More Tea, Vicar? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Coffee

The beverage you were looking for was indeed a cappuccino coffee. This was noted to be similar in colour to the cowls worn by the Capuchin order of Monks and the name stuck. Not content with this, the Order can also lay claim to the Capuchin monkey named for exactly the same reasons!

Answer: A Priest

During the period in which Catholicism was outlawed in England, it was quite likely that any priests captured would be imprisoned or even put to death. Sympathisers built secret chambers into their houses where priests could hide and not be detected were the house to be searched. Many of these can still be seen today.

Answer: A Curate's Egg

The phrase derives from an 1895 'Punch' magazine cartoon in which the Curate, not wanting to offend, declares of a bad egg that 'parts of it are excellent'. Curates had obviously become more assertive by the time that the cartoon was reprinted with a fresh caption in the final edition of 'Punch' (2002). Consequently, the Curate's response is unrepeatable in the polite company that is FunTrivia!

Answer: It was an area where male dons could enjoy nude bathing.

I have punted past that spot many times but have yet to see a naked Parson.

Answer: A Double Entendre

The phrase appears to date from the early Twentieth Century but there is no clear indication of its origins.

Answer: Yes - He was a Cardinal in the Philippines who has nothing to do with this question.

There is no scandalous derivation here because cardinal as both adjective and noun has its root in the Latin word meaning 'Of great importance'. Cardinal Jaime Sin was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manila who died in 2005.

Answer: Deacon

The Scottish group were Deacon Blue whose hits included 'Dignity' and 'Real Gone Kid'. John Deacon played bass alongside Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor and Brian May in the rock group Queen. The title of Deacon derives from the Greek word Diakonos meaning a servant or helper.

Answer: Bishop's Outoftown

Bishop's Stortford is a major town in Hertfordshire. Bishop's Itchington is in Warwickshire and Bishop's Lydeard is in Somerset. On a more local level, there are many words such as Grange and Glebe which also signify a religious origin.

Answer: Clerks

Klerikos is the Greek word for a Priest. By the late Middle Ages it was mostly only the clergy who were educated and able to undertake work that involved reading and the word clerk came to describe such a position. Thus the adjective clerical can be used to describe both Church work and office work.

In the Church of Scotland, the title of Clerk is used for an official and significant administrative position within Church life.

Answer: William Spooner

This play on words is known as a Spoonerism after the clergyman and Oxford don William Spooner (1844-1930). An earlier edition of the Oxford English Dictionary also defines it as a Marrowsky. It has been suggested that the name derives from that of a Polish Count but this has never been verified.