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Quizzes & Puzzles Round Up August 2016
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Welcome to August quizzes and puzzles round up! Find new quizzes, puzzles, and tests of the brainpower here - usually for charity!
Check back to the August Quizzes and Puzzles Round Up thread to see quiz and puzzle results updates, thanks from setters and how much money was raised! This also includes a quiz which raised over £128 - but without a winner! A rarity indeed!
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Please could you post one quiz per answer to avoid confusion, thank you.
1 New Magpas Charity Quiz Double 's' Part Two All clues relate to a two word answer, both words begin with letter S. Closing date 8th August 2016.
2 General Knowledge Quiz in aid of Lincolnshire Ileostomy and Internal Pouch Support Group. 70 GK Questions. Closing Date: 27th August, 2016.
3 Beatlemania. Raising money for Water Aid. All of the answers are people who are in some way connected to The Beatles.The answers may be people who are real or fictitious. Some answers are more obvious than others. Quiz sheets a suggested minimum donation of £1. Closing date August 31st 2016.
4 Foodstuffs with a Scottish Placename in the Title Quiz 24 questions in 3 sections 1 mixed section 1 anagram section and 1 section where you have to put the vowels in. Closing date of Saturday 3rd September 2016.
5 Summer Save the Children Quiz 5 section of 10 questions closing date Sept 10th 2016
6 SUMMER quiz in aid of the Romanian Aid Foundation. Mixture of 60 questions - 30 questions with a drink in the answer, 15 clues on fictional doctors and 15 questions on Disney movies. Closing date –10th September, 2016
7 GQT - Gardeners' Question Time Cryptic quiz 60 questions. Closing date 30th September 2016.
8 Tour The World 80 cryptic questions, money raised will go to the RSPB. Closing date 30th September 2016.
9 Rodents and Reptiles consists of 30 questions and 30 pictures - no real rats in sight! Closing date 30th September 2016. 10 Chatteris Community Group "On Your Head" Quiz in aid of our Medical Loans Service 40 things that could be worn on the head, closing date 30 Sept
11 Food for Thought quiz. Macmillan Cancer Support. available from 31st July Closing date 30th September 2016.
12 Holiday Blues - The Musical in which the answers are all Musicals and you just fill in the blanks. Three prizes of £15 £10 and £5 and also a lucky draw. Closing date 30th September 2016
13 New Quiz (BQ17) for St Mary's Church, Blackpool. Closing date 1 October.
14 New Macmillan Cancer Support Quiz, "Around the World" This a quiz of 48 fun and cyptic questions to solve to find the names of various places around the world. Closing date is 01/10/16
15 Wildlife In Scotland Charity quiz for the Scottish Wildlife Trust with £100 in prizes. Theme is simply 'Wildlife in Scotland'. Entrance fee £1. Closing date 15th October 2016.
16 CRIMES QUIZ IN AID OF NAIRN HYDROTHERAPY POOL 30 mixed questions - all answers are a type of crime. Closing date is Tuesday 18th October 2016.
17 Blesma Quiz 2016 - British Place NamesOnce again, in this year's quiz, all of the answers are the names of places in Great Britain and the closing date is 31st October, 2016. A prize of £50 will be awarded to the person submitting the highest number of correct answers (paid out of the author's own pocket, so that all monies go to Blesma).
18 Buxton Mountain Rescue Quiz 11 60 questions Cryptic/General Knowledge/Anagrams of place names in British Isles containing a weight or a measurement. Closing date 31st October 2016.
Please remember it is vital that you add contact details ie email or postal address, the closing date, the cost, where the quiz funds will be going and the theme of the quiz,thanks.
If you have already added it to AB you can just post the link to the question.
Please could you post one quiz per answer to avoid confusion, thank you.
If you are asking for help with a quiz, please can you ensure to include the quiz title and closing date.
Happy Quizzing!
Check back to the August Quizzes and Puzzles Round Up thread to see quiz and puzzle results updates, thanks from setters and how much money was raised! This also includes a quiz which raised over £128 - but without a winner! A rarity indeed!
OTHER HOUSEKEEPING: We're asking for you opinions on how our titles should be formatted - please let us know your thoughts!
NOTICE: Please remember it is vital that you add contact details i.e. email or postal address, the closing date, the cost, where the quiz funds will be going and the theme of the quiz, thanks.
If you have already added it to AB you can just post the link to the question.
Please could you post one quiz per answer to avoid confusion, thank you.
New Quizzes And Puzzles August 2016
Ending in August
1 New Magpas Charity Quiz Double 's' Part Two All clues relate to a two word answer, both words begin with letter S. Closing date 8th August 2016.
2 General Knowledge Quiz in aid of Lincolnshire Ileostomy and Internal Pouch Support Group. 70 GK Questions. Closing Date: 27th August, 2016.
3 Beatlemania. Raising money for Water Aid. All of the answers are people who are in some way connected to The Beatles.The answers may be people who are real or fictitious. Some answers are more obvious than others. Quiz sheets a suggested minimum donation of £1. Closing date August 31st 2016.
Ending in September
4 Foodstuffs with a Scottish Placename in the Title Quiz 24 questions in 3 sections 1 mixed section 1 anagram section and 1 section where you have to put the vowels in. Closing date of Saturday 3rd September 2016.
5 Summer Save the Children Quiz 5 section of 10 questions closing date Sept 10th 2016
6 SUMMER quiz in aid of the Romanian Aid Foundation. Mixture of 60 questions - 30 questions with a drink in the answer, 15 clues on fictional doctors and 15 questions on Disney movies. Closing date –10th September, 2016
7 GQT - Gardeners' Question Time Cryptic quiz 60 questions. Closing date 30th September 2016.
8 Tour The World 80 cryptic questions, money raised will go to the RSPB. Closing date 30th September 2016.
9 Rodents and Reptiles consists of 30 questions and 30 pictures - no real rats in sight! Closing date 30th September 2016. 10 Chatteris Community Group "On Your Head" Quiz in aid of our Medical Loans Service 40 things that could be worn on the head, closing date 30 Sept
11 Food for Thought quiz. Macmillan Cancer Support. available from 31st July Closing date 30th September 2016.
12 Holiday Blues - The Musical in which the answers are all Musicals and you just fill in the blanks. Three prizes of £15 £10 and £5 and also a lucky draw. Closing date 30th September 2016
Ending in October
13 New Quiz (BQ17) for St Mary's Church, Blackpool. Closing date 1 October.
14 New Macmillan Cancer Support Quiz, "Around the World" This a quiz of 48 fun and cyptic questions to solve to find the names of various places around the world. Closing date is 01/10/16
15 Wildlife In Scotland Charity quiz for the Scottish Wildlife Trust with £100 in prizes. Theme is simply 'Wildlife in Scotland'. Entrance fee £1. Closing date 15th October 2016.
16 CRIMES QUIZ IN AID OF NAIRN HYDROTHERAPY POOL 30 mixed questions - all answers are a type of crime. Closing date is Tuesday 18th October 2016.
17 Blesma Quiz 2016 - British Place NamesOnce again, in this year's quiz, all of the answers are the names of places in Great Britain and the closing date is 31st October, 2016. A prize of £50 will be awarded to the person submitting the highest number of correct answers (paid out of the author's own pocket, so that all monies go to Blesma).
18 Buxton Mountain Rescue Quiz 11 60 questions Cryptic/General Knowledge/Anagrams of place names in British Isles containing a weight or a measurement. Closing date 31st October 2016.
Please remember it is vital that you add contact details ie email or postal address, the closing date, the cost, where the quiz funds will be going and the theme of the quiz,thanks.
If you have already added it to AB you can just post the link to the question.
Please could you post one quiz per answer to avoid confusion, thank you.
If you are asking for help with a quiz, please can you ensure to include the quiz title and closing date.
Happy Quizzing!
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Latest Rainbow Charity puzzle - "Mixed Doubles" is available
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It is an entertaining set of 100 clues with a devious mix of cryptic and general knowledge. Entry is only £1, (but you can give more if you want to!). There is a first prize of £50, with £40 for second place and £30 for third. All profits are donated to charity. Closing date 30 November
http://
It is an entertaining set of 100 clues with a devious mix of cryptic and general knowledge. Entry is only £1, (but you can give more if you want to!). There is a first prize of £50, with £40 for second place and £30 for third. All profits are donated to charity. Closing date 30 November
New Pink Quiz 2016
"In More Than One Direction", for Breast Cancer Research at Lincoln Hospital.
Available from :
J. and M. King,
10 Abbey Road,
Bardney,
Lincoln.
LN3 5XA.
£10 prize for the winner.
Closing Date: 31st January, 2017.
Price £1 + s.a.e.
Sorry, but this quiz is not available by email.
BJ
"In More Than One Direction", for Breast Cancer Research at Lincoln Hospital.
Available from :
J. and M. King,
10 Abbey Road,
Bardney,
Lincoln.
LN3 5XA.
£10 prize for the winner.
Closing Date: 31st January, 2017.
Price £1 + s.a.e.
Sorry, but this quiz is not available by email.
BJ
Radcliffe Animal Shelter: Creatures 12 Quiz. 30 not-so-general knowledge and quirky questions relating to animals/creatures of all kinds. Costs £1 with prize of £10. Email [email protected] Closing date 30th January 2017.
