1985 Christmas Quiz

All Sections

"To ask the hard question is simple"

Auden

Section 1 - In 1985

1. who stepped down after 110 on January 2nd?

2. who won the 101 st on March 16th?

3. who made it 109 (not out) on March 27th?

4. what had 103 starters in Preston on March 27th

5. who won the 100th on May 18th?

6. who were not 110 not out on July 6th?

7. who led the 114th on July 18th?

8. who only needed 50 for it on July 26th?

9. who made it 100 for the native sod on August 5th?

10. who won the 104th on December 10th?

Section 2 - Who or what

1. is resurgent?

2. is a soft crystalline salt?

3. was subsumed in April 1965?

4. was J M Morton's farce?

5. is served with bagels?

6. is a body of law?

7. are at home on Middenweg?

8. was a formation of hoplytes?

9. is depicted by Uderzo?

10. directs Mencap?

Section 3 - Identify

1. James Durie

2. Simonides

3. Sarah Woodruff

4. Nick Charles

5. Jakov Bok

6. Anne Catherick

7. Mac Davies

8. Alden Pyle

9. Archie Rice

10. Alec Leamas

Section 4 - Who, what or where

1. was an onerous gift?

2. was openly supported by Tommy Smith in 1968?

3. is fluorspar from Derbyshire?

4. is now Ghana?

5. is Diana Moran?

6. is a primary admonitory symbol?

7. was Joseph L Barrow?

8. celebrated lunar obscurity?

9. indicates over-writing?

10. was a distant cousin of Mrs Lawrence?

Section 5 - Who gave their name to

1. a tropical flowering vine?

2. a cheap semi-cylindrical building?

3. a South American monetary unit?

4. a dancing garment?

5. the first practical process of photography?

6. shady portraiture?

7. excessive patriotism?

8. an alloy of copper and zinc?

9. an inflatable life jacket?

10. loose gathered trousers?

Section 6 - Of what are they speaking?

1. ".. provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance"

2. ".. never failing vice of fools"

3. ".. only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary"

4. ".. last refuge of a scoundrel"

5. ".. no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient"

6. ".. one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration"

7. ".. made up of marble and mud"

8. ".. spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings"

9. ".. may be socially acceptable in Sheffield, but a different matter in Cheltenham"

10. ".. rarely pure and never simple"

Section 7 - Summarize

1. John Cameron Andrieu Bingham Michael Morton

2. Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie

3. Adrien Wettach

4. Manuel Laureano Rodriguez Sanchez

5. Cherilyn Lapiere Sarkisian

6. Norma Sykes

7. Herman Cyril McNeile

8. Germaine Lefebvre

9. Jean-Francois Gravelot

10. Lesley Hornby

Section 8 - Who or what is

1. falsely fortifying?

2. moistly murky?

3. terminally truncated?

4. belatedly balmy?

5. portable provender?

6. perspiringly purifying?

7. arguably arousing?

8. fortuitously fatal?

9. possibly preventive?

10. presentably plastic?

Section 9 - Name the best-known role of

1. Jamie Farr

2. Deforest Kelley

3. James Beck

4. Maurice Gosfield

5. Joe Gladwin

6. Joe Santos

7. Russel Hunter

8. Ken Kercheval

9. Jack Howarth

10. Bruce Weitz

Section 10 - How were they better known later?

1. Newton Heath

2. Sphairistike

3. Hellespont

4. Tabulating Machine Co.

5. Tom and Jerry

6. First Impressions

7. Reversi

8. KDF

9. Idlewild

10. Hiti-nui

For answers, see answers to ALL sections