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As a way of keeping those brain cells ticking over during the Christmas period, this year’s answers feature well-known books, both classic and modern.
A bumper year for quiz entries – and a lot of correct ones.
The winner was John Cumber, who wins £15 in book tokens.
Here are the questions and answers.
A Happy and Healthy New Year to you all!
Les and Sue Harris
1. A story of London and Paris (1, 4, 2, 3, 6) A Tale of Two Cities
2. Someone we both know (3, 6, 6) Our Mutual Friend
3. Around 15th/16th of 3rd month (11) Middlemarch
4. This bird isn’t long lasting (3, 7, 5) The Pelican Brief
5. Grinning folk (6’1, 6) Smiley’s People
6. Precious digit (10) Goldfinger
7. Clue to a painter (3, 2, 5, 4) The Da Vinci Code
8. Conflict and calm (3, 3, 5) War and Peace
9. Foreign officer’s lady (3, 6, 10’1, 5) The French Lieutenant’s Woman
10. A prescient epic tale (3, 7, 4) The Forsyte Saga
11. Two syllables that sound like a higher degree (4) Emma
12. A sin and bias (5, 3, 9) Pride and Prejudice
13. Puzzling thing? (6) Enigma (A couple of people suggested Jigsaw, which we allowed)
14. Twenty seven years ago (4) 1984
15. Weather-exposed residence (5, 5) Bleak House
16. Blow through the trees (4, 2, 3, 7) Wind In The Willows
17. Fatality on the river (5, 2, 3, 4) Death on the Nile
18. Saintly kitchen utensil (5, 3) Peter Pan
19. Male offspring and liaisons (4, 3, 6) Sons and Lovers
20. Sounds like a song for a plain girl (4, 4) Jane Eyre
21. Planet with a tanner? (3, 4, 3, 8) The Moon and Sixpence
22. Grass for a herbal drink? (3, 8, 4) The Camomile Lawn
23. Half a biscuit and a dance (6, 5) Oliver Twist
24. 24 hours (3, 3) One Day
25. Unforgiving ocean (3, 5, 3) The Cruel Sea
26. Small ladies (6, 5) Little Women
27. Cross-making fruit (3, 6, 2, 5) The Grapes of Wrath
28. Tome from the rain forest?? (3, 6, 4) The Jungle Book
29. Male trio go sailing (5, 3, 2, 1, 4) Three Men in a Boat
30. Seasonal song (1, 9, 5) A Christmas Carol |
