Quizzes & Puzzles Round Up December 2023

[ABSpareEditor]

Welcome to the December 2023 edition of the Quizzes & Puzzles round-up.

Check back to the November 2023 Quizzes and Puzzles Round Up thread to see results, thanks from setters and how much money was raised!

NOTICE: Please remember it is vital that you add contact details i.e. 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 your quiz elsewhere to AB you can just post the link to the question as an answer to this one.

Please could you post one quiz per answer to avoid confusion, thank you.

Closing in December 2023

1. AUTUMN quiz. in aid of the Romanian Aid Foundation. £1 entry fee. Closing date is 2nd December 2023.

2. Sibsey Bowls Club new roof. 60 questions - 30 answers contain the consecutive letters SI, BS or EY and 30 answers are places in Lincolnshire. £1 entry fee. Closing date is 9th December 2023.

3. Westerns. ShelterBox Quiz. £1.25 entry fee. Closing date is 25th December 2023.

4. Brothers. New Asbestos Action quiz. £1 entry fee. Closing date is 31st December 2023.

5. Butterflies and Moths. New Soroptimist quiz. £1 entry fee. Closing date is 31st December 2023.

6. Save The Children Christmas Quiz. £1 entry fee. Closing date is 31st December 2023.

Closing in January 2024

7. Festive Dingbats. Raising money for Pendleside Hospice. £1 minimum donation entry fee. Closing date is 6th January 2024.

8. HIGHAM FERRERS. HIGHAM FERRERS quiz for Save the Children. £1.50 entry fee. Closing date is 10th January 2024.

9. A tour around the Scottish Borders. 70 questions (cryptic, anagram, GK, hidden in plain sight) that will lead you to towns or villages in the Borders. £1/£1.25 entry fee. Closing date is 13th January 2024.

10. Merry Quizmas. Honiton Library's latest quiz. £1 entry fee. Closing date is 13th January 2024.

11. Winter is Coming. Raising money for Water Aid. £1 entry fee. Closing date is 31st January 2024.

Closing in February 2024

12. Indoor Games. Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Tiverton raising funds for Save the Children. £1 entry fee. Closing date is 29th February 2024.




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 and Good Luck!

[Donnart]

Coldstream Primary School, P7 Excursion fundraising. Topic Countries of the World, both cryptic and anagram clues, cost £1 with closing date 31 January 2024.

Please email [email protected] for a pay on return copy.

In my last quiz I had three entries returned with no name or address so if you have not received this quiz please let me know.

[Buenchico]

Fenwick Bowling Club link words quiz.  Closes 31/12.  

Details in Shaggy1967's post here:
https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Question1856899.html

(Ignore the question title field, which appears to show out-of-date information.  The current quiz details are in the body text).

[Buenchico]

^^^ Someone has now deleted that (rather confusing thread).  Info now re-posted here:
https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Question1856900.html

[newmodarmy]

Regarding the deletion of Shaggy's thread.... "It Wasn't Me"

[newmodarmy]

Thanks for your work Buenchico

[Howzat100]

Sibsey Bowls Club Quiz

posted by Tigra Girl

New quiz available from Sibsey Bowls Club, closing date 30th March 2024. 60 questions - 30 answers contain the consecutive letters BO, ST or ON and 30 answers are places in the UK ending in 'by'.
Pay £1.40 by PayPal to [email protected] ensuring you select 'Family and Friends' so we don't incur charges. Please then email me and I will send the quiz by return. I can also email the quiz and you can pay on return. Alternatively post a minimum of £1 (cheque payable to Sibsey Bowls Club) with a SAE please to Wendy King, Brun-Roi, Leagate Road, Antons Gowt, Boston, Lincs. PE22 7BN. The closing date for entries is 30th March 2024. There is a £10 first prize plus a £5 prize (selected at random from all entries).

[chriss]

WINTER quiz in aid of the Romanian Aid Foundation. (www.roaf.org) Closing date – 9th March, 2024. Mixture of 60 questions – Some questions with WI NT or ER in the answer, some questions on song titles and some questions on anniversaries in 2023. The quiz costs £1 (cheques payable to C.Giffard). 1st prize £10, runner up £5 and prize of £5 drawn from all entries regardless of score. Quizzes available from Mrs C. Giffard, 91 Cecil Street, Manselton, Swansea. SA5 8QP. If anyone would like a copy emailed to them, I am willing to do that and you can pay on return - [email protected]

There is an amendment to the quiz- the letter count for no. 6 should be 4 4. (This is info for people to whom I have posted the quiz )
Thank you to those who took part in the AUTUMN quiz. £90 was raised for ROAF. Thank you for the extra donations and nice comments. The winners were: 1st prize Sue Hennessey of Kent,  Runner up prize –David Weston from Colchester and prize from all entries –Gloria Swan from Great Yarmouth. If anyone has not received a quiz, please let me know as I had one damaged envelope with no contents and two quizzes with no names.

Wishing everyone a very Happy Christmas and a healthy New Year

 

[wildchild22]

ShelterBox Quiz "Here am I, sitting in a tin can" [SB 16] is out now.  If it can go in a tin/can then it could be the answer you're looking for.  I have also noted items particularly noted for their shape. 

It's all online, from payment (PayPal) to entry (email back the completed answer sheet).  All participants will be emailed answer sheet (at the end!).

Min donation £1.25 to [email protected] via PayPal (send as a friend and we get it all, otherwise we only get 91p).  Then (ESSENTIAL) email [email protected] with 'SB 16 Paid' as this is the email I will send the quiz to you on.

Contact me if you don't have PayPal - we have a work around.  Same address for any questions.

c/d 25th March 2024 at 23:59.

Prizes: £15 first (highest number right or draw if several) and £5 random (just for returning your quiz, even if you only answered one question and that was wrong).

[bosey]

Car Models and Marques in aid of 6th Chatteris Brownies. Please send £1 secured to Mrs Ann Smith, 87 London Road, Chatteris,  Cambs., PE16 6LW .

Also available by email and pay on return from [email protected]. 

30 cryptic questions.  Closing date 31 January 2024