North Wiltshire's Sing 4/4 Community Choir was founded by Mary New in February 2010 and is geared towards bringing members of all ages and abilities together to have fun making music while continually striving for excellence. Mary has extensive experience as an educator, piano accompanist and choral leader and has a passion for encouraging community spirit. New members are always warmly welcomed!

Tuesday 14 April 2015

General Knowledge A-to-Z Quiz

Sixty-five sheets were returned for marking of which 7 were 100% correct (including spelling) and the winner has been drawn from those 7. The lucky lady was Mary Ricks from Lydiard Millicent who has received a £25 M&S token.

I thank Pat Hughes for organising this event, which raised £228. This sum will go towards our sheet music collection. Thanks to all who took part.

Mary New, Musical Director - Sing for Four Community Choir.


Answers


Aardman ........... Animations, The creators of Wallace & Gromit.
Brittain The author of ‘Testament of Youth’.
Chrysanthemum This flower is the crest of the Japanese Imperial Family.
Dickin The PDSA Medal awarded to animals for gallantry.
Elgar The composer of the ‘Enigma Variations’.
Fantasia 1940 classic Walt Disney film featuring classical music.
Gallifrey Doctor Who’s home planet.
Hessian A coarse strong fabric made from Jute or Hemp fibres.
Istanbul City, formerly Constantinople.
Jutland Major Naval battle of WW I.
Kwacha The currency of Zambia.
Limpopo The river featured in ‘The Elephant’s Child’, one of Rudyard Kipling’s ‘Just So Stories’.
Marley The Ghost who appeared to Scrooge in Dickens’s ‘A Christmas Carol’.
Neolithic The later Stone Age Period of Europe.
Origami Japanese art of paper folding.
Pianissimo A musical term meaning very soft. (Piano means just soft, not very soft.)
Quadragesima / Quadragesimal The 40 days of Lent.
Redmayne The surname of the actor playing Stephen Hawking in the film ‘The Theory of Everything’.
Stipend Ecclesiastical salary.
Toast Nigel Slater’s ‘Story of a Boy’s Hunger’.
Unicorn A mythical beast with a single horn.
Vivaldi Composer of ‘The Four Seasons’.
Warhol Pop art painter, noted for soup cans.
Xanadu Kublai Khan’s great capital and summer residence.
Yankee This letter in the NATO phonetic alphabet.
Zephyr / Zephyrus Greek God of The West Wind.