Its organiser has announced the winners of - and answers for - the latest Llangollen Christmas quiz, which has raised £667.21 in aid of Cancer Research UK.
Judy Smith, of the charity's local committee, said: "I’m
pretty sure that this year’s quiz was the hardest ever, but it seems that
nothing can defeat some of you!
"First Jane Hurle of Llangollen with 49
points, second Helen Watson of Cleobury, North Shropshire with 47 points and third Maggie Shaw of Greasby, Wirral with
46 ½ points = Adrian and Catherine Farrel of
Llangollen with 46 ½ points. On drawing from a hat, third
prize was awarded to Maggie – sorry Adrian and Catherine.
"Well,
what can I say, Jane - however did you do it? And Helen, Maggie, Adrian, and Catherine, you’re obviously brilliant
too.
"In fact, I’d say anybody who got
more than half a dozen on that quiz was bloomin’ good!
"But let me just throw in a few more names
that surely deserve a mention - there’s
Pat and Richard Reid of Norwich, and Keith
Stacey of Malpas with 46; Nenia Blatsou of Bedford, and Keith and Pat Campbell
of Northampton with
45½ and Mike Hough of Wrexham with 45. I’d like to add some more but we had a lot of entries returned and I
have to stop there.
"Now
a word about the quiz itself. The first
section seems to have given you little trouble, although maybe not that many of
you were acquainted with John Ryan’s cartoon of Lettuce Leefe in Girl
magazine. Alright – it was a bit
obscure, and a long time ago!
"From the
second section I learned a lot, as well as enjoying some imaginative
answers. Did you know that a scorpion
has 8 legs, as well as a spider? We
passed that one!
"And I was intrigued to
find there were ‘30 medieval castles in Normandy’,
‘16 fish shops in Grimsby’
and ‘6 rogues in the government’. Really
– only 6? Thank you for all that
ingenuity!"
Judy added: "On
a more serious note, we were often told there were ‘6 rounds in a gun’. No that won’t do, not in every gun. And another common answer was ‘7 specific (or
standard) movements of ballet’ – yes, 7 movements by one reckoning, but you had
to invent something for the ‘S’.
"It was
a similar story with 20T in the HPD – if you were thinking of football, you had
to invent something for the ‘H’. I’m
afraid we didn’t allow either of those. The main problem was with 10C in the B of E.
"I had intended 10 Commandments in the Book of
Exodus, but there was quite a smattering of 10 Chapters in the book of Ezra (or
the Book of Esther). Both the latter are
clearly right, but surely the Commandments are better known? Well, I have to confess, I didn’t know how
many chapters in the Book of Ezra! What
to do?? Where we needed to split hairs
(as we did for 3rd place), we awarded ½ point.
"Once
again our grateful thanks for your support.
We hope you enjoyed the quiz, and that you will make sure to get a copy
of next year’s, which should as ever be published on 1st
December.
"And
finally, an appeal. On 28th
and 29th May this year we are holding the 4th Llangollen
Round Challenge, a 35-mile hill hike that can be completed over one or two days
to raise funds for Cancer Research UK, and we expect around 500
entrants. You can find all the details
of this on our website www.thellangollenround.info.
"It’s a tough hike, but the views are amazing,
there are 5 checkpoints supplying you with food and water, and there’s a
certificate and medal for everyone at the end.
"Amazingly, participants even tell us it’s fun and we have many returning
each time we put it on (last in 2018).
So if you know anyone who just could be interested in this Challenge
please pass on the word. We’d be very
pleased to see them. Again our thanks."
Quiz answers
1
Opting about a headless fish (4,7) Plum Pudding
2
Harbour (4)
Port
3
Poet on time (6)
Claret
4
Island tangled in weed (6,4) Mulled wine
5
Small amount (6)
Trifle
6
Drunk sounds like a French particle (7,5) Pickled onion
7
Animal snuggery (4,2,8) Pigs in blankets
8
Hazard of running in the Lakes? (7) Falafel
9
Audibly regret the pig fat (7) Roulade
10
Colourful group in an empty pen (3,7) Red cabbage
11
Money mad about directions (6,4) Cashew nuts
12
Sounds like John Ryan’s foliage (7) Lettuce
13
Standard cuts (8)
Parsnips
14
Padding (8)
Stuffing
15
State involved with a waterfall (7) Chutney
16
Vessel and French colour (9) Panettone
17
European growth (8,7)
Brussels
sprouts
18
Vehicle’s degenerating (7) Carrots
19
Little kind ones (11)
Clementines
20
We hear you’re going to record it? (4,3) Yule log
21
1 E on a C 1 Eye on a Cyclops
22
2 WDMAR 2 Wrongs Don’t Make a Right
23
3 L on a MS 3 Legs on a Milking Stool
24
The S of 4 (ACD) The Sign of Four (Arthur Conan
Doyle)
25
5 NLB on DD 5 Normandy Landing Beaches on D-Day
26
6 R in a G 6 Rowers in a Gig
27
7 SM of B 7 Stuart Monarchs of Britain
28 8L on a S 8
Legs on a Spider
29 D, G, P, R,
L, L, E, F, S, the 9 CB the B Denmark, Germany, Poland, Russia, Latvia,
Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, the 9 countries bordering the Baltic
30 10 C in the B
of E 10 Commandments in
the Book of Exodus
31 11 DL in 1752 11 Days lost in 1752
32 12 Y a S (SN) 12 Years a Slave
(Solomon Northup)
33 13 P in a RLT 13 Players in a Rugby League Team
34 14 T on a GP 14 Toes on a Guinea
Pig
35 15, the FTN 15, the Fifth
Triangular Number
36 16 FS in G 16 Federal States
in Germany
37 17, the MDA 17, the Minimum
Driving Age
38 18 G in the
PT 18 Groups in
the Periodic Table
39 19 P of C in
a C 19 Pairs of
Chromosomes in a Cat
40 20 T in the
HPD 20 Teeth in the
Human Primary Dentition
41 21, the CC 21, the Current
Century
42 22N, the FD
of SC 22nd
November, the Feast Day of Saint Cecilia
43 OL23, the OSM
for CI Outdoor Leisure 23, the Ordnance
Survey Map for Cadair Idris
44 24 BB in a P 4 and 20 Blackbirds,
Baked in a Pie
45 25, FTF 25, Five
Times Five
46 26 B in the
HF 26
Bones in the Human Foot
47 27 M of U 27 Moons of
Uranus
48 28 D in the
SM 28 Days in the
Shortest Month
49 29, the AN of
C 29, the Atomic
Number of Copper
50 30 MC in N 30 Member Countries
in NATO
