Benfieldside Quiz

[hops]

this is a quiz raising money for sick children and copies of the quiz can be had from benfieldside, 13 mere drive, pity me, durham dh1 5dd

there are 75 questions on general knowledge, in plain

sight,anagrams and extremely cryptic

i have managed to answer 63 of the questions but have been stuck now for over a week and would appreciate help with the remainder

the questions are all on naming the coastal resorts of great  britain

[1] monarch tube      [8 letters]

[2] in reverse take a curved shape, a senior barrister and a clerical vestment       [9 letters]

[3]he's a long way from wimbledon

[4] 49 amongst one of the deadly sins

any help would be appreciated

 

[hops]

madgeorge, you pay on return of quiz so the answer to your rather infantile answer is O

[Romanski]

4 Dawlish

[hops]

thanks, romanski and newmodarmy

[Madgeorge]

"Charity begins at home, but should not end there" is the correct quote ( often misquoted)

Are the answerers going to donate?....that is why the quiz was compiled.

[JJ109]

flower ends here could also be Dartmouth. Is there any order that the answers are given in?

[Cornishboy]

POINTED TOOL BREAKS UP POTTERY (7)

As mentioned awl is a pointed tool. Pottery can be dish so put the two together and you are in Devon.

Good luck. (I still want to win though!)

[hops]

hello jj, dartmouth is the answer to another question [missile inlet] so this one is likely to be tynemouth unless there is something else

[hops]

[A]    Hair straightener in confused aquatic mammal [8 letters]

[B]    Pulling cushions?     [7 letters]

[C]     A gilded fruit           [9 letters]

[D]    In his excitement at being on board, Jasper ran porthole to porthole                          [11 letters]

[mallyh]

B  Padstow

[TheWinner]

(d)  is hidden, Perranporth

[TheWinner]

(a)  Salcombe  (anagram of comb and seal)

[TheWinner]

(c) Lyme regis ?

[hops]

thanks,all, it won't be lyme regis the winner it is a nine letter word

[hops]

 

to sum up what is left there are:-

[A] Fishing community of small cottages    [9 letters]

[B] Water holes                                             [5 letters]

[C]  A gilded fruit                                           [9 letters]

[D]  Observe alien                                          [7 letters]

[E]  Sole prison officer                                    [9 letters]

and possibly,

[F]  Monarch tube                                             [8 letters]

a previous answer given for [F] was kinghorn but horn for tube, maybe musically ?

 

[TheWinner]

Lyme regis is 9 letters (in total)

Lyme (lime)

Regis can mean gilded talker

https://www.prokerala.com/kids/baby-names/regis-34229.html

see if anyone else can think of another answer.

[Patsy33]

C. Appledore

[mallyh]

B Wells?

[TheWinner]

(d) seen as Watchet

[mallyh]

D Watchet?

[hops]

thanks for watchet, it won't be wells because it is a city and not a coastal resort, pity because it fits the question, could you explain why appledore is gilded please and padstow looks good but why the pulling,