2013 Picture Quiz

Easy one this year, so no cigar. Simply identify the places we have been.

Section 1 - Castles

No 1

No 2

No 3

No 4

No 5

No 6

Section 2 - Bridges

No 7

No 8

No 9 (=No 8 from the other side!)

No 10

No 11

Section 3 - Water features

No 12

No 13

No 14

No 15

No 16

Section 4 - Ancient (and modern) Monuments

No 17

No 18

No  19

Section 5 - Lonely Cottages

No 20

No 21

Section 6 - Posers

No 22

No 23

No 24

No 25

Ayrshire Quiz Answers

The answers


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25. Greenan Castle

33. Tibbie's Brig, Muirkirk

The Answers to the Early Ooters' 2013 Ayrshire Quiz

Congratulations to the winners!
1  Jimmy
2  Allan
3  Paul

Ayrshire Quiz

Ayrshire Quiz

Straightforward quiz this year - you either know the answer or you don't. If anyone scores 40/40 I'll presume you googled the answer! The Ooter with the highest score will be let off with one week's kitty contribution! Email me your answers or hand in by Wednesday the 23rd January. Any collusion will result in a punishment exercise!
Answers will be posted after the closing date.
Best of luck!
Davie

Early Ooters' Christmas and Ne'erday Quiz 2011

The answers are all places that at least some Ooters have been to [this year - NOT this year. The typist has been sacked]; obviously I cannot guarantee that everybody has visited all the places in the answers. Remember, of course, that not all walks have been en Ecosse! Some of the solutions are rather obtuse to try and outwit smartarse Jimmy.

Section 1

Anagrams
Rearrange the letters to find the places according to the three headings:-

Lochs
TOYLAND
CARWIRE
A TINKER
CRINKLE DEN
CAT PEE SMELLS

Hills
NEARBY YELL
GENTLER WHORE
YAMS WILT
GONADS LITE
SACRED DIMPLE

Towns
SLOE MILKER
DIALS HELL
CLANKED BY
LEARN WANK
LAND DUD NO

Total:15 points

Section 2

Cryptic, sort of …

1. Would you be raving mad to live here? (6 letters)
2. But do Rex, Richard, Ross and Robert all live happily here? (9)
3. However, there are more bends on the road to this place than the name would suggest. (8)
4. Protestant ministers? Definitely not, this is Catholic country! (10)
5. Could you be bowled over by virgins in this place? (7)
6. You'd definitely need to be biased to stay and play here. (7)
7. Sounds as if it is larger than other places, but that's not necessarily so! (6)
8. Your flag would definitely fly proudly up here if you could see through the bloody mist! (5,8)
9. It's what the devil wears? Si, señora. Non, madame! (5 or 6)
10. I hear this is an excellent place for retired criminals! (11)

Total: 10 points


Section 3

Odd man out. Which of the following do not belong?

1. Dungrain Law, Hill of Stake, Blackcraig, Goatfell, Blacksidend.
2. Ballochmartin, Ballikillet, Auchenhessnane, Breakough, Figgantoch.
3. Rankinston, Galston, Annbank, Tarbolton, Catrine.
4. Col de Jau, Ness Glen, Cairntable, Clyde Valley.
5. Manteaux de Sel, Nouveaux Moulins, Château de Lait, Beau Zizi.

Any reasonable answers for the above will be considered, and then totally discarded and ignored in favour of the correct one which is mine!

Total: 5 points

Section 4

Ubi coitus sumus?  Where were the following pictures taken?

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10.

Grand total: 40 points

I'll put up a bottle of wine as the prize. In the event of a tie, I have a deciding question.

Bonne chance!

Quizmaster: Davie Mc

Ne'erday Quiz

Ubi coitus sumus?

Those of you whose heids are not too sozzled with strong drink might like to try the following teasers. The answers are all places visited by the Early Ooters during their weekly sojourns.

1 Rearrange
Where were we when we were "up" the following:

a BACTERNIAL
b BEN LICKS DAD
c TRACK PROOF MANOR
d DID NASTY DRAWN
e DULL HINDU LOO
f O FLAT LEG

likewise rearrange the following to find place names.
g CORNER SPOTS
h WARN ANKLE
i RED IS RUDE
j LOCH TIREE
k MAN IN SHIT
l NAIVE MOI?

2 Historical facts picked up en route
a Where is the Promised Land?
b Where were the Blackgannoch Conventicles held?
c Where was a battle fought in 1263?
d Where will you find "Adam's Stane"?
e Where is Balloch Castle? (clue: not the name it's known by now)

3 Quotations
Where were we when the now famous quotations were uttered?
a GET ME OFF THIS F****** MOUNTAIN NOW!
b Well, this road goes this way and that road goes that way!
c What f****** kingfisher?
d Hey, Jimmy, huv you goat yer specs?

4 Robert Burns
Where do you see the following quotations from Burns? (Have you been paying attention?)

a
Syne to the Leglen Wood when it was late,
To make a silent and a safe retreat

b
At Wallace's name what Scottish blood
But boils up in a springtime flood?

and where is Burns referring to when he writes? :-

c
My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream
Flow gently, ........ ............ , disturb not her dream!

d
In ev'ry glen the mavis sang,
All Nature list'ning seem'd the while
Except where greenwood echoes rang
Amang the braes o' ............

e
While winds frae aff ............. ................ blaw,
And bar the doors wi' drivin' snaw,
And hing us owre the ingle,
I set me down to pass the time
And spin a verse or twa o' rhyme
In hamely westlin' jingle.

(This one's probably got smart-arse Jimmy puzzling!)

5 Hostelries
Where are the following pubs?

a The Mercat
b The Merrick
c Poosie Nansie's
d The Tap o' the Brae
e The Tennents Bar
f Mac's Bar

6 The answer to this question could possibly be debatable
What are the three longest walks the Ooters have ever done? (discounting walks in France)

There you go. Not too difficult. You have till Wednesday to think about the answers before I post them. ( Sorry, till I get Kay to post them!!)

ANSWERS NOW IN THE COMMENTS

A GUID NEW YEAR TAE ONE AN' A'!