[Misc] King William's School General Knowledge Paper 2022

[keitho54]

For those sad whatnots like me gnashing their teeth at the Guardian's failure to publish the King William's School General Knowledge Paper on Christmas Eve for the 2nd year running, the school has just put it on their site!

https://kwc.im/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Questions-2022-23-email.pdf

 

[Is it PotG?]

5 minute job

 

[vegster]

It's not really a " General Knowledge " paper though is it ? . I have done pub quizzes for yonks and if you tried asking people these " questions " you would empty the pub. ..pretty pointless.

 

[Publius Ovidius]

After 5 minutes I sort of have 1!

 

[Jack Straw]

I think I may have one right? I'll stick to University Challenge. It's a lot easier.

 

[vegster]

I think I may have one right? I'll stick to University Challenge. It's a lot easier.

It looks like the " questions" have been converted in to the quiz equivalent of a Cryptic Crossword. I'm sure there's lots of very old senior history teachers and Oxbridge Don's lapping this stuff up and getting the obscure references......either that or the whole exercise is a covert MI5 entrance exam.

 

[Frutos]

The election one (XV replaced by XI) is the Vatican - Pope Benedict XV succeeded by Pope Pius XI

 

[keitho54]

Sorry folks, I should have given a bit of background. https://kwc.im/general-knowledge-quiz/

I developed a bit of a soft spot for this in the 80s when we used to fill some dead time at the office between Christmas and the New Year by researching it together. Well done Frutos! Not everybody’s cup of tea but a good place to hide from ‘Uncle Derek’ on Christmas Day.

For those that do like the style, there are two books of past papers available!

 

[wunt be druv]

Well I thought I got a couple right but I don't really know...

 

[keitho54]

Well I thought I got a couple right but I don't really know...

Answers come out in the New Year - school site and in The Guardian.

 

[happypig]

Without cheating

who wears the face that she keeps in a jar by the church door? Eleanor Rigby

which brewery owed its origin to a Pope? Brakspears ?

where is the city’s leaning tower? Pisa

who greeted premiers past and present two days before she died? The Queen

at what prestigious ceremony did an oblique reference to alopecia lead
to an assault? The Oscars

 

[Brok]

Without cheating

who wears the face that she keeps in a jar by the church door? Eleanor Rigby

which brewery owed its origin to a Pope? Brakspears ?

where is the city’s leaning tower? Pisa

who greeted premiers past and present two days before she died? The Queen

at what prestigious ceremony did an oblique reference to alopecia lead
to an assault? The Oscars

5/180. Bloody hell, that's brilliant!

 

[Wardy's twin]

Question 2.10 is Rheims from the jackdaw of rheims

 

[Bodian]

I think I may have one right? I'll stick to University Challenge. It's a lot easier.

Mrs Bodian and I actually managed to get 7 and half questions right last night! Although one was a guess rather than actually knowing the answer.

 

[Wardy's twin]

1.5 Gandhi

 

[KZNSeagull]

18.3 is Dick Francis

 

[KZNSeagull]

16.3 is Napoleon. His son, the Prince Imperial, died in the Zulu war fighting for the Brits.

 

[Stato]

Started my usual look yesterday. I tend to work through over the holiday. Googling is allowed after the school's kids take the paper home for Xmas. They get a score before and a score after the break. Useful to know that each section is themed. Helped last year when I twigged that one round was National winners and my brother helped me with his racing knowledge. The first and last are always 100 years ago and this year. So far:

1/2 - Sistine Chapel where the new pope was elected;
1/5 - Gandhi;
1/7 - Nils Bohr;
1/8 - Erskine Childers;
1/9 - Sir Henry Wilson;
1/10 - The Seine was a ship that rammed and sunk the Egypt;

4/1 - Elinor Dashwood;
4/9 - Eleanor Rigby;

Theme for 4 must be Eleanors

 

[Wardy's twin]

Started my usual look yesterday. I tend to work through over the holiday. Googling is allowed after the school's kids take the paper home for Xmas. They get a score before and a score after the break. Useful to know that each section is themed. Helped last year when I twigged that one round was National winners and my brother helped me with his racing knowledge. The first and last are always 100 years ago and this year. So far:

1/2 - Sistine Chapel where the new pope was elected;
1/5 - Gandhi;
1/7 - Nils Bohr;
1/8 - Erskine Childers;
1/9 - Sir Henry Wilson;
1/10 - The Seine was a ship that rammed and sunk the Egypt;

4/1 - Elinor Dashwood;
4/9 - Eleanor Rigby;

Theme for 4 must be Eleanors

4.2 Eleanor of Aquitaine

 

[Wardy's twin]

6.8 Bonnie Prince Charlie...Charles Edward Stuart