Pub Quiz Pt. God knows

[Vange Shrimper]

As Staind said "It's been a while", but I thought I might as well bring it back, hopefully with no arguments with the answers this time round. Usual rules apply, usual people are banned. :p

1. What did Pandora release when she opened her box or jar?

2. What is Barack Obama's middle name?

3. How is an 'unpledged party leader and elected official' ('PLEO') in United States politics better known?

4. What is 'Opera' associated with in Information Technology?

5. What connects the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Algeria, Mali, Burkina Faso, Togo, Ghana and Queen Maud Land?

6. What does 'Fitz' mean at the beginning of a surname?

7. What does the circle in the middle of Celtic cross represent?

8. What does the '0'' and the 'Mac' at the beginning of Irish surnames mean?

9. In addition to four Nobel prizes in Literature, an Irishman (Walton) has been awarded the Nobel prize in Physics, and five others all won in the same

10. Which Eurovision song contest winner attempted to become President of Ireland in 1997 (came third, ahead of the Labour Party candidate) and is currently an MEP?

11. Envelope, basket and burner are the three main parts of what?

12. The 'X' in Xmas is derived from what?

13. According to Northern European tradition, Thor rides across the sky in a wagon pulled by two Yule animals. What kind of animal were they?

14. What in Economics is Monopsony?

15. Sicilian, Ponziani, Russian, Scottish, Nimzo-Indian and Sokolsky are all examples of what kind of movement?

 

[chaco27saf]

2) Hussein
3) Superdelegate

 

[Vange Shrimper]

2) Hussein
3) Superdelegate

I knew you'd know those, Seth!

 

[C C Csiders]

1. All the World's Evils (or as it is known today Jeremy Clarkson)
8. Son of
10. Dana (not Dana International)
11. Hot Air Balloon
12. Christ (as in on a cross)
15. Bowel

 

[blues_r_best]

1) And she found hope in the box too.
4) It's a web browser
14) That was mentioned on here a while ago IIRC, but can't remember what it was

 

[Jonny_Stokes]

13) would be 'goats' if I wasn't banned from these things.

 

[Vange Shrimper]

1. All the World's Evils (or as it is known today Jeremy Clarkson) - Correct
8. Son of - Thats half of it.
10. Dana (not Dana International) Correct
11. Hot Air Balloon - Correct
12. Christ (as in on a cross) - Need to be more specific
15. Bowel - Wrong

My comments are in red.

 

[Vange Shrimper]

13) would be 'goats' if I wasn't banned from these things.

Well done, and yes you are :p

 

[Crabby Shrimper]

12) is it an abbreviation or shorthand, of the old abbreviation for Christ, which was the greek letters Xp (Chi Rho)?

 

[Vange Shrimper]

12) is it an abbreviation or shorthand, of the old abbreviation for Christ, which was the greek letters Xp (Chi Rho)?

Yeah thats right :)

 

[Crabby Shrimper]

5) Stab in the dark this, have they all deposed their Monarchy, only to re-instate them at a later date?

 

[Vange Shrimper]

5) Stab in the dark this, have they all deposed their Monarchy, only to re-instate them at a later date?

Nothing to do with monarchy. Good guess though

 

[OldBlueLady]

Shocked to suddenly stumble across this at such a time...

8. Fitz means son of a King

14. Monopsony is a market where you've only got one buyer (Gretna!)

I knew the Pandora one and Dana as well, the others I'd have to research.

 

[Shrimper2thecore]

15) Chess moves?

 

[Shrimper2thecore]

8. Son of

and grandson of

 

[OldBlueLady]

15) Chess moves?

Great shout - just googled it and that's right, seems we've got to mark ourselves as Hils isn't here at the moment!

 

[OldBlueLady]

4. Opera:

http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2008/02/05/


8. O' and Mac mean "son of"

 

[Shrimper2thecore]

5) Errr its not something really random is it? Like they can all be connected if you draw a straight line? Same line of longitude perhaps?

 

[Shrimper2thecore]

Great shout - just googled it and that's right, seems we've got to mark ourselves as Hils isn't here at the moment!

Yay to me. The first 3 sounded good, but Scottish put me off, hence the "?"

 

[Crabby Shrimper]

Aaaaarrrgggh, so annoyingly obvious! Just had a look at where the countries in 5 are.....

5) They're all on the Greenwich Meridian!