Results of Severn Hospice general knowledge quiz
The 2011/2012 quiz compiled by quizmaster, Dave Watkins of Market Drayton, has now ended and the completed quizzes have now been marked by Dave and the full answers are given below, together with a list of winners and those who scored over 170.
Dave says: I would like to thank everyone who purchased my quiz sheet and contributed to the final total of £813 which will be forwarded to the Severn Hospice funds, including those who kindly made donations to the cause. bringing the total amount raised since the start of the quizzes to over £3,600. A total of 67 quiz answer sheets were submitted for marking, and my congratulations go to the winners.
We would also like to thank Dave for his own hard work in compiling his third quiz for Severn Hospice and painstakingly checking each completed answer sheet. Thank you so much, Dave.
List of winners
1st with a score of 194 Paul Mannering of Telford £25
2nd with a score of 191 Mrs Dulcie Camp of Telford £15 on the tie-break (88)
3rd with a score of 191 Mrs Eileen McPeake, Totton, Hampshire £10 on the tie-break (117)
A big thank you to those prize winners who kindly donated their prizes to Severn Hospice
Other scores over 170
191 Enid Morgan, Newtown (125). Mr W J Allen, Welshpool (138).
190 Mrs Janice Menage, Oswestry. Ruth Herriman, Market Drayton.
189 Sandra Brown, Biddulph. Mrs Helena Evans, Oswestry.
188 Roger Freemantle, Crewe. Mrs Kath Lewis, Ellesmere.
187 Mrs Ruth Williams, Telford. Mary Wellings, Peplow.
186 Pam Shryane, Market Drayton. Mrs G Leddington, Bayston Hill. Deb Bentley, Shrewsbury. Alan Hart, Telford.
185 Mrs J Morgan-Page, Churchstoke. Anne Bloore, Market Drayton. Mrs B Davies, Craven Arms. Mr W Schofield, Telford.
184 Mrs B Jarrett, Ludlow. Mrs Sue Hoof, Hodnet. Mrs J Basley, Edgmond. Mark & Fran Drake, Market Drayton.
183 Peter Poole, Lilleshall. Mrs Jane Williams, Shrewsbury.
182 Mrs L B Wootton, Newport. Miss K A Jones, Montgomery.
181 David Vought, Doncaster. Ursula Flower, Hinstock.
180 Steve Howell-Jones, Marchamley. Mrs Di Lowe, Market Drayton.
179 Roger Earp, Rotherham. Mrs B Maiden, Telford. Sue Hand, Market Drayton.
178 Gillian Oakley, Sheffield. Mr & Mrs C A Bratton, Market Drayton. Margaret Griffiths, Burlton. Geoff Todd, Gnosall.
177 Mrs Jean Hall, Cheswardine. Mrs Margaret Walker, Wem. Miss R Ball, Muxton. Mrs Colleen Edwards, Baschurch.
175 Mrs A M Baggott, Cheswardine. Mrs Joanne Todd, Gnosall.
174 Mrs Doreen Doody, Churchstoke. Mrs Iris Cochrane, Newtown. Mark Pearce, Tibberton.
173 Mrs J Hendy, Telford.
172 Mrs Olwyn Jones, Guilsfield.
The Answers
1 Backgammon.
2 Disco Volante.
3 Cherry.
4 14 (Fourteen).
5 Hovis.
6 Smell.
7 The Brothers Karamazov.
8 Harpsichord.
9 Capybara.
10 Play Misty For Me
11 Polling Station.
12 Pontian in 235.
13 Soo.
14 Treaty of Utrecht.
15 Gordon Richards.
16 Peter Phillips.
17 County Armagh.
18 Japan.
19 Chateaubriand.
20 Operation Dynamo.
21 Spike Milligan.
22 Newton Abbot.
23 1030.
24 Dee & Don.
25 Frank Loesser.
26 Dill.
27 Portuguese.
28 Copper & Zinc.
29 Joel Monaghan.
30 Bathsheba.
31 Eyjafjallajökull.
32 Resonance.
33 Hereford Endeavour.
34 Goldeneye.
35 Flodden Field.
36 Princess Anne.
37 Barbados.
38 Apatosaurus / Brontosaurus.
39 Tubular Bells.
40 Miguel de Cervantes.
41 19 (Nineteen).
42 Humpty Dumpty.
43 Socrates.
44 Australia.
45 Desert Orchid.
46 Belgium.
47 The Navy Lark.
48 Brazil.
49 Kookaburra.
50 Faith, Hope & Charity.
51 Norris’s News.
52. George II.
53 Florencio Avalos.
54 Luis Urzua.
55 Vauxhall & SAAB.
56 Innsbruck & Bolzano.
57 Richard Lovelace.
58 Thomas Levet.
59 St. Vitus Dance.
60 Amman, Jordan.
61 Ireland.
62 The Pope.
63 Hacks.
64 Nunc Dimittis.
65 Buck.
66 Robert Louis Stevenson.
67 Dai Station.
68 Daigon Alley.
69 The Singing Nun.
70 Constantinople / Istanbul.
71 Perihelion.
72 Marc Chagall.
73 Leatherslade Farm.
74 Yorkie.
75 Medusa.
76 All Diabetics.
77 G K Chesterton.
78 Gnipper.
79 Ivor Dean.
80 Lemon / Lime.
81 Hercule Poirot.
82 Mickey Mouse.
83 Brian Trubshaw.
84. Smoked Haddock.
85. Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
86 Tom Jones.
87 Heinz-Harald Frentzen.
88 Ounce.
89 Cannelloni.
90 Die Another Day.
91 Absinthe.
92 Benjamin Franklin.
93 Joanna Lumley.
94 The Moon.
95 The Bellamy Family.
96 Suzanne Shaw.
97 Eugene Cernan 1972.
98 Kenya.
99 Leo III.
100 Brown Willy.
101 Saul.
102 Bill Tarmey.
103 Fungai / Mushroom.
104 Seaweed / Algae.
105 Asphodel / Narcissus.
106 Vinson Massif.
107 Kruggerand.
108 Selhurst Park (Crystal Palace).
109 Peter Lee.
110 Eucalyptus.
111 Dar-es-Salaam.
112 Pink Floyd.
113 Wine.
114 Bass Strait.
115 Judogi.
116 Horse.
117 Tenace.
118 Sunderland FC.
119 Technetium.
120 George & Mildred Roper.
121 Agora.
122 Carnation (Dianthus).
123 Lima & Quebec.
124 Harold Macmillan.
125 The Bluebell Line.
126 A Tail.
127 Bluebottle.
128 Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones.
129 Siobhan Finneran.
130 20 (Twenty).
131 Osiris.
132 Montreal.
133 Dame Hilda Bracket.
134 Alexander McCall Smith.
135 The Queen.
136 Biffo the Bear.
137 Bathurst.
138 Andre Rieu.
139 Mrs Malaprop.
140 Question is Void.
141 Professor Pat Pending.
142 Park (Willie & Willie Jnr).
143 Tuesday 6th June 1944.
144 James Bond.
145 Isaac Newton.
146 Joan Crawford.
147 Howard Wilkinson.
148 Johnson Beharry.
149 1940.
150 Doha.
151 Samuel.
152 Mike Tyson.
153 Bath.
154 Kew Bridge.
155 J L Manning.
156 Sarah Woodruff.
157 Mrs Beryl Yeatman.
158 493.
159 Weatherfield General.
160 Lincoln City.
161 Woody.
162 Black.
163 Jaundice.
164 Neroli Fairhall.
165 Norman Hartnell.
166 Pistachios.
167 Paula Wilcox.
168 Horlicks.
169 Wolfsburg.
170 Henry Seagrave.
171 Donald Shepherd.
172 Elliðaey.
173 Offa.
174 John Donne.
175 Mace.
176 Clouds.
177 Francis Flute.
178 Louie & Lola.
179 Turandot.
180 Uranus.
181 Cana.
182 James B Connolly.
183 Ring of Fire.
184 Harry Hill.
185 Banksman.
186 Tom Hanks.
187 Skiing.
188 Elizabeth I.
189 John Keats.
190 Adeodatis 1.
191 Figs or Raisins.
192 Damon Hill.
193 Chess.
194 Castaway Cay.
195 Pennyweight (dwt).
196 Auntie Mabel.
197 Drew Barrymore.
198 Iced Tea.
199 Sir Anthony Eden.
200 Willow.
The Answer to the tie break Question is 98
