Quiz Answers

11TH PARISH OF NORTON CHRISTMAS QUIZ

 

2008

 

 

ANSWERS

 

 

1)         M D A L  = Mutton Dressed as Lamb

 

2)         W P the F & S the G S O the  = We plough the fields and scatter, the good seed on the land

 

3)         A F = Animal Farm

 

4)         The F I the D  = The farmer in the dell

 

5)         H N B C? = How now brown cow?

 

6)         The G G G of H = The green, green grass of home

 

7)         T P, T P, L M Y G M = Tom Pearce, Tom Pearce, lend me your grey mare

 

8)         F M F = Fantastic Mr Fox

 

9)         A I a M = Away in a Manger

 

10)      T, T, the P S, S a P & A H R = Tom, Tom, the piper’s son, stole a pig and away he ran

 

11)      B B & C = Boiled Beef & Carrots

 

12)      B B B S H Y A W = Baa Baa Black Sheep, have you any wool?

 

13)      T S N M the O T T O the C = Thou shalt not muzzle the Ox that treadeth out the corn

 

14)      O F & H = Only Fools & Horses

 

15)      G G G, W S I W? = Goosey Goosey Gander , Whither shall I wander?

 

16)      C, I G a B N C H = Cuz, I’ve gotta brand new Combine harvester

 

17)      R a C H = Ride a Cock Horse

 

18)      R S A N, S D = Red Sky at Night, Shepherd’s Delight

 

19)      R R, R R, R,R,R = Run Rabbit, Run rabbit, Run, run, run

 

20)      D P A Y E I O B = Don't Put All Your Eggs In One Basket

 

21)      M O H K = Milk of Human Kindness

 

22)      A P in a P T = A Partridge in a Pear Tree

 

23)      F W B N P = Fine words butter no parsnips

 

24)      S of the L = Silence of the Lambs

 

25)      W K C R = Who killed Cock Robin?

 

26)      The H & H B = The Horse & his Boy

 

27)      T T = Tractor Tom (Turkey Trot or Turnip Townsend ½)

 

28)      W S W T F B N = While Shepherd’s watched their flocks by night

 

29)      D A the O B & B = Down at the Old Bull & Bush

 

30)      W the T M W ? = What’s the time Mr Wolf?

 

31)      L M M, S O H T, E H C & W = Little Miss Muffet, sat on her tuffet, eating her curds & whey

 

32)      O A N the O F = Oranges are not the only fruit

 

33)      F of G = Fields  of Gold

 

34)      H F a S A F a L = Hanged for a sheep as for a lamb

 

35)      O & B & B G = Oats & Beans & Barley grow

 

36)      L of the H  = Lord of  the Harvest

 

37)      C I C, the G I G F …. = Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat

 

38)      W the B S, T S I = Where the bee sucks, there suck I

 

39)      H W G G N I M = Here we go gathering nuts in May

 

40)      Y C M an O W B E = You can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs

 

41)      P, S, R, & T = Parsley, sage, rosemary & thyme

 

42)      W A of the B B W? = Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf?

 

43)      The P of the S & the S = The parable of the sower and the seed

 

44)      The T L P = The Three Little Pigs

 

45)      The H W = The Horse Whisperer

 

46)      The T of the S = The Taming of the Shrew

 

47)      H, H , D Y S = Horsey, Horsey, Don’t you stop

 

48)      The L F T O = The Love for Three Oranges

 

49)      D S U the A T W A E B M = Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree with anyone else but me

 

50)      R I C = Rolling in Clover

 

 

 

Congratulations to the winner, Rachel Phillips from Stevenage , with 50 correct answers, who wins £10.00. This is the first time that anyone has won with ALL the answers correct! 

 

 

From the 23 entries this year, many of you were in the high 30’s & 40’s – well done!

 

 

Thank you for taking part.

 

 

Wishing you all a very Happy New Year and look out for next year’s quiz.

 

 

 

 

Nicky Macer