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Would you have won the Christmas Tree quiz?

Posted Friday, December 21, 2007

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Christmas Tree Quiz

There was an amazing finish to the Christmas Tree quiz in Rosatos on Thursday night in Rosatos when the team that was placed 5th of 6 going into the last round ended up 2nd and the team placed 3rd coming into the last round finished top and took away the prize.

Winners

The winners were Lucy White and her gang.

In an amazing turnaround Laurence Harkin and his usually successful team went from 1st after round 5, and 2nd, one point behind after round 6th, and ended up 4th.

Unusual Answers

There was a few unusual answers.

One team thought that drag racing took place at the Spearmint Rhino Club in London.

Another thought that Coco was one of the original members of The Jackson Five.

Red Light District

Only one person knew the answer to the question of "Where is the Red Light District of Paris".

He said he thought everybody knew that.

Make a team

So lets see how you would have done.

Maybe get yourself a little team over Christmas to see if you would have won had you been there.

You'll need a mixed teams as the questions are diverse including sections on Sport and Beauty.

10 Questions

There are 10 questions in each of the first 6 rounds.

In the first five round the questions are worth 2 points each.

Jokers

If teams think they have done well in a round they can play their joker and their points will be doubled for that round.

So, here's the questions.

Round 1 - Christmas

1. From what modern day country did St. Nicholas come?

2. Who is the French Equivalent of Father Christmas?

3. What was the first ever Christmas present from St. Nicholas that started it all off?

4. In what century did St. Nicholas live?

5. Who is St. Nicholas the patron saint of?

6. What do bad children get at Christmas?

7. What colour is Santa's belt?

8. On what night were Moville's Christmas lights lit?

9. Name Santa's reindeer.

 

 

Answers

1. Turkey
2. Papa or Pere Noel
3. A Dowry
4. 3rd and 4th century (full marks for either)
5. Sailors, Fishermen or Pawnbrokers ( no one got it )
6. Coal
7. Black
8. December 9th
9. Rudolf, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen (4 points for 9, 3 for 8, 2 for 7, 1 for 6)

Round 2 - Sport

1. Who is the current men's Wimbledon tennis champion?

2. Who are the current football World Cup holders?

3. Who won rugby's World Cup recently?

4. How many British teams are in the last 16 of the Champions League?

5. Who are the holders of The Ashes in cricket?

6. Which American Football team are unbeaten this season (14-0)?

7. Who won America's Baseball World Series?

8. Where is the 2008 Olympics to be held?

9. Who was recently voted the UEFA European Football Player of the Year?

10. Who was the 2007 BBC SPorts Personality of the Year?

 

 

Answers

1. Roger Federer
2. Italy
3. South Africa
4. 5
5. Australia
6. New England Patriots
7. Boston Red Sox
8. Beijing
9. Kaka of AC Milan
10. Boxer Joe Calzaghe

Round 3 - Geography

1. In which country are The Trossachs?

2. In which European city is the Reeperbahn?

3. In which European city is the Rijksmuseum?

4. In which US city is Faneuil Hall?

5. In which European city is Cleopatra's Needle?

6. In which European city is Le Tour Eiffel?

7. In which US city is The Golden Gate Bridge?

8. In which US city is The Empire State Building?

9. In which US city is the Masters golf tournament held annually?

10. In which European city is Europe's top beer festival held?

 

 

Answers

1. Scotland
2. Hamburg
3. Amsterdam
4. Boston
5. London
6. Paris
7. San Francisco
8. New York
9. Augusta (1 point for Georgia)
10. Munich

Round 4 - Beauty

Who are the names behind these perfumes. They can be either the makers like Givenchy or the well known personality whose name is on the brand.

1. Crystal Noir
2. Opium
3. Eternity
4. Light Blue
5. Angel
6. Glamorous
7. J'Adore
8. Lovely
9. Curious
10. White Diamonds

 

 

Answers

1. Versace
2. Yves St Lauren
3. Eternity
4. Dolce & Gabbana
5. Thierry Mugler
6. Ralph Lauren
7. Christian Dior
8. Sarah Jessica Parker
9. Britney Spears
10. Elizabeth Taylor

What Happens Here?

1. What event takes place every year at Badminton?

2. What event takes place every year at Henley?

3. What event takes place every year at The Crucible?

4. What event takes place every day at Horseguards Parade?

5. What event takes place every year at Ballyshannon in Donegal?

6. What show takes place every year at the NEC in Birmingham (biggest event)?

7. What takes place at The Spearmint Rhino?

8. What event takes place every year at Pamplona?

9. What event takes place every 10 years at Oberammergau?

10. What takes place every year at Glastonbury?

 

 

Answers

1. Horse Trials (full points for showjumping and 3-day event).
2. Regatta (or rowing)
3. Snooker
4. The Changing of The Guard
5. Rory Gallagher Festival
6. Crufts Dog Show (there are other events but this is the biggest)
7. Lapdancing
8. The running of the bulls
9. Passion Play
10. Music Festival

Round 6 - Difficult Round

In this round the points are worth 4 points rather than 2. The joker can still be played.

1. Pompelmo in Italian, Pamplemousse in French, Pampelmuse in German - what is this fruit in English?

2. What is the red light district of Paris called?

3. What were the old guys who sat in the Balcony in The Muppets called?

4. Which planet is 3rd nearest the sun?

5. What's the speed of light in Kilometers per second?

6. Who makes Paris Hilton's perfume (no one got this)?

7. What is Europe's highest mountain?

8. What is the world's deepest lake?

9. Name the original Jackson 5?

10. Which new film was premiered in Moville recently in Rosatos?

 

 

Answers

1. Grapefruit
2. La Pigalle (only one person got this)
3. Waldorf and Statler
4. Earth is the 3rd rock from the sun
5. 300,000km/sec (gave full points to 296,00 and 297,00)
6. Parlux Fragrances
7. Mt Elbus in Georgia (most people put Mont Blanc, which I thought was right but the internet said no)
8. Lake Baikal in Siberia
9. Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and Michael (Randy joined later to replace Jermaine - there was no Coco as one team put).
10. The BeatlesFest Rockumentary

At this stage the scores were:-

1. 117 - Santa's Noddy
2. 116 - Laurence Harkin's Fork and Bar Stewards
3. 113 - Lucy White's NBI Team
4. 107 - The 3 of us
5. 95 - Caroline Rafferty's Charlie's Angels
6. 85 - The Drift Ins

Final Round - Guess the Famous Person

In this round you get a series of clues.

It starts with 30 points and with each clue the points available goes down by 2, i.e. 30, 28, 26 etc.

If you rush up with your answer you either get all the points available at that stage, e.g. 26 points or if you are wrong no points at all.

So the teams behind can take a bit of a gamble whereas the teams at the front have to wait.

As you can see, 5 of the 6 teams could still potentially win at this stage.

The Clues

1. For 30 points - he won the Noble Peace prize (one team came up at this point and got it wrong)

2. For 28 points - he was a member of Parliament in Westminster (two teams came up at this point - one right and one wrong)

3. For 26 points - he was born in 1944 (the other 3 teams came up then with two wrong and one right).

4. For 24 points - he has 4 children

5. For 22 points - he went to Queens University in Belfast

6. For 20 points - he was the leader of a political party in Northern Ireland

7. For 18 points - he became party leader in 2005

8. For 16 points - he lost his seat in Parliament in 2005

9. For 14 points - in 2006 he entered the House of Lords

10. For 12 points - he received the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with John Hume.

 

Answer

As you've now worked out the answer was David Trimble. Three teams put John Hume and one (at 30 points) put Al Gore.

Final Scores

1st - Lucy White's NBI Team - 139 points (26 in last round)
2nd - Charlie's Angels - 123 points (28 in last round)
3rd - Santa's Noddy's - 117 points (0)
4th - Laurence Harkin's Fork & Bar Stewards (0)
5th - The 3 of us (0)
6th - The Drift ins (0)

Congratulations to Lucy White's team!

How would you have done?