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CHRISTMAS QUIZ
WORCESTER WYCHAVON ROTARY CLUB
Competition Rules:
• 1) In the event of a tie the winners’ names will be put
in a hat and a winner drawn for first, second and third
prizes.
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• 2) Closing date for entries is Midday 19th January 2015
• 3) The winner(s) will be notified by telephone
• 4) There is only one correct answer to each question.
The judge’s decision is final.
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• 5) All facts on which this quiz is based are believed to
be correct. Any inaccuracies, however caused, will in no
way invalidate the result. No correspondence will be entered into.
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CHRISTMAS QUIZ
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BRAIN TEASERS
Can you identify these places in England:
1.
Modern refuge
2.
Cattle Harbour
3.
This place river crossing
4.
Heavy sweetheart
5.
See and speak with these
6.
Sounds like a shortened mid-week small fruit
7.
Boundary structure finish
8.
Look out!
9.
Centre apple crossing
10. Very dark body of water
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SHAKESPEARE PLAY QUOTATIONS
Name the play
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10.
If Music be the food of love, play on
Parting is such sweet sorrow
True it is that we have seen better days
The course of true love never did run smooth
This above all, to thine own self be true
Now is the winter of our discontent
What’ done is done
I will wear my heart upon my sleeve for daws to peck
at
A dish fit for the Gods
If you prick us, do we not bleed.
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GEOGRAPHY:
Europe
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
What is considered to be the highest mountain in
Spain?
Where are the Reicnenbach Falls?
For what was the Atomium built?
There are 290 Municipalities in Sweden. Which is the
largest?
Which European country produces the most rice?
The Americas
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Who designed the monument at Mount Rushmore?
What is the longest bridge in California?
What stands at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. NW?
What is the state capital of Alaska?
What is unique about Juneau?
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MUSIC
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1.
What instrument has a name that means “bundle of
sticks”?
2.
Who sings of “Paradise” on Mylo Xyloto ?
3.
Which musical is based on Victor Hugo’s 19th
century novel?
4.
In which city was the first public performance
of Handel’s Messiah?
5.
Which instrument did jazz musician Miles
Davis play?
6.
Which rapper joins Rihanna under her umbrella?
7.
8.
8.
9.
The aria ‘One Fine Day’ comes from which opera?
Which sixties band started out as The
Paramounts?
9.
Which town is the home of violin making?
10.
Who wrote ‘Appalachion Spring’?
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CHRISTMAS QUIZ
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SPORT:
1.
Who is Sergio Aguero’s father-in-law?
2.
What is the minimum number of curves of on
bobsleigh course?
3.
What is the minimum age for a horse in flat
racing?
4.
What do the initials ‘SB’ indicate in baseball?
5.
Who did Muhammad Ali beat when he first
became world champion?
6.
With whom did John McEnroe win five WimbleonMens’ Doubles Titles?
7.
Who has been an Irish Rugby Union International
and also the head of H J Heinz?
8.
Who was the first overseas batsman to score three
test centuries at Lords?
9.
In the 1980s Greg Lemond became the first
American to do what?
10.
Which famous pacemaker and Olympic Medallist in
the 3000 metres steeplechase founded the London
Marathon?
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PLACES OF INTEREST
1.
Where is the ancient Stone Circle of nine stones,
formed of Nine Maidens, who were petrified after being
discovered dancing on the Sabbath?
2.
Where is the tallest Bishop’s Throne in England?
3.
Agatha Christie was born in which town?
4.
In which village was Charles Kingsley born?
5.
In which Devon town circa 680AD was Saint Boniface
born?
6.
Which bridge is said to have inspired the American
entertainer Paul Simon to write his international
success ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ ?
7.
What is the name of the Roman road that starts at
Exeter and runs north through the country to Lincoln?
8.
Where is the astronomical clock built to work on the
theory of Ptolemy?
9.
What is the name of the 1998 film and TV production
which used the Royal William Yard, Plymouth as its
location?
10.
Where did Prince William of Orange land in 1688 in
his successful ‘Glorious Revolution’ to oust James !!
from the throne?
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CHRISTMAS QUIZ
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WHO SAID WHAT
Name the people from whom these are quotations
1.
My fellow Americans—ask not what your country can
do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
2.
It’s not the men in your life that matter, it’s the life in
your men
3.
A house divided against itself cannot stand
4.
To err is human, to forgive divine
5.
Only two things are infinite, the Universe and human
stupidity and I’m not sure about the former
6.
‘I came, I saw, I conquered’
7.
That one small step for man, one giant leap for
mankind
8.
There can be no whitewash at the White House
9.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions
10.
In the end we will remember, not the words of our
enemies, but the silence of our friends
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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE:
1.
What did John Calicott Horsley design in 1843?
2.
Who was the first Briton to be killed in a flying accident
3.
First published in 1869 the periodic table was created
by which Russian chemist?
4.
What was the first name of Ronnie Barker’s character in
the TV series Open All Hours?
5.
What was the first product to carry a bar code?
6.
Which is the premier livery company of the City of
London?
7.
Which Lord Mayor of Birmingham went on to be Prime
Minister?
8.
In what year were dog licences abolished?
9.
What was Lady Chatterley’s Christian Name?
10.
What was the name of the Duke of Wellington’s horse?
11.
Which is the odd one out, and why?
Lancaster, Salisbury, Richmond, Carlisle and Skipton
12.
What connects the following? The Humber,
Gainsborough, Nottingham, Rugeley and Stone
13.
Where and what is the Mason Dixon line?
14.
Name the world’s deepest freshwater lake and the
largest by volume
15.
Where are the Carpathian Mountains?
16.
Who is the composer of ‘Misa Tango’?
17.
An unusual instrument is used in Question 16 (above).
Name it
18.
Where are Tarleton Street and Penny Lane?
19.
Who is the composer of the musical ‘The Last Ship’?
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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE cont/…
20.
Who is the conductor of the Simon Bolivar
Orchestra and which country is its home?
21.
Which city/town in the USA is officially the
windiest?
22.
Which is the largest African country in area?
23.
Ouzo is which flavour?
24.
In which film did Cher win an Oscar for
playing Loretta Castorini?
25.
Which Royal did the Beatles mention in
‘Penny Lane’?
26.
Which Sports Commentator said ‘do my
eyes deceive me or is Senna’s Lotus
sounding a bit rough’?
27.
What is the most number of raised dots in a
single letter of Braille?
28.
Who was Margaret Thatcher’s Press
Secretary when she resigned?
29.
After which American General were
sideburns named?
30.
What was the day job of American hero
Paul Revere?
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DON’T FORGET THE CLOSING DATE IS 19th January 2015
QUIZ ANSWERS CAN BE VIEWED ON OUR WEBSITE FROM THE
26th JANUARY ONWARDS @
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2nd PRIZE -
£15
3rd PRIZE -
£10
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