KWC Quiz 2021-22
December 25, 2021 12:33 AM Subscribe
It's finally here: The best part of Christmas!
A few opening thoughts before I start Googling:
3:2. I'm pretty sure this is one of Shakespeare's jesters - either Lear's fool or Touchstone, I think.
4:7. Possibly a reference to the Derby, which is run on Epsom Downs?
5:2: In sleepy London town, as per the Stones' SFM lyrics.
5:8 Falstaff in the Merry Wives of Windsor?
5:10 I think this is from Macbeth. The speaker could be Macbeth himself, the doctor or Lady M's lady in waiting.
7:6 The French Lieutentant's Woman, surely? (John Fowles)
9:10 On the staff symbolising the medical profession?
10:4 It was a dying English king who asked for "one of Bellamy's meat pies", but I can't remember which one.
10:7 This was a riposte delivered by a nobleman, I think in the English parliament. Duke of Wellington, perhaps?
10:8 These are the final two lines of a limerick, I think about a real figure. Can't remember his name.
10:10 Nobel prize for literature reference, I assume.
11:09 Aunt Dahlia's chef Anatole in the Jeeves books by PG Wodehouse.
11:10 I don't know the name of the character, but I think this line is from Cold Comfort Farm. Would it be the miserable old woman who lived there?
15:3 Clearly a Last of the Summer Wine reference. No idea which episode or precise location.
15:4 Jonathan Harrkness and Mina are both characters in Bram Stoker's Dracula.
16:10 Crystal Palace in London?
17:3 This is the final line from The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Was the narrator Gatsby himself or was it his social-climbing friend?
posted by Paul Slade at 2:10 AM on December 25, 2021
3:2. I'm pretty sure this is one of Shakespeare's jesters - either Lear's fool or Touchstone, I think.
4:7. Possibly a reference to the Derby, which is run on Epsom Downs?
5:2: In sleepy London town, as per the Stones' SFM lyrics.
5:8 Falstaff in the Merry Wives of Windsor?
5:10 I think this is from Macbeth. The speaker could be Macbeth himself, the doctor or Lady M's lady in waiting.
7:6 The French Lieutentant's Woman, surely? (John Fowles)
9:10 On the staff symbolising the medical profession?
10:4 It was a dying English king who asked for "one of Bellamy's meat pies", but I can't remember which one.
10:7 This was a riposte delivered by a nobleman, I think in the English parliament. Duke of Wellington, perhaps?
10:8 These are the final two lines of a limerick, I think about a real figure. Can't remember his name.
10:10 Nobel prize for literature reference, I assume.
11:09 Aunt Dahlia's chef Anatole in the Jeeves books by PG Wodehouse.
11:10 I don't know the name of the character, but I think this line is from Cold Comfort Farm. Would it be the miserable old woman who lived there?
15:3 Clearly a Last of the Summer Wine reference. No idea which episode or precise location.
15:4 Jonathan Harrkness and Mina are both characters in Bram Stoker's Dracula.
16:10 Crystal Palace in London?
17:3 This is the final line from The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Was the narrator Gatsby himself or was it his social-climbing friend?
posted by Paul Slade at 2:10 AM on December 25, 2021
10.5 is David Lloyd George (the Taoiseach in question being DeValera)
posted by scorbet at 3:22 AM on December 25, 2021
posted by scorbet at 3:22 AM on December 25, 2021
1:1 chanel no. 5
posted by emmling at 3:35 AM on December 25, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by emmling at 3:35 AM on December 25, 2021 [1 favorite]
One of my fond MeFi memories is collaboratively solving the 2015 Christmas quiz from Britain's Government Communications Headquarters.
So the "Christmas quiz" is apparently a British tradition? I get the general idea from this post and the GCH quiz, but it's all still a bit hazy to this Yank.
A "quiz", in this usage, seems to be a mélange of puzzles, brain-teasers, riddles, and/or trivia questions. Is that right?
Where did this tradition originate? Is it mainly a pastime for the educated (as seen here), or do all classes participate?
Sorry; don't mean to derail the puzzle-solving. But I'm probably not the only one who's curious!
posted by escape from the potato planet at 3:39 AM on December 25, 2021
So the "Christmas quiz" is apparently a British tradition? I get the general idea from this post and the GCH quiz, but it's all still a bit hazy to this Yank.
A "quiz", in this usage, seems to be a mélange of puzzles, brain-teasers, riddles, and/or trivia questions. Is that right?
Where did this tradition originate? Is it mainly a pastime for the educated (as seen here), or do all classes participate?
Sorry; don't mean to derail the puzzle-solving. But I'm probably not the only one who's curious!
posted by escape from the potato planet at 3:39 AM on December 25, 2021
I think 10 might be British Prime Ministers with 10.10 being Churchill.
posted by scorbet at 3:51 AM on December 25, 2021
posted by scorbet at 3:51 AM on December 25, 2021
16.3 thomas browne
16.9 horning
16.10 the octagon chapel in colgate
theme: norfolk
i think
posted by emmling at 3:59 AM on December 25, 2021
16.9 horning
16.10 the octagon chapel in colgate
theme: norfolk
i think
posted by emmling at 3:59 AM on December 25, 2021
7.3 The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
12.8 Baron von Munchausen
17.2 is from Frankenstein, I think
posted by scorbet at 3:59 AM on December 25, 2021
12.8 Baron von Munchausen
17.2 is from Frankenstein, I think
posted by scorbet at 3:59 AM on December 25, 2021
So the "Christmas quiz" is apparently a British tradition? I get the general idea from this post and the GCH quiz, but it's all still a bit hazy to this Yank.
Pupils at King William's college on the Isle of Man have been tormented by its annual general knowledge quiz since 1905.
we just do it for fun
posted by emmling at 4:04 AM on December 25, 2021 [1 favorite]
Pupils at King William's college on the Isle of Man have been tormented by its annual general knowledge quiz since 1905.
we just do it for fun
posted by emmling at 4:04 AM on December 25, 2021 [1 favorite]
13 Within a noted urban rail transport system, what:
I think this refers to the London Underground, and that the answers are names of individual stations.
1. could also be porcine?
??? (A number of stations contain the word "ham" – e.g., Amersham, Balham, Chesham, Clapham, etc. This seems like a stretch, though.)
2. appears partly chiropteran?
Battersea?
3. name is also represented on the DLR?
Bank
4. name is shared with two Bordeaux Châteaux?
Canons Park? (There is a Château Canon-la-Gaffelière, and a Château Canon.)
5. leader of the Souliotes, in conflict with the Ottomans, is commemorated?
??? (The leader in question appears to be Ali Pasha.)
6. recalls Franz Josef ’s failure to halt the advance of Napoleon and
Victor Emmanuel?
???
7. is a reminder of a fatal shooting at the Café du Croissant?
???
8. recalls the surrender of Vercingetorix?
???
9. commemorates a Soviet victory?
???
10. has an equivalent in E14?
??? (It's unclear what "E14" means here.)
posted by escape from the potato planet at 4:11 AM on December 25, 2021
I think this refers to the London Underground, and that the answers are names of individual stations.
1. could also be porcine?
??? (A number of stations contain the word "ham" – e.g., Amersham, Balham, Chesham, Clapham, etc. This seems like a stretch, though.)
2. appears partly chiropteran?
Battersea?
3. name is also represented on the DLR?
Bank
4. name is shared with two Bordeaux Châteaux?
Canons Park? (There is a Château Canon-la-Gaffelière, and a Château Canon.)
5. leader of the Souliotes, in conflict with the Ottomans, is commemorated?
??? (The leader in question appears to be Ali Pasha.)
6. recalls Franz Josef ’s failure to halt the advance of Napoleon and
Victor Emmanuel?
???
7. is a reminder of a fatal shooting at the Café du Croissant?
???
8. recalls the surrender of Vercingetorix?
???
9. commemorates a Soviet victory?
???
10. has an equivalent in E14?
??? (It's unclear what "E14" means here.)
posted by escape from the potato planet at 4:11 AM on December 25, 2021
I think 13 might be Paris instead
posted by scorbet at 4:15 AM on December 25, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by scorbet at 4:15 AM on December 25, 2021 [1 favorite]
13.6 is Magenta (though that’s an RER rather than Metro station)
13.7 is Jaurès
13.8 is Alesia
13.10 is probably referring to the post code E14 in London
posted by scorbet at 4:24 AM on December 25, 2021
13.7 is Jaurès
13.8 is Alesia
13.10 is probably referring to the post code E14 in London
posted by scorbet at 4:24 AM on December 25, 2021
2-10: Where does an Eiffel tower oversee the seals?
I believe this may be the Copenhagen Zoo, after looking up their map.
posted by LSK at 4:27 AM on December 25, 2021
I believe this may be the Copenhagen Zoo, after looking up their map.
posted by LSK at 4:27 AM on December 25, 2021
I think 12.7 is Charles Bell, and it's referring to Bell's palsy.
posted by Akhu at 4:40 AM on December 25, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by Akhu at 4:40 AM on December 25, 2021 [1 favorite]
16: norfolk
16.1
16.2
16.3 thomas browne
16.4
16.5
16.6
16.7 norwich cathedral (edith cavell being the martyred nurse, subject of 14 paintings by brian whelan)
16.8 maid’s head in wensum street (from the go-between, by l. p. hartley)
16.9 horning (from coot club, the sequel to arthur ransome's swallows and amazons)
16.10 the octagon chapel in colgate
posted by emmling at 4:42 AM on December 25, 2021
16.1
16.2
16.3 thomas browne
16.4
16.5
16.6
16.7 norwich cathedral (edith cavell being the martyred nurse, subject of 14 paintings by brian whelan)
16.8 maid’s head in wensum street (from the go-between, by l. p. hartley)
16.9 horning (from coot club, the sequel to arthur ransome's swallows and amazons)
16.10 the octagon chapel in colgate
posted by emmling at 4:42 AM on December 25, 2021
1.9 is Dublin (it’s referring to the Custom House)
13.5 is Botzaris
13.8 is Stalingrad
posted by scorbet at 5:04 AM on December 25, 2021
13.5 is Botzaris
13.8 is Stalingrad
posted by scorbet at 5:04 AM on December 25, 2021
18.1: Mars (Ingenuity is the little helicopter they've been flying around there)
posted by Hatashran at 5:05 AM on December 25, 2021
posted by Hatashran at 5:05 AM on December 25, 2021
I think this refers to the London Underground
I think it’s the Paris metro. Pigalle is the piggy one, Gare d’Austerlitz is the Napoleon reference, and Vercingetorix surrendered at Alesia.
posted by Phanx at 5:07 AM on December 25, 2021
I think it’s the Paris metro. Pigalle is the piggy one, Gare d’Austerlitz is the Napoleon reference, and Vercingetorix surrendered at Alesia.
posted by Phanx at 5:07 AM on December 25, 2021
E14 is a postal district of East London - Tower Hamlets, I suppose.
posted by Phanx at 5:09 AM on December 25, 2021
posted by Phanx at 5:09 AM on December 25, 2021
16.4 olympiastadion, munich (norwich city fc defeated fc bayern-munich 2-1, with raimond aumann in goal for bayern in 1993)
16.6 canaries (supposedly introduced to the area by the strangers)
posted by emmling at 5:11 AM on December 25, 2021
16.6 canaries (supposedly introduced to the area by the strangers)
posted by emmling at 5:11 AM on December 25, 2021
Too many words.
posted by markbrendanawitzmissesus at 5:33 AM on December 25, 2021
posted by markbrendanawitzmissesus at 5:33 AM on December 25, 2021
17: literary last lines and their authors
17.1 joseph heller, catch 22
17.2 mary shelley, frankenstein
17.3 f. scott fitzgerald, the great gatsby
17.4 virginia woolf, to the lighthouse
17.5 oscar wilde, the picture of dorian gray
17.6 william golding, the lord of the flies
17.7 somerset maugham, the moon and sixpence
17.8 daphne du maurier, my cousin rachel
17.9 jerome k. jerome, three men on the bummel
17.10 max beerbohm, zuleika dobson, or, an oxford love story
posted by emmling at 5:35 AM on December 25, 2021
17.1 joseph heller, catch 22
17.2 mary shelley, frankenstein
17.3 f. scott fitzgerald, the great gatsby
17.4 virginia woolf, to the lighthouse
17.5 oscar wilde, the picture of dorian gray
17.6 william golding, the lord of the flies
17.7 somerset maugham, the moon and sixpence
17.8 daphne du maurier, my cousin rachel
17.9 jerome k. jerome, three men on the bummel
17.10 max beerbohm, zuleika dobson, or, an oxford love story
posted by emmling at 5:35 AM on December 25, 2021
3:2. I'm pretty sure this is one of Shakespeare's jesters - either Lear's fool or Touchstone, I think.
I forget which fool says it, but within the play (Twelfth Night?) the fool is claiming to be quoting a made-up philosopher by the name of "Quinapalus", and I'm not sure whether the intended answer is the name of the speaking character or the ostensible source of the quote.
posted by Earthtopus at 6:42 AM on December 25, 2021
I forget which fool says it, but within the play (Twelfth Night?) the fool is claiming to be quoting a made-up philosopher by the name of "Quinapalus", and I'm not sure whether the intended answer is the name of the speaking character or the ostensible source of the quote.
posted by Earthtopus at 6:42 AM on December 25, 2021
If this is meant to make a person feel dumb, congrats.
posted by computech_apolloniajames at 6:45 AM on December 25, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by computech_apolloniajames at 6:45 AM on December 25, 2021 [1 favorite]
12.5 is Burrill Bernard Cronin, of the eponymous disease.
(12 is either mostly or all people diseases are named after)
posted by Hactar at 6:47 AM on December 25, 2021
(12 is either mostly or all people diseases are named after)
posted by Hactar at 6:47 AM on December 25, 2021
5:3 is Tennyson's kraken
posted by Earthtopus at 6:49 AM on December 25, 2021
posted by Earthtopus at 6:49 AM on December 25, 2021
7.5 Mayor of Casterbridge - Hardy
14.1 Archie Andrews
14.6 Archibald Craven
So, 14 may well have an Archie / Archibald link
posted by jontyjago at 7:07 AM on December 25, 2021 [1 favorite]
14.1 Archie Andrews
14.6 Archibald Craven
So, 14 may well have an Archie / Archibald link
posted by jontyjago at 7:07 AM on December 25, 2021 [1 favorite]
Hey I got one (7.5)! I consider that a victory.
posted by Admiral Viceroy at 7:34 AM on December 25, 2021
posted by Admiral Viceroy at 7:34 AM on December 25, 2021
I thought I knew stuff ...
posted by crazy_yeti at 7:42 AM on December 25, 2021
posted by crazy_yeti at 7:42 AM on December 25, 2021
It's just like every year; you answer all the questions, and certain letters spell out BE SURE TO DRINK YOUR OVALTINE.
posted by xedrik at 7:44 AM on December 25, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by xedrik at 7:44 AM on December 25, 2021 [1 favorite]
0/100!
posted by PhineasGage at 8:08 AM on December 25, 2021
posted by PhineasGage at 8:08 AM on December 25, 2021
Has anyone started a spreadsheet? I am working on one here, in fits and starts.
posted by MonkeyToes at 8:27 AM on December 25, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by MonkeyToes at 8:27 AM on December 25, 2021 [1 favorite]
1.1 Chanel No. 5
1.2 The Mothers' Clinic (first birth control clinic in England)
1.3 D.H. Lawrence's Women in Love
1.4 Anatole France
1.5 Camille Saint-Saëns
1.6 Leipzig
1.7 Warwick Armstrong
1.8 The Chicago Opera Company (the "triple citrous concoction" refers to the company commissioning Sergei Prokofiev's opera The Love for Three Oranges)
1.9 The Custom House, Dublin
1.10 The Battle of Annual
posted by jonp72 at 8:27 AM on December 25, 2021
1.2 The Mothers' Clinic (first birth control clinic in England)
1.3 D.H. Lawrence's Women in Love
1.4 Anatole France
1.5 Camille Saint-Saëns
1.6 Leipzig
1.7 Warwick Armstrong
1.8 The Chicago Opera Company (the "triple citrous concoction" refers to the company commissioning Sergei Prokofiev's opera The Love for Three Oranges)
1.9 The Custom House, Dublin
1.10 The Battle of Annual
posted by jonp72 at 8:27 AM on December 25, 2021
Thank you, MonkeyToes - we definitely need a spreadsheet.
posted by Paul Slade at 8:31 AM on December 25, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by Paul Slade at 8:31 AM on December 25, 2021 [1 favorite]
I usually feel victorious if I can get one question, preferably one that hasn't been gotten here yet. So:
7:10 is The American Senator, by Trollope, a favorite of mine.
posted by JanetLand at 8:36 AM on December 25, 2021
7:10 is The American Senator, by Trollope, a favorite of mine.
posted by JanetLand at 8:36 AM on December 25, 2021
12:7 is Sir Charles Bell, the namesake of Bell's Palsy.
posted by ArbitraryAndCapricious at 8:40 AM on December 25, 2021
posted by ArbitraryAndCapricious at 8:40 AM on December 25, 2021
Section 2 seems to have a bit of other Baltic countries mixed in too.
posted by jonp72 at 8:41 AM on December 25, 2021
posted by jonp72 at 8:41 AM on December 25, 2021
12:5 is Dr. Burrill Crohn, the namesake of Crohn's disease.
(Do we have any doctors? Section 12 is all namesakes of diseases, and my disease knowledge is limited.)
posted by ArbitraryAndCapricious at 8:44 AM on December 25, 2021
(Do we have any doctors? Section 12 is all namesakes of diseases, and my disease knowledge is limited.)
posted by ArbitraryAndCapricious at 8:44 AM on December 25, 2021
Oh, 12:8 is Baron Munchausen, namesake of Munchausen syndrome.
posted by ArbitraryAndCapricious at 8:47 AM on December 25, 2021
posted by ArbitraryAndCapricious at 8:47 AM on December 25, 2021
Here's what I worked out elsewhere (some duplicates):
15.3 is Last of the Summer Wine (very long running BBC 'comedy') and therefore Holmfirth.
17.2 is Frankenstein, I think?
17.3 is Gatsby
18.10 Might be Stanley Tucci
I think 4 is as SPOTY (BBC Sports Personality of the year) because Mark Cavendish won it after several TdF green jerserys
10.5 is surely a Treaty (end of the Irish War of Independence, but don't get too comfortable, we then had a Civil War) reference so maybe Lloyd George?
10 is a Nobel Prize for Literature thing so if it is Churchill the rest are probably all British PMs
My other half says they are Bells meat pies for 10.4 but doesn't remember who.
10.6 Might be Gladstone?
10.7 is presumable one of the aristo PMs
7.3 is The Woman in White, 7.6 The Mayor of Casterbridge, 7.7 the French Lieutenant's Woman
12.7 Maybe Bell's Palsy so therefore Bell
posted by hfnuala at 8:53 AM on December 25, 2021
15.3 is Last of the Summer Wine (very long running BBC 'comedy') and therefore Holmfirth.
17.2 is Frankenstein, I think?
17.3 is Gatsby
18.10 Might be Stanley Tucci
I think 4 is as SPOTY (BBC Sports Personality of the year) because Mark Cavendish won it after several TdF green jerserys
10.5 is surely a Treaty (end of the Irish War of Independence, but don't get too comfortable, we then had a Civil War) reference so maybe Lloyd George?
10 is a Nobel Prize for Literature thing so if it is Churchill the rest are probably all British PMs
My other half says they are Bells meat pies for 10.4 but doesn't remember who.
10.6 Might be Gladstone?
10.7 is presumable one of the aristo PMs
7.3 is The Woman in White, 7.6 The Mayor of Casterbridge, 7.7 the French Lieutenant's Woman
12.7 Maybe Bell's Palsy so therefore Bell
posted by hfnuala at 8:53 AM on December 25, 2021
And I guess quizzes are a Christmas tradition here? Especially at work places as a wind down before the break. Hence the 2 scandals involving quizzes in late 2020 - 1 with a quiz hosted by Boris and then the person assigned to investigate parties turned out to have known of one in his office so had to step down.
I love a quiz all year round. It definitely helps to have had a particular type of fact focused schooling and I don't have enough of those facts and references to do amazingly on these but I enjoy them.
posted by hfnuala at 9:04 AM on December 25, 2021
I love a quiz all year round. It definitely helps to have had a particular type of fact focused schooling and I don't have enough of those facts and references to do amazingly on these but I enjoy them.
posted by hfnuala at 9:04 AM on December 25, 2021
Spreadsheet here. (I am bad at Google spreadsheets; all errors mine, tweaks to presentation happily accepted. Please feel free to start filling in answers, and give a yell if there are any problems.)
posted by MonkeyToes at 9:18 AM on December 25, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by MonkeyToes at 9:18 AM on December 25, 2021 [2 favorites]
Section 2 is definitely the Baltic States
2.1 Riga, Latvia
2.2 Kaunus, Lithuania
2.3 ??? (this question probably refers to Karl XII of Sweden vs. one of the Russian tzars named Peter in the Great Northern War)
2.4 Daugavgrīva, Latvia (question appears to be a reference to C.S. Forester's The Commodore & Horatio Hornblower, this quiz sure does love their 19th century novels celebrating British imperialism, don't they?)
2.5 Tartu, Estonia
2.6 Jelgava Palace, Courtland, Latvia
2.7 The Klaipėda Region (annexed to Lithuania)
2.8 Gediminas Tower, Vilnius, Lithuania
2.9 Saaremaa, Estonia
2.10 Hiiumaa Island, Estonia
posted by jonp72 at 10:18 AM on December 25, 2021
2.1 Riga, Latvia
2.2 Kaunus, Lithuania
2.3 ??? (this question probably refers to Karl XII of Sweden vs. one of the Russian tzars named Peter in the Great Northern War)
2.4 Daugavgrīva, Latvia (question appears to be a reference to C.S. Forester's The Commodore & Horatio Hornblower, this quiz sure does love their 19th century novels celebrating British imperialism, don't they?)
2.5 Tartu, Estonia
2.6 Jelgava Palace, Courtland, Latvia
2.7 The Klaipėda Region (annexed to Lithuania)
2.8 Gediminas Tower, Vilnius, Lithuania
2.9 Saaremaa, Estonia
2.10 Hiiumaa Island, Estonia
posted by jonp72 at 10:18 AM on December 25, 2021
14.6 Archibald Craven, from the Secret Garden by Frances Hodgkin Burnett
posted by janell at 11:13 AM on December 25, 2021
posted by janell at 11:13 AM on December 25, 2021
Yay! I was about to post this yesterday but family stuff got in the way. Let's do this, Metafilter!
posted by andraste at 11:33 AM on December 25, 2021
posted by andraste at 11:33 AM on December 25, 2021
Pleasantly surprised that I knew about six of these off the top of my head. Unfortunately not any that haven’t been posted here already.
posted by ejs at 11:51 AM on December 25, 2021
posted by ejs at 11:51 AM on December 25, 2021
4. name is shared with two Bordeaux Châteaux?
Barbes-Rochrchouart is the metro stop, both names are chateaux.
10. has an equivalent in E14?
??? (It's unclear what "E14" means here.)
E14 is the Isle of Dogs, we reckon the common area was Billingsgate, or the Poissoniere metro stop.
posted by biffa at 12:37 PM on December 25, 2021
Barbes-Rochrchouart is the metro stop, both names are chateaux.
10. has an equivalent in E14?
??? (It's unclear what "E14" means here.)
E14 is the Isle of Dogs, we reckon the common area was Billingsgate, or the Poissoniere metro stop.
posted by biffa at 12:37 PM on December 25, 2021
Gare d’Austerlitz is the Napoleon referenc
We thought Solferino?
posted by biffa at 12:44 PM on December 25, 2021
We thought Solferino?
posted by biffa at 12:44 PM on December 25, 2021
Viaducts
1: Ribblehead viaduct
2: Balcombe viaduct
3:
4: Larpool viaduct
5: Medway viaduct
6: Yarn viaduct
7:
8: Victoria viaduct
9: Welland viaduct
10: Stockport viaduct
posted by biffa at 12:53 PM on December 25, 2021
1: Ribblehead viaduct
2: Balcombe viaduct
3:
4: Larpool viaduct
5: Medway viaduct
6: Yarn viaduct
7:
8: Victoria viaduct
9: Welland viaduct
10: Stockport viaduct
posted by biffa at 12:53 PM on December 25, 2021
biffa, how do those various things fit together?
There is a Canary Wharf station on the London underground. (It is, indeed, in postcode E14.)
Canary Wharf is located on a peninsula called the Isle of Dogs.
Poissonnière is a station on the Paris metro.
What's the connection?
posted by escape from the potato planet at 1:01 PM on December 25, 2021
There is a Canary Wharf station on the London underground. (It is, indeed, in postcode E14.)
Canary Wharf is located on a peninsula called the Isle of Dogs.
Poissonnière is a station on the Paris metro.
What's the connection?
posted by escape from the potato planet at 1:01 PM on December 25, 2021
The category is Paris metro not London underground stops. Billingsgate is the London fish market, and its current address is E14 5ST. Poissoniere is the metro stop for the Paris fish market.
posted by biffa at 1:25 PM on December 25, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by biffa at 1:25 PM on December 25, 2021 [1 favorite]
jonp75: 2:3 Narva (place won and lost 1700 and 1704 by the Swedes to the Russians)
2:4 Riga? (Hornblower for sure, but I thought the ballet was in Riga.)
3:2 Feste, Twelfth Night
3:3 Dicky Pearce
3:4 Dagonet Idylls of the King, Tennyson
3:5 Will Somers
3:7 Rigoletto
3:8 Triboulet, Le roi s'amuse, Hugo
3:9 Rabere, Kipling
3:10 Archrook (?) in Jester Chess
posted by CCBC at 10:19 PM on December 25, 2021
2:4 Riga? (Hornblower for sure, but I thought the ballet was in Riga.)
3:2 Feste, Twelfth Night
3:3 Dicky Pearce
3:4 Dagonet Idylls of the King, Tennyson
3:5 Will Somers
3:7 Rigoletto
3:8 Triboulet, Le roi s'amuse, Hugo
3:9 Rabere, Kipling
3:10 Archrook (?) in Jester Chess
posted by CCBC at 10:19 PM on December 25, 2021
Category 5 is Sleep
5:1 Sleeping sickness (Glossina = tsetse fly)
5:2 "Sleepy London Town"
5:3 The Kraken, Tennyson
5:4 Madeline Eve of St. Agnes, Keats
5:5 John Milton (?) from William Blake's "Milton"
5:7 The Seven Sleepers
5:8 Timmy Willie The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse, Beatrix Potter
5:9 Amina La sonnambula, Bellini
5:10 Shakespeare or King Henry IV, from his play part 2
posted by CCBC at 10:25 PM on December 25, 2021
5:1 Sleeping sickness (Glossina = tsetse fly)
5:2 "Sleepy London Town"
5:3 The Kraken, Tennyson
5:4 Madeline Eve of St. Agnes, Keats
5:5 John Milton (?) from William Blake's "Milton"
5:7 The Seven Sleepers
5:8 Timmy Willie The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse, Beatrix Potter
5:9 Amina La sonnambula, Bellini
5:10 Shakespeare or King Henry IV, from his play part 2
posted by CCBC at 10:25 PM on December 25, 2021
6 is Caribbean locations
8 is Nuts
9 is Tweed-related
posted by CCBC at 10:27 PM on December 25, 2021
8 is Nuts
9 is Tweed-related
posted by CCBC at 10:27 PM on December 25, 2021
8: Nuts
2—Almonds, Numbers 17
4—Palm-nuts
5—Nutmeg of Consolation, Patrick O’Brian
6—Macadamia
7—Groundnuts/Peanuts Atlee scheme, 1951
8—Pignuts Caliban Tempest
9—Brazil Nuts
10—Hazelnut shell, Romeo and Juliet
posted by CCBC at 10:38 PM on December 25, 2021
2—Almonds, Numbers 17
4—Palm-nuts
5—Nutmeg of Consolation, Patrick O’Brian
6—Macadamia
7—Groundnuts/Peanuts Atlee scheme, 1951
8—Pignuts Caliban Tempest
9—Brazil Nuts
10—Hazelnut shell, Romeo and Juliet
posted by CCBC at 10:38 PM on December 25, 2021
Could 3:1 be Puck in Midsummer Night's Dream? He's a jester figure in that play and gives Bottom an ass's head with long ears that get several mentions in the text.
posted by Paul Slade at 11:29 PM on December 25, 2021
posted by Paul Slade at 11:29 PM on December 25, 2021
6:1 is the isle of Nevis, where Horatio Nelson married Francis Nisbet in 1785.
posted by Paul Slade at 11:47 PM on December 25, 2021
posted by Paul Slade at 11:47 PM on December 25, 2021
Section 17:
1— Joseph Heller, Catch-22
2—Mary Shelley, Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus
3— F. Scott Fitzgerald, Great Gatsby
4—Virginia Woolf, To The Lighthouse
5— Oscar Wilde, Picture of Dorian Gray
6—William Golding, Lord of the Flies
7—Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence
8—Daphne DuMaurier, My Cousin Rachel
9—Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men On A Bummel
10—Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson
posted by CCBC at 2:24 AM on December 26, 2021
1— Joseph Heller, Catch-22
2—Mary Shelley, Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus
3— F. Scott Fitzgerald, Great Gatsby
4—Virginia Woolf, To The Lighthouse
5— Oscar Wilde, Picture of Dorian Gray
6—William Golding, Lord of the Flies
7—Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence
8—Daphne DuMaurier, My Cousin Rachel
9—Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men On A Bummel
10—Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson
posted by CCBC at 2:24 AM on December 26, 2021
So the "Christmas quiz" is apparently a British tradition? I get the general idea from this post and the GCH quiz, but it's all still a bit hazy to this Yank.
I think it's at least partially that the newspapers can run a bunch of quizzes around the Xmas/NY break, basically as filler, so that less journalists are working.
posted by biffa at 2:44 AM on December 26, 2021
I think it's at least partially that the newspapers can run a bunch of quizzes around the Xmas/NY break, basically as filler, so that less journalists are working.
posted by biffa at 2:44 AM on December 26, 2021
Makes sense. The whole concept of a "quiz" (in this sense) is unfamiliar to me, though - I've never seen anything resembling this in a newspaper. Here in the US, we just have crossword puzzles and Sudoku.
posted by escape from the potato planet at 3:09 AM on December 26, 2021
posted by escape from the potato planet at 3:09 AM on December 26, 2021
Folks, don't forget to check MonkeyToes' spreadsheet to see which questions have already been solved!
posted by escape from the potato planet at 3:14 AM on December 26, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by escape from the potato planet at 3:14 AM on December 26, 2021 [1 favorite]
The KWC quiz is a good deal more demanding that the ones you'd find in a British newspaper today. It's more like the kind of thing an erudite weekly magazine might carry at this time of year.
posted by Paul Slade at 3:36 AM on December 26, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by Paul Slade at 3:36 AM on December 26, 2021 [1 favorite]
10:9 is Asquith. Had to go to France to meet the King.
posted by CCBC at 1:52 PM on December 26, 2021
posted by CCBC at 1:52 PM on December 26, 2021
These are now the only seven questions left in the spreadsheet with no answer against them.
3:1 (Jesters)
who advocates auricular consideration?
4:2 (Jockeys)
who went head-to-head with Beaumont?
6:3 (Carribean Islands)
where did Harry fix the trafficker and maroon twelve of his compatriots?
8:1 (Nuts)
for what was there a reason?
8:3 (Nuts)
what, taken without vinegar, would relish the beer?
9:4 (Places in Scotland)
where did the butcher reduce the pack from eight to three?
14:5 (People called Archie or Archibald)
who denounced the hanging of a felon as murder and was sent away to
run the family seat in the Borders?
posted by Paul Slade at 6:27 AM on December 27, 2021
3:1 (Jesters)
who advocates auricular consideration?
4:2 (Jockeys)
who went head-to-head with Beaumont?
6:3 (Carribean Islands)
where did Harry fix the trafficker and maroon twelve of his compatriots?
8:1 (Nuts)
for what was there a reason?
8:3 (Nuts)
what, taken without vinegar, would relish the beer?
9:4 (Places in Scotland)
where did the butcher reduce the pack from eight to three?
14:5 (People called Archie or Archibald)
who denounced the hanging of a felon as murder and was sent away to
run the family seat in the Borders?
posted by Paul Slade at 6:27 AM on December 27, 2021
Section 3 is about jesters and fools and 3.1 asks who advocates auricular consideration. Boris Johnson wrote a book called Lend Me Your Ears. Just saying....
posted by suilven at 9:50 AM on December 27, 2021
posted by suilven at 9:50 AM on December 27, 2021
9:4 is Melrose Rugby Football Club in Scotland, where a local butcher named Ned Haig invented the game of Rugby Sevens in 1883. This variation of the standard 15-player game reduces the number of each team's scrum players - aka its pack - from eight to three.
posted by Paul Slade at 9:54 AM on December 27, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by Paul Slade at 9:54 AM on December 27, 2021 [1 favorite]
13.2 Censier-Daubenton is a Paris Metro station and Daubenton is a type of bat
posted by suilven at 1:38 AM on December 28, 2021
posted by suilven at 1:38 AM on December 28, 2021
4:2 (Jockeys)
who went head-to-head with Beaumont?
Willie Carson was a jockey who went head to head with Bill Beaumont on the BBC's Question of Sport.
posted by biffa at 1:31 PM on December 28, 2021
who went head-to-head with Beaumont?
Willie Carson was a jockey who went head to head with Bill Beaumont on the BBC's Question of Sport.
posted by biffa at 1:31 PM on December 28, 2021
8:1 might have to do with the Nutcracker and Hoffman's story. But I can't make it fit. (Crackatuck/"the hard nut")
3:1 might be Chicot, jester-hero of Dumas' novels, but I can't find an Ears reference that fits.
Those, plus the Scots border lord who thought a hanging murder, are the last.
posted by CCBC at 5:05 PM on December 29, 2021
3:1 might be Chicot, jester-hero of Dumas' novels, but I can't find an Ears reference that fits.
Those, plus the Scots border lord who thought a hanging murder, are the last.
posted by CCBC at 5:05 PM on December 29, 2021
3:1 Chicot appraises his dinner: "The stuffed ears did not crack under your teeth." Alexandre Dumas, The Forty-Five Guardsmen, Ch. XIX
(Is that "auricular consideration"?)
posted by CCBC at 12:24 AM on December 30, 2021
(Is that "auricular consideration"?)
posted by CCBC at 12:24 AM on December 30, 2021
I keep thinking 14:5 might describe something that happens in a Walter Scott novel, but so far I've been unable to verify this.
posted by Paul Slade at 10:01 AM on December 30, 2021
posted by Paul Slade at 10:01 AM on December 30, 2021
Okay, I got these from a friend of a friend.
3:1 Jack Point Gilbert & Sullivan, The Yeomen of the Guard. "If you wish to succeed as a jester, you’ll need/ To consider each person’s auricular."
14.5 Archie Weir R.L.Stevenson, The Weir of Hermiston
This quiz usually has a G&S question, so this ticks that box. Also, it usually has a Sherlock Holmes question. So now I'm looking for the nut (8:1) in Sherlock.
posted by CCBC at 3:21 AM on January 1, 2022
3:1 Jack Point Gilbert & Sullivan, The Yeomen of the Guard. "If you wish to succeed as a jester, you’ll need/ To consider each person’s auricular."
14.5 Archie Weir R.L.Stevenson, The Weir of Hermiston
This quiz usually has a G&S question, so this ticks that box. Also, it usually has a Sherlock Holmes question. So now I'm looking for the nut (8:1) in Sherlock.
posted by CCBC at 3:21 AM on January 1, 2022
8:1 - which I think is now the last answer outstanding - is grape-nuts.
posted by Paul Slade at 7:38 AM on January 1, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by Paul Slade at 7:38 AM on January 1, 2022 [2 favorites]
8:1 - which I think is now the last answer outstanding - is grape-nuts.
Oh, well done!
posted by MonkeyToes at 8:49 AM on January 1, 2022
Oh, well done!
posted by MonkeyToes at 8:49 AM on January 1, 2022
Yes! Excellent, Paul Slade.
Now it's done for another year.
posted by CCBC at 3:13 PM on January 1, 2022
Now it's done for another year.
posted by CCBC at 3:13 PM on January 1, 2022
The answers are posted here.
Team MeFi got about 173/180.
posted by CCBC at 3:23 PM on January 22, 2022 [1 favorite]
Team MeFi got about 173/180.
posted by CCBC at 3:23 PM on January 22, 2022 [1 favorite]
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