Author: Ineke

Answers to Roger by Wednesday please!

1. Where am I? This place is a bit inhospitable I am glad I brought some Oxygen with me. They recon it is number four, F the S. I don’t think I will stay here as there is nothing to drink !
2. Which member of the Leadership at HV once said to me “If you cannot remember my name then just think of Walkers Crisps”?
3. Decipher the name of this country. BZNUKSIANE?
4. Which famous film has the closing classic lines of ‘Frankly my dear I don’t give a dam’?
5. In times past. Chemist Shops/ Pharmacy’s had two large bottles in the window. What colours were they and what did they contain?
6. What was the name of Sir Francis Drakes Ship?
7. How long do you think it takes to boil an Ostrich Egg? I will allow 5mins. Each way. I don’t think they sell them down at the Co op.
8. Where not too far from Stonehenge is another Neolithic Circle of stones?
9. What is the cube root of 512?
10. Who is this group of entertainers. A description of a person who states just what they think. — A low point— A year with Vivaldi?
11. Who never needed to visit the BC ASDA for Flour & Oil again after being obedient and giving sustenance to a Man of God?
12. Who in 1969 won the Golf Open Championship?
13. Which very tasty Sea Fish caught mostly in the SW Approaches is this. It is a two- word answer. First word. The name of the writer of the Non-Synoptic Gospel. Second. A mis-spelt fable?
14. Give the name of the four Race Courses in Surrey. And for an extra point name a fifth which closed in the 60s and is now a housing estate? It was within 12ml. of New Haw.
15. What is Stinking Bishop?
16. What is the connection between the Church of ‘All Saints Wittenburg’ and Martin Luther in the 16ct?
17. What was ‘Operation Black Buck’ that took place 28 yrs. ago in April.
18. What Sea Side Resort is this. It has an Airport and maybe a Pearly King & Queen might take a holiday there?
19. What is different about the Buses that run all week through New Haw between Woking and Staines and when they run on a Sunday?Two part answer.
20. Which Cathedral did Sir Basil Spence build after WW2 having presented the winning design?

Answers to Roger by Wednesday please!

1. Who am I? I was on the night shift. It was a bit chilly. Tightening my cloak I settled down on a pile of straw. Someone was singing, “why don’t they shut up”, I thought. Just then the whole place started shaking like mad. There was commotion. I looked down the corridor to see all the doors swinging open. There all going to escape I’m done for. My sword where is it? I must fall on it. Then a voice shouted out “Stop, don’t do it. We are all here”. What happened next was nothing but amazing.
2. Where in 1666 did someone overcook their supper?
3. Which of the ‘Great Lakes’ is the largest?
4. Which famous Cricketer was known as the Doctor?
5. At Yuletide we have Christmas Cake. What for many is the Cake for Easter?
6. If you add the distance to the Moon to the distance we are from the Sun. Then times it by the circumference of Earth. What number do you end up with? Please note all numbers to be rounded up or down to the nearest Million or Thousand Miles therefore giving you ‘Lots of Zeros’. You can use a calculator if it has a big enough screen!
7. Where is ‘Easter Island’?
8. Which English Sea Side resort is this? On a clear day if you stand on a high point you might see where the ‘Men of Harlech’ come from. O look out! Here comes one of those magnificent Equines. She is heading East, that wrong?
9. In which sport did Tony Brooks take part?
10. Which unit of Imperial weight is also the name of an endangered creature?
11. Where not too far away! Were the world famous ‘Treacle Mines’ situated?
12. Which song by ‘Abba’ is number one in the Top Ten of their songs?
13. Name the Lock where the River Wey and the Navigation Canal separate?
14. Who went ‘Cleaning Windows’ with his little Ukulele nearby?
15. What is Addressed during a Caledonia celebration in January?
16. What is the date on the ‘Grange Parade’ Stone Plaque over a local shop that was once our PO? This may be difficult with the ‘Stay in advice’ so here it is in Roman Numerals vis: MCMXXXIV.
17. Who composed a Piano Concerto called the ‘Emperor’?
18. What is the largest of the ‘Tigers’ in the world?
19. Why is there a slight difference in the sound timing if you are listening on FM and the person in the room next door is following the same programme on a Sky Channel?
20. Now if your car is less than 16yrs old and is not a Diesel then it will have one of these in it—– TAALCITYC NORVREETC – Decipher?