# 10. Grows on You NEW YEAR QUIZ

brilliant TT,
i ll need to go get a pen so i can write the answers down .
having fun doing it tho and its getting the brain cells working again lol

Hi Irish ~
Glad you like the look of this quiz.
I hope any members solving the answers will send them to me in a private message, please.

No answers on the comments !
Thanks. :o)

Hi T.T,
Hope you had a good Christmas day and happy Boxing Day!
Many thanks for this super new - year Quiz.
Hope Cyril doesn't find out about our garden feature in this quiz. It might set him off for the new year- you know what hes like!
Love and best wishes and have a lovely new year.
Grenville and Alan. xx

Hi Grenville and Alan ~

Happy Boxing Day :o)

I especially like the floodlit photos from your garden. They have a wonderful magical quality. If some time you have a chance to make an extra Night-Time Garden Blog, that would be wonderful, please. But don't go outside while it is so c-c-c-c-c-c-cold ! LOL

Another reason I chose your floodlit photo was to foil Cyril's secret plans .... but who knows what devious ideas are afoot ...

Happy Gardening to you both in 2009. :o)
love and best wishes,
TT, Conker and Crocus xxx

Hello TT,
Great quiz, I managed to print it off without the aid of a net. LOL
Have sent my answers privately.
A lovely way to spend the morning and Sylvia recognised No. 4 ( she's not a great gardener, something about not keeping a dog and barking yourself). LoL, LoL, LoL.
Love from us both,
Bob & Sylvia.
XXXX

Hello Bob and Sylvia ~
Thnaks for letting me know you enjoyed this quiz. :o)
Well done Sylvia on identifying Peter's lovely photo !

I'll go and check your answers on your private message and then I'll report back later.

P.S. I don't play the piano but I keep a dog who can do that. ~ honestly ~ Conker has his own little piano. LOL

TT xxx

I think I will pass TT but great fun for you UKers

Thanks for looking in Pf.
I'll try to make a puzzle sometime which has more international appeal. LOL
I wonder if any overseas members will be able to solve this one ???

Hi TT .Great quiz.Jane here ..BB out for cures...him for his head ..me for my flu ! Yes flu on Chtistmas day...typical! BB back on line later,but Ive managed to do the quiz....pm you soon!

Just received private messages with quiz answers from Bob and Sylvia, and BB and Jane.

Well done ! All correct. Prizes for this one are lots of free drinks on the current Wellie Olympics Pub Crawl, which is now due to continue till New Year's Day. I admire the stamina of the GoY athletes. :o)

Jane ~ flu ? Christmas Day ?
Poor you. BB and I have special medication we take for our Olympic afflictions.
Ask him about the secret recipe. That will cure you. :o)

New Years Day TT, I'll never stand the pace and my spelling will be completely gone. Lol.

Bob ~ You'll be fine.
Just keep adding more Christmas Pud to your bowl of brandy.

And I've sent you some assistance ~
Special spelling bees to buzz around your garden. :o)

Sadly TT, we just ran out of pudding. LOL.

Somehow I feel you, Bob, are made of strong stuff. On 1st Jan. you will be smiling, and swiftly marching along on that GoY pub crawl, wearing your wellies and proudly waving your fork, spade and trowel, ready for action. :o)

I love crosswords TT and have printed it off , I hope I get time to do it , is there a time limit ? I have company coming tomorrow for a week ...........

Hi Amy ~ no time limit at all.
This puzzle will stay on my Blog #10 for ever, in case new members want to have a try.

Please just private message me your answers when you are ready ~ any time. Thanks for letting me include your lovely photo in the puzzle :o)

TT, I've sent you the answers to the grid. Is there any chance of a clue for us oversea members regarding the presenter???

Hi T.T., not finding quiz as easy as crossword! Will keep trying.

My husbands got the flu, he's now slept day and night for four days! Went to our daughters for lunch yesterday, he ate half and went to lie down on her bed, and slept till I woke him up to bring him home. He has snorned day and night. Guess what, I am coughing today .....

Oh, Marge, so sorry to hear your husband not well. I do hope you can fight off the germs. :o(

Take your time with this quiz. There is no time limit.
I'm pleased that you are having a try.

If you get really stuck, send me a private message and I'll give you some extra clues. LOL

TT xxx

Gr8 entertainment, Tt! Pm on way! X

Well done David.
Free drinks for you is your prize ~ on the Wellie OIympics New Year Pub Crawl. LOL.
Correct answer. Glad to know you like the quiz. :o)

Right, Pink........If I can do it, so can you......my answers have been sent off to TT.....

Overseas members......don't be put off by the gardening show presenter bit at the bottom......try googling.!!! Come on......Canada is showing well in the results so far......how about your country???? The US? Fiji? France?? Italy?? Hungary?? Australia?? New Zealand??? .......Wherever you live give it a try. :o)

Lol, Gilli! You beat me to it!!!!!!

Well done Gilli ~
Correct answers in all sections !!!
Free Wellie Olympic Pub Crawl drinks coming your way too. :o)

I wonder if anyone else overseas can do this ?
Did I make it too difficult ?

That was brilliant TT. I enjoyed it.
I couldn't get the answer though until I looked in your other blog. lol.

I like the photo of Ann Hathaway's house - A proper English cottage garden.

Well done Hywel.
Your prize is a Welsh drink of your choice on the Wellie Olympics pub crawl. LOL

Yes, the Anne Hathway cottage pic.is very pretty.
Kind of Tina2 to let me use her photo.
There are more of her lovely pictures in my blog #9.

I enjoyed doing the puzzle TT ....Thank you it was fun !

Well done Amy.
Your prize is also free drinks on the GoY pub crawl.
Just name what you would like poured into your glass. LOL

I guess you solved question 12 without too much trouble...
i.e. your own photo. LOL

Oh well done TT for making me 11 across!!! Happy New Year xx

Happy New Year. Glad you enjoyed the quiz.
Now everyone should get at least one answer correct. LOL

Oh dear TT - not easy this time!! So far, I've only got 5 answers but I SHALL persevere !!

Well done - it's great fun .....

Five answers is a good start !
Thanks for having a try, and for letting me know.
Sounds like you're getting there ! :o)

Got 9 now - but I'm having a few probs with the others ... I WILL not give up !!

Well done. Nine is even better !
Some people 'cheat' and use the internet. :o)

I internet-cheated last time with your Christmas crossword, so I thought I'd make an effort and try to be clever this time - shame it's not working tho' !!!.... There again, would ANYONE ever really know if I succumbed yet again to internet ??? !!

Yes, I would know.
I have spies everywhere. :o)
I reckon these days we check things on the internet almost out of habit. LOL

Ooooh - I'd better be careful then .... !!!

Terry60 has just messaged me with all the right answers !
Well done.
:o)

Gilli I do believe you are from that Island not to long ago so you have a much better chance at it. I'm English decent born here and raised here I was afraid to start a fire I with the wood burning in my head. But I'm glad that TT knows how to entertain the masses. lol!

Thank you TT for your huge participation in this GOY site. You are kind of the mother of GOY, to me anyways. I do not drink in large portions anymore. Just a drink of red for prosperity of my health and a odd glass or rum on special occasions like Christmas so the prizes do not interest me too much but I might puzzle myself some day just for the halibut! lol!

Congrats to the smarty pants!

Nothing fishy about you. LOL.
The alcohol prizes, are all virtual, just as are the lollipops in my # 10 gardening crossword blog.

It may sound boring but I really am TT.
Always have been TT !
A friend bought me liqueur chocolates for Christmas and I've not yet opened the box. Probably take me about a year to eat them. LOL

Thank you for offering to have a try at my quiz - and for your kind words. I realise that the puzzle is much easier for UK members, so even if you just answer some questions, please send me a pm. and I'll let you know how you did.

Thanks again. :o)

I know this whole site is virtual, we just make it some what human. I appreciate all you do to keep this site alive TT and I can just assure others do too. The activeness is important to a forum of this nature specially why most of us can not go out a garden, but I'm thinking really hard about a conservatory or green house.

Greenhouse or conservatory sound good. I have neither of those, but it must be great to be able to do a bit of winter gardening. Currently I have all kinds of cuttings growing in pots in the kitchen. I have to keep moving them around if I want to use the microwave. LOL

I reckon you'll know the answer to question no. 7. LOL.
Please don't put answer here. :o)

Well, I have the conservatory now, but don't have my beloved greenhouse, complete with armchair and wine rack, heehee! Will this change when the conservatory window sills and dinner table in the conservatory get taken over by seed trays in Spring? Can I argue the fact that the best dinners not only come from plot to plate, but also actually grow on the dinner table?*!?*!?

Okay, I didn't realize this would not be time consuming. I thought I would have to spend hours. Had a great time and I'm done. How did I do?

Well done Skippy !
Your private message has all the correct individual answers and gardening show presenter. Very good ! Top marks for Arizona !

You are right. It's quite a quick quiz to complete. Took me far longer to actually devise and compile it all. LOL

Thank you for joining in. I appreciate your input to this. :o)

Hi David ~
I'm growing mostly passion flowers from seeds, and these are fast colonising my kitchen. They are everywhere !
Not sure what that proves. A priority of good-looking over what's cooking ? LOL

Andrewr has just sent me correct answers for the quiz.

Well done ! Another winner. :o)

He gets the prize of his choice, which is a virtual mince pie, currently flying across to Berkshire.
~ whoops ~ make sure Bruno doesn't steal it. :o)

"Hey, hey, Good-lookin',
Whatchya got cookin'?
How's about cookin' something up with me?"

LOL!

And this from a bloke called Jimmy "Buffett", for GS!

XX

Ok TT, I sent you my entry! Having no idea who this person is, I offer a selection of seven different names made from the letters, maybe one of them is right (I highly doubt it!). Gave myself a good laugh though!

Having second thoughts now, maybe I should have just googled it.........no, where's the fun in that!

Gillian's answers are so funny, that I've copied her private message below. The right answer isn't there, and please don't put it on this thread, which will allow newcomers to still enjoy doing the quiz. Thanks. :o)

Gillian's reply ~
I took a look at the puzzle and decided I had no idea who the person was ! So, this is my best seven guesses......
1. Nobby Dutlack
2. Dobby Clantuk
3. Cubby Klondat
4. Colby Buntkad
5. Tubby Danlock
6. Dan Tubbylock
7. Bonky Bultcad

Never mind Gillian. You came close.... LOL

I really thought one of these might have been the answer.

Some very good names there :o)

LOL. That's great Gillian. Well done.

What a lot of work you put into this, and what fun:-))

Thanks, Bornagain...
I'm pleased you enjoyed this. :o)