Off Topic The Saturday Quiz

Here we go again


The questions
1 In 1841 which instrument debuted at an exhibition in Brussels?
2 Bella and Bertie stand on top of which building?
3 What story was inspired by Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s postnatal psychosis?
4 Antiqua vs Fraktur was a German dispute over what?
5 What royal event was BBC TV’s first outside broadcast?
6 Which Italian liqueur is made from unripe walnuts?
7 Jane Couch is a pioneer of which sport?
8 Which rulers wore a headcloth called a nemes?
What links:
9 Bread; The Monkees; Minder; Crocodile Shoes; Frasier?
10 Felpersham; Kingsbridge; Christminster; Barchester?
11 Continental; western; semi-western; eastern; Hawaiian?
12 4 (3); 6 (4); 8 (3); 12 (5); 20 (3)?
13 Broken bridge; liquorice; fate of Richard II?
14 Ana de Armas; Michelle Williams; Kelli Garner; Mira Sorvino?
15 Doctor Carrot; Potato Pete; Mrs Sew-and-Sew; Squander Bug?

 

8 - ancient egyptians

 

Just say how many you got

 

1/15

 

This is fun and not easy!

Edit as per above: I think 2 in total.


5 and 9

 

Chazz....do you do a normal person edition?

 

Yes,it's way above my intelligence level,but then again most things are...

 

0/15

 

I got 1 -2-7-9-11

ye really bloody hard quiz

 

It's a trick question, it depends on whether the ruler is metric or imperial.

 

15 WW2

 

I’ve got answers for 1,2,3,5,7,9 & 11. I’m confident about 1 & 9. Definitely 9!

 

I think I have 7 correct

 

1 In 1841 which instrument debuted at an exhibition in Brussels? Those big ball things.
2 Bella and Bertie stand on top of which building? Big Ben
5 What royal event was BBC TV’s first outside broadcast? Its a Royal Knockout
6 Which Italian liqueur is made from unripe walnuts? Amaretto
7 Jane Couch is a pioneer of which sport? Womans boxing
8 Which rulers wore a headcloth called a nemes? Pharaohs.
What links:
10 Felpersham; Kingsbridge; Christminster; Barchester? Made up place names in Thomas Hardy novels?
11 Continental; western; semi-western; eastern; Hawaiian? Time zones.
15 Doctor Carrot; Potato Pete; Mrs Sew-and-Sew; Squander Bug? Sidekicks in kids cartons.

 

i could offer a guess on 5 and give 13 a nudge without completing it.
i think i can get 15.

 

5 Coronation of King George Vl in 1937.
15 Were all things on posters in WW2.

 

The answers
1 Saxophone.
2 Royal Liver building (liver birds).
3 The Yellow Wallpaper.
4 Typeface.
5 George VI’s coronation in 1937.
6 Nocino.
7 Women’s boxing.
8 Egyptian pharaohs.
9 TV show theme songs by cast members.
10 Fictional cathedral towns/cities: The Archers; Follett’s Pillars of the Earth; Hardy’s Jude the Obscure; Trollope novels.
11 Grips in tennis.
12 Platonic solids: number of faces (number of sides of faces)
13 Pontefract: name origin (pons fractus); in Pontefract cakes; died in the castle.
14 Played Marilyn Monroe on screen.
15 Second world war poster characters