Quizzing for Fun

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Modified: 11 January 2019

The "Quizzing for Fun" group will meet on the 2nd and 4th Friday of each month at 2pm.. 

The sessions will be held at St Oswalds Church Centre,  Broadwaters Drive,  Kidderminster,  DY10 2RY 

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 Quizzing sessions booked for 2019.   Starting on 22nd February,  March 8th, 22nd.    April 12th, 26th.    May 10th, 24th.    June 14th, 28th.    July 12th, 26th.    Aug 9th, 23rd.    Sept 13th, 27th.    Oct 11th, 25th.    Nov 8th, 22nd.    Dec 13th,    end of year dates tba.

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Another quizzing group has now started 

Full details of this new group which will be held on the 3th Tuesday of the month can be found on the "Quizzing group no. 2" webpage.

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As you can see by the comments below, we do have a lot of fun whilst trying to answer the very varied questions and then trying to remember a few answers on the way home.

June 8th 2018 session:  Congratulations to everyone who attended!   Every team scored over 70%, with the top group scoring 80.5% 

 

 Theme:   Finish this question about a TV series that began in the 1990s:

Question:    Sex......................Answer:      and the City

Not for one member, a man, who gave the answer;  " Yes Please"

Question. Who wrote the book, The Iliad?   Answer.   Homer

A member said " what was the other name", meaning,  The Odyssey.

One of the members said,   Simpson!!  He got a round of applause for that remark.

Question.  In the film The Godfather, what was found in the bed?

Answer.  A horses Head.   One member's answer,  "Shergar"    Good try!!

Q. How far did Apollo 11 travel on a gallon of fuel?    A.  7 inches

Meeting on 20th December 2016. 

We definitely had the top of the Quizzers present this afternoon.  The top group scored 76% and even the lowest group scored 62%, and that was taking into account some member's questions that were very hard for most of us!  Well done all of you.

Wishing you all a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy 2017.

Christmas Lunch on 9th December.

An afternoon full of delicious food, riotous laughter and fun.  Many members realised that their specialised subjects could be:   Pantomime characters, Seasonal food, Carols and most of all Chocolate Brands!!  We are almost ready for the famous black chair!!

Meeting on 25th November.

A great session, with many groups scoring their highest points yet.  Members are getting the hang of producing their own questions.  We knew more about Rio de Janeiro than we thought!

Meeting on 11th November.

Another afternoon of fun and laughter.  But some of us were having a bad day! enough said;  including one member who produced a super howler,

Question,  What happened to Henry Seagrave, the land and water speed record holder, in June 1930?   Answer:   He got runover!   Wrong,   He was killed attempting a water record in the Lake District

Question;  Which character didn't like Christmas?  One member gave her husband's name as the answer!       Correct answer,  Scrooge

Question:   Which character used the phrase, "she who must be obeyed" again one member gave the name of her husband!    Correct answer,   Rumpole of the Bailey.

Meeting on 28th October

I have run out of superlatives to describe the members of this group, while learning new facts, remembering old facts, all in an atmosphere of laughter and fun. Great!  Sections featured Halloween and Christmas and a super set of questions posed by a new member.

Meeting on 14th October

Members thought it funny that I was in my Christmas T shirt, but it is time to use brain cells that had remained undisturbed since December 2015!  So 2 Christmas sections were tackled, quite successfully.

One group did really well this week scoring a 10 & a 9 in 2 rounds, one being pop music which is not a favourite of many members.  In fact every group playing today scored well over 60%; and we welcomed 2 new members.

Meeting on 23rd September

A very full house of members attended this meeting.  Three members presented their questions which were well received, with overall total scores again up on the last meeting.

This time's blunder was on the part of the quizmaster, who for some reason wanted to give out the answers before the members had heard the questions.  Oops!

Meeting on 9th September

A great gathering as usual full of laughter and a few weird answers!  We found that some members had been deprived of Nursery Rhymes when young, but never mind the rest of us put them right.  There were some excellent results this week, lots of full marks on various sections, with all groups scoring over 70%.   Well done.

Meeting on 26th August

Another full house extra quiz day to relieve the "boredom" of August and which made a change from gardening.  We are wondering that when members bring in their own section of questions, they think they are easy, but actually when the rest of the members come to answer them, they actually find them very hard.  To date we have only had one round when reasonable scores were achieved.  Cannot quite explain that yet!  It was good to see different members winning this week.

Amid peals of laughter, we had a couple of howlers:

Question,  What flower was the name of Harry Potter's mother?

 Answer,  Mom!  Wrong,        Correct answer Lily

Question,  The  Matriarch is the head of which animal family?

 Answer,   Meerkats!   Wrong,     Correct answer    Elephant

 Explanation for wrong answer," well there is a lot of them living together as a big family, and they need to be kept under control".  That seemed reasonable to some of us.

Meeting on 18th August

To add variety and more interest to our questions, we have introduced  music rounds, which are well received by certain members.  We have also started trying out our skills out on picture quizzes, in colour which really made a difference.  Cartoon characters and Radio Times cover personalities produced some high scores.  The extra group meetings helped fill in days when members had time to spare during August.

,Meeting on 12th August

Despite the very warm weather, members turned out to flex their brains.  They were rewarded by some very high scores, some sections had 100% correct answers; and we were treated to delicious homemade cake by Barbara, thank you.

Meeting on 2nd August

The Summer improvement continues, with many groups scoring full points on some sections for the very first time.  Brilliant!

But, I'm afraid that some members are now having difficulty with limb co-ordination, judging by the answers given to the "Skeleton" section.   Now their bodies are well and truly upside down and back to front.  The best thing is that it has not affected their brain capability or their ability to laugh in all the right places!

Meeting on 22nd July

WoW!   what a turnout on such a hot day and another new member.  Obviously the sunshine feeds the brain, as groups scored their highest points ever in many of the sections.  Well done!!

But there are a few members who need the help of an "expert" to rearrange the organs in their bodies, because they think that they are located in certain "other" bodily places!!   Enough said, a great afternoon.

Please note that we will be having another quizzing afternoon on Tuesday 2nd August, we have to keep our brains in tip top condition!!

Meeting on 24th June

Super afternoon, with hardly a mention of the Referendum!

Now I realise why I don't write many sports questions, there was only 2 and1/2 members who confessed to being football fans!  So we made the drinks!  Thanks.  But despite lack of footie knowledge lots of members knew which teams were playing in the European Cup.  Well done.

We welcomed 3 new members which is great.

Extra dates have been set for quiz afternoons during August, see note above.

Meeting on 27th May.

I don't think I have heard so much laughter coming from a U3A group.  What a great afternoon!!!

From music questions to naming EC countries, to trying to answer members own questions, so that I can join in with their teams, the variety was endless.

We had a great howler;  Question section was titled, "Phrases relating to the 1950's"   Question:  The Iron ?    Answer:  Maiden!!!   Wrong.   The correct answer should have been,  The Iron Curtain.

The heavy rock band Iron Maiden were not formed until 1975!!!

The good news is that the ladies who gave this bizarre answer came 2nd overall.

Meeting on 22nd April.

A Patriotic Quizzing afternoon, with English tea and cake!

To celebrents of this week our quiz questions were all about being British, being Englishate the ev, knowing about our country, Royalty and of course our history.

I am pleased to say that the members would have passed the "Life in the UK" Citizenship exam with flying colours.

Meeting on 25th March.

Wow!! definitely improving, no howlers this week.  Thank you to members who supplied questions.

We branched out to include sections on maps and music.  A new member who attended this week is a genius in music knowledge which was a super coincidence especially for the 2 ladies whose team he joined.   Well done for being this months' winners.

Meeting on 26th February 2016

Welcome to the 5 new members.

Oh dear, 2 classic howlers this time!!!

All about Food:

Question:   Found in the Tower and not a vegetarian

Answer:     Beefburger!!   Wrong               Correct answer,   Beefeater

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All about the 6 Nations Championship

Question:    Name the Head Coach of the Welsh Rugby Union Team

Answer:       Tom Jones    Wrong!!          Correct answer,      Warren Gatland.

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Two members asked questions on Wife's names and Birds  which we answered very well.

Other member's sections on, Heroines, household chemicals and Scotland, we found very much harder to answer!!

But on the whole I really think our average scores are on the up.   Well done!!!

 

Meeting on 22nd January 2016

Into our 2nd year now, time flies when we are using our brains!!!

We welcomed 4 new members, with an abundance of brains between them!!!   Well done.

We must be getting cleverer as we didn't have any howlers this meeting  and most of us managed to answer some of the questions set by Dennis.

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Meeting on 11th December 2015.   Happy Christmas to you All!!!

Members enjoyed a super shared lunch, with homemade apple juice courtesy of Barbara.

Thank you to Anne for her section of "hard" questions.

Some members had forgotten their attendances at Sunday school!!!

Q.  The Three Wise Mens' names.

A.  Fred,  George and Bill      WRONG.  Correct answer,  Melchior, Gaspar, Balthazar

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Q.    He may carry a crook.

A.    A policeman.   WRONG.     Correct answer,     A Shepherd.

 

Meeting on 27th November 2015

Thank you to the members, Rose and Dennis who bought in their own questions to be used.  That gave me the chance to take their place in a team.  Not that it helped the teams gain extra points!!!

But we did have a few "howlers"

Answers needed to include the colour RED.

Q.  What delights the Shepherds?

A.  A Shepherds Pie!!  WRONG.    Correct answer,   Red sky at Night.

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Answers needed to be CHARLES or CHARLIE

Q.  A French Crooner?

A. Charles de Gaulle!!    WRONG.    Correct answer,    Charles Aznavour

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Q.  Which religious group was founded in London's East End 150 years ago?

A.   The nuns in Call the Midwife!!   WRONG.   Correct Answer,  The  Salvation Army.

 

Meeting on 23rd October 2015

It must be all the cake that the members are eating as the brain power is so advanced!!

Our best month yet for all round higher scores from all the tables.  Congratulations!!

Every group scored more than 70%,  Well Done

No bloomers from the quizzers just a few blunders from the me, I must eat more cake!!

 

Meeting on 25th September 2015.

As our meeting was on the same day as the MacMillan Coffee Day we decided to raise some money for this wonderful charity.

We used one of the MacMillan "Guess the Spots on the Cake Quiz"  a special "Guess the names of the charity logos"  a Bring & Buy stall  and a Raffle.

 We managed to raise the amazing total of  £136.50,  just received another donation!!

Thank you all of the members who came on the afternoon and many thanks to the members who could not attend on the day but who still sent money, cake and gifts.

As well as raising this incredible amount of money, we all had fun, laughs and too much cake!!!

 

Well done to Dale and Roz for walking to our Quizzing group from Marpool!! to avoid all the traffic jams and they managed a great score, together with Rosemary.

Excellent standard of quizzing knowledge from the members of the U3A quizzing for Fun group!!!!!

Question: What was the name of the Archbishop of Canterbury at Q E's Coronation?

Answer:    Jeremy Fisher    WRONG!

Correct answer:   Geoffrey Fisher.   Just imagine the scene, the queen comes face to face with her frog!

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Question: What is an American Smooth?

Answer:   An Iron   WRONG!

Correct answer:   A type of Dance

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Question:  Where do you obtain the spice Mace from?

Answer:   Sainsbury's     WRONG!!

Correct answer:   From the outer coating of a nutmeg.

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Question:   What trade name does Prince Charles use for his products?

Answer:    Rubbish      WRONG!!

Correct Answer:   Duchy Originals

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Question:    Desperation, Pacification, Expectation, Acclamation, Realisation refers to what?

Guess what answer was given!!!!!!

Correct answer:   Frys Five Boys Chocolate Bar.

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Question:  In 1964 what  "C C becomes W H C"?

Answer:   County Council becomes Hereford /Worcester Council   WRONG!!

Correct answer:   Cassius Clay becomes World Heavyweight Champion!!!

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Question:   Who circled the world in the Golden Hind?

Answer:      Charlie Drake     WRONG!!!

Correct answer:    Sir Francis Drake

But,  our standard of knowledge is slowly rising, I think.

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See what intelligence our quizzing group members have!!!!

Question:  How many legs has a flea?

One member, not knowing the answer, went to count the legs on another member's head of hair.

Now that is what you call using your "U3A member's" ingenuity!!!  Clever stuff eh!

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