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Post by builnacraig on Dec 23, 2011 16:57:41 GMT
My wife made a quiz based on rivers and tributaries as a fundraiser for Ayrshire Rivers Trust but it was never organised. I thought I would put the questions on here one by one There will be a prize for the person who gets most right. I will keep a running total. Tricky one to start with! 1. The captains stand here admiring the wide lowland valley. (9) BnC
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2011 17:44:15 GMT
how do we submit answers? by pm? or post here? (not that i have one! ) ...got one now though...
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Post by dunkeld on Dec 23, 2011 18:22:38 GMT
1. River Forth
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Post by builnacraig on Dec 23, 2011 18:24:49 GMT
Just on here.
As we are heading north tomorrow and I will have limited access to the internet I will post all the questions later.
It might keep you guessing for an hour or two
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Post by builnacraig on Dec 23, 2011 18:26:20 GMT
1. River Forth Ehh... I think that is 5,5 not 9? BnC
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2011 19:21:53 GMT
1. helmsdale
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Post by builnacraig on Dec 23, 2011 19:57:18 GMT
Well done Windknot!
Here is the whole quiz
1. The captains stand here admiring the wide lowland valley. (9) 2. Singular deerstalker’s outfit. (5) 3. Dancing in the Strath. (4) 4. Chemist finds this in his table. (9) 5. The end of the sea worm starts with half of a car’s home. (5) 6. Hesitation in county famous for Cream Teas. (7) 7. Royal letter added to Volkswagen saloon car. (5) 8. McGonagall waxes lyrical (3). 9. Men from namesake hunt the Guga. (4) 10. Part of a hat. (5) 11. Either compass point come before part of an Inuit. (5, 3) 12. Footballer’s body part prone to injury. (4) 13. Part of Thor’s day ends with an exclamation. (6) 14. Replace two letters with a cuppa in this breed of sheep. (6) 15. The shepherd looks after her. (3) 16. Singular person goes into the early night. (5) 17. A wealthy person divides the alien who phoned home. (6) 18. Sounds Welsh to me. (5) 19. The world’s favourite sheepdog changes a vowel. (6) 20. This girl is in Sutherland. (6) 21. Light the candle with this. (4) 22. Lenient when crossing the river. (7) 23. Be quiet, children of Inverness Royal Academy. (5) 24. Bleak hesitation of a shortened point of light. (9) 25. Famous for honest men and bonnie lasses. (3)
First person to post the complete set of correct answers wins a prize. I was going to say a bottle of malt whisky but that might be expensive to post, it may be something else.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2011 21:06:34 GMT
1. The captains stand here admiring the wide lowland valley. (9) helmsdale 2. Singular deerstalker’s outfit. (5) tweed 3. Dancing in the Strath. (4) spey 4. Chemist finds this in his table. (9) strontian 5. The end of the sea worm starts with half of a car’s home. (5) garry 6. Hesitation in county famous for Cream Teas. (7) deveron 7. Royal letter added to Volkswagen saloon car. (5) brora 8. McGonagall waxes lyrical (3). tay 9. Men from namesake hunt the Guga. (4) ness 10. Part of a hat. (5) garry 11. Either compass point come before part of an Inuit. (5, 3) north esk 12. Footballer’s body part prone to injury. (4) shin 13. Part of Thor’s day ends with an exclamation. (6) thurso 14. Replace two letters with a cuppa in this breed of sheep. (6) teviot 15. The shepherd looks after her. (3) ewe 16. Singular person goes into the early night. (5) duisk 17. A wealthy person divides the alien who phoned home. (6) ericht 18. Sounds Welsh to me. (5) ythan 19. The world’s favourite sheepdog changes a vowel. (6) lossie 20. This girl is in Sutherland. (6) carron 21. Light the candle with this. (4) wick 22. Lenient when crossing the river. (7) laxford 23. Be quiet, children of Inverness Royal Academy. (5) shira 24. Bleak hesitation of a shortened point of light. (9) grimersta 25. Famous for honest men and bonnie lasses. ayr
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Post by sinkingtip on Dec 23, 2011 21:56:09 GMT
That looks like a fairly decent stab there Windknot - well done. Nice work from Mrs BnC BTW.
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Post by builnacraig on Dec 23, 2011 22:10:12 GMT
Yes a very good stab but not 100% according to my better half. 24/25
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2011 22:33:46 GMT
yeeeoooooww, this is hard.... i think i know which one it is. ummm...is it tarff?
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Post by sinkingtip on Dec 23, 2011 23:20:50 GMT
10. Part of a hat. (5) garry
Is this the bogey one ?
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Post by G Ritchie on Dec 23, 2011 23:22:54 GMT
Could it be no. 5
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Post by sinkingtip on Dec 23, 2011 23:29:20 GMT
It must be either 5 or 10 Graham as they are both answered as "garry".
Having dabbled in basic millinery as part of a previous life I cant recall ever having come across the word "garry" being used to describe a "part of a hat".
A Glengarry hat "yes" - but that, as we all know, is a style/s in it's own right - and very stylish they are too.
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Post by G Ritchie on Dec 23, 2011 23:31:17 GMT
A Glen Garry is a type of hat.
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Post by sinkingtip on Dec 23, 2011 23:34:00 GMT
Cross post.
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Post by sinkingtip on Dec 23, 2011 23:35:14 GMT
A Glen Garry is a type of hat. Aye, but the clue is " Part of a hat".
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Post by G Ritchie on Dec 23, 2011 23:37:36 GMT
Part of Glengarry is Garry.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2011 0:12:32 GMT
i don't think that's the dodgy one guys - but i could be wrong
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Post by howfordst on Dec 24, 2011 1:40:14 GMT
is the dodgy one number 5? could the answer to number 5 be the main tributary to the river ayr?
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