Summer Quiz Round 3 - The Answers!

The answers to Round Three of the Summer Quiz...

THE COMEONYOUSAINTS.COM SUMMER QUIZ

ROUND THREE - THE ANSWERS!

1. What connects ? - a Liberal Democrat; an intergalactic villain; early oriental porcelain

MING - as in Ming Campbell -Ming The Merciless and Ming Dynasty vases etc.

2. Where am I ? My railway station was once described as “A palace with trains“ - a schism in sport occurred here - a statue of a man in a mackintosh stands in my main square.

HUDDERSFIELD -has a very imposing railway station – the Rugby league broke way at a meeting held here. The statue is of Harold Wilson in his Gannex Mac.

3 In what way are VW now the top dogs while Peugeot fades and Cap Gemini drop out.

All are sponsors of (on the shirts) French rugby teams - VW =Toulon who are top etc. Peugeot =Toulouse who used to be top dogs and Cap Gemini = Biarritz who have been relegated.

4 Who am I ? I trained to become a priest - I joined a revolutionary group and organised bank robberies to finance the cause - I rose through the ranks to become secretary of the organisation. On the death of our Leader I took over . I had a fear of flying and insisted that all my meetings with foreign leaders must be attainable by train.

JOSEPH STALIN - it’s the fear of flying that is significant . the Yalta conference was held where it was because Stalin could get there by train.

5. One of these statements is true - which one is it ? Bismark once considered inviting Karl Marx to be finance minister of Prussia ; Joseph Stalin was a teetotaller ; All American Presidents have been married men in office.

The first one – he really did. Stalin liked a drop or too and several US Presidents were widowers and one was a bachelor.

6. Which is the odd one out – Albany; Springfield; Carson City; Portland; Nashville; Cheyenne; Dover

PORTLAND - all the others are US state capitals

7. What is the links between the following - a king captured through treachery ; a refusal to take an oath ; the imposition of the first poll tax.

NORTHAMPTON – Henry VI was captured after the battle of Northampton 1460 in the Wars of the Roses after large sections of his army changed sides – the refusenick was Charles Bradlaugh Northampton famous atheist MP – and the imposition a Poll tax occurred at a Parliament held at Northampton in 1380

8. Which town or City- real or fictional would you associate with the following fictional characters Sally Bowles (Berlin); Pinkie Brown (Brighton - Rock); Harry Hole (Oslo); Mrs Hudson (London); Portia (Venice); John Tregorran (Ambridge); Patrick Bateman (New York – American Psycho); Jeanie Deans (Edinburgh - Heart of Midlothian)

9. Where does a one eyed man look down on a carbuncle

Trafalgar Square

10 What connects A bright star ; 4pm to 8pm and a street food snack

Dog - Sirius – the Dog star; the Dog watch and Hot dog