Christopher Howse

Gay giraffes and dead in ditches: The Spectator 2019 quiz

Set by Christopher Howse. Illustrated by Castro

issue 21 December 2019

They said it

 
In 2019, who said:
1. ‘You have stolen my dreams and my childhood.’
2. ‘I didn’t sweat at the time because I had suffered what I would describe as an overdose of adrenaline in the Falklands War when I was shot at.’
3. ‘Ninety per cent of giraffes are gay.’
4. ‘I have been wondering what the special place in hell looks like for those who promoted Brexit without even a sketch of a plan how to carry it out safely.’
5. ‘No clapping.’
6. ‘I’d rather be dead in a ditch.’
7. ‘Anyone who attempts to split any region from China will perish, with their bodies smashed and bones ground to powder.’
8. ‘I for one prefer the tried-and-tested recipes, like speaking well of each other and respecting different points of view.’
9. ‘If Turkey does anything that I, in my great and unmatched wisdom, consider to be off limits, I will totally destroy and obliterate the Economy of Turkey (I’ve done before!).









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