The pC quiz - 10-13 April

Lets hope the software performs better this week than last, or i'll be having a proper meltdown.

These trivia quizzes are usually a vibrant social occasion supplemented with food and drink much mirth and general giving the quiz master a good ragging for anything and everything. So why not challenge your family and friends holed up around the street, country, world. If you wish to aim friendly abuse at, or ask questions of, the quiz-master try this link The Purple Carrot Quiz .

Feel free to put your "regular" team together across the physical divide using Zoom, or messenger, FB or whatever means you wish, or challenge them and do your own "household" team.

While you are completing the quiz you will get the answers given to you after each round/page, and you can use the back button if you want to reflect on your shortcomings! When you have completed the quiz your score will be given and hopefully a leader-board will be accessed too. Good luck and I hope you enjoy it

Lets hope the software performs better this week than last, or i'll be having a proper meltdown.

Feel free to put your "regular" team together across the physical divide using Zoom, or messenger, FB or whatever means you wish, or challenge them and do your own "household" team.

Team Name:

WHICH ARE YOU?

We chucked some money in the pot and want to be included in the raffle and choosing what charity gets the cash this week

just want to play thanks

If your team is pulled out of the hat which charity would you like this weeks money to go to?

We've chunked the quiz up into 3 sections so you can take a break at the end of a "page". Once you press "next" at the bottom of the page that's it, your answers are locked in. If you want you can hit the "back" button to check on your progress as the answers should be revealed

Section 1 - three sets of ten questions usually with some specialism or connection for each of the sets.

Round 1 - Connections.

Well this week it's pretty obvious what the connection is so you get ten linked questions instead of guessing the connection. But did you know The word ‘Easter’ comes from the name of an Anglo Saxon Goddess called Eostre?

	Answer
1. Who plays Hannah Brown in the 1948 American musical film Easter Parade?
2. Easter Island belongs to which country?
3. In 1873, which company introduced the first chocolate Easter egg in Britain?
4. Which poet wrote the poem Easter, 1916? (It describes the poet's emotions regarding the events of the Easter Rising in Ireland against British rule in 1916.)
5. Which light fruit cake, with two layers of almond paste or marzipan, is traditionally eaten during the Easter period?
6. What was the name of the hill where Jesus was crucified?
7. Which Russian jewellery firm is famed for designing elaborate jewel-encrusted eggs?
8. How many pieces of silver did Judas trade the life of Jesus for?
9. First mentioned in c.1600's, the origins of the Easter Bunny can be traced back to the region of where? a. Germany; b. England; c. USA; d. Spain; e. Poland
10. What is the name of the 2011 animated movie all about a young rabbit (voiced by Russell Brand) who does not want to become the Easter Bunny?

Round 2 - a whole bunch of M&S.

All the questions in this round come from a rather quaint stack of British Trivia cards "Quiz fun for all the family" produced by Marks & Spencer.

Just answer A, B or C not type in the whole answer

	Answer
The British royal coat of arms features two mottos. What language are they written in? A. English; B. Latin; C. French
The cricketer Ian Botham also played football for which team? A. Port VAle; B. Crewe Alexander; C. Scunthorpe United
Henry VIII banned the festival known as Lammas Day. But in which month did it take place? A. January; B. August; C. December
The caves at Wookey Hole in Somerset are consistently at what temperature? A. 2^oC; B. 7^oC; C. 11^oC
How low is the lowest point in the British Isles? a. Sea Level; B. Around 3m below sea level; C. around 15m below sea level
The official name for the Wimbledon Tennis Club includes another sport. Which one? A. Croquet; B. Badminton; C. Real Tennis
Which stately home appears in the opening credits of the TV series "Downton Abbey"? A. Highclere Castle; B. Castle Howard; C. Blenheim Palace
How much of the land in the UK is used to grow crops? A. One-sixteenth; B. One-eighth; C. One-quarter
What is the profession of Tom in Charles Kingsley's book "The Water-Babies"? A. Kitchen boy; B. Chimney sweep; C. Boatman
Where can you find the longest pleasure pier in the world? A. Brighton; B. Blackpool; C. Southend

Round 3 - People again. I know you are but what am I? The following are all "old" professions for example "a Person engaged in the art of mounting or reproducing animals and humans for display". Their profession is a Taxidermist.

Please give the profession of the following.

	Answer
1. One who makes arrows.
2. A female employee of a family who teaches children within their home. In contrast to a nanny (formerly called a nurse) or a babysitter, she concentrates on teaching children.
3. Someone who makes wooden staved vessels of a conical form, of greater length than breadth, bound together with hoops and possessing flat ends or heads. Examples of this person's work include but are not limited to casks, barrels, buckets and tubs.
4. A specialist in the leather processing industry who after the tanning process applies techniques of dressing, finishing and colouring to the tanned hide to make it strong, flexible and waterproof.
5. One who has tenure and use of the land that is a fenced or enclosed area, usually small and arable with a his/her dwelling thereon.
6. Street seller of fruit and vegetables. The term derived from the words for a type of apple and monger, I.e. "seller", came to be particularly associated with the "barrow boys" of London who would sell their produce from a wheelbarrow or wheeled market stall.
7. An employee who lives on the premises of apartment buildings and serves as a general property caretaker; while the phenomenon and the term are most common in France, they can be seen elsewhere.
8. Person engaged in the process of wine production, from the selection of grapes to the bottling of finished wine.
9. A content specialist of a heritage institution (museum, gallery etc.) who is responsible for an institution's collections.
10. First used by the French military, he was one who excavated trenches under defensive musket or artillery fire to advance a besieging army's position.

Section 2 -

round four Name the years and the music. Listen to 8 clips of music, each 30 seconds (it loops around) and come up with the year, the song and the artist.

round five - build or break your score with the wipe-out round - every wrong answer gets you minus three points.

Round 4 On this day in history (10/11 April) a few things have happened:

The eruption of Mount Tambora was the largest eruption ever witnessed. Its Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) was 7, the only known eruption on that scale since the eruption of Lake Taupo in about 180 AD. The eruption blew 150 cubic km into the atmosphere, killing 10,000 people initially. The eruptions' column was so high it reached the stratosphere at an altitude of more than 43 kilometres.
The effects were felt worldwide, 1816 was "the year without a summer". Crops failed across Asia and up to 90,000 people probably died of famine.

That's your fun fact for this week. Moving on to more pressing matters and to just focus on the last eight decades 1950’s – 2020’s we have a piece of information and a number one song of this day from each decade, but what was the song, who sang it and what was the year? – NB no decades are repeated.

The playlist gives 30 seconds of each song in a loop - starting with q1

	Year	Song	Artist
1. Paul McCartney officially announces the split of The Beatles
2. Richie Benaud, Australian cricket captain, broadcaster (62 Tests, 248 wickets), dies of skin cancer at 84
3. Apr 14 Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2 with space dog Laika aboard burns up during re-entry into Earth's atmosphere. The League Against Cruel Sports expressed "horror and contempt" for the behaviour of the Russians "beside which the sickening stories of the inhuman cruelties of the Middle Ages fade into insignificance."
4. Tennis champion Roger Federer (27) weds former WTA tennis player Miroslava Vavrinec (31) in Basel, Switzerland
5. Stuart Sutcliffe, bassist (Beatles), dies of brain hemorrhage at 21
6. The Good Friday/Belfast Agreement for Northern Ireland is signed by the British and Irish governments
7. Vincent Kompany, Belgian footballer (Manchester City, Belgium National Team), born in Uccle, Brussels, Belgium
8. In this week actress Honor Blackman, possibly most famous for her portrayal of Pussy Galore, her character in the James Bond film Goldfinger, died at the age of 94.

Round 5 - The Wipe Out round

The following questions are worth three points each. However if you submit a wrong answer for a question you get -3 points each question you get wrong!! You do not have to answer a question, and will get points for the ones you get right

True or False?

	True	False	Do not wish to answer
Mary 1 was the first Queen of England in her own right?
Valentina Tereshkova is famous for being the first person to dive to 500 meters deep without breathing equipment?
�My Bonnie’ was the name of the first single on which the Beatles performed?
Jim Hines was the first man to officially run the 100 metres in under 10 seconds?
The first person to be seen on Channel 4 was Carol Vorderman?
Lewis Washkansky received the First human lungs transplant on December 3rd, 1967
The first person to own a Facebook account was President Bill Clinton?
Stanley Matthews was the first person to be awarded the FWA Footballer of the Year award?

Table rounds

OK Lets get down to it. This section is what we usually have as a table round - but hey it's all table today so we'll just call it the next bit.

T1. maps quiz

Some countries - all to the east of the UK - but where exactly?

	Country
1
2
3
4
5
6

T2: Interesting - but what is it?

	Bismuth	Carbon	Copernicium	Gallium	Silicon	Ununbium
This is a soft metal sometimes used in electronics. What’s amazing is that it will safely melt in human hands and then re-solidify once it drops back below its melting point.
This is a highly radioactive element that is a metal, but – get this – it’s a gas at room temperature. It also decays extremely quickly, which makes it difficult for scientists to study.
This was created in 1996 by combining two other elements together. It belongs to a class of elements on the periodic table that were all created the same way (by combining two elements together). None of these elements has ever been observed for longer than a fraction of a second at a time.
This is the heaviest non-radioactive metal and is commonly used in medicine and cosmetics. It’s also diamagnetic, which means that if you place a magnet between two pieces, it will levitate indefinitely.
This is found in all computer chips and most electronics and is also the most common component of sand. It is largely responsible for the technological revolution we’ve been experiencing over the course of the past three decades.
It is the most necessary element for life. It is in everything and comprises 20 percent of the weight of all living organisms. The universe would not exist without carbon.

T3. Famous Quotes...from famous films. Just match them up!

	Film
"One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.
"Go ahead, make my day."
"They call me Mister Tibbs!"
"What we've got here is failure to communicate."
"They're here!"
"Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make."

T4 Anagrams

Finally - something to get the head scratching going in earnest. Just had to finish with a bunch of anagrams :)

	Famous mixed up British Footballers
Leaky Ringer
Boob Embryo
Farmland Park
Cabby Bolt Horn
Dragon Knobs
The Algebra
Handles Kingly
Josh Banner

Thank you for taking part in the quiz - we hope it has been stuffed with enough trivia and nonsense and that you've enjoyed it. If there are any types of round or question that you would like to see in future quizzes please just drop us a line - either through the website (thepurplecarrot.uk), on facebook, twitter or instagram

Everyone who pays into the paypal account will be entered into the raffle - half the money collected each quiz will go to the charity of your choice. As we can't police people for cheating / taking a peak at the answers to artificially boost their score we won't do winners prizes - kudos alone to see yourself at the top of the leaderboard, but there will also be a set of raffle prizes* drawn from a hat.

* amount and value of the prizes will depend on numbers participating and paying into the pot. Physical prizes will not be awarded to entrants outside the UK - postage charges can become prohibitive

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