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32 The Parish Magazine — December 2024 Please mention The Parish Magazine when responding to advertisements BOOK A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT STAY WITH US. RECEIVE 15% OFF QUOTE THE CODE FST1845 TAKE AWAY FISH AND CHIPS £10 The Bull Inn, Sonning on Thames Berkshire RG4 6UP, T: 0118 969 3901 e: bullinn@fullers.co.uk www.bullinnsonning.co.uk Energising a new generation. Nursery - Year 11 www.crosfields.com 135 DECEMBER 2O24.indd 32 13/11/2024 10:15:49
CHRISTMAS christmas quiz David Pickup looks back with 20 Christmas questions from the past ... The Parish Magazine — December 2024 33 1. This year was a Leap Year. Were 1900 and 2000 Leap Years? 2. What is Whamaggedon? 3. Alan Bates hit the headlines in January? He shares his name with a famous actor but why is he well known? 4. HRH Duke of Edinburgh met a special resident at St Helena in January who had also met his grandparents. Who is he? 5. A young actor, fresh out of drama school, was told by Arthur Lowe, 'don’t worry if there’s not a lot of lines. They’ll come. In the meantime get yourself a funny costume and stand near me'. Who was the actor who died this year and starred in this classic sitcom? 6. Why did a family photo taken for Mothering Sunday lead to media speculation? 7. Why did North Korean Television object to Alan Titchmarsh and his trousers? 8. How did Matins, a black cat, get into trouble on 2 June 1953 at Westminster Abbey 9. Where was the Carnation Revolution 50 years ago? 10. What product manufacturer (a byword in usefulness) announced in 2024 they would introduce the first bladeless version? 11. Which Oxford Don applied unsuccessfully to be a code breaker in the 1940s? There was a note by his name 'keen'. 12. Where is the Elephant and Bear Line? 13. What is Election purdah? Tetiana Kidalova, dreamstime.com 14. What was Gamblegate? 15. 17 July was National Emoji Day. One of the most popular is known as ROTFL. What does that mean? 16. In this year’s Olympics the Philippines gold medallist Carlos Yulo got an unusual reward and a medal. What was it? 17. In August a north Italian city advertised for people to learn an ancient skill. The job requirements include being 18 or over, having a high school-level education, knowing how to swim, and possessing a medical certificate that proves 'a healthy and robust constitution'. What job was this for? 18. What music celebrated its 200th anniversary? Liked by many and Karl Marx though 'it a solemn mass of earthly joy'? 19. Why might you be looking forward to not looking back in anger? 20. What types of special judges were cancelled after 147 years service and replaced electronically? CHRISTMAS RENDEZVOUS IN THE ARK Tuesday 10 December 12.00 noon Open to everyone of all ages for lunch and conversation Reserve your seat on: 0118 969 3298 Christmas Quiz solutions 1. 2000 was a leap year. 1900 was not. Every 4 years is a leap year. 2. Whamageddon is a game played during the 24 days before Christmas in which players try to go from 1 December to the end of Christmas Eve (24 December) without hearing 'Last Christmas' by Wham! 3. Alan Bates has been very active in trying to address the Post Office scandal. 4. A giant tortoise. 5. Ian Lavender, who played Pike. 6. The photo taken by HRH Princess of Wales had been not very successfully altered. 7. He was wearing American style jeans. 8. The cat fell asleep on the Coronation throne. 9. Portugal. 10. Swiss Army knife. 11. JRR Tolkein. The word 'keen' may have been a surname misspelling. 12. Near Coventry from Nuneaton down to Royal Leamington Spa. 13. The rule that civil servants and others will normally observe discretion about making new announcements or decisions that could influence voters. 14. The allegations that some politicians took bets on when the general election would be when they had insider information. 15. Roll on the floor laughing. 16. A lifetime of free colonoscopies. 17. Gondolier. 18. Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. 19. The news that the group Oasis are performing again. 20. Line judges at Wimbledon. 135 DECEMBER 2O24.indd 33 13/11/2024 10:15:51
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