Its back (like Voldemort) by popular demand (unlike Voldemort).
A pop-culture Christmas quiz with occupational health and safety nuggets shoe-horned in at all the available gaps!
Each correct answer scores 2 points.
If you have to use the clues that are posted up in the blog that follows this one then you only get half marks.
There are additional bonus points available in some of the questions. Each correct Brucie bonus answer scores an additional 2 points.
The answers follow in a third blog after this one.
No cheating now!
Question One (The partridge in a pear tree)
What am I dreaming of?
Brucie bonus question:
What was notable about the snow?
Two (French hens)
What did John McClane write on the dead “terrorists” sweat shirt?
Brucie bonus question (for physical nerds):
If the fire hose was 30m long how fast would the reel be travelling when it got to the end of its drop? Ignore the length of hose needed to tie the knot.
Three (Turtle doves)
Why was George Bailey deaf in one ear?
Brucie bonus question:
What reflex action is triggered when you fall into cold water?
Four (Calling birds)
What do we let in and what do we banish at Christmas time?
And for a Brucie Bonus who sang the line?
Five gold rings
How much did Randolph Duke bet Mortimer Duke in their nature –v- nurture argument?
Six (Geese a-laying)
Who has got red lights all around?
Brucie bonus question:
From an OHS perspective why does he need to take care?
Seven (Swans a-swimming)
Where does Mary wait?
For a Brucie bonus:
Why might she want some iodine tablets?
Eight (Maids a-milking)
What links those 8 milk maids to smallpox?
Nine (Ladies waiting)
What did I do with your dreams and where did I put them?
Ten (Lords a-leaping)
What did Thurman Murman give “Santa” as a Christmas present?
For a Brucie bonus:
If Thurman got his hand injury at school which sections of HSWA might the school have breached?
Eleven (Pipers piping)
When did we start to use fir trees as a form of Christmas decoration in the UK?
For a Brucie bonus:
Why, from an OHS perspective, is it a very good idea to water a cut natural Christmas tree?
Twelve (Drummers drumming)
What did we both forget?
Take a look at the next blog-post if you need any clues.
And the answers are the post after that.
Wishing you all a very happy and safe festive season. Have a good one and I’ll see you on the other side.
–
Dr Jim Phelpstead BSc, PhD, CMIOSH
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