Quiz group – September/October 2023
Another two quizzes were held in September and covered a range of subjects.
On the 18th the topics covered, as well as the usual General Knowledge round, were the foods they ate, the drinks they drunk, True or False, Famous Ancient Romans, Ages and Eras. The final round focused on Stadiums around the world.
The participants’ scores revealed a good knowledge of both the foods they ate and ages and eras. First time I think that we have had a joint top subject!
The outcome also clearly showed that Famous Ancient Romans was not their strong point. Reminds me of the sketch in Monty Python’s Life of Brian: ’What have the Romans ever done for us Reg?’ All good fun though!
Taking a question from each round, I wonder if you would have known that:
- In 2016 the 100th birthday of Roald Dahl was marked with a dictionary of his words and a parade through the streets of Cardiff.
- Ambrosia was the food of the Greek Gods.
- In New York city approximately 1,600 people are bitten by other human beings each year.
- Scipio Africanus was the General who crushed Carthage in the 2nd Punic war.
- The Bronze age was followed by the Iron age.
- The FNB stadium is located in Johannesburg.
The following week, as well as the normal General Knowledge round, the questions focused around the themes of Israel, National founders, Current monarchies, Singers who went solo and People who died young. One of the group suggested it was a weird medley of topics! Well, would you have answered the following questions correctly?
- What is the name of Israel’s national intelligence agency?
- In the Harry Potter stories what was the name of the goblin run wizard’s bank?
- Which country did Cyrus the Great found?
- King Philippe is the present monarch of which country?
- Which group did George Michael sing with before going solo?
- Who died young in a car accident in California in 1955 ?
It was the first time for ages that we had three 10 out of 10 scores and the quizzers excelled themselves when it came to ‘The people who died young’. However it was a case of could do better when it came to the Current Monarchies round.
Our October group meetings will be held on Mondays 9th and 30th.
Graham Carey, Quizmaster