Christmas Quiz Answers
12TH PARISH OF NORTON CHRISTMAS
2009
Answers
1) A H of G = A heart of gold
2) I O a P M = It’s only a Paper Moon
3) M, M, G M …. = Mud, Mud, glorious mud ….
4) D A a G B F = Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend
5) A O I = Any Old Iron
6) K O W = Knock on Wood
7) F, M, C-T & P = Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-Tail & Peter
8) I G N Ss T H M D = I’ve got no strings to hold me down
9) D S O M B S S = Don’t step on my blue suede shoes
10) The G W the F H = The Girl with the Flaxen hair
11) M O B = Me Ol’ Bamboo
12) A the G R = After the Gold Rush
13) H D D =
14) S, S, N the M, W the N I H S S = Slowly, silently, now the moon, walks the night in her silver shoon
15) … B P P T U W Ss … = Brown Paper Packages Tied Up With Strings
16) Y C P the W O M E = You Can’t Pull the Wool Over My Eyes
17) The L S T B the C’s B = The last straw that broke the camel’s back
18) … F G R… = Five gold rings
19) R D, Y the O = Rubber Duckie, you’re the one
20) The G C = The Golden Compass
21) C O a H T R = Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
22) H A a S-B = Happy as a sand-boy
23) The S L = The Silken Ladder
24) …W a L B O T & a S… = With a little bit of timber and a saw…
25) I M = Iron Man
26) D A F = Diamonds are forever
27) T W G D L a L B! = That will go down like a lead balloon!
28) E & I L T I P H = Ebony & Ivory Live together in perfect harmony
29) S D = Satin Doll
30) A B A B = As bold as brass
31) T L B H T L T, E H A W H = Two little boys had two little toys, each had a wooden horse.
32) The S C = The Silver Chair
33) N of S = Nerves of steel
34) U M W = Under Milk Wood
35) The P F = The
36) A H A N = As Hard as Nails
37) P P = Polythene Pam
38) S H L I a B of S = See him lying in a bed of straw
39) A N O the T = A night on the tiles
40) P W L I G H S N T Ss = People who live in glass houses should not throw stones
41) R R W W Y B M? = Ruby, Ruby, when will you be mine?
42) P the T R = Paint the town red
43) The W T = The Wooden Tops
44) P O a S = Puppet on a String
45) A F I Y C = A feather in your cap
46) I Y G D T the Ws T… = If you go down to the woods today
47) T T W the S B = To tar with the same brush
48) W L = Wax lyrical
49) The P G of H = The Pearly Gates of Heaven
50) S & Ss M B M B B N W N H M! = Sticks & stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me!
Congratulations to the winner, Sonia Weston from Letchworth, with 45/50 correct answers, who wins £10.00.
From the 11 entries this year, many of you were in the high 30’s & 40’s – well done! We sold 207 copies of the quiz, making a profit of £197 for
Thank you for taking part. Wishing you all a very Happy New Year and look out for next year’s quiz.
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