The Scout Association

a) The Mallard; an A4 Gresley locomotive holding the steam speed record of 125mph
b) Marching pace; oddly double time is not twice ordinary marching pace
c) Bravo November is a Chinook (native north American word meaning snow eater) helicopter that survived the Atlantic conveyer in the Falklands and has served in every conflict since
d) This was Jumbo; an African elephant who was the star of London Zoo in the late 19th Century. He was sold to Barnums circus, toured America and was killed in a collision with a locomotive.

In Henley-on-Todd, Alice Springs, Australia, there is an annual regatta run on the dry river bed. Competitors carry boats and run the course. If it rains and the river has water in it, the event cannot take place

a) Canal art is roses and castles
b) The Rhine has many castles, also a large 132m rock called the lorelei – legend has it the lorelei is a siren luring sailors to their deaths
c) Lincoln’s community radio station is Siren FM
d) FM (frequency modulation) was developed by Armstrong who worked in conjunction with RCA, owners of the HMV logo, Nipper the dog.
e) Nipper was born in Bristol, the current resting place of the SS Great Britain

Ralph Reader organised the first ever Gang Show to raise funds for a swimming pool at Downe Campsite

a) Are or have been European Cities/capitals of culture
b) All lie on the St Michaels ley-line which runs from Cornwall to the East Anglia coast

These are all London Bridges identified by the years of their opening; Hampton Court, Kingston, Richmond, Twickenham, Kew, Chiswick, Hammersmith, Putney, Wandsworth, Battersea, Albert, Chelsea, Vauxhall, Lambeth, Westminster, Waterloo, Blackfriars, Southwark, London, Tower, QEII-Dartford

a) Hoisin
b) Cumberland
c) Alfredo
d) Remoulade
e) Kalamar Tava

This is the percentage purity of Gold.

a) A reclaimed area of land is known as an inning
b) A mod’s opponent is a rocker. Rocker is the amount of curve front to back along a canoe or kayak’s keel
c) The Fishermans Friends are a group of fisherman from Port Isaac who sing about the sea
d) In the world of CB radio slang, cub scouts are sheriff’s deputies and boy scouts are state police
e) Frogs were used in early pregnancy testing. If a frog was injected with female urine, then if that female was pregnant, the frog would ovulate within a couple of days

a) A kisser button may be found on a bow string
b) A butterfly- particularly an alpine butterfly- is a climbing knot
c) A dead man anchorage is used in pioneering
d) Fish form is a kayak shape, where the widest part of the kayak is not midships but nearer the bows
e) Heads, shoulders, heels and toes are parts of an axe

Quizmaster's note: Q12e was heads,shoulders,heels and toes ..which refer to parts of an axe but this appeared as heads,shoulders, knees and toes so I marked anyone who said they referred to a campfire song as correct.

British Nobility titles. In order:

This is a code devised by Francis BACON. V1 refers to his first version. Basically all letters are assigned a five digit binary code starting from 00001. Divide the script into five letter groups, the bold font are ones, normal font zeroes. In version one of the cipher I and J  use the same code as do u and v
The code therefore reads
I PROMISE TO DO MY BEST

Quizmaster's note: There were numerous queries regarding the highlighting in Q15 which may have gone astray in the printing process. I took this into account.

a) From Hay Tor on Dartmoor
b) From Ailsa Craig in the Clyde
c) From Aberdeen

These are old units of length
Perch = 16.5 feet
Rod is also 16.5 feet
Bolt = 40 yards
Chain = 22 yards
Finger = 4½ inches
Nail = 2¼ inches
Span = 9 inches
Cable = 1/10 of a nautical mile or 608 feet
Barleycorn = 1/3 inch
League = 3 miles

Total = 3 miles, 242 yards, 2ft, 4 1/12 inches

**Quizmaster's note: There was a printing error on this whereby the spacing made it look like there was an extra item to be found. I took that into account and also the variety of different dimensions people came up with.

a) The Mohune Diamond in the novel Moonfleet was hidden in the well in Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight
b) Pooh Bridge is near Hartfield in Ashdown Forest in East Sussex
c) Masquerade was a book by Kit Williams depicting clues to the location of a treasure in the form of a golden hare. The hare was hidden close by the monument to Catherine of Aragon at Ampthill Park in Bedfordshire

The first names and the surnames not supplied are Gordon, James, Edward, Henry, Percy and Thomas – the names of Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends.

Lighthouses
a) Any of Alderney, Flamborough, Lynmouth or Strumble Head.
b) Any of Cromer, Lundy South, Monkstone, Orfordness, South Bishop, St Catherines or Trwyn Du
c) Any of Anvil Point, Nab Tower or Round Island
d) Beachy Head or St Bees
e) Lizard

Quizmaster's note: On the higher scoring entries, I checked any wrong answers to see if the supplied answer could also be correct. Any alternative correct answers were also given marks.

The quiz was marked out of a maximum score of 88.

The winner was Severn Sagga who scored 84.5

Second place was Jo and Adam Swallow, and Eric Rawcliffe with 84.

In joint third with 83 were:

Mark, Bryony, David, Mick and Pauline Greenwood, and Linda Edwards

Pete Johnson, Dave Barclay and Fred Dunn

London Area Sagga