OT: Quick Quiz

Each of the following words or phrases is a clue to a town or city in the
UK. I've started some already:

1. What we breathe : Ayre
2. She's blushing :
3. Add fuel to the fire :
4. First selling place :
5. Possess insect :
6. Receive money for church :
7. Singing sisters :
8. Inter :
9. Sick crossing :
10. D.J. Tony : Blackburn
11. Fruit skin :
12. Snowy refuge :
13. Carry on Barbara : Windsor
14. Don't allow the funeral :
15. Sausage : Bangor
16. Tub of water :
17. First U.S. President :
18. Comedian Jimmy : Clitheroe
19. Span a compass point :
20. One of the 3 'R's : Reading
21. Saint down under :
22. Beloved heavyweight :
23. Top of a pit :
24. Beach composer :
25. 100 Blue peter dogs attached to a wooden hammer :
26. Tasty with a biscuit : Cheddar
27. Marbles :
28. Date on most groceries :
29. Farm building fastener : Barnstaple
30. A good place to swim :
31. An abandoned dinner :
32. A prime number of trees : Sevenoaks
33. Butty : Sandwich
34. Child's glade :
35. Monarch stops horse :
36. Witches attempt :
37. Duster weighs 14lb :
38. Jumping meat :
39. Parent in good health :
40. Prohibit very loudly :
41. Found on the farm :
42. A Roman greeting :
43. Side of church :
44. Wood orifice :
45. Tifter meadow :
46. Thump lower jaw :
47. Continue tearing :
48. Robins colour :
49. Meat belonging to first lady :
50. Piece of wood :


Have fun,

Scubatricky

>25. 100 Blue peter dogs attached to a wooden hammer : Shepton Mallet


Angus

30. A good place to swim : bath

> 3. Add fuel to the fire : Stoke

> 17. First U.S. President : Washington

> 25. 100 Blue peter dogs attached to a wooden hammer :
A good start? (Ooops - wrong joke, sorry!)

> 39. Parent in good health : Motherwell

I.

1.What we breathe : Ayre
2. She's blushing :
3. Add fuel to the fire : Stoke
4. First selling place : Newmarket
5. Possess insect : Havant
6. Receive money for church :
7. Singing sisters : Stratford
8. Inter : Bury
9. Sick crossing : Ilford
10. D.J. Tony : Blackburn
11. Fruit skin : Peel?
12. Snowy refuge :
13. Carry on Barbara : Windsor
14. Don't allow the funeral : Banbury
15. Sausage : Bangor
16. Tub of water : Bath
17. First U.S. President : Washington
18. Comedian Jimmy : Clitheroe
19. Span a compass point : Eastbridge
20. One of the 3 'R's : Reading
21. Saint down under : Southampton
22. Beloved heavyweight :
23. Top of a pit : Minehead
24. Beach composer : Sandbach
25. 100 Blue peter dogs attached to a wooden hammer : Shepton Mallet
26. Tasty with a biscuit : Cheddar
27. Marbles : Elgin
28. Date on most groceries : Selby
29. Farm building fastener : Barnstaple
30. A good place to swim : Poole
31. An abandoned dinner :
32. A prime number of trees : Sevenoaks
33. Butty : Sandwich
34. Child's glade :
35. Monarch stops horse :
36. Witches attempt : Coventry
37. Duster weighs 14lb : Featherstone
38. Jumping meat :
39. Parent in good health : Motherwell
40. Prohibit very loudly :
41. Found on the farm : Cowes
42. A Roman greeting : Hale
43. Side of church : Apsley
44. Wood orifice : Knott?
45. Tifter meadow : Hatfield
46. Thump lower jaw : Hitchin
47. Continue tearing : Ripon
48. Robins colour : Redcoat
49. Meat belonging to first lady :
50. Piece of wood :

Only a few more to go.....

Tricky wrote:

> 9. Sick crossing : Ilford

Barford?

2. She's blushing : Redruth?
34. Child's glade : Kidsgrove
38. Jumping meat : Buckingham

In article <bqgloc$ij3$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk>,
scubatricky@nospamyahoo.co.uk says...
> 1.What we breathe : Ayr
> 2. She's blushing : Redruth
> 3. Add fuel to the fire : Stoke
> 4. First selling place : Newmarket
> 5. Possess insect : Havant
> 6. Receive money for church :
> 7. Singing sisters : Stratford - ( more likely to be Beverley)
> 8. Inter : Bury
> 9. Sick crossing : Ilford
> 10. D.J. Tony : Blackburn
> 11. Fruit skin : Peel?
> 12. Snowy refuge :
> 13. Carry on Barbara : Windsor
> 14. Don't allow the funeral : Banbury
> 15. Sausage : Bangor
> 16. Tub of water : Bath
> 17. First U.S. President : Washington
> 18. Comedian Jimmy : Clitheroe
> 19. Span a compass point : Eastbridge
> 20. One of the 3 'R's : Reading
> 21. Saint down under : Southampton
> 22. Beloved heavyweight : Cupar
> 23. Top of a pit : Minehead
> 24. Beach composer : Sandbach
> 25. 100 Blue peter dogs attached to a wooden hammer : Shepton Mallet
> 26. Tasty with a biscuit : Cheddar
> 27. Marbles : Elgin
> 28. Date on most groceries : Selby
> 29. Farm building fastener : Barnstaple
> 30. A good place to swim : Poole
> 31. An abandoned dinner :
> 32. A prime number of trees : Sevenoaks
> 33. Butty : Sandwich
> 34. Child's glade : Kidsdale
> 35. Monarch stops horse : Queens Park
> 36. Witches attempt : Coventry
> 37. Duster weighs 14lb : Featherstone
> 38. Jumping meat : Buckingham
> 39. Parent in good health : Motherwell
> 40. Prohibit very loudly :
> 41. Found on the farm : Cowes
> 42. A Roman greeting : Hale
> 43. Side of church : Apsley
> 44. Wood orifice : Knott?
> 45. Tifter meadow : Hatfield
> 46. Thump lower jaw : Hitchin
> 47. Continue tearing : Ripon
> 48. Robins colour : Redcoat
> 49. Meat belonging to first lady :
> 50. Piece of wood : Ash


And a couple I've always thought funny:

51. Deaf Rabbit ?
52. Ted's dead ?


Dave
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"david" <im@fedup.com> wrote in message
news:bqgjpg$f5q$1@titan.btinternet.com...
> 30. A good place to swim : bath

Erm.. Poole?

> 49. Meat belonging to first lady : Evesham

On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 08:09:14 GMT, Dave <capt80@home.atm> wrote:

>In article <bqgloc$ij3$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk>,
>scubatricky@nospamyahoo.co.uk says...
>> 1.What we breathe : Ayr
>> 2. She's blushing : Redruth
>> 3. Add fuel to the fire : Stoke
>> 4. First selling place : Newmarket
>> 5. Possess insect : Havant
>> 6. Receive money for church :
>> 7. Singing sisters : Stratford - ( more likely to be Beverley)
>> 8. Inter : Bury
>> 9. Sick crossing : Ilford
>> 10. D.J. Tony : Blackburn
>> 11. Fruit skin : Peel?
>> 12. Snowy refuge :
Whitehaven
>> 13. Carry on Barbara : Windsor
>> 14. Don't allow the funeral : Banbury
>> 15. Sausage : Bangor
>> 16. Tub of water : Bath
>> 17. First U.S. President : Washington
>> 18. Comedian Jimmy : Clitheroe
>> 19. Span a compass point : Eastbridge
Bridgenorth, surely?
>> 20. One of the 3 'R's : Reading

>> 34. Child's glade : Kidsdale
Kidsgrove?

>> 40. Prohibit very loudly :
Banff
>> 41. Found on the farm : Cowes
>> 42. A Roman greeting : Hale
>> 43. Side of church : Apsley
Holystone (Tyne and Wear)
>> 44. Wood orifice : Knott?
Mousehole?



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