There's so much to talk about and I'm not sure I'm going to get a chance to start writing sensibly until after Christmas, by which time we might have a Green Paper on Procurement Law to discuss. We already have so much with the Boardman report and comments on last month's White Paper conference. So until I get stuff ready for this blog, try my King's College Christmas Procurement Quiz!
Q1. Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Gus Grissom and Gordon Cooper are all astronauts who are on record as noting that their rocket or its components were made by the lowest bidder. Which 1998 film used that same line…
Q2. The USS Enterprise NCC 1701-D is well known as the ship commanded by Captain Jean-Luc Picard. Where was she built?
Q3. In the Ring of Nibelung, what is the purchase price for a new Hall of the Gods
Q4. Why would Wotan’s procurement lawyer have needed to check whether the Hall was a castle or a palace? Assuming the Hall is in the EU.
Q5. In Case C-107/92, Commission v Italy, what did the Italian government say was unexpected in the Brenner Pass
Q6. As all procurement lawyers know, Max Havelaar is a fairtrade coffee label. Max Havelaar was originally the title of something else - what was it?
Q7. Where was Directive 2014/24 signed?
Q8. What was the title of the people who ran the concessions which supported the operations of the Roman Republic, and were much despised in the New Testament?
Q9. Who is Palermo Airport named after?
Q10. The Navy Board responsible for placing contracts for the Royal Navy. Which office building was it moved to in 1789?
Answers to follow in a few days' time.
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