Advent Quiz 2007 – The Answers

 

Congratulations to all the entrants who gained full marks:  in no particular order – Babs, Heliophile, Midge and Our Creature, BrownFurby, Eccles, Uncle Mick and Helen.  Special mention also for Chrissie, whose email went astray, but we believe was actually the first to return the answer.

 

As you all saw, the quotation was THE PLAYING OF THE MERRY ORGAN.

 

I used Google to derive many of the questions, but I’m sure most of you quickly spotted the quotation and were able to deduce the answers to the harder questions.  Well done all.  Certificates have been sent to the joint winners.

 

 

And for the record the answers were

 

  1. 1 hump
  2. Psalm 23        
  3. 7 years of plenty &c
  4. 13 stripes
  5. Aged 22
  6. 6 points
  7. Age 18 and over        
  8. 4 presidents
  9. Age 21 and over        
  10. 11
  11. 2 little boys 
  12. 24 hours from Tulsa  
  13. 9 gallons        
  14. Age 16           
  15. 15:  atomic weight of Europium minus atomic weight of Cadmium:  63 – 48
  16. 19th dynasty
  17. 14 lines
  18. 5 if Aries is 1
  19. 17 births
  20. 3 goals           
  21. 8 standard bottles
  22. 20 years
  23. Aged 10
  24. Force 12
  25. 25 cents

 

 

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