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Saturday 25 December 2021

Quiz question for the future



COVID-19: New coronavirus restrictions 'could be in place until late March' under measures examined by scientific advisers

Government scientific advisers say new restrictions could be needed until 28 March to limit hospitalisations and deaths due to COVID-19.


This could be a clue to future pub quiz questions. 

When did the term 'scientific adviser' come to be synonymous with the term 'totalitarian stooge'?

I assume it was quite recent, but pub quizzes of the future will probably require a more precise answer to earn a point.

3 comments:

dearieme said...

Will there ever be a Reckoning?

WKPD reports for a town near us "in 1381 during the Great Uprising, the abbey was sacked and looted again ... the prior was executed; his severed head was placed on a pike in the Great Market."

A K Haart said...

dearieme - I don't suppose we have enough pikes, but there may be some spare EU flagpoles lying around.

Anonymous said...

My quiz question based on those headlines would be:

Did this happen (a) in one year (b) in three consecutive years or (c) in ten consecutive years?

Bonus point for saying "I can't remember how many years it was, but it continued until the revolution began".