1983 Christmas Quiz
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1983 "Questioning is not a mode of conversation among gentlemen."(Dr. Johnson)
1 Where in England would you find 1. the Pantiles? 2. the Land of Green Ginger? 3. the Saffrons? 4. the Hawthorns? 5. the High? 6. the Backs? 7. the Lanes? 8. the Cobb? 9. the Maltings? 10. the Rows? 2 What totality 1. is swinish? 2. tolerates unevenness of texture? 3. defined the Holy Land? 4. terminates classically? 5. eases metropolitan excursions? 6. is found in an armoury? 7. evokes Old Blue Eyes? 8. is piscine gullibility? 9. endures despite variations in density? 10. was the ultimate question, requiring Deep Thought? 3 How are they better known? 1. Samuel Langhorne Clemens? 2. Edson Arantes Do Nascimento? 3. William Henry Pratt? 4. Rev C Lutwidge Dodgson? 5. Joseph Vissarionovich Djugashvili? 6. Reginald Dwight? 7. Domenikos Theotokopoulos? 8. Eric Blair? 9. Emily Charlotte Le Breton? 10. Maurice Micklewhite? 4 MCP's Corner 1. Winged? 2. Extensive? 3. Down? 4. Arabic daughter? 5. Toasted cake? 6. Aptitude? 7. Young bird? 8. Toy model? 9. Lateral part? 10. Titled? 5 Who or what 1. expesses incredulity? 2. had no heart? 3. reported after the riots? 4. is a sinister bosey? 5. is linked episcopally with Sodor? 6. may be made much of, "if caught young"? 7. was later shown to be a forgery? 8. is believed to protect its wearer? 9. is a box with a cushioned top? 10. followed Balaclava? 6 What sport do you associate with 1. Stade Des Colombes? 2. Cowdray Park? 3. Sabina Park? 4. Lindrick? 5. Shea Stadium? 6. Santa Pod? 7. Tinsley Green? 8. Abbey Road? 9. Shelsey Walsh? 10. Cradley Heath? 7 What is or was 1. artistically dotty? 2. classical self-absorption? 3. claimed to train the memory? 4. "the Lord is a shoving leopard"? 5. a newly-coined word? 6. partiality to relatives? 7. based on "Institutio Religionae Christianae"? 8. doctrinal secession? 9. "largely saying "Lord Jones died" to people who never knew (he) lived"? 10. oppressive to tenants? 8 Where? 1. "A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma"? 2. "Very flat"? 3. "A rose red city"? 4. "City with her dreaming spires"? 5. "An isle of joy"? 6. "A nation of shopkeepers"? 7. "Great God, this is an awful place"? 8. "It isn't fit for humans now"? 9. "....it was closed"? 10. "Very nice sort of place... for people that like that sort of place"?
