We Did It For Charidee
QLL's annual charity quiz night again at The Counting House and dagnabbit! Second place! Lost by one point. A single point (62-61) behind Atletico. I knew our going for "Lennox" on the last question concerning a quote from The Long Goodbye was a fatal mistake. Common sense did not prevail upon us to say that it was Philip Marlowe because knowing it was a Marlowe novel was enough. Instead, we over-complicated things. We used superior knowledge - reading the book, watching the Altman film - to shoot ourselves in the foot. The team's collective foot!!!!
And did I speak up when I thought we should put down the town that sees itself as the capital of the Five Towns/Potteries as Burslem? No chance. I shut up shop. I may have whimpered something indecipherable. I hate it when they say the right answer is the answer you've been dreading they would say. It sours my mood no end.
Several other questions did for us in the same fashion (Port of Spain's Test cricket ground is the Queen's Park Oval ... dagnabbit ... didn't take too much notice of all those hometown Brian Lara innings I've wasted many minutes watching on YouTube), however, I don't think we would have done half as well without Kathryn. Without her very useful traditional trivial know-how, we would have been floundering in the lower reaches.
Some rounds went way over my head; the questions being set by Peter Deakin of the MQL. Good (this year's modern music group member question was on the Dixie Chicks; last year's was on the Kaiser Chiefs), though I still have a particular distaste for Lake District geography, St Leger-winning horses and card games like Bezique. The old reliable quiz subjects, the same old moans from me. Though I should know by now that these questions will be asked, it doesn't make their appearance any less galling. It is perhaps a reflection on myself. When I am king ...
But though I want to be a deserving holder of a shiny shield and be photographed for newsletters, deserved congrats to Atletico and to Rising Sons who outscored us without the handicap. We are broken hearted for a reason. Victory always remains just beyond our grasps. Then again, there's always next year. Which is what I'll be saying until my dying day.
President's Cup v. London
Another draw. Another lead blown. Was it 37-37? I got 18. How we conspired to lose a four-point advantage without making any egredious errors, I will never know, or possibly want to remember.
Nothing much else to add. Nothing else to say. We are left stuck to the bottom of the table with three points. Stuck, I say. With the glue of incompetence, or as Nic said, the equivalent of "intellectual brewer's droop" (during the latter rounds).
Here is the friendly what I wrote. London won something like 46-28. Unanswered questions are marked * so.
Also thanks to Phil, who wrote a rather good Euro-style set. London handed our sorry asses back to us on that one - 71-53. We chose the wrong subjects. That's all I've got to say. Excuses, excuses, excuses: I have a list as long as my arm and just as boring.
President's Cup 4/2/2007
Round 1
1a Headquartered in Lausanne, the FiVB is the international governing body for which sport?
VOLLEYBALL
1b Later created Duchess of Munster and Kendal, Ehrengard Melusine von der Schulenburg was the mistress of which British king?
GEORGE I
2a Who was the queen consort of George I?
SOPHIA Dorothea of Celle
2b Passer domesticus is the scientific name of which common bird?
HOUSE SPARROW
3a The German Hans-Gert Pottering was recently elected the new President of which international body?*
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
3b Based in Plant City, Florida, the ISF is the international governing body for which sport?*
SOFTBALL
4a Which small passerine bird has the scientific name Fringilla coelebs?
CHAFFINCH
4b The Dutchman Jaap de Hoop Scheffer is the Secretary General of which international organisation?
NATO
Round 2
1a In his political treatise The Prince, Machiavelli explained the qualities the ideal prince should possess, modelling him after which notorious figure?
CESARE BORGIA
1b Which King of Prussia wrote the 18th century essay, Anti-Machiavel, which rebutted The Prince?
FREDERICK THE GREAT
2a Which former BDO world champion darts player is nicknamed The Count?
TED HANKEY
2b Jordan, Ray, Abbas Abad and Gisha are all districts in which Middle Eastern capital, also home to an internationa trade and convention centre called The Milad Complex?*
TEHRAN
3a What was the first musical act or artist to enter at number one with a hat-trick of consecutive releases, doing so from July 1993 to April 1994?
TAKE THAT
3b Which reigning BDO world champion darts player is nicknamed Wolfie?
MARTIN ADAMS
4a Midan, Sarouja, Imara and Salihiyye are districts in which Middle Eastern capital, also home to the shrine of Sheikh Muhi al-Din ibn Arabi?
DAMASCUS
4b Which musical act or artist have had the most entries at number one, doing so on 14 occasions from May 1999 to November 2006?
WESTLIFE
Round 3
1a In Japanese sushi, what are the wrappers known as "nori" made of?
SEAWEED
1b What word for a hobby or pastime comes from the Greek for "friend" and "exempt from charge" or "franked"?
PHILATELY
2a As given to one of the Christian Apostles, which first name is ultimately derived from the ancient Hebrew for "God is merciful"?*
JOHN
2b From the Gaelic word for any kind of assembly, what three-letter name is given to a festival of Scottish Gaelic song, arts and culture?
MOD
3a In which year was the first stamp, the Penny Black, issued?
1840
3b As given to one of the Christian Apostles, which first name is derived from the Greek for "manly" or "brave"?
ANDREW
4a Begun in 1892, the Royal National Mod was first held in which resort town in Argyll and Bute where it was also held for its 100th anniversary event in 2003?*
OBAN
4b The most valued sushi ingredient is said to be "toro". It is the fatty cut of which fish?
TUNA
Round 4
1a Written by Alan Bennett, which 1983 BBC drama was based on the true story of chance meeting of the actress Coral Browne and the spy Guy Burgess, and had Browne play herself and Alan Bates play the latter?
AN ENGLISHMAN ABROAD
1b Designed by the Hungarian mechanical engineer Gyorgy Jendrassik, the Jendrassik Cs-1 was the first example of which type of engine?*
TURBOPROP
2a Which 1938 Rodgers and Hart musical features the songs Falling in Love with Love and This Can't Be Love?*
THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE
2b Which 1940 Rodgers and Hart musical features the songs I Could Write a Book and Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered?
PAL JOEY
3a Which US state gives its name to the tick that is said to cause the acute viral infection known as or Mountain tick fever or American mountain fever?*
COLORADO
3b Featuring such adult actors as Robin Ellis and Helen Mirren playing children, which 1979 Dennis Potter television play appeared in the BBC's Play for Today series and took its name from the poem XL in AE Housman's A Shropshire Lad?
BLUE REMEMBERED HILLS
4a The Dart and RB.50 Trent were types of turboprop engines produced by which British company?
ROLLS ROYCE
4b Which lethal viral infectious disease is named after a river in the African nation-state of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, near the site of its first outbreaks?
EBOLA
Round 5
1a In a famous sporting comeback, which cricket team was bowled out for 15 and made to follow on, then went on to beat Yorkshire by 155 runs in a county championship match in June 1922?*
HAMPSHIRE
1b Eric Hill is best known for creating which animal in a series of children's books that he started in 1980?
SPOT THE DOG
2a The children's author and illustrator Eric Carle is best known for creating which eponymous creature in a 1969 book?
THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
2b Author of the revised autobiography Ma Vie Heureuse or My Happy Life, which member of Les Six composed the dance suite Saudades do Brazil, the ballet Le Boeuf sur le Toit and Scaramouche for Saxophone and Orchestra?
DARIUS MILHAUD
3a On this day in 362 (Feb 4), which Roman emperor promulgated an edict that recognizes equal rights to all the religions in the Roman Empire?*
JULIAN the Apostate
3b On this day in 211, which Roman emperor died, leaving the Roman empire in the hands of his quarrelsome sons Caracalla and Geta?
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
4a Which member of Les Six composed the hit record The Song from Moulin Rouge, as featured in the 1952 movie, and also scored Passport to Pimlico, The Lavender Hill Mob and Roman Holiday?
GEORGES AURIC
4b In a great sporting comeback, which football team were down 5-1 against Huddersfield Town with half an hour to go, having played most of the match with ten men, but won 7-6 in a Second Division match in December 1957?
CHARLTON ATHLETIC
Round 6
1a The Common or European variety of which tree has the Latin name Taxus baccata?
YEW
1b Which well-known British rock band released the ambitious two-record concept album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway in 1974?
GENESIS
2a Which world famous electronics manufacturing firm was founded in 1939 by the merging of Tanaka Engineering Works and Shibaura Engineering Works?
TOSHIBA
2b The Common variety of which tree has the Latin name Fagus sylvatica?
BEECH
3a Set during the American Civil War, which TV miniseries of the mid-1980s focussed on the life and times of the Main and Hazard families?
NORTH AND SOUTH
3b Which computer hardware company was founded as PC's Limited by the man it is now named after, when he was a student at the University of Texas in Austin in 1984?
DELL (as in Michael Dell)
4a Which well-known British band released the rock opera concept album Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) in 1969?
THE KINKS
4b Which TV mini-series from 1983 focussed primarily on the fictional sheep station of Drogheda in the Australian outback and the life and times of the Cleary family?
THE THORN BIRDS
Round 7
1a Which supermarket produces the Taste the Difference premium food range?
SAINSBURY'S
1b The Best is the name given to which supermarket's premium food brand?
MORRISON'S*
2a Nominated for a 2007 Best Picture Oscar and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jack Nicholson, which Martin Scorsese film is a remake of the Hong Kong thriller Infernal Affairs?
THE DEPARTED
2b Where are the headquarters of the Met Office, the country's national weather service?
EXETER
3a Which German doctor decided to search for a new healing technique in 1930 and created a system of "flower remedies"?
EDWARD BACH
3b Which technique, designed to help people learn to free their habitual reactions of moving by improving one's kinesthetic judgement, is named after an Australian actor?
ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE
4a Where are the headquarters of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency?
SWANSEA
4b Nominated for a 2007 Best Picture Oscar and starring Helen Mirren, which Stephen Frears film is set in 1997 at the time of Labour's return to power and Princess Diana's death?
THE QUEEN
Round 8
1a Named from the Chukchi for "island", which islands were known before 1867 as the Catherine Archipelago and comprise five groups: the Fox, Islands of Four Mountains, Andreanof, Rat and Near?
ALEUTIAN ISLANDS
1b Which rum producer was founded as a small distillery in Santiago de Cuba in Cuba in February 1862?
BACARDI
2a Which so-called "alternative royal family" was founded in 1875 by a boy named Henry Croft?*
PEARLY KINGS AND QUEENS
2b Often sung by Pearl Kings and Queens, which traditional Cockney song includes the lines: "Everything free and easy,/ Do as you darn well pleasy,/ Why don't you make your way there/ Go there, stay there"?
DOING THE LAMBETH WALK
3a Which man gives his name to a brand of bourbon whiskey that has been distilled in Clermont, Kentucky since 1795?
JIM BEAM
3b Said to derive its name from the ancient Scandinavian for "waterland", which island group includes the municipalities Geta, Lemland, Sund, Saltvik and its capital Mariehamn?*
ALAND ISLANDS
4a What is the minimum age at which you can purchase a pet?*
12
4b What is the minimum age you must be if you can join the French Foreign Legion?*
17
Spares
1 John Rees is the National Secretary and leader of which left-wing political party?
RESPECT - The Unity Coalition
2 Which infectious disease is named from a Spanish attempt at a Swahili phrase meaning "cramp-like seizure caused by an evil spirit"?
DENGUE FEVER
3 Which variety of willow has the scientific name Salix discolor?
PUSSY WILLOW
4 Who presents the new BBC2 quiz show Perfect Strangers?
ADRIAN CHILES
5 Which international rugby teams compete for the Garibaldi trophy?
ITALY and FRANCE
And did I speak up when I thought we should put down the town that sees itself as the capital of the Five Towns/Potteries as Burslem? No chance. I shut up shop. I may have whimpered something indecipherable. I hate it when they say the right answer is the answer you've been dreading they would say. It sours my mood no end.
Several other questions did for us in the same fashion (Port of Spain's Test cricket ground is the Queen's Park Oval ... dagnabbit ... didn't take too much notice of all those hometown Brian Lara innings I've wasted many minutes watching on YouTube), however, I don't think we would have done half as well without Kathryn. Without her very useful traditional trivial know-how, we would have been floundering in the lower reaches.
Some rounds went way over my head; the questions being set by Peter Deakin of the MQL. Good (this year's modern music group member question was on the Dixie Chicks; last year's was on the Kaiser Chiefs), though I still have a particular distaste for Lake District geography, St Leger-winning horses and card games like Bezique. The old reliable quiz subjects, the same old moans from me. Though I should know by now that these questions will be asked, it doesn't make their appearance any less galling. It is perhaps a reflection on myself. When I am king ...
But though I want to be a deserving holder of a shiny shield and be photographed for newsletters, deserved congrats to Atletico and to Rising Sons who outscored us without the handicap. We are broken hearted for a reason. Victory always remains just beyond our grasps. Then again, there's always next year. Which is what I'll be saying until my dying day.
President's Cup v. London
Another draw. Another lead blown. Was it 37-37? I got 18. How we conspired to lose a four-point advantage without making any egredious errors, I will never know, or possibly want to remember.
Nothing much else to add. Nothing else to say. We are left stuck to the bottom of the table with three points. Stuck, I say. With the glue of incompetence, or as Nic said, the equivalent of "intellectual brewer's droop" (during the latter rounds).
Here is the friendly what I wrote. London won something like 46-28. Unanswered questions are marked * so.
Also thanks to Phil, who wrote a rather good Euro-style set. London handed our sorry asses back to us on that one - 71-53. We chose the wrong subjects. That's all I've got to say. Excuses, excuses, excuses: I have a list as long as my arm and just as boring.
President's Cup 4/2/2007
Round 1
1a Headquartered in Lausanne, the FiVB is the international governing body for which sport?
VOLLEYBALL
1b Later created Duchess of Munster and Kendal, Ehrengard Melusine von der Schulenburg was the mistress of which British king?
GEORGE I
2a Who was the queen consort of George I?
SOPHIA Dorothea of Celle
2b Passer domesticus is the scientific name of which common bird?
HOUSE SPARROW
3a The German Hans-Gert Pottering was recently elected the new President of which international body?*
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
3b Based in Plant City, Florida, the ISF is the international governing body for which sport?*
SOFTBALL
4a Which small passerine bird has the scientific name Fringilla coelebs?
CHAFFINCH
4b The Dutchman Jaap de Hoop Scheffer is the Secretary General of which international organisation?
NATO
Round 2
1a In his political treatise The Prince, Machiavelli explained the qualities the ideal prince should possess, modelling him after which notorious figure?
CESARE BORGIA
1b Which King of Prussia wrote the 18th century essay, Anti-Machiavel, which rebutted The Prince?
FREDERICK THE GREAT
2a Which former BDO world champion darts player is nicknamed The Count?
TED HANKEY
2b Jordan, Ray, Abbas Abad and Gisha are all districts in which Middle Eastern capital, also home to an internationa trade and convention centre called The Milad Complex?*
TEHRAN
3a What was the first musical act or artist to enter at number one with a hat-trick of consecutive releases, doing so from July 1993 to April 1994?
TAKE THAT
3b Which reigning BDO world champion darts player is nicknamed Wolfie?
MARTIN ADAMS
4a Midan, Sarouja, Imara and Salihiyye are districts in which Middle Eastern capital, also home to the shrine of Sheikh Muhi al-Din ibn Arabi?
DAMASCUS
4b Which musical act or artist have had the most entries at number one, doing so on 14 occasions from May 1999 to November 2006?
WESTLIFE
Round 3
1a In Japanese sushi, what are the wrappers known as "nori" made of?
SEAWEED
1b What word for a hobby or pastime comes from the Greek for "friend" and "exempt from charge" or "franked"?
PHILATELY
2a As given to one of the Christian Apostles, which first name is ultimately derived from the ancient Hebrew for "God is merciful"?*
JOHN
2b From the Gaelic word for any kind of assembly, what three-letter name is given to a festival of Scottish Gaelic song, arts and culture?
MOD
3a In which year was the first stamp, the Penny Black, issued?
1840
3b As given to one of the Christian Apostles, which first name is derived from the Greek for "manly" or "brave"?
ANDREW
4a Begun in 1892, the Royal National Mod was first held in which resort town in Argyll and Bute where it was also held for its 100th anniversary event in 2003?*
OBAN
4b The most valued sushi ingredient is said to be "toro". It is the fatty cut of which fish?
TUNA
Round 4
1a Written by Alan Bennett, which 1983 BBC drama was based on the true story of chance meeting of the actress Coral Browne and the spy Guy Burgess, and had Browne play herself and Alan Bates play the latter?
AN ENGLISHMAN ABROAD
1b Designed by the Hungarian mechanical engineer Gyorgy Jendrassik, the Jendrassik Cs-1 was the first example of which type of engine?*
TURBOPROP
2a Which 1938 Rodgers and Hart musical features the songs Falling in Love with Love and This Can't Be Love?*
THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE
2b Which 1940 Rodgers and Hart musical features the songs I Could Write a Book and Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered?
PAL JOEY
3a Which US state gives its name to the tick that is said to cause the acute viral infection known as or Mountain tick fever or American mountain fever?*
COLORADO
3b Featuring such adult actors as Robin Ellis and Helen Mirren playing children, which 1979 Dennis Potter television play appeared in the BBC's Play for Today series and took its name from the poem XL in AE Housman's A Shropshire Lad?
BLUE REMEMBERED HILLS
4a The Dart and RB.50 Trent were types of turboprop engines produced by which British company?
ROLLS ROYCE
4b Which lethal viral infectious disease is named after a river in the African nation-state of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, near the site of its first outbreaks?
EBOLA
Round 5
1a In a famous sporting comeback, which cricket team was bowled out for 15 and made to follow on, then went on to beat Yorkshire by 155 runs in a county championship match in June 1922?*
HAMPSHIRE
1b Eric Hill is best known for creating which animal in a series of children's books that he started in 1980?
SPOT THE DOG
2a The children's author and illustrator Eric Carle is best known for creating which eponymous creature in a 1969 book?
THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
2b Author of the revised autobiography Ma Vie Heureuse or My Happy Life, which member of Les Six composed the dance suite Saudades do Brazil, the ballet Le Boeuf sur le Toit and Scaramouche for Saxophone and Orchestra?
DARIUS MILHAUD
3a On this day in 362 (Feb 4), which Roman emperor promulgated an edict that recognizes equal rights to all the religions in the Roman Empire?*
JULIAN the Apostate
3b On this day in 211, which Roman emperor died, leaving the Roman empire in the hands of his quarrelsome sons Caracalla and Geta?
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
4a Which member of Les Six composed the hit record The Song from Moulin Rouge, as featured in the 1952 movie, and also scored Passport to Pimlico, The Lavender Hill Mob and Roman Holiday?
GEORGES AURIC
4b In a great sporting comeback, which football team were down 5-1 against Huddersfield Town with half an hour to go, having played most of the match with ten men, but won 7-6 in a Second Division match in December 1957?
CHARLTON ATHLETIC
Round 6
1a The Common or European variety of which tree has the Latin name Taxus baccata?
YEW
1b Which well-known British rock band released the ambitious two-record concept album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway in 1974?
GENESIS
2a Which world famous electronics manufacturing firm was founded in 1939 by the merging of Tanaka Engineering Works and Shibaura Engineering Works?
TOSHIBA
2b The Common variety of which tree has the Latin name Fagus sylvatica?
BEECH
3a Set during the American Civil War, which TV miniseries of the mid-1980s focussed on the life and times of the Main and Hazard families?
NORTH AND SOUTH
3b Which computer hardware company was founded as PC's Limited by the man it is now named after, when he was a student at the University of Texas in Austin in 1984?
DELL (as in Michael Dell)
4a Which well-known British band released the rock opera concept album Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) in 1969?
THE KINKS
4b Which TV mini-series from 1983 focussed primarily on the fictional sheep station of Drogheda in the Australian outback and the life and times of the Cleary family?
THE THORN BIRDS
Round 7
1a Which supermarket produces the Taste the Difference premium food range?
SAINSBURY'S
1b The Best is the name given to which supermarket's premium food brand?
MORRISON'S*
2a Nominated for a 2007 Best Picture Oscar and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jack Nicholson, which Martin Scorsese film is a remake of the Hong Kong thriller Infernal Affairs?
THE DEPARTED
2b Where are the headquarters of the Met Office, the country's national weather service?
EXETER
3a Which German doctor decided to search for a new healing technique in 1930 and created a system of "flower remedies"?
EDWARD BACH
3b Which technique, designed to help people learn to free their habitual reactions of moving by improving one's kinesthetic judgement, is named after an Australian actor?
ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE
4a Where are the headquarters of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency?
SWANSEA
4b Nominated for a 2007 Best Picture Oscar and starring Helen Mirren, which Stephen Frears film is set in 1997 at the time of Labour's return to power and Princess Diana's death?
THE QUEEN
Round 8
1a Named from the Chukchi for "island", which islands were known before 1867 as the Catherine Archipelago and comprise five groups: the Fox, Islands of Four Mountains, Andreanof, Rat and Near?
ALEUTIAN ISLANDS
1b Which rum producer was founded as a small distillery in Santiago de Cuba in Cuba in February 1862?
BACARDI
2a Which so-called "alternative royal family" was founded in 1875 by a boy named Henry Croft?*
PEARLY KINGS AND QUEENS
2b Often sung by Pearl Kings and Queens, which traditional Cockney song includes the lines: "Everything free and easy,/ Do as you darn well pleasy,/ Why don't you make your way there/ Go there, stay there"?
DOING THE LAMBETH WALK
3a Which man gives his name to a brand of bourbon whiskey that has been distilled in Clermont, Kentucky since 1795?
JIM BEAM
3b Said to derive its name from the ancient Scandinavian for "waterland", which island group includes the municipalities Geta, Lemland, Sund, Saltvik and its capital Mariehamn?*
ALAND ISLANDS
4a What is the minimum age at which you can purchase a pet?*
12
4b What is the minimum age you must be if you can join the French Foreign Legion?*
17
Spares
1 John Rees is the National Secretary and leader of which left-wing political party?
RESPECT - The Unity Coalition
2 Which infectious disease is named from a Spanish attempt at a Swahili phrase meaning "cramp-like seizure caused by an evil spirit"?
DENGUE FEVER
3 Which variety of willow has the scientific name Salix discolor?
PUSSY WILLOW
4 Who presents the new BBC2 quiz show Perfect Strangers?
ADRIAN CHILES
5 Which international rugby teams compete for the Garibaldi trophy?
ITALY and FRANCE
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