Over the Christmas period, readers put aside their Monopoly boards and family arguments to sit the most arduous of exams - the RollOnFriday Christmas Quiz. 12 questions from the top stories of 2015 directed in strict Paxman tones. Hurry up now.
Despite valiant efforts from many, only the elite scored full marks. RollOnFriday picked a winner at random from that select group, and can announce the winner for 2015 is ... Peter Lockwood of Soc Gen! Given the choice of a Kindle, £100 of Amazon vouchers or lunch with the RollOnFriday team, Peter spurned the lunch (no offence taken yet again, none) and took the cash.
Congratulations to Peter. For everyone else, here are the answers:
January
What was the official verdict on White & Case's canteen?
"Excellent"
"Major improvement necessary"
"Bluuuuurgh!"
"Nuke from space"
February
Which Tom Cruise movie was filmed in a barristers' chambers?
Mission: Impossible 5
Jack Reacher
Nice to Xenu
The Firm 2
March
What did a law grad use to try to put out a fire?
Prayer
Petrol
Wee and a fridge
A fire extinguisher
April
What was the name of Clifford Chance's winning branded clothing collection?
Derelicte
Cliffy C
Off the Shelf
Emanda
May
What did a former Herbert smith Freehills and Clyde & Co lawyer say in his autobiography?
"A used condom had somehow fallen from the bin bag"
"He hates internal rooms with no natural outside light, the nonsense of internal atria."
"He hopes to have the time, inclination and patience to at least write the planned next two volumes"
All of the above
June
What did a DLA Piper partner call an ex-client of the firm?
A loon
A nutter
A visionary
Mum
July
According to Hansard, what did Churchill say?
"I have nothing to offer but blood, anus, tears and sweat"
"We shall fight in the anus; we shall never surrender"
"We shall bear anus against all enemies"
"We had the statement of the right hon. and learned gentleman...about his expenditure of large sums of money upon anus"
August
According to a Law Society survey, what percentage of lawyers suffer from severe or extreme stress?
9%
19%
89%
Just you
September
What did Alexander Carter-Silk write to Charlotte Proudman?
"Ur A - amazing, B - beautiful, C - Carter-Silk's type so pass ur numbr."
"You definitely win the prize for the best Linked in picture I have ever seen"
"I understand that you desire work as a columnist & I believe I can be of assistance."
"Pls endorse my feminism skill."
October
Where did the brawling men who fought with knives and rocks in City streets come from?
A Baker & McKenzie vac scheme
A Linklaters partners conference
A Travers Smith client meeting
A Pinsent Masons CV workshop
November
What did a lawyer get in trouble for saying?
"Slither away to your grim Leicester hovel"
"Crawl back to your horrible Merseyside home"
"Rappel along the coastal cliffs to your stinking Bournemouth nook"
"Paraglide via thermals to your festering Stoke pit"
December
Which firm's NQ pay was hiked to £100,000?
White & Case
Fieldfisher
Vinson & Elkins
Themis Solicitors
Tip Off ROF
Despite valiant efforts from many, only the elite scored full marks. RollOnFriday picked a winner at random from that select group, and can announce the winner for 2015 is ... Peter Lockwood of Soc Gen! Given the choice of a Kindle, £100 of Amazon vouchers or lunch with the RollOnFriday team, Peter spurned the lunch (no offence taken yet again, none) and took the cash.
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Peter learns of his victory |
Congratulations to Peter. For everyone else, here are the answers:
January
What was the official verdict on White & Case's canteen?
"Excellent"
"Major improvement necessary"
"Bluuuuurgh!"
"Nuke from space"
February
Which Tom Cruise movie was filmed in a barristers' chambers?
Mission: Impossible 5
Jack Reacher
Nice to Xenu
The Firm 2
March
What did a law grad use to try to put out a fire?
Prayer
Petrol
Wee and a fridge
A fire extinguisher
April
What was the name of Clifford Chance's winning branded clothing collection?
Derelicte
Cliffy C
Off the Shelf
Emanda
May
What did a former Herbert smith Freehills and Clyde & Co lawyer say in his autobiography?
"A used condom had somehow fallen from the bin bag"
"He hates internal rooms with no natural outside light, the nonsense of internal atria."
"He hopes to have the time, inclination and patience to at least write the planned next two volumes"
All of the above
June
What did a DLA Piper partner call an ex-client of the firm?
A loon
A nutter
A visionary
Mum
July
According to Hansard, what did Churchill say?
"I have nothing to offer but blood, anus, tears and sweat"
"We shall fight in the anus; we shall never surrender"
"We shall bear anus against all enemies"
"We had the statement of the right hon. and learned gentleman...about his expenditure of large sums of money upon anus"
August
According to a Law Society survey, what percentage of lawyers suffer from severe or extreme stress?
9%
19%
89%
Just you
September
What did Alexander Carter-Silk write to Charlotte Proudman?
"Ur A - amazing, B - beautiful, C - Carter-Silk's type so pass ur numbr."
"You definitely win the prize for the best Linked in picture I have ever seen"
"I understand that you desire work as a columnist & I believe I can be of assistance."
"Pls endorse my feminism skill."
October
Where did the brawling men who fought with knives and rocks in City streets come from?
A Baker & McKenzie vac scheme
A Linklaters partners conference
A Travers Smith client meeting
A Pinsent Masons CV workshop
November
What did a lawyer get in trouble for saying?
"Slither away to your grim Leicester hovel"
"Crawl back to your horrible Merseyside home"
"Rappel along the coastal cliffs to your stinking Bournemouth nook"
"Paraglide via thermals to your festering Stoke pit"
December
Which firm's NQ pay was hiked to £100,000?
White & Case
Fieldfisher
Vinson & Elkins
Themis Solicitors