1997 Christmas Quiz
All Sections WITH ANSWERS
Section 1 - Bless 'em all
The long and the short and the tall
1) Confession time? - Short shrift - before execution!
2) Kings, Nassau, Queens, Suffolk? - Long Island - counties
3) Kiangsi to Shensi? - The Long March
4) '… walk around telling great big lies'? - Short People - Randy Newman
5) Prone to Antipodean pruning? - Tall poppies - need cutting down to size (Australian vernacular)
6) 30th June, 1934? - The Night of the Long Knives - Hitler
7) An Atkinson straight man? - The Tall Guy - film
8) Birmingham Ladywood? - Clare Short - constituency
9) Kingfish struck down in Baton Rouge? - Huey Long - corrupt US politician
10) Uncle John's companion? - Long Tall Sally - Little Richard
Section 2 - …becoming good
Shipping forecast
1) Jurassic oolite? - Portland (stone)
2) Hawk or snipe? - Humber - old cars
3) Runaway? - (Del) Shannon
4) 'lived in a little damp house'? - (Mr. Jeremy) Fisher - Beatrix Potter
5) Greenpeace seizure? - Rockall
6) Ethnic knitwear? - Fair Isle
7) Essex barnacle? - (Trevor) Bailey - cricketer (his nickname)
8) Magnus Barelegs? - Viking
9) Repair the iron rust? - North Utsire - anagram
10) Felix's overture? - Hebrides - Mendelsohn
Section 3 - Overcome
master
1) Joseph Saddler - Grandmaster Flash
2) Lord Woolf of Barnes - Master of the Rolls
3) scene of impending menace - Mastermind - theme music
4) wolfish bond-traders - Masters of the Universe - Bonfire of the vanities (Wolfe)
5) expositors of erudite erotica - Masters and Johnson - 'Human Sexual Response'
6) Faversham firkins - Master Brew - beer from Shepherd Neame
7) Halvard Solness - The Master Builder - Ibsen
8) 'The streets of Rome are filled with rubble' - When I paint my masterpiece - Dylan
9) gambler, lawman and newspaperman - Bat Masterson
10) Eldrick's green triumph - US Masters, 1997 - Eldrick (Tiger) Woods
Section 4 - What
Chester
1) was Edward Evans-Lloyd's jubilant gift? - The Eastgate clock
2) are an antique pedestrian precinct? - The Rows
3) became of the earls of Shrewsbury's town house? - The Bear and Billet
4) recalls burglarious intrusion? - Watergate
5) did a King witness in September 1645? - The Battle of Rowton Moor - from King Charles' Tower
6) body camped the longest? - 20th Legion (Valeria Victrix)
7) hosts equine circuits? - The Roodee racecourse
8) honours the memory of St. Werburgh? - The Cathedral
9) street theatre would entertain the faithful - The Mystery Plays
10) was Legacaestir? - (Old English name for) Chester - more elaborate etymology OK
Section 5 - Not so dusty…
Miller
1) 'no lark more blithe'? - The Miller of Dee
2) Nicholas branded? - The Miller's Tale - Chaucer
3) Successor to the Yankee Clipper? - Arthur Miller - married Monroe after Joe di Maggio
4) Thomas Sargent? - Max Miller
5) Supreme at the White City, 1929 and 1930? - Mick the Miller - greyhound
6) Alton, lost in transit? - Glenn (Alton) Miller
7) Fringe doctor? - Jonathan Miller
8) Cottus gabio? - Miller's thumb - fish
9) Tropical writer? - Henry Miller - Tropic of Cancer/Capricorn
10) All-round Ross from Sunshine, Victoria? - Keith (Ross) Miller - cricketer
Section 6 - Nominate
put a name to
1) to boldly go - Sally forth
2) natural point of no return - Cliff edge
3) an honest trade - Frank exchange
4) splendid spoils - Rich pickings
5) customary target for legal action - Bill stickers
6) act without progress - Mark time
7) a dull conclusion - Matt finish
8) not at all hereabouts - Miles away
9) unscripted twiddly bits - Grace notes
10) going … goin' … go' … g' … - Peter out
Section 7 - Link
1) Young collaborators ; Ta-Sunko-Witko ; avenue George V - Crazy Horse - Neil Young, Indian chief, Saloon in Paris
2) Nabob of Sob, 1956 ; 0700 30/9/67 ; MGM, 1952 - In the Rain - Just Walkin' (Johnnie Ray), Flowers (Radio 1), Singin'
3) Aldershot ; Maidstone ; Halifax - Last 3 clubs to leave the Football League (forgot Hereford, sorry!)
4) Kevin Costner ; putative plesiosaur ; AWRE - Ness - played Eliot N, Loch N monster, Orford N (Suffolk)
5) Vicious, rotten victim ; Grange Farm ; neighbourly producers - Grundy - Bill (Sex Pistols), Eddie/Clarrie (Archers.), Aussie TV co.
6) Adam ; Paleface ; initially domestic - Faith, Hope & Charity - singer, Bob Hope film, 'begins at home'
7) The Ash-tree ; Original Sin ; The Black Fingernail - James - story by MR, novel by PD, Sid in 'Don't Lose your Head'
8) Colin Cowdrey ; Felicity Kendall ; Spike Milligan - All born in India
9) Dennis Hopper ; Schubert ; Kurt Vonneguttal - Trout - Paris T (film), T Quintet, Kilgore T (recurrent character)
10) Lee Marvin ; an undergarment ; Mme Tallien - Liberty - played L Valance, l bodice, model for Statue of L
Section 8 - Which instrument
1) charmed Pluto on behalf of Eurydice? - lyre - Orpheus
2) did Little Joe blow? - slide trombone - Jailhouse Rock
3) is a 'little goose'? - ocarina
4) might feature a 'Scruggs peg'? - five-stringed banjo
5) was transported 'in a gunny sack'? - guitar - Johnny B Goode
6) did Beecham liken to two skeletons copulating on a galvanized tin roof - harpsichord
7) was a Shavian pseudonym? - Corno di Bassetto - GB Shaw as music critic
8) did Vivian attribute to Princess Anne? - sousaphone - Intro and Outro - Bonzo Dog Band
9) was played by Adolf, brother of Julius and Leonard? - harp - Marx Brothers
10) could be a Father Smith? - organ - Bernard (Father) Smith pioneer organ maker
Section 9 - In 1997, who, what or where
1) howled his last? - AlIen Ginsberg - died - poem 'Howl'
2) made the journey, a century late, from Brompton to the Black Hills? - Long Wolf - his body moved to ancestral burial grounds
3) reverted after 155 years? - Hong Kong
4) was honoured at 23, Brook St.? - Jimi Hendrix - blue plaque
5) did a man in a white suit clean up? - Tatton - Martin Bell in the Election
6) got the last two at the Park before demolition? - Jonathan Davies - England v Wales at Cardiff Arms Park
7) did Dobbin prevail, despite a late start? - Aintree - Tony Dobbin rode the Grand National winner
8) was Marcus Harvey's sensation? - A picture of Myra Hindley - at the RA Sensation exhibition
9) nests at the Linton Travel Lodge? - Alan Partridge
10) paid three million dollars for a mouthful? - Mike Tyson - Holyfield 'fight'
For answers, see answers to ALL sections
See also the list of Winners and amusing tie-break contributions.
