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