ROCHESTER BLIND BOWLING GROUP

  Well done to everyone that entered our last quiz, No 9 - Hidden Numbers. There was a great response, thank you very much, to you all.
 
1. A picture of the windmill I once owned, has just been sold at auction. = 1000000

2. According to folk lore, every sailor has a son in every port. = 9

3. Adam might have groaned, as Eve noticed he had picked the apple. = 7

4. My children could become scared if I ventured too far into the woods, at night. = 5
5. Doctor Who never uses his own bank account. = 1

6. During the Grand Prix, drivers made several pit stops for tyre changes. = 40

7. Grandpa always had the last word in any argument. = 2

8. Hansel and Gretel eventually accepted the old woman’s offer of food. = 11

9. I am a radiographer and that means I x-ray people, to look for damage or ailments in your
  body. = 6

10. I used to enjoy drinking fizzy drinks, like Tizer or Dandelion and Burdock. = 0

11. Oboes and clarinets are wind instruments with reeds. = 3

12. Passengers are expected to pay more money if their cases weigh too much. = 1 or 8

13. The strongest competitor can lift enormous loads in the snatch event. = 10

14. There were many machinsS EVEN typewriters, at the auction. = 7 or 70

15. They would storm off if teenagers were given too many dirty tasks to do. = 15

16. We all like to have a home of our own. = 4

17. What is the total of all the answers, apart from the first? = 121, 128, 184 or 191

  All these entrants go into the hat, for the draw for a prize, which will be made and published tomorrow, September 2nd.

  Well done to:

  John Ayto, Ron Champion, June Court, David Dignam,

  Bargara Farr, Pat Fisher, Bet Hodkin, Brian Mason,

  Judith Pickford, Maggie Plant, Chris Prebble, Trudy Rowing,

  Ernie Tumber, Doreen Warrington, Jo Wells, Norman Williams

  and June Wraight

  Lucky prize winners are underlined. Well done Ron, Ernie and Doreen.