A Festive Season Brainteaser Quiz
By OldPete
December 28 2016
Our much-valued COYSDC contributor, OldPete, mailed this to me (Phil) a couple of weeks ago. I've been keeping it back for the lull between Christmas and New Year - and now, here we are! Go for your lives, good people and remember the laws of the quiz - no flippin' googling!
A FESTIVE SEASON COYSDC QUIZ
A Christmas Quiz
Something to revive or stimulate the brain cells from the lethargy of overindulgence etc.
I am a great fan of “ Only Connect “ where lateral thinking is the order of the day. So several sections reflect that. Once again Google will know the answers particularly in the Miscellany section - but the question is do you ?
Have fun and a Happy Christmas and Peaceful New Year to one and all.
Pete.
What might connect or link the following
1. Lemon , Lime , Cherry , nut , sky
2. What repeated events ( twice in each case ) connect Northampton with Barnet ( No – it has got nothing to do with Saints and Sarries )
3. Gordon , Whispers , takeaway , lantern
4. Elizabeth 1st - Charles II - Queen Anne , William IV
5. Indira Ghandi , Olaf Palme , Spencer Percival , Hendrik Verwoerd
What might come next and why - in the following sequences.
6. Pat , Betty , Rosalyn, Nancy , Barbara
7. Egypt , Ghana , South Korea ,
8. Illinois, New York , Texas , ….
9. 12, 23, 6, 1, 2, …….
10. ping pong , golf , tennis , ……
Which is the odd one out and why
11. Brass , Bronze Pewter , Aluminium , Magnox
12. Estonia , Ukraine , Mongolia, Georgia , Kazakhstan
13. Aristotle , Aristophanes , Aeschylus , Euripides , Sophocles
14. Gloucestershire , Essex , Northamptonshire , Warwickshire , Greater Manchester
15. Adler , Cassels, Brain , Gould , Walton.
Miscellany
16. Which invader became king on Christmas day ?
17. What is or was a “ Black Five “
18. How or why did a picnic cause an artistic scandal ?
19. Which war was formally ended by the Treaty of Portsmouth ?
20. In 1254, William Tilly became one of only four in the whole of England - what did he become and where?
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3) China
5) All were assassinated Prime Ministers / political leaders.
6) Hillary I think (US presidential wives)
11) Aluminium is the only element?
12) Mongolia the only one not in the USSR
14) Greater Manchester - all the rest play county cricket.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2016:12:28:17:50:05 by Matthew.
Thanks, Pete - sorry it took so long to publish - the real world got in the way again!
seriously though...
17. A steam locomotive
15) Some of these names seem to suggest Bletchley Park, but I don't don't know why so can't answer the question - other than to guess at Adler as he sounds German.
16) I think that might be Manet's Dejeuner sur l'herbe (where a couple of blokes have found something more interesting than an egg and cress sandwich)
Sorry 18 not 16
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2016:12:29:15:55:38 by Ian Spokes.
8. Maybe something to do with US Presidential candidates: Obama was Senator for Illinois, Hillary Clinton for New York and George W Bush Governor of Texas. Trump is nowhere! But not sure logic entirely works there.
Otherwise you will inevitably come up with alternatives or as the wonderful Victoria Coren Mitchell would tell us -
" that isnt what Iv'e got written down here "
No worries - its just for fun.
Will publish the answers January 2nd. Unless of course you lot get them all before then.
Pete.
6. Laura. If these are all wives of Republican presidents of the USA then Barbara is the wife of George Bush and Laura is the wife of George W Bush.
17. To expand on Ismael's answer: An LMS Class 5 steam locomotive designed by Stanier.
20. If the year is 1215 instead of 1254 (in the references I have) the William Tilly became mayor of Northampton. At the time the only other places to have mayors were London, York and Kings Lynn.
19.Treaty of Portsmouth ended the Russo-Japanese War.Early years of 20th C. Not Portsmouth (UK) but USA.
3. Chinese not China. Nickname o Gordon of Khartoum
4. All replaced a sibling on the throne.Although in Anne's case it was her bro-in-law , William 111, who reigned alone after the death of Anne's sister Mary.
19. The peace treaty for the war between Japan and Russia, signed in 1905
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2 . Each had a battle in the Wars of the Roses. Northampton 1460. Barnet 1471.Can't see why twice
Home and away fixtures?