PcoT – January Newsletter
Welcome to January's Newsletter This month has a short article "Friendship and Kindness" from John Pepperell. See also a couple of Crosswords, David Ansell's Quiz challenge and Alan Fraser's Humour article "Dumb Britain".
Middletons Tours have a new 2021 Holiday and Short break brochure out with some interesting breaks. Call 01827 849700 or visit middletonstours.co.uk to get a copy if you're interested.
Have you had the Covid-19 jab yet? John P is offering a free bottle of beer to the first member that gets one.
Our Website will be undergoing some changes in 2021 due to BT shutting down their Community Webkit server on the 24th May 2021. I am hoping to transfer our site to a new provider.
Don't forget I am always on the lookout for members' articles to put in the Newsletters.
Birthdays this month 10th January - Brian Hanson 15th January - John Tracey 21st January - George Glossop 22nd January - Paul Dean 29th January - Jeff Thorne Happy Birthday to you all. Have a great day.
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David Ansell's January Quiz Challenge.
A Taste of Britain
1. What is a traditional Welsh stew usually made using lamb, leeks, potato, swede and carrot? 2. Which Irish dish is made by combining mashed potatoes, chopped spring onions, butter and milk? 3. What is a traditional Scottish dessert, usually made from a mixture of whipped cream, whisky, honey and fresh raspberries? 4. Which classic dessert is made by dissolving sugar in cream and bringing to the boil before adding lemon juice and chilling? 5. Which traditional Irish loaf is made using flour, bicarbonate of soda and buttermilk? 6. Which traditional dessert is made from strawberries, broken meringue and cream? 7. For what is the Kent town of Whitstable famous? 8. Which Scottish soup is made from smoked haddock, potatoes and onions? 9. What dish, especially popular in parts of Wales and the English Midlands, is traditionally made from pig's heart, liver and fatty belly meat or bacon minced together, with herbs added for flavouring and sometimes bread crumbs? 10.What do we call, particular to one county, an elongated suet crust with a savoury filling at one end and a sweet filling at the other?
Famous Captains Can you name the famous ship from the captain's name?
1. Captain Nemo aka Prince Dakkar 2. Admiral Horatio Nelson 3. Robert Falcon Scott 4. Edward Teach aka Blackbeard 5. Captain Pugwash 6. Captain Edward John Smith 7. Captain Benjamin Briggs 8. Popeye the Sailor 9. Captain William Bligh 10.Jacques Cousteau
Famous Double Acts
1. Which legendary double act starred in a 1932 Oscar winning short film ‘The Music Box’ as delivery men struggling to push a large crated piano up a long flight of stairs? 2. Barry David Elliott and Paul Harman Elliott are better known as which comedy duo? 3. In their ‘Excellent Adventure’ and ‘Bogus Journey’ what did 'Bill and Ted' travel through time in? 4. Comedy duo Frank Skinner and David Baddiel teamed up with which rock band to record the song ‘Three Lions’ ? 5. Which American folk-rock duo had a 1969 top 10 hit in the UK singles chart with the song ‘The Boxer’? 6. Mulder and Scully were the main characters in which TV show? 7. Frodo and Sam appear in which fantasy novel and film trilogy? 8. Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won a gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics skating to the classical piece 'Bolero'. Which French composer created 'Bolero'? 9. In computer gaming, Mario and Luigi are part of which profession? 10.‘Gnasher’ is the pet of which catapult wielding comic book character?
All Quiz Challenge answers (and December's) are available here (pdf)
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Crosswords (Thanks to John Pepperell) Some crosswords to have a go at. They are in pdf so you can print them.
Crossword 1 Link (pdf) Answers to Crossword 1 Link (pdf) Crossword 2 Link (pdf) Answers to Crossword 2 Link (pdf) ~~~~~~~~~~
Humour From Alan Fraser You can't make this up! Dumb Britain Extract from Private Eye Pointless, BBC1 Alexander Armstrong: Name a two-word space on the Monopoly board. Contestant: Fenchurch Street Station. Tipping Point, ITV Ben Shephard: What's the most northerly county in England? Contestant 1: Geography's not my strong point. I'll pass it over. Contestant 2: Well, I'm thinking Berwick-on-Tweed. What county is that in? I'll go Norfolk. Shephard: No, not Norfolk. What would you have said? Contestant 1: I'd have said Birmingham. Shephard: What mountain is the highest point on the continent of Africa? Contestant: I'm thinking of a couple. Kilimanjaro is very tall and I'm thinking of Mont Blanc, but is that in Europe because it's French? I'll stick with Mont Blanc. ~~~~~~~~~~ Photos Only one new photo uploaded to the website. See Bryan Unitt-Jones pic under the Literature theme. ~~~~~~~~~~
Friendship and Kindness
One of the main purposes of the Probus Club is friendship and during the pandemic our members have displayed many acts of kindness. These acts of kindness have ranged from shopping, cooking meals, telephone calls and giving one another moral support.
We have the vaccine to look forward to in the New Year and I hope that come April 2021 we can celebrate together at the President’s Lunch and make up for lost time.
John Pepperell
Vice President
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If you have anything you would like to share then please send it to me [email protected] I'm specifically looking for articles for February's Newsletter.
Happy New Year to you all. Alan.M