It ain’t half hot Mum
October 1, 2010 in Quizzes
It’s quizzing season in Claremorris once more and last night the McWilliam Park played host to a quiz in aid of the Unicef Ireland / Garda Challenge. Myself and my mate Ger are becoming regulars in the quizzes around Claremorris but we haven’t as yet nailed down two regular team-mates to fill out our four. Last night we were joined by Ger’s mother and his brother-in-law Andy.
Just four weeks after being in a quiz where 88 points was only good enough for tenth, last night we scored 78 – and won! That fact tells all about the relative difficulty of the questions.
So, this week I’ve got a bumper collection of questions we didn’t get right.
Questions:
- The words kiosk, tulip and caviar all come from which language?
- In which year did the BBC first broadcast Wimbledon on live TV?
- What is the fear of fear called?
- In the motor industry, what is the “procon-ten”?
- What first did Bernard Harris achieve when he went on a spacewalk in 1995?
- How many squares are there on a Scrabble board?
- Where can you find the Hell Gate bridge?
- Which is the largest country to use a single time zone?
- How many counties are touched by the river Shannon?
- Which country boasts the world’s highest density of sheep?
- Which river is longer: Amazon, Nile or Mississippi?
- Which is the world’s saltiest ocean?
- Which of these cities is most southerly: Perth, Melbourne or Sydney?
- Name the film from the quote: “Love means never having to say you’re sorry”.
- Name the film from the quote: “Story of my life! I always get the fuzzy end of the lollipop”.
- In boxing, where does a ‘Rabbit punch’ land?
- Name the five judges who have stood in for Dannii Minogue in this year’s X-Factor TV programme.
- In which animated Disney movie will you hear the song ‘Little April Showers’?
- What was the name of Westlife’s first No. 1 single with a one word title?
- English man Sir Rowland Hill created what in 1839?
- Sir Christopher Cockerell launched which invention in 1959?
Picture round:
The first 13 of those questions come from rounds 1 and 3 (in which we scored 4/10 and 3/10 respectively). Obviously, at that point, we didn’t think we’d any chance of being in the running for the win. However, the leader board wasn’t revealed until half-time, at which point it turned out we were joint-first on 35/50. A pleasant surprise that.
Also, it was nice to know that we weren’t the only ones who found the questions really tough… 🙂
Congrats to the organising committee on a well-run quiz. The 7.45pm listed on the poster was a wee bit optimisitic (in reality, the quiz kicked off just before 9pm) but it was a speedily-run affair, featuring ten rounds, food at half-time, a raffle at the end and still finished by 11pm.
Update: answers here.
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