Here are the quiz answers and bonus values. As you were told, every correct answer earns one minute bonus off the run time - BUT... for each question, the one minute bonus is reduced the more people got the answer right (so easier questions are worth less). The formula used is to deduct the following number of seconds from the 60 second bonus:
30 x (NumberAnsweringRight - 1) / (NumberOfRunners)
Three people who handed in their quiz answers more than a minute after punching the Run Finish, had the later time used as their Run Finish time (all three had quiz bonuses exceeding the time they were thus penalised ).
The last three Green questions gave you the most trouble. Nobody got Sally Ride (despite Billy Joel's "We didn't start the fire"), nor Victoria's ten prime ministers (though I gave a few seconds for close answers). And how many of you know what the B of BMW stands for? Perhaps he was extraordinarily lucky, or perhaps the one correct answerer of the last question drives one.
WHITE Answer Value
191 How often do we normally have a leap YEAR? Every 4 years 48 seconds
192 Where is the RATTLE of a RATTLEsnake? In its tail 48 seconds
193 How many WINKS make a short sleep? Forty 54 seconds
194 Which ZODIAC sign is a bull? Taurus 48 seconds
195 What two things make up MORSE code? Dots & dashes 48 seconds
196 Who lives in the WHITE House? The US president 48 seconds
197 In which COUNTRY might you see a gondolier? Italy 48 seconds
YELLOW/ORANGE Answer Value
191 In which month is the middle day of the YEAR? July 51 seconds
206 What is the national emblem of CANADA? Maple Leaf 39 seconds
194 How many ZODIAC signs are not living things? One (Libra) 51 seconds
198 Where is the SEA of tranquility? On the moon 42 seconds
199 Who was born first, Beethoven or MOZART? Mozart 39 seconds
200 How long (to nearest 5 years) did Queen VICTORIA reign? 64 years 42* seconds
* I gave the two people who got the exact answer the full 60 second bonus
201 What was the first Russian in SPACE called? Yuri Gagarin 39 seconds
196 What does a WHITE flag mean? Surrender 36 seconds
197 In which COUNTRY is the world's tallest building? Malaysia 51 seconds
GREEN Answer Value
206 The USA has states, CANADA has what? Provinces 49 seconds
198 What is the earth's largest SEA called? Mediterranean 55 seconds
202 Which direction does the Queen face on a STAMP (DEFINITIVE)? Left (her right) 44 seconds
203 Whose ship was the GOLDEN HIND? Sir Francis Drake 46 seconds
204 What gets WETTER the more it dries? A towel! 46 seconds
195 What is the first name of (the policeman) MORSE? Endeavour 55 seconds
201 What was the first American lady in SPACE called? Sally Ride (no-one got this)
200 How many men held the office of prime minister during the reign of Queen VICTORIA? Ten (no-one got this**)
** I relented and gave bonuses to the 3 closest answers - 30 seconds for "12" and 20 seconds for "7"
205 What 2 colours make up the BAVARIAN flag? Blue and white 60*** seconds
*** I gave a discretionary 10 second bonus for "blue and silver", because I was informed (given a hard
time by this competitor!) that silver means white in heraldry (therefore flags)