The Sixth Form Quiz | The Tower Revisited

Answers to the Sixth Form Quiz

	Bill’s Answer	Gunner’s Answer	Mark Given
1	BBC		1
2	Punch		1
3	Oxford		1
4	Northampton		1
5	London		1
6	Manchester		1
7	Glasgow		1
8	San Fransisco	San Francisco	0
9	Washington		1
10	Harold Wilson (P.M.)		1
11	Addresses		1
12	Statistics		1
13	Race-horses		1
14	Trains		1
15	Foreign Countries		1
16	Parsons		1
17	Naval ships (Aircraft?)		1
18	Words		1
19	Parliament		1
20	Peers		1
21	De mortuis nil nisi bonum		1
22	Ad verbum		1
23	Tête à Tête		1
24	Pro rata		1
25	peccavi		1
26	Mea culpa		1
27	Le mot juste		1
28	Impasse		1
29	Coup d’état		1
30	Ex officio		1
31	Electrons		1
32	317, 325, 332 cm		1
33	Radar		1
34	Biology		1
35	Origin of the Species		1
36	Charles Darwin		1
37	It is to do with their astronomical studies. They had their astronomical day divided into 360 equal parts and this formed a cycle. Thus the circle was similarly divided with 360 divisions. This is known as Sexagesimal base		1
38	Metric System – for measurement of distance	Binary System	0
39	This is the point with the absence of all heat. It is theoretically the lowest possible temperature	No molecular movement	0
40	Kelvin		1
41	Greece		1
42	Corinthians		1
43	Majory Pollard		1
44	Cricket		1
45	Cricket	Rugby	0
46	London	Twickenham	0
47	Burghley		1
48	Billy Knight		1
49	Lacrosse		1
50	Bowls		1
51	London		1
52	Mrs Beeton		1
53	Hare		1
54	Jugged Hare		1
55	Pancakes		1
56	Carpet		1
57	Perfume		1
58	The sun in France aids the ripening of the fruit. In Britain there is less sun, therefore sugar, which is formed with ripening, is not present. The fruit is sour, so sugar is added		1
59	Pickling		1
60	Sponge Cake		1
61	Charles 2nd		1
62	He gave a large quantity of timber to restore the church after the fire of Northampton. 1000 tons to be exact		1
63	After the Thursby family who used to live in Abington Park Museum (what is now)		1
64	Because it was an undenominational school founded by the British School Group	Should have added British and Foreign	0
65	Between Mercers Row and Market	No answer	0
66	After a conduit (well) which was situated on what was Waterloo house	Pipe from to water supply	0
67	13th		1
68	Oxford and Cambridge	Cambridge crossed out	0
69	Lloyds		1
70	He founded the Boys Grammar School		1
71	Because he believes in the production etc of a country and the distribution should be in the hands of the community substituting association for I cannot read the rest?		1
72	He is one who desires to preserve the institutions of a country against innovation. He is against change		1
73	He favours thoroughgoing, but constitutional social and political reform, he is an advanced liberal	Nothing written down	0
74	Aetheist	Atheist	0
75	Agnostic		1
76	Because they are desirous of the best and highest. They have an imaginative treatment towards subjects	No Comment!	0
77	Stoic		1
78	Gourmand		1
79	Gourmet		1
80	Epicure		1
81	Beethoven		1
82	Piano		1
83	Edmund Rubbra		1
84	Malcolm Arnold		1
85	Concerto		1
86	Stradivarius		1
87	Oratorio		1
88	Handel – George Frederick		1
89	Sullivan		1
90	Gilbert		1
91	St Mathews	St Matthews	0
92	Aviator (very primitive in methods)		1
93	Tate Gallery		1
94	National Gallery		1
95	Louvre		1
96	Religion		1
97	Cathedrals		1
98	Fresco		1
99	Rounded V	Semicircular and round	0
100	St Peters		1

With a bit of care regarding spellings I could have got 89. Why I did not get a mark for question 65 I do not know. Perhaps Gunner was human after all?

I suspect the questions relating to Socialist, Conservative etc were the hardest to mark. I would have got the definitions out of a book, so again feel cheated!