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The Building Experience DIY Forum > Christmas Quiz

Come on you miserable lot - lets have some Christmas spirit. A quiz is what you need.......no prizes just bragging rights that the grey matter has gone!

The following are cryptic clues to objects found around the home at Xmas:

1. Appointments
2. Dad's a barber
3. Crazy
4. Make a pig of yourself when you find them
5.The orange song
6. A Pleasure in Ankara
7. Vision for cockney
8.Type that goes on your head
9.Second visitor in a Christmas Carol
10. Opposite of French stick

December 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterH

1. Advent calender
2. Parsnips
3. Nuts
4. Truffles
5.
6. Turkish delight
7. Minced pies
8.
9. Christmas present
10.

No idea with the others!

Have a good xmas guys

Darren

December 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterDarren

Great Quiz H and good effort Darren.

Now i consider myself something of an intellectual but i'm terrible at Cryptic clues. I've never been able to get it. However i'm determined to get some of the answers that Darren missed, so i will be back.

December 16, 2009 | Registered CommenterThe General

Great effort. Number 1 is wrong.

Best of luck

December 16, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterH

been pondering these missing anwers for a couple of days now ... still struggling but here goes :

1) dates

5) peeler
8) paper hat
10) ?????

December 22, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterscotty

I think dates is right!

Still no idea with the others!

December 22, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterDarren

1. Dates is correct.

I'll give you 5 as I didn't get it (even when I knew the answer) - Clementine / Tangerine.....oh my darling clementine??

8. think 'cockney'
10. describe a french stck and you'll get the answer

December 22, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterH

8) I ain't a cockney so I'm at a disadvantage.... is it Pork Pie ?

10) Still no idea

December 23, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterscotty

Scotty has taken the first step in becoming cockney - yep that is right.

Last one to put you out of your misery is ........ short bread! Simples!!!

December 31, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterH

Thanks for putting us out of our torment H ... yes it is simple - when you have the answers !!

Ta

December 31, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterscotty