'The MSE Christmas pub quiz 2012' blog discussion

Former_MSE_Helen

This is the discussion to link on the back of Martin's blog. Please read the blog first, as this discussion follows it.

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JimmyTheWig

My rather poor attempt...


1.4 What is Bombay duck?
I thought this was rude!

1.6 What is a googolplex?
10 to the power of a googol, i.e. a 1 followed by a googol zeros, i.e. 10^10^100.

1.9 What is the Dewey Decimal system?
Base 12.

1.10 What is the Aldwych Group? – Clue, it relates to universities.
Is it the Red Brick universities?

3.1 Lime Street
Station in Liverpool.

3.3 The Bullring
Shopping centre in Birmingham.

4.2 What are the Chiltern Hundreds?
One of the two places where an MP is sent if they want to resign.

4.4 Who has sold more records – Led Zeppelin or the Rolling Stones?
Led Zeppelin.

4.6 What was New York City originally called?
New Amsterdam. [Why they changed it, I can't say. People just liked it better that way.]

4.7 The speed of a computer mouse is measured in which unit?
Is it "pica", or something?

4.8 In 2010, which institution topped Forbes’ list of billionaire universities?
LSE?

4.10 What colour is Mr Spock’s blood? (Plus a bonus point for the colour of Dr Spock’s blood).
Blue (Red)

Nile

Round 4: General knowledge

1. What’s happens at 9.53pm every night in London, every day of the year?

Answer: The Ceremony of the Keys - the Tower of London is locked up each night.


I've seen it. "Whose keys? The Queen's keys":cool: Did you know that it's completely free?:cool:


Here are the details if you'd like to be there:

http://www.hrp.org.uk/TowerOfLondon/WhatsOn/theceremonyofthekeys

thebigbosh

Hmmm.... I think the wording of question 4.9 is wrong. The Beach Boys were once called Carl and the Passions, but the original name of the Beach Boys was the Pendletones if I'm not mistaken

Eco_Miser

1. What is a lagoon?
The sea inside a coral reef round an atoll.
2. What is a dreidel?
A sort of spinning top marked with Hebrew letters, played with at Hannukah. (I'm not Jewish, so if I've got that wrong, I apologise.)
3. What is Roe versus Wade?
An important court case.
4. What is Bombay duck?
Dried fish.
5. What is transubstantiation?
The doctrine that the wine and wafer turn into Christ's actual blood and flesh during mass. (I'm not Christian either)
6. What is a googolplex? – Exact answer please.
10^10^100
7. What is the Knesset?
Israeli Parliament
8. What is Medina?
Holy city in Arabia, or place on the Isle of Wight.
9. What is the Dewey Decimal system?
Classification system for books .
10. What is the Aldwych Group? – Clue, it relates to universities.
The ex-polytechnics
Round 2: The Olympics

10. London 2012 was which number Olympiad? Name the official number.
XXX
Round 3: Places
1. Lime Street
Street and Rail Station in Liverpool
2. Ringway
Airport in Manchester
3. The Bullring
Shopping Centre in Birmingham.
4. Mumbles Mile
5. Little Venice
Area of London with canals
6. Giant’s Causeway
Volcanic formation (hexagonal columns) in Northern Ireland.
7. Steel Rigg
8. Electric Brae
A road with an optical illusion that reverses uphill and downhill, in Galloway, Scotland
9. The Needles
Rock formation off the Isle of Wight.
10. The Shambles
Former butcher's quarter in York. Also an indoor market (formerly a meat market) in Stockton-on-Tees. Probably in a lot of other places too.
Round 4: General knowledge
1. What’s happens at 9.53pm every night in London, every day of the year?
Ceremony of The Keys, Tower of London.
2. What are the Chiltern Hundreds?
Former political subdivision, stewardship of which is an office of profit under the Crown, which disqualifies the holder from being an MP. Used to resign from Parliament.

3. What is a sinecure?
A paid post with no duties.
4. Who has sold more records – Led Zeppelin or the Rolling Stones?
Rolling Stones
5. Which country is known as the "Sugar Bowl of the world"?
Jamaica
6. What was New York City originally called?
Nieuw Amsterdam. The name was changed when the British took it off the Dutch.
7. The speed of a computer mouse is measured in which unit?
mickeys
8. In 2010, which institution topped Forbes’ list of billionaire universities?
Harvard
9. Which group were originally called Carl and the Passions?
10. What colour is Mr Spock’s blood? (Plus a bonus point for the colour of Dr Spock’s blood).
Blue (bonus: red)