WriterNick
09-07-2011, 11:12 AM
For a couple of days recently we had this year's Summer - so here is a Summer quiz!
1) Who or what did Buffy Summers kill?
VAMPIRES
2) What is the first day of Summer?
21ST JUNE
3) In what year was 'British Summer Time' introduced?
1972
4) Who is the chief executive of Ann Summers?
JACQUELINE GOLD
5) Nothing is better in Summer than a vanilla ice cream! What plant does vanilla come from?
ORCHIDS
6) Which American playwright wrote 'Suddenly Last Summer'?
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
7) Druids celebrate the Summer Solstice at Stonehenge - in which county?
WILTSHIRE
8) Some wild tortoises sleep through the Summer - like a hot hibernation - what is this called?
AESTIVATION
9) The 2012 Summer Olympics are to be staged in what city?
LONDON
10) The character Summer Quinn appeared in which 90s US show - popular with dads?
BAYWATCH
There are lots of songs about Summer - who first had a hit with the following?
11) Long Hot Summer
STYLE COUNCIL (although apparently there was a different version sung by Jimmie Rodgers so a point for that as well)
12) In The Summertime
MUNGO JERRY
13) Summer In The City
THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL
14) Summer In Siam
THE POGUES
15) Schools Out For Summer
ALICE COOPER
16) Summertime Blues
EDDIE COCHRANE
17) Here Comes The Summer
THE UNDERTONES
18) Summer of 69
BRYAN ADAMS
19) The Boys Of Summer
DON HENLEY
20) Cruel Summer
BANANARAMA
and finally:
21) What musical features the song 'Summertime (and the living is easy)'?
PORGY AND BESS
Good luck everyone, I'm working on British Summer Time so the competition is open until 10pm on Sunday! :razz:
Great efforts all round, and a very creditable and high scoring fourth place goes to CATHERS. Wow! Here is an SW quiz first - a three way tie for first place! The roll of honour shows that:
CALEDONIA
PUSSYGALORE
ETHELANDEDNA
all got a brilliant 14 correct! Well done to you all, thanks for taking part!
1) Who or what did Buffy Summers kill?
VAMPIRES
2) What is the first day of Summer?
21ST JUNE
3) In what year was 'British Summer Time' introduced?
1972
4) Who is the chief executive of Ann Summers?
JACQUELINE GOLD
5) Nothing is better in Summer than a vanilla ice cream! What plant does vanilla come from?
ORCHIDS
6) Which American playwright wrote 'Suddenly Last Summer'?
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
7) Druids celebrate the Summer Solstice at Stonehenge - in which county?
WILTSHIRE
8) Some wild tortoises sleep through the Summer - like a hot hibernation - what is this called?
AESTIVATION
9) The 2012 Summer Olympics are to be staged in what city?
LONDON
10) The character Summer Quinn appeared in which 90s US show - popular with dads?
BAYWATCH
There are lots of songs about Summer - who first had a hit with the following?
11) Long Hot Summer
STYLE COUNCIL (although apparently there was a different version sung by Jimmie Rodgers so a point for that as well)
12) In The Summertime
MUNGO JERRY
13) Summer In The City
THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL
14) Summer In Siam
THE POGUES
15) Schools Out For Summer
ALICE COOPER
16) Summertime Blues
EDDIE COCHRANE
17) Here Comes The Summer
THE UNDERTONES
18) Summer of 69
BRYAN ADAMS
19) The Boys Of Summer
DON HENLEY
20) Cruel Summer
BANANARAMA
and finally:
21) What musical features the song 'Summertime (and the living is easy)'?
PORGY AND BESS
Good luck everyone, I'm working on British Summer Time so the competition is open until 10pm on Sunday! :razz:
Great efforts all round, and a very creditable and high scoring fourth place goes to CATHERS. Wow! Here is an SW quiz first - a three way tie for first place! The roll of honour shows that:
CALEDONIA
PUSSYGALORE
ETHELANDEDNA
all got a brilliant 14 correct! Well done to you all, thanks for taking part!