Monday 7th May 2012
H, O, Q, V are my favourites.
There are 69 points available. I reckon 35 is a pass; anything above 50 pretty impressive. Quizzes should never be too easy. Here are the answers.
Three-letter animals: insect, reptile, bird, mammal – Ant; Asp; Auk; Ape
German playwright (1898-1956) known for his Alienation Effect – Berthold Brecht
And his play based on the Judgment of Solomon – Caucasian Chalk Circle
Beer that used to work wonders – Double Diamond
Intentional hidden messages, often hunted (and eaten) by children – Easter Eggs
Pollock painting, Plath poem, Stone Roses song – Full Fathom Five
English author who travelled with an aunt – Graham Greene
Watch knot without enthusiasm: half-h… – -hunter; -hitch; -hearted
States of America – Idaho; Iowa; Indiana; Illinois
A flash of Mick and Keith – Jumpin’ Jack
Large primate recently shot by Peter Jackson – King Kong
Spa town in Powys which houses the National Cycle Museum of Wales – Llandrindod Wells
Tweed-wearing, elderly female resident of the village of St Mary Mead – Miss Marple
Victorian novel featuring Noggs, Crummles and Squeers – Nicholas Nickleby
“What is truth?” he asked, before washing his hands – Pontius Pilate
A malfunction has led to this quiz question being in the wrong place – Out Of Order
Fairly undemonstrative – Quite quiet
Pairs of twins remembered for acts of violence – Romulus and Remus; Ronnie and Reggie (Kray)
Florence Margaret, born in Hull, best known for Not Waving But Drowning – Stevie Smith
English county towns – Taunton; Trowbridge; Truro
Wilde’s hunter and hunted – Unspeakable; Uneatable
Long live the mountain horn composer – Viva; Vesuvius; Vuvuzela; Vivaldi
Football teams in this season’s Premier League – West Brom; Wigan; Wolverhampton
Company founded in 1906, with many subsequent copies – Xerox
Fictional characters in works by Joseph Heller and George Lucas – Yossarian; Yoda
Six-letter words: belt, wind, frame, highest point, sharp turns, union of two gamete cells – Zodiac; Zephyr; Zimmer; Zenith; Zigzag; Zygote
