Right then - a bit of 'flesh on the bones' ;D
Quiz starts at 8 o'clock. Maximum no of peeps in a team is 6.
Eat before you come - they don't do bar food in the evening - it's just carvery (and you won't be able to hear the questions
They do however, put a plate of roast potatos on every table ;D
Anyone caught using their mobs will be 'named & shamed' and fined ;D
Entry is £2.00 per person, and half the kitty will go to the winning team, and half of it to Friends
We can have a raffle
Here are some sample questions I just got from my very good friend, Mr Google
Go on, scare yourselves - I don't know ONE single answer
1. The name of which music style translated means 'new wave'?
2. Which New York City street is synonymous with the US advertising industry?
3. What is the only landlocked country in South East Asia?
4. Which famous film title is also the Mexican name for the river known in the USA as 'Rio Grande'?
5. In September 2010, former steelworker Philippe Croizon swam the English Channel, completing the challenge in just less than 14 hours. The record at that time stood at 6 hours, 57 minutes and 50 seconds, so why was Croizon's crossing so amazing?
6. What is the Greek root for 'soul'?
Psych ;D 7. One can buy whole leaf grade tea labeled SFTGFOP. What do the letters stand for?
8. In which film did Sir Laurence Olivier play?
a. A Nazi war criminal named Dr. Christian Szell
Marathon Man b. An aging Jewish Nazi hunter named Ezra Lieberman
c. Nazi war criminal Rudolf Hess
9. Blüthner, Erard, Chickering, Broadwood, Beckstein, Heintzman and Cristofori are all famous examples of what?
Piano 10. Borrowed words used in the English language:
a: German word meaning "spirit of the times" - nine letters
Zeitgeist b: Scandinavian originating word meaning "a hard woven fiber formed into a rigid material" - six letters
c: Swedish and Old Norse word for "commissary",
Ombudsman"representative" and "steward" - nine letters, second letter 'M'
d: The German word for "health" - ten letters
e: Swedish word meaning "a meal served buffet-style" - eleven letters, second letter 'M', last letter 'D'.
Smorgasbord f: Russian word meaning "way" or "journey" and literally translated is "travelling companion" - seven letters
g: A meringue dessert named after a Russian ballet dancer -
PavlovaAnswers here, g'wan, just for a laugh