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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 
Could be Canadian Relative 6,5 Mother Goose
?Policeman Black? 8,6 Sleeping Beauty
Cinderella’s favourite chocolate 7 Buttons
This Monarch’s a scoundrel 4,3 King Rat 
Insolvent member of aristocracy 5,6 Baron Hardup
Lovejoy’s alarm 10 Tinkerbell
Halloween Leftovers 8 Pumpkins
This famous rabbit doesn’t want to be there 5,3 PeterPan
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