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[LAT]

I don't think the actors and cartoons actually interacted with each other in Mary Poppins. I did know that answer.

I haven't worked my way through them all yet but they look like a fun quiz.

So how did you do?

[Bunnylump]

We came 7th out of about 24 teams. It's quite a strong field, so I think we did pretty well, all things considered. The bits I couldn't post on here were particularly difficult - a music round with audio clips and a picture round with lots of celebrities in it that I wouldn't know from Adam. Luckily for us we had one of my friend's daughters on the team (she's 15 and watches all of that get me out of the X Factor jungle / Hollyoaks sort of nonsense!)

As usual, I was able to contribute to the really embarrassing to know sort of questions such as who lives at 32 Windsor Terrace...

[SparkOut]

Now I'm intrigued... Who does live at 32 Windsor Terrace ?

[Bunnylump]

...Or even Gardens...

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Who's up for another quiz? I'll try to remember to post the answers for this lot in a few days (remind me if I forget please!)

Round One: Material World

Either the question or answer has a reference to material.
1. Jersey is the largest of which islands?
2. Which David Bowie number 2 1973 UK hit was held off the number one slot by Jimmy Osmond’s “Long haired lover from Liverpool”?
3. Which Hollywood child star was a jockey in the film National Velvet?
4. The Woolpack pub features in which UK soap?
5. The river Tweed in Scotland is famous for which fish?
6. Which British TV legal drama starred Rupert Penry Jones and Maxine Peake?
7. Holly Willoughby is one team captain on Celebrity Juice. Who is the other?
8. Who wrote the novels Lace and Lace 2?
9. What song was recorded by Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jimmy Hendrix and the Plastic Ono Band?
10. Linen is made with the fibres of which plant?

Round Two: Animals

What are the company animal logos for these companies?

1. Lacoste
2. National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
3. Bacardi
4. Swarovski
5. Alfa Romeo
6. World Wide Fund for Nature
7. Ralph Loren
8. Lamborghini
9. Slazenger
10. Metro Goldwyn Meyer

Round 3: Busy Bee

1. Who, in 1956, sang Bee Bop a Lula?
2. What year was The Bee Movie released?
3. Who was the oldest member of the Bee Gees?
4. What is the only continent which has no bees?
5. How many eyes do honey bees have?
6. What newsreader recently retired in order to spend more time with his beekeeping?
7. Who was the presenter of the Great British Sewing Bee?
8. Who wrote The Flight of the Bumblebee in 1899?
9. Which county is St Bees head peninsula in?
10. Which continent is the Bumblebee Bat from? a. Europe b. Australia c. South East Asia

Round 4: Good times

Each answer is the answer to the multiplication of each pair of answers.

1. Legs on a snooker table multiplied by lanes in an Olympic swimming pool
2. Fluid ounces in half a pint x number of furlongs in a mile
3. Number of engines in a jumbo jet x the number of funnels on the Titanic
4. Number of strings on a violin x number of keys on a piano
5. Number of books in the Harry Potter series x number of books in the Narnia chronicles
6. Number of ladies dancing in the 12 days of Christmas x number of pipers piping
7. Number of interlocking circles on an Audi logo x number of dots on a Domino’s Pizza advert
8. Members of the Village People x members in the original Take That

Round 5: Connections round.

The answers to questions 1-9 will lead to a connection, which is the answer to question 10.

1. What Cunard liner is in Dubai, waiting to be turned into a hotel?
2. What 1970s beer brand was advertised that it “works wonders”?
3. What was the name of Humphrey Bogart’s character in the Maltese Falcon?
4. Who had daughters called Goneril, Regan and Cordelia?
5. What was the name of the comedy actor who played Owen in the Vicar of Dibley and also Trigger in Only Fools and Horses?
6. What was the name of the 1983 drama series from 1983, starring Sam Neill?
7. Who in arrived in Port Royal in Jamaica and saved Elizabeth Swann?
8. What song was a number 1 hit for the Steve Miller Band and was used in Levi Commercials?
9. What 1963 rhythm and blues song was covered by booker T and the MGs and the Rolling Stones?
10. What is the connection between all of the answers from 1-9?

Round 6: Sidekicks

1. Which superhero had the sidekick whose real name was Dick Grayson?
2. Which literary character had a sidekick called Sancho Panza?
3. What was the profession of Wyatt Earp’s sidekick, Doc Holliday?
4. Who was the voice of Penfold, Dangermouse’s sidekick?
5. In the Lone Ranger, what was the name of Tonto’s horse?
6. Who played they policeman sidekick in the TV series Grantchester?
7. What is the name of Alexander Armstrong’s sidekick in Pointless?
8. What is the name of Mr Burns’ sidekick in the Simpsons?
9. Mario is a plumber. What profession does Luigi have?
10. What was the name of the 200 year old wookie sidekick of Han Solo?

Round 7 Ding Dong!

1. What was the hit song by Anita Ward in 1979?
2. Ian Bell plays cricket for which county?
3. Who played Jack Bell in Carry on Nurse?
4. Which former war correspondent and MP was also known as the Man in the White Suit?
5. Name four of the five bells mentioned in the first verse of Oranges and Lemons.
6. What is the study of bells called?
7. In which US state is the Liberty Bell located?
8. What relation is Bell Dingle to Chas Dingle in Emmerdale?
9. What 1973 horror film was the Tubular Bells theme used for?
10. What is the famous saying associated with Bells Whiskey?

Round 8 Pot Pourri

1. What day is always the Sunday after the first full moon after March 21st?
2. How many rows of whiskers does a cat have on each side of their mouth?
3. What is the collective noun for a group of owls?
4. If you travelled due east from New York, which country would you come to first?
5. What was the first chewy item to have a barcode scanned in 1974?
6. Clinopobia is a fear of what?
7. In which English country were Jane Austen and Charles Dickens born?
8. A matchbox sized lump of which substance, if flattened, would make a sheet which would cover the size of a tennis court?
9. What meat is used in Glamorgan sausages?
10. Which enterprise prints the largest amount of paper money each year?

[Biscuit]

Hi

Loving these quizzes - is it possible to have a copy of the answers so that I can try this at Christmas. For both if possible.

[Bunnylump]

Rather irritatingly, the answers to the first one were on a stick which got corrupted. But I have the answers to the last one. If anyone wants the file, message me.

[LAT]

Why do you scratch your answers on a stick?

[Bunnylump]

Well, my slate was full...

[Bunnylump]

Tonight's quiz. We came 3rd, but mainly because we aced the dingbat marathon quiz! The answers to each question is under spoilers.

The Bear Necessities

1. Which cartoon bear had a companion called Spotty?
SUPERTED

2. Which orange-brown bear wore a pork pie hat and a red and white necktie?
FOZZY

3. Which fictional character owned Aloysius Bear?
SEBASTIAN FLYTE

4. Which bear character was voiced by Phil Harris in the 1973 version of Robin Hood?
LITTLE JOHN

5. Whose best friend is Bill Badger?
RUPERT

6. What colour was Pusdey Bear originally? a. brown b. black c. he’s always been yellow
a. BROWN

7. What bear starred in the 2012 comedy with Mark Wahlberg?
TED

8. What was the name of the polar bear cub successfully raised by zookeepers in Berlin Zoo?
KNUT


History’s Losers

1.Which Czech tennis player won 8 consecutive tennis opens but never won Wimbledon?
IVAN LENDL

2. Which US presidential democratic candidate lost to George Bush in the 2000 election?
AL GORE

3. What was the name of the Queen Mother’s horse which fell on the home straight in the 1956 Grand National?
DEVON LOCH

4. Which record label is famous for having turned down the Beatles?
DECCA

5. In the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton lost to Nico Rosberg by what points margin?
5

6. What country discovered Australia 100 years before the British but ignored it as they thought it was “useless desert”?
NETHERLANDS

7. How many publishers rejected the Harry Potter books before they were taken on by Bloomsbury?
a.2 b. 8 c. 12
12

8. Who famously lost their way in the 1982 Paris – Dakar rally?
MARK THATCHER

What’s in a Name?
1. What UK city is known as the City of Perspiring Dreams ?
CAMBRIDGE

2. Which UK city is known as the City of Three Spires?
COVENTRY

3. Which UK city is known as Auld Reekie?
EDINBURGH

4. Which UK city is known as the Ship of the Fens?
ELY

5. Which UK city is known as the Square Mile?
CITY OF LONDON

6. Which city is known as Cottonopolis?
MANCHESTER

7. Which city is known as The Toon?
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

8. Which UK city is known as Chocolate City?
YORK

General Knowledge

1. Dunedin is the Celtic name for which UK city?
EDINBURGH

2.What is the meaning of the name of the famous masked swordsman Zorro?
FOX

3. What cartoon character is famous for singing My Darling Clementine?
HUCKLEBERRY HOUND

4. What is the name of the woodcarver who made Pinnochio?
GEPETTO

5. In which Australian state is the Gold Coast?
QUEENSLAND

6. What are you doing if you pandiculate?
A STRETCHING AND STIFFENING OF THE TRUNK AND EXTREMITIES, AS WHEN FATIGUED AND DROWSY ON WAKING, OFTEN ACCOMPANIED BY YAWNING

7. The name of which chemical element is taken from the Greek for “lightbearing”?
PHOSPHORUS

8. What is the name given to the German regime in the years 1919-1933?
WEIMAR REPUBLIC


Sport and Games

1. “The Americas cup is the oldest trophy for international sport” True or false?
TRUE

2. In the game Cluedo, four of the weapons are: revolver, dagger, rope, lead pipe…what are the other two?
SPANNER / CANDLESTICK

3. What sport has the initials WD / WA / GK/ GD / C on their shirts?
NETBALL

4. What is the highest total number of goals in a football world cup match? A. 12 b. 13 c. 15
A. 12

5. Name 3 left handed male Wimbledon winners since 1968
3 from ROD LAVER, JOHN MCENROE, JIMMY CONNORS, GORAN IVANISOVIC, RAFAEL NADAL

6. What number is at 9 o clock on a dartboard?
11

7. Where is the annual Festival of Speed held?
GOODWOOD

8. What sport was described by Bill Bryson as the only sport where the spectators burn off more calories than the participants?
CRICKET

Numbers

1. What US road is also known as the Will Rogers Highway?
ROUTE 66

2. How many US presidents have been assassinated whilst in office?
4

3. How old was Elizabeth the Queen Mother when she died in 2002?
101

4. In rugby league, how many points are awarded for a drop goal?
1

5. In English law, what is the smallest number of people that can constitute a riot?
3

6. What century was the drama Poldark set in?
18th century

7. In the Wimbledon open season, what is the greatest number of men’s singles finals won by any one player?
7

8. As of the end of 2016, how many people have walked on the moon?
12

That was the year that was

1. How was Desmond responsible for the 2016 gingernut shortage?
DESMOND WAS A STORM WHICH FLOODED THE GINGERNUT FACTORY IN CARLISLE.

2. Who announced that croissants would no longer be crescent shaped?
TESCO

3. Name one of two countries that impeached their presidents during 2016
BRAZIL / SOUTH KOREA

4. 2 paintings worth 100million US dollars were recovered last September, who was the artist?
VINCENT VAN GOGH

5. Who was the first Briton to be awarded 8 Olympic gold medals?
BRADLEY WIGGINS

6. Whose obituary revealed that she hated being describes as a National Treasure?
VICTORIA WOOD

7. What links golf, rugby7s and kite surfing?
ALL INTRODUCED INTO THE 2016 OLYMPICS FOR THE FIRST TIME

8. Who unexpectedly visited Kidlington in Oxfordshire
CHINESE TOURISTS, AFTER IT WAS DESCRIBED IN A TRAVEL GUITE AS A BEAUTIFUL ENGLISH VILLAGE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE BICESTER VILLAGE SHOPPING OUTLET

Guilty Pleasures

1. According to the Guinness Book of Records, how tall was the tallest cake? A. 33m b. 28m c. 40m
A.33M

2. Who wrote the novel Cakes and Ale?
SOMERSET MAUGHAM

3. What biscuit was named after an Italian General?
GARIBALDI

4. What type of pasty is used in the dessert mille-feuille?
PUFF

5. What is Manchester Caviar?
MUSHY PEAS

6. What internationally famous dessert was originally devised in Cartmel, Cumbria?
STICKY TOFFEE PUDDING

7. What country is a sponge cake covered in coconut an chocolate called “Lamingtons” from?
AUSTRALIA

8. “Wet Nelly” is a northern treat. What is it?
A MOIST CAKE / PUDDING

[Bunnylump]

Oh, and I have had a go at drawing out some of the dingbats too.

[Bunnylump]

And here's the other - meant to say the first ones are ROYAL dingbats and these are BOOK dingbats. Feel free to post guesses for these underneath.

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Please note that above file has been replaced - I inadvertently moved things around and added another row of 84s by mistake! Sorry. Thanks, SparkOut.

[SparkOut]

First thoughts on Royals :
1
2
3
4 Long to reign over us
5
6Lady in waiting
7Christmas broadcast
8Sandringham
9George Cross
10
11Order of the Garter
12New Years Honours

[SparkOut]

First thoughts on Books:
1 ring of Bright Water
2 1984
3
4 Northanger Abbey
5
6 a Man for All Seasons
7
8 Under Milk Wood
9
10 Hard Times
11 The Cat in the Hat
12

[Bunnylump]

Good work so far!

[LAT]

I would add guesses of Highland Games and Tower of London for the royal connections, and Catch 22 and Emma for the books?

PS, you couldn't make the second one a bit smaller could you? It's hard scanning across the page to see them all and then scanning up and down to see other guesses.

[LAT]

Possibly Little Women?

[Bunnylump]

And yes to all of those too.

[LAT]

10 on royals - For Queen and country?