Happy New Year to you all. How’s your year going? As the man who threw himself off the top of the Empire State Building was heard to say as he wooshed down past the 96th floor – so far so good.
Last week I wrote about the UC at Christmas series. I actually
really enjoyed the series, but one silly thing stuck in my mind after watching
Balliol deservedly defeat Hull in the final. I say silly – all I mean is that
it’s silly that it stuck in mind. It’s that one of the sets of bonuses was an answer
smash set. If you’re not familiar with the always enjoyable Richard Osman’s
House of Games, the games in the title of the show vary from show to show, but
it always ends with a game called Answer Smash. Basically there will be a
question in text, combined with an unrelated photograph. So for example, the
text – name the presenter of House of Games – with a photograph of the lower
jaw – would throw up the answer of Richard Osmandible. Well, the UC set of
bonuses were pairs of language where the last three letters of the first were
also the first three letters of the second. Yeah, they didn’t actually call it
an answer smash set, but come on, we all know where the inspiration came from.
There’s been a real glut of sleb quizzes on the Beeb over
the holiday period. That’s not a complaint, merely an observation. I have to
admit that I’ve enjoyed The Weakest Link over the last week. I think keeping
with the slebs has been a good idea. What I found about the Weakest Link in its
original incarnation was that it became something of a caricature of itself,
and the ratio of wit to nastiness in Anne Robinson’s comments to the
contestants made for quite uncomfortable viewing at times. Romesh’s rejoinders
seem commendably tongue in cheek.
Still, I am glad that full strength Quizzy Mondays are back
tomorrow. In honour of the return of Mastermind, I’m going to take the wiki
Challenge on one of tomorrow’s subjects – Charles Rennie Mackintosh. For those
who might not know about the wiki challenge, about 11 years ago I introduced
the idea of picking a subject about which I knew very little, and preparing for
it by culling questions solely based on the Wikipedia page appropriate to the
subject. When I used to do it I found that results were varied – I almost
always got at least one point I wouldn’t have had otherwise, but sometimes it
would bring up to half a dozen.
Here's the questions:-
1. Where
was Mackintosh born in 1868? – 70, Parson Street, Parkhead, Glasgow
2. His
father was chief clerk and superintendent of which organisation? – City of
Glasgow Police
3. He
attended Reid’s Public School and which other? – The Allen Glen Institution
4. Which
nickname was used by family members and friends? – Toshie
5. Mackintosh
was first apprenticed to which Glasgow architect? – John Hutchinson
6. Which
architectural firm did he join in 1889 as a draughtsman and designer, in which
he became a partner in 1901?- Honeyman
and Keppie
7. In
1893 he was the lead designer for interior work in which building in Dumbreck? –
Craigie Hall
8. What
was the name of the student at Glasgow School of Art whom Mackintosh met in
1892, and married in 1900. – Margaret MacDonald
9. Mackintosh,
his wife Margaret, her sister Frances Macdonald and who else worked
collaboratively and beame known as The Four? – Herbert MacNair
10.
In which street did Mackintosh and Margaret set
up their first home? – Mains Street – renamed Blythewood Street
11.
In which year did Mackintosh begin to work on
the design for the Glasgow School of Art? – 1896
12.
The Mackintosh Church, the only church to be
designed by Mackintosh, is also know by which name? – Queen’s Cross Church/ the
Free Church of St. Matthew (NB the decommissioned church is now home to the
Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society)
13.
Mackintosh submitted a design for a competition
to design which building in Liverpool ? – Liverpool Anglican Cathedral
14.
Mackintosh and MacDonald’s work was exhibited
in Vienna in which exhibition in 1900? – 8th Secessionist Exhibition
15.
The Lighthouse, Scotland’s Centre for Design
and Architecture, was designed in 1895 by Mackintosh as the offices for which
newspaper? – Glasgow Herald
16.
Which house did Mackintosh renovate in
Northampton for Wenman Bassett-Lowke – 78, Derngate
17.
For whom did Mackintosh design four tea rooms,including
the famous Willow Tea Room – Catherine Cranston
18.
The Artists Project – based on three unused
Mackintosh design from 1901 – was built near which Scottish city in the 1990s?
- Inverness
19.
Which publishing company commissioned
Mackintosh in the 20s to work on bindings for their publications? – Blackies
20.
In 1915 Mackintosh was briefly arrested under suspicion of being a spy in which
Suffolk village to which he had moved the year before? – Walberswick
21.
In 1923 the Mackintoshes moved to which town in
Southern France? – Port Vendres
22.
Which disease forced the Mackintoshes to return
to London in 1927? – Throat and tongue cancer
23.
After dying on 10th December 1928,
Mackintosh was cremated in which crematorium? – Golders Green
24.
In 2009 an image of Mackintosh was used on £100
notes issued by which bank? – Clydesdale
There you go. Now, I didn’t know the answer to any of these
questions while I was working through the Wikipedia page, so I’ll be interested
to see how many points – if any – it brings me in tomorrow night’s round.
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