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Christmas Quiz!
ALL ANSWERS ARE RELATED TO CHRISTMAS (SOME VERY LOOSELY). THINK TRADITION; FOOD & DRINK; PRESENTS;
PHRASES; FUN & GAMES;
1 Pondered over pressed grapes 6,4 Mulled Wine
2 Intoxicating Spread 6,6 Brandy Butter
3 Fine precipitation to this extremity 9 Mistletoe
4 To clear the air, take one day at a time 6,8 Advent Calendar
5 Seasonal Crazy biscuits? 9,8 Christmas Crackers
6 Festive Thatcher 9,5 Christmas Carol
7 Then list gin 11 Silent Night
8 Campanologists might 6,5 Jingle Bells
9 Look! Bounty; Mayflower; Beagle. 1,3,5,5 I saw three ships
10 A chase of little importance 7,7 Trivial Pursuit
11 A big book of drawings 10 Pictionary
12 A single parrot 8 Monopoly
13 Babes in swaddling clothes 4,2,8 Pigs in blankets
14 American’s messy panic pee 5,3 Pecan Pie
15 A trimming – Just an average haircut 7 Parsnip
16 Bangles & beads not right without these 7 Baubles
17 Empty on Christmas Eve but don’t put foot in it 9,8 Christmas Stocking
18 Taken without permission 7 Stollen
19 Getting agitated just before the start of Advent 4,2,6 Stir Up Sunday
20 24.00 a considerable lump of matter 8,4 Midnight Mass
21 Three spirits for Christmas 4,7,6 Past Present Future
22 Could Drake possibly help with this? 8 Wrapping
23 Wham – a bit behind the times! 4,9 Last Christmas
24 Don’t move, that’s 20cwt 7 Stilton
25 Bumps and berries 5 Goose
26 Entrance, traditionally circular 4,6 Door Wreath
27 Outside In 9,4 Christmas Tree
28 Inside Out 9,6 Christmas Lights
29 Watchful Advent Sprite 3,2,3,5 Elf on the Shelf
30 The day after – Exam in Melbourne 6,3,4 Boxing Day Test
31 Making your mind up what to drink in morning 5,4 Bucks Fizz
32 Festive Bond Girl 2,9,5 Dr Christmas Jones
33 Merry Christmas from Raquel? 7,6 Nadolig Llawen
34 Martin gets pins & needles from candle 11 Christingle
35 I ended up with 40 of these by Jan 6th
. 4,5 Gold Rings
36 New this year. Old after lunch tradition 3,5,6 The Kings Speech
37 Christmas Tree attacked by a number of sheep? 7 Flocked
38 Lutheran fire hazard 7 Candles
39 Italian & French in colour scheme 9 Panettone
40 Mimes a Greek god in car crash 8 Charades
Answers below from the last quiz!
CLUES – A MIXTURE OF CRYPTIC AND FACTUAL. ALL ANSWERS RELATE TO NEWS/EVENTS/PEOPLE etc
OVER THE PAST 70 YEARS. QUESTIONS WITHIN DECADES NOT NECESSARILY IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
50’s 50’s
1 The first one only lasted 46 days! Sub Four Minute -----Mile Record
2 From High Society to Royalty ------------Grace Kelly
3 Check Mate for this young grandmaster ---------Bobby Fischer
4 Arointing Dens (Anag.) ----------Rationing Ends
60’s 60’s
5 Golden find for Pickles ----------Jules Rimet Trophy
6 Back in The USSR/Revolution +28 others -----------The White Album
7 R.I.P. - Derisive feathered creature -----------To Kill a Mockingbird
8 Oversized wet weather wear?----------------- Big Mac
70’s 70’s
9 African or Asian? Whichever, it’s fast!---------------- Jumbo Jet
10 Reverberating in Kinshasha ------------Rumble In The Jungle
11 Dehydrated MP?---------- Minister for Drought
12 Brummy pasta ----------------Spaghetti Junction
13 Was this Peer really Lucky?-------------- Lord Lucan
14 Harmony with a big proboscis -----Concorde
15 4.4 acres covered by shells Down Under -------Sydney Opera House
80’s 80’s
16 Divine intervention on the pitch --------------Hand of God
17 Spooky visitor at Her Majesty’s------- Phantom of the Opera
18 No more green promises to pay --------------Pound Note ceases to be legal tender
19 East meets West ----------The Berlin Wall falls
90’s 90’s
20 Woolly Clone--------------- Dolly the Sheep
21 First proposed 1802, now officially open ------------Channel Tunnel
22 Spicey lady - now united----------- Victoria Adams
23 Good Luck with No’s 1-49 -------------National Lottery
00’s 00’s
24 “Boom Boom” – that’s good news for us!-------------- Fox hunting outlawed
25 Demise of 80 years old twins ---------Wembley Twin Towers
26 It’s in the boat race fish hook ------------Facebook
27 Unknown GP returns ---------Dr Who
28 Death of this Q protagonist -------Spike Milligan
29 Head-on crash or elementary investigations---------- Large Hadron Collider
10’s 10’s
30 Seoul District goes viral------- Gangnam Style
31 Government charge on sleeping?--------- Bedroom Tax
32 Extend bog rite (Anag) -------------Get Brexit Done
33 Paid differently as alternative to tablet----- iPad
34 SW19 victor-------- Andy Murray
20’s 20’s
35 Blue jail pun time (Anag.) ---------Platinum Jubilee
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New Year’s Pantomime Quiz
A MIXTURE OF CRYPTIC AND FACTUAL Number
of letters
| ON THE STAGE | ||
| 1 | Could be Canadian Relative | 6,5 Mother Goose |
| 2 | ?Policeman Black? | 8,6 Sleeping Beauty |
| 3 | Cinderella’s favourite chocolate | 7 Buttons |
| 4 | This Monarch’s a scoundrel | 4,3 King Rat |
| 5 | Insolvent member of aristocracy | 5,6 Baron Hardup |
| 6 | Lovejoy’s alarm | 10 Tinkerbell |
| 7 | Halloween Leftovers | 8 Pumpkins |
| 8 | This famous rabbit doesn’t want to be there | 5,3 PeterPan |
| 9 | In command, but with a hang-up | 7,4 Captain Hook |
| 10 | in tin shoot (anag.) - I disagree | 2,2,2,4 Oh no it isn’t |
| 11 | One to reflect on Queenie. | 5,6 Magic Mirror |
| 12 | Not one for Ascot | 9,5 Pantomime Horse |
| 13 | Horologist Reptile | 7,9 Ticking Crocodile/Tic-Tock Crocodile |
| 14 | Character named after a particular beverage | 5,7 Widow Twankey |
| 15 | Predecessor of Vincent Keaveny | 4,11 Dick Whittington |
| 16 | A Ding-Dong for Lord Mayor Dick | 3,5 Bow Bells |
| STARS OF THE SHOWS & WHERE THEY’RE FROM | ||
| 17 | Heavyweight panto regular | 5,5 Frank Bruno |
| 18 | Regular large Dame | 7 Biggins |
| 19 | Bubbly singers from this source | 4,6 Soap Operas |
| 20 | Christmas beer brandy cocktail initially | 4 CBBC |
| IN THE AUDIENCE | ||
| 21 | Watching from here, but engine cuts out | 6 Stalls |
| 22 | A yellow line, especially for London audiences | 6 Circle |
| 23 | Tyson Fury’s preferred viewing areas | 5 Boxes |
| 24 | Appollo or Hermes – where are you? | 2,3,4 In the Gods |
| GENERAL PANTO KNOWLEDGE | ||
| 25 | Current season - 21.12.21. | 5,3 Panto Day |
| 26 | Origin of Amazon’s stretchy one | 4,3,3,9 Jack and the Beanstalk |
| 27 | Traditionally enters “stage left” | 3,7 The villain |
| 28 | The first panto – held in this Court? | 8,3 Lincoln’s Inn |
| 29 | Middle Eastern nocturnal origins for some | 3,7,6 The Arabian Nights |
| 30 | Bad luck – not to be used in rehearsals | 4,5 Last lines |