Thank you to everyone who purchased a Guild Quiz sheet this time. 20 completed sheets were returned to us for marking, all of a very high standard with 7 of them scoring a maximum of 60 marks. The winners drawn at random by an independent non-ringer are Jenny Ball, Jim & Gwynneth White and Pam Bailey. Well done, the cheques will be in the post shortly.
Simon and Cathy Dixon
2021 Guild Quiz ANSWERS
- 5 Disciplines in the Modern Pentathlon
- 1645 Battle of Naseby
- 1580 Golden Hind arrives at Plymouth
- 15 Men on the Dead Man’s chest
- 2 Equal angles in an isosceles triangle
- 901 Length of one lap at Silverstone (in km)
- 1746 Battle of Culloden
- 7 Candles on a Menorah
- 1992 Barcelona hosts the Olympic Games
- 4 strings on a ukulele
2.1 Rockingham/Boddington
2.2 Kettering
2.3 Brooke/Gayton/Denton/Paston
2.4 Rushden/Newnham/Watford/Ashwell/Preston
2.5 Northampton
2.6 Weston/Norton
2.7 Rothwell
2.8 Ringstead/Gunthorpe/Middleton
2.9 Barby
2.10 Newnham/Wootton/Preston
3.1 Whitby
3.2 Hawes
3.3 Reeth
3.4 Halifax
3.5 Richmond
3.6 Filey
3.7 Bolton Abbey
3.8 Huddersfield
3.9 Saltaire
3.10 Settle
4.1 Railway Series or Thomas the Tank Engine by Awdry
4.2 No. or Number 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Smith
4.3 The Chronicles of Narnia by Lewis
4.4 His Dark Materials by Pullman
4.5 The Railway Detective by Marston
4.6 A Dance to the music of time by Powell
4.7 Harry Potter by Rowling
4.8 The Twilight Saga by Meyer
4.9 The Secret Seven by Blyton
4.10 The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Adams
5.1 Orkney vole
5.2 Irish hare
5.3 Scottish wildcat
5.4 Red grouse
5.5 Pied Wagtail
5.6 St Kilda wren
5.7 Gwyniad
5.8 Lindisfarne Helleborine
5.9 Scilly bee
5.10 Dixon’s thread moss
6.1 Peaches & Cream
6.2 Mills & Boon
6.3 Holland & Barrett (Barratt)
6.4 Marks & Spencer
6.5 Morecambe & Wise
6.6 Ben & Jerry
6.7 Tate & Lyle
6.8 Salt & Pepper
6.9 Victoria & Albert
6.10 Spit and Polish
