The Summer Quiz - Round Three


By OldPete
June 22 2011

Pete says, "we have listened to comments and reverted to the user friendly format of previous years. No prizes, no promotion, no relegation - perhaps we could call it the Magners Quiz?" All answers and discussion to go on this thread then. Round Three questions follow below...

The Summer Quiz 2011

Round Three

 

Q1

Which country  has an archbishop and a president as its joint heads of state ?

 

Q2

What posthumously links Robin Hood, Marco Polo, John Lennon, Christopher Columbus, George Best and Leonardo da Vinci?

 

Q3

How did a rock star by adding a letter restore an iconic sign?

 

Q4

Which Salford born clergyman whose father who was shot by the French is commemorated each year by a group of French sportsmen at a grave in Southern France?

 

Q5

What connects a West End Impresario, Something About Mary and the member for Whitney?

 

Q6

Which is the odd one out and why? - spaghetti , penne , impasto , campanelle, angellotti, lumache ?

 

Q7

Where and roughly when might the way a person made the sign of the cross indicate their allegiance in a great schism?

 

Q8

In the first world war, Britain, France. Belgium even Italy and later the USA had forces confronting Germany on the western front.  One other European nation also joined the conflict and sent troops to the western front.  Who?

 

Q9

Whose Northampton based campaign led to the right of witnesses to affirm in both civil and criminal courts?

 

Q10

Identify by their " known as "   names  the following  - the eternal  xxxx.; The granite xxxx  ;  The xxxx  that never sleeps ;  The rose or pink xxxx ; the windy xxxx ;

 

 

 

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The Summer Quiz - Round Three
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2011:06:29:20:16:27 by St Marlowe.

Phil.
22/06/2011 15:52
Well, at first glance, I think I know 2 and 3 and some of 10...

Jim Winning
22/06/2011 16:30
I knew no 4 right away...I have done a talk on the life of the clergyman. So I'm going to add an additional question (if that is ok?) What is the link (re q4) with being a record breaker?

Jim Winning
22/06/2011 16:41
At a glance I know 1,4,5,6,7 (possibly 9) and all but one of 10

Phil.
22/06/2011 23:25
Go on then, I'll start...


Q2. All had airports named after them

Robin Hood - Nottingham
Marco Polo - Venice
John Lennon - Liverpool
Christopher Columbus - ?
George Best - Belfast
Leonardo da Vinci - Rome

Q3. This is the HOLLYWOOD sign.

It had fallen into disrepair and Alice Cooper started a fund to get it repaired.

Phil.
22/06/2011 23:38
Just sussed Q5 as well but that'll do for now...

smurfomatic
23/06/2011 06:28
Q9 sounds like Charles Bradlaugh, the MP who got kicked out of Parliament several times for refusing to swear allegiance to God.

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OldPete
23/06/2011 07:09
Just to clarify - put your answers up here - dont use the email as for previous rounds anymore ( Jim ? )

Its gone back to being an open quiz where we can all see each others answers.

StBleach
23/06/2011 08:08
Did I miss the answers to Round2?

Jazzman
23/06/2011 08:14
10 Rome, Aberdeen, New York,?, Chicago.

StBleach
23/06/2011 08:17
Please may I answer number 10

Identify by their " known as " names the following -

the eternal xxxx. ROME;
The granite xxxx ; Aberdeen
The xxxx that never sleeps New York
The rose or pink xxxx ; I belive Petra was known as teh Rose or Pink City - at least it was when I visited several years ago.
the windy xxxx ; Chicago

OldPete
23/06/2011 08:44
Bleach i will put up the answers to round 2 later today under a seperate thread. ( got to do some work first !!! )

Clegthorpe
23/06/2011 08:54
Q5. Cameron (Macintosh, Diaz & David)
Q8. Portugal (our oldest ally)

ChrisG
23/06/2011 13:30
Rose or pink city is Toulouse?

ChrisG
23/06/2011 13:33
Is 4 William Webb Ellis?

ChrisG
23/06/2011 13:44
Is the sign of the cross one anything to do with, one God, two popes and three finger heretics?

Christy
23/06/2011 14:41
Q6 - odd one out is Lumache - I would expect some form of sea food on my plate if I ordered it while the others are forms of pasta.

OldPete
23/06/2011 15:01
answers so far -

W W ellis - correct. His father was killed in the peninsula war -

Q 10. The cities are Rome , Aberdeen , Newyork and chicago - the disputed one is the rose or pink - lots of votes for Petra - perhaps i should have said " inhabited " having in mind Toulouse as some of us have been there.

All the Camerons - mackintosh , Dave and Diaz

Q2 - yup they are airports. Q9 = Charles Bradlaugh



so that leaves Qs 1 - 3 and 5 ( sorry Christy ) to go.

Q8 - portugul - they joined the allies as they were concerned about a german threat to their african colonies and sent a small divison to the western front.

I dont know one week they are too hard and this week they appear a bit easy.

StBleach
23/06/2011 15:27
One has to be one of those smaller countries - Vatican!, Lichtenstein? - struggling

Saint Tim
23/06/2011 15:30
Q1. I know Iran has an Ayatollah and an President as almost competing heads of sate.

After that I would guess at Cyprus.

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“Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.”

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Phil.
23/06/2011 15:54
I was thinking Cyprus but I now know (having had a nose around) that Cyprus is not the right answer.


So Q3 is not the Hollywood sign, Pete? Darn!

StBleach
23/06/2011 16:04
Was Phil Wrong with his Alice Cooper then Pete?

Saint Tim
23/06/2011 16:31
Andorra then would be my next suggestion.

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ChrisG
23/06/2011 17:27
Question 7 am I anywhere in the right area?

Clegthorpe
23/06/2011 17:34
Q6 is impasto (a painting technique) whereas all of the others (including lumache) are types of pasta

OldPete
23/06/2011 21:37
sorry thought i did that one - \Alice Cooer is right paid for the O what fell of the Hollywood sign.

As is Andorra - they are the Bishop of Urqual and the preisent of France,

Impasto is indeed a paintimng technique.

Q7 Chris not really anything to do with Pope but does relate to fingers. the question is about where and - when roughly in the latter case will do.

Sarge
23/06/2011 23:55
Q7. There are several variations on the sign of the cross. Two fingers, three fingers, five fingers; and variations within them of the shape that the fingers form; and further variations as to the order of the actions (left-to-right or right-to-left).

As each of the above, to a great extent reflect, divisions within the church over the centuries it's difficult to pin down exactly which one Pete is getting at.

However, I would guess that he is alluding to Russia in the 17th century. Up until that time the sign was traditionally made with two fingers but a reform was imposed to use three fingers instead. The schism being between those who continued to use the old sign and those who took to the new order.

OldPete
24/06/2011 07:37
Sarge you are so close both time- 17th century and place - Russia. - so it refers to the " schism " when the patriarch Nikon carried out various liturgical reforms. Theyn included quite serious ones about what were holy scripture etc. But also changed the way the sign of the cross was made - with open fingers whereas the Old Believers as they became known stuck to the finger and thumb meeting to form an " O "

It became the sign of the Old believers who were persecuted quite ferouciously in some parts,.

ChrisG
24/06/2011 08:24
Ah right part of the body, wrong time, I read a book on Templars (no not the Da Vinci code) and they called someome within their ranks a three fingered heretic because of the way he signed the cross. Of course its probably as plausible as the Da Vinci code but thought it may have some basis in truth.

Jim Winning
24/06/2011 08:45
Q1
Rome

Q4
William Webb Ellis (Grave discovered by Norris McWhirter)

Q5
Cameron

Q6
Impasto

Q7
Russia (2 or 3 fingers)

Q8
Portugal?



Q9

Charles Bradlaugh

Q10
Rome, Aberdeen, New York, Petra and Chicago

OldPete
24/06/2011 09:11
Jim - see all of the above - i think they are all now answered.

will start to think about some themed sets of questions so that folks have a rough idea of the territory they are in.

Wee Jim
24/06/2011 11:38
Thanks for an interesting round Pete - the answers are an education!

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