Congratulations to all those who got all the anwers to the Telephone Treasure Trail this year! For those of you who struggled here they are – better luck next year!
This annual telephone quiz has been running since 1995 and usually runs over four nights in November. Well over 350 groups have been known to take part.
Each year one NWR group sets the questions. All of the groups taking part are sent a quiz pack in a sealed envelope to be opened on the night. Volunteer clue holders stand by their phones from 8pm to 10pm on their allotted nights to accept answers and provide groups with the next question.
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Telephone Treasure Trail 2014: Clues and answers
- How Halimah Yacob might carry her baby – Singapore Sling
- Irish revolutionaries after manufactured island – Madeira
- Rats like to be confused – Talisker
- Like the Earl but with a citrus twist – Lady Grey
- Plan to recycle the fruit of the monks’ labours – Chartreuse
- Sounds like the South American monkey needs oxygen in the end – Cappuccino
- Small company with uplift – Cobra
- 100 mph and 99 – Tonic
- Can I help you carry those bags madam? – Porter
- Sounds like a bogus ache to me – Champagne
- A biscuit favoured by Americans rather than the Scots – Bourbon
- Stir the basin for artists’ downfall – Absinthe
- Where the bodies are buried – Graves
- Making your mind up about a breakfast treat – Bucks Fizz
- Donkey before morning – Assam
- One of the lively woodland folk – Sprite
- 100 0 100 1 100 0 50 1 – Coca Cola
- Woody’s Island – Manhattan
- Well! Hidden crow ate raisins – Spring water
- Woodwind instrument lost in Bordeaux – Claret
- Sweet reward when shopping! – Nectar
- Cat chases mouse – Tom and Jerry
- Dark blue king is hesitant – Navy Rum
WEB CLUE
Endless explosive device alongside famous playwright at seaside feature with no start – Bombardier
And the winners are..
GROUP Winners:
Overall Winner – Wokingham 1
Monday – Wetherby
Tuesday – Penwortham
Wednesday – Chesterfield
Thursday – Houston
CLUE Holder winners:
Monday – Christine Allan (Alton) & Helena Graham (Wokingham 3)
Tuesday – Eleanor Symons (Playing Place/Carnon Downs) & Nova Owen (Wokingham 1)
Wednesday – Barbara Szolga (Cheltenham & Charlton Kings ) & Noreen Russell (Longniddry)
Thursday – Geraldine Hyner (Guildford) & Rosemary Beney (Chesterfield)
And here is a list of all the teams that got all 21 answers right:
ARBROATH
BRACKLEY
GLINTON & DISTRICT
HESWALL 2
KENTON
LEIGHTON BUZZARD
OTTERY ST MARY
PLAYING PLACE / CARNON DOWNS
REDHILL
SHEPPERTON / WALTON
SOUTHAMPTON
ST ALBANS 2
VALE of EVESHAM
WELLS
WETHERBY
WILMSLOW 1
WOKINGHAM 1
YORK
BEVERLEY
BOGNOR REGIS
BRACKNELL
BRAMHALL VILLAGE
CHARD
CLEVEDON
CREWE & DISTRICT
DUNFERMLINE
FARNBOROUGH
GRANTHAM
HARTLEPOOL
HERNE BAY
HOUSTON
IRBY
KENILWORTH
MORPETH
PENRITH
RUISLIP
SHEFFIELD / CROOKES
TAVISTOCK
THORNBURY NORTH
UPMINSTER
WILLERBY & KIRK ELLA
WIMBORNE
WISBECH
WOKINGHAM 3
YATE / SODBURY
ARNOLD
BASINGSTOKE
BOLTON
CHESTER SOUTH / EATON
CLEEVE PRIOR
CROSBY
DITTONS / ESHER
DORKING
DUNCHURCH
EXETER & DISTRICT
HADLEIGH / SOUTHEND-ON-SEA
HARPENDEN
HASSOCKS & AREA
HASTINGS
HAYFIELD
HITCHIN
HOLMES CHAPEL
HOOK
KENDAL
MALMESBURY
MARCHWOOD
MARLBOROUGH
PENWORTHAM
ROSSENDALE AND BURY NORTH
SALISBURY SP1 Group
SHEFFIELD / SOUTHWEST
SHREWSBURY
STAFFORD
STEYNING
TROWBRIDGE
WESTBURY on TRYM
WHITSTABLE
WINCHESTER
ACKWORTH
AMERSHAM NORTH
AMERSHAM SOUTH
ASTON
BATHEASTON
BATTLE & DISTRICT
BEACONSFIELD
BEDALE & DISTRICT
BOOKHAM
BRAMCOTE
BROADSTONE AFTERNOON
BURY ST EDMUNDS
CHANDLERS FORD / EASTLEIGH ‘B’
CHESTERFIELD
COQUET DALE
CRIEFF
DARTFORD
DEREHAM
DEVIZES
DURHAM CITY
EDENBRIDGE
FALKIRK
GLASGOW (East Renfrewshire)
GORING on THAMES
GREAT HOUGHTON
HARROGATE
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD NORTH
ICKENHAM
IVYBRIDGE
LEEDS NW
LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY
LUTTERWORTH
LYTHAM ST ANNES
MARLOW
MATLOCK
NAILSEA
NEWPORT (Shropshire)
NORTHALLERTON NOVA
OUNDLE & DISTRICT
PINNER
RUGBY
SAFFRON WALDEN
SHEFFIELD / FULWOOD
STAMFORD
SWINDON
WEST BRIDGFORD
WEST KIRBY / NEWTON
WOKINGHAM FOREST
WOOLTON HILL
Well done everyone!
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