31st Annual Christmas Charity Quiz

 

Thank you for supporting our Charity Quiz. We hope you enjoyed the mental stimulation over the festive season.

Firstly, congratulations on all your hard mental work finding the answers to so many of the cryptic clues. The standard of entries sent in was very high this year with nearly all the entries scored over 90% correct, if you were not one of the winning entries I think you can claim a moral victory for getting so many correct. I was especially sorry for those who only had spelling mistakes!

I hope you enjoyed the challenge. This year has been a good year bearing in mind the difficult economic climate and we are very grateful for your support. However, you may be pleased to hear we hope to raise over £5,000 for charity this year through the Quiz. Thank you also for all the kind comments I received about the Quiz.

Remember if you nominated on your entry form one of the named charities we are supporting this year, ie ‘St Johns Hospice, Moggerhanger’, ‘MacMillan Cancer Support’ or Other Charities supported by Rotary, they will receive all of your £2 donation.

The link below is for the answers. The number in the final column is the percentage of entries who gave an incorrect or misspelt answer to that clue.

All this year entries have now been marked. As there were more than ten totally correct entries, ten were drawn by lot from these to win a share of the prize.

The winners’ names will be published on our website.

Thank you again for helping us raise money for charity and hope you will look out for the next quiz which will be our 32nd. Barring major problems, it should be available in November! The venues where it will be available will be published on our website www.sandyrotary.org.uk later in the year.

Best wishes for a Happy New Year

Thank you again for your support

Yours sincerely

D. A. Heslop

(Quiz Organiser) On behalf of the Rotary Club of Sandy

 

Answers

 

1

Father of the man who didn't really have a choice

3

HOB

7%

2

Strike with a light but audible blow

3

TAP

0%

3

Aquae Sulis

4

BATH

0%

4

Area under the (no 47)

4

LOFT

4%

5

Bung; promote or advertise (a product)

4

PLUG

0%

6

Go down under water

4

SINK

2%

7

Half a Tun; Hookah

4

PIPE

16%

8

Middle half of where Ljubljana is capital

4

OVEN

1%

9

Othello of Venice; upland heath reversed,

4

ROOM

1%

10

Pandemic which killed more people than the First World War?

4

FLUE

2%

11

Place for the musical Fiddler

4

ROOF

0%

12

Royal Albert or Carnegie?

4

HALL

0%

13

Screen separating the chancel from the nave in reverse

4

DOOR

1%

14

The way you walk?

4

GATE

18%

15

A region drained by a river and its tributaries

5

BASIN

3%

16

BBC afternoon place to find the cash

5

ATTIC

0%

17

Dissolute night would be on these

5

TILES

3%

18

Formerly made at Stewartby; Fired clay block

5

BRICK

0%

19

Learn about or educate yourself

5

STUDY

1%

20

Motivation; straight cricket stroke

5

DRIVE

0%

21

Not heavy

5

LIGHT

0%

22

Roman 500 before watery precipitation

5

DRAIN

1%

23

Shortest ever PM

5

TRUSS

0%

24

Subject to severe and persistent cross-examination

5

GRILL

2%

25

Type of gymnastics routines with no equipment

5

FLOOR

1%

26

12th letter before maker of Core™ Processors

6

LINTEL

1%

27

Anglicised form of extended Chaise

6

LOUNGE

20%

28

Diminutive of 'Trouble's' pairing?

6

TOILET

15%

29

In spoken Cockney it might sound like home planet?

6

HEARTH

0%

30

Inverted rag with years of existence

6

GARAGE

1%

31

La voce

6

ALCOVE

0%

32

Oddie, Brooke-Taylor & …… in the Goodies

6

GARDEN

0%

33

Re______rator

6

FRIDGE

0%

34

Singular Microsoft operating system

6

WINDOW

0%

35

Someone who removes all the intestines

6

GUTTER

1%

36

Tall woody plant where sauce and sauté varieties grow?

6

PANTRY

13%

37

Tame animal for your personal vehicle

6

CARPET

1%

38

Temple

6

PELMET

2%

39

To bestow liberally or lavishly

6

SHOWER

1%

40

What a buyer needs

6

CELLAR

3%

41

What Cornwall does to Gloucester in King Lear

6

BLINDS

2%

42

Closing or shutting?; type of wax?

7

CEILING

3%

43

Ffiosst

7

SOFFITS

2%

44

Garment for the upper body when labouring

7

WORKTOP

14%

45

Late queen's cypher after (no 22)

7

DRAINER

0%

46

Opposite of take off

7

LANDING

0%

47

Packed to the …... (extremely full)

7

RAFTERS

1%

48

Quiet!  Before Thranduil and Elrond?

7

SHELVES

2%

49

Swept by Victorian little boys

7

CHIMNEY

0%

50

Takes thing below 32 degrees

7

FREEZER

0%

51

Underwear for the lower body; Crayon users

7

DRAWERS

4%

52

aaabgllmrrru

7.5

BURGLAR ALARM

2%

53

Arid rota

8

RADIATOR

0%

54

Block or put an end to male chicken

8

STOPCOCK

2%

55

Drink container with group of directors

8

CUPBOARD

0%

56

First sub 4-minute mile runner?

8

BANISTER

11%

57

Oval tray

8

LAVATORY

0%

58

Where you find (No 3)

8

BATHROOM

0%

59

Between radio and infrared

9

MICROWAVE

1%

60

Pasted to internal verticle surfaces

9

WALLPAPER

0%

61

Several poorly (no 34)

10

WINDOWSILL

7%

62

Wind Weapon

10

WINDOWPANE

2%

63

Bring Up the Bodies or Wolf Hall for example?

11

MANTELPIECE

12%

64

School (of music or dance)

12

CONSERVATORY

0%

65

Icteric telemetry

11,5

ELECTRICITY METER

1%

66

i.e. tunes

2,5

EN SUITE

1%

67

What city towers scrape with what ran away with the spoon

3,4

SKY DISH

0%

68

Where to bury 007?

3,4

SPY HOLE

6%

69

Worthy credential

3,5,8

HOT WATER CYLINDER

4%

70

Leaf of Laurus nobilis for (no 34)

3,6

BAY WINDOW

0%

71

Tito's annul foil

4,10

LOFT INSULATION

2%

72

Container for famous retired Yorkshire umpire

4,3

BIRD BOX

1%

73

Fox be us

4,3

FUSE BOX

0%

74

Person who is the habitual object of abuse; where letters land

4,3

DOOR MAT

1%

75

Mortice, cylinder or pad for (No 13)

4,4

DOOR LOCK

3%

76

Torpedo's

4,4

DOOR STEP

3%

77

A long band or scarf worn over one shoulder type of (no 34)

4,6

SASH WINDOW

1%

78

Water music composer for (No 13)?

4,6

DOOR HANDLE

2%

79

Lilo water

5,4

TOWEL RAIL

1%

80

100cm of H2O

5,5

WATER METER

1%

81

Aid or stoop

5,5

PATIO DOORS

2%

82

Flat module of photovoltaic cells

5,5

SOLAR PANEL

0%

83

Three leafed flower with Roman 50 removed for (No 22)

5,5

DRAIN COVER

1%

84

Humerus bone

5,6

HOUSE NUMBER

4%

85

Swap or replace (no 21)

5,6

LIGHT SWITCH

2%

86

(No 55) for witches flying implement

5,8

BROOM CUPBOARD

0%

87

Container for Q or F or H or ….

6,3

LETTER BOX

1%

88

Dehydrater for (Justin) Fletcher's alter ego

6,5

TUMBLE DRYER

9%

89

Indivitual game of snooker for (no 34)

6,5

WINDOW FRAME

0%

90

Translate Portes

6,5

FRENCH DOORS

4%

91

Dew minor word

6,6

DORMER WINDOW

0%

92

When you have 2 panes; globalized gun

6,7

DOUBLE GLAZING

0%

93

Broadcasting or ventilating (no 55)

6,8

AIRING CUPBOARD

0%

94

Micro locket

7,4

MORTICE LOCK

2%

95

To your limit

7,4

UTILITY ROOM

0%

96

Lives longer with Calgon

7,7

WASHING MACHINE

1%

97

Electronic one in radio replaced by transistor, with (no 53)

8,5

RADIATOR VALVE

2%

98

Raunchy cities

8,5

SECURITY CHAIN

1%

99

Songbird krait

8,5

SKIRTING BOARD

0%

100

Eclectic stroke

8,6

ELECTRIC SOCKET

2%

© D A Heslop 20/8/2025 all rights reserved

 

Winners drawn by lot from the totally correct entries. (congratulations to them and commiserations to all the unlucky entrants)

              

Mr C Underwood                        Sandy

Mr B Vardy                                     Milton Keynes

Mrs A Blacow                               St Neots

Peers & Musgrave                      Potton

Mrs M Hall                                     Ashbourne

Mr D Rowntree                             Sandy

Miss A Henman                          Biggleswade

Mrs A Brown                                  Bedford

Mr J Bowes                                     Wixams

Mrs J Harley                                  Grt Barford