Dedham Tennis Club annual quiz night was held Friday the 2nd of March at the revamped sports club. (a huge thanks to all who have helped with raising & getting funds for the Sports Club uplift ~ awesome effort)
Back to the night in question, while the quiz master got a bit carried away with the challenge he was setting “master mind on steroids” was the quote. All teams had their moments, John Drake acing the maximum characters in a tweet will live long in the memory.
A huge thanks to Helen Main & Caroline Westonwho organised and ran the evening brilliantly. In total £402.53 was raised, with £160 (raffle monies) being donated to the Manningtree 1st Response Team. While the balance will go to club funds ~ a huge thanks to everybody for attending and supporting so generously. A big congrats to our winners on the night led by Mark Dempsey, see fuzzy picture below. Finally for those very keen, we have listed the questions further down.
2012 Pot Luck 1 Media, Arts & Popular Culture
- 1 For the 70th anniversary edition of Desert Island Discs, who was the guest.
- 2 Particle physicist brian cox had a UK music number 1 with which band?
- 3 Who am i describing? His debut album was called Let Them Talk, he has an OBE, he rowed for cambridge in the 1980 boat race while he has multiple emmy & golden globe awards for acting & has written a novel that topped the book charts in France.
- 4 Brenda Ann Spencer’s attempted massacre at an elementary school influenced the title of a 1970′s music hit, what was the name of the song?
- 5 The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)resulted in which flagship website being offline for a period in Jan?
- 6 Name the rat who presents Horrible Hisotries on CBBC?
- 7 Pineapple Dance Studios in Covent Garden, what was the building used prior to the opening of the studios?
- 8 James Corden is currently staring in which west in stage hit?
- 9 What is the maximum number of characters in a tweet?
- 10 Letters to Daniel & Valentina’s Story were award winning radio & tv programmes by whom?
2012 Last Weeks News
- 1 Duchess of Cambridge revealed her cocker spaniel was named?
- 2 Which country announced it had zero cases of polio over the last year?
- 3 Scientists in Russia have grown plants from fruit stored away in permafrost by what animal over 30,000 years ago?
- 4 Ed Sheeran won best British male artis at the Brits. What was his debut single?
- 5 Andrew Marr presents a three-part documentary series looking at the life and reign of Her Majesty – what was the series called.
- 6 Name the british diver who came thirs in the World Cup10m platform final?
- 7 Researchers believe a certain animal variety have ascents, they change their sound depending on where they live and who they live with. What animal?
- 8 Who missed the decisive penalty in the carling cup final last weekend?
- 9 Name 1 member of boy band One Direction who won best single at the
- 10 Name the french photographer killed in Homs last week.
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2012 Sport
- 1 Name the fottball club that have – Guus Hiddink as the coach, Roberto Carlos as captain while they have made Samuel Eto the world’s highest paid player, with a salary of euro 20.5 m per season.
- 2 Name eaither quarter back from this years superbowl final
- 3 Barry McGuigan, a former boxing world champion, fought Young Ali of Nigeria in his 12th fight. Why is the fight remembered?
- 4 Which Luxemburger was recently awarded the 2010 Tour de France after Alberto Contador was stripped?
- 5 Only 4 cricket players have 2 test triple centuries Donald Bradman, Chris Gayle, – name either of the other two?
- 6 Federer didnt make the semis of last years wimbledon. Who beat him?
- 7 Hugh Morris, England Cricket Managing Director said it was “like giving a machine gun to a monkey”? to what was he referring.
- 8 What is the second biggest stadium in the UK?
- 9 F1 At the 2011 German Grand PRix 25% of the grid were German. Nick Heidfeld, Nico Rosberg, Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel. Name 1 of the other 2?
- 10 How many games have france lost in the last two rugby world cups? Sum of both tournaments?
2012 Pot Luck 2 People, Politics, Professions, Pasta
- 1 What is the literal translation of Fettuccine?
- 2 Lawrence Delaligios mother vigorously campaigned for better safety standards following which disaster?
- 3 In which country or in which month did the Arab Spring begin?
- 4 Richard Attenborough oldest daughter & grandaughter died on boxing day 2004, how did they die?
- 5 How many Mitford sisters were there?
- 6 In the Parliament of the United Kingdom, a bill defeated by a this manoeuvre may be said to have been “talked out”. What is the manouvere technically know?
- 7 Under Italian law, dry pasta (pasta asciutta) can only be made from which type of wheat?
- 8 Who said “My fellow americans, i am pleased to tell you today that i have signed legislation that will outlaw russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes”?
- 9 What does an apiarist keep?
- 10 What % of the popular vote did the lib dems get in the 2010 UK Election. answers within 2% accepted
2012 Pot Luck 3 – History, Geography, Science & Nature, Business
- 1 In countries with a population of over 10m, which has the highest population density.
- 2 How tall is the worlds tallest living tree, a Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) in Northern California called Hyperion, which measures 379.3 . Answers within 20 feet?
- 3 Hellenic is a synonym for what?
- 4 Who is the only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated?
- 5 Which landlocked nation became independent in 2011 and has its capital at juba?
- 6 What was originally defined as the area of land which a pair of oxen could plough in one day?
- 7 What was the first ship ever to be sunk by a nuclear-powered submarine?
- 8 Facebook announced they would have an IPO this year, but what does IPO stand for?
- 9 Who was chief executive of BP whos tenure ended due to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill?
- 10 E=mc² E is energy, and c is the speed of light in a vacuum. What does the m stand for?
Audio Round
* 1 Name of the film http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO4tIrjBDkk
* 2 Who is this addressing the england football team? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qij-GltNyw0
* 3 Do the countdown maths, the second one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eMs_o08Gm4&feature=related
* 4 Name of MP http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqtANltepC4&feature=endscreen&NR=1
* 5 Name of the Shakespearean character http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X9C55TkUP8
* 6 Name the bird david attenborough is describing (lyre bird) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjE0Kdfos4Y
* 7 Name of song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Orv_F2HV4gk
* 8 Name the poet laureate http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1ig5v4THEY&feature=related
* 9 Name comic duo brilliantly describing sup prime http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzJmTCYmo9g
* 10 Name would be US president http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP4hYkfwuTY
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