OldPete's Festive Quiz - The Answers
By OldPete
January 12 2017
A bit later than intended but here are the answers to Pete's Quiz that we published over the Festive Period!
OLD PETE'S 2016 FESTIVE QUIZ - THE ANSWERS
A Christmas Quiz The Answers - not to many takers for this one - but nevertheless some did have a go and so here are my answers.
What might connect or link the following
- Lemon , Lime , Cherry , nut , sky They or all can precede or describe a colour - Lemon yellow , Lime green etc.
- What repeated events ( twice in each case ) connect Northampton with Barnet ( No – it has got nothing to do with Saints and Sarries ) There were two battles of Northampton quite a few years apart. There were two battles of Barnet both in the wars of the roses.
- Gordon , Whispers , takeaway , lantern - All can be preceded by the word “ Chinese “
- Elizabeth 1st - Charles II - Queen Anne , William IV All died without legimate heirs of their own body – so to speak. The alternative suggestion that they were all not immediate heirs to the throne also works here.
- Indira Ghandi , Olaf Palme , Spencer Percival , Hendrik Verwoerd - All were assassinated
What might come next and why - in the following sequences.
- Pat , Betty , Rosalyn, Nancy , Barbara Hilary - all are in sequence the first names of first ladies of the USA.
- Egypt , Ghana , South Korea , Portugal - countries of origin of Secretary Generals of the UN including as the answer the latest one
- Illinois, New York , Texas , …. California - US states in ascending order of electoral college votes.
- 12, 23, 6, 1, 2, ……. 16 these in order from Pius XII are the regnant numbers of Popes - the next one was Benedict XVI
- ping pong , golf , tennis , …… any bigger ball will do and you had lots of suggestions.
Which is the odd one out and why
- Brass , Bronze Pewter , Aluminium , Magnox Aluminium - all the others are alloys
- Estonia , Ukraine , Mongolia, Georgia , Kazakhstan Mongolia – all the others were constituent parts of the USSR.
- Aristotle , Aristophanes , Aeschylus , Euripides , Sophocles Aristotle was a philosopher all the others were playwrites
- Gloucestershire , Essex , Northamptonshire , Warwickshire , Greater Manchester - My answer was Essex as all the others have a premier ship rugby team within their borders. However the cricket alternative also works.
- Adler , Cassels, Brain , Gould , Walton. Walton was a composer - the others are all musicians – Adler – harmonica - Cassels – Cello Brain French Horn , Gould - piano
Miscellany
16 Which invader became king on Christmas day ? William the Conqueror
17 What is or was a “ Black Five “ A steam locomotive
18 How or why did a picnic cause an artistic scandal ? Degas painting “ Le dejeuner sur L’herbe “ - as Mr Spokes suggest two blokes with more to ponder on that cucumber sandwiches. Actually it scandalised the art world because it showed naked females who were not goddesses or such like.
19 Which war was formally ended by the Treaty of Portsmouth ? The Russo Japanese war of 1904 -5 - It is by the way Portsmouth New Hampshire.
20 In 1254 William Tilly became one of only four in the whole of England - what did he become and where. King John made him Mayor of Northampton. Only London York and Kings Lyn also had mayors.
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A few queries from me. I don't know of 2 Battles of Barnet in the Wars of the Roses. There were two Battles of St Albans.
Although Portsmouth is in New Hampshire. The treaty was signed in Portsmouth Naval Shipyard which is just over the Piscataqua River in Kittery , Maine.
Warwickshire doesn't have a Prem team, the West Midlands does.
I think William Tilly became Mayor in 1215. Henry III was king in 1254.
Still on page 2 of the GCHQ Christmas Quiz book.