A daily dose of exercise for the mind from our quiz master Paul McCarthy! Questions posted by 11:00am each day. Answers will be posted by 6:00pm at the foot of this page.
Thursday 13 May 2021
Good morning ,
AS THIS IS THE FINAL QUIZ I WOULD LIKE TO SAY
A VERY BIG THANK YOU TO JACK BIRLEY FOR POSTING THE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS EACH DAY.
1.Which book ends ‘ And here is Toto too. And oh, Aunt Em !
I am so glad to be home again. ‘ ?
2. According to the opening lines of Star Trek what is “ The Final Frontier “ ?
3. Which 1969 film ends with two outlaws running into a hail of bullets
fired by a Bolivian army unit ?
4. Which nation’s team was beaten by France in The 2018 Football World Cup ?
5. What are the French words for The End ?
Paul.
Good afternoon,
1. The Wizard of Oz.
2. Space.
3. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid.
4. Croatia .
5. La Fin.
All stay safe and well.
Paul.
Saturday 8 May 2022
Good afternoon,
1. Norwegian.
2. Charles Lindbergh.
3. Anne Boleyn.
4. Cornwall.
4. St. Petersburg .
Stay safe.
Paul.
Thursday 17 May 2021
Good evening,
1. Russian Ruble .
2. France.
3. Caracas .
4. Pakistan.
5. Portugal is England’s oldest ally. ( The alliance goes
back to 1147 and was formalised in 1386 by The Treaty of Windsor between
John 1 of Portugal and Richard 11 ).
Paul.
Monday 3 May 2021
Good afternoon,
1. The Shard .
2. The Pacific.
3. The Nile .
4. K2 .
5. Scafell Pike.
Paul.
Saturday 1 May 2021
Good afternoon,
( NEXT QUIZ- BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY ).
1. New Orleans .
2. Nomadland .
3. Veterinary surgeon.
4. Jane Eyre .
5. Tate St. Ives.
Paul.
Wednesday 28 April 2021
Good evening ,
1. To Kill a Mockingbird .
2. France .
3. 5 points.
4. 1805 .
5. Swiss Franc .
Back Saturday.
Paul.
Monday 26 2021
Good afternoon,
1. Royal flush .
2. Copper.
3. Brown.
4. Wilfred Owen .
5. The Golden Fleece.
Stay safe.
Paul.
Saturday 24 April 2021
Good afternoon,
1. Paul McCartney and Wings.
2. Great Expectations .
3. Sulphuric acid .
4. Barcelona .
5. France.
Stay safe.
Paul.
Thursday 22 April 2021
Good evening,
1. The iris .
2. Thomas Gainsborough .
3. Butterflies.
4. Kentucky .
5. Caroline Lucas.
Stay safe.
Paul.
Tuesday 20 April 2021
Good evening,
1. Marie Curie .
2. The tulip.
3. Admiral of The Fleet / First Sea Lord .
4. Sheep.
5. Horses .
Stay safe.
Paul.
Thursday 15 April 2021
Good afternoon,
1. Reykjavik .
2. Wellington.
3. 0 degrees ( The Prime Meridian ) .
4. Bolivia or Paraguay .
5. Lisbon.
Stay safe.
Paul.
Wednesday 14 April 2021
Good evening ,
1. Hydrogen.
2. Rachael Blackmore .
3. 120 ( 30d x 4 farthings ) .
4. Wind in The Willows .
5. Almonds .
Stay safe.
Paul.
Saturday 10 April 2021
Good afternoon,
1. Fairyhouse ( Not The Curragh ).
2. Chicken.
3. Newcastle Upon Tyne.
4. Anode .
5. Goal Defence.
Stay safe.
Paul.
Thursday 8 April 2021
Good evening ,
1. Woody Allen .
2. Sub poena .
3. Croatia .
4. 1969 .
5. Juliett .
Back Saturday .
Paul.
Tuesday 6 April 2021
Good evening ,
1. Sea sickness.
2. Istanbul.
3. Samson.
4. Snowdon.
5. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer .
What a change in the weather ! – it’s snowing !!
Next quiz Thursday ( quizzes now 3 times a week as we ease out of lockdown ) .
Paul.
Tuesday 30 March 2021
Good evening ,
1. Coffee .
2. Ants .
3. Nelson Mandela .
4. Cats .
5. Copper.
Enjoy the good weather .
Paul.
Monday 29 March 2021
Good evening ,
1. 14th July.
2. 4
3. The liver.
4. The Alamo .
5. Princess Eugenie .
Paul.
Wednesday 24 march 2021
Good evening , ( NEXT QUIZ – MONDAY )
1. A Bear market is the opposite of a Bull Market .
2. China .
3. Sirius ( The Dog Star ) .
4. Hawaii .
5. Seaweed.
Stay safe.
Paul.
Tuesday 23 April 2021
Good evening,
1. Real Madrid .
2. Matthew.
3. 10 .
4. A fish.
5. R .
Paul.
Monday 22 March 2021
Good evening ,
1. California .
2. Charles 11.
3. Bates.
4. Hound Dog.
5. Cheltenham Gold Cup.
Paul
Friday 19 March 2021
Good evening ,
1. The Giant Panda .
2. Princess Anne .
3. 5 miles .
4. The Good , The Bad and The Ugly .
5. Red .
Paul.
Thursday 18 March 2021
Good evening,
1. Jordan.
2. Ursula Andress .
3. The Falklands War.
4. Somerset .
5. John Travolta danced with Princess Diana at The White House.
The dress that she wore became known as ‘ The Travolta Dress “
Shortly before Diana’s death it was auctioned for charity and raised £100,000 .
It was auctioned again in 2013 and was bought “ By a British gentleman as a surprise to cheer up his wife “ for £240,000.
It was sold for a third time in 2019 and is now on display at Kensington Palace.
Paul
Wednesday 17 March 2021
Good evening,
1. Omnivore .
2. The Korean War .
3. The atom bomb.
4. Jane McDonald.
5. Tasmania.
Paul.
Tuesday 16 March 2021
Good evening,
1. A fish.
2. Blind .
3. Battle of The Little Big Horn.
4. Looby Loo.
5. Marilyn Monroe .
Paul.
Monday 15 March 2021
Good evening ,
1. The Beatles played at Shea Stadium.
2. Bangladesh .
3. Perennials .
4. Morocco.
5. Cabbage .
Paul.
Saturday 13 March 2021
Good evening,
NEXT QUIZ MONDAY . SO TO ALL THE MUMS – HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY .
1. Military Intelligence .
2. Lady Jane Grey ( Dudley ).
3. North Atlantic Ocean.
4. Chickpeas .
5. The oldest pub in England .
Footnote :-
Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem claims in was established in 1189 and is the oldest pub in England.
It was a refreshment stop for Crusaders heading to Jerusalem .
Others that lay claim to the title include Ye Olde Fighting Cocks in St. Albans and
The Old Ferry Boat Inn at Holywell , Cambridgeshire.
Ye Hole in Ye Wall , Hackins Hey is said to be the oldest pub in Liverpool .
The oldest pub in Lancashire , The Scotch Piper dates back to 1320.
The oldest pub we have been to is the 12th century Crown in Lanlivery near Bodmin .
If you are ever in that area pop in the lunches are very good.
It accommodated the stone masons building the village church .
Paul.
Friday 12 March 2021
Good evening,
1. Edelweiss .
2. Pepper .
3. Paul O’Grady .
4. Mushrooms.
5. Anastasia .
Paul.
Thursday 11 March 2021
Good evening,
1. Sir Nick Clegg .
2. The Three Laws of Robotics .
3. Ankara .
4. The Good Life.
5. Stephen Hawking .
Paul.
Wednesday 10 March 2021
Good evening ,
1. Iranian Embassy .
2. The shoulder.
3. Neighbours .
4. Hippopotamus .
5. The RAF.
Paul.
Tuesday 9 March 2021
Good evening ,
1. Moses .
2. Without any future date being fixed .
3.Tennis elbow.
4. The stamen.
5. Fahrenheit .
Paul.
Monday 8 March 2021
Good evening,
1. Palace of Versailles .
2. Mercury.
3. New Orleans .
4. Fish .
5 . A legal second marriage ( i.e . After divorce or death of first spouse )
Paul.
Saturday 6 March 2021
Good afternoon,
( NEXT QUIZ MONDAY )
1.The Drifters .
2. Samedi .
3. He died .
4. John Travolta .
5. Dr. Christian Barnard – see below .
Footnote .
After performing the first heart transplant in Cape Town on 3rd December 1967
Dr. Barnard said “ For a dying person a transplant is not a difficult decision . If a lion chases you to a river filled with
crocodiles , you will leap into the water convinced you have a chance to swim to the other side . But you would never
accept such odds if there was no lion “
The first patient lived for 18 days after the transplant. The second led an active life for 19 months .
Barnard’s fifth and sixth patients lived for 13 and 24 years respectively .
Now some 3,500 heart transplants are performed worldwide each year.
Paul.
Friday 5 March 2021
Good evening,
1. The Countess of Wessex.
2. The Bells of Shoreditch .
3. Dustin Hoffman .
4. Alnwick Castle.
5. The Crown Jewels- see below.
Footnote :-
Colonel Blood was an Irish Adventurer .
He fought in The English Civil War , initially with the Royalists but then switched sides.
Cromwell rewarded him with an Irish Estate . But he lost the land with The Restoration of Charles 11.
He then hatched a plot to steal The Crown Jewels .Disguised as a parson with an actress posing as his wife he conned his way into
The Tower of London. He attacked the guard and escaped with The Jewels , but was captured .
He was held in The Tower but said he would only answer questions asked by The King.
Astonishingly King Charles agreed to see him.
He told The king that his valuation of The Jewels at £100,000 was ridiculous and they were one worth £6000.
For reasons that are to this day a mystery Charles granted him not only a Royal Pardon but also land in Ireland worth £500 per year.
Blood died in 1680 , but such was his reputation for duplicity that his body was exhumed to make sure he was dead.
His Headstone bears the inscription –
“ Here lies the man who hath run through more villainies than England ever knew “
Paul.
Thursday 4 March 2021
Good evening,
1. Aldous Huxley .
2. Bram Stoker .
3. Thomas Hardy .
4. Dan Brown .
5. J.D. Salinger .
Paul.
Wednesday 3 March 2021
Good evening,
1. Clint Eastwood .
2. President of The United States.
3. The House of Lords.
4. Nicholas Sarkozy .
5.Sir Isaac Newton.
Paul.
Tuesday 2 March 2021
GOOD AFTERNOON,
1. The Isle of White .
2. Elvis Presley.
3. Rudolf Hess .
4. The Count of Monte Cristo .
5 . Oscar Wilde.
Stay safe .
Paul.
Monday 1 March 2021
Good evening,
1.A lamb.
2. War .
3. Canada .
4. Little Women.
5. Lewis Carroll .
Footnote ;
Behind the comic facade of The Mad Hatter celebrating his “ Unbirthday “ and wearing
A 10 / 6 sign in his hat lies a tragic history.
Hat makers used mercury in a process known as felting .
Long term exposure to mercury vapours caused psychotic reactions including hallucinations .
In America Mad Hatters Day , when all kinds of silly behaviour is allowed , is celebrated on October 6 .
The date being taken from the 10 / 6 sign ( of course we would say 10th June , but Americans take it to mean October 6th ).
Paul.
Saturday 27 February 2021
Good evening , ( NEXT QUIZ MONDAY ).
1. Dom Perignon .
2. A decimal point = 2.3 which is greater than 2 and less than 3.
3. Kiki Dee .
4. Tuna .
5. Spanish Civil War- see below.
Footnote .
The term fifth column was first used in The Spanish Civil War .
Franco claimed there were 4 Nationalist Columns approaching Madrid
and a “ Quinta columna “ was waiting to rise from within The Capital .
The term became widespread during World War 2.
For some light relief watch the episode of Dad’s Army in which the platoon
masquerade as fifth columnists . Pike dresses as an American gangster ,
Frazer is in his undertaker’s suit and Jones is discussed as a nun !!
Paul.
Friday 26 February 2021
Good evening ,
1. Steven Spielberg.
2. Whistle ( and flute ) = suit .
3. Florida .
4. Salisbury .
5. Fear of Missing Out.
Paul.
Thursday 25 February 2021
Good afternoon,
1. Ice Hockey .
2. John Keats .
3. Robert Falcon Scott.
4. A Birdie.
5. Sir Francis Drake.
Footnote :
The Golden Hind was used by Drake to circumnavigate the world .
She was initially called The Pelican , but Drake changed the name to The Golden Hind.
This was to honour his patron Sir Christopher Hatton whose crest was A Golden Hind .
Drake operated as a privateer and plundered Spanish treasure .
He returned to England with a haul worth £500 million in today’s money .
( This included half a ton of cloves, which then were worth their weight in gold ).
A grateful Queen Elizabeth rewarded Drake with a knighthood and took half his treasure in taxes !
The ship’s lantern hung in Middle Temple Hall for hundreds of years only to be destroyed in World War 2.
However a table in The Hall made from a hatch cover from The Golden Hind survived the bombing
and is still in The Hall Today.
Paul.
Wednesday 24 February 2021
Good evening,
1. France .
2. 6d .
3. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid.
4. T.S Eliot .
5. The Marshall Plan .
Paul.
Tuesday 23 February 2021
Good evening,
1. Fear of trees .
2. The brain.
3. John Milton.
4. Capability Brown.
5. John Wayne.
Paul.
Monday 22 February 2021
Good evening ,
1. First Past the Post .
2. Carbon ( also Tungsten ).
3. Orange .
4. Kim Kardashian .
5. Orson Wells.
Still light and sunny !!
Paul.
Saturday 20 2021
Good evening, ( NEXT QUIZ MONDAY )
1. Olga Korbut .
2. Hinduism .
3. President Lyndon B. Johnson ( Following the assassination of President Kennedy ) .
4. Poland .
5. Fleetwood Mac .
Enjoy the weekend.
Paul.
Friday 19 February 2021
Good evening ,
1. Time flies .
2. Juan Carlos 1 .
3. The Flying Fortress .
4. Cape Town.
5. King George 111 .
Have a good weekend .
Paul.
Thursday 18 February 2021
Good afternoon,
1. Suffolk.
2. A Yankee .
3. Miss World .
4. Narcissus .
5. The Daily Planet .
Paul.
Wednesday 17 February 2021
Good evening ,
1. Angela Dorothea Merkel.
2. Arachnophobia .
3. Miss Trunchbull .
4. Dylan Thomas .
5. Christiano Ronaldo .
Stay safe.
Paul.