The deadline for Spurtle’s Summer Quiz passed at noon today. All the entries have now been scrutinised, checked, and a clear winner has emerged.
Thank you and well done to everyone who took part. Nobody scored 100%, but some of you came exceedingly close.
An honourable mention goes first to Adam Blackwood of Broughton Place. In addition to scoring highly, he recognised the painting of Echo (all the answers involved repetitions of some sort) and her connection to Narcissus (which is of course the name of the shop on Broughton Street where we maintain our postbox).
Richard Patterson of Bellevue Crescent showed great sang froid by not entering until late this morning. He came within two marks of a maximum score, but was pipped at the last by Tim Smith of Rosslyn Terrace.
He also failed to realise that as a regular Spurtle team member he is ineligible for prizes and so wins nothing but our admiration.
Spurtle will contact Blackwood and Patterson shortly with news of their exciting rewards.
You can visit the quiz by following this link. Below are the solutions.
- Yellow belly
- Incy wincy (spider climbed up the spout)
- Tex Mex
- Kit Kat (name of club with low ceiling, hence shorter than full-length portraits on the walls)
- Dilly dally (or shilly shally) ('My Old Man said "follow the van and don't ..."')
- Pitter patter (size zeros – tiny feet)
- Teeny weeny (yellow polka dot bikini)
- Easy peasy (Shimples!)
- Hugger mugger
- Zig zag (offensive trenches and Ancient Egyptian symbol for water)
- Odd job (bad-hat in Goldfinger)
- Gender bender (wrasse in photo sometimes change sex from female to male)
- Fancy pants
- Silly billy
- Clap trap
- Fancy pants
- Big wigs
- Airy fairy
- Willy nilly (image is of William Wallace)
- Upsy daisy
- Culture vulture
- Quid pro quo (half-mark for Hannibal the Cannibal) This is a quote from the film.
- Mish mash
- Rugger bugger
- Lovey dovey
- Namby Pamby (disparaging nickname for the poor poet Henry Carey)