This year our Ten Things column each month is concentrating on food. Not necessarily the most common or obvious foods, but hopefully ones everyone will recognise.
Meat
- Pork
- Lamb
- Chicken
- Turkey
- Guinea Fowl
- Duck
- Rabbit
- Venison
- Goat
- Pheasant
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This Month’s Quote
It’s the invention of clothes, not nature, that made “private parts” private.
[Mokokoma Mokhonoana]
April Quiz Questions
Each month we’re posing five pub quiz style questions, with a different subject each month. As before, they’re not difficult, but it is unlikely everyone will know all the answers – so hopefully you’ll learn something new, as well as having a bit of fun.
Geography
- There is a very small (180 square miles) landlocked sovereign country between France and Spain with a population of approximately 75,000. What is the name of this country?
- What is the world’s largest coral reef system?
- What is the only US state that borders just one other?
- What does the Beaufort scale measure?
- On which continent is the volcano Mt Erebus?
Answers will be posted in 2 weeks time.
April 1924
Our look at some of the significant happenings 100 years ago this month.
1. Adolf Hitler is sentenced to 5 years in Landsberg Prison in Germany for his participation in the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch (he serves less than 9 months)
15. Born. Sir Neville Marriner, English conductor and violinist (d. 2016)
20. Born. Leslie Phillips, English actor (d. 2022)
24. Born. Clement Freud, British writer, broadcaster, chef and politician (d. 2009)
28. Born. Kenneth Kaunda, 1st President of Zambia (d. 2021)
What Happened in 824?
Here’s our next instalment of things that happened in ..24 years of yore.
Notable Events in 824
11 November. The Constitutio Romana establishes the authority of the Holy Roman Emperors over the papacy of Rome.
Unknown Date. Zenpuku-ji, one of the oldest Tokyo temples, is founded by the Japanese Buddhist monk Kukai.
March Quiz Answers
Here are the answers to this month’s five quiz questions. If in doubt, all should be able to be easily verified online.
Language
- Sea urchins got their name from what non-aquatic animal, which was known as an “urchin” until the 15th century? The hedgehog
- What is a group of crows called? A murder
- How many letter tiles are there in a game of Scrabble? 100
- What is the origin of the expression “cobblers”, meaning something isn’t true or rubbish? It derives from “cobbler’s awls”, Cockney rhyming slang for “balls”.
- What in pidgin is “Magimiks bilong Yesus”? Helicopter
Answers were correct when questions were compiled in late 2023.
Ten Things: March
This year our Ten Things column each month is concentrating on food. Not necessarily the most common or obvious foods, but hopefully ones everyone will recognise.
Spices
- Turmeric
- Caraway
- Cardamom
- Cumin
- Coriander
- Clove
- Mace
- Nutmeg
- Cinnamon
- Allspice
This Month’s Quote
However much you deny the truth, the truth goes on existing.
[George Orwell]
March Quiz Questions
Each month we’re posing five pub quiz style questions, with a different subject each month. As before, they’re not difficult, but it is unlikely everyone will know all the answers – so hopefully you’ll learn something new, as well as having a bit of fun.
Language
- Sea urchins got their name from what non-aquatic animal, which was known as an “urchin” until the 15th century?
- What is a group of crows called?
- How many letter tiles are there in a game of Scrabble?
- What is the origin of the expression “cobblers”, meaning something isn’t true or rubbish?
- What in pidgin is “Magimiks bilong Yesus”?
Answers will be posted in 2 weeks time.
March 1924
Our look at some of the significant happenings 100 years ago this month.
3. The 407-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished when Caliph Abdülmecid II of the Ottoman Caliphate is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of President Kemal Atatürk
29. Died. Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer, resident in United Kingdom (b. 1852)