E: 02/09 WEEKLY Win bottles of Jura whisky

reniannen

Jura Pub Quiz

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Every week one person will win a bottle of Jura for correctly answering the question of the week. At the end of 12 months, the Diurach with the most correct answers will win a special bottle of Jura 1974 (worth about £500). If more than one person has the highest number of correct answers they will hold a draw.

Each weekly question runs from Monday to Sunday midnight

Good luck

Gilla_2

Saved to weeklies.

:j

time4t

week 2 question:
The first official distillery on Jura was built in 1810 but how far back can the first illicit whisky distilling be traced?
1502
1402
1302

I have a quick google but cannot find a difinitive answer - can anyone help?

zoold

time4t wrote: »

week 2 question:
The first official distillery on Jura was built in 1810 but how far back can the first illicit whisky distilling be traced?
1502
1402
1302

I have a quick google but cannot find a difinitive answer - can anyone help?

1502 from here: http://crearweddings.co.uk/things-to-do/whisky.html

zoold

QUESTION - WEEK 3



According to a gravestone in one of Jura’s two cemeteries, the oldest known Diurach (a resident of Jura) was said to have survived how many Christmases?

• 105
• 155
• 180

EDIT: the answer is 180 from here

http://www.mearnscraft.co.uk/jura.htm

http://www.theislandsbooktrust.com/events/martinmartin.asp

reniannen

Week 4: 27th September - 1st October 2010

Q: There is a species of stag with swept back antler formation that is unique to Jura and neighbouring islands. What is it called?
A: Cromie (source)

reniannen

Week 5: 4th October - 10th October 2010

Q: Every year a cull of between 900-1000 deer is taken from the existing deer population on Jura, producing approximately how much venison from the island?
A: ???

I can't find it stated anywhere. I tried calculating it by taking the weight of deer on Jura from here then taking the dressed weight from here then this site says to half it to get the amount of venison, then finally multiplying it by 1000 - that gets me to 39 tonnes at the lower end of the estimate or 52 tonnes using the average which inclines me towards 45 tonnes. But I'd only use this if I find nothing else!

One-Eye

Week 5 - THIS REPORT from 2004-2005 (look at bottom of p23/top of p24) gives a cull of stags giving £20,800 of venison @ £1/kg and hinds giving £8,300 of venison @ £0.45/kg. I make this 39.2 tonnes. The cull is stated as 815. Using the 815 figure and if the cull is now 900-1000 then scaling up the 39.2t gives 43-48 tonnes.

I'm going for 45 tonnes.

ClosingTime

I guess it depends on the % of male to Female deer taken? Looking at 2 diff estates only , both of them take a rough ratio of 2 hinds to every 1 stag for culling. so if we say 1000 deer (ease of maths :P )are culled,then 333 stags,664 hinds.


The average weight from the page linked would be 20st for stags and 9stone for hinds?

So: 333 x 20st (stags) + (664x 9st hinds) = 6660st+ 5976st= 12,636st? in total

Ive searched and found ranges of meat to live weight varying on the skill and method of the butchering process

If we assume that a skilled manual or very efficent mechanical process is employed,then I think the most consistent % is about 45 to 40% venison weight of original deer weight.!?


So 45% of 12,636st = erm... 5,686.2 st

Not sure what that is in kg or tonnes







Is there Deer in the Derby Peak District ?:D:p





Edit: about 36.1 Tonns ,

reniannen

:rotfl: The things you learn on this forum, this morning Robert Pattinson and Kirsten Stewart are 89% compatible, this afternoon a trip round Derbyshire, this evening, deer butchery.

Thanks for your help, useful to know we're all coming out low so 45 tonnes is looking good

ClosingTime

:j45 it is then ,lol