Welcome to Greyhoundderby’s
Quiz 9
This Quiz is particularly suitable at
Christmas
Target
In the first round you have to open each of the 25
Advent Calendar envelopes to reveal an item from games often played at Christmas.
You will get 50 points for each you correctly identify.
The target is to identify at least 20, giving you a total of 1000 points.
Your overall target for the whole Quiz is a massive
40,000 points.
ADVENT CALENDAR
Christmas Games: Identify items from games often played at Christmas.
50 points for each correct answer 1250 for ALL CORRECT
1 Cluedo, who is it?
2 Scrabble, how many points?
3 Chess, which piece?
4 Monopoly, which place?
Trafalgar
Square
Strand
5 Cluedo
6 Scrabble
7 Chess
8 Monopoly
Marlborough Street
Bow Street
9 Cluedo
10 Scrabble
11 Chess
12 Monopoly
13 Cluedo
14 Scrabble
15 Chess
16 Monopoly
Old Kent Road
17 Cluedo
18 Scrabble
19 Chess
20 Monopoly
Regent Street
Bond Street
21 Cluedo
22 Scrabble
23 Chess
24 Monopoly
Northumberland Avenue
Pall Mall
25 Scrabble
Advent Answers
50 pts for each correct answer
1250 for all correct
1. Miss
Scarlet
2. F worth 4 3. Castle or
Rook
4. Fleet
Street
5. Professor
Plum
6. D is worth 2
11. King
16.
Whitechapel
Road
21. Mrs
Peacock
7. Pawn 8. Vine Street 9. Miss White 10. X is worth
8
12. Park Lane 13. Colonel
Mustard
14. B is worth
3
15. Bishop
17. Rev
Green
18. L is worth
1
19. Queen 20. Oxford
Street
22. Q is worth
10
23. Knight 24. Whitehall 25. K
Target
Did you manage to meet, or even surpass, the target of 1000 points?
In the next round there are 5 ‘Winner Takes All’ questions where you will be given 5 possible answers. You can bet up to half the points you own on each question, and if you are correct you win that number of points. However, choose an incorrect answer and you lose that number of points.
Your target by the end of the 5 questions is to have at least 4000 points.
How many 3d in £1?
A
B
C
D
E
20
40
60
80
None of these answers
How many 3d in £1?
A
B
C
D
E
20
40
60
80
None of these answers
Who was the first lady to win the Sports
Personality of the Year?
C
D
A
B
E
Anita Lonsbrough
Mary Rand
Dorothy Hyman
Princess Anne
Ann Jones
Who was the first lady to win the Sports
Personality of the Year?
C
D
A
B
E
Anita Lonsbrough 1962
Mary Rand 1964
Dorothy Hyman 1963
Princess Anne 1971
Ann Jones 1969
How many flags are correct?
GERMANY
A
B
C
D
E
BELGIUM ITALY
4
3
2
1
0
HUNGARY
How many flags are correct?
BELGIUM
A
B
C
D
E
GERMANY HUNGARY
4
3
2
1
0
ITALY
Songs of Praise Top 5 hymns;-which one was not in the list?
A Dear Lord and Father of mankind
D
E
B
C
Guide me, oh thou great Redeemer
Love Divine all Loves excelling
The Day thou gavest Lord has ended
How Great Thou Art
Songs of Praise Top 5 hymns;-which one was not in the list?
A Dear Lord and Father of mankind
B
C
D
E
Guide me, oh thou great Redeemer
Be Thou my Vision
Love Divine all Loves excelling
The Day thou gavest Lord has ended
How Great Thou Art
Gold is 50, Silver 25, but when is a Bronze wedding anniversary?
A
D
E
B
C
15 years
12 years
10 years
8 years
5 years
Gold is 50, Silver 25, but when is a Bronze wedding anniversary?
A
D
E
B
C
15 years
12 years
10 years
8 years
5 years
Target
Did you manage to meet, or even surpass, the target of 4000 points? It was a challenging target!
At Christmas the whole family are either Quality
Street or Roses Chocolate fans. Can you identify every chocolate in the tin, stating also whether they are Quality Street or Roses?
In this round you will be awarded 200 points for each chocolate you correctly identify. Your target is
3000 points, giving you an overall target of 7000 points by the end of this picture round.
1
4
Quality Street or Roses ?
(200 each or 3600 for them all)
2
5
3
6
Quality Street or Roses ?
(200 each or 3600 for them all)
7
10
8
11
9
12
Quality Street or Roses ?
(200 each or 3600 for them all)
13
16
14
17
15
18
Chocolate No. 1
Coconut Eclair
Chocolate No. 2
Dairy Milk bar
Chocolate No. 3
Noisette Pate
Chocolate No. 4
Golden barrel
Chocolate No. 5
Orange Crunch
Chocolate No. 6
Hazel Whirl
Chocolate No. 7
Chocolate toffee finger
Chocolate No. 8
Strawberry Dream
Chocolate No. 9
Toffee Penny
Chocolate No. 10
Brazilian Darkness
Chocolate No. 11
Hazelnut with caramel
Chocolate No. 12
Country Fudge
Chocolate No. 13
Strawberry Delight
Chocolate No. 14
Cadbury’s Dairy Milk
Chocolate No. 15
Vanilla Fudge
Chocolate No. 16
Tangy Orange
Chocolate No. 17
Toffee Deluxe
Chocolate No. 18
Caramel Velvet
Target
Did you manage to meet, or even surpass, the target of 7000 points?
There now follows a further 5 ‘Winner Takes All’ questions where you can gamble up to half the points you own. If correct you increase your score by those points, but choose an incorrect answer and you lose those points.
By the end of the 5 questions your target is to have at least 20,000 points.
How many Farthings in Half a Crown?
C
D
E
A
B
48
96
100
144
None of these answers
How many Farthings in Half a Crown?
C
D
E
A
B
48
96
100
144
None of these answers (120)
Which lady has most recently won the
Sports Personality of the Year?
A
D
E
B
C
Paula Radcliffe
Zara Phillips
Jessica Ennis
Liz McColgan
Kelly Holmes
Which lady has most recently won the
Sports Personality of the Year?
A
D
E
B
C
Paula Radcliffe 2002
Zara Phillips 2006
Jessica Ennis (Never won it)
Liz McColgan 1991
Kelly Holmes 2004
How many flags are correct?
SWEDEN
A
B
C
D
E
ICELAND DENMARK
4
3
2
1
0
NORWAY
How many flags are correct?
SWEDEN
A
B
C
D
E
NORWAY DENMARK
4
3
2
1
0
ICELAND
Top 5 BBC Sitcoms:- which was not in the list?
D
E
A
B
C
Porridge
Vicar of Dibley
Fawlty Towers
Dad’s Army
Only Fools and Horses
Top 5 BBC Sitcoms:- which was not in the list?
A
D
E
B
C
Porridge
Black Adder
Vicar of Dibley
Fawlty Towers
Dad’s Army
Only Fools and Horses
What is the 70 th wedding anniversary called?
D
E
A
B
C
Emerald
Platinum
Oak
Blue Sapphire
Wine
What is the 70 th wedding anniversary called?
D
E
A
B
C
Emerald
Platinum
Oak
Blue Sapphire
Wine
Target
Did you manage to reach, or even surpass, the target of 20,000 points?
In the final furlong there is a Christmas challenge. Most people know the first verse of the popular Christmas carols, but can you identify each carol from the opening line of its second verse?
You will be awarded a massive 2000 points for each you identify. Your target is to recognise at least 10, earning you
20,000 points.
This would put you on course to achieve the overall target of
40,000 points.
Good Luck!
Christmas Carols & songs
What are the first lines of each of the Carols or songs with a second verse starting as below? (2000 pts for each)
1
2
Our God, heaven cannot hold Him, nor Earth sustain
O Sing, choirs of angels
3
4
5
Then why should men on Earth be sad
Christ by highest heav’n adored
They looked up and saw a star
Christmas Carols & songs 2000 pts for each
8
9
6
7
10
For Christ is born of Mary
Cradled in a stall was he
A silent wish sails the seven seas
In Bethlehem, in Israel
He came down to Earth from Heaven
11
12
13
14
15
Christmas carols or songs 2000 pts for each
Don we now our gay apparel
O come, thou Rod of Jesse, free
‘Fear not’ said he, for mighty dread
And what was in those ships all 3
Lo, within a manger lies
16
17
18
19
20
Christmas Carols or songs 2000 points for each
Hither page and stand by me
Shepherds, in the fields abiding
Born a King on Bethlehem’s plain
As with joyful steps they sped
Still through the cloven skies they come
3
4
1
2
5
Christmas Carols or songs
(2000 pts for each)
In the bleak midwinter
Our God, heaven cannot hold him, nor Earth sustain
O Come all ye faithful
O sing, choirs of angels
On Christmas night all Christians sing
Then why should men on Earth be sad
Hark the herald angels sing
Christ by highest heav’n adored
The First Nowell the angels did say
They looked up and saw a star
Christmas Carols or songs 2000 pts for each
8
9
6
7
10
O little town of Bethlehem
For Christ is born of Mary
Unto us a boy is born
Cradled in a stall was he
A ray of hope flickers in the sky
A silent wish sails the seven seas
God rest ye merry gentlemen
In Bethlehem, in Israel
Once in royal David’s city
He came down to Earth from Heaven
11
12
13
14
15
Christmas carols or songs 2000 pts for each
Deck the halls with boughs of holly
Don we now our gay apparel
O come, O come, Emmanuel
O come, thou Rod of Jesse free
While shepherds watched their flocks by night
‘Fear not’ said he, for mighty dread
I saw 3 ships come sailing in
And what was in those ships all 3
See amid the winters snow
Lo, within a manger lies
16
17
18
19
20
Christmas Carols or songs 2000 points for each
Good King Wenceslas looked out
Hither page and stand by me
Angels from the realms of glory
Shepherds, in the fields abiding
We 3 kings of orient are
Born a King on Bethlehem’s plain
As with gladness men of old
As with joyful steps they sped
It came upon a midnight clear
Still through the cloven skies they come
Target
Did you manage to meet the challenging target of 40,000 points?
If you did well done, but if not then have a Good Christmas anyway, even if you are doing this Quiz in the height of summer!!!