Next Quiz - Sunday 5th January 2014

Kick off at 8pm

£3 (inc £1 towards a rollover prize) per person to enter, max 5 to a team

Lots of prizes!

The Landor is at 70 Landor Rd  London, SW9 9PH, where it meets Willington Road, two minutes walk from Clapham North tube station (Northern Line)


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The quiz is a no smartphone zone. It just spoils it for everyone. If you see someone on another team using their iPhone (other smartphones are available) then take a picture of them with your phone. If we all work together we can beat this!

& the winners were...

...Team Ethel, after winning a tie break with Rudolph's Rejects - both scored 68%.  The Old Hamtonwellians were third with 67%

Very tight at the top!

Quiz Questions from Sunday 15th December - Christmas Quiz

Current Affairs
What sort of pet did George Osbourne get earlier this month?
Who or what is ‘Team Cupcake’?
Pope Francis was Time magazine’s person of the year – but who came second?
What musical instrument did Ed Balls play in public earlier this month?
Foreign dignitaries from the US, Cuba, and where else in the Americas spoke at Mandela’s Funeral?
What was Nelson Mandela's clan name, which he was frequently referred
Who is the President of Ukraine?
What was the fastest mph wind speed recorded in the UK during this month's major winter storm (+/-10%)?
Which country has seen French military intervention in recent weeks?
Which country this week announced it would submit a claim to the North Pole to the UN?

Picture Round 
Christmas films, inc 5 pics of different santas

Music 
Christmas songs.  The hardest was Erasure's new one...

Christmas
In the 12 days of Christmas, what comes between Maids a Milking, and Geese a Laying?
True or False – the week before Christmas is the biggest sales week in the UK for Heinz Ketchup
Which channel is showing Bear’s Wild Weekend with Stephen Fry on Christmas Day?
In the Christmas Cracker joke, what did the piece of cheese say when he saw himself in the mirror?
Do Brussels Sprouts contain more carbs, or more protein?
From which country does the carol 'Silent Night' originally come?
What is traditionally broadcast from King's College Cambridge on Christmas Eve?
Which film starring David Bowie centres around a Japanese POW camp in WWII?
To the nearest week, how many weeks ago were the Oxford Street Christmas lights switched on?
In what year (ending in 3) was Channel 4's Alternative Christmas Message first broadcast?

General Knowledge
In a hospital, what does ENT stand for?
In which year did Rage Against The Machine get Christmas number one?
What postcode (1st 4 letters) is Tooting?
Which 80s BBC1 sitcom is returning for a Christmas Special this year?
What, unusually, was installed to light the Norwegian town of Rjukan in October 2013?
What nickname is given to the 7th Armoured Brigade?
On average, which month out of May or October is warmer in London?
In which continent would you find the Atlas Mountains?
Who won the Booker Prize in 2013?
How many of Noel Edmonds, Noel Fielding and Noel Gallagher were born on Christmas day?

Next Quiz - Special Christmas Quiz - Sunday 15th December

Kick off at 8pm

£3 (inc £1 towards a rollover prize) per person to enter, max 5 to a team

Lots of prizes!

The Landor is at 70 Landor Rd  London, SW9 9PH, where it meets Willington Road, two minutes walk from Clapham North tube station (Northern Line)


View Larger Map
Please join our new Facebook page here.  Facebook deleted the old group, but they've now re-instated it, but with none of the original members.  If you play the quiz, please join, so that we can invite you to events.

New Facebook Group

The quiz is a no smartphone zone. It just spoils it for everyone. If you see someone on another team using their iPhone (other smartphones are available) then take a picture of them with your phone. If we all work together we can beat this!

& the winners were...

...Les with 86% (two in a row for them - on for a hat-trick on 15th December), followed by Village Idiots with 82% and Toby's Tigers with 75%

The best team of two were Cambridge 0 Grimsby 4, who were also 4th overall

Quiz Questions from Sunday 1st December

Current Affairs
What, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is the word of 2013?
Where did the Olympic torch go for the first time ever in November?
Ryan Giggs is 40.  Name 2 other people over 40 who have played in the premiership
In which year is TFL proposing to introduce a 24 hour a day weekend tube service?
Name the electronic virtual currency that has risen 80 fold in 2013
Jockey AP McCoy celebrated which major sporting landmark in November?
Which city saw its Mayor stripped of his powers after crack-smoking, drunkenness and other bizarre incidents?
In how many seconds did the first Monty Python reunion show sell out?    (+/-10%)
Which country legalised the marijuana trade in November?
In which European city was the nuclear deal struck with Iran?

Picture Road
10 Map outlines, ranging from the easy (Italy) to the hard (Netherlands)

Music Round
10 songs that were number one at the time of a new Doctor Who, ranging from The Beatles (Willam Hartnell) to Joe McElderry (Matt Smith)

Celebrity Books
Which British comedian’s autobiography is called ‘Bonkers – My Life in Laughs’
Which British sportsman’s autobiography is called ’77 Years’?
Which of the 3 Top Gear presenters does NOT have a book out this year?
Who reads the audiobook of Morrissey’s book – David Morrissey, Neil M, Steven M?
Which American sportsman’s book is called Undisputed Truth?

Film Settings
Which films are set wholly or partly at following locations:
Amity Island?
the Winchester pub?
Rick's Café Américain?
The U-96?
Texas Motor Speedway?

General Knowledge
Which Red Hot Chilli Peppers album that first featured the track Under The Bridge?
Which British actor was born Krishha Banjee?
Which country is Transylvania in?
Which cinema chain bought Picturehouse Cinemas earlier this year?
What is a single corrective eyepiece (i.e. just for one eye) called?
Name 2 of the 3 main London terminus stations, from where it's possible to catch a direct train to Dorking?
What is the predominant fruit found in Eve's Pudding?
If catching a direct bus from Clapham Common station to Clapham Junction station, you have 3 options.  Name 2 of these 3 route numbers.
The deaths of two well-known sixtysomething English writers were overshadowed by the death of JFK on the same day?  Name one of the writers.
What name is given to a person from Hull?