Christmas quiz and lecture
Saturday 7th December 2019
A keen bunch of Quekett members attended the final meeting of the year, which was held in the PA135 Meeting Room at the Natural History Museum and followed the usual pattern, with a quiz, refreshments and a lecture (Fantastic beasts and how to find them, by Tony Pattinson).
Dennis Fullwood was elected an Honorary Member of the Quekett Microscopical Club at the committee meeting in October, and Phil Greaves presented him with his certificate.
Dennis Fullwood receiving his Honorary Membership certificate [by Graham Matthews]
Christmas quiz
Dennis Fullwood devised and presented the quiz.
Section 1 – Who?
Question 1
Question 2
Question 3
Question 4
Question 5
Question 6
Question 7
Section 2 – Microscopes & Optics
Question 8
Question 9
Question 10
Question 11
Section 3 – Biology
Question 12
Question 13
Question 14
Question 15
Question 16
Question 17
Question 18
Question 19
Question 20
Section 4 – What?
Question 21
Question 22
Question 23
Question 24
Question 25
Full marks would be 28.
Tie breaker
Christmas lecture “Fantastic beasts and how to find them”
Tony Pattinson is well known to many microscopists for his series of “The Freshwater Microscopist” books and is a regular at the Reading Convention and the Quekett excursions to the Basingstoke Canal and Wimbledon Common.
Charles Hussey recorded the lecture and the discussion that followed, and a video is available in the password-protected area of the website.