BH no. 63 ... yes, the quizzes still keep coming
Now I would give you the answers to the 62nd quiz, but as I may have explained before, I am unable to access the pre-written quizzes and therefore the answers, and I wouldn't want to give you the rotten and damaged fruits of recall from my brain. After all, I am the person who thought for a few weeks, or at least long enough to do me grievous mental pain, that Z in the phonetic alphabet stood for zebra.
So more questions, while the answers will have to wait. Until possibly tomorrow.
In the Meantime
Tonight I have been setting questions for the "Doing it for the Kids" pub quiz at the Auberge bar (opposite London Bridge station) on May 10 in aid of the charity Kids Company. Rounds and rounds of GK, Lit, Entertainment, Nostalgia and Kids's Stuff, to be compered by none other than Mr CJ de Mooi (yes, this CJ de Mooi, he who does Eggheads on BBC2). A bona fide TV personality no less.
Since the aim of the evening is to get bums on seats and hands into pockets and coming out again with fistfuls of banknotes, anyone of you readers who do fancy the chance to win Premiership tickets, some rather nice plonk or similar beautifully bourgeois prizes are welcome to come and get hit by another dose of my question-setting powers. They have been written for the normals, lest you worry that I will be unleashing more questions on pre-Socratic philosophers and French chemists. What would be the point, he says before feeling the undercurrent of latent sadism overcome him and his typing hands. It is for charity, remember. All monies will go to a good cause. And it will be FUN. FUN. FUN. I swear.
I will be there and drinking alcohol and chaining the cancer sticks in the darkest corner, probably. Yes, I can see the ugly image that conjures up in your mind, but don't worry, I do actually hope to talk to people and won't be doing my best impression of Oscar the Grouch, even though he is one of my true heroes. And forget what I said about charity quiz events using the phrase "pub quiz" in their names, because when it comes down to it, I'm a right bloody hypocrite sometimes.
1 Viscachas are rodents that belong to which family of mammals?
2 The centrepiece of the rebuilding effort for the World Trade Centre, the Freedom Tower is how many feet tall?
3 Who is the head of the London Stock Exchange?
4 Noam Chomsky is known in the field of linguistics for the long-believed hypothesis that humans are the only organism able to comprehend what form of grammar?
5 What Egyptian seaside resort has been the recent target of bombings in which 24 people have been killed?
6 The alias Ahmad Fadeel al-Nazal al-Khalayleh is believed by some to be the real name of which terrorist?
7 In what year was the BBC granted its first Royal Charter?
8 Which steamboat on the river Mississippi was destroyed in an explosion on April 27, 1865, killing 1,700 passengers?
9 Attalus I or Soter, meaning "Saviour", ruled what Greek city-state in what is now Turkey from 241BCE to 197BCE?
10 The first Swedish balloonist, which man led an ill-fated Arctic balloon expedition in 1897 that led to all three members perishing?
11 The Logar is a river and valley of what Asian country?
12 What two-word Latin term denotes the right by which nationality or citizenship can be recognised to any individual born to a parent who is a national or citizen of that state?
13 What is the most widely known name of Lukumi ("friends" in Yoruba) or Regla de Ocha, the set of related religious systems that fuse Catholic beliefs with traditional Yoruba beliefs?
14 Not seen as a religion by adherents, who view it as secular and revisionist, what name is given to the political ideology of the Workers Party of Korea, the ruling party of North Korea?
15 Begun in 1926, the religion Cao Dai is practiced in what country?
16 What religion of Shinto origin with some Buddhist influence was founded by the female peasant Nakayama Miki, who underwent revelatory experiences from 1838 and is known as Oyasama, literally "Honoured Mother", by her followers?
17 In which country are there administrative subdivisions known as amphoe, translated usually as district, which are further divided into tambon?
18 Which textile merchant gave his name to the music school founded in 1905 and located at Fifth Avenue and 12th Street in New York?
19 The first Englishman to conduct at the Bayreuth festival, who studied the clarinet at the Royal College of Music where he was barred from conducting lessons owing to his lack of ability, although this did not prevent him from forming the Kalmar Orchestra with fellow students?
20 As featured in a three-act opera by Richard Wagner, which figure of German legend found the Venusburg or subterranean home of Venus and left it to travel to Rome where he asked Pope Urban IV if it was possible to absolve him of his sins, the legate replying that it was just as impossible for his staff to blossom, which it duly did?
21 In what year of the 18th century was Pompeii rediscovered?
22 Named after the Italian-Briton who plied his trade in the 19th century, the Panizzi lectures are an annual series of lectures given on what subject?
23 Who wrote the epic poem Orlando Furioso in 1516?
24 Orlando Furioso was a gionta or continuation of whose work Orlando Innamorato which was first published in 1495?
25 Which British writer of fantasy novels for children and adults is known for her Christomanci series, which concerns nine-lived enchanters in a series of connected worlds who are responsible for preventing the misuse of magic?
26 Sri Sattanak or Sisattanak is a former name of what Asian capital?
27 The flower of the evergreen tree the Bauhinia blakeana is a unique endemic flower that is special of which place's ecosystem and which can be seen on its flag on a red background?
28 Also called the plane crystallographic group, what term describes the mathematical concept to classify repetitive designs on two-dimensional surfaces, based on symmetries in the pattern? Study of such patterns reveal that exactly 17 different types can occur.
29 Established in 1952, what integrated media, sports and entertainment company was previously known as Titan Sports, Inc. before two subsequent name changes?
30 Running approxiametly 120 miles from London Fields park to its eponymous location on the Suffolk coast, what kind of race is the annual Dunwich Dynamo?
So more questions, while the answers will have to wait. Until possibly tomorrow.
In the Meantime
Tonight I have been setting questions for the "Doing it for the Kids" pub quiz at the Auberge bar (opposite London Bridge station) on May 10 in aid of the charity Kids Company. Rounds and rounds of GK, Lit, Entertainment, Nostalgia and Kids's Stuff, to be compered by none other than Mr CJ de Mooi (yes, this CJ de Mooi, he who does Eggheads on BBC2). A bona fide TV personality no less.
Since the aim of the evening is to get bums on seats and hands into pockets and coming out again with fistfuls of banknotes, anyone of you readers who do fancy the chance to win Premiership tickets, some rather nice plonk or similar beautifully bourgeois prizes are welcome to come and get hit by another dose of my question-setting powers. They have been written for the normals, lest you worry that I will be unleashing more questions on pre-Socratic philosophers and French chemists. What would be the point, he says before feeling the undercurrent of latent sadism overcome him and his typing hands. It is for charity, remember. All monies will go to a good cause. And it will be FUN. FUN. FUN. I swear.
I will be there and drinking alcohol and chaining the cancer sticks in the darkest corner, probably. Yes, I can see the ugly image that conjures up in your mind, but don't worry, I do actually hope to talk to people and won't be doing my best impression of Oscar the Grouch, even though he is one of my true heroes. And forget what I said about charity quiz events using the phrase "pub quiz" in their names, because when it comes down to it, I'm a right bloody hypocrite sometimes.
1 Viscachas are rodents that belong to which family of mammals?
2 The centrepiece of the rebuilding effort for the World Trade Centre, the Freedom Tower is how many feet tall?
3 Who is the head of the London Stock Exchange?
4 Noam Chomsky is known in the field of linguistics for the long-believed hypothesis that humans are the only organism able to comprehend what form of grammar?
5 What Egyptian seaside resort has been the recent target of bombings in which 24 people have been killed?
6 The alias Ahmad Fadeel al-Nazal al-Khalayleh is believed by some to be the real name of which terrorist?
7 In what year was the BBC granted its first Royal Charter?
8 Which steamboat on the river Mississippi was destroyed in an explosion on April 27, 1865, killing 1,700 passengers?
9 Attalus I or Soter, meaning "Saviour", ruled what Greek city-state in what is now Turkey from 241BCE to 197BCE?
10 The first Swedish balloonist, which man led an ill-fated Arctic balloon expedition in 1897 that led to all three members perishing?
11 The Logar is a river and valley of what Asian country?
12 What two-word Latin term denotes the right by which nationality or citizenship can be recognised to any individual born to a parent who is a national or citizen of that state?
13 What is the most widely known name of Lukumi ("friends" in Yoruba) or Regla de Ocha, the set of related religious systems that fuse Catholic beliefs with traditional Yoruba beliefs?
14 Not seen as a religion by adherents, who view it as secular and revisionist, what name is given to the political ideology of the Workers Party of Korea, the ruling party of North Korea?
15 Begun in 1926, the religion Cao Dai is practiced in what country?
16 What religion of Shinto origin with some Buddhist influence was founded by the female peasant Nakayama Miki, who underwent revelatory experiences from 1838 and is known as Oyasama, literally "Honoured Mother", by her followers?
17 In which country are there administrative subdivisions known as amphoe, translated usually as district, which are further divided into tambon?
18 Which textile merchant gave his name to the music school founded in 1905 and located at Fifth Avenue and 12th Street in New York?
19 The first Englishman to conduct at the Bayreuth festival, who studied the clarinet at the Royal College of Music where he was barred from conducting lessons owing to his lack of ability, although this did not prevent him from forming the Kalmar Orchestra with fellow students?
20 As featured in a three-act opera by Richard Wagner, which figure of German legend found the Venusburg or subterranean home of Venus and left it to travel to Rome where he asked Pope Urban IV if it was possible to absolve him of his sins, the legate replying that it was just as impossible for his staff to blossom, which it duly did?
21 In what year of the 18th century was Pompeii rediscovered?
22 Named after the Italian-Briton who plied his trade in the 19th century, the Panizzi lectures are an annual series of lectures given on what subject?
23 Who wrote the epic poem Orlando Furioso in 1516?
24 Orlando Furioso was a gionta or continuation of whose work Orlando Innamorato which was first published in 1495?
25 Which British writer of fantasy novels for children and adults is known for her Christomanci series, which concerns nine-lived enchanters in a series of connected worlds who are responsible for preventing the misuse of magic?
26 Sri Sattanak or Sisattanak is a former name of what Asian capital?
27 The flower of the evergreen tree the Bauhinia blakeana is a unique endemic flower that is special of which place's ecosystem and which can be seen on its flag on a red background?
28 Also called the plane crystallographic group, what term describes the mathematical concept to classify repetitive designs on two-dimensional surfaces, based on symmetries in the pattern? Study of such patterns reveal that exactly 17 different types can occur.
29 Established in 1952, what integrated media, sports and entertainment company was previously known as Titan Sports, Inc. before two subsequent name changes?
30 Running approxiametly 120 miles from London Fields park to its eponymous location on the Suffolk coast, what kind of race is the annual Dunwich Dynamo?
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