Welcome to Greyhoundderby’s Quiz 9 This Quiz is particularly suitable at Christmas

Target In the first round you have to open each of the 25 Advent Calendar envelopes to reveal an item from games often played at Christmas. You will get 50 points for each you correctly identify. The target is to identify at least 20, giving you a total of 1000 points. Your overall target for the whole Quiz is a massive 40,000 points.

ADVENT CALENDAR Christmas Games: Identify items from games often played at Christmas. 50 points for each correct answer 1250 for ALL CORRECT

1 Cluedo, who is it?

2 Scrabble, how many points?

3 Chess, which piece?

4 Monopoly, which place? Trafalgar Square Strand

5 Cluedo

6 Scrabble

7 Chess

8 Monopoly Marlborough Street Bow Street

9 Cluedo

10 Scrabble

11 Chess

12 Monopoly Mayfair

13 Cluedo

14 Scrabble

15 Chess

16 Monopoly Old Kent Road

17 Cluedo

18 Scrabble

19 Chess

20 Monopoly Regent Street Bond Street

21 Cluedo

22 Scrabble

23 Chess

24 Monopoly Northumberland Avenue Pall Mall

25 Scrabble

Advent Answers 50 pts for each correct answer 1250 for all correct 1. Miss Scarlet 2. F worth 4 3. Castle or Rook 4. Fleet Street 5. Professor Plum 6. D is worth 2 7. Pawn 8. Vine Street 9. Miss White 10. X is worth 8 11. King 12. Park Lane 13. Colonel Mustard 14. B is worth 3 15. Bishop 16. Whitechapel Road 17. Rev Green 18. L is worth 1 19. Queen 20. Oxford Street 21. Mrs Peacock 22. Q is worth 10 23. Knight 24. Whitehall 25. K

Did you manage to meet, or even surpass, the target of 1000 points? In the next round there are 5 ‘Winner Takes All’ questions where you will be given 5 possible answers. You can bet up to half the points you own on each question, and if you are correct you win that number of points. However, choose an incorrect answer and you lose that number of points. Your target by the end of the 5 questions is to have at least 4000 points.

How many 3d in £1? A 20 B 40 C 60 D 80 E None of these answers

How many 3d in £1? A 20 B 40 C 60 D 80 E None of these answers

Who was the first lady to win the Sports Personality of the Year? Anita Lonsbrough B Mary Rand C Dorothy Hyman D Princess Anne E Ann Jones

Who was the first lady to win the Sports Personality of the Year? Anita Lonsbrough 1962 B Mary Rand 1964 C Dorothy Hyman 1963 D Princess Anne 1971 E Ann Jones 1969

How many flags are correct? GERMANY BELGIUM ITALY HUNGARY A 4 B 3 C 2 D 1 E

How many flags are correct? BELGIUM GERMANY HUNGARY ITALY A 4 B 3 C 2 D 1 E

Songs of Praise Top 5 hymns;-which one was not in the list? Dear Lord and Father of mankind B Guide me, oh thou great Redeemer C Love Divine all Loves excelling D The Day thou gavest Lord has ended E How Great Thou Art

Songs of Praise Top 5 hymns;-which one was not in the list? Dear Lord and Father of mankind B Guide me, oh thou great Redeemer Be Thou my Vision C Love Divine all Loves excelling D The Day thou gavest Lord has ended E How Great Thou Art

Gold is 50, Silver 25, but when is a Bronze wedding anniversary? 15 years B 12 years C 10 years D 8 years E 5 years

Gold is 50, Silver 25, but when is a Bronze wedding anniversary? 15 years B 12 years C 10 years D 8 years E 5 years

Target Did you manage to meet, or even surpass, the target of 4000 points? It was a challenging target! At Christmas the whole family are either Quality Street or Roses Chocolate fans. Can you identify every chocolate in the tin, stating also whether they are Quality Street or Roses? In this round you will be awarded 200 points for each chocolate you correctly identify. Your target is 3000 points, giving you an overall target of 7000 points by the end of this picture round.

Quality Street or Roses ? (200 each or 3600 for them all) 1 2 3 4 5 6

Quality Street or Roses ? (200 each or 3600 for them all) 7 8 9 10 11 12

Quality Street or Roses ? (200 each or 3600 for them all) 13 14 15 16 17 18

Chocolate No. 1 Coconut Eclair

Chocolate No. 2 Dairy Milk bar

Chocolate No. 3 Noisette Pate

Chocolate No. 4 Golden barrel

Chocolate No. 5 Orange Crunch

Chocolate No. 6 Hazel Whirl

Chocolate No. 7 Chocolate toffee finger

Chocolate No. 8 Strawberry Dream

Chocolate No. 9 Toffee Penny

Chocolate No. 10 Brazilian Darkness

Chocolate No. 11 Hazelnut with caramel

Chocolate No. 12 Country Fudge

Chocolate No. 13 Strawberry Delight

Chocolate No. 14 Cadbury’s Dairy Milk

Chocolate No. 15 Vanilla Fudge

Chocolate No. 16 Tangy Orange

Chocolate No. 17 Toffee Deluxe

Chocolate No. 18 Caramel Velvet

Did you manage to meet, or even surpass, the target of 7000 points? There now follows a further 5 ‘Winner Takes All’ questions where you can gamble up to half the points you own. If correct you increase your score by those points, but choose an incorrect answer and you lose those points. By the end of the 5 questions your target is to have at least 20,000 points.

How many Farthings in Half a Crown? 48 B 96 C 100 D 144 E None of these answers

How many Farthings in Half a Crown? 48 B 96 C 100 D 144 E None of these answers (120)

Which lady has most recently won the Sports Personality of the Year? Paula Radcliffe B Zara Phillips C Jessica Ennis D Liz McColgan E Kelly Holmes

Which lady has most recently won the Sports Personality of the Year? Paula Radcliffe 2002 B Zara Phillips 2006 C Jessica Ennis (Never won it) D Liz McColgan 1991 E Kelly Holmes 2004

How many flags are correct? SWEDEN ICELAND DENMARK NORWAY A 4 B 3 C 2 D 1 E

How many flags are correct? SWEDEN NORWAY DENMARK ICELAND A 4 B 3 C 2 D 1 E

Top 5 BBC Sitcoms:- which was not in the list? Porridge B Vicar of Dibley C Fawlty Towers D Dad’s Army E Only Fools and Horses

Top 5 BBC Sitcoms:- which was not in the list? Porridge Black Adder B Vicar of Dibley C Fawlty Towers D Dad’s Army E Only Fools and Horses

What is the 70th wedding anniversary called? Emerald B Platinum C Oak D Blue Sapphire E Wine

What is the 70th wedding anniversary called? Emerald B Platinum C Oak D Blue Sapphire E Wine

Did you manage to reach, or even surpass, the target of 20,000 points? In the final furlong there is a Christmas challenge. Most people know the first verse of the popular Christmas carols, but can you identify each carol from the opening line of its second verse? You will be awarded a massive 2000 points for each you identify. Your target is to recognise at least 10, earning you 20,000 points. This would put you on course to achieve the overall target of 40,000 points. Good Luck!

Christmas Carols & songs What are the first lines of each of the Carols or songs with a second verse starting as below? (2000 pts for each) 1 Our God, heaven cannot hold Him, nor Earth sustain 2 O Sing, choirs of angels 3 Then why should men on Earth be sad 4 Christ by highest heav’n adored 5 They looked up and saw a star

Christmas Carols & songs 2000 pts for each 6 For Christ is born of Mary 7 Cradled in a stall was he 8 A silent wish sails the seven seas 9 In Bethlehem, in Israel 10 He came down to Earth from Heaven

Christmas carols or songs 2000 pts for each 11 Don we now our gay apparel 12 O come, thou Rod of Jesse, free 13 ‘Fear not’ said he, for mighty dread 14 And what was in those ships all 3 15 Lo, within a manger lies

Christmas Carols or songs 2000 points for each 16 Hither page and stand by me 17 Shepherds, in the fields abiding 18 Born a King on Bethlehem’s plain 19 As with joyful steps they sped 20 Still through the cloven skies they come

Christmas Carols or songs (2000 pts for each) 1 In the bleak midwinter Our God, heaven cannot hold him, nor Earth sustain 2 O Come all ye faithful O sing, choirs of angels 3 On Christmas night all Christians sing Then why should men on Earth be sad 4 Hark the herald angels sing Christ by highest heav’n adored 5 The First Nowell the angels did say They looked up and saw a star

Christmas Carols or songs 2000 pts for each 6 O little town of Bethlehem For Christ is born of Mary 7 Unto us a boy is born Cradled in a stall was he 8 A ray of hope flickers in the sky A silent wish sails the seven seas 9 God rest ye merry gentlemen In Bethlehem, in Israel 10 Once in royal David’s city He came down to Earth from Heaven

Christmas carols or songs 2000 pts for each 11 Deck the halls with boughs of holly Don we now our gay apparel 12 O come, O come, Emmanuel O come, thou Rod of Jesse free 13 While shepherds watched their flocks by night ‘Fear not’ said he, for mighty dread 14 I saw 3 ships come sailing in And what was in those ships all 3 15 See amid the winters snow Lo, within a manger lies

Christmas Carols or songs 2000 points for each 16 Good King Wenceslas looked out Hither page and stand by me 17 Angels from the realms of glory Shepherds, in the fields abiding 18 We 3 kings of orient are Born a King on Bethlehem’s plain 19 As with gladness men of old As with joyful steps they sped 20 It came upon a midnight clear Still through the cloven skies they come

Did you manage to meet the challenging target of 40,000 points? If you did well done, but if not then have a Good Christmas anyway, even if you are doing this Quiz in the height of summer!!!

That’s all folks, have a good Christmas