Christmas Quiz 2012

Wednesday, 5th December 2012 – By common agreement, this year’s Christmas Quiz was the best one ever. Jack and Patsy had clearly worked very hard thinking up the questions, and even harder in thinking up the false answers, most of which seemed eminently plausible unless you knew the correct one.

Once again Christine and Chris, with help from a number of other members, served up a festive treat of mince pies, Christmas cake, stollen and biscuits to accompany the usual tea and coffee.

For the Quiz Enthusiasts amongst you, and for those who missed the meeting, you can download the questions and answers from this page. Please note that you will need the password to access the page.

For Better, For Worse

Wednesday, 7th November 2012 – Chris Procter gave us a wonderful talk on the relationships between different organisms – co-operative, competitive and exploitative, with a great set of very informative slides to illustrate her points.

Just as well we had finished our coffee and biscuits, as she described, in some gory detail, a variety of parasites that could infect humans, and how the human/parasite life cycle is maintained.