Christmas Quiz Results

General Knowledge

1. What is the Japanese art of kintsugi? Repairing broken things with gold.
2. Scott McTominay got the 2000th and Cristiano Ronaldo got the 1000th. Who got the first? Mark Hughes.
3. What are corvids? A species of bird which includes crows, rooks etc
4. Before decimal currency, how many half crowns were there in a pound? 8
5. Where would you find a speleologist practising their passion? Undergrouind in caves
6. What is the address of the White House? 1600 Pennsylvania Ave
7. In movement of the hand what is the opposite of supination? Pronation.
8. During the Covid 19 pandemic much was made of the government taking advice from SAGE. For what do the letters SAGE stand? Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies
9. What did Ray Tomlinson send to himself in 1971? The first email
10. Grape, Peaches, Keys and Lace can all be preceded by what word to make the name of a band? Black
11. What number connects David Beckham’s time at Real Madrid with the valley of the shadow of death? 23 (his shirt number and teh psalm that mentions it)
12. In the song Fairytale of New York, what song were the NYPD choir singing? Galway Bay
13. What would it mean to describe twins as dizygotic? Not identical
14. Which stately home is the family seat of the Duke of Devonshire? Clue. It’s not in Devon. Chatsworth
15. What traditional occupation is suggested by the common names of the three small bones in the human ear? Blacksmith - anvil, hammer and stirrup
16. What are the three ingredients of the Canadian dish poutine? French fries, gravy and cheese curds
17. Who was the last person to stand on the Moon? Eugene Cernan
18. By what name are Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons better known? The Chemical Brothers
19. There are three native British conifers. The Scots pine and the yew are two. What is the third? Juniper
20. In 1972 Ralph Baer produced the Magnavox Odyssey. It was the world’s first what? Computer game platform or home video console

Famous Gabriels (Gabby, Gabriele, Gabrielle, Gabriella)
Band comprising Jacob Lusk, Ryan Hope and Ari Balouzian (Gabriels)
Founder of Genesis and Womad (Peter Gabriel)
Actor in The Usual Suspects (Gabriel Byrne)
Footballer for Arsenal and Brazil (Gabriel Jesus)
Author of Love in the time of Cholera (Gabriel Garcia Márquez)
French musician known for his Requiem (Gabriel Fauré)
Former Italian F1 driver who debuted in 1987 (Gabriele Tarquini)
Female sports presenter née Yorath (Gabby Logan)
French fashion designer and business woman 1883-1971 (Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel)
A Marvel Comics villain better known as Vulcan (Gabriel Summers)

Famous Marys
TV chef and former Bake-off judge (Mary Berry)
Northern Irish 1972 Olympic pentathlete (Mary Peters)
Founder of the Christian Science movement (Mary Baker Eddy)
Fictional nanny played by Julie Andrews(Mary Poppins)
Nursery rhyme heroine; strange garden (Mary, Mary quite contrary)
American actor played Laura Petrie in the Dick van Dyke show (Mary Tyler Moore)
Inherited the throne of Scotland in 1542 aged 6 days (Mary I, Queen of Scots)
American rapper, singer, songwriter and actor often called the ‘Queen of R and B soul’ (Mary J Blige)
Creator of Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
American Motown singer famous for ‘My Guy’ (Mary Wells)


Last 10 Years
1. 2014 Where were the Commonwealth Games held? Glasgow.

2. 2015 Everyone loves a royal birth. Who arrived on May 2nd? Princess Charlotte

3. 2016 What was the name of the 25th and final album by David Bowie, released just a few days before his death? Blackstar

4. 2017 A snap General Election was held. In which month? June

5. 2018 The Fat Duck and The Waterside Inn are the only two three star Michelin restaurants outside London. They are both in the same large village. Where are they? Bray

6. 2019 The pandemic known as Covid 19 is said to have started in a food market in which Chinese city? Wuhan

7. 2020 The idea of ‘eat out to help out’ was the brainchild of Rishi Sunak. What office did he hold at the time? Chancellor of the Exchequer

8. 2021 Prince Philip died this year. How old was he? 99

9. 2022 The Football World Cup was held this year, but what months was it held in? November and December

10. 2023 How did Old Testament judge Samson’s birthplace link to contemporary matters? (Gath, which is now Gaza)


Words of the Weak

1. Sukebind
a) A spoof foliage invented by Stella Gibbons in Cold Comfort Farm

2. Slattern

c) A dirty, untidy woman

3. Serac
a) A block or column of glacial ice

4. Salopettes
b) High-waisted and waterproof trousers

5. Scry
a) Foretell the future using a crystal ball, reflective object or surface

6. Shebeen
b) Unlicensed Irish bar

7. Spelunking
a) Caving as a hobby

8. Shamisen
c) A lute-like instrument with three strings

9. Solastalgia
a) Emotional stress caused by environmental change

10. Stridulation
b) The act of producing sound by rubbing together certain body parts