A reader, and question-poser, emailed asking me to repeat the participating quiz.
I’m happy to do so because I’m having another of those fortnights this week and I’m enjoying the response.
So the floor is yours – you ask the questions and anybody who manages to stump everybody will win an electronic batch of baking of your choice.
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Homepaddock 
What does this Scottish expression mean?
“A’m tint”
In advance, I am so confindent : multilayered chocolate cake -please
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According to the calendar of the Latin church today is a holy day, a feast day and a public holiday in some countries – it will be celebrated next Thursday according to the Eastern Calendar
What is the feast?
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Three New Zealanders have been Knights of the Garter.
The names of any two please.
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Ok Alwyn, I know Sir Edmund Hillary was one and I’ll guess Sir Keith Holyoake for my number 2
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You are right Andrei. I should have asked for all three.
To take your electronic biscuits away in retaliation it is the feast of the Ascension, the sixth Thursday after Easter.
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Another one then
What is the highest mountain in Europe?
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Mont Blanc for Europes highest.
The third garter was a little difficult as it was only Elworthey’s Birth place and childhood. That which led to his elevation was all about service in UK..
Question; Minister of works in first Labour Government was?
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Heres’s one: The last year there were three prime ministers in NZ was 1990 (Palmer, Moore, Bolger). Since 1890, there have been five (by my count) others.
Which years were they, and who were the prime ministers? (bonus if someone gets a more than five)
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Andrei.
It’s Elbrus in the Russian Caucasus.
No biscuits for you.
Gravedodger. Yes the Garter knight was Elworthy.
I think the Minister of Works in the first Labour Government was Bob Semple.
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Rob, re Prime ministers.
1906 Seddon, Hall-Jones, Ward
1925 Massey, Bell, Coates
1957 Holland, Holyoake, Nash
1972 Holyoake, Marshal, Kirk
1974 Kirk, Watt, Rowling
I actually knew all the ones from 1925 to 1974.
I cheated and looked up some books I have to get 1906 though. I just got so frustrated at having 4 out of 5 that I couldn’t resist finding the fifth one. Incidentally I had never heard of Hall-Jones.
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The Wiggles..why?
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Because people still pay real money to see them Paul. And as long as they do the wiggles can continue to do what they do.
Capitalism works that way – why people are still paying to see them might be the question
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A sport question.
Who is the only person to have won the British Open 4 times in a row and what was unusual about it?
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Sorry, it is the British Golf Open
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That is probably Tom Morris Jr, Teletext, and in was interesting that the previous winner was his very famous Dad Tom Sr…. all lauded in that great book The Greatest game Ever Played
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Paul, you are correct with Young Tom Morris but the interesting fact is that he won 3 in a row to retire the original trophy the Belt (1870) so the next year there was no trophy so it wasn’t played and he was the first winner of the now famous Claret Jug in 1872. I suggest you read “Tommy’s Honour” a fabulous book on the Morris family and golf in the latter half of the 19th century.
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Sports again.
There are three New Zealand track and field athletes who, if they had achieved their lifetime best performance in the Beijing Olympic final, would have won the gold medal.
Who are they and what were the events?
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Re: prime ministers – I didn’t have 1974 (Kirk, Watt, Rowling) because I thought Watt was only acting PM, though I’m quite prepared to stand corrected on this.
The other year I had was 1912, with Ward, McKenzie and Massey. McKenzie formed a brief administration after an inconclusive election result in 1911 but it didn’t last long.
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You are right. Watt was only acting PM.
I didn’t find the 1912 because I had reached five and stopped.
Actually I quite liked Watt when he was deputy PM. I was on a flight from Auckland to London that he was also on at the time and he was, apparently quite happily, travelling in Economy with us plebs and not First Class. I admit economy was much better than cattle class is these days but it wasn’t up to first class. Can you imagine any of the more recent Labour politicians doing that?
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