2013 Family Christmas Quiz -Answers

The following are the answers to the questions in the 2013 Family Quiz

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1. Christmas ConnectionsCryptic clues and anagrams with Xmas answers

1 The quick brown fox jumps over the crazy dog. Noel (This phrase with lazy dog rather than crazy dog was used to test the full character set on a typewriter.)

2 A wrong un? But you might stuff it! Turkey

3 A class aunt (anag) Santa Claus

4 Did they ‘wash their socks’ by night? Shepherds

5 A time for pugilists? Boxing Day

6 In olden days, Cole Porter would have looked on a glimpse of what as something shocking?

Stocking

7 Series with the character Fitz, played by Robbie Coltraine

Cracker

8 Before, after and in between 11 nights 12 Days (of Christmas)

9 Former US ship builder and steel works Bethlehem

10 Plato, Confucius and Socrates Three Wise Men

11 Sue Golly (anag) Yule logs

12 Oft misspelling of manager not detected by Microsoft. Manger

13 Gerald Ford’s middle name. Rudolph

14 Hiding in this is now manifestly unfair. Snowman (snow is accepted - just!)

15 Ilex and hedera Holly and Ivy

2. 2013 Events and AnniversariesIdentify the anniversaries celebrated or events in 2013 from the following clues:

1 Whose portrait was described as “something unpleasant from the Twilight franchise”?

Catherine - Duchess of Cambridge

2 It is a truth universally acknowledged that I am 200 years old this year.

Publication of Pride and Prejudice

3 India had its 1st, England its 150th. What? Wisden Cricketers Almanac

4 Who was detained in Austria after suspicions that a US fugitive was on his plane?

Evo Morales - President of Bolivia

5 In which country is Boko Haram based? Nigeria (Terrorist organisation)

6 What became legal on 5th February? Gay (or same sex) marriage

7 Who or what was righted on 17th September? Costa Concordia (Salvage teams brought the ship upright after it struck rocks off Italy in Jan 2012)

8 What was the treaty to protect the environment from emissions of mercury and mercury compounds?

The Minimata Treaty

9 At what sporting event were 2 people killed and 264 injured?

The Boston Marathon

10 On 1st July who took over at the top of an institution founded in 1694.

Mark Carney (as Governor of the Bank of England)

11 Who was the artist of setting to the painting that set the new world record for an auctioned work of art

Francis Bacon - portrait of Lucien Freud

12 What flag might the Russians think the Arctic Sunrise could have been flying?

Jolly Roger (the crew of the Greenpeace boat were arrested on charges of piracy)

13 Who was the first to resign this specific post since 1415?

Pope Benedict

14 MOM was fired on 5th November. What is it? India’s Mars Orbiter Mission

15 What was so special about a fabulous rock 'n' roll songbook?

Cliff Richards’ 100th album

3. ArtGive the titles of the following famous works of art:

1. Starry Night -Vincent Van Gogh

2. Angel of the North - Antony Gormley

3. A Bigger Splash -David Hockney

4. The Scream -Edvard Munch

5. Girl with the Pearl Earring - Jan Vermeer

6. Portrait of Pope Innocent X - Diego Velazquez

7. Burghers of Calais -Auguste Rodin

8. Monarch of the Glen - Sir Edwin Landseer

Name the artist who painted each of these pictures:

9. Edouard Manet -Bar at Folies-Bergeres

10. Frida Khalo - Self Portrait as a Tehuana

11. Sir Sidney Nolan -Ned Kelly

12. Rembrandt van Rjin - The Night Watch

13. Eugene Delacroix- Liberty Leading the People

14. Sir Henry Raeburn - The Rev Robert Walker Skating on Duddingstone Loch

15. George Bingham -Fur Traders Going down the Mississippi

4. Sport

1 Melbourne, January 2013. Shane Warne took a catchduring an international match- from whom?

Roger Federer (Shane was in the crowd atthe Australian Open Tennis)

2 What links Mike Tyson and Louis Suarez? They have both bitten their opponents.

3 Which UK Football League team was the last to lose its 100% record in the 2013/14 season?

Leyton Orient

4 Which British 2012 Olympic Gold medallist helped defeat New Zealand 9-8?

Ben Ainslie - in the Americas Cup

5 Who did Durham beat to win the 2013 County Cricket Championship?

Nottinghamshire. After beating Nottinghamshire, Durham had enough points to secure the title.

6 Who was stripped of 7 titles in 2012? Lance Armstrong (stripped of his 7 Tour de France titles)

7 Which South American country hosts Test Cricket? Guyana (provides players for the West Indies)

8 Which sport has provided the most winners of BBC Sports Personality of the Year?

Athletics

9 Which woman has won the greatest number of tennis Grand Slam titles?

Margaret Court

10 What is the only country not to have won an Olympic Gold medal in the games it hosted?

Canada - Montr�al Olympics in 1976

11 The last European Cup Winners’ Cup Final was held in which city?

Birmingham (Villa Park)

12 Who was the first tennis player born in the 1990’s to win a Wimbledon title?

Petra Kvitova - Czech - won Women’s title in 2011

13 Who was the first British woman to win Olympic medals in 2 different sports?

Rebecca Romero -silver in 2004 (rowing) and gold in 2008 (cycling)

14 Internationally, the words “En guard, pr�t, allez” start a bout in which sport?

Fencing

15 In all first class cricket: who has scored a double & a single century in the same match the most times?

Zaheer Abbas - performed the feat 4 times for Gloucestershire between 1976 and 1981 - he was not out in all 8 innings!

5. Nursery RhymesIdentify the Nursery Rhymes from the following clues.

1 Who had whiskers on his chinnegan? Michael Finnegan

2 Who liked to smoke in the middle of the night? Old King Cole

3 On what day did Solomon Grundy fall ill? Thursday

4 Who gave her children some broth without any bread? Old woman who lived in a shoe.

5 What do you want after seven potato? More

6 How old was the pease pudding in the pot? 9 days

7 What tried to steal a meal of curds and whey? A spider

8 To where do you ride a cock-horse? Banbury Cross

9 Who made the girls cry when he kissed them? Georgie Porgie

10 Who had 3 bags of wool? (Ba Ba) Black Sheep

11 Where did Mother Hubbard look for a bone for her dog? A cupboard

12 How many men were neither up nor down when they were only half way up?

10,001 (TRICK: Duke of York and his 10,000 men)

13 When did the big ship sink? Last day of September

14 Who do you give hot cross buns to if you have no daughters?

Your sons

15 What will Papa buy if the diamond rings is only brass? A looking glass

6. Entertainment

1 Which award winner said “I’ve come for a night out with my friend. We've been pissing ourselves laughing.”

Adelle - Golden Globe for best song (Skyfall)

2 Who rode his own horse in a 2013 Oscar winning film? Jamie Foxx in Django Unchained

3 Which play won the most Olivier Awards in 2013? The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time

4 Who won Best British Band at the 2013 BRIT Awards? Mumford and Sons

5 Who is the only actress to win an Oscar playing someone who in real life had also won an Oscar?

Cate Blanchett - playing Kathryn Hepburn in The Aviator.

6 In which popular sitcom are the main characters named after serial killers?

Gavin and Stacey (the 2 families are called West and Shipman)

7 Which Oscar winning actor has been Bahamas ambassador to Japan?

Sidney Poitier

8 Which TV series is set in 165 Eaton Place? Upstairs, Downstairs

9 Which Eastender was killed while Wham’s “Wake Me up Before You Go Go” was playing on the stereo?

Heather Trott

Who are these stars or TV personalities?

10. Cate Blanchett 11. Jimmi Hakishin (CoronationStreet)

12. Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys)

13. Kirsty Wark 14. Daniel Day Lewis 15. Emile Sande

7. Songs and ArtistsIdentify the song and artist from the initial letters (e.g. “H by T B” would be “Help by The Beatles”). All songs have been in the UK top 10.

1 T S O S by S A G The Sound Of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel

2 O I D I A by B S Oops! I did it again by Britney Spears

3 (S O) T D O T B by O R (Sitting on ) The Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding

4 B C by A S Bootie Call by All Saints - OR Black Coffee also by All Saints

5 W B by M C Wrecking Ball by Miley Cyrus

6 I C G N S by T R S I Can’t Get No Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones

7 A K O M by Q A Kind of Magic by Queen

8 S O T U by G A Sound of the Underground by Girls Aloud

9 H by X F F Heroes by X Factor Finalists

10 S T by A Super Trouper by Abba OR Smack That by Akon

11 U by R (F J Z) Umbrella by Rihanna (featuring Jay-Z)

12 R by A W Rehab by Amy Winehouse

13 S by F A T M Spectrum by Florence and the Machine

14 W I T L by B E P Where is the Love? by Black Eyed Peas

15 M O K by W Mull of Kintyre by Wings

8. Countries and their Capital CitiesBe careful! Name the countries whose capital cities can be identified from the following clues:

1 Pairs (anag) France (Paris)

2 “So near, yet . . . . . “ - sounds similar! Bulgaria (Sofia)

3 Panama with only one letter changed Bahrain (Manama)

4 High pub Estonia (Tallinn)

5 Someone who annoys a far eastern deity Hungary (Budapest)

6 Sounds like 21 in French Laos (Vientiane)

7 Pronounced same/similar as 8 but different spelling Bangladesh (Dhaka) or ……..

8 Pronounced same/similar as 7 but different spelling Senegal (Dakar)

9 Beers tears (anag) Saint Kitts and Nevis (Basseterre)

10 Chicken filled with garlic butter Ukraine (Kiev)

11 Vision on the road to where? Syria (Damascus)

12 A tall vet (anag) Malta (Valletta)

13 French free city Gabon (Libreville)

14 Mole (anag) Togo (Lom�)

15 Harbour for French son of a monarch Haiti (Port-au-Prince)

9. BrandsTry and identify the product / brand from these pictures or clues:

Who painted

this?

Who is

this?

What did this used to be

called?

Which large

industrial company

?

1. Andy Warhol 2. Captain Birds Eye 3. Marathon 4. English Electric

What brands are these 4 photographs?

5. Coleman’s Mustard 6. Vauxhall 7. Thai Airlines 8. Pizza Express

9 What has ESTD 1759 on the label? Guinness

10 What product claims to be “the original Swiss recipe”? Alpen

11 What had “Va Va Voom”? Renault cars

12 What were “too good to hurry …..” ? Murray Mints

13 Which brand says ‘Steamed Locked Goodness’ on the can?

Green Giant Sweet Corn

14 Who makes the airblade? Dyson

15 What has an identification mark of a crown over a circle with C51 at its centre surrounded by elaborate W’s?

Royal Worcester porcelain / pottery

10. Who Are They?Identify the following people who were in the news in 2013 from these photos:

1. Edward Snowden 2. Laura Trott 3. Ahmed Uzumcu -(anti-chemical weaponsorganisation)

4. Andy Coulson

5. Alun Wynn Jones 6. Andrew Mitchell 7. Tony McCoy (ridden 4,000 winners)

8. Malala Yousafzai

9. Hugo Chavez 10. Theresa May 11. Prince George 12. Sachin Tendulkar

13. Jeremy Hunt MP 14. President Cristina Fern�ndez de Kirchner of Argentina

15. Mark Webber

11. Food and DrinkIdentify the food or drink from these clues:

1 What lost its PGI status when its factory moved across the river?

Newcastle Brown - brewery moved across the Tyne to Gateshead

2 What food or drink is nicknamed “The Green Fairy”? Absinthe

3 Which nation eats more chocolate (per head population) than UK?

Switzerland

4 What hot drink originated from Mexico? Hot chocolate OR Atole

5 A Dorset cheese suitable for an ex-Wimbledon star? Blue Vinnie (Vinnie Jones played for Wimbledon AFC and won the 1988 FA Cup.)

6 What is named after Aztec words molli and ahuacatl? Guacamole

7 Vica faba is more commonly called what? Broad bean

8 Hominis Vis was the origin for the name of what? HOVIS

9 What do you call the fear of cheese? Turophobia

10 What is best selling fish (by weight) in UK? Mackerel

11 When did McDonalds sales of hamburgers reach 100 million?

1958

12 What is the name for a pastry case filled with beaten eggs, cheese, tomatoes and bacon - then baked?

Quiche Lorraine

13 What can be described as jam pastry filled with egg and almond?

Bakewell tart

14 Green Globe and Tokyo Cross are types of what? Turnip

15 What Gas mark is equivalent to 1900C or 3750F? Gas Mark 5

12. Which Film?Identify the films from their film posters.

1. Dr No 2. Twilight 3. 101 Dalmatians 4. Gladiator

5. Avatar 6. Lawrence of Arabia 7. Toy Story 3 8. Titanic

9. Breakfast at Tiffany’s

10. The Godfather 11. West Side Story 12. Dead Man

13. Alfie 14. Happy Feet 15. Silence of the Lambs

13. British History

1 Which country did England rule only between August1762 and Feb 1763?

Cuba (NB Philippines were taken on 6 October 1762)

2 The Monmouth Rebellion intended to overthrow which monarch?

James II - The rebellion lead by the Duke of Monmouth ended with the defeat at the Battle of Sedgemoor in July 1685

3 Who killed the pig that almost precipitated a war between USA and Britain?

Lyman Cutlar (incident arose after thisUS settler shot a pig belonging to the Hudson Bay Company in 1859 on the disputed islands of San Juan in the waters between Vancouver and Vancouver Island).

4 How long did the Hundred Years’ War last? 116 years (or 84 allowing for periods of peace)

5 Who did John Bellingham kill? Spencer Percival, UK Prime Minister, in 1812

6 What was the last town in England to be attacked by US forces?

Whitehaven - attacked by Capt John Paul Jones in April 1778

7 6 men were convicted under the 1797 Unlawful Oaths Act and transported. How are they commonly known?

Tolpuddle Martyrs

8 Name one of the 2 major German ships sunk at the Battle of the Falklands?

Scharnhorst or Gneisenau (Battle of Falkland Islands 8 Dec 1914)

9 What happened at a coking plant near Rotherham on 18 June 1984?

Battle of Orgreave - during the miners’strike 1984/5

10 Who fought during the Penobscot Expedition and led the 1st battalion of ‘chosen men’ at Corunna?

John Moore (later Sir John) - changed the training for infantry and credited with founding the Rifle Brigade

11 Who was the editor of the British Gazette? Winston Churchill (during the General Strike 1926)

12 The Treaty of Accession in 1972 with Norway, Ireland and Denmark meant that the UK joined what?

EEC (European Economic Community) -Norway did not ratify the Treaty and did not join

13 The Battle of Blenheim was fought during which war? War of Spanish Succession 1701–1714

14 Which 19th century politician was Prime Minister on 4 separate occasions?

William Gladstone

15 Which monarch founded the Order of the Garter? Edward III in 1348

14. DingbatsGive the well known phrase / saying / person / place from the clues:

1 H I J K L M N O H2O - or water

2 12 67 11 MONA LISA Painting by numbers

3 ENTURY Long time, no see

4 JUST144ICE Gross injustice

5 SURBMWANCE Car insurance

6 REVIRDTAES Back seat driver

7 PINNACLES Friends in high places

8 ACRIML Criminal

9 POT00000000 Potatoes

10 ROBBERS Honour amongst thieves

11 XIRANRUN Cross country run

12 Maiden over

13 BOY YOB Altar boy

14 EACK Cake mix

15 Must get here, must get here, must get here! The Three Musketeers

15. Gone but not ForgottenIdentify the persons who sadly left us during 2013 from the following clues:

1 Hi-De-Hi Paul Shane - actor who starred in TV’s Hi-Di-Hi

2 Stripy sweater on Time Team. Prof Mick Aston

3 A grocer’s daughter from Grantham Margaret Thatcher

4 British abstract sculptor who had an exhibition on the roof of the MET in New York.

Sir Anthony Caro

5 Praised for his translation of Beowulf Seamus Heaney

6 Grovel? He lost the series 3 - 0. Tony Greig (Apologies are due - he diedat the end of 2012, but his obituary was published in 2013. Sorry!)

7 Calm down dear! It’s only a commercial! Michael Winner

8 Introduced one of his songs at Woodstock as “Going Home - by helicopter”

Alvin Lee (of Ten Years After - the song was Going Home - but they left the festival in a helicopter

9 The Daleks’ father? Ray Cusick (BBC designer of the Daleks)

10 He stopped D326. Bruce Reynolds - or Ronnie BiggsD326 was the diesel locomotive.

11 IVF pioneer Sir Robert Edwards

12 Inventor of noise reduction systems Ray Dolby

13 TV presenter, novelist and prolific journalist awarded CBE in 1998

Robert Kee

14 He invited you to take a walk on the wild side Lou Reed

15 Juke Box Jury and Any Questions David Jacobs

16. General KnowledgeGive the answers to the following:

1 What is the 3 letter airport code for the airport that serves Lake Geneva, Wisconsin?

XES (The airport is Grand Geneva Resort Airport. FAA use a code of CO2 so we accept either.)

2 In US, what degree subject is most common amongstmillionaires?

Engineering

3 Which UK cathedral has the highest tower? Liverpool Anglican Cathedral

Which country’s

flag?

In which city would you find

this building?

What doesthis stand

for?

4. Central African Republic 5. Vienna (Secession Building) 6. H (in Braille)

7 What is hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus the cause for? Ash die back

8 Who / what was Luath? JM Barrie’s Newfoundland dog -the model for Nana in Peter Pan.2 other answers accepted:The Labrador from The Incredible JourneyRobbie Burn’s dog

9 The Cullinan diamond was cut into 3 major pieces. Where is Cullinan II - be specific?

Imperial Sate Crown - Crown Jewels

What board

game is this?

Outline -of which country?

What is

this?

10. Trivial Pursuit 11. Hungary 12. Stack of CDs or DVDs

13 Which UK city has the telephone dial code of 01482? Hull

14 What was established by act of parliament on 7th June 1753?

British Museum

15 Roy of the Rovers first appeared in which comic? Tiger

17. Science and TechnologyHow much of your school science and technology do you remember? Answer the following:

1 What process is represented by the principle reaction: Fe2O3 + 3CO 2Fe + 3CO2

Iron smelting - blast furnace

2 What was the first man made object to travel outside the Solar System?

Voyager 1

3 The Pacific has 4-6-2, what does the Atlantic have? 4-4-2

4 What is the branch of medicine dealing with the kidney? Nephrology

5 Someone with an interest in reptiles and amphibians is called a what?

Herpetologist

6 What used to be coloured red and black, but are now brown and blue?

Live and Neutral wires in mains lead

7 What word describes the point at which an orbiting object is at the closest to the Earth?

Perigee

8 What is the decimal number that is 1101 in binary? 13

9 How many rectangular faces does an icosahedron have?

None! All 20 faces are triangular!

Which planet

is this?

What is the

common name for:

What insect is

this?

10. Jupiter 11. Propane 12. Praying Mantis

13 Tungsten derives from which language? Swedish

14 What universal thing is stored in Sevres, France? The standard kilogram

15 P-waves and S-waves originate from what? Earthquakes

18. World Heritage SitesIdentify the following World Heritage Sites from these images:

1. Rapa Nui National Park (or Easter Island)

2. Urnes Stave Church, Norway

3. East Devon and Dorset Coast (Jurassic Coast) UK

4. Trinidad and the Valley do les Inginios, Cuba

5. Grand Canyonnational Park, USA

6. Palace and Park of Versailles, France

7. Falls, Yellowstone River, YellowstoneNational Park, USA

8. Stonehenge, Avebury and associated sites, UK

9. City of Bath, UK 10. Taj Mahal, India 11. A Bomb Dome, Hiroshima PeaceMemorial, Japan

12. Sydney Opera House

13. Chartres Cathedral, France

14. Acropolis, Greece 15. Chaco Culture (Grand Pueblo, Chaco Canyon) USA

19. LiteratureIdentify the author, book or principal character from the following clues.

1 The story of one family in the town of Macondo 100 Years of Solitude

2 Hemingway novel set in WW I in Italy A Farewell to Arms

3 Who was the last of the Mohicans? Chingachgook (Uncas his son was killed and so although Uncas was the last of the Mohicans in the title of the book, he was survived by his father at the end.)

4 What book was named after the temperature that books catch fire?

Fahrenheit 451

5 What is the follow up to Wolf Hall? Bring up the Bodies - both novels by Hilary Mantel

6 Which character appeared for the first time in The Mysterious Affair at Styles?

Hercule Poirot OR Captain Arthur Hastings

7 John Griffith Chaney was the real name of which American author?

Jack London

8 Which British author described himself as the Don Juan of the intelligentsia?

H G Wells

9 A Governor-General of Canada who wrote more than 60 books.

John Buchan (Lord Tweedsmuir) - 15th

Governor General of Canada 1935 -1940

10 Miss Honey and Bruce Bogtrotter are characters in which book?

Matilda by Roald Dahl

11 Who wrote about Lyra and Pantalaimon? Phillip Pullman (His Dark Materials Trilogy - Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass)

12 Which Charles Dickens’ novel includes May Fielding and an insect that acts as a guardian angel.

Cricket on the Hearth

13 In 1969, P.H.Newby became the first winner of which literary award?

The Booker Prize (The book was Something to Answer For)

14 “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen” is the first line of which book?

1984

15 In 2013, who is mad about the boy? Bridget Jones (or Helen Fielding)

20. Nobel LaureatesIdentify the Nobel prize winners from the following clues:

1 Lived and taught in Salisbury for some years. William Golding (Literature - 1983)

2 Current world leader “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy”.

Barack Obama (Peace - 2009)

3 Who won one prize, then shared another with her husband? Her daughter also shared one.

Marie Curie (Physics - 1903 with Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel) (Chemistry -1911)

4 Swedish UN General Secretary who died in office. Dag Hammarskjold (Peace - 1961)

5 One of 3 principle characters in a play by Michael Frayn named after a European capital city.

Nils Bohr (Physics - 1922) (N.B. Play is Copenhagen)

6 As 5 above - a second principal character. Werner Heisenberg (Physics - 1932)

7 Sent “pip, pip, pip” to Newfoundland in December 1901 Guglielmo Marconi (Physics - 1909 joint with Karl Braun) He transmitted S in Morse code by radio telegraphy.

8 Associated with salivating dogs. Ivan Pavlov (Medicine - 1904)

9 His co-winner from Vietnam declined his. Henry Kissinger (Peace - 1973)Le Duc Tho from North Vietnam refused to accept his award as he claimed US had broken the truce he had agreed

10 Gave his name to the plan for rebuilding Europe after WW II.

George Marshall (Peace - 1953)

11 Famous world leader “for his mastery of historical and biographical description”.

Winston Churchill (Literature - 1953)

12 Spent 18 years on Robben Island. Nelson Mandela (Peace - 1993 - joint with FW de Klerk)

13 Some believe that his death was in part due to him being forced to choose between Cuba and USA.

Ernest Hemingway (Literature - 1954)After the Cuba Revolution US placed an embargo and he had to chose between US citizenship or continuing to live in Cuba.

14 One of his books is about Lenin living in a Swiss city. Alexandr Solzhenitsyn (Literature -1970) Book was Lenin in Zurich

15 He was accredited with the discovery of penicillin. Sir Alexander Fleming (Medicine - 1945)

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