Christian Aid Quiz

This quiz is now closed. If you wish to receive the solution please send me a s.a.e. and a donation to Christian Aid.
Look out for a new Christian Aid quiz next spring

Have a little fun as you help someone else, and you could win a hamper of Fairtrade goodies.
Below are clues to place-names within a couple of miles of the coastline of the British mainland. They all appear on Ordinance Survey 1:25,000 maps.
The clues may be factual, cryptic or just bad puns (occasionally a mixture). Solve as many as you can and send the completed leaflet to Mrs Walker, Upper Bottle House, Stane St., Slinfold, RH13 0RE, together with a donation of at least £3 for Christian Aid (If you can fill in the Gift Aid declaration at the end, your gift is worth even more). Closing date is May 30th. You can also hand it in at the Christian Aid Lunch in Slinfold Village Hall on May 17th
The winner, whoever correctly solves the most clues, will be announced at the 9.30 am service at St Peter's Slinfold's on June 8th and the prize delivered in the next few days
In the event of a tie, the winner will be the person who, in the opinion of the committee, best completes this sentence, using ten or fewer words:-
'I support Christian Aid because

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The Quiz

1. Probable site of the Battle of Maldon, 991AD (7, 6)
2. 'none of woman born' (7)
3. New Town on the site of medieval Yoden (8)
4. Famous player of the 'jumping flea' (6)
5. For tall ships? (10)
6. Bay that Sampson intended to take (10)
7. W. coast state on the east coast (10)
8. Funny old Eric (9)
9. Angler's sentry (9)
10. Site of Miss Musgrove's accident (4,5)
11. Launder the crown jewels in (3,4)
12. Green rock - half a sweet is about right (8)
13. Nutty as a fruitcake (6)
14. Does a saurian act as a gundog? (6,5)
15. QPR without their road (6)
16. Senator Goldwater (5)
17. Occidental gassing on (4,9)
18. Where to set a long running play (9)
19. Punish witches - on your knees (7-2-6)
20. The other is at Bowness-on-Solway (8)
21. Slope in the road smooths the wood (6,5)
22. No coals, thank you! (9)
23. Sounds like a euphemism - for a card game? (4)
24. Pop group (11)
25. Two features (8)
26. Hunter, reddish brown in colour (5,3)
27. Dracula's inspiration (6)
28. Alcoholic, malted drink (4)
29. To set wings singing (4,2,7)
30. Does this court have a small maze (13)
31. Smuggled maize? (7)
32. Cloak your anger (4,5)
33. Alternatively wade across a monster loch (6,4)
34. 18 miles of pebbles (6,5)
35. Brief health bulletin on Mr Pitt (8)
36. Stone pillared window cove (7)
37. Early knife-maker (5)
38. Largest E.Anglian drowned port (7)
39. Gentle stroll (5)
40. Birthplace of a king or a future king (8)
41. Longest British pier (8-2-3)
42. Where Sir Billy camped in 1935 (8)
43. Similar to billiardse or snookere (5)
44. Worn by sailors? (9)
45. Where they didn't like the sea empress (7,5)
46. Two-minded river; eager or a bore? (6)
47. Open 2007 here (10)
48. Site of Elizabeth's weak and feeble body (7)
49. Highlight of the illuminations? (9,5)
50. Has a Obby Oss mayday (7)

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Please sign if appropriate
Please treat this £_ _ _ _ donation to Christian Aid as a Gift Aid payment.
I confirm that I am a UK taxpayer and that the tax I pay will at least equal the amount deducted from this donation
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Print out the quiz and have a go!

Solve as many as you can and send the completed leaflet to :-
J Walker, Upper Bottle House, Stane St., Slinfold RH13 0RE
together with a donation of at least £3 for Christian Aid
(If you can fill in the Gift Aid declaration at the end of the page, your gift is worth even more).
Closing date is May 30th 2008.
(If you would like the complete answers, include an s.a.e. with your entry and we'll send them out in June.)

Christian Aid Week

May 11th to May 17th
Activities in Slinfold

• Sat. May 10th - Jumble Sale
  raised £ 271.95
• Mon. May 12th - Coffee Morning and 'Bring and Buy Sale'
  raised £457.32
• Tues. May 13th - Concert in St. Peter's Church
  raised £243.26
• Fri. May 16th - Quizaid.
  raised £96
• Sat. May 17th - Christian Aid Lunch
  raised £162.25
• Sat. May 31st - Christian Aid Dance.
  raised £447.40
• From Easter onward until end of May our own C.A.Quiz
  raised £98

House-to-house collections totalled £1470.25. In all we have sent £3,479.98 this year

Harvest - Big Tea Time

On Friday 19th September Slinfold¹s Christian Aid Committee will be inviting everyone to come to a Tea Party in the Chapel.
Together with groups throughout the country we will be taking part in 'The Big Tea Time'
We offer you a cup of tea and some delicious cake and ask you to make a donation which will help people in the world¹s poorest communities to work their way out of poverty
Tea will be served from 2.30pm
For fuller details, look out for our posters or phone Janet on 790464
This raised over £170

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