Judy Smith of the Llangollen Committee for Cancer Research UK has given details of the winners of and answers to its latest Christmas quiz.
She said: "Very
many thanks to everyone who supported Cancer Research UK through the 2019 Christmas quiz. We are delighted to say that a record sum of £808.70 was
raised."
The
results are:
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1st Linda Sutton of Upton, Wirral (50 points)
=
2nd The Hindle family of Newport, South Wales (49
1/2 points)
Richard and Margaret Campbell of Northampton
(49 1/2 points)
Simon Proffitt of Llangollen (49 1/2 points)
Keith and Pat Campbell of
Brafield-on-the-Green (49 1/2 points)
Jon Proffitt of Whitwell (49 1/2
points)
Very
close behind came Frances Hartley of Oswestry and Keith Stacey of Newport
with 49 points, and Jane Hurle of Llangollen, Gaynor Answer of Milton Keynes,
Mike Hough of Wrexham and Adrian Farrel of Llangollen with 48 1/2.
Judith added: "Our heartiest
congratulations to all those, and to everyone who took part. As you can
see, we have entrants from all over the country.
"We
hope you enjoyed the quiz and that you will make sure to get a copy of the 2020
edition, which should, as ever, be published on December 1st."
Quiz answers
Section 1 : The
answers to all these cryptic clues are tools or household implements. For example
: Peg for invoices (8) = Billhook
1 Gain
information in seconds (6) SHEARS
2 Vodka and Orange (11) SCREWDRIVER
3 Training
discipline (5 DRILL
4 Change the
coffee temperature to hot (5) LATHE
5 Mike Pence
without Donald Trump (4) VICE
6 Punch-up
about an old hair style (7) BRADAWL
7 Minor
athletics event (5) BRACE
8 Little
shopping precinct? (6) MALLET
9 Bribed to
cause upset (6) DIBBER
10 Seize control
without greeting (4) JACK
11 A former
lover returns (3) AXE
12 Scorn over a
bike race (7) MATTOCK
13 Chesty
complications (6) SCYTHE
14 Hare without
the film (5) LEVER
15 Swiss lies
confounded (6) CHISEL
16 Mad women
lawyers lack positive response (9) LAWNMOWER
17 Mother visits
Switzerland before a summer
in France (7)
MACHETE
18 Disorganised
life (4) FILE
19 In aid of a
thousand (4) FORK
20 Row of fleshy
fruit? (5,4) PLUMB LINE
21 Sounds of
many languages (5) TONGS
22 Providers
don’t eat meal (6) PLIERS
23 Hot indicator
(6) HARROW
24 Aiming right
into the dryer (8,6) POINTING TROWEL
25 Flip the
tonic (3) HOD
Section 2 : The
clues here all refer to jobs, occupations, or professions e.g. I get involved in a scheme (5) = Pilot
26 Expensive
French drink (7) TEACHER
27 Quiet
tramp (7) PLUMBER
28 Bomb
vehicle (5) VICAR
29 Sounds
bigger! (6) GROCER
30 Agony on a
French train (7) PAINTER
31 Mixed soil in
a tin box (7)
32 Fish go this
way (9) CARPENTER
33 Copper
wire (9) CONDUCTOR
34 German chemist
meets a reindeer (11) HABERDASHER
35 Unfeminine
queen (7) BUTCHER
36 He looks
after the edges (4,7) BANK MANAGER
37 7pm and a
penny in the shop (9) STEVEDORE
38 Haggle around
the finish (9) BARTENDER
39 Original wise
man needs books (9) NEWSAGENT
40 Joining
pressure (10) SEAMSTRESS
Section 3 : The
testing one! The first 5 clues below are
the titles of well-known books or plays, the second 5 are pieces of classical
music. Each one contains the name of a
tool or household implement. Be careful
– it may not be in the context you think!
e.g. T_ _ Q _ _ _
_ O _
S _ _ _ _ _ = The Queen of Spades (by Tchaikovsky, but you
don’t need to give the composer or author, we assume you know it!)
41 I _ _ _ I _ T
_ _ S _ _ _ IRON IN THE SOUL (Jean-Paul Sartre)
42 M _ _ _ _ _
_ F _ _
M _ _ _ _ _ _ MEASURE FOR
MEASURE (William Shakespeare)
43 T _ _ I _ _ _ _ _ _
F _ _ _ THE IPCRESS
FILE (Len Deighton)
44 T _ _ R _ _ _ _ _
E _ _ _ THE
RAZOR’S EDGE (W Somerset Maugham)
45 P _ _ _ _ P _ _ PETER
PAN (J M Barrie )
46 N _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ S _ _ _ _ NUTCRACKER SUITE (Tchaikovsky)
47 B _ _ _ _
_ O _
G _ _ _ _ B _ _ _ _BALLAD OF
GREEN BROOM (Benjamin Britten)
48 T _ _ R _ _ _ _
P _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THE RAKE’S
PROGRESS (Stravinsky)
49 R _ _ _ _ : H
_ _ D _ _ _ RODEO : HOE DOWN (Aaron Copland)
50 T _ _ L _ _ _
S _ _ _ _ _ THE
LAST SPRING (Grieg)
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