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C&DMFC QUIZ 2017 - FOR 1 POINT—YOUR NAME………………………….

And then one point per questiomn answered correctly

1. MUSIC

Whose album “Fly” received four Grammy nominations in 2000?

In her song “River“, who wanted to “teach her feet to fly”?

and for an extra point, who is the famous aviator name-checked in her song “Amelia”?

In 1940, Norbert Shulze composed “Lili Marlene” and “Bomben auf xxxxx”. What’s the missing word?

Who composed the Spitfire Prelude and Fugue?

 “I am flying, I am flying, like a bird, ‘cross the sea” – who sang this in 1975?

“Amy, wonderful Amy” sang Jack Hylton with his orchestra in 1930. Amy who?

2. SLOPING OFF AND CLUB TALKS

Who is credited as the author of “Diary of a Flier” in Sloping Off?

What is the approximate weight of a cubic metre of air?

What is Terry Antell’s column called in Sloping Off?

Which of these models was not on the cover of Sloping Off in the last 12 months? FOX, SKIPPER, AUSTER, PRINCESS

What aircraft did Terry Adcock pilot in Cyprus on his retirement from active flying?

What unfortunate event happened to Tony Harris when he went downhill after his missing Wild Thing?

What unfortunate thing happened to Adrian Sharpe’s Fun Cub at Longham, causing him to paint his floats red?

What do the initials BIMBO stand for?

Which slope soaring location is featured on the Club website home page?

3. RC GROUPS

There are three levels within RC Groups. The top level is “Forums”, where items of similar interest are gathered. What are the next two levels down called?

The Club has two of the second level that apply directly to us – what are they?

When you join you can identify yourself with your name or pseudonym and a picture. What is the name given to this picture?

When you PM someone on RC Groups, what does PM mean?

How much does it cost to join?

4. PRACTICAL MODELLING

You model has a wing span of 36”, chord of 8” and weighs 2 lb. What is the nominal wing loading in oz/sq ft?

You want to bend a sheet of balsa round some formers to make the top of a fuselage. Should you wet the outside, inside or both sides of the balsa to make the curve easier to form?

You are asked to HWC a piece of foam to the right shape. What does HWC mean?

5. GOVERNANCE

What Ministerial position does Lord (Taricq) Ahmad of Wimbledon hold in the government?

He said “The overall objective of government is to enable the safe integration of xxxxxx into the aviation system”  Fill in the missing word.

What is EASA?

Who regulates all civil flying activities over the United Kingdom, including model aircraft?

6. FULL SIZE

Name the aircraft in the picture.

What’s the name of the airport in Barbados where it’s  going to land?

What country was this aircraft made in?

Where can it be seen locally

What is the correct name for these guys?

Name the aircraft

Who designed this aircraft?

What is the technical term for this flying surface arrangement?

7. NAME THE “B”s 

B17        

B24

B25        

B26

B29        

B36

B47       

B52

B57       

B58

8. ANAGRAMS—unscramble these anagrams of aircraft names. 1 point each

I DO LOVE MA’S HAND QUILT

ONE UTTERS A HALF AND WITH STROP

 A CRAVEN STROLA

BEATLES RIB TOUGH FIR

9. BEER: There is a beer named after the Spitfire.

What’s the brewer’s name?

What play on words is made on the neck label?

The bottle top is coloured concentrically red, white, blue and white. What colour should the outside white circle be to be correct for the period?

Finally, what period would the red, white, blue, white roundel be correct for?

10. ONLY CONNECT Resolve the words in the grid into five linked sets in the blank grid. One point per correct set of four. An extra point for the thing that connects each set of four words.

That’s it folks. Send your entries to me at roachfoxwood@aol.com. My decisions are final, no appeals to higher authority. That’s how I like it.