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Good morning!
I see the sun has decided to join us this month. I even managed to spend some time in the garden! If you have your eye on a quiet afternoon in the garden, then we have just the quizzes and puzzles for you.
Check back to the April thread to see quiz and puzzle results updates, thanks from setters and how much money was raised!
NOTICE: Please remember it is vital that you add contact details ie email or postal address, the closing date, the cost, where the quiz funds will be going and the theme of the quiz, thanks.
If you have already added it to AB you can just post the link to the question.
Please could you post one quiz per answer to avoid confusion, thank you.
1 Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. Raising money for Water Aid. Transforming lives by improving access to safe water, hygiene and sanitation. All of the answers are the names of Kings or Queens. The answers may be people who are real or fictitious. Sometimes King or Queen is in the answer, sometimes it isn’t. £10 prize. Closing date May 7th 2016.
2 TRANSPORT in aid of The RAP Foundation The closing date is 8th May 2016.
3 New Quiz to raise money for Save the Children 50 questions in 5 sections. Closing date May 10th 2016.
4 Family Fundraiser 2016 Shaw & Crompton Committee of Macmillan Cancer Support. Mixed quiz with 6 sections each containing 12 questions. 1st prize £50! Closing date 14th May 2016.
5 Gladstone Court Knit & Natter Ditloid Prize will be a £10 voucher of winners choice. closing date is 27th May 2016.
6 Macmillan Cancer Support 30 Questions. Closing date is 31st May 2016.
7 Scottish Quiz for Macmillan Cancer Support 30 questions. Closing date 31st May. (Please note: On Question 17 their is an error, so to be fair on everyone taking part, the question is voided.)
8 Fund raising (No. 2) quiz for St. Matthews Church, Little Lever, Bolton 30 questions whose answers all begin with the letters V, U or W. Closing date: Midnight 31st May 2016
9 Pond Life Quiz in aid of 6th Chatteris Brownies. Closing Date 31 May 2016
10 New Rhodes Minnis Quiz Words that start and end with the same letter. 50 questions. £1 per entry. Closing Date: May 31st.
11 Fabrics Quiz St Columba's Church, 25 mixed questions. £10 prize for first correct entry drawn after the closing date of Saturday 4th June 2016.
12 BQ16 for St Mary's Blackpool Hall Fund Closing date 5 June 2016. £20 first prize plus lucky dip £5.
13 SP RI NG quiz in aid of the Romanian Aid Foundation. Mixture of 60 questions - 30 questions with SP, RI or NG in the answer, 15 clues on Disney movies and 15 clues on people with counties in their names. Closing date 11th June, 2016.
14 Village Life in support of The Poppy Appeal The closing date is 17th June 2016.
15 Double Letter (in one word answers) Quiz in aid of Treetops Hospice Care (Registered Charity No. 519540).
16 Quiz to raise money for local Hospice 24 questions on Tea and Cake. Closing date June 24th
17 In the Pharmacy quiz - Friockheim & Kinnell Church - SC005085 - closing date 30th June 2016.
18 Pigs and their Ilk Quiz for Radcliffe Animal Shelter. 30 not-so-General- Knowledge plus 30 pictures to identify. Closing date is 30th June 2016.
19 Creatures No.10. (Another quiz for Radcliffe Animal Shelter) 30 questions based on quirky and interesting facts about creatures of all kinds - fact and fiction. Costs £1, with £10 prize for the winner. Closing date 30th June 2016.
20 In the Sky Quiz Chatteris Community Group, 40 things that may be seen in the sky. closing date 30 June.
21 A NEW quiz is now available: TREES Cryptic clues. All answers are trees. Closing date 01/07/2016
22 'AND' QuizSt Oswald's Church, Crowle's latest quiz. Closing date July 2nd 2016.
23 AGE quiz in aid of Heritage House Day Care Centre 50 questions, mostly cryptic. Closing date 19th July 2016.
24 North South East West Quiz in aid of Nairn Hydrotherapy Pool. All answers containe one or more of the directions above. 30 mixed questions. Closing date is Tuesday 19th July 2016
25 General Knowledge Quiz in aid of Lincolnshire Ileostomy and Internal Pouch Support Group. 70 GK Questions. Closing Date: 27th August, 2016.
26 GQT - Gardeners' Question Time Cryptic quiz 60 questions. Closing date 30th September 2016.
27 Tour The World 80 cryptic questions, money raised will go to the RSPB. Closing date 30th September 2016.
28 Blesma Quiz 2016 - British Place NamesOnce again, in this year's quiz, all of the answers are the names of places in Great Britain and the closing date is 31st October, 2016. A prize of £50 will be awarded to the person submitting the highest number of correct answers (paid out of the author's own pocket, so that all monies go to Blesma).
29 Buxton Mountain Rescue Quiz 11 60 questions Cryptic/General Knowledge/Anagrams of place names in British Isles containing a weight or a measurement. Closing date 31st October 2016.
Please remember it is vital that you add contact details ie email or postal address, the closing date, the cost, where the quiz funds will be going and the theme of the quiz,thanks.
If you have already added it to AB you can just post the link to the question.
Please could you post one quiz per answer to avoid confusion, thank you.
If you are asking for help with a quiz, please can you ensure to include the quiz title and closing date.
Happy Quizzing!
I see the sun has decided to join us this month. I even managed to spend some time in the garden! If you have your eye on a quiet afternoon in the garden, then we have just the quizzes and puzzles for you.
Check back to the April thread to see quiz and puzzle results updates, thanks from setters and how much money was raised!
NOTICE: Please remember it is vital that you add contact details ie email or postal address, the closing date, the cost, where the quiz funds will be going and the theme of the quiz, thanks.
If you have already added it to AB you can just post the link to the question.
Please could you post one quiz per answer to avoid confusion, thank you.
New Quizzes And Puzzles May 2016
Ending in May
1 Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. Raising money for Water Aid. Transforming lives by improving access to safe water, hygiene and sanitation. All of the answers are the names of Kings or Queens. The answers may be people who are real or fictitious. Sometimes King or Queen is in the answer, sometimes it isn’t. £10 prize. Closing date May 7th 2016.
2 TRANSPORT in aid of The RAP Foundation The closing date is 8th May 2016.
3 New Quiz to raise money for Save the Children 50 questions in 5 sections. Closing date May 10th 2016.
4 Family Fundraiser 2016 Shaw & Crompton Committee of Macmillan Cancer Support. Mixed quiz with 6 sections each containing 12 questions. 1st prize £50! Closing date 14th May 2016.
5 Gladstone Court Knit & Natter Ditloid Prize will be a £10 voucher of winners choice. closing date is 27th May 2016.
6 Macmillan Cancer Support 30 Questions. Closing date is 31st May 2016.
7 Scottish Quiz for Macmillan Cancer Support 30 questions. Closing date 31st May. (Please note: On Question 17 their is an error, so to be fair on everyone taking part, the question is voided.)
8 Fund raising (No. 2) quiz for St. Matthews Church, Little Lever, Bolton 30 questions whose answers all begin with the letters V, U or W. Closing date: Midnight 31st May 2016
9 Pond Life Quiz in aid of 6th Chatteris Brownies. Closing Date 31 May 2016
10 New Rhodes Minnis Quiz Words that start and end with the same letter. 50 questions. £1 per entry. Closing Date: May 31st.
Ending in June
11 Fabrics Quiz St Columba's Church, 25 mixed questions. £10 prize for first correct entry drawn after the closing date of Saturday 4th June 2016.
12 BQ16 for St Mary's Blackpool Hall Fund Closing date 5 June 2016. £20 first prize plus lucky dip £5.
13 SP RI NG quiz in aid of the Romanian Aid Foundation. Mixture of 60 questions - 30 questions with SP, RI or NG in the answer, 15 clues on Disney movies and 15 clues on people with counties in their names. Closing date 11th June, 2016.
14 Village Life in support of The Poppy Appeal The closing date is 17th June 2016.
15 Double Letter (in one word answers) Quiz in aid of Treetops Hospice Care (Registered Charity No. 519540).
16 Quiz to raise money for local Hospice 24 questions on Tea and Cake. Closing date June 24th
17 In the Pharmacy quiz - Friockheim & Kinnell Church - SC005085 - closing date 30th June 2016.
18 Pigs and their Ilk Quiz for Radcliffe Animal Shelter. 30 not-so-General- Knowledge plus 30 pictures to identify. Closing date is 30th June 2016.
19 Creatures No.10. (Another quiz for Radcliffe Animal Shelter) 30 questions based on quirky and interesting facts about creatures of all kinds - fact and fiction. Costs £1, with £10 prize for the winner. Closing date 30th June 2016.
20 In the Sky Quiz Chatteris Community Group, 40 things that may be seen in the sky. closing date 30 June.
Ending in July
21 A NEW quiz is now available: TREES Cryptic clues. All answers are trees. Closing date 01/07/2016
22 'AND' QuizSt Oswald's Church, Crowle's latest quiz. Closing date July 2nd 2016.
23 AGE quiz in aid of Heritage House Day Care Centre 50 questions, mostly cryptic. Closing date 19th July 2016.
24 North South East West Quiz in aid of Nairn Hydrotherapy Pool. All answers containe one or more of the directions above. 30 mixed questions. Closing date is Tuesday 19th July 2016
Ending in August
25 General Knowledge Quiz in aid of Lincolnshire Ileostomy and Internal Pouch Support Group. 70 GK Questions. Closing Date: 27th August, 2016.
Ending in September
26 GQT - Gardeners' Question Time Cryptic quiz 60 questions. Closing date 30th September 2016.
27 Tour The World 80 cryptic questions, money raised will go to the RSPB. Closing date 30th September 2016.
Ending in October
28 Blesma Quiz 2016 - British Place NamesOnce again, in this year's quiz, all of the answers are the names of places in Great Britain and the closing date is 31st October, 2016. A prize of £50 will be awarded to the person submitting the highest number of correct answers (paid out of the author's own pocket, so that all monies go to Blesma).
29 Buxton Mountain Rescue Quiz 11 60 questions Cryptic/General Knowledge/Anagrams of place names in British Isles containing a weight or a measurement. Closing date 31st October 2016.
Please remember it is vital that you add contact details ie email or postal address, the closing date, the cost, where the quiz funds will be going and the theme of the quiz,thanks.
If you have already added it to AB you can just post the link to the question.
Please could you post one quiz per answer to avoid confusion, thank you.
If you are asking for help with a quiz, please can you ensure to include the quiz title and closing date.
Happy Quizzing!
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Beatlemania.
Raising money for Water Aid. All of the answers are people who are in some way connected to The Beatles.The answers may be people who are real or fictitious. Some answers are more obvious than others. Quiz sheets a suggested minimum donation of £1. £10 prize for the person with the most right answers. Draw from all entries for £5 prize. Closing date August 31st 2016. Available from [email protected] or by post from S. Eastman 48, Rosemead Drive Oadby Leicester LE2 5SF SAE and payment please.
Raising money for Water Aid. All of the answers are people who are in some way connected to The Beatles.The answers may be people who are real or fictitious. Some answers are more obvious than others. Quiz sheets a suggested minimum donation of £1. £10 prize for the person with the most right answers. Draw from all entries for £5 prize. Closing date August 31st 2016. Available from [email protected] or by post from S. Eastman 48, Rosemead Drive Oadby Leicester LE2 5SF SAE and payment please.
boleyn
Wildlife In Scotland
Charity quiz for the Scottish Wildlife Trust with £100 in prizes. Theme is simply 'Wildlife in Scotland'. Entrance fee £1. Closing date 15th October 2016. Email [email protected] for a copy.
Wildlife In Scotland
Charity quiz for the Scottish Wildlife Trust with £100 in prizes. Theme is simply 'Wildlife in Scotland'. Entrance fee £1. Closing date 15th October 2016. Email [email protected] for a copy.
Islesgal
Quiz In Aid Of The Alzheimer's Society
100 General Knowledge & Cryptic Clues relating to ANIMAL LIFE. £1 Entry. 3 Prizes on offer. Closing Date: 30th July2016. Copies available by email from: [email protected]
Quiz In Aid Of The Alzheimer's Society
100 General Knowledge & Cryptic Clues relating to ANIMAL LIFE. £1 Entry. 3 Prizes on offer. Closing Date: 30th July2016. Copies available by email from: [email protected]
Friockheim BC new B.B. quiz
50p from David Balfour, 30 Guthrie St,
Friockheim,DD11 4SY or email pay on return
From [email protected] closing date Sat 23 July
Winner of R G quiz Diane Humble, Kirbymoorside
Scratch card to Colin Gibson, Redcar and Mr A Ankers Matlock
50p from David Balfour, 30 Guthrie St,
Friockheim,DD11 4SY or email pay on return
From [email protected] closing date Sat 23 July
Winner of R G quiz Diane Humble, Kirbymoorside
Scratch card to Colin Gibson, Redcar and Mr A Ankers Matlock
dynamicduo
New Quiz From Children Of Fiji
Children of Fiji has a new and challenging quiz. There are 70 questions (mostly cryptic) based on 'Gems' Quizzes are £1 each and can be emailed or posted (add postage) The closing date is July 31st...
Further details here
http://
New Quiz From Children Of Fiji
Children of Fiji has a new and challenging quiz. There are 70 questions (mostly cryptic) based on 'Gems' Quizzes are £1 each and can be emailed or posted (add postage) The closing date is July 31st...
Further details here
http://
New Quiz in aid of The RAP Foundation.
The topic is GARDENING.
Copies can be obtained from:
Y. Lind
16 MacDiarmid Road
Heathhall
Dumfries
DG1 3RZ
Also available by email from:
[email protected]
The price is ONLY 50p (cheques made payable to The RAP Foundation).
Closing date is 31st July 2016.
It would be much appreciated if help is not requested on internet sites until 17th July 2016.
Thanks to everyone who supported the TRANSPORT Quiz.
The winner was E. Foxcroft of Essex.
The total raised was £117.50
Thanks again for your continued support.
I hope you enjoy the new quiz.
The topic is GARDENING.
Copies can be obtained from:
Y. Lind
16 MacDiarmid Road
Heathhall
Dumfries
DG1 3RZ
Also available by email from:
[email protected]
The price is ONLY 50p (cheques made payable to The RAP Foundation).
Closing date is 31st July 2016.
It would be much appreciated if help is not requested on internet sites until 17th July 2016.
Thanks to everyone who supported the TRANSPORT Quiz.
The winner was E. Foxcroft of Essex.
The total raised was £117.50
Thanks again for your continued support.
I hope you enjoy the new quiz.
Charityboob
Castles Quiz In Aid Of Breast Cancer Care
HERE IS THE LATEST QUIZ
CASTLES QUIZ IN AID OF BREAST CANCER CARE
£1 PER SHEET FROM [email protected]
I have mentioned a few times, rather than spending money on a stamp
and envelope for the answers, why not keep a copy of your entry. I always
send the answers with the latest quiz. Also you will see the numbers are
missing from question 33, they are 6,7
18:41 Sat 21st May 2016
New quiz available from the 1st June. Macmillan Cancer Suport Quiz. called Fads and Fashions. 30 Questions. Each quiz sheet is 50p or a donation and the closing date for this is 31st July 2016. Available from : Jeanette Gibson, 7, Cairns Park, New Alyth, Perthshire. PH11 8PA . Please enclose an s.a.e. and if paying by cheque please make it out to Macmilan Cancer Support. If paying by coin, please make sure it is well stuck down. This quiz is also available via e-mail on a Pay on Return basis. To: [email protected] Please help me to support this very worthy cause.
Please note there was an error in my e-mail address for the Fads and Fashions quiz for Macmillan Cancer Support.
It should read as [email protected] for e-mail copies pay on return, the address remains the same for postal copies. Thank you fellow quizzer for pointing it out, you know who you are. :)
It should read as [email protected] for e-mail copies pay on return, the address remains the same for postal copies. Thank you fellow quizzer for pointing it out, you know who you are. :)
mary8
Gladstone Court Knit & Natter Latest Quiz
Gladstone Court Knit & Natter General Knowledge quiz was won by Peggy Turpin, Skipton. There was 10 correct entries. Answers: (Three questions I accepted either or answer.) 1. Damascus/Aleppo. 2. Thailand. 3. Cuba/Brazil. 4. Greenland. 5. Muhammad Al Jinnah. 6. an Henry Dunnant. 7. Plum Blossom. 8. Strait of Hormuz. 9. John Milton. 10. Muhammad Naguib. 11. Sat Yen Sen. 12. Ralph Bunche. 13. Thailand. 14. Hockey. 15. Alva Fisher/James King. 16. Hubert Booth. 17. Unprosperousness. 18. Angel Falls. 19. New Amsterdam. 20. Lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, pride. ( I accepted quite a variety of answers but all had the same meaning ! ). 21. Ben Nevis. 22. Pancreas. 23. Denmark. 24. Fear of the No. 13. 25. Mark Twain.
New quiz, 50p, Bird Anagrams. In aid of funding our charity projects. Feel free to look on our FB page which I manage. Please email [email protected] for quiz. Thank you to all who participate. Quiz raised £75.
Gladstone Court Knit & Natter Latest Quiz
Gladstone Court Knit & Natter General Knowledge quiz was won by Peggy Turpin, Skipton. There was 10 correct entries. Answers: (Three questions I accepted either or answer.) 1. Damascus/Aleppo. 2. Thailand. 3. Cuba/Brazil. 4. Greenland. 5. Muhammad Al Jinnah. 6. an Henry Dunnant. 7. Plum Blossom. 8. Strait of Hormuz. 9. John Milton. 10. Muhammad Naguib. 11. Sat Yen Sen. 12. Ralph Bunche. 13. Thailand. 14. Hockey. 15. Alva Fisher/James King. 16. Hubert Booth. 17. Unprosperousness. 18. Angel Falls. 19. New Amsterdam. 20. Lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, pride. ( I accepted quite a variety of answers but all had the same meaning ! ). 21. Ben Nevis. 22. Pancreas. 23. Denmark. 24. Fear of the No. 13. 25. Mark Twain.
New quiz, 50p, Bird Anagrams. In aid of funding our charity projects. Feel free to look on our FB page which I manage. Please email [email protected] for quiz. Thank you to all who participate. Quiz raised £75.
quizmouse
New Magpas Charity Quiz Double 's' Part Two Now Available
All clues relate to a two word answer, both words begin with letter S
CUT OFF DATE 8TH AUGUST 2016 No asking policy
To obtain your copy, please send donation £2 min.
via http://
and email [email protected] following payment,
or send donation (cheques to MAGPAS please) and SAE to
Diane Wakeling 3, Lark Rise, Hardwick Cambridge CB23 7XZ
Thank you for your support.
New Magpas Charity Quiz Double 's' Part Two Now Available
All clues relate to a two word answer, both words begin with letter S
CUT OFF DATE 8TH AUGUST 2016 No asking policy
To obtain your copy, please send donation £2 min.
via http://
and email [email protected] following payment,
or send donation (cheques to MAGPAS please) and SAE to
Diane Wakeling 3, Lark Rise, Hardwick Cambridge CB23 7XZ
Thank you for your support.
Summer Save the Children Quiz Sheet Higham Ferrers branch. £1donation email [email protected] 5 section of 10 questions closing date Sept 10th 2016 or send SAE to 3 Duchy Close Higham Ferrers NN10 8BZ
New MAGPAS double letter quiz part 2
All clues relate to a two word answer, both words begin with letter S
CUT OFF DATE 8TH AUGUST 2016 No asking policy
To obtain your copy, please send donation £2 min.
via http://
and email [email protected] following payment,
or send donation (cheques to MAGPAS please) and SAE to
Diane Wakeling 3, Lark Rise, Hardwick Cambridge CB23 7XZ
Thank you for your support.
All clues relate to a two word answer, both words begin with letter S
CUT OFF DATE 8TH AUGUST 2016 No asking policy
To obtain your copy, please send donation £2 min.
via http://
and email [email protected] following payment,
or send donation (cheques to MAGPAS please) and SAE to
Diane Wakeling 3, Lark Rise, Hardwick Cambridge CB23 7XZ
Thank you for your support.
New round up here: http://
New Quiz in aid of Chernobyl Children’s Lifeline, Sheffield Link (registered charity no 1014247).
The topic is CHILDREN'S BOOKS - initial letters of authors/book titles.
Copies available by email from:
[email protected]
The price is ONLY £1 for 100 questions (cheques made payable to CCLL, Sheffield Link). £10 prize
Closing date is 31st August 2016.
Thanks to everyone who supported the Deaf Child Worldwide quiz.
The winner was Joan Caplen of Eastleigh.
The total raised was approximately £110.
Thanks again for your continued support.
I hope you enjoy the new quiz.
Jeanne Clark
The topic is CHILDREN'S BOOKS - initial letters of authors/book titles.
Copies available by email from:
[email protected]
The price is ONLY £1 for 100 questions (cheques made payable to CCLL, Sheffield Link). £10 prize
Closing date is 31st August 2016.
Thanks to everyone who supported the Deaf Child Worldwide quiz.
The winner was Joan Caplen of Eastleigh.
The total raised was approximately £110.
Thanks again for your continued support.
I hope you enjoy the new quiz.
Jeanne Clark
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