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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?

Here are the questions for Roger’s Quiz this week – answers to Roger by Thursday!

1. Think about that book in the Bible with 150 entries. To how to these does ‘Pointing’ apply?
2. Who in around 634 landed at Lindisfarne Island and was one of those who bought Christianity to our land?
3. On which Holiday Island would you be if you had landed at MAHON?
4. What is the National Sport of Canada? It is not hockey.
5. What is Jambalaya?
6. What in MPS is the speed of light?
7. Which species of Penguin is found near to the North Pole?
8. Which Yuletide Village is found in Surrey?
9. Which ‘Dames’ were found in Lavender?
10. Which Aeronautical Co. Built the ‘Javelins’?
11. To where did some of us in times past go on Easter day to worship as the sun came up? It is not Newark Priory.
12. Who is this— xxx the Terrible ? Gain extra points for dates!
13. Where in New Haw could you see a Row of Poplars?
14. Who’s maiden name was Yvonne Golagong?
15. From which beast would we obtain ‘Pressed Tongue’?
16. Multiply the no. of Rolls in a Bakers Dozen by the length of a Cricket Pitch. Add to this the no. of Books in the Bible. Subtract the no. of pence in an Old Pound. Multiply by the number of wheels on ‘Del Boys’ Company Transport. Square it. And finally add the age of the man who says we should all take our daily exercise. What’s the answer?
17. Which is the Cat that can out run all others?
18. Name the Hospital that was sited in Pyrford and that specialized in ORTHOPAEDICS?
19. Find the name of this piece of Piano Music– BESTLIEMUAR?
20. Where locally might you see a ROUTEMASTER and what is it?