The True Spirit Of Christmas

[Carbomb]

1 hour ago, SuperBacon said:

1.) 2025 saw the 40th anniversary of Back To The Future. What speed does the Delorean time machine have to reach in order to travel through time?
2.) What became the world’s tallest church in October?
3.) Matthew Streeton is the voice of which much-maligned transport announcement?
4.) Steel Dragon 2000 in Kuwana, Japan, is the world’s longest what?
5.) This year Sarah Mullally was named as the 106th what?
6.) The River Irwell separates which two cities?
7.) Which high street chain was sold for £1 in June?
8.) The word sauna comes from which language?
9.) What stands on the top of Mount Corcovado?
10.) Which creatures make up a fifth of all mammal species?
11.) At 410 miles, what is the UK’s longest road?
12.) What chemical elements have the symbols S, B and C? (Three point question)

Spoiler

1. 88mph

2. La Sagrada Familia

3. "Mind the gap"

4. Suspension bridge

5. Nobel Physics Prize winner

6. Manchester & Liverpool

7. WH Smith

8. Finnish

9. The Christ the Redeemer statue

10. Apes

11. Watling Street

12. Sulphur, Boron, & Carbon

Guessed quite a few. How'd I do?

[SuperBacon]

1 minute ago, Carbomb said:

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1. 88mph

2. La Sagrada Familia

3. "Mind the gap"

4. Suspension bridge

5. Nobel Physics Prize winner

6. Manchester & Liverpool

7. WH Smith

8. Finnish

9. The Christ the Redeemer statue

10. Apes

11. Watling Street

12. Sulphur, Boron, & Carbon

Guessed quite a few. How'd I do?

Very well

Spoiler

3.) See it, say it, sorted 

4.) Roller-coaster 

5.) Archbishop of Canterbury 

6.) Manchester and Salford

7.) Poundland

10.) Bats 

11.) A1 

 

[Carbomb]

Hmmmm, not quite happy with that. A couple there I should've taken a bit more time to chew over.

[Tamura]

3 hours ago, SuperBacon said:

6.) The River Irwell separates which two cities?

I knew that one because...
 

Spoiler

When I was at university in Salford I stayed at the Castle Irwell Student Village, which sadly burned down a few years ago.

 

[King Mal the Glorious]

4/10. I'm now annoyed as general knowledge is the one part of quizzes I'm usually good at!

[Tim Healys Chutney Spoon]

22 hours ago, SuperBacon said:

Hosting a Christmas quiz on Monday at work and thought some of you might want to take on the general knowledge round. If you think some of these are way too easy then please understand this is for about 30ish people so the level is hard to get right

1.) 2025 saw the 40th anniversary of Back To The Future. What speed does the Delorean time machine have to reach in order to travel through time?
2.) What became the world’s tallest church in October?
3.) Matthew Streeton is the voice of which much-maligned transport announcement?
4.) Steel Dragon 2000 in Kuwana, Japan, is the world’s longest what?
5.) This year Sarah Mullally was named as the 106th what?
6.) The River Irwell separates which two cities?
7.) Which high street chain was sold for £1 in June?
8.) The word sauna comes from which language?
9.) What stands on the top of Mount Corcovado?
10.) Which creatures make up a fifth of all mammal species?
11.) At 410 miles, what is the UK’s longest road?
12.) What chemical elements have the symbols S, B and C? (Three point question)

I've also done a round on Christmas nunber ones, where 10 seconds of songs will be played. There have been some very random Christmas number ones in my opinion.

Answers: 

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1.) 88mph

2.) La Sagrada Familia

3.) See it, say it sorted

4.) Roller-coaster 

5.) Archbishop of Canterbury 

6.) Manchester and Salford

7.) Poundland

8.) Finnish 

9.) Christ the Redeemer

10.) Bats 

11.) A1

12.) Sulfur, Boron and Carbon

 

Objection your honour. Number 6 is incorrect in your list of answers.

[SuperBacon]

On 12/23/2023 at 3:56 PM, SuperBacon said:

Remember the Rotary Club Santa sleigh thing that came down my road?

Went out with 10yo today and had to pop into Sainsburys and they were parked up outside.

Guess which song they were playing over their loudspeaker as I turned the corner.

BASTARDS!!!!!!

 

 

On 12/16/2024 at 7:47 PM, SuperBacon said:

Second year running! CUUUUUNNNNTS!!!!

Not this year motherfuckers!

As soon as I heard that thumping bass of the loudspeaker with Wizzard blasting, I popped my headphones on. Your Whamageddon busting days are over local Rotary Club!

I did go and chuck a couple of quid in the bucket. Let bygones be bygones.

[Gus Mears]

Think mum is enjoying the work Christmas do.

 

 

[Tamura]

The questions in the work xmas quiz were a bit tricky.

[SuperBacon]

Finished work now and was very much hoping to not have to go out now until Christmas day and eat and watch films, but I have to go to bloody FAREHAM tomorrow (my most hated town around where I live) for one present I've forgotten to get ffs.

Edit: almost forgot, lost Whamageddon on Saturday at the Spurs stadium. Another reason to hate going. Bastards.

 

Edited December 22, 2025 by SuperBacon
Always COYS but hate them

[gmoney]

When did the Grinch fully integrate itself into UK Christmas culture? I don't remember knowing what the fuck it was until at least my teenage years in the late 90s. Cunt's everywhere now, and a bloke who lives across the road from my parents has painted his van green and apparently goes around the village dressed as the Grinch to the delight of the children (hopefully not a nonce). 

[SuperBacon]

16 minutes ago, gmoney said:

hopefully not a nonce

Definitely a nonce.

[NeverYield]

Been off work since Weds the 17th, been watching a plethora of movies and old school wrestling, spending time with the kids, gym and look forward to some outrageous eating & drinking in the coming days.

[SuperBacon]

Ok, NOW it feels like Christmas. 

 

[Weezenal]

19 hours ago, gmoney said:

When did the Grinch fully integrate itself into UK Christmas culture? I don't remember knowing what the fuck it was until at least my teenage years in the late 90s. Cunt's everywhere now, and a bloke who lives across the road from my parents has painted his van green and apparently goes around the village dressed as the Grinch to the delight of the children (hopefully not a nonce). 

I remember watching original cartoon on over here when I was about 10, but yeah it’s everywhere now.

We ordered our turkey a few months ago from a local butcher who have been good before but hasn’t heard from them. Gave them a call and said they were hacked a couple months back by an ex employee so they have about 200 orders they didn’t know about.
 

Said they had some, but we’ll need to pay again. Wife’s gone on an emergency trip to Sainsbury’s.