Here are the answers to this month’s six quiz questions. If in doubt, all should be able to be easily verified online.
Classical & Ancient World
What is the name of the home of the Greek Gods? Olympus
Which body of the water was called mare nostrum by the Romans? Mediterranean
Ask and Embla are the Norse equivalent to the Christian what? Adam and Eve
What was the name of the Egyptian God of the Sun? Ra
In Roman mythology, who is the goddess of the sewers? Cloacina
Which word derives from the Latin for “sand” and originally denoted part of a Roman amphitheatre that was covered with sand to soak up the blood from combat? Arena
Answers were correct when questions were compiled in late 2024.
On the Ning Nang Nong
Where the cows go Bong!
and the monkeys all say BOO!
There’s a Nong Nang Ning
Where the trees go Ping!
And the tea pots jibber jabber joo.
On the Nong Ning Nang
All the mice go Clang
And you just can’t catch ’em when they do!
So its Ning Nang Nong
Cows go Bong!
Nong Nang Ning
Trees go ping
Nong Ning Nang
The mice go Clang
What a noisy place to belong
is the Ning Nang Ning Nang Nong!!
This year our Ten Things column each month is alternating between composers and artists a century at a time from pre-1500 to 20th century. As always, there’s no guarantee you will have heard of them all!
Each month we’re posing six pub quiz style questions, with a different subject each month. As always, they’re designed to be difficult, but it is unlikely everyone will know all the answers – so have a bit of fun.
Classical & Ancient World
What is the name of the home of the Greek Gods?
Which body of the water was called mare nostrum by the Romans?
Ask and Embla are the Norse equivalent to the Christian what?
What was the name of the Egyptian God of the Sun?
In Roman mythology, who is the goddess of the sewers?
Which word derives from the Latin for “sand” and originally denoted part of a Roman amphitheatre that was covered with sand to soak up the blood from combat?
Here are the answers to this month’s six quiz questions. If in doubt, all should be able to be easily verified online.
Literature
Which Tolstoy novel begins “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way”? Anna Karenina
Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016? Bob Dylan
Who wrote A Child’s History of England? Dickens, 1853
Who succeeded Wordsworth as Poet Laureate in Nov 1850? Tennyson
Apart from his novels, what is Anthony Trollope remembered for? Introduction of pillar boxes to UK
Which two-word term was popularised by a 1948 Robert Heinlein novel of the same name, which inspired a science fiction franchise centring on a character named Tom Corbett? Space Cadet
Answers were correct when questions were compiled in late 2024.
When he killed the Mudjokivis,
Of the skin he made him mittens,
Made them with the fur side inside,
Made them with the skin side outside.
He, to get the warm side inside,
Put the inside skin side outside;
He, to get the cold side outside,
Put the warm side fur side inside.
That’s why he put the fur side inside,
Why he put the skin side outside,
Why he turned them inside outside.
This year our Ten Things column each month is alternating between composers and artists a century at a time from pre-1500 to 20th century. As always, there’s no guarantee you will have heard of them all!
Each month we’re posing six pub quiz style questions, with a different subject each month. As always, they’re designed to be difficult, but it is unlikely everyone will know all the answers – so have a bit of fun.
Literature
Which Tolstoy novel begins “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way”?
Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016?
Who wrote A Child’s History of England?
Who succeeded Wordsworth as Poet Laureate in Nov 1850?
Apart from his novels, what is Anthony Trollope remembered for?
Which two-word term was popularised by a 1948 Robert Heinlein novel of the same name, which inspired a science fiction franchise centring on a character named Tom Corbett?
Answers will be posted in 2 weeks time.
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