Rivers of the North and South Quiz Answers
Wednesday, August 28th 2013
Thank you again to Glennis and Pat for writing the quiz for us. This edition has raised in excess of £150 for the reserve, the answers are listed below.
Rivers of the North
- It doesn't flow through Wales - Swale
- It grew by Camelot - Rye
- Did it flow through the first garden? - Eden
- A different name in days of yore - Ure
- Named after Garbo - Greta
- Basil Bunting wrote of it - Rawthey
- Could this be a flirtatious man? - Coquet
- The river must Do Little out east - Liza
- The bird of peace - Dove
- It underwent a change - Derwent
- Sounds as though it erodes its banks - Wear
- Tee off to the South - Tees
- Eric catapulted inside this river - Riccat
- It was oddly greylot - Gelt
- Bradman or duck? - Don
- Enid didn't care to hide it - Nidd
- Ask Ernest where the river is - Skerne
- Rock the cradle - Calder
- Sounds like it is good for beating eggs - Wiske
- Sounds very breathable - Aire
Rivers of the South
- Without right it is a number - Severn
- Sounds as if it seeps into everything - Ouse
- Smoke it or ride it - Camel
- It makes good butter - Churn
- Go fishing with a broken net - Kennet
- Does this flow quickly - Fleet
- Shakespeare knew this river - Avon
- A quick exam - Test
- It alters tours - Stour
- The easiest of all is included here - Fal
- It's a permenant spot on the skin - Mole
- 'e wishes to 'eat the water - Otter
- Chops the wood - Axe
- He's exempt inside here - Exe
- Does it flow to the West? - Frome
- No 'bravo' for my brother - Rother
- It was formed way down in Kent - Medway
- Give Kath a message from inside - Thames
- Do things breed by this river? - Brede
- It got mixed up in a mart - Tamar
The top five scores were:
- Christine Byers - 39/40
- Michael Fenwick - 39/40
- Viv Winter - 36/40
- Paul and Elaine Thorpe - 36/40
- Tim Helps - 35/40
With two people sharing the top score of 39/40 Christine Byers name was drawn out of a hat as the winner and will receive a £10 prize.
(2) Comments:
Ann Brack responded on 12th Feb 2014 with...
I have a number of quizzes which I think may be useful. I if you would like to get in touch please do. Ann Brack
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pat thistlethwaite responded on 29th Aug 2013 with...
I set the questions and it is lovely to hear from my friend, Glennis, who does such a sterling job
at distributing and selling the sheets, how much folk enjoy doing the quiz. There is another one in the pipeline (by popular request I understand from Glennis).
I would love to hear from anyone who does the quiz - are they set at the right level? Would you like them to be any harder? Can you think of any topics I can use (I am rapidly running out of ideas)? The next quiz - hopefully before Christmas - is on North Yorkshire Villages. Thanks so much for joining in - it does make it all worthwhile - and it is a splendid cause.