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Cheshire Walkers Christmas Quiz 2016
Instructions Simple: answer as many questions as you can (answer sheet at the back), either on your own or as a team. 1 point for each correct answer. The winning team gets a prize! Round 1: Starts with a walker! Below are clues to 8 words, each one of which starts (phonetically, the spelling may be different) with the name of somebody in the walking group (all of whom are present at the meal). Can you work out the answer (and corresponding walker) to each clue? Example Able to see into the future. Answer Clairvoyant (Clare) Q1 A red fruit used, for example, in pasta sauce Q2 Financial provision after a divorce Q3 Illegally crossing a road Q4 A type of orchestra Q5 Assuming a position to pray Q6 A flower, and symbol of the Japanese throne Q7 Greek Q8 Embarrassed Round 2: Picture round! No pub quiz is complete without a round based on poorly photocopied photographs. The photos phonetically spell walking destinations. The first one is done as an example.
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a GRATE + Clark GABLE = GREAT GABLE
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Round 3: Name that tune! It’s time to get your mobile phones out, get onto the interweb, and show how down with the kids you are with your knowledge of popular beat combos! Go to the following webpage: goo.gl/33XFKm where you will find an mp3 that contains eight walking-themed songs (questions 17–24 on the answer sheet). You’ve got to name the song and the artiste (1 point for each). (If you can’t get onto the webpage then—don’t panic!—if necessary, I’ll play the songs just before we do the raffle.) Round 4: Scrambled lakes! Some joker has taken the names of 6 tarns, lakes, waters, etc, in the Lake District and re-arranged the letters in mildly amusing ways. Can you unscramble them? Q25 Rewired men Q26 Wetwear trend 3
Q27 A basket wheel stain Q28 No notice warts Q29 View whore arse - arrest! Q30 Anal dart tingle - tell! Round 5: Fingers on buzzers! The general knowledge round, this year featuring snippets of information that you might have picked up on walks or walking group events throughout the year. Q31 In 1938, which Lake District ‘pictorial guide’ legend walked (and later wrote a book about it) from Settle to Hadrian’s Wall and back? Q32 Thomas Hogeson was the first (appointed in 1548) and Cedric Robinson is the current (appointed in 1963) holder of which bay-crossing post? Q33 An estimated three-quarters of the population of which Peak District village died during an outbreak of plague in 1665–1666? Q34 Whilst seeking the Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter and Hermione Grainger set up camp on which Yorkshire limestone landmark? Q35 Kirkby Stephen is associated with the family of which 19th century scientist, famous for his work on electromagnetism and the inventor of a cage that bears his name? Q36 White Nancy, the monument overlooking Bollington, was built in 1817 to commemorate which Napoleonic War (and not the eponymous Abba song) that took place 2 years earlier? Q37 Sir Bernard Lovell FRS founded which often-observed (and observing) Cheshire landmark? Q38 What links (i) a cleaning product (ii) a character portrayed by Sam J. Jones (film) and Buster Crabbe (TV), and (iii) the highest village in Great Britain? In case of a tie! If there’s a tie, then we need to pick a winner... Closest answer (above or below) wins. Tie-breaker Back in Easter, a brave group of Cheshire Walkers walked the full length of the Sandstone Trail over 2 days, including a night spent sleeping in rather basic accommodation. What is the total amount of ascent on the Sandstone Trail walked north to south (to the nearest metre, and as calculated by me on gb.mapometer.com)? (Essentially, write down a random number between 1 and 1000.) 4
