Christmas Quiz 2013 Answers

 1

Who once said of Wales, The land of my fathers, My fathers can have it?

A Prince Charles

B Dylan Thomas

C Catherine Zeta Jones

 2

What was introduced in 1617 to curb the rude behaviour of Londons carters and draymen?

A Large sticks were dispensed to all shopkeepers

B A one-way street was introduced

C Swear boxes were erected every 200 yards

 3

What band recorded the 90s classic single Common People?

A Blur

B Pulp

C Manics

 4

Who in the Bible was turned into a pillar of salt?

A King Herod

B Lots wife

C The people of Sodom

 5

Nintendo is a Japanese word. What does it mean?

A Leave luck to heaven

B Fun television game

C Too much excitement

 6

Who was the historical figure Salazar?

A A Muslim leader against the Crusaders

B A Portuguese right-wing dictator

C A powerful Arab court conjuror and sorcerer  

7

When was Monopoly invented?

A 1936

B 1926

C 1946

8

How many times has someone called James been King of Scots?

A Two

B Seven

C Nineteen

9

Which book does the Cheshire Cat appear in?

A Wind in The Willows

B Alices Adventures in Wonderland

C The Water Babies

10

How many players take the field in a baseball team?

A Seven

B Nine

C Twelve

11

Along with Wat Tyler and John Ball who was the main leader of the 1381 Peasants Revolt?

A Jack Straw

B John Prescott

C Robin Cook

12

Which Scot invented television?

A Alexander Graham Bell

B Andrew Carnegie

C John Logie Baird

13

Where were the ancient Greek gods believed to live?

A Mount Olympus

B The Parthenon

C Delphi

14

Which part of the body does the disease scrofula, or the kings evil, affect?

A Lymph glands

B Nervous system

C Genitals

15

In Ireland what is the Gaeltacht?

A The Gaelic Football League

B A movement promoting the use of Gaelic

C The Gaelic speaking parts of Ireland

16

What colour is the gemstone lapis lazuli?

A Blue

B White

C Silver

17

Which line on the London Underground map is represented in red?

A District

B Central

C Circle

18

Where does the tomato plant originally come from?

A China

B India

C South America  

19

In the 1980s Eddie The Eagle Edwards became a household name in which sport?

A Bungee Jumping

B Ski Jumping

C High Jumping  

20

What do Fanny Hill, The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Mein Kampf have in common?

A Their authors were ruined after sex scandals

B They were written in prison

C Their authors were left handed

21

Caracas is the capital city of which country?

A Peru

B Venezuela

C Chile

22

How was bubonic plague transmitted?

A By rat bites

B By rat fleas

C By rat faeces  

23

In the traditional childrens rhyme, with what was Cock Robin killed?

A A bow & arrow

B A snare

C A stone

24

1^st January was adopted as New Years Day in 1752. What date was it until then?

A 25^th March

B 1^st November

C 25^th December  

25

In Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol how many ghosts and spirits visit Scrooge?

A Four

B Three

C One

26

Who played Schindler in Schindlers List?

A Ralph Fiennes

B Liam Neeson

C Ben Kingsley

27

Aardvark is an Afrikaans word. What does it mean?

A Long snout

B Earth pig

C Rooter

28

When did Saddam Hussein invade Kuwait triggering the Gulf War?

A July 1989

B August 1990

C January 1991

29

In which year did the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbour?

A 1939

B 1940

C 1941

30

Who wrote the book A Brief History Of Time?

A Stephen King

B Stephen Hawking

C Stephen Fry  

31

What instrument of modern warfare was first used at the Somme in 1916?

A Machine gun

B Tank

C Bomber plane

32

Who composed the opera Hansel und Gretel?

A Richard Wagner

B Gustav Mahler  

C Engelbert Humperdinck

33

Who wanted To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in?

A Winston Churchill  

B Clement Atlee

C Lloyd George

34

What year did conscription end in Britain?

A 1962

B 1960

C 1958

35

Who first argued that the world was not flat?

A Magellan

B Galileo

C Aristotle

36

Which town in Britain did the Romans name Aquae Sulis?

A Cheltenham

B Leamington Spa

C Bath

37

What does the name Mississippi mean?

A Big river

B Muddy river

C River of blood

38

Which English football club won the European Cup in 1984?

A Liverpool  

B Man Utd

C Aston Villa

39

Which country ruled the Ottoman Empire until the First World War?

A Hungary

B Russia

C Turkey

40

When was the American Civil War?

A 1775-1783

B 1812-1815

C 1861-1865

41

The actor Jon Voigt is the father of which Oscar winning actress?

A Angelina Jolie

B Melanie Griffith

C Jodie Foster

42

From which language does the word tattoo come?

A Hindustani

B Tahitian

C Arabic

43

In ancient Rome, what colour of robes did public servants wear?

A Blue

B Brown  

C Red

44

Which film featured the biggest number of extras ever used in one scene?

A War And Peace

B Ben Hur  

C Gandhi

45

Which one of the Three Musketeers ultimately entered the priesthood?

A Athos

B Porthos

C Aramis

46

Which country was ruled by King Zog in the 1930s?

A Albania

B Rumania

C Hungary

47

What nationality was the explorer Christopher Columbus?

A Portuguese

B Spanish

C Italian

48

Which make of bike did Marlon Brando ride in The Wild One?

A Triumph

B Vincent

C Norton

49

Which bird can fly straight up, down and backward?

A Swift

B Hummingbird

C Eagle

50

Which is the first event in the heptathlon?

A 100m hurdles

B Javelin

C 800 metres

51

Which Sioux leader defeated General Custer to win the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876?

A Sitting Bull

B Geronimo

C Crazy Horse

52

What was the artist Domenikos Theotocopoulos better and more easily known as?

A Miro

B El Greco

C Titian

53

Edinburghs mainline railway station is named after a novel by which Scottish writer?

A Robert Louis Stevenson

B Walter Scott

C Irvine Welsh

54

How many legs does a crab have?

A Ten

B Eight

C Six

55

Which of these is not a ballet by Tchaikovsky?

A The Nutcracker

B Giselle

C Swan Lake

56

When was the postcode first introduced in Britain?

A 1940

B 1959

C 1968

57

Which artist is considered to be the father of Abstract painting?

A Miro

B Pollock  

C Malevich

58

Which colour of light is shown on the starboard side of a boat or plane?

A Red

B Green  

C White

59

Who burned Joan of Arc at the stake?

A The French

B The English  

C The Catholic Church

60

Which modern day country did the Romans call Lusitania?

A Germany   

B Spain  

C Portugal

61

In the Harry Potter books, what is the name of the wizarding pub in London?

A The Pickled Slug

B The Leaky Cauldron  

C The Warlocks Rest

62

In which year did Amelia Erhardt become the first woman to fly the Atlantic single-handed?

A 1930

B 1931

C 1932

63

Im scared to close my eyes. Im scared to open them. Which film is this quote from?

A The Blair Witch Project

B Scream

C Nightmare on Elm Street

64

In which sport are the Corbillon Cup and the Swaythling Cup played for?

A Badminton

B Lacrosse

C Table Tennis

65

What is the capital of Canada?

A Quebec

B Ottawa

C Toronto

66

What does a fletcher make?

A Arrows

B Barrels

C Thatched roofs

67

Which Scottish football side has the nickname The Bhoys?

A Celtic

B Hearts

C Stranraer

68

Which one of the following sayings about the Royal Navy is attributed to Winston Churchill?

A Its only achievements are our British freedoms

B Its only certainties were scurvy and an early death

C Its only traditions are rum, sodomy and the lash

69

Which city was previously known as Constantinople and Byzantium?

A Baghdad

B Istanbul

C Cairo

70

If you saw an arabesque demonstrated, what would you expect to see?

A A checkmate manouevre in chess

B A dressage display in a show ring

C A ballet movement

71

Which medical condition reputedly gave rise to the nursery rhyme, Ring-a-Roses?

A The common cold

B Bubonic plague

C Eczema

72

What is Eminems real name?

A Crispian Mills

B Slim Shady

C Marshall Mathers

73

At which racecourse is the Derby run?

A Epsom

B Cheltenham

C Derby

74

In Dads Army whose catchphrase was, Dont panic!

A Private Fraser

B Corporal Jones

C Captain Mainwaring

75

What are quasars?

A Unstable stars that will soon explode  

B Bright galaxies far away, that only look like stars

C Enormous stars with strong gravitational pulls

76

Who was the British Prime Minister t the start of the Second World War?

A Clement Atlee

B Winston Churchill

C Neville Chamberlain

77

Which are normally the three flavours in Neopolitan ice cream?

A Vanilla, raspberry and caramel  

B Mint, chocolate and vanilla

C Strawberry, vanilla and chocolate

78

Which martial art is a stylized form of fencing with bamboo staves?

A Akido

B Ninjitsu

C Kendo

79

Which tree is traditionally associated with death?

A Holly

B Yew

C Willow

80

What is the blood disorder hypotension?

A Excessive bleeding

B Low blood pressure

C High blood pressure