u3a 40th Anniversary

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This year marks the 40th anniversary of the founding of the u3a organisation in the UK and The Notts u3a Network are planning a week of events from Saturday, 18th to Saturday, 24th September 2022 and are looking for participants.

The week’s activities have still to be discussed at our committee stage to see how we will be joining in. However, Notts Network organisers want to know if anybody is interested in taking part in the main event on Saturday, 24th September.

On Saturday 24th there will be a Grand Finale in the Market Square in Nottingham. This will include a flash mob, local celebrities and the final arrival of the beacons. The Flash Mob will be a general gathering of u3a members, initially just hanging about the Square and at a signal, they will all join together and perform a Square Dance or something similar, depending on the number of participants.

There would be a couple of lessons to train for the dance prior to the event.

If you are interested as a single person, a couple or a group please let me know. At present we have a few names, about ten, but could do with more. I have registered our interest with the organisers and await further details.

Melvyn,
Chairman

Pub Quiz

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The Monday, 13th June Pub Quiz was attended by 20 members and was won by Team 3 Plus 1. The next Pub Quiz will be on Monday, 11th July at The Nabb Inn at 12 noon. All welcome.

Here are the answers to the June newsletter quiz, which was a mixed-up Alphabet General Knowledge quiz. The first letter of each answer is a letter from the alphabet and it is used only once in the answers.

1. The Right Honourable William Pitt had what nickname? Younger
2. Professor Dumbledore is in charge of which school? Hogwarts
3. With which book do you associate Captain Ahab? Moby Dick
4. Who wrote Dracula? Bram Stoker
5. Who sang with Elton John on ‘Don’t Go Breaking My Heart’? Kiki Dee
6. What is the name of the hotel in Stephen King’s The Shining? Overlook
7. Who had hits with ‘Lets Twist Again’ and ‘The Twist’? Chubby Checker
8. Which Monarch’s reign started in 1837? Queen Victoria
9. What is the highest waterfall in the world? Angel Falls
10. Which dog breed is a cross between a greyhound and a collie? Lurcher
11. Thermal Imaging uses what type of electromagnetic radiation? Infra Red
12. Who owned Bagpuss? Emily
13. Which natural feature lies between the two Great Lakes of Ontario and Erie? Niagara Falls
14. The Underwood brothers played for England at which sport? Rugby Union
15. Which letter is the car registration for Germany? D
16. Which band’s debut album was called ‘Boy’? U2
17. What is 40 in Roman numerals? XL
18. Who originally sang, ‘I Will Survive’? Gloria Gaynor
19. Which children’s TV character lived on Scatterbrook Farm? Worzel Gummidge
20. What is a group of lions called? Pride
21. Where do Tribbles first appear, Star Trek or Star Wars? Star Trek
22. What investigative character was played by Angela Lansbury? Jessica Fletcher
23. Which is the closest planet to Earth? Venus
24. What is the name of the boys’ gang in ‘Grease’? T-Birds
25. What hat do you associate with Tommy Cooper? Fez
26. The Hindenburg disaster featured what type of airship? Zeppelin

And the July quiz is as follows:

1. What is the name of the Greek dip consisting of yoghurt and cucumber?
2. In Indian cooking, what is a Tandoori?
3. What is a mocha?
4. In the UK we know it as sweetcorn, but what cereal grain is it a variety of?
5. Enchiladas originated in which country?
6. In French cooking, what does ‘en Croute’ mean?
7. What are the two main ingredients in a bellini cocktail?
8. The beer brand ‘Old Speckled Hen’ was aquired by which brewery in 2000?
9. Which fast food company used the advertising slogan “I’m Lovin’ it”?
10. What is unusual about the tomato-based soup known as Gazpacho?
11. What body of water separates Saudia Arabia from Africa?
12. Catalonia is a region of what country?
13. What is the largest island is the Caribbean Sea?
14. What are the five boroughs of New York City?
15. Which country has the longest coastline in the world?
16. In what mountain range is Mount Everest located?
17. In which English county is the town of Stevenage?
18. Sofia is the capital of which country?
19. What are the three official languages of Belgium?
20. In which city is the Vatican City?

Reading Group

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The set book for June was “Your Neighbour’s Wife” by Tony Parsons which had lots of twists and turns. We were not impressed with the weak characters and it was not a book that we all enjoyed.

The set book for July discussion will be “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Bronte and, in August, we hope to discuss one of the new authors from 2021.

Fun with Languages

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Our June meeting was concentrating on ordering food and drink in a restaurant, and we did some brave role plays; the first time for our new members, so well done! We did a short quiz and a wordsearch on the subject too.

Our meeting on 14th July will be hosted at Liz Attenborough’s home and will be coffee, a quiz on Spain, then drinks and nibbles with a Spanish flavour. The cost will be £1-00 and you need to let us know please if you are coming and Liz will email out her address to you. If you wish to donate some thing, that would be nice. It may go on a little after 12 noon.

The meeting on 11th August will be cancelled and we shall resume at John Godber Centre on Thursday 8th September, 2022 at 10.30 am still continuing Spanish.

New members welcome. Enjoy summer!

Ann and Liz.