The h2g2 London 2002 Meet Quiz
Created | Updated Sep 10, 2002
As a fairly new member of the Editorial Team it was probably a nerve-wracking experience - stand up in front of a roomful of exhuberant and (probably) slightly tipsy Meet attendees and come up with a quiz which didn't favour any one section, or faction, of h2g2.
This Jimster, with initial help from Abi, managed to do with aplomb. Here, for those who couldn't attend, are the questions posed. We include the 'italics' question even though you can find the answer in a twinkling of your typing fingers. The questions were (loosely) divided into sections as has become a tradition with these quizzes.
If you would like a mention in next week's Post, then send your answers - listed as a,b,c,d + relevant extras to [email protected] before
06.08.2002. Please remember to include your h2g2 name and user number.
- Who created the popular Thomas the Tank Engine series of books?
- a) Rev W Audley
- b) Rev W Awdry
- c) Rev B Awdry
- d) Rev B Hawtrey
- The work of which artist includes pieces called 'Dewdrop', 'Three Worlds', and 'Castrovalva'?
- a) Escher
- b) Dali
- c) Van Gogh
- d) Pollock
- The latin name for the Bwindi Forest and Eastern lowland gorilla is:
- a) Gorilla beringei graueri
- b) Gorilla gorilla gorilla
- c) Gorilla gorilla diehli)
- d) Gorilla beringei beringei)
- Who said: 'We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.'?
- a) President John F Kennedy
- b) Malcolm X
- c) President Eisenhower
- d) Father Ted
- Since 1936, the State Farm Show has been a January tradition for which American State?
- a) New York
- b) Pennsylvania
- c) Idaho
- d) Texas
- The Irish Free State became an independent republic in which year/
- a) 1948
- b) 1949
- c) 1951
- d) 1953
- Bangkok's Chatuchak market is serviced by which station?
- a) Tuk tuk
- b) kao p-at gai
- c) farang
- d) Mo Chit
- The Isles of Scilly are an archipelago 28 miles of the coast of Cornwall, but which of the following are NOT inhabited?
- a) St Mary's
- b) Tresco
- c) St Martins
- d) Annet
- Which day of the week takes its name from the Norse goddess of married love?
- a) Monday
- b) Wednesday
- c) Thing - er, Thursday,
- d) Friday
- The famous Icehotel can be found 200km north of the Arctic circle, in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden. But what does Jukkasjärvi mean?
- a) 'Homeland'
- b) 'meeting place'
- c) 'The place where the sun descends swiftly like a burning silver plate, dipping down behind the Jukkas mountains and plunging the land into darkness like the cold heart of the lone wolf'
- d) 'Warm welcome'
- When the Queen Mother (lawd bless her) died earlier this year, her Coronation crown was displayed alongside her. The largest and most important jewel in this crown is the priceless Koh-i-noor Diamond, which had been presented to Queen Victoria by Lord Dalhousie in June 1850. But how many carats does it weigh?
- a) 793 carats
- b) 186 carats
- c) 109 carats
- d) 102 carats
- The Roman Catholic Order of Carthusian monks and nuns was founded in the 11th Century by which saint?
- a) St Carthus
- b) St Bruno
- c) St Columba
- d) St Bede
- Before they settled on 'Monty Python's Flying Circus, John Cleese, Eric idle and the others considered a number of different titles for the project: Which of the following were NOT genuinely considered titles?
- a) 'Owl Stretching Time'
- b) 'A Horse, a Spoon and a Basin'
- c) 'Bunn, Wackett, Buzzard, Stubble and Boot'
- d) 'Zen and the Art of Trifle Maintenance'.
- The theory of the Aquatic Ape - an argument in support of evolution - was first postulated by a British scientist in 1960, but what was his name?
- a) Arthur Madely
- b) Andrew Harvey
- c) Anthony Pavel
- d) Alister Hardy
- The Potala Palace in Tibet is:
- a) The winter home of the Dalai Lamas
- b) The home of a statue of the Lord Buddha as an eight-year-old boy.
- c) The summer residence of the Dalai Lamas.
- d) Another name for 'The People's Pleasure Park'
- Who won the first ever football World Cup?
- a) Uruguay
- b) Argentina
- c) Brazil
- d) Italy
- Bonus point: What was the score?
- Picture One
- a) Anna
- b) Sam
- c) Mina
- d) Abi
- Picture Two
- a) Sam
- b) Mina
- c) Ashley
- d) Jim
- Picture Three
- a) Ashley
- b) Sam
- c) Jim
- d) Abi
- Which of these were *not* set up by Greebo T Cat?
- a) The Wall
- b) Smiley Racing
- c) The Crossed Purposes
- d) Web bug Racing
- Who started the following conversation - The Return of 'What Music Are You Listening To At This Precise Moment?'
- a) Abi
- b) Big Bad Mr T
- c) Mr Pink Paisley
- d) Zantic
- Who was the second person to post in the following conversation - Making a chicken curry?
- a) FatKelli
- b) Old Uncle Zarniwoop
- c) Fred Smith
- d) Tefkat
- Who originally set up the h2g2 Campsite?
- a) Abi
- b) Orcus
- c) Caerwynn
- d) Frankie Roberto
- Which Researcher was confused about cousins?
- a) Master B
- b) Fred Smith
- c) Cloviscat
- d) Galaxy Babe
LIFE
UNIVERSE
EVERYTHING
UNIVERSITY
THE ITALICS
The blobs on the back page appear on the Personal Spaces of members of the editorial and Community teams, otherwise known as THE ITALICS. We want you to tell us which blob appears on whose page?:
COMMUNITY
TIE BREAKER
h2g2 was launched in 1999 - but in which MONTH?
Compiled by Jimster and Abi, coding by shazzPRME
