This year we received 27 completed quiz sheets to mark. All of the questions had been correctly answered by at least two people. The winner with a score of 59 out of 60 was Peter Beamish. Six of the sheets scored 58 so a random draw was made to allocate second prize to Mrs SJ Welford and third prize to Tracey Pinchin. Congratulations to the winners who will receive cheques in the post and commiserations (but well done) to Andrew North, Caroline Mitchell, Chris Chantler and Helen Manktelow who also got 58 marks.
The answers are as follows
Round 1 – Homophones
1 Vane/vain
2 Reign/rein
3 Bear/bare
4 Reed/read
5 Ewe/you
6 Piece/peace
7 Aye/eye
8 Bier/beer
9 Sole/soul
10 Wright/rite
Round 2 – Famous politicians
1 Theresa May
2 Aneurin Bevan
3 Michael Foot
4 David Owen
5 Paddy Ashdown
6 William Hague
7 Roy Jenkins
8 Diane Abbott
9 Jeremy Hunt
10 Harriet Harman
Round 3 – British Festivals and Events
1 Glastonbury
2 Coopers Hill Cheese rolling
3 Up Helly aa
4 Olney Pancake Race
5 National Eisteddfod of Wales
6 Ascot
7 Great North Run
8 Wimbledon
9 Lewes Bonfire Night
10 Isle of Wight Garlic Festival
Round 4 – Centenary Round
1 Ethiopia
2 Charles Bannerman in 1877
3 12
4 Kent
5 Suduko
6 Shylock
7 Tigger
8 Nicholas Parsons
9 Eight or sixteen
10 Chiltern Hundreds
Round 5 – Geography
1 Ulverston
2 Silloth
3 Cockermouth
4 Lazonby
5 Egremont
6 Boot
7 Alston
8 Kendal
9 Dent
10 Greystoke
Round 6 – British Dishes
1 Yorkshire Pudding
2 Bedfordshire Clanger
3 Eccles cake
4 Dundee cake
5 Bakewell pudding
6 Sussex pond pudding
7 Lancashire hotpot
8 Durham Fluffin
9 Kendal mint cake
10 Staffordshire oatcakes
Look out for the 2024 quiz which will be available in September
Cathy and Simon Dixon
