I hope you have been able to share in the solemnity of various Good Friday services today and feel that you have entered in to it in the most fitting way, given the circumstances.
Now I know many of you have been excitedly waiting for the answers to last Fridays quiz. Do share how you have done and we can see you is this weeks champion.
I am very grateful to Kev who is preparing these quizzes and he apologies for his typos last week! David, Becky and I enjoyed it and it gave us a lots of fun as well as working the old grey matter! We needed it!
QUIZ 1 - ANSWERS
1.
50 = S for H B on a D B
Score for hitting bull on a dart board
2.
92 = Total D in J J and A
Total days in June, July and August
3.
100 = P in a P
Pence in a Pound
4.
5 = R on the O F
Rings on the Olympic Flag
5.
270 = S on the L U
Stations on the London Underground
6.
12 = M in a Y
Months in a Year
7.
200 = P for P G in M
Pounds for Passing Go in Monopoly
8.
5 = P for a T in R U
Points for a Try in Rugby Union
9.
3600 = S in an H
Seconds in an Hour
10.
66 = T B in the O T and N T in the B
Total books in the Old Testament and New Testament in the Bible
11.
26 = L in the A
Letters in the Alphabet
12.
37 = S P
Shakespeare Plays
13.
366 = D in a L Y
Days in a Leap Year
14.
54 = C in a P of C including J
Cards in a Pack of Cards including Jokers
15.
22 = B on a S T at the S of a F
Balls on a Snooker Table at the Start of a Frame
16.
129 = M of the S P
Members of the Scottish Parliament
17.
7 = T of O S on a D
Total of Opposite Sides on a Die (Dice)
18.
76 = T in the B P
Trombones in the Big Parade
19.
7 = C of the R
Colours of the Rainbow
20.
9 = R S between T and P inclusive
Railway Stations between Treorchy and Pontypridd inclusive - This was tricky for us down here, but did anyone get it?
QUIZ 2
Name the places in GB and Ireland
(e.g.) Part of the body in water = Liverpool
Seen at Birthdays, Christmas, Valentine’s Day – questionable
Battling through a candle
Outside of a Ship (shortened version of name)
Tiger, tiger, burning …….. alighted
Not west new ….. baby
1, 2, 4, 8, 16, …..
Inserted into Bottle
Very, very close drive through water
Substitute for shower
Forth or Severn finished
Not old king’s home (shortened version of name)
Related fairy tale writers of 2nd letter
Questionable car (could have been made in Bridgend)
Finished North Wales river
Not white water Ironed weight
Pound
Woolly upper garment
Ship’s compliment
Poirot’s companion
Cheese – but which one, this one you could gorge
Before Christmas Day – not real
He ——, he saw, he conquered, while standing above water
Provoke, it’s not off
All the best for this week! Kev has already sent me next Friday's too!!!
That was a fantastic quiz! I took almost a week to solve most of them, but I didn't get the last one. I guessed it was railway stations but not the right ones.
I was so grateful for number 20's answer. But this weeks looks mindboggling. Watch this space for how many I need next Friday. Mary