1999 Christmas Quiz

Everything about the 1999 quiz - except the answers!

Contents

• Help - Help information on Christmas Quiz
• Rules - Rules of Christmas Quiz
• Tie-break - Rules in the event of a tie
• Section 1 - Expose
• Section 2 - Where, in the garden of England
• Section 3 - Draw ...
• Section 4 - Uncover
• Section 5 - Link
• Section 6 - Catch
• Section 7 - Unite
• Section 8 - Special?
• Section 9 - Identify
• Section 10 - In 1999

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Help

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                 *       General chat about the Quiz        *
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   The format of this quiz is based on that of the King Wiliam Quiz
 which is published annually around Christmas time in the Guardian.
   (There may be fewer spelling mistakes in this poor relative).


   Each of the sections has a strong linking theme which may be either
 in the subject matter of the section or the text of the answers.


   The intention is that while the wording of many of the questions is
 framed to puzzle, the answers themselves are not wildly obscure.


    It is envisaged that answering all questions correctly would be a
 considerable achievement (In 1998, with  80 questions and 2 points a
 correct answer, the three top marks were 151,143 and 141. In 1997,
 the top marks were 156,149 and 137 out of 180) .


                           Enjoy Yourselves
                             Brian Jordan

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Rules

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                    *     Rules for Christmas Quiz      *
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  1. Answers to Brian Jordan by end-of-work FRIDAY Jan 7th in a sealed
     envelope (would you trust in-house security?)
  2. Entries may be individual or (small) team efforts
  3. The prize for the most correct answers is of an alcoholic nature
     to be awarded early in the New Year, when answers and commentary
     will be published .
  4. See separate selection item for tie-break rules.
  5. The decision of the quiz-master, however biased, bigoted or
     (conceivably) wrong, is absolutely final
  6. Hard copy of the Quiz may be obtained from Brian Jordan

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Tie break

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                 *     Tie Break rules to be used in the    *
                 *     event of two entries with the        *
                 *     same number of correct answers       *
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   * In the expectation of the Millennium Dome being converted to The
     National Sports Museum, you are invited to suggest exhibits :

        e.g. Geoff Boycott's jockstrap
             Fatima Whitbread's jockstrap
             David Beckham's handbag

   * The offering(s) will be used as a tie-breaker if necessary, and
     the most entertaining published along with the answers and results
     in the New Year.

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Section 1 - Expose

 
  1  a player in a 'most lamentable comedy'.
  2  England's longest-serving manager.
  3  what the printer's devil had, according to Dr. Johnson.
  4  a screen debutant alongside Ben Johnson.
  5  the nadir.
  6  the hit of "George White's Scandals" in 1926.
  7  the World Health Organization's home.
  8  the promoter of the Victory Bond Club.
  9  the fairies' whereabouts.
 10  chez Dobereiner.

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Section 2 - Where, in the garden of England

 
  1  was the Sandwalk conducive to thought?
  2  did Vita and Harold bed out?
  3  is locomotion at third scale?
  4  is the duckpond a listed building?
  5  is a theatrical Dame commemorated?
  6  does an intrusive lime tree need a special rule?
  7  can you see the Time Machine and its creator?
  8  does the Italian Garden stage summer plays?
  9  has seen more than three centuries of pastoral brewing?
 10  is Powhatan's daughter buried?

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Section 3 - Draw ...

         (Set by Hugh Sweeney and Brian Mulvaney)

  1  Bela Lugosi and Mission: Impossible.
  2  "I have the body of but a weak and feeble woman..." Where?
  3  Empire, re-opened on 9th December 1986.
  4  Mother of good fortune.
  5  Once walled German city.
  6  Patron saint of French gardeners.
  7  Cross-eyed lion.
  8  Ripper district.
  9  Pettish
 10  Son of Apollo and Clymene.

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Section 4 - Uncover

  1  Edmund's successor.
  2  Humpty Dumpty's cravat.
  3  Doolittle's class.
  4  Mr. Woodhouse's soft-boiled egg.
  5  Shelley's avian strains.
  6  Brutus' coup de grace.
  7  Debbie Reynolds' survivor.
  8  Brooke's hedgerow adornment.
  9  Wilde's huntsman.
 10  Kipling's sixty seconds.

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Section 5 - Link

  1  Anderson ; Monte Cristo ; Bell
  2  B B King ; Mrs. Ricardo ; Little Richard
  3  Barlow ; Littlewood ; Shakespeare
  4  Toad Lane ; Sally ; political heavyweight
  5  Billy the Kid ; artistic Paris ; bubble and squeak
  6  Newcastle ; Rossini ; five for silver
  7  311, Old Trafford ; Mont Ventoux ; 11,236 yards
  8  Macabre tales ; Nigella ; computing pioneer
  9  the woman for Holmes ; harmonica ; inferiority complex
 10  Puffinus puffinus ; T E Brown ; rumpy

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Section 6 - Catch

Section 6  - Catch
  1  a 1984 Academy Award winner.
  2  an operatic hero.
  3  a master lutenist.
  4  a convicted insurance fraudster.
  5  a surgeon/explorer.
  6  the survivor from six.
  7  an electromagnetics pioneer.
  8  a former Scottish captain.
  9  a junior bank clerk at Walmington-on-Sea.
 10  a surrealist photographer.

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Section 7 - Unite

  1  Jacobean dramatist and Western film-maker.
  2  American abolitionist and royal retainer.
  3  Irish novelist and front-row forward.
  4  band leader and Prime Minister.
  5  deadpan film artist and laconic screen icon.
  6  reclusive pop star and beer columnist.
  7  Country and Western singer and trade unionist.
  8  Lord Chancellor and modern artist.
  9  Irish nationalist and astronaut.
 10  Football legend and murdered loyalist prisoner.

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Section 8 - Special?

  1  eastern market-place
  2  brown bear
  3  Jewish evil spirit
  4  Hungarian inventor
  5  pillow stuffing
  6  patterned fabric
  7  triple gold in 1952
  8  rhino hide whip
  9  Swedish training method
 10  Russian peasant

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Section 9 - Identify

  1  a bank official unexpectedly arrested.
  2  Clinton's favourite saxophonist.
  3  bouncer, bodyguard and team member.
  4  a little separationist.
  5  a fashion designer.
  6  a champion of a violent futuristic sport.
  7  a chronicler of enforced matrimony.
  8  the bearer of a celtic chain tattoo.
  9  a houseboat-dwelling detective.
 10  a soul organist.

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Section 10 - In 1999

  1  where did Mambo no. 5 replace Soul Limbo?
  2  who swapped the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion for the Winter Gardens?
  3  which country doctor's bones were laid to rest?
  4  which peacemaker came to the end of the line?
  5  who fiddled on after his obituary?
  6  which gravy-train was deemed out-dated?
  7  which 91 year old topped the bill at the Festival Hall?
  8  whose centenary was in August, on Friday 13th?
  9  who paddled in the Barry Burn?
 10  which adolescent returned in his thirties?

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For answers, see answers to ALL sections