Q12 - Sarnia was the Roman name for which Island ?
Q13 - What is traditionally given as a 13th wedding aniversary present ?
Q14 - What is the better known name of the Angel of Charity ?
Q15 - In which film does Edward Fox play a character called General Dyer ?
Q16 - How is Jennifer Susan Harvey better known in the world of Sport ?
Q17 - Which bird of the pheasant family shares its name with a Gilbert and Sullivan opera ?
Q18 - What is the fastest growing member of the grass family ?
Q19 - Which is the largest of the Society Islands ?
Q20 - Which singer in an interview once claimed to be the owner of 96 pairs of spectacles ?
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A1 - Buck Rogers
A2 - Bridget Jones' Diary
A3 - Dandie Dinmont
A4 - FC Barcelona (99,354 seated)
A5 - Starling
A6 - Black Eye
A7 - Mount Ida
A8 - Standing on the Shoulders of Giants. (round the edge of some Two pound coins)
A9 - Pete Conrad (Armstrong and Aldrin were 1 & 2)
A10 - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
A11 - French Foreign Legion
A12 - Guernsey
A13 - Lace
A14 - Eros
A15 - Gandhi
A16 - Jenny Pitman
A17 - Mikado
A18 - Bamboo
A19 - Tahiti
A20 - Nana Mouskouri
How would you have done?
Peter
13th place with 2 points Tofo
joint 11th place with 4 points Leftlegger and Runrig
10th place with 5 points Sunflower
9th place with 7 points Teddybard
8th place with 8 points Movan
Joint 6th place with 10 points 1man and his doblo & Wasp
5th place with 13 points JJ
4th place with 15 Philcot
3rd place with 16 points mitzimad
second place with 19 points Maz
and our winner tonight and next weeks quiz setter, with 22 points StCyr
The questions and answers were as follow below
Q1 - The Draconians are the arch enemy of which 'Hero' ?
Q2 - The "Edge of Reason" is the sub title to which best selling novel ?
Q3 - What breed of Terrier dog was named after a character in Walter Scot's novel 'Guy Mannering' ?
Q4 - Which football club's stadium has the largest capacity in Europe ?
Q5 - What bird family does the Mynah bird belong to ?
Q6 - What is the more common name for an 'Ocular Contusion' ?
Q7 - Legend has it that Zeus was born on the highest mountain in Crete, what is it called ?
Q8 - What six words complete the following quote from Sir Isacc Newton - - "If I have seen further it is by …………" ?
Q9 - Everyone knows the names of the first two people to set foot on th emoon, but who was third ?
Q10 - Which song opens with the line - "Picture yourself on a boat on a river" ?
Q11 - What was founded in 1831 by King Louis Philippe to assist in controling the French Colonies ?
Q12 - Sarnia was the Roman name for which Island ?
Q13 - What is traditionally given as a 13th wedding aniversary present ?
Q14 - What is the better known name of the Angel of Charity ?
Q15 - In which film does Edward Fox play a character called General Dyer ?
Q16 - How is Jennifer Susan Harvey better known in the world of Sport ?
Q17 - Which bird of the pheasant family shares its name with a Gilbert and Sullivan opera ?
Q18 - What is the fastest growing member of the grass family ?
Q19 - Which is the largest of the Society Islands ?
Q20 - Which singer in an interview once claimed to be the owner of 96 pairs of spectacles ?
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A1 - Buck Rogers
A2 - Bridget Jones' Diary
A3 - Dandie Dinmont
A4 - FC Barcelona (99,354 seated)
A5 - Starling
A6 - Black Eye
A7 - Mount Ida
A8 - Standing on the Shoulders of Giants. (round the edge of some Two pound coins)
A9 - Pete Conrad (Armstrong and Aldrin were 1 & 2)
A10 - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
A11 - French Foreign Legion
A12 - Guernsey
A13 - Lace
A14 - Eros
A15 - Gandhi
A16 - Jenny Pitman
A17 - Mikado
A18 - Bamboo
A19 - Tahiti
A20 - Nana Mouskouri
How would you have done?
Peter
