Branch Quiz March 25th 2021 - ANSWERS
ANSWERS
1 Liverpool
2 Walt Disney World Resort
3 5 years
Origin: Ancient Rome. (Quinquennium is the more usual term)
4 Al Capone
5 Beef Tea
On 25 August 1875, in 21 hours, 40 minutes
6 Big Brother
7 Buxton
8 Chetham Library, Manchester.
Founded 1653, but housed in a 1421 building
9 Dogfight
10 East Sussex
11 Fisherman's Friend (Fleetwood) and Victory-V (Nelson)
Victory-V lozenges are now manufactured in Crediton, Devon
12 Ford Capri
The island of Capri is located in the Gulf of Naples
13 The Female of the Species
From the poem The Female of the Species, published in 1911
14 Ghosts
15 Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany
16 Longridge
Designed by Preston born Lawrence Bond (1907-1974) as a three-wheel short radius runabout, production ran from 1949 to 1966. Tax changes in 1962 equalised purchase tax on three- and four-wheel cars and the Bond minicar's price advantage was eliminated. Sales declined leading to the factory's closure.
17 Ordnance Survey
The agency's name indicates its original military purpose, which was to map Scotland in the wake of the Jacobite rising in 1745.
18 Royal Blackheath
At Eltham in Kent.
19 Runnymede
20 Sherry
Sales increased by 76%, followed by rosé wine (50%). Champagne sales fell by 30%.... not a lot to celebrate!
21 Stalybridge
Pub with longest name: The Old Thirteenth Cheshire Astley Volunteer Rifleman Corps. Pub with the shortest name: Q.
22 Summer and Winter
23 The Bastille
24 The Day of the Jackal
25 The Lavender List
The name "Lavender List" came from the claim that the head of Wilson's political office, Marcia Williams (later Lady Falkender), had written the original draft on lavender-coloured notepaper.
26 The Mitford Sisters
27 The sun
from helios (Ἠέλιος)
28 A river
29 Virgo
30 William Caxton
1 Liverpool
2 Walt Disney World Resort
3 5 years
Origin: Ancient Rome. (Quinquennium is the more usual term)
4 Al Capone
5 Beef Tea
On 25 August 1875, in 21 hours, 40 minutes
6 Big Brother
7 Buxton
8 Chetham Library, Manchester.
Founded 1653, but housed in a 1421 building
9 Dogfight
10 East Sussex
11 Fisherman's Friend (Fleetwood) and Victory-V (Nelson)
Victory-V lozenges are now manufactured in Crediton, Devon
12 Ford Capri
The island of Capri is located in the Gulf of Naples
13 The Female of the Species
From the poem The Female of the Species, published in 1911
14 Ghosts
15 Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany
16 Longridge
Designed by Preston born Lawrence Bond (1907-1974) as a three-wheel short radius runabout, production ran from 1949 to 1966. Tax changes in 1962 equalised purchase tax on three- and four-wheel cars and the Bond minicar's price advantage was eliminated. Sales declined leading to the factory's closure.
17 Ordnance Survey
The agency's name indicates its original military purpose, which was to map Scotland in the wake of the Jacobite rising in 1745.
18 Royal Blackheath
At Eltham in Kent.
19 Runnymede
20 Sherry
Sales increased by 76%, followed by rosé wine (50%). Champagne sales fell by 30%.... not a lot to celebrate!
21 Stalybridge
Pub with longest name: The Old Thirteenth Cheshire Astley Volunteer Rifleman Corps. Pub with the shortest name: Q.
22 Summer and Winter
23 The Bastille
24 The Day of the Jackal
25 The Lavender List
The name "Lavender List" came from the claim that the head of Wilson's political office, Marcia Williams (later Lady Falkender), had written the original draft on lavender-coloured notepaper.
26 The Mitford Sisters
27 The sun
from helios (Ἠέλιος)
28 A river
29 Virgo
30 William Caxton
