L7C Hants (North) & Berks - 2004 Christmas quiz

The 2004 Christmas dinner and quiz (devised by Marie Foster) was held on Thursday 16th December at The Shoulder of Mutton. Rob Manser won a Caterham 2005 calendar, with 15 points; Tricia Chiswick came 2nd with 14 points (bottle of wine); Eric McLoughlin won a box of Japanese Pokky chocolate sticks for 3rd place with 11 points.

Think you can beat those? Show the answers once you've had a go...

Question Correct?
Christmas
1
By when was the classic red suited / white fur Santa look well established?
2
Name the book that told the story about Santa and gave names to the 8 reindeer.
3
Who banned Christmas in England?
4
What is Myrrh?
5
Most of us eat turkey at Christmas dinner, and usually too much of it! If each person eats 0.3 kilograms of turkey at a meal, and a turkey should be cooked for one and a half hours per kilogram, how long will it take to cook a turkey for 10 people?
Winter
6
At what point does water freeze?
a
18°F
b
32°F
c
0°F
d
-40°F

7
Which of the following is not affected by wind chill?
a
person
b
dog
c
car radiator
d
bird

8
On average, one inch of rain is equivalent to how many inches of snow?
a
10 inches
b
1 inch
c
5 inches
d
a foot

9
How long is the shortest day of the year in London?
a
7 hrs 40 min
b
7 hrs 50 min
c
8 hrs 5 min
d
7 hrs 30 min

10
Who will host the 2006 winter Olympics?
a
Vancouver, Canada
b
Nagano, Japan
c
Turin, Italy
d
Grenoble, France

Cars
11
Who was 1950 F1 champion?
12
What is the most popular car colour sold in 2004?
13
How many turns are there at the full Cadwell park circuit?
14
What is the Rover K series engine block made of?
15
Who is the current UK minister for transport?
Sweden
16
Name the prime minister who was shot dead in Stockholm in 1986.
17
How many Ikea's are there currently in the UK?
18
Name the 3 most successful international Swedish pop/rock groups (excluding ABBA).
19
What is the average population of Sweden for 2004 (rounded to the nearest million)?
20
Who made the automatic continuous clothing closure device what it is today?
21
How do you get a blonde's eyes to sparkle?
Extra general knowledge bonus questions (£5 to NtL)
22
During her productive life, typically how many kittens can one female cat produce?
23
What was Ron's rat called (from the Harry Potter books by J K Rowling)
24
What gives snow its six-sided  / hexagonal basic pattern?
25
How many 7 logos are there on my current 7? (The yellow one, reg. A7 VXC.)
26
Who was dubbed the Mutton king?

The club raised £60 for NtL from the general knowledge bonus questions.



This page is http://www.strangely.org/7club/meetings/200412/quiz.html. It was first published on Wednesday 23 February, 2005 and last updated on Thursday 24 February, 2005.