lavender trust christmas quiz

[fordward]

realy strugling with the last 12
here are 6of them
30 Will the organist take a beating 9
34 This King is married to David Lloyd Georges great granddaughter 5.4
40 Can Hungary McCoy spit nylons fit around to find an old TV series anag 5.7.6.6
48 Who first brought Lennon & McCartney music to the proms 3.5.7
50 Was this ever consumed by this 'Diamond' geezer 3.3.4
52 One of 15 from 1242 for the Senior service maybe 7

[smouse]

34 Peter Snow
40 Monty Pythons flying circus

Can you tell me 87 please

[fordward]

sorry smouse i havent got that one

[fordward]

smouse could you explain 34 to me!!

[smouse]

explain it - lol it took forever
He is married to D L Georges granddaughter so that bits just fact although hard to find as I could only find the other granddaugther. Then he is known as king of the swingometer and its good enough for me - lol

30 I can see that roasting is an anagram of organist but wrong number of letters

If anyone else can help with 87 the question is
Its usually put in rolls but hasnt the best of flavour (4 8 5)

[fordward]

thankyou smouse i would never have got that , i did notice your observation on no30. you seem to be doing well i have another half dozen which im struggling with

[smouse]

I've got nativity for 52 but dont ask me to explain that cos I can and wish I could
can see navy but where rest comes from I wish I knew cos I hate it if I cant see why

[fordward]

but thats not the right amount of letters
!!!!!

[smouse]

well piggin heck!

[fordward]

so we are not getting on here have you many to get smouse

[kettledrum]

Smouse .... about no 52, what is the answer to 15?

[halcyon days]

15. Festive Road

See my previous post re number of letters

[brokenbank]

No. 52 is the name of a ship...............details on wikipedia.

[smouse]

From that I can fathom a guess but how on earth would I check something like that on wiki

[brokenbank]

My method was to assume it was a naval ship, hence an HMS. I assumed there had been 15 ships with such a name, the first one in 1242. I typed in " HMS from 1242" and the answer appeared. It's not HMS Victory!!

[smouse]

By jove (and thats another quiz I have on the go - lol) I've got it
Thanks for spoon feeding me to the answer. I hope I'm not normally that thick

[fordward]

i think i am that thick but got there thanks

[fordward]

only 8 to go no 48, 50,54,68 71,86,87,89

[smouse]

48 I just googled - nothing cryptic about it
50 think song
54 think game
Hope that helps for now

[keyboardix]

15. 52 Festive Road (Suspect quizmaster's letter count is wrong !}
50. The answer I am considering is "Red Red Wine", but it was not sung by Neil Diamond ("Diamond" geezer).
54. White Queen (This chess piece starts on Square D1)
71. Speech Impediments.
87. Gift Wrapping Paper.
89. Nicholas Parsons (compered "Just A Minute" on radio).

Regret that I have none of the other numbers answered, which are mentioned above in various postings.

[smouse]

It was written by Neil Diamond
I have all rest except number 30
Any ideas as to why this might be batteries?