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Not Sure if we won - Answers to the Xmas quiz
gazza306
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Hope someone won
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1. South of the River by Blake Morrison, Ghost by Robert Harris. 2. Exit Ghost by Philip Roth, Exit Music by Ian Rankin. 3. The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett, The Autobiography of the Queen by Emma Tennant. 4. The Wild Places by Robert Macfarlane, Wild by Jay Griffiths. 5. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan, Tomorrow by Graham Swift. 6. Spook Country by William Gibson, The Opposite House by Helen Oyeyemi. 7. Ten Days in the Hills by Jane Smiley, The Spa Decameron by Fay Weldon. 8. Self-Help by Edward Docx, Between Each Breath by Adam Thorpe. 9. The Road Home by Rose Tremain, Two Caravans by Marina Lewycka. 10. Behind the Shades by Duncan Fletcher, Behind the Shades by Clinton Heylin.
11. Noël Coward. 12. Ted Hughes. 13. Graham Greene. 14. The Mitford Sisters. 15. Dom Joly.
16. An Utterly Impartial History of Britain by John O'Farrell. 17. A History of Histories by John Burrow. 18. Pies and Prejudice by Stuart Maconie. 19. The Slave Ship by Marcus Rediker. 20. The King's Glass by Carola Hicks.
21. Ira Levin. 22 Michael Dibdin. 23. Ryszard Kapuscinski. 24. Norman Mailer. 25. Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
26. A Room With a View by E.M. Forster 27. Atonement by Ian McEwan, 28. Northern Lights (The Golden Compass) by Philip Pullman. 29. Charlotte's Web by E. B. White. 30. Brick Lane by Monica Ali.
31. Howard Davies and Jeanette Winterson. 32. Terry Eagleton and Martin Amis. 33. Ian Rankin and Val McDermid. 34. Harold Bloom on J. K. Rowling's sales.
35. The Blair Years by Alastair Campbell. 36. Rhett Butler's People by Donald McCaig. 37. The Diana Chronicles by Tina Brown. 38. My Manchester United Years by Bobby Charlton. 39. The Gathering by Anne Enwright.
40 The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad. 41. The Playboy of the Western World by J.M. Synge. 42. Father and Son by Edmund Gosse. 43. The Longest Journey by E.M. Forster. 44. W.H. Auden
45-50: Life Class by Pat Barker, Thames: Sacred River by Peter Ackroyd, Wildwood by Roger Deakin, The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies, How to be Wild by Simon Barnes.
Jane Douglas, of London, SE27 wins £500 to spend at Waterstone's. H. Borys of St Albans; Will Smith of Beeston, Nottingham; Judith Timmis of Churchdown, Gloucs; Helen Timmis of Birmingham and Matthew McLeod of Cambridge win £100 to spend each.
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1. South of the River by Blake Morrison, Ghost by Robert Harris. 2. Exit Ghost by Philip Roth, Exit Music by Ian Rankin. 3. The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett, The Autobiography of the Queen by Emma Tennant. 4. The Wild Places by Robert Macfarlane, Wild by Jay Griffiths. 5. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan, Tomorrow by Graham Swift. 6. Spook Country by William Gibson, The Opposite House by Helen Oyeyemi. 7. Ten Days in the Hills by Jane Smiley, The Spa Decameron by Fay Weldon. 8. Self-Help by Edward Docx, Between Each Breath by Adam Thorpe. 9. The Road Home by Rose Tremain, Two Caravans by Marina Lewycka. 10. Behind the Shades by Duncan Fletcher, Behind the Shades by Clinton Heylin.
11. Noël Coward. 12. Ted Hughes. 13. Graham Greene. 14. The Mitford Sisters. 15. Dom Joly.
16. An Utterly Impartial History of Britain by John O'Farrell. 17. A History of Histories by John Burrow. 18. Pies and Prejudice by Stuart Maconie. 19. The Slave Ship by Marcus Rediker. 20. The King's Glass by Carola Hicks.
21. Ira Levin. 22 Michael Dibdin. 23. Ryszard Kapuscinski. 24. Norman Mailer. 25. Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
26. A Room With a View by E.M. Forster 27. Atonement by Ian McEwan, 28. Northern Lights (The Golden Compass) by Philip Pullman. 29. Charlotte's Web by E. B. White. 30. Brick Lane by Monica Ali.
31. Howard Davies and Jeanette Winterson. 32. Terry Eagleton and Martin Amis. 33. Ian Rankin and Val McDermid. 34. Harold Bloom on J. K. Rowling's sales.
35. The Blair Years by Alastair Campbell. 36. Rhett Butler's People by Donald McCaig. 37. The Diana Chronicles by Tina Brown. 38. My Manchester United Years by Bobby Charlton. 39. The Gathering by Anne Enwright.
40 The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad. 41. The Playboy of the Western World by J.M. Synge. 42. Father and Son by Edmund Gosse. 43. The Longest Journey by E.M. Forster. 44. W.H. Auden
45-50: Life Class by Pat Barker, Thames: Sacred River by Peter Ackroyd, Wildwood by Roger Deakin, The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies, How to be Wild by Simon Barnes.
Jane Douglas, of London, SE27 wins £500 to spend at Waterstone's. H. Borys of St Albans; Will Smith of Beeston, Nottingham; Judith Timmis of Churchdown, Gloucs; Helen Timmis of Birmingham and Matthew McLeod of Cambridge win £100 to spend each.
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This is the times christmas book quiz for anyone who is confused!!!!0
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Two winners with the last name of Timmis? What are the chances of that!!!I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Competitions boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
Best win ever: Trip to the Galapagos Islands in 20100 -
I didn't win, oh well it was fun to do. Thanks."Every day when I wake up I thank the Lord I'm Welsh" Cerys Matthews0
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darn we had lots wrong! ioh well and bit weird timmis thing?!?!?#JusticeForGrenfell0
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Checking with the email I sent, I got two answers half wrong (1 and 5) and one completely wrong (4) - the rest were all right, so I don't think that's too bad!
(Also, some of the questions were clearly far too vague, blatantly
) Wins: Jan-Sept:£1991.27, Nov: "The Rough Guide to the iPhone" book, "FWD this link" book ... £12.98 :cool:
Win £2008 in 2008 number 60, only £3.75 to go! (it is highly likely I'll win absolutely nothing else now this year!)
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