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Quizzes And Puzzles Round Up June 2016

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AB Editor | 11:07 Wed 01st Jun 2016 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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Halfway through the year already and someone seems to have returned summer - possibly because it was faulty.

We have 27 quizzes for you this month - get involved and help raise money for these excellent charities.

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Check back to the May 2016 Quizzes and Puzzles Round Up 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 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.

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

New Quizzes And Puzzles June 2016



Ending in June


1 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.

2 BQ16 for St Mary's Blackpool Hall Fund Closing date 5 June 2016. £20 first prize plus lucky dip £5.

3 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.

4 Village Life in support of The Poppy Appeal The closing date is 17th June 2016.

5 Double Letter (in one word answers) Quiz in aid of Treetops Hospice Care (Registered Charity No. 519540).

6 Quiz to raise money for local Hospice 24 questions on Tea and Cake. Closing date June 24th

7 In the Pharmacy quiz - Friockheim & Kinnell Church - SC005085 - closing date 30th June 2016.

8 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.

9 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.

10 In the Sky Quiz Chatteris Community Group, 40 things that may be seen in the sky. closing date 30 June.

Ending in July


11 A NEW quiz is now available: TREES Cryptic clues. All answers are trees. Closing date 01/07/2016

12 'AND' QuizSt Oswald's Church, Crowle's latest quiz. Closing date July 2nd 2016.

13 AGE quiz in aid of Heritage House Day Care Centre 50 questions, mostly cryptic. Closing date 19th July 2016.

14 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

15 Friockheim BC new B.B. quiz closing date Sat 23 July.

16 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. (NOTE: Please see link for updated questions)

16 (& ½) New Quiz From Children Of Fiji There are 70 questions (mostly cryptic) based on 'Gems'. Closing date is July 31st

17 New Quiz in aid of The RAP Foundation The topic is GARDENING. Closing date is 31st July 2016.

18 Fads and Fashions Macmillan Cancer Suport Quiz. 30 Questions. The closing date for this is 31st July 2016

Ending in August


19 New Magpas Charity Quiz Double 's' Part Two All clues relate to a two word answer, both words begin with letter S. Closing date 8th August 2016.

20 General Knowledge Quiz in aid of Lincolnshire Ileostomy and Internal Pouch Support Group. 70 GK Questions. Closing Date: 27th August, 2016.

21 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. Closing date August 31st 2016.

Ending in September


22 Summer Save the Children Quiz 5 section of 10 questions closing date Sept 10th 2016

23 GQT - Gardeners' Question Time Cryptic quiz 60 questions. Closing date 30th September 2016.

24 Tour The World 80 cryptic questions, money raised will go to the RSPB. Closing date 30th September 2016.

Ending in October


25 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.

26 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).

27 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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It's 28 actually, I missed one while sorting out the numbers, hence the very lazy ½.

All the best,

Ed.
Name that place. 40 questions. £1 per entry. CD July 29. From Mrs D Andrews, 31 Bedingfield Way, Lyminge, Folkestone, Kent. CT18 8JH. Please make cheques payable to Rhodes Minnis Methodist Church
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New Quiz In Aid Of Lincolnshire Integrated Voluntary Emergency Services

Title of this quiz is Found in Woodland Areas.

30 cryptic clues with answers either sound or spelling.

Please send £1 (cheque payable to LIVES) to Lives, 8 Home Terrace, Coldstream, TD12 4DN with either your email address or SAE.

Closing date is 31 July 2016 and prizes are 1st £10, 2nd £5.

I thought I had put this onto the AnswerBank a few weeks ago but it is not in the June round up.
16:01 Thu 09th Jun 2016
Thank you to all who supported this " Scottish quiz " in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support , the closing date was 31st May 2016. The total amount raised for this quiz was £128.50. Unfortunately on this occassion, there were no correct entries , therefore, a winner could not be announced.
There is howeverm, a new quiz advertised on the new quizzes and puzzles site and I wish all who take part in this one the best of luck .

How amazing a quiz with no entries getting a correct answer can't happen too often.
Results of Fabrics Quiz in aid of St Columba's Church Funds
192 entries were received, 116 were correct.
The winner drawn by Dean Alison was Mrs Johnson from Saffron Walden
£139.50 was raised for Church Funds. thank you to all who helped raise this amount by buying quizzes, its much appreciated
Foodstuffs with a Scottish Placename in the Title Quiz in aid of St Columba's Church Funds. 24 questions in 3 sections 1 mixed section 1 anagram section and 1 section where you have to put the vowels in. £10 for first correct entry drawn after the closing date of Saturday 3rd September 2016. Quiz costs 50p. Available by email (pay on return) from [email protected]
Or send 50p cash or cheque to
Miss M MacDonald
Glencawdor Cottage
Mill Road
Nairn
IV12 5EP
Fibonacci - I think the posting from guilliebrougues means no all correct entries rather than no entries with any correct answers. Unusual though that a prize was not awarded to any entry.
Coats and Jackets Quiz in aid of 6th Chatteris Brownies.
30 cryptic questions.
Please send £1 cheque payable to 6th Chatteris Brownies or cash secured, to:
Mrs Ann Smith, 87 London Road, Chatteris, Cambs., PE16 6LW.
Also available by email from [email protected]
Closing date 31st July 2016
New Quiz (BQ17) for St Mary's Church, Blackpool.
£1 plus SAE from Charles Crosbie, 51 Sandgate, Blackpool, FY4 2NA or by email for payment on entry from [email protected]
Cheques payable to St Mary's Church Hall Refurbishment Fund.
Closing date 1 October. Prize £15 for winner, £5 Lucky Dip drawn from all entrants
Bommer_50 re Macmillan Scottish Quiz I agree it's very unusual not to award any prize at all unless 100% accuracy is achieved. Was it in the T & C's I wonder?
Don't know I'm afraid I don't do the quiz straydog. Need to ask guilliebrougues as she seems to be the quiz setter.
Original advertising posting for the quiz along with a quiz correction here
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Question1478205.html

Amendment to Quiz 16 0n the list.

Animal life in aid of Alzheimer's.

Q93 The question should read 18-19th century.
SUMMER quiz in aid of the Romanian Aid Foundation. (www.roaf.org) Closing date –10th September, 2016. Mixture of 60 questions - 30 questions with a drink in the answer, 15 clues on fictional doctors and 15 questions on Disney movies. 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]
Thank you for taking part in the SPRING quiz. £66 was raised for ROAF. The winners were: 1st prize –Mrs L.M.Allison of Scarborough. Runner up prize Mrs G Giles of Thetford and prize from all entries –Mrs V Parsons of Sleaford.




Gladstone Court Knit & Natter, Perth. funding for our charity projects, Answers to bird anagram quiz...1. kestrel, 2. Guillemot, 3.

Nightingale, 4. Barn owl, 5. Roadrunner, 6. Albatross, 7. Peregrine falcon, 8. Woodpecker, 9.

Flamingo, 10. Avocet, 11. Ostrich, 12. Bald eagle, 13. Starling, 14. Cormorant, 15. Turtle dove, 16.

Black vulture, 17. Sparrowhawk, 18. Secretary bird, 19. Golden eagle, 20. Egyptian culture, 21. Short

eared owl, 22. Mistlethrush, 23. Tropical gnatcatcher, 24. Skylark, 25. Common house Martin, 26.

Coal tit, 27. Carrion crow, 28. Apostle bird, 29. Rhinoceros hornbill, 30. Hook billed kingfisher.

Mrs. M. Purves from Kelso is our winner and receives a £10 Tesco voucher. Our latest quiz is

“Sweets”. Entries to be in by 30th Sept. 2016. Please email [email protected] for a copy. Quizzes

are still 50p each and prize for winner will be a £10 shopping voucher. Cash or cheque on return of

quiz and cheques payable to Gladstone Court Knit & Natter. Bird quiz raised £104.50 for our funds.

Thank you so much to all our regulars and new quizzers.






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Gladstone Court Knit & Natter, Perth. Answers to bird anagram quiz...1. kestrel, 2. Guillemot, 3.

Nightingale, 4. Barn owl, 5. Roadrunner, 6. Albatross, 7. Peregrine falcon, 8. Woodpecker, 9.

Flamingo, 10. Avocet, 11. Ostrich, 12. Bald eagle, 13. Starling, 14. Cormorant, 15. Turtle dove, 16.

Black vulture, 17. Sparrowhawk, 18. Secretary bird, 19. Golden eagle, 20. Egyptian culture, 21. Short

eared owl, 22. Mistlethrush, 23. Tropical gnatcatcher, 24. Skylark, 25. Common house Martin, 26.

Coal tit, 27. Carrion crow, 28. Apostle bird, 29. Rhinoceros hornbill, 30. Hook billed kingfisher.

Mrs. M. Purves from Kelso is our winner and receives a £10 Tesco voucher. Our latest quiz is

“Sweets”. Entries to be in by 30th Sept. 2016. Please email [email protected] for a copy. Quizzes

are still 50p each and prize for winner will be a £10 shopping voucher. Cash or cheque on return of

quiz and cheques payable to Gladstone Court Knit & Natter. Bird quiz raised £104.50 for our funds.

Thank you so much to all our regulars and new quizzers.














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Gladstone Court Knit & Natter, Perth. Answers to bird anagram quiz...1. kestrel, 2. Guillemot, 3. Nightingale, 4. Barn owl, 5. Roadrunner, 6. Albatross, 7. Peregrine falcon, 8. Woodpecker, 9. Flamingo, 10. Avocet, 11. Ostrich, 12. Bald eagle, 13. Starling, 14. Cormorant, 15. Turtle dove, 16. Black vulture, 17. Sparrowhawk, 18. Secretary bird, 19. Golden eagle, 20. Egyptian culture, 21. Short eared owl, 22. Mistlethrush, 23. Tropical gnatcatcher, 24. Skylark, 25. Common house Martin, 26. Coal tit, 27. Carrion crow, 28. Apostle bird, 29. Rhinoceros hornbill, 30. Hook billed kingfisher.
Mrs. M. Purves from Kelso is our winner and receives a £10 Tesco voucher. Our latest quiz is “Sweets”. Entries to be in by 30th Sept. 2016. Please email [email protected] for a copy. Quizzes are still 50p each and prize for winner will be a £10 shopping voucher. Cash or cheque on return of quiz and cheques payable to Gladstone Court Knit & Natter. Bird quiz raised £104.50 for our funds. Thank you so much to all our regulars and new quizzers.

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