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The Summer Quiz 2016 - Round Three
By Old Pete
June 29 2016
Here's Pete's third set of Summer Quiz Questions! As in previous rounds, please don't use search engines to look up answers for posting. It defeats the purpose of the piece, as well as ruining the effort Pete has made. No merit is gained either way as questions are intended for fun. If you only know part of an answer, put it up for the discussion of others - it might lead us to the whole answer! Expanding on an answer, giving full reasoning is positively encouraged - so away we go again...
THE SUMMER QUIZ 2016 - ROUND THREE
What links the following
1. Alexander Dumas, James Elroy, Tennessee Williams, Baroness Orczy
2. St Peter, a lengthy confection, Bill Haley, a cradle
3. A Butchers son, a palace, a defunct marque of British car, a brand of socks
4. A pig, an aeroplane, a nursery rhyme and a multiple murderer
5. The Beatles, Janet Winterton, Harry Belafonte, Anton Chekov.
Which is the odd one out
6. Clarinet, oboe, flute, bassoon, saxophone
7. Basil Rathbone, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dereck Jacobi, Peter Cook, Jonathan Pryce, Jeremy Brett
8. St George, St James, St Dennis, St Joan, St Boniface, St Patrick
9. Phlebotomist, radiographer, physiotherapist, speech therapist, podiatrist
10. Snipe, Metropolitan, Imp ,Prefect, Spartan, Hunter, Wyvern
Miscellany
11. Apparently some sportspersons don’t sing their national anthems when it is played at major events - when one country’s anthem is played – nobody sings it – which country.
12. What was Renoir referring to when he allegedly said that without it ( this invention ) there would have been no impressionists.’
13. Which member state of the EU has a constitutional ban on referendums.
14. Which sort of legislative device/ order can only be stopped by prayer.
15. What might be seen as the French equivalent to Waterloo station.
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That looks better, sorry peeps, it's late!
I'll go for...
11. Spain. No words for their National anthem.
I'll go for...
11. Spain. No words for their National anthem.
10 - Hunter is the odd one out - all planes, but Hunter is a jet, rest are prop.
9. Phlebotomist is the odd one out because they take away from the body (blood) while the others 'just' work with it.
10. Ah, Dinky Toys. They are all cars - Humber Snipe, Austin Metropolitan, Hillman Imp, Ford Prefect, Maserati Spartan, Hillman Hunter and Vauxhall Wyvern.
2. All associated with "rock" in one form or another
Just realised you are asking for the odd one out - I think I am right about the Maserati Spartan but if not then I guess its that one
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2016:06:30:07:03:10 by Ian Spokes.
2. All associated with "rock" in one form or another
Just realised you are asking for the odd one out - I think I am right about the Maserati Spartan but if not then I guess its that one
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2016:06:30:07:03:10 by Ian Spokes.
12 This is Renoir's celebrity endorsement of the 'new' paint tube (like a toothpaste tube) which replaced something else (I don't know what) and made paint easy to transport.
Don't know any others (that haven't been answered by others) although numbers 1 and 5 are niggling at me.
Thanks Pete, good fun and I look forward to the answers.
Don't know any others (that haven't been answered by others) although numbers 1 and 5 are niggling at me.
Thanks Pete, good fun and I look forward to the answers.
No.8 is it either Dennis or boniface as the others are patron saints of countries?
Is number 5 a fruit salad? - although I have no idea who Janet Winterton is, or how she fits the fruit theme.
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No.8 is it either Dennis or boniface as the others are patron saints of countries?
Isn't St Dennis the patron saint of Greece, which would make the answer Boniface?
3. Wolseley? Was the Cardinal a butcher's son? It's certainly a defunct car and a brand of socks. Not sure about the palace, though.
5. I don't know the answer, but should it be Jeanette Winterton, the author, rather than Janet?
13. Germany - I believe that a series of referenda led to the rise of Hitler?
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14. Statuatory Instrument - I think the process by which these are cancelled or objected to in the Commons is known as "prayer"
2 Rock. St Peter " on this rock". Rock around the Clock etc
3 Hampton Court is the Palace Built for Cardinal Wolsey
5Jeanette Winterton wrote Oranges are not the only fruit
15 Waterloo and Austerlitz both Napoleonic War battles and stations
3 Hampton Court is the Palace Built for Cardinal Wolsey
5Jeanette Winterton wrote Oranges are not the only fruit
15 Waterloo and Austerlitz both Napoleonic War battles and stations
Good going so far - some very good answers - bizarre alternatives I never even thought of - and yes one error on part due to using my imagination rather than checking a " fact "
Oh and it is Jeanette Winterton - not Janet.
Oh and it is Jeanette Winterton - not Janet.
In that case Pete it is fruit for No 5
Beatles - Strawberry Fields
Jeanette Winterton - Oranges are not the only fruit
Harry Belafonte - Banana Boat song
Anton Chekov - The Cherry Orchard
Beatles - Strawberry Fields
Jeanette Winterton - Oranges are not the only fruit
Harry Belafonte - Banana Boat song
Anton Chekov - The Cherry Orchard
1. I am trying to link them with flowers
Baroness Orcsy - Pimpernel
James Elroy - Dhalia
Tennessee Williams Rose??
Dumas ?????
I think theyve written plays/books with Flowers in their title but Im stumped on Dumas and not sure on Williams.
Baroness Orcsy - Pimpernel
James Elroy - Dhalia
Tennessee Williams Rose??
Dumas ?????
I think theyve written plays/books with Flowers in their title but Im stumped on Dumas and not sure on Williams.
I think it's flowers of a stated colour, Wee Jim; Dumas wrote the Black Tulip. No idea about the Tennessee Williams.
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I think it's flowers of a stated colour, Wee Jim; Dumas wrote the Black Tulip. No idea about the Tennessee Williams.
James Ellroy wrote the Black Dahlia
Alexandre Dumas wrote the Black Tulip
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I think it's flowers of a stated colour, Wee Jim; Dumas wrote the Black Tulip. No idea about the Tennessee Williams.
James Ellroy wrote the Black Dahlia
Alexandre Dumas wrote the Black Tulip
Indeed, and, as Wee Jim suggested, Baroness Orczy wrote The Scarlet Pimpernel, but what flower of what colour did Tennessee Williams write? The urge to Google it is strong, but I am resisting for now....
I think its just Flowers - thanks for the Black Tulip by Dumas. There is a Tennessee Williams play that is Rose something. Im thinking Rose Tattoo but that may be my penchant for Angry Anderson and Australian Rock groups
Rose Tattoo rings a bell with me too, Jim...
What have we got left to muse upon, Pete?
What have we got left to muse upon, Pete?
Although 6 was already answered with the flute as all the rest are reed instruments, I'd like to post an alternative - the saxophone, which is not found in the woodwind section of an orchestra.
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I think that it is Jon even though it isn't wooden as it gets grouped by virtue of it having a reed.
Well between you - its almost all done - I must try harder.
Only Two questions have no right or even close to right answer . Both are Odd ones out.
and just to clarify Saxophones have been and are included in the wind sections of symphony orchestras - several pieces require them and Mr Saxe ( one of the few famous Belgians ) invented the instrument with the intention that it would be a fully used orchestral instrument.
Only Two questions have no right or even close to right answer . Both are Odd ones out.
and just to clarify Saxophones have been and are included in the wind sections of symphony orchestras - several pieces require them and Mr Saxe ( one of the few famous Belgians ) invented the instrument with the intention that it would be a fully used orchestral instrument.
Guessing that these are the outstanding two:
8: St George, because he is the only one that has been "struck off" for not actually existing
9: Podiatrist, because it is the only one that doesn't contain a consonant digraph.
8: St George, because he is the only one that has been "struck off" for not actually existing
9: Podiatrist, because it is the only one that doesn't contain a consonant digraph.
St George is the only patron saint of more thn one country
Radiographer as its the only job that doesnt act on the person, merely photographs it. yes it is tenuous
Radiographer as its the only job that doesnt act on the person, merely photographs it. yes it is tenuous
To be fair some of the suggested answers to 8 and 9 are alternatives that I hadn't thought of but some of those suggested are rather tenuous
to help a bit - Q8 - its actually a very simple thing that makes one of them the odd one out and it is also based on a very common mistake.
Q9 It has nothing to do with what they do or do not do.
to help a bit - Q8 - its actually a very simple thing that makes one of them the odd one out and it is also based on a very common mistake.
Q9 It has nothing to do with what they do or do not do.
When I first read Q 9 I assumed that it would be an etymological question, but I can't for the life of me come up with a single odd one out on that basis. They all have Greek roots except Radiographer and Speech Therapist, which are both English/Greek hybrids, but that is as far as I can get.
Q9 - nothing to do with the origins of the words -
the odd one out arises from something quite unexpected that I discovered in the course of my work - evaluating such jobs for Tribunal cases.
the odd one out arises from something quite unexpected that I discovered in the course of my work - evaluating such jobs for Tribunal cases.
Is it that you don't require any formal qualifications to train as a phlebotomist but do for the others?
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I'll try again - is st. Joan the only one that was resident or even visited the country she is patron saint of. To be honest I'm actually only guessing that she is patron saint of France.
As an aside OP do you prefer the Leffe Nectar to the Blonde, and have you tried the Ruby?
well - a very serious intervention Ben G . prefer the blonde to the brown - haven't tried the nectar - Lidl sell a very pleasant Blanche De Namur which I quite like.
St Corkst - what can I say other than you are not on the right track nothing to do with residency - it is as I have said above based on a very common misapprehension.
St Corkst - what can I say other than you are not on the right track nothing to do with residency - it is as I have said above based on a very common misapprehension.
I've been wrestling with No.8 for a few days and each of them could be the odd one out for one or more reasons: the only one to have been a disciple, the only woman, etc; but I've rejected most of them.
The one answer that I that I think could be what Pete is looking for is St Patrick. He died a natural death whereas all the others were killed for their belief.
The one answer that I that I think could be what Pete is looking for is St Patrick. He died a natural death whereas all the others were killed for their belief.
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