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Music quiz update

Cryptic music quiz that was used to raise funds for the Poland 2008 trip.

Summary of the responses for inclusion in the BEG newsletter:

Almost 300 of the cryptic music quiz quizzes were sold - many thanks to all those who helped with the sales. No-one got all of the answers correct, but of the 30 that were returned, 4 people had only one wrong - interestingly, they all had the same one wrong but gave different answers... The clue was "Wow... more than three", the correct answer was "G4", remember... the successful vocal troupe made famous by The X Factor in 2004? Amongst the wrong answers for this clue were The Beetles, The four Tops, The Corrs and Magic Numbers. This was definitely the one that stumped most folks.

Ruth Norman, as the leader for the Poland trip, was asked to draw a winning entry from the top four sheets (tightly folded so that there were no clues as to who they had come from) at the training day on 21 June. The entry that Ruth picked belonged to J Mallin, from Hawick... A cheque for £20 has been posted!

Of the remaining entries, there were 6 with only 2 wrong - which was pretty good as I think it is fair to say that the quiz was pretty challenging. In summary, the ones that we received the most wrong answers to were:

Wow... more than three - as explained above
Landslide (10 wrong), was The Rolling Stones. The wrong answers were Mud (8) and Avalanche (2)
Hum and haw (8 wrong), was Eminem. The wrong answers were Muse (3), Hue and Cry (2), Bee Gees (2) and Ah Ha (1).
Lippy little madams (8 wrong), was Cheeky Girls. All 8 wrong answers were the same - Girls Aloud.
Not what they seem (5 wrong), was The Pretenders. The wrong answers were Altered Images (3) and The Charlatans (2). Of the 71 clues, we received no wrong answers for 44 of them. So on the whole everyone did really well.