Another productive weekend. I only need ten more questions, A Pot 'O' Gold question, the faces round and the Books and authors guest round to do and this week's quiz is ready for printing. I shall be working on the guest round later today and will be sending the Book Ends an email letting them know, we could certainly do with some more teams. I have actually sent an email this morning to a friend who has offered to photocopy a load of answer sheets and score sheets for me, a total of around 200 A4 sheets in all. That should keep me going for a while. Okay I have to do some washing up and pop to the shops so I'll see you all on Thursday night at The Albert. email me at: quizard_97@yahoo.co.uk if there is anything you want to know or if you have any suggestions.
A set of three tablets, for example three painted panels, hinged together to make one piece is known as A triptych.
In the first half of the eighteenth century the Hanoverian Dynasty began in Britain and the Act of Union united England and Scotland
Today's questions (answers on Friday)
1. The holders of the same office in the 1950s and 1960s became respectively the Earl of Avon and the Earl of Stockton. Who were they?
2. The song cycle 'Our Hunting Fathers' by Benjamin Britten is set to a text by which poet?
3. William Henry Fox Talbot was a nineteenth-century pioneer in which field?
Joke of the Day: SCHOOL -- 1957 vs. 2007 (Thanks Dr Bebop)
Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fistfight after school.1957 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up buddies.2007 - Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Johnny and Mark. Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it.
Scenario: Jeffrey won't be still in class, disrupts other students.1957 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by the Principal.Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.2007 - Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. Tested for ADD. School gets extra money from state because Jeffrey has a disability.
Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his neighbor's car and his Dad gives him a whipping with his belt.1957 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.2007 - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy removed to foster care and joins a gang. State psychologist tells Billy's sister that she remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison. Billy's Mom has affair with psychologist.
Scenario: Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school.1957 - Mark shares aspirin with Principal out on the smoking dock.2007 - Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons.
Scenario: Pedro fails high school English.1957 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college.2007 - Pedro's cause is taken up by state. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is racist. ACLU files class action lawsuit against state school system and Pedro's English teacher. English banned from core curriculum. Pedro given diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.
Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from 4th of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, blows up a red ant bed. 1957 - Ants die.2007 - BATF, Homeland Security, FBI called. Johnny charged with domestic terrorism, FBI investigates parents, siblings removed from home, computers confiscated, Johnny's Dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.
Scenario: Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary hugs him to comfort him. 1957 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.2007 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison. Johnny undergoes 5 years of therapy.
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