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Written by SK53 on 2024-12-26 at 15:56

Finally made a proper start on the 2024 King William's College Quiz. The Guardian published it very early, and I accidentally threw away the pages of the quiz, but anyway it's always been a Christmas pastime: https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/king-william-s-college-quiz

I must have been doing this for 50+ years, but my approach has got harder since widespread use of the Internet.

The quiz is hard, particularly unseen. Traditionally, 2 points for a correct answer, 1 for a partial one. I go over it several times ... 1/4

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Written by SK53 on 2024-12-26 at 16:02

1. A quick pass over questions I can answer immediately. I aim for 36/360. Takes 10-20 minutes, longer to write answers down.

2. A much longer pass without consulting any reference materials. Groups of 10 questions usually have a theme, it's often possible to spot them this way & that often unlocks answers. One can also try out possible answers against a theme (e.g., the two events this year & 100 years ago.

3. First reference pass. Mainly tidying up & checking existing answers. Book-based. 2/4

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Written by SK53 on 2024-12-26 at 16:10

4. Second book based reference pass. Now trying to answer questions without answers. Essential tomes: Brewer, Oxford Quotations, a gazeteer, atlases, biographical directory, etc. Perhaps 240/360.

5. Internet reference pass. This is difficult because IDIOTS post the answers & they get caught in searches. My solution is to mainly only use Wikipedia and #OpenStreetMap

...3/4

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Written by SK53 on 2024-12-26 at 16:15

6. Worrying out the missing answers. About 20 years ago this required access to Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men on the Bummel, by good chance, the friends I stayed with for Hogmanay had a copy.

In the past I'd involve family members: my father can recall vast amounts of poetry**, and a cousin reminded me of the little antelope called a DikDik once. 4/4

• • My father had trouble reading after a stroke I took him a book of poems. It fooled the therapist 'cos he could recite many from memory.

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