Here is this year’s General Synod Trivia Quiz
(I’ve never published this publicly before, but it is not the first year that the quiz has run).
- According to +David, the system of awarding grants in the SEC is trying to be a stimulant, a sedative and a what?
- Who won the pre-synod golf tournament?
- Who accused the Provost of St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow of living in fairyland during a synod debate?
- What was the name of the MC at the Caledonian Hotel for the synod dinner
- What was the name of the MC at St Michael and All Saints at their Glorious Festal Celebration and Procession of the Blessed Sacrament for Corpus Christi?
- Who is doing the talking during EMU talks?
- What was the text on the banner in Palmerston Place Church?
- What is Marula?
- Who has recently become a patron of Inclusive Church. (It was announced during synod by Inclusive Church)?
- What colour shoes was Margaret Duggan (of the Church Times) wearing at the Press Desk on Friday?
Marula is what the provost nearly threw at the person who said he was living in fairy-land?
…it is (in fermented form) what we will be offered next year at Synod dinner instead of wine to show our solidarity with the poor?
…it is the African fruit of which we should not eat if we want to reclaim eden?
do tell.
Marula is one of the flavours of jam that John Riches imports from Swaziland and had for sale at the synod. (And which KB helped him rearrange in the boot of his car for the trip to Glasgow).
Time for the full answers, I think:
1 – A laxative
2 – Duncan McCosh
3 – Martin Robson
4 – Mario (and he was a dish)
5 – Sheena (and so was she)
6 – Episcopalians, Methodists and United Reformeds
7 – Suffer the little children
8 – Jam from Swaziland
9 – +Idris
10 – Pink (to make the boys wink)
Hate to be pedantic but I think you’ll find that the answer to No 5 is in fact Vicki Paterson – Sheena was Sub Deacon at Corpus Christi NOT MC
Ohh, I stand corrected. And I checked that one with Mother Ruth before posting the answer too.