Quiz group – July/August 2025

Our two quizzes in July covered the following subject matters: General Knowledge x 2, Collectors, Religious celebrations, Turkeys, Computing, Carols, Summer, Bushes, Elephants, Arthurs and General History.

Plenty of choice for the joker round but unfortunately, not many played it in the right round.  Never mind, a lot of information was tabled such as:

• Aurora, Chandler, Legacy and Reka are all varieties of blueberries
• A vexillologist collects flags
• The festival of colours, love and Spring known as Holi is a Hindu celebration
• John Lennon wrote the song ‘Cold Turkey’ in 1969
• The acronym JPG stands for Joint Photographic Group
• Carol Thatcher, the daughter of Margaret is 71
• Aestas was the Roman goddess of Summer
• Aspirin was originally derived from the bark of the Willow tree
• Melanie (Mel) Bush is a fictional character from the Dr Who TV series
• The beer brand CHANG is also the Thai word for Elephant
• Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs was a founding member of the rock band Oasis
• Anne of Cleaves had the shortest reign of Henry 8th’s wives

I wonder how many you knew?

In the first quiz, Carols came out on top whereas the Collectors round was bottom of the pile. As for the second quiz, the best result, due to the joker played, was Summer time and struggling to get points was the General Knowledge subject.

We hope to continue meeting in August and the scheduled dates are Mondays the 4th and 25th.

Graham Carey, Quizmaster