Thames Valley Austin Healey Club Quiz

December 4th 2007

 

                                             

 

 

Good evening, and welcome to the 6th Annual Thames Valley Austin Healey Club Quiz.

 

·        Before you start, I suggest you form yourselves into teams of 2

·        Tonight there will be 6 rounds of questions and a Marathon.

·        Before we start each round, there will be an opportunity to play your Joker. You can only play it once and you have to play it before I start to ask the questions for your chosen round.  The joker doubles your score for that round. You cannot play the joker on the marathon.

·        The rounds this quiz will be:

 

1)                 Cornucopia

2)                 Not the arts

3)                 The Box

4)                 Colours

5)                 Natural World

6)                 Pot Pourri

 

All a bit cryptic…but for you to decide what they’re all about.

 

1)  Cornucopia (Montpelier 2007)

 

1)                   Beaujolais is made from which grape type?

Ans: GAMAY

 

2)                  When setting out a dining table following the correct rules of

etiquette, which specific utensil should be placed furthest to the right hand side of the diner? Is it a butter knife, a soup spoon, or a fish knife.

Ans:  SOUP SPOON

 

3)                  Which alcoholic beverage can be described as oloroso?

Ans: SHERRY

 

4)                  What is the name of the classic risotto rice from the north Italian region of Piedmont.

Ans: ARBORIO

 

5)                  Dating back to ancient Egypt, what was and is still the most widely

used herb? Is it parsley, oregano, or liquorice.

Ans: LIQUORICE

 

6)                  If a dish is described as Lyonnaise, which vegetable does it contain?

Ans: ONIONS

 

7)                  What is the name of the small citrus fruit originating in central China, sometimes called Chinese oranges which can be eaten whole, including the skin, or used for pickling, preserves or merely decoration?

Ans: KUMQUAT

 

8)                  To cook something 'à la Dauphinoise' means - to bake it in a slow oven with cream and garlic, to garnish with mashed potato, or to marinade in white wine?

Ans: BAKE IT IN A SLOW OVEN WITH CREAM AND GARLIC

 

9)                  What is the name of the apple brandy made in Normandy, northern France. It's produced from distilled cider and matured in oak barrels.

Ans: CALVADOS

 

10)       In Tuscany, which term coming after the name of the locality specifies that the wine comes from the original, oldest wine-growing area?

Ans CLASSICO

 

 

2) Not the Arts (Science)

 

1)                  The lack of which vitamin causes rickets?

Ans:     D

 

2)                What is a Polygraph?

Ans:   LIE DETECTOR

 

3)                In medicine, if you had a brachiotomy what would you have removed?

Ans:     ARM

 

4)                What is the most common blood type in humans?

Ans:     O

 

5)                Which chemical element has the shortest common name?

Ans:     TIN

 

6)                Titan and Pandora are moons of which planet?

Ans: SATURN

 

7)                  In the human body where would you fine your cuspids?

Ans:     In the MOUTH (Canine TEETH)

 

8)                  Which organ of the body manufactures & secretes insulin?

Ans:      PANCREAS

 

9)                  Light bulbs are labelled either BC for Bayonet Cap, or ES. What does ES stand for?

Ans:     EDISON SCREW

 

10)              What is the name for the respiratory virus infection that caused an outbreak in 2003, and was thought to have been passed on to humans from a masked palm civet?

Ans: SARS or “Severe acute respiratory syndrome”

 

 

3) The Box (TV) (Montpelier 2007)

 

1)                  What is the name of the pub in Hollyoaks?

Ans: The Dog in the Pond

 

2)                  Which TV programme brought Robin Williams to the public’s attention?

Ans: Happy Days (or Mork and Mindy)

 

3)                  What is Dangermouse’s sidekick called?

Ans: PENFOLD

 

4)                  What was Edina’s daughter called in Absolutely Fabulous?

Ans SAFFRON

 

5)                  What is Dick Dastardly’s dog called?

Ans: MUTTLEY

 

6)                  Which pub landlord has a regular Happy Hour programme?

Ans: AL MURRAY

 

7)                  In which soap does an ex Hear’Say member now feature?

Ans: CORONATION ST (Kym Marsh)

 

8)                  Which TV soap links Micky and Demi?

Ans: EASTENDERS

 

9)                  Which newspaper does superman work for?

Ans: DAILY PLANET

 

10)       Who played Joey Potter in Dawson’s Creek?

Ans Katie HOLMES

 

 

 

4) COLOURS (New)

 

1)                  In which TV series did Holly fall in love with Hilly?

Ans: RED DWARF

 

2)                  What colour are the mountains just outside Sydney, Australia?

Ans: BLUE

 

3)                  Who wrote “The Third Man”?

Ans: GRAHAM GREEN

 

4)                  Syd Barrett sadly died last year. But what colour is he most remembered for?

Ans: PINK Floyd

 

5)                  Born in 1966, he has 15 medals from major athletics competitions, and will be remembered for coming 2nd to Michael Johnson in the 1996 Olympics 400m final.

Ans: Roger BLACK

 

6)                  A 1918 publication describing the human body and all of its internal organs. Excuse the spelling!

Ans: GRAY’s Anatomy of the Human Body

 

7)                  A psychedelic hit for Donovan in 1967?

Ans: Mellow YELLOW

 

8)                  A 1985 film by Steven Spielberg, telling the story of a young African American girl named Celie.

Ans: The Color PURPLE

 

9)         Author of Angels and Demons and Digital Fortress?

            Ans: Dan BROWN

 

10)       Officially born in 1899, Ena Sharples became star of the Mission and the Rovers Return from 1960 to 1980. But who played Ena Sharples?

Ans: VIOLET Carson

 

 

5) Animal Magic

 

1)                  What is a John Dory?

Ans:     FISH

 

2)                  A human has 7 vertebrae in the neck, but how many does a giraffe have. Is it 7, 13, 15 or 21?

Ans:     7

 

3)                  If a female fox is called a vixen, what is a male fox called?

Ans:     DOG

 

4)                  A horse’s height is measured in “hands”, how many inches are equivalent to one hand?

Ans:     4 inches

 

5)                  Rockhoppers and Jackass are types of what?

Ans:     PENGUIN

 

6)                  What is the home of a squirrel called?

Ans: DREY

 

7)                  How many stomachs has a cow got?

Ans:     4

 

8)                  If you studied herpetology, what would you study?

Ans:      REPTILES and AMPHIBIANS

 

9)                  Where does the common adder lay its eggs?

Ans:     It DOESN’T. It gives birth to live young (Viviparous)

 

10)              How many legs does the British Daddy Long Legs have?

Ans: 6 (it’s an insect. Crane Fly….American’s have a spider known as Daddy Long Legs which has 8)

 

6) POT POURRI

 

1)                  What is the maximum loading line on a ship known as?

Ans: The PLIMSOLE line

 

2)                  What country are chrysanthemums native to?

Ans: JAPAN

 

3)                  What is 10 inches tall, gold plated and weighs 7 pounds?

Ans: An OSCAR

 

4)                  How was Ras Tafari Makonnen better known? (as in Rastafarian)

Ans: HAILE SELASSIE

 

5)                  In which city is the world headquarters of the Mormon church?

Ans: SALT LAKE CITY

 

6)                  In which country did Baby succeed Papa?

Ans: HAITI

 

7)                  The Millenium Eye ferris wheel is sponsored by?

Ans: BRITISH AIRWAYS

 

8)                  Who is the first female in line to the throne?

Ans: Princess BEATRICE (Andrew’s daughter)

 

9)                  What is the highest capital in South America?

Ans: LA PAZ

 

10)       What breed of dog is ‘Scooby Doo’?

            Ans: A GREAT DANE

 

MARATHON ANSWERS

 

1)         Martin Bell

2)         Glenn Miller

3)         Derren Brown

4)         Rick Stein

5)         Charlotte Church

6)         Clark Gable

7)         Al Pacino

8)         Steve Coogan

9)         Richard Wilson

10)       David Walliams

11)       Ronni Ancona

12)       David Suchet

13)       8 Mile

14)       Thelma & Louise

15)       Marie Antionette

16)       Dead Poets Society

17)       Ben Hur

18)              The wicker Man

19)              Holby Blue

20)              Jonathan Creek

21)              The Powerpuff Girls

22)              The Brief

23)              Herman’s Hermits (I’m into something good)

24)              Pink Floyd (Another brick in the wall)

25)              Madonna (American Life)

26)              Oasis (Don’t look back in anger)

27)              Queen (Killer Queen)