# The Sparrer's Quiz **URL:** \ **Category:** Not The Archers\ **Created:** [11 December 2020 20:49 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/the-sparrers-quiz/3042 "2020-12-11T20:49:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![HedgeSparrow](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/hedgesparrow/32/124_2.png) [@HedgeSparrow](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/HedgeSparrow)\ **Post date:** [3 April 2021 17:59 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/the-sparrers-quiz/3042/41 "2021-04-03T17:59:23Z")
That’s long enough. > **1. Which survivor of the collision of Victoria and Camperdown in 1893 went on to be a senior officer at the Battle of Jutland?** > > (then-Commander) John Jellicoe > **2. The Abel Prize in Mathematics was named after Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829), and discussion of it began in 1899. When was it first awarded?** > > 2003 (Interrupted by the breakdown of the Norway-Sweden union.) > **3. Which actress appeared in at least one film of each of the Carry On, James Bond, Hammer horror and Pink Panther series?** > > Valerie Leon (Also The Italian Job and the Hai Karate advertisements.) > **4. Where would you find a fly side?** > > on a flag (the side further from the hoist) > **5. Which director made films with two leading men later (separately) tried and acquitted of murdering their wives?** > > Peter Hyams (The films being Busting (1974, Robert Blake) and Capricorn One (1978, O J Simpson)) > **6. Who wrote: "This growing tendency of women to overshadow the masculine is a sign of a deteriorating civilization."?** > > Nikola Tesla > **7. One of the causes of the English Civil War was Charles I's attempts to raise Ship Money in times of peace. For what purpose was this money initially wanted?** > > To pay Philip IV of Spain for his assistance against the Dutch > **8. What cookery book, the best selling in the 18th century, introduced into English cooking both trifle with jelly and piccalilli, and was owned by Washington, Jefferson and Franklin?** > > The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy, Hannah Glasse (Also one of the first English recipes for curry.) > **9. There are two Leverhulme Medals awarded by different British organisations. Name either.** > > Royal Society, British Academy (One for pure or applied chemistry or engineering, the other for a field within the humanities and social sciences) > **10. Who wrote: "If anything is certain, it is that I myself am not a Marxist."?** > > Marx Let the arguin’ commence! ---
**Author:** ![Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/carinthia/32/6542_2.png) [@Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Carinthia)\ **Post date:** [3 April 2021 18:05 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/the-sparrers-quiz/3042/42 "2021-04-03T18:05:16Z")
I had a cautious 4 annan incautious 5… Carinthia. xx ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/gus/32/11_2.png) [@Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [3 April 2021 18:20 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/the-sparrers-quiz/3042/43 "2021-04-03T18:20:46Z")
A solid five. V hacked off at myself re 4. ---
**Author:** ![Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/fanta/32/98_2.png) [@Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Fanta)\ **Post date:** [3 April 2021 20:52 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/the-sparrers-quiz/3042/44 "2021-04-03T20:52:01Z")
You are in good company; I had that one sprung on me when I was thinking about something else, and didn’t get it (sudden visions of a rugby field interfered). I guessed 6 correctly, got 7 right, got 8 right, got 10 right, and disagree about 2: it was awarded in 2002 as well, a sort of extra to get it done on the double-centenary of his birth, though they made it official the following year. (There was a programme about it on the BBC at the time.) ---
**Author:** ![HedgeSparrow](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/hedgesparrow/32/124_2.png) [@HedgeSparrow](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/HedgeSparrow)\ **Post date:** [28 May 2021 22:10 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/the-sparrers-quiz/3042/45 "2021-05-28T22:10:29Z")
This is more aimed at the Friday night virtual pub mob, who had two joint winners with 6 points each. 1. How many airships were shot down during the Second World War? [none] [1] [2] [3] 2. How many people now alive have walked on the Moon? 3. When did the Battersea Heliport open? [1954] [1959] [1964] [1972] 4. What was the first computer chip subject to a full recall? 5. There were twelve Insect-class gunboats. Which one wasn’t named after an insect? [Drudge] [Spider] [Tarantula] [Waterwitch] 6. How many no-hitters have been thrown in Major League Baseball (since 1876)? [87] [194] [222] [311] [406] 7. How many rovers (mobile surface or air vehicles) have been landed on Mars? [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] 8. Approximately how many languages have living speakers? [2,000] [4,000] [7,000] [10,000] 9. Where is the longest guided busway in the world? [Adelaide] [Cambridge] [Essen] [Nagoya] [Seattle] 10. In South Africa, what is a “robot”? ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/gus/32/11_2.png) [@Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [28 May 2021 22:48 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/the-sparrers-quiz/3042/46 "2021-05-28T22:48:09Z")
> [@HedgeSparrow](#): > > joint winners with 6 points each. No coment, dere ;- ) Except that it was evidently pitched about right, of course. ---
**Author:** ![HedgeSparrow](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/hedgesparrow/32/124_2.png) [@HedgeSparrow](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/HedgeSparrow)\ **Post date:** [4 June 2021 20:25 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/the-sparrers-quiz/3042/47 "2021-06-04T20:25:55Z")
Oops! > **1. How many airships were shot down during the Second World War?** > > 1 (K-74 of the US Navy, shot down by 20mm cannon fire from U-134 off the Florida coast.) > **2. How many people now alive have walked on the Moon?** > > 3 (Charles Duke, Harrison Schmitt, David Scott) > **3. When did the Battersea Heliport open?** > > 1959 > **4. What was the first computer chip subject to a full recall?** > > Intel Pentium (for the FDIV bug, after they tried to claim that most people wouldn’t notice) > **5. There were twelve Insect-class gunboats. Which one wasn't named after an insect?** > > Tarantula (The last of them to survive, sunk as a gunnery target in 1946.) > **6. How many no-hitters have been thrown in Major League Baseball (since 1876)?** > > 311 > **7. How many rovers (mobile surface or air vehicles) have been landed on Mars?** > > 7 (Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity, Curiosity, Perseverance, Ingenuity, Zhurong.) > **8. Approximately how many languages have living speakers?** > > 7,000 (of which between 50% and 90% are expected to be dead by 2100) > **9. Where is the longest guided busway in the world?** > > Cambridge (From St Ives to Trumpington, 16 miles of dedicated track.) > **10. In South Africa, what is a "robot"?** > > A traffic light ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/gus/32/11_2.png) [@Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [4 June 2021 20:40 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/the-sparrers-quiz/3042/48 "2021-06-04T20:40:37Z")
> [@HedgeSparrow](#): > > Opportunity, Curiosity, Perseverance, Ingenuity, …Unintended Consequence? Completes the sequence rather neatly, I feel. Mind you, so does **BANG!** ---
**Author:** ![joe](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/joe/32/126_2.png) [@joe](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/joe)\ **Post date:** [4 June 2021 20:53 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/the-sparrers-quiz/3042/49 "2021-06-04T20:53:32Z")
_In the **Beginning** was the **Word** ,_ _and the **Word** was_ _“Oops!”_ ---
**Author:** ![HedgeSparrow](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/hedgesparrow/32/124_2.png) [@HedgeSparrow](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/HedgeSparrow)\ **Post date:** [31 July 2021 16:45 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/the-sparrers-quiz/3042/50 "2021-07-31T16:45:32Z")
Forgot to post this on Friday when I ran it for the other mob. Images are harder work to include here, so I’ll put notes in [brackets] where needed. 1. What was the other 1973 film [i.e. not \_The Wicker Man\_] to feature Christopher Lee and Britt Ekland? 2. Who was the first person to play Robin Hood on television? [Richard Attenborough] [Joel Grey] [Martin Landau] [Patrick Troughton] 3. Who was the first Turing Award winner not to be either British or American? [Edsger W. Dijkstra] [Kristen Nygaard] [Niklaus E. Wirth] [Andrew C. Yao] 4. which British city recently lost a UNESCO World Heritage Site, only the fourth ever to be delisted? [Bath] [Edinburgh] [Liverpool] [London] 5. The latest Code-Point Open data set (May 2021) lists 847,183 individual delivery units (full post codes, e.g. “E13 9JE”) in Great Britain. How many outward codes (area plus district, e.g. “E13”)? [558] [712] [1183] [1524] 6. Which Apollo mission was the first to carry a Lunar Roving Vehicle? [Apollo 13] [Apollo 14] [Apollo 15] [Apollo 16] 7. The term “lich” for an undead wizard is a 20th-century coinage. By whom? [Dave Arneson] [Gardner Fox] [Gary Gygax] [Robert E. Howard] 8. Kipling’s 1888 novella The Man Who Would Be King is largely set in “Kafiristan”. How is this place better known? [Kandahar] [Nuristan] [Panjshir] [Nothing, it’s fictional] ---
**Author:** ![Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/fanta/32/98_2.png) [@Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Fanta)\ **Post date:** [31 July 2021 17:19 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/the-sparrers-quiz/3042/51 "2021-07-31T17:19:03Z")
I knew two off the top of my head; I guessed another one correctly. ---
**Author:** ![HedgeSparrow](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/hedgesparrow/32/124_2.png) [@HedgeSparrow](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/HedgeSparrow)\ **Post date:** [1 August 2021 16:45 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/the-sparrers-quiz/3042/52 "2021-08-01T16:45:50Z")
The other lot’s high score was 4 points. > **1. What was the other 1973 film to feature Christopher Lee and Britt Ekland?** > > The Man With the Golden Gun > **2. Who was the first person to play Robin Hood on television?** > > Patrick Troughton (In a 6-part BBC production in 1953.) > **3. Who was the first Turing Award winner not to be either British or American?** > > Edsger W. Dijkstra > **4. which British city recently lost a UNESCO World Heritage Site, only the fourth ever to be delisted?** > > Liverpool > **5. The latest Code-Point Open data set (May 2021) lists 847,183 individual delivery units (full post codes, e.g. "E13 9JE") in Great Britain. How many outward codes (area plus district, e.g. "E13")?** > > 1183 > **6. Which Apollo mission was the first to carry a Lunar Roving Vehicle?** > > Apollo 15 > **7. The term "lich" for an undead wizard is a 20th-century coinage. By whom?** > > Gardner Fox > **8. Kipling's 1888 novella The Man Who Would Be King is largely set in "Kafiristan". How is this place better known?** > > Nuristan (When Abdul Rahman Khan conquered it in 1895, he imposed Islam, and changed the name from Kafiristan (the unbelievers) to Nuristan (the enlightened).) ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/gus/32/11_2.png) [@Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [1 August 2021 16:51 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/the-sparrers-quiz/3042/53 "2021-08-01T16:51:49Z")
Oh dearie, dearie me. Two. And one of those was sheer luck. But > **** > > Isn’t TMWTGG 1974? ---
**Author:** ![Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/fanta/32/98_2.png) [@Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Fanta)\ **Post date:** [1 August 2021 16:52 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/the-sparrers-quiz/3042/54 "2021-08-01T16:52:38Z")
Um… _The Man With The Golden Gun_ is listed as 1974. I got Liverpool and Nuristan, guessed Patrick Troughton, guessed Apollo 16 (bah) and disagree about Gardener Fox. ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/gus/32/11_2.png) [@Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [1 August 2021 16:59 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/the-sparrers-quiz/3042/55 "2021-08-01T16:59:48Z")
And I can’t count. Three. Liverpool, which I was sure of and thus forgot to include, Nuristan (not really quite a guess because kafir to nur is a plausible progression) and the postcodes (fahsands of 'em). ---
**Author:** ![Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/carinthia/32/6542_2.png) [@Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Carinthia)\ **Post date:** [1 August 2021 17:31 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/the-sparrers-quiz/3042/56 "2021-08-01T17:31:10Z")
I managed to get 4 ! I may need an drink… Carinthia.xx ---
**Author:** ![Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/fanta/32/98_2.png) [@Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Fanta)\ **Post date:** [1 August 2021 17:35 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/the-sparrers-quiz/3042/57 "2021-08-01T17:35:44Z")
Oh, well done! Slammers for the Chatelaine! ---
**Author:** ![Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/carinthia/32/6542_2.png) [@Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Carinthia)\ **Post date:** [1 August 2021 17:41 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/the-sparrers-quiz/3042/58 "2021-08-01T17:41:52Z")
Beams… 😊 😀 Carinthia.xx ---
**Author:** ![Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/carinthia/32/6542_2.png) [@Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Carinthia)\ **Post date:** [1 August 2021 17:45 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/the-sparrers-quiz/3042/59 "2021-08-01T17:45:15Z")
I surprised myself, having had a cotton- wool head all week Carinthia.xx ---
**Author:** ![HedgeSparrow](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/hedgesparrow/32/124_2.png) [@HedgeSparrow](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/HedgeSparrow)\ **Post date:** [1 August 2021 19:16 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/the-sparrers-quiz/3042/60 "2021-08-01T19:16:39Z")
I had TMWTGG listed as 1973, but fair enough. > [@Fanta](#): > > Gardener Fox Gardner. In _The Sword of the Sorcerer_, which appears to have been published first in 1969. H P Lovecraft used “lich” for a corpse possessed and then animated by a wizard in “The Thing on the Doorstep” (1933/1937) but that’s not quite the same thing, which is why I didn’t list him as an option. And obviously there’s the C9 and onward usage for a dead body without any implication of animation. [Previous page](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/the-sparrers-quiz/3042.md?page=2) [Next page](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/the-sparrers-quiz/3042.md?page=4)