The Lincoln Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers The Bell Repair Fund Answer sheet

LINCOLNSHIRE - towns and villages (eg: bovine portion = Cowbit)

1. Soapy Stream … Sudbrook ………….. 2. Accidentally colour the land …Stainfield ……………. 3. Rage on the Rise. Hough on the Hill ... 4. Ancient vegetable……Old Leake ……………………... 5. Rock the pasture…Swayfield …………… 6. Pickle! ……Branston ……………….…………………. 7. Don a girdle …Belton .…………… … 8. Pitcher insect……Ewerby ……………………………... 9. Disagree? …Wrangle ……………... 10. Argue? ……Bicker ..……….…………………………. 11. S. A. Currency? …Rand ……………… 12. Adam’s home to the amateur…Edenham …………… 13. Answers a buzzer …Keisby …….... 14. Extra weight………Morton .……………………… 15. Celtic poet with patella …Bardney … 16. Peal after one of four……Quadring .………………… 17. Ruined country seat . Tattershall ……… 18. Two masted sailing ship … …………………… 19. Humming sewing aid…Thimbleby ….… 20. Brownish/grey house.…Dunholme .………………... 21. Two Under……Eagle ....………... 22. Corvine country … …….………………… 23. Season the navy…Saltfleet ….……… 24. Could be a duck? …Scotter ..……………………….. 25. Score……Twenty…………………. 26. A tearing wind…Rippingale ………………………… 27. Spirit on the dock …Brandy Wharf …… 28. I can’t believe it’s not-part of a candle.…Butterwick .. 29. William’s old English hamlet…Wilsthorpe 30. No statue of liberty here! …New York ...……………. 31. Carried-on the A15…Bourne ………… 32. Healthy birth …Welbourn …...……………………… 33. Vast river crossing …Greatford …….. 34. Arab’s chief……Saracen’s Head ...…………………… 35. Earthy stake …Claypole ……….…… 36. Choose a value……Pickworth .………………………... 37. Invoicing for fodder …Billinghay .….. 38. Mr.Rodgers(TV)Has painful toe…Anton Gowt ……... 39. Methodist Mound …Chapel Hill ….… 40. Eminent and in the pink……Great Hale ……………... 41. Artist? …Gainsborough ….………… 42. Possibly in the Dakotas! …Weston Hills …..………… 43. Tiny Capital …Little ….………. 44. Romany Spanned the divide …Gipsy Bridge ………… 45. Storyteller’s village? …Blyton ………… 46. Safelord (anag.) … .………………………... 47. Curative…Healing ………………….. 48. Health club-l-cause the bell to ring …Spalding ….. 49. Making money? …Minting ….. …. 50. Making a hash of salt pork …Messingham ………….

WHICH YEAR did the following take place?

51. The Gunpowder Plot …1605 .……. 52. The Beatles Group Disband ……1970 ………… 53. Mutiny on the Bounty …1789 ……. 54. Planes destroy NY’s Twin-towers …2001 …… 55. Lord Lucan Disappeared …1974 ……. 56. 1 st National Lottery Draw in …1994 .……... 57. 1 st Mickey Mouse Cartoon Shown…1928 .. 58. The Sun Picture it’s 1 st Page 3 Girl…1969 .(17 th Nov) 59. The Falklands Conflict …1982 ………… 60. BBC Begin Daily Transmissions …1922 …(radio).…

COMMON ABBREVIATIONS what do they stand for?

R A M …Random Access Memory ……………………………………………………… C A B ……Citizens Advice Bureau …………………………………………………….. B A C S …Bankers Automated Clearing Service …………………………………….… C A M R A …CAMpaign for Real Ale ……..…………………………………………….. D I N K Y …Double Income, No Kids Yet …..…………………………………………… F Y I ……For Your Information ………………………………………………………… B M X …Bicycle Motocross ……….……………………………………………………… O F S T E D …Office For STandards in EDucation …. …………………………………. B U P A ……British United Provident Association ……………………………………... O X F A M …Oxford committee for FAMine relief …..…………………………………

POT LUCK general knowledge

Name of the only painting Van Gogh sold in his lifetime …Red Vineyard ………………… What is a freestanding bell-tower called? ……Campanile ….…………………………………… Which artist and filmmaker was famous for the Campbell soup-can labels? …Andy Warhol …... Which is the largest planet in the solar system? …Jupiter .…………………………………… Which Surrey town has a Shopping centre called The Belfrey? …Redhill …………………….….. Where are the Worlds Marbles Championships held each Easter? The Greyhound, Tinsley Green, Crawley Name the Highest Pub in Britain …Tan Hill Inn ….……………………………………………….. How Many ‘Road’ films were there?(starring Bob Hope/Bing Crosby) …Seven (7) ………….….. In which film did James Bond drive a Sunbeam Alpine? ……Dr. No …………………….…….. Which Bishop won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984? …Desmond Tutu .………………………… What kind of animal is a ‘moke’? ……Donkey .…………………………….……………….…… How long (in miles) is the Panama Canal? ………50 ½ miles .………………………………… When is the next Chinese year of the Tiger? ………2010 ……………………..…………………. What is the stage name of Marvin Lee Aday? …Meat Loaf …..…………………………………… The word ‘Bungalow’ comes from which language? ……Hindi ...………………………………….. What metal is obtained from bauxite? ……Aluminium ……………………………………….….. Which Shakespeare play is set in the forest of Arden? …As You Like It ….……………………… How many years was there a wall between East and West Germany? ……28 years ………………. Who presides over the House of Lords? …Lord Chancellor …………………….……………….…. Which Organisation has a symbol of a globe flanked by two olive branches? …United Nations ….. What is the common name for the chemical ‘potassium nitrate’? ……Salt Petre …………………... What colour is the mineral ‘Malachite’? …………Green ……………….……………….………... What is the state line between Pennsylvania & Maryland called? …Mason-Dixon Line …….…. Who were Dicky Mint and Mick the Marmaliser? ……Diddymen ……(Ken Dodd).………….…. Which Prime Minister became The Earl of Stockton? …Harold MacMillan ……………………. In which British city is St. Mungo’s Cathedral? ………Glasgow ………………………….……... The word ‘hepatic’ refers to which organ of the body? ……Liver ……………………………… What is the Japanese ‘Shinkansen’? …High Speed Train ..………(accept Bullet train)…………… The Farne Islands are in which sea? ……North Sea ……………..………………………….….. … How many years did Nelson Mandela spend in prison? …27 years ..………….……………………

The closing date for this quiz was 15 th June 2009. The winning prize is £25.

The winner was Colin Watson of Metheringham with a score of 95 points out of 100.

Thank you for supporting our quiz and I hope you enjoyed doing it. With a distribution of over 600 copies I received 44 sheets back. Sorry for the error on Question 80 which should have read 1984 but I was pleased that all but one received back had corrected me. On question 82 – I accepted answers of 50 and 51 miles as correct.