2008 Christmas Quiz
All Sections WITH ANSWERS
More answers will appear during today
Section 1 - Which association
Clubs
This section was supplied by Brian Jordan.
- charitably celebrates early dismissal? - Primary Club (1st ball duck in cricket)
- advocated ethnic repatriation? - The (Conservative) Monday Club
- saw Dave tend to Arthur and his assistant? - The Winchester Club - 'Minder'
- regularly serves seven 'afters'? - The Pudding Club - Chipping Camden
- might see the tres played in Marianao? - Buena Vista Social Club
- particularly affronts Martha Burk? - Augusta National Golf Club - general misogyny!
- claims over 50 Nobel Prize winners as past or present members? - The Athenaeum Club
- came from a post-war blitz? - Club Med - founder Gerard Blitz
- published its papers posthumously? - The Pickwick Club - in full title
- was ruled out by Julius Henry? - Any (club) that would have him as a member - Groucho Marx
Section 2 - All Things Nice
Sweets
This section was supplied by Chris and/or Jim.
- Wobbly infants - Jelly Babies
- Where posh people live - Quality Street
- Bovine peepers - Bulls' Eyes
- Seen on a race course - Tic-tacs
- Quietly please - Wispa
- Pirate’s loot - Bounty
- To carry a dairy product - Milk tray
- Inhabitants of Naples - Neapolitans
- Home for alcoholic teeth - Wine gums
- Wise guys - Smarties
Section 3 - In recession?
Red
This section was supplied by Phil.
- Significant date - Red Letter Day
- Female in 1984 romantic comedy - Woman in Red
- Labour anthem - The Red Flag
- Plainly a colour - Simply Red
- Russian Sailor - Red Admiral
- Patriotic - Red, White and Blue
- Mayor of London - "Red" Ken Livingstone
- Displays Aerially - Red Arrows or Red Devils
- Last seat for David - Red Bull (David Coulthard's last race in F1)
- Move away astronomically fast - Red Shift
Section 4 - The last shall be the first
the final part of the name given by the clue gives the surname of a prime minister
This section was supplied by John and/or Sue.
- His cynical character has a problem with belief. - Richard Wilson character Victor Meldrew → Harold Wilson
- An odd coupling of a leisure tycoon and a man without conviction. - David Lloyd (sports centres) and Boy George → David Lloyd George
- Mrs. **** we're needed. - Emma Peel (Avengers) → Robert Peel
- A one time hairdresser who gave us Rita and Shirley. - Willy Russell ( Educating Rita and Shirley Valentine) → John Russell
- I'm lovin' it like this clown. - Ronald Macdonald → Ramsay Macdonald
- Joshua's brave young brother. - Thomas Chamberlain subject of 'My Brave Young Brother' by Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain → Neville Chamberlain
- This captain is all a charade. - Lionel Blair → Tony Blair
- Joseph had it threefold with an officer. - Major Major Major in Joseph Heller’s Catch 22 → John Major
- He had no idea coffee in September would bring in cash. - Society for the Prevention and Relief of Cancer founded in 1911 by Douglas Macmillan now Macmillan Cancer Support holds World’s Biggest Coffee Morning each September → Harold Macmillan
- His red cup trilogy involves Arthur. - Victor Canning (Crimson Chalice trilogy) → George Canning
Section 5
Stone
This section was supplied by Ann.
- Odd Cheshire-based novel - The Weirdstone of Brisingamen2
- Family group - Sly and the Family Stone
- American general - Stonewall Jackson
- Electrical circuit - Wheatstone bridge
- Glen Campbell song - Rhinestone cowboy
- Director - Oliver Stone
- Used in translation - Rosetta Stone
- A standard - Touchstone
- "Fanshaw" - Featherstonehaugh (surname pronounced Fanshaw)
- A cutting edge town - Whetstone
Section 6 - One over the eight
nine written as IX in Roman numerals
This section was supplied by John and/or Sue.
- He was experienced - Jimi Hendrix (debut album Are you Experienced)
- They came together at Black's - Order of the Phoenix ( Harry Potter) met at Sirius Black’s house Grimauld Place
- PI 67 - 75 - Mannix (private investigator in American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975)
- You choose, sweetie. - Pick and Mix
- He went round for RCA. - Felix (RCA's first experimental television transmissions began in 1928. A13" Felix the Cat figure made of paper mache was placed on a record player turntable and was broadcast.)
- We've got it but we don't need it. - Appendix (no function in human body)
- Where the good news went. - Aix (How they Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix by Robert Browning)
- Roman adversary. - Asterix ( Gaul who resisted Roman occupation)
- A pair who were Raiders elsewhere. - Twix ( packaged in pairs. Twix was called Raider in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Norway)
- At the end. - Suffix (placed at the end of a word)
Section 7 - Ear to Ear
EAR
This section was supplied by Andrew.
1 | LOUD | E | A | R | S | P | L | I | T | T | I | N | G |
2 | VERY DISTRESSING | H | E | A | R | T | R | E | N | D | I | N | G |
3 | LEADING | S | P | E | A | R | H | E | A | D | I | N | G |
4 | INSCRUTABLE | U | N | S | E | A | R | C | H | A | B | L | E |
5 | DEMORALISED | D | I | S | H | E | A | R | T | E | N | E | D |
6 | RETURN TO VIEW | R | E | A | P | P | E | A | R | A | N | C | E |
7 | NOT SERIOUS | L | I | G | H | T | H | E | A | R | T | E | D |
8 | WOOL TRIMMER | S | H | E | E | P | S | H | E | A | R | E | R |
9 | A BOOK CONTAINING INTERLINEATIONS | I | N | T | E | R | L | I | N | E | A | R | Y |
10 | RELATING TO A NUCLEAR REACTION INDUCED BY PHOTONS | P | H | O | T | O | N | U | C | L | E | A | R |
Section 8 - Sound and Vision
COMPOSERS AND PAINTERS
This section was supplied by Andrew.
OFFENBACH (OFF HEN BARK) | |||
RACHMANINOFF (RACK MAN IN-OFF) | |||
TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (2 LOOS LOO TREK) | |||
BEETHOVEN (BAIT HOE VAN) | |||
PICASSO (PICK ASS HOE) | |||
TCHAIKOVSKY (CHI COUGHS KEY) | |||
ROSSETTI (ROW SET TEE) | |||
MENDELSSOHN (MEN DOLL SUN) | |||
CANALETTO (CAN O' LETTO) | |||
PAUL CEZANNE (PAUL SAYS ANNE) - ANNE ROBINSON THAT IS |
For answers see answers to ALL sections