Quiz Page

From time to time we have a quiz night and quizes regularly feature in our weekly meeetings, here are some examples.

Bob Boyle's St. Valentine's Day Quiz 2001
	Original Language	Original Meaning	Meaning in English
1	French	Bottom of the bag	Type of road or walkway
2	Latin	Soft and strong	Type of musical instrument
3	Latin	I shall please	Almost a medicine
4	Teutonic	Dawn goddess	Part of the Christian calendar
5	French	Betake yourself	A location for meeting people
6	Icelandic	Adda	Half of all numbers is this
7	Bengali	A type of dwelling	A type of dwelling
8	Tamil	Tied wood	Type of boat, usually under sail
9	Anglo Saxon	Park	We usually think of horses
10	Portuguese	Forked pole	Seen attached to houses and holiday hotels
11	Latin	Sea water	A type of gem stone
12	Greek	Not to quench	Fireproof material
13	Dutch	Brown	Nickname for a large animal
14	French	The bath of Mary	Large cooking utensil
15	Turkish	Turban	A popular Spring flower
16	Anglo Saxon	A following of people	You might have been in one at school
17	Greek	Windflower	Flower, but think of wind speed
18	Anglo French	Cover fire	Certainly you can't go out
19	Portuguese	Ostrich	A native of Australia
20	Aboriginal	I don't know	Marsupial

Pat Hodgson's Nursery Rhyme Quiz 2003
These are the initials from the titles of forty nursery rhymes
1	HDSOAW	9	TMTMTBAFP	17	TQOHSBST	25	LMMSOAT	33	PCPCWHYB
2	OKCWAMOS	10	HDDTMRUTC	18	LJHSIAC	26	HDDTCATF	34	SASOS
3	JSCENF	11	TTTPS	19	WWWRTTT	27	TWACM	35	RADDTMIAT
4	OMHWTTC	12	TLKHLTM	20	MMQC	28	MHALL	36	TBM
5	RACHTBC	13	TWAOWWHLIAS	21	TTLS	29	JAJWUTH	37	JBNJBQ
6	LLTSFHS	14	LLLHP	22	PPTKO	30	DDBPITW	38	HABBOTTT
7	OTBMS	15	LBBCBYH	23	IHALNT	31	GGGWSIW	39	DFWTG
8	SSMAPGTTF	16	SSMD	24	LPFSATC	32	PACPACBM	40	GABCOTP

Yvette Asscher's Christmas Quiz 2003
We have all heard of a gaggle of geese, but can you name the birds linked with the following collective nouns?
1. A charm of	6. A party of
2. A bevy of	7. A siege of
3. A pride of	8. An exaltation of
4. A murmuration of	9. A parliament of
5. A chime of	10. A descent of

The Answers

Bob Boyle's St. Valentines Day Quiz 2001

1. Cul-de-sac; 2. Pianoforte; 3. Placebo; 4. Easter; 5. Rendez-vous; 6. Odd; 7. Bungalow; 8. ; 9. Paddock; 10. Veranda; 11. Aqua Marine; 12. Asbestos; 13. Bruin; 14. Bain Marie; 15. Tulip; 16. Gang; 17. Anemone; 18. Curfew; 19. ; 20. Kangaroo.

Pat Hodgson's Nursery Rhyme Quiz 2003

1. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall; 2. Old King Cole was a merry old soul; 3. Jack Sprat could eat no fat; 4. Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard; 5. Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross; 6. Little Tommy Tucker sang for his supper; 7. One two buckle my shoe; 8. Simple Simon met a pieman going to the fair; 9. To market, to market to buy a fat pig; 10. Hickory dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock; 11. Tom Tom the piper's son; 12. Two little kittens have lost their mittens; 13. There was an old woman who lived in a shoe; 14. Lucy Locket lost her pocket; 15. Little boy blue come blow your horn; 16. See saw Marjory Daw; 17. The Queen of Hearts she made some tarts; 18. Little Jack Horner sat in a corner; 19. Wee Willie Winkie ran through the town; 20. Mary, Mary quite contrary; 21. Twinkle twinkle little star; 22. Polly put the kettle on; 23. I had a little nut tree; 24. Little Polly Flinders sat among the cinders; 25. Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet; 26. Hey diddle diddle the cat and the fiddle; 27. There was a crooked man; 28. Mary had a little lamb; 29. Jack and Jill went up the hill; 30. Ding dong bell Pussy's in the well; 31. Goosey goosey gander whither shall I wander; 32. Pat-a-cake pat-a-cake baker's man; 33. Pussy cat pussy cat where have you been; 34. Sing a song of sixpence; 35. Rub-a-dub-dub three men in a tub; 36. Three blind mice; 37. Jack be nimble, Jack be quick; 38. Hush a bye baby on the tree top; 39. Doctor Foster went to Gloucester; 40. Girls and boys come out to play.

Yvette's Christmas Quiz 2003

1. Finches or more specifically Goldfinches; 2. Quail; 3. Peacocks; 4. Starlings; 5. Wrens;
6. Jays; 7. Herons; 8. Larks; 9. Owls; 10. Woodpeckers.