Pilchards Pilchards Everywhere! Quiz

Answer: European Pilchard

It is the European pilchard which has the scientific name Sardina pilchardus. The term "sardine" is recorded as far back as the fifteenth century, and is thought to have originated near the Mediterranean island of Sardinia. The rainbow sardine is Dussumieria acuta, the round sardinella is Sardinella aurita or the Spanish sardine, and the South American pilchard is Sardinops sagax. South American pilchards are the same fish as the Californian and Chilean sardine.

Answer: Newlyn

The Newlyn School was part of a greater artistic movement known as En plein air, and flourished from the 1880s until the first decade of the 1900s. Since the early 21st century, the stocks of pilchards in Cornish waters have recovered sufficiently for the fishing industry to begin again in a more modest way, and "Cornish sardines" are a geographically protected product under European law.

Answer: Ash Wednesday

There is a famous oil painting by Goya, dating from some time around the turn of the nineteenth century, which depicts the Burial of the Sardine in Madrid.
Possibly the most famous celebration of Carnival is the one held each year in Rio de Janeiro.

Answer: Lanzarote

Lanzarote is one of the Spanish Canary Islands. Since the early 1990s, the entire island has been a designated United Nations Biosphere Reserve due to its ecological importance. Tourism to the parts of the island outside the main resorts is strictly controlled, in order to preserve the landscape and its delicate flora and fauna.

Answer: Jarvis Cocker

"Further Complications" was the second solo album from Jarvis Cocker, lead singer with the band Pulp. It was first released in 2009, and reached number nineteen in the UK Album Chart.

Answer: Rome

Many thousands of tons of pilchards were exported from the UK to Europe over the years, as the Catholic church would permit fish to be eaten during Lent and other times when meat was forbidden.

Sardines/pilchards are very nutritious, and have high levels of various vitamins and minerals that are beneficial to people. They are also much less likely to have dangerous levels of contaminants, such as mercury, than other fish. This is because sardines are low on the food chain and are eaten by, rather than eating, other fish.

Answer: Michael Frayn

The play started life as a one act skit called "Exits", and Frayn later expanded it into the full length "Noises Off". It premiered in London in 1982, and in 1983 won the Tony award for Best Play.

Answer: St. Anthony of Padua

St. Anthony of Padua, also known as St. Anthony of Lisbon, was a Portuguese monk who lived during the early thirteenth century. His festival is celebrated on June 13th, which is also my birthday! :-D

Answer: The fish heads stick out through the piecrust and gaze at the stars

Stargazy pie is traditionally eaten on the 23rd of December, in the Cornish village of Mousehole. The village also holds a festival of lanterns on the same day. There are several folktales speculating on the origin of the tradition, and scholars have also proposed that it is a continuation of ancient pagan midwinter rites.

Answer: Hide and Seek

Unlike traditional hide and seek, during a game of sardines, one person hides and everyone else looks for them. When the hider is found, the finder must join them in their hiding place, and so on until everyone is squashed into hiding "like sardines in a can". The last person to find the hiding place is the original hider for the next game.