Quiz group – March/April 2022

As well as General Knowledge questions, the last four quizzes have included specific rounds on special dates i.e. Pancake Day, The Emerald Isle and All about Wales. Now, how many times did you toss your pancakes this year and were you anywhere near the world record? The most tosses of a pancake in one minute is 140 and was achieved by Brad Jolly (Australia) on 21st February 2012.

We also had questions on ‘Pulling your leg’. Again, how about going for a world record and beating the three legged race longest distance ever run in 24 hours? Presently it is set at 68.23 miles and was achieved on 7th–8th September 2013. So how about having a go at beating these two records? Any takers?

In other rounds questions were set on Valentine’s day, Stones, Scissors and Paper, Orange, Prince Andrew, Sundays, Absolute Classics, Historical and Modern slang. Talking about slang, in the mid 19th century sausages were referred to as ‘Bags o’ mystery’. We still wonder what ingredients are put in them. Other recent subjects were ‘The name of the game’, ‘All in the past’, ‘Number crunching’ and ‘Body language’.

Last Monday the quizzers tackled subjects on ‘A sporting chance’, That’s entertainment, Which decade?, Crises and Fruity novels! So can you remember when Blue Peter was first broadcast or when the UK parliament first approved old age pensions or would you prefer to know about the fruity novels?

The quizzes for April are planned for Mondays 4th and 18th; we look forward to racking our brains.

Graham Carey
Convenor