Answers to Beth's Quiz on Scotland - Spring quiz 2010
1. Rab C. Nesbit 2. Old Jock Grey
3. Earl Haigh 4. David Livingstone
5. Aberdeen Angus 6. Robbie Coltrane
7. Westminster Abbey 8. Prince Charles
9. Kirkwall 10. Rome
11. Lena Zavaroni 12. Glencoe
13. St, Michael's Dumfries 14. The Don & The Dee
15. Discovered Penicillin 16. Founder of the Bank of England
17. Built First Lighthouse 18 . Invented the Vacuum Flask
19. Invented Television 20. Abducted then Married Mary
Queen of Scots
Answers to Brenda's Quiz "Yorkshire & Proud of It" - Spring quiz 2010
1. 1974 2. Red Deer
3. George VI 4. Cats Eyes
5. Halifax 6. Knaresborough Castle
7. Amy Johnson 8. True, 3,906904 acres 3,566840 letters
9. Jessica Ennis 10. Yorkshire Tourist Board
11. Nurse Helen Smith 12. Chatsworth House
13. The Wolds Way 14. Mother Shipton's Cave
15. Jamie Oliver filmed his Christmas advert in October 16. Ainsley's
17. Hornsea 18. James Herriott
19. 1928 20. Doncaster
21. Jimmy Saville 22. Had car clamped at Haworth, parking ticket was upside down
23. Steve Davis 24. Ferris Wheel
25. Jet 26. Geoff Boycott
27. Snooker 28. Harold Wilson
29. Ilkley Moor Baht At 30. Branwell
31. Pudsey & Sooty 32. Sally Lunn
33. Harrogate 34. 199
35. Both born in Pudsey Leeds 36. Lotto million& multimillion aires
37. St. Peter 38. Lead
39. Fred Trueman 40. William Willberforce
41. Tan Hill 42. Castle Howard
43. Robinson Crusoe part of book written in Halifax @ Rose & Crown 44. 270 miles (110miles in YKS)
45. Wensleydale 46. Robin Hood's
47. George Dunhill 48. Dick Turpin
49. H.H. Asquith 50. Sheffield & Leeds
51. The Naked Man Café at Settle 52. Selby
53. A Guillotine 54. 562
55. Staithes, "Dog Laup" only 20" wide 56. The council rent collector
57. Hull 58. Ripon St. Wilfrid
59. George Hudson 60a. John Metcalf 1717-1810
60 b. Lost his sight with Smallpox 60 c. Greatest road builder of his day
The Winners of the Beth's Quiz are:
1st Octopus Clock Mrs H Banks, Skegness.
2nd Heart Clock Mr John Symington, Knaresborough.
3rd Teapot Clock Mrs Linda Jones, Sowerby, Thirsk.
The Winners of Brenda's Quiz are:
1st £20 Mrs M Baiderstone, Boroughbridge.
2nd £10 Mrs Jean Pettitt. Moffat Dumfries.
3rd £5 Mrs E Metcalfe, Darley, Harrogate
Congratulations to you all!
Thank you to all who have done the quizzes, we hope you enjoyed them,
Our thanks also go to all who have helped by selling the quizzes, making it very successful once more.
We hope to have another quiz out in October 2010 so we hope you will support us yet again. If you are interested in the next quiz and would like to send a S.A.E. and £1-00 to Brenda Cussons, Fairfield, Ripon Road, Kirby Hill. York. YO51 9DP about the middle of October 2010 I will pleased to send you a copy,
Yours sincerely,
Beth & Brenda