Thank
you to everyone for taking part in our quiz. We received over
600 submissions, with 28 correct entries.
Regards
Cathy
Maggs
Quiz winners
The first
3 correct answers drawn out the hat were:
1st Prize - Bottle of Champagne from Talking Wines Love Lane
to Daphne Lewis
2nd Prize - Box of goodies from Olive Deli to Mrs Stayt
3rd Prize - Box of teas from Whittards to Wendi Crook
CHRISTMAS
2007 FUNDRAISING QUIZ – ANSWER SHEET
1.
Two little boys by Rolf Harris 41.
18 holes on a golf course
2.
Ten green bottles (hanging on a wall) 42. 1977–
Red Rum won the Grand National
3.
Around the world in 80 days 43.
One hundred years’ war
4.
99 Red Balloons by Nena 44.
3 steps to heaven (Eddie Cochran +others)
5.
12 members of a jury 45.
999 – one less than a thousand
6.
Two little ducks
46. Three wheels on my wagon
7.
Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie 47. 1815
– Battle of Waterloo
8.
Four horsemen of the apocalypse 48. 20
fluid ounces in a pint
9.
Twelve days of Christmas 49.
1966 – England won the World Cup
10.
2001 – A Space Odyssey 50.
54 cards in a pack (with jokers)
11.
0121 - Dialing code for Birmingham 51. 240
old pennies in a pound
12.
16 - Age of consent (in Britain) 52.
15 men on a dead man’s chest
13.
11 Downing St (home of Chancellor of Exchequer) 53.
One man and his dog
14.
Life begins at 40
54. Twelve disciples of Jesus
15.
2468, Who do we appreciate?! 55. 168
hours in a week
16.
Seven sides on a fifty pence piece 56.
Eight maids-a-milking
17.
Eight legs on an octopus/octoped 57. 64
squares on a chessboard
18.
79 – one less than eighty 58.
170 – highest checkout in darts
19.
14 – Quatorze juillet, Bastille Day in France 59. 180
degrees in a semi-circle
20.
210 miles – length of River Thames 60. 20,000
leagues under the sea
21.
40 - double top at darts 61.
13 players in a Rugby League team
22.
1963– Assassination of President Kennedy 62. 0800 –
Free phone number
23.
4th July, Independence Day in America
63. 76 Trombones in the big parade
24.
1666 – Great Fire of London 64.
One man went to mow
25.
Three coins in a fountain 65.
Thirteen loaves in a baker’s dozen
26.
147 – Maximum break in snooker 66. Seven
brides for seven brothers
27.
21 – key of the door 67.
Number Ten Downing Street
28.
1912 – sinking of The Titanic 68.
Eight Henrys (Kings of England)
29.
118 500 – Directory Enquiries 69. 1916
– Easter rising in Dublin
30.
26 letters of the alphabet 70.
1969 – First man on the moon
31.
Five gold rings
71. 1066 – Battle of Hastings
32.
4406 – height of Ben Nevis in feet 72. 50
ways to leave your lover (Paul Simon)
33.
57 – Heinz varieties
73. 500 sheets in a ream
34.
One million microns in a metre 74. 27
books in the New Testament
35.
Sweet sixteen and never been kissed 75. 86,400
seconds in a day
36.
The Thirty nine steps by John Buchan 76. 180 –
maximum score at darts
37.
19 – Av. age of American soldiers in Vietnam 77. Nine planets of the solar system?*
38.
1812 Overture by Peter Tchaikovsky 78. 100
runs in a century at cricket
39.
Seven wonders of the world 79. Number
one – top of the pops!
40.
70 – threescore years and ten 80.
Three little pigs
*
77 – There were nine planets of the solar system when the quiz
was first written, but now it seems there are only eight, Pluto
having been downgraded.
We
hope you enjoyed this quiz. We raised over £600 towards the filter
repair/replacement
Thank
you again