Quiz HELP needed please

[canasta]

Quiz, assorted questions
Stuck on last few of the 150 Questions in this quiz which I will have to submit in a few days.

Conundrums;

4. I am a 5 letter word but if you remove my first letter I will still sound the same...... if you remove my last letter I do not change........even if you finally remove my middle letter from the remaining three I am still the same word you first said - gone completely. What am I ?

Where in the world?
6. Holiday island of valour and lace 5
8. They cook a stew that's very hot? (7)


Food

5. James' or Patrick's art is in a troubled state. 4


Around the house


9. One hundred parts of the head 5
14. Side by side store the classic word 9


Sorry it seems rather a lot but I only picked this up a week ago. Any help gratefully received
11:33 Sat 06th Nov 2010

[shaneystar2]

And in the second para
damson,maple,elm,chestnut,pine ,bramble ,hornbeam,olive ,poplar,mahogany ,gorse and beech

[boxtops]

OK:

broom
larch
hazel
peach
yew
plum
medlar
damSon
maple
almond
cedar
elm
rose
chestNut
pine
bramBle
hornbeam
olive
popLar
lime
mahogany
gorse
beech
dogwood
palm
fir
teak
oak
apple
willOw
cotonEaster

I found 31 - good fun that - but I am too boss-eyed now to see the other 9!
I hope you win!

[ladyalex]

In para 2, as well as the ones boxtops found I found:
Heather, Ash, Hebe

[EGTB]

Also in para 3

Privet
Rowan
Pear

[TheWinner]

Tired and going to bed, but found broom, larch, hazel, peach, yew, plum, damson, maple almond, cedar, elm, rose, ash, chestnut, pine, poplar, fig, mahogany, gorse, beech, dogwood, rowan and willow.

[canasta]

My OH and I had found 39 already and now have my last answer....Mahogany..... thank you...I need look no longer...just hope it gets there on time....come on Royal Mail...look out for my letter tomorrow.

Plane, oat I think were the others.....

Too tired now, nighty night all

[canasta]

oh...and 'Ling' making 41 I think!!

[Calibax]

Last Spring after trying to roB ROOMs, a burgLAR CHanced upon and stole my friend's yacht. A thick HAZE Limited his view so he didn't see Grandma, who had a naP EACH morning in the boat. The man, by the bYE, Was Scottish. He was bALDER than a coot but, unlike that bird's PLUMage, was not at home in the deep water, it being damMED LARgely for the other yachts uP LANE End mooring,



In the middle of the DAM, SONny-Jim panicked. Now awake, GrandMA, PLEading for him to stay cALM ON Different actions, at onCE DARted off to take the boat's hELM, HE AT HER heels. Water rose up, splashing her CHEST. NUTs and bolts flew off when the boat began to sPIN Erratically round a rock, making the old tuB RAM. BLEeding and concussion resulted. She began to worry. Would the HORN BE AMple to attract us? In limbO-LIVE or to die, Grandma jumped after fighting flares that began to sparkle and POP. LARge amounts of LIMEstone mud were pulLING her under. Fighting to survive, could GrandMA HOG ANY wreckage on which to hanG, OR SElflessly swim to help him? Would the warnings BE ECHoing unheard?



Walking the DOG, WOODland by the dam was where we did hear them. Having to deprive the PAL Mentioned earlier, of irrational rescues, I took a dinghy, started to ROW ANd disappeared in the mist in great hasTE; AKin to an Olympic oarsman! Shocked and cold, a sOAK and wash in a warm bath with soAP PLEased her, she was now safe, but us not realizing hoW ILL. OWing to the fog, divers only found the sCOT ON EASTER Sunday

[canasta]

Hello all, entry posted off now.....crossed fingers.

When I get my entry back I will try to remember to let you know whether I was lucky enough to win anything.

THANK YOU

[canasta]

Thought you would like to know that my competition entry won SECOND PRIZE.... thank you to all the ABers who helped me.