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More Tea, Vicar? Trivia Quiz


A not overly serious look at how those in Holy Orders have left their mark upon the English Language.

A multiple-choice quiz by glendathecat. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
glendathecat
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
314,454
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
1672
Awards
Top 5% quiz!
Last 3 plays: Guest 212 (8/10), Guest 73 (3/10), jonnowales (8/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. No tea to be found here but you've got to identify another popular beverage, one form of which derives its name from an Order of Italian Monks? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What was a Priest Hole designed to contain? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. A Curate is a kind of assistant Priest and is often somebody at the beginning of their ministry. When coupled with a popular breakfast item however it produces which phrase that means both good and bad at the same time? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Parson's Pleasure is an area contained within Oxford's University Parks. Why is it so named? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. If a sentence is accompanied by the words, 'As the Actress said to the Bishop' it signifies: Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. A Cardinal holds a high-ranking position in the Catholic Church. A 'cardinal sin' is one of the greatest of vices. But was there a real life Cardinal Sin? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. A change of tack now as we move on to 1980s music. Which name connects a popular Scottish group with the bass player of a popular English group? It's a surname that derives from the title of a fairly lowly clerical helper in both the Catholic and Anglican Churches. Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Many placenames in England betray the fact that for centuries the Church has been a major landowner. Most common is the prefix 'Bishop's' denoting land owned by the local Bishop. Which of these is NOT a genuine place name? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. We've done music so how about a trip to the movies. Which of the following film TITLES has its roots in the Greek word for a Priest? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. And we finish with a real-life Vicar whose tea parties were more likely to turn into pea tarties. His name has been given to a play on words where the initial sounds are switched around. Who was he? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. No tea to be found here but you've got to identify another popular beverage, one form of which derives its name from an Order of Italian Monks?

Answer: Coffee

The beverage you were looking for was indeed a cappuccino coffee. This was noted to be similar in colour to the cowls worn by the Capuchin order of Monks and the name stuck. Not content with this, the Order can also lay claim to the Capuchin monkey named for exactly the same reasons!
2. What was a Priest Hole designed to contain?

Answer: A Priest

During the period in which Catholicism was outlawed in England, it was quite likely that any priests captured would be imprisoned or even put to death. Sympathisers built secret chambers into their houses where priests could hide and not be detected were the house to be searched. Many of these can still be seen today.
3. A Curate is a kind of assistant Priest and is often somebody at the beginning of their ministry. When coupled with a popular breakfast item however it produces which phrase that means both good and bad at the same time?

Answer: A Curate's Egg

The phrase derives from an 1895 'Punch' magazine cartoon in which the Curate, not wanting to offend, declares of a bad egg that 'parts of it are excellent'. Curates had obviously become more assertive by the time that the cartoon was reprinted with a fresh caption in the final edition of 'Punch' (2002). Consequently, the Curate's response is unrepeatable in the polite company that is FunTrivia!
4. Parson's Pleasure is an area contained within Oxford's University Parks. Why is it so named?

Answer: It was an area where male dons could enjoy nude bathing.

I have punted past that spot many times but have yet to see a naked Parson.
5. If a sentence is accompanied by the words, 'As the Actress said to the Bishop' it signifies:

Answer: A Double Entendre

The phrase appears to date from the early Twentieth Century but there is no clear indication of its origins.
6. A Cardinal holds a high-ranking position in the Catholic Church. A 'cardinal sin' is one of the greatest of vices. But was there a real life Cardinal Sin?

Answer: Yes - He was a Cardinal in the Philippines who has nothing to do with this question.

There is no scandalous derivation here because cardinal as both adjective and noun has its root in the Latin word meaning 'Of great importance'. Cardinal Jaime Sin was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manila who died in 2005.
7. A change of tack now as we move on to 1980s music. Which name connects a popular Scottish group with the bass player of a popular English group? It's a surname that derives from the title of a fairly lowly clerical helper in both the Catholic and Anglican Churches.

Answer: Deacon

The Scottish group were Deacon Blue whose hits included 'Dignity' and 'Real Gone Kid'. John Deacon played bass alongside Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor and Brian May in the rock group Queen. The title of Deacon derives from the Greek word Diakonos meaning a servant or helper.
8. Many placenames in England betray the fact that for centuries the Church has been a major landowner. Most common is the prefix 'Bishop's' denoting land owned by the local Bishop. Which of these is NOT a genuine place name?

Answer: Bishop's Outoftown

Bishop's Stortford is a major town in Hertfordshire. Bishop's Itchington is in Warwickshire and Bishop's Lydeard is in Somerset. On a more local level, there are many words such as Grange and Glebe which also signify a religious origin.
9. We've done music so how about a trip to the movies. Which of the following film TITLES has its roots in the Greek word for a Priest?

Answer: Clerks

Klerikos is the Greek word for a Priest. By the late Middle Ages it was mostly only the clergy who were educated and able to undertake work that involved reading and the word clerk came to describe such a position. Thus the adjective clerical can be used to describe both Church work and office work.

In the Church of Scotland, the title of Clerk is used for an official and significant administrative position within Church life.
10. And we finish with a real-life Vicar whose tea parties were more likely to turn into pea tarties. His name has been given to a play on words where the initial sounds are switched around. Who was he?

Answer: William Spooner

This play on words is known as a Spoonerism after the clergyman and Oxford don William Spooner (1844-1930). An earlier edition of the Oxford English Dictionary also defines it as a Marrowsky. It has been suggested that the name derives from that of a Polish Count but this has never been verified.
Source: Author glendathecat

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