The Answers - Choir Schools Association

A1
2
3
4
An imaginary guitar
It causes shortness of breath and wheezing
A target for William Tell
A bridge which carries water
Air
Asthma
Apple
Aqueduct
B1
2
3
4
The name of Bill Syke’s dog in Oliver Twist
A one-story house
The surname …who invented the modern ballpoint pen
They comprised John, George, Paul and Ringo
Bullseye
Bungalow
Biro
Beatles
C1
2
3
4
It involves Professor Plum
The war in which Florence Nightingale worked
A musical based on the poems of TS Eliot.
Needed in order to play Canasta, Rummy or Whist
Cluedo
Crimea
Cats
Cards
D1
2
3
4
The singular of dice
A large room where several people sleep
Animal manure
The scientist who …modern theory of evolution
Die
Dormitory
Dung
Darwin
E 1
2
3
4
The racecourse where the Derby is run.
The second book of the Old Testamant
The statue in the middle of Piccadilly Circus.
First conquered by Tensing Norgay and Edmund Hillary
Epsom
Exodus
Eros
Everest
F 1
2
3
4
Three of these make a yard
An online social networking service
A number whose letters come in alphabetical order
The American word for a tap
Feet
Facebook
Forty
Faucet
G 1
2
3
4
A dog’s deep and threatening rumbling sound
He/she comes from Tyneside
What the Seven Dwarfs were mining for
This theatre is the only thatched building in London.
Growl or Grrrr
Geordie
Gold
Globe
H 1
2
3
4
…hopping over lines in a pattern of boxes ..on the ground Hopscotch
A group of Scottish islands including Skye.
Hebrides
The Scottish equivalent of James
Hamish
A school and a size of cricket bat
Harrow
I 1
2
3
4
He flew too near the sun
A Swedish furniture manufacturer – the world’s largest
Violet-blue
Boudica led this tribe.
Icarus
Ikea
Indigo
Iceni
J 1
2
3
4
A Chinese flat-bottomed boat – and rubbish!
Who fell down the hill first and damaged his head?
An island, an article of clothing and a cow!
He sailed the Argo in search of the Golden Fleece
Junk
Jack
Jersey
Jason
K 1
2
3
4
Another name for tomato sauce
The second highest mountain in the world
The author of The Jungle Book.
A flying object and a bird of prey
Ketchup
K2
Kipling
Kite
L 1
2
3
4
Home of the MCC
What Pontefract cakes are made from
Philip Larkin wrote: “What will remain of us is ….”
The first city in the world …an underground railway
Lords
Licorice
Love
London
M1
2
3
4
A palindromic mother
A famous steam train and a common duck
Slain by Theseus in a labyrinth
Chanterelle, Shiitake and Chestnut are varieties of these
mum
Mallard
Minotaur
Mushrooms
N 1
2
3
4
He had sons called Shem, Ham and Japeth
Noah
The wooden small boy created by the author Enid Blyton.Noddy
A smooth, shiny skinned peach
Nectarine
The loch containing a monster.
Ness
O 1
2
3
4
The world’s oldest golf tournament.
A grain used to make porridge.
Baron Pierre de Coubertin ….1896.
Britain’s largest aid agency.
Open
Oats
Olympics
Oxfam
P 1
2
3
4
A bear and a London station.
The lane in which the Great Fire of London started.
The annual series of concerts first held at the Albert Hall
An Italian sparkling wine
Paddington
Pudding
Proms
Prosecco
Q 1
2
3
4
A group of five musicians
A popular meat substitute product
A form of pen made from a bird’s feather
A wizard sport played on broomsticks!
Quintet
Quorn
Quill
Quidditch
R 1
2
3
4
The bird that, by tradition, must not leave the Tower of London
A disease which can be caught from the bite of a mad dog
The version of tennis played at Hampton Court
A long-haired fairytale princess locked in a tower
Raven
Rabies
Real
Rapunzle
S 1
2
3
4
The London station from where Eurostar runs.
Popeye’s favourite food
The age of someone who is three score years and ten
The isle where Thomas the Tank engine lives
St Pancras
Spinach
Seventy
Sodor
T 1
2
3
4
Both a bird and a country
The star constellation known as the bull
A form of pasta made in narrow strips.
It involves small discs being flicked into a cup
Turkey
Taurus
Tagliatelli
Tiddlywinks
U 1
2
3
4
He/she takes over when an actor is unwell
A one-wheeled cycle.
It goes up when the rain comes down
A German submarine
Understudy
Unicycle
Umbrella
U-boat
V 1
2
3
4
The first name of the artist Van Gogh
Vincent
T = Tango, U = Uniform, V =?
Victor
A special fabric in double strips used for fastening together
Velcro
I came, I saw, I conquered. Veni, vidi, …. ?
Vici
W1
2
3
4
A male witch
The animal named Moby Dick
Chinook, Mistral and Sirocco are examples of this W
A sauce made by Lea and Perrins
Warlock
Whale
Wind
Worcester
Y 1
2
3
4
A wild ox which lives at high altitude in Tibet.
A pudding traditionally eaten with roast beef
A tree often associated with churchyards.
The male chromosome
Yak
Yorkshire
Yew
Y
Z 1
2
3
4
The sixth letter of the Greek alphabet
A corpse reanimated by a spirit
The alternative name for a courgette
Black and white striped members of the horse family
Zeta
Zombie
Zucchini
Zebra