Branch Quiz June 3rd 2021 - ANSWERS
1 1966 Barclaycard
2 Aberdeen
3 Catherine Howard
4 Chicken
Estimated to be over 24 billion chickens worldwide, providing 20 - 30% of consumed protein.
5 Concrete floors won’t crack from an egg dropping on them.
6 Elon Musk
7 England and Scotland
The match was played at the West of Scotland Cricket Club, Partick, Glasgow on 30 November 1872. Score 0 - 0.
8 Eric Idle
9 Ford Maddox Brown (1831 -93)
The Manchester Murals, in the Great Hall, are a series of 12 paintings based on the history of Manchester. They took 14 years to complete.
10 He was announcing the death of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
It was regarded as being disrespectful. He should have worn black, critics thought
11 Hillary Clinton
She was appointed in January 2020
12 Hoover
J Edgar Hoover was the first Director of the FBI. Hoover is a popular name for a vacuum cleaner (even if not manufactured by Hoover)
13 Islam (or Muslim)
Specifically, a Sufi religious order. Dervishes first appeared in the 12th century; they were noted for their wild or ecstatic rituals and were known as dancing, whirling, or howling dervishes according to the practice of their order.
14 Laos
15 Minsk
16 Multiplication tables or Periodic tables
17 Murray Walker.
As an advertising executive he created the Mars slogan. He was famous as a motor sport commentator for putting his foot in it when he became over excited
18 Newport Pagnall
Neuport is Old English for "New Market Town"
19 Peanut
20 Peterhead
21 Ribchester
Known as Bremetennacun Veteranorum, it had 500 cavalry troops stationed there. A substantial community of farmers and horse breeders, mostly veterans, grew up around the village
22 San Marino and Vatican City
23 Short
24 Statler and Waldorf
The two grumpy old men in the theatre box/balcony who always found something to grumble about
25 Tyburn
From the Tyburn Brook
2 Aberdeen
3 Catherine Howard
4 Chicken
Estimated to be over 24 billion chickens worldwide, providing 20 - 30% of consumed protein.
5 Concrete floors won’t crack from an egg dropping on them.
6 Elon Musk
7 England and Scotland
The match was played at the West of Scotland Cricket Club, Partick, Glasgow on 30 November 1872. Score 0 - 0.
8 Eric Idle
9 Ford Maddox Brown (1831 -93)
The Manchester Murals, in the Great Hall, are a series of 12 paintings based on the history of Manchester. They took 14 years to complete.
10 He was announcing the death of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
It was regarded as being disrespectful. He should have worn black, critics thought
11 Hillary Clinton
She was appointed in January 2020
12 Hoover
J Edgar Hoover was the first Director of the FBI. Hoover is a popular name for a vacuum cleaner (even if not manufactured by Hoover)
13 Islam (or Muslim)
Specifically, a Sufi religious order. Dervishes first appeared in the 12th century; they were noted for their wild or ecstatic rituals and were known as dancing, whirling, or howling dervishes according to the practice of their order.
14 Laos
15 Minsk
16 Multiplication tables or Periodic tables
17 Murray Walker.
As an advertising executive he created the Mars slogan. He was famous as a motor sport commentator for putting his foot in it when he became over excited
18 Newport Pagnall
Neuport is Old English for "New Market Town"
19 Peanut
20 Peterhead
21 Ribchester
Known as Bremetennacun Veteranorum, it had 500 cavalry troops stationed there. A substantial community of farmers and horse breeders, mostly veterans, grew up around the village
22 San Marino and Vatican City
23 Short
24 Statler and Waldorf
The two grumpy old men in the theatre box/balcony who always found something to grumble about
25 Tyburn
From the Tyburn Brook
