Friday Quiz 06/06/2014

[kerry red]

Trouble with the 'qu' possibility is that chequers is actually spelt checkers

[Talk Talk]

Trouble with the 'qu' possibility is that chequers is actually spelt checkers

Only if you are a Yank.

[Sir Pissalot]

Only if you are a Yank.

 

[kerry red]

But surely if it is not checkers, which it is in Americee, we call it draughts anyway

[Sir Pissalot]

But surely if it is not checkers, which it is in Americee, we call it draughts anyway

Yep!  Checkers and Draughts are both played on a chequerboard/checkerboard.  Both spellings are accepted. 

[kerry red]

So, if we're going with the qu angle is the fella

Dennis Quaid?

[Sir Pissalot]

So, if we're going with the qu angle is the fella

Dennis Quaid?

No.  George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

I still think the 'qu' line is weak but can't think of anything else!

[Bob's Orange]

No.  George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

I still think the 'qu' line is weak but can't think of anything else!

I'm with you. I think its a weak answer but as you say what else could it be?

[kerry red]

There is a famous line in Don Quixote which is along the lines of

'the chequerboard of days and nights'

[Talk Talk]

There is a famous line in Don Quixote which is along the lines of

'the chequerboard of days and nights'

So famous that I have never heard of it 

The equinox picture stills throws the "chequer" theory off though? Unless there is some obscure term for equal days and nights or half dark and half light? Hmmm.

[Bob's Orange]

1.   In the forthcoming World Cup, how many complete games will I be able to watch live on TV?  56 (64 games in total, but final round of group matches are played two-at-once).  And I only have 1 TV!
2.   What welcomed its first arrivals, from Chicago, earlier this week?  The newly revamped Heathrow Terminal 2
3.   The Dominican Order of monks are given what nickname because of the colour of their cloaks?  Black Friars           
4.   What would you drink here?      Rioja.  (It’s the Hotel Marques de Riscal) (1/2 point for wine)

5.   Which team were undefeated during the 1974 World Cup finals, but were still eliminated from the tournament on goal difference?  Scotland                                                                     
6.   Which Bolton night club was run by Brian Potter?  The Phoenix
7.   What was the name of the tax, representing one-tenth of the annual produce of land and labour, that was traditionally taken for the support of church and clergy?  Tithe   
8.   What name is given to the long system of gorges and rapids on the River Danube that forms part of the border between Romania and Serbia?  The Iron Gates 
9.   What links these pictures?        Loach (Ken Loach directed Kes)
 
10.   Where do they live?    Lazytown

11.   What symbol of authority is carried in procession in and out of the Chamber of House of Commons by the Serjeant at Arms at the beginning and end of each working day?  Mace
12.   What alternative name for the European wolf spider comes from the city in southern Italy where it is commonly found?  Tarantula
13.   Name the famous Pole.      Copernicus
14.   Which word for a pithy statement of the truth comes from the Greek for ‘a distinction’ or ‘a definition’?  Aphorism
15.   In the mid-nineteenth century, who invented jeans as durable work clothes, reinforced with small copper rivets?  Levi Strauss
16.   Which sea monster of Norwegian folklore, mentioned by Tennyson amongst others, is thought to have been inspired by sightings of a giant squid or octopus?  Kraken
17.   In which novel and film does James Bond get married, only for his bride to be killed as they set off for their honeymoon?  On Her Majesty’s Secret Service   
18.   If I bought  some books, costing in total £31.80, plus 36 cans of beans, 28 postcards and a large amount of  44p chocolate bars, why would I be suspicious if the total cost was £64.78?  Because all four elements are divisible by 4, yet the grand total isn’t.
 
19.   What links these pictures:  All words containing Q and X (Exchequer; quincunx; equinox & Quixote)

       

20.   Unscramble the two words:  D E E E G I N O S S S U X  GENESIS & EXODUS

[kerry red]

Fucking quincunx?

No wonder nobody got that shagger

[Reg Smeeton]

 I'm glad 19 has been sorted....just got in and it was starting to annoy me.  Not the greatest of links tbf.

 Should have had this fella in, a man who broke the 5000m world record in 77

[kerry red]

Could have had him, a duck, a couple of doctors.

That would have fooled 'em!

[Reg Smeeton]

Could have had him, a duck, a couple of doctors.

That would have fooled 'em!

Or this classic footballer of my youth...