Nextian World Quiz

                   
 

The two highest scoring individuals taking part in this quiz were offered the opportunity to take part in the first ever ‘Name That Fruit’ with a special guest compere - Adrian Lush. In the event that more than two people achieved the same highest, or second highest, score there was to be a tie break.
Quizmaster’s decision is final. Bonus points may be handed out for answers that provide information above and beyond that required, or that make us laugh.

   
                   

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Name the following SpecOps Divisions

(either official or common name is acceptable)

   

1.

SpecOps1                                 

2.

SpecOps5                                 

3.

SpecOps12                               

4.

SpecOps13                              

5.

SpecOps17                               

6.

SpecOps26                               

7.

SpecOps27                            

8.

SpecOps29                             

9.

SpecOps31                               

10.

SpecOps32                              

   

Now name

   

11.

Thursday’s son                     

12

Thursday’s daughter            

13

Thursday’s mum                

14

Landen’s mum                    

15.

Landen’s dad                      

   

Ok, they’re not all going to be that easy. 

First names please for

   

16.

UA Warrington cat/the cat formerly known as Cheshire  

17.

Emperor Zhark                                                           

   

And more names

   

18.

Joffy’s boyfriend                                         

19.

Wilbur’s wife                                                

20.

Orville’s wife                                               

21.

Goliath’s Chief Executive (full name please)         

22.

Thursday’s stalker                                                

23.

HIS stalker                                                        

24.

Goliath’s corporate precog                                

25.

Thursday’s commanding officer in the Crimea       

26.

The Welsh ‘President for Life’                      

27.

Spike’s ex partner                                       

28.

Felix7 (before he was)                               

29.

Felix8 (again, before he was)                       

30.

Irma Cohen’s Pekinese                                 

31.

The werewolf Spike has in his car when he goes to meet Thursday

32.

The vampire Thursday helps Spike to fight  

33.

The compere of ‘Name That Fruit’                

34.

Who was the student made pregnant by Acheron? 

35.

was the little old lady impersonated by Acheron, later found stuffed up the chimney?                                    

36.

took Thursday and Bowden to Merthyr?       

37.

invented the banana?                               

38.

play Richard and Lady Anne when Thursday and Landen go to the Ritz?                                                                        

39.

stops Landen’s wedding to Daisy?                

40.

Is Chairman of ‘Bronte for the People’?                  

41.

is kidnapped from Martin Chuzzlewit?        

42.

Was Thursday’s Book Liaison Officer?           

   

Time for a change… a few questions about Mycroft’s inventions

   

43.

What happened to Owens?                         

44.

Using the Rosettionery the phrase ‘Have you seen my dodo?’ was translated incorrectly into French. Translated back into English, what did it say?                                                

45.

Who was uploaded with the unwanted memories of seventy-two one-night stands, numerous drunken arguments etc.? 

46.

What does Thursday look up in the Nextian dictionary?   

47.

What is the significance of the number 2216091?

   

Some history now - dates from the Nextian time line please,

I don’t care about the dates of the Crimea in our space-time continuum.

   

48.

How long did the Crimean War last?                      

49.

When was Swindon liberated?                              

50.

When was the Charge of the Light Armoured Brigade?    

51.

Who was Welsh leader when Wales declared its independence?

52.

In what year was the Anglo-Welsh border closed? 

   

Identify the characters described 

   

53.

‘His features were sharp, his lips were thin and he was not what you’d call an attractive human being. He sported heavy gold jewellery and a tie pin that sparkled like a star'     

54.

‘a feeble looking character who had spent too many years in institutions to be able to look after himself properly.’       

55.

‘a small academic man with an overpowering aura of untidiness’

56.

‘a tall thin man whose pinched features seemed to compete for position in The centre of his face.’                                 

57.

‘a tall man in a large-check suit… He was about 40, had a luxuriant red moustache and wore a carnation in his buttonhole.’   

58.

a small and rather pallid looking man… He wore a white short-sleeved shirt and was almost weighed down by the number of pens in his top pocket.’                                                                 

   

Just some general questions now

   

59.

Waiting to go Northside what table number is Thursday? 

60.

And what number is President Formby?                           

61.

A service station was renamed Leigh Delaware - what was its previous name?                           

62.

Where was the Earthcrossers’ meeting gatecrashed by Victor Analogy?

63.

And what pseudonym did he use?                         

64.

How long, according to his press cutting, was Hades at the top of the  'most wanted' list?                                                    

65.

What excuse did Thursday tell the receptionist at the Finis to give to Landen when she was trying to avoid him?                  

66.

Joffy is vicar of the GSD church in which village?   

67.

What does Thursday offer Jones to try to persuade him to take her and Bowden to Merthyr?                                           

68.

What is the pseudonym used by Hades in ‘Jane Eyre’?    

69.

Jack Schitt is imprisoned in ‘The Raven’ but what book did he think he was entering?                                                     

70.

What is the duty on smelly cheeses?            

71.

How was Lord Volescamper’s father killed?

72.

Where does Thursday board the Skyrail?      

73.

And where is she shot? (geographic location)        

74.

Name the driver of the Skyrail                      

75.

When was the world due to end in the Dream Topping Armageddon?

76.

What drops on Thursday and Landen’s picnic?

77.

What was Thursday’s nickname in school?   

78.

Name the mammoth who eats Thursday’s mum’s garden 

79.

What was the charge against Thursday?      

80.

In Court what colour does Thursday say was the most popular for houses?

81.

If Miss Havisham hates one thing more than men it’s… what?

82.

What is ‘The Id Within’ ?                            

83.

What was George Formby’s birth name?       

84.

When was the first practical demonstration of the footnoterphone?                           

85.

Who wrote the backstory for ‘Jane Eyre’ later sold to ‘The Wide  Sargasso Sea’?                                            

86.

What is the traditional language of the Well of Lost Plots?        

87.

Who is the chap in the washing machine manual? 

88.

Miss Havisham fears only three things - The Questing Beast, Big Martin and… what?                                                 

89.

Name the Houyhnhnm helping Perkins in Zenobia  

90.

What was ‘the last original idea’?                           

91.

Name the auctioneer in ‘Shadow’                          

92.

And his secretary.                                                 

93.

What does the King of Hearts say his daughter’s name is when requesting an autograph from Mr Rochester?                 

94.

What is the name of the ‘Soloman’ for whom Thursday works?

   

And we’ll finish with some prize giving.