Off Topic Saturday Quiz

[Frank Fingers]

The answers
1 Black Death.
2 Wikipedia.
3 Penelope Lively.
4 Gettysburg.
5 Jamaica (Montego Bay).
6 Statler and Waldorf.
7 His father’s ghost.
8 Greyhound racing.
9 Types of shark.
10 Gold discovered.
11 Basic shapes of bacteria.
12 First century scorers for newest Test cricket nations.
13 Greek equivalent to Roman gods/planets: Mercury; Venus; Mars; Jupiter; Saturn; Neptune.
14 Green nicknames: sea green incorruptible (Carlyle); Green Goddess TV fitness expert; green eyed monster; green fairy.
15 Foods that are banned in the USA.

6 it is then. Wasn't really close on the others.

 

[Frank Fingers]

Technically, they haven't banned Kinder Surprise in the US; just the toy in it as Americans can't be expected to differentiate between food and non-food when they are in "eating mode".

Personally, I see this as natural selection and believe the "surprise" should be mandatory for them.

 

[Noggin The Nog]

4.5 from 9. Not bad for a punt.
Some again next week .

 

[TwoWrights]

The questions
1 What is thought to have originated in marmots from Kyrgyzstan?
Marmite
2 Which logo features an incomplete jigsaw globe?
DeWalt (well there’s a bit missing off mine)
3 Who is the only writer to win both the Booker Prize and Carnegie Medal?
Carnegie Booker
4 The High Water Mark of the Rebellion Monument is on which battlefield?
Linnet Car Park
5 Where did the Reggae Sunsplash festival debut in 1978?
Cleethorpes
6 Which muppets were named after New York hotels?
Boris & Stanley Johnson
7 Hamlet says “Alas, poor…” about Yorick and what else?
Yorick. He told us he couldn’t afford to eat any more
8 Crayford and Romford are London’s last venues for which sport
Dogging
What links:
9 Cookiecutter; goblin; megamouth; thresher; wobbegong?
Nicknames Chazz’s girlfriends have given to ‘little Chazz’
10 California, 1848; Victoria, 1851; Witwatersrand, 1886; Yukon, 1896?
Fine vintage wines found in SW3’s cellar
11 Comma; corkscrew; rod; spherical; spiral?
Nicknames Chazz’s girlfriends have given to ‘little Chazz‘
12 Aminul Islam, Bangladesh; Kevin O’Brien, Ireland; Rahmat Shah, Afghanistan?
Places the Allams considered for pre season tours. Kevin O’Briens house being a big favourite.
13 Hermes, 1; Aphrodite 2; Ares 4; Zeus, 5; Cronus 6; Poseidon 8?
Delivery companies
14 Maximilien Robespierre; Dian Moran; jealousy; absinthe?
Regularly named in Castro’s favourite dinner party guests
15 Kinder Surprise; haggis; fresh ackee?
Things Ric has eaten deep fried.

Top marks, not that the plebs on here will appreciate the effort you put in.