Post by Claire on Oct 16, 2011 11:50:01 GMT 1
Hi folks welcome to the 2011 Mastermind competition.
The contenders are:
ROSIE - SPECIALIST SUBJECT PRIMROSE CUMMING
HAFFY - SPECIALIST SUBJECT THE PONY WHISPERER SERIES BY JANET RISING
SUSAN - SPECIALIST SUBJECT VIAN SMITH
GAREJ - SPECIALIST SUBJECT DPT
KUNUMA - SPECIALIST SUBJECT SILVER BRUMBY'S DAUGHTER
DARKHORSE - SPECIALIST SUBJECT AUGUSTA & CHRISTINA BOOKS
MYSTERYARAB - SPECIALIST SUBJECT BLACK BEAUTY
ODONNA - SPECIALIST SUBJECT
SARAH - SPECIALIST SUBJECT TBA
We start with round 1 of the comp, general knowledge, I know there are some very difficult questions but I've also included a few easier ones to balance it out. You have 7 days to send your answers to me via PM or email. Please don't post them on here! I'll have to trust you not to cheat by looking up answers in the books, or on mine or Jane's websites!
Hope you enjoy it.
EDIT - FIRST ROUND NOW OVER ANSWERS ADDED IN RED
ROUND 1 - GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1. NAME ONE OF THE BOOKS IN WHICH THE CHARACTER CHRISTOPHER MINTON APPEARED ANY OF: SIX PONIES, PONY CLUB TEAM, ONE DAY EVENT & PONY CLUB CAMP
2. IN WHICH JILL BOOK DID SHE SHOCK THE (PONY BOOK READING) NATION BY ANNOUNCING SHE MAY GIVE UP WORKING WITH HORSES TO BECOME A SECRETARY? PONY JOBS FOR JILL
3. WHO WROTE THE KESTRELS SERIES? PATRICIA LEITCH
4. NAME THE 1ST AND LAST BOOKS IN THE JACKIE SERIES BY JUDITH BERRISFORD JACKIE WON A PONY & JACKIE'S STEEPLECHASE ADVENTURE
5. WHAT RELATION WAS SATAN TO THE BLACK STALLION? HIS SON
6. NAME 3 OF ELYNE MITCHELL'S BOOKS THAT WERE NOT PART OF THE SILVER BRUMBY SERIES I'M TOO LAZY TO WRITE THEM ALL DOWN SEE elynemitchell.ponymadbooklovers.co.uk for answers
7. WHAT COUNTRY DOES CPT'S PHANTOM HORSE COME FROM ORGINALLY?
USA
8. WHAT IS THE UNLIKELY HOBBY OF PETER McNAIR IN FLY BY NIGHT?
COLLECTING BUTTERFLIES
9. WHO WROTE THE HEARTLAND BOOKS? LAUREN BROOKE
10. NAME A PONY BOOK FEATURING AN ARAB HORSE TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION!
11. NAME 3 PONY BOOKS SET IN IRELAND AGAIN TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION see area.ponymadbooklovers.co.uk/ for a selection
12. WHAT BREED OF PONY IS MARGUERITE HENRY'S MISTY?
CHINCOTEAGUE PONY
13. WHAT COUNTRY IS MAESTOSO PETRA BY JANE KENDALL SET IN? a) GERMANY b) AUSTRIA C) SPAIN b) AUSTRIA
14. NAME 5 OF THE AUTHORS WHOSE BOOKS WERE PUBLISHED IN THE CROWN PONIES LIBRARY BY LUTTERWORTH PRESS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING: ELINORE HAVERS, HILDA BODEN, SYLVIA SCOTT-WHITE, MYRTLE ELLEN GREEN, DELPHINE RATCLIFF, CATHERINE CAREY
15. IN WHAT BOOK BY WHOM DOES ROSY WEEKS APPEAR? THE SOUND OF DISTANT CHEERING BY KM PEYTON
16. WHO WAS GILLIAN HIRST BETTER KNOWN AS? GILLIAN BAXTER
17. WHAT WERE THE NAMES OF THE 3 ORIGINAL BOOKS WHICH WERE COLLECTED TOGETHER TO FORM THE SILVER BRIDLE BY CAROLINE AKRILL
MAKE ME A STAR, STARS DONT CRY, CATCH A FALLING STAR
18. IN SALUTE BY C W ANDERSON, WHICH FAMOUS RACEHORSE WAS SALUTE RELATED TO? MAN O'WAR
19. WHICH HORSE SHOW DO THE CHILDREN SET OUT FOR IN RUNAWAY RIDERS BY BERNAGH BRIMS DUBLIN HORSE SHOW
20. IN WE COULDN'T LEAVE DINAH WHAT IS THE FICTIONAL CHANNEL ISLES ISLAND CALLED? CLERINEL
21. a)WHAT PONY IS STOLEN BY A GYPSY CALLED FIGHTING TAM? b) WHAT BREED IS THIS PONY? a) HEATHER b) EXMOOR (FROM THE STORY OF HEATHER BY MAY WYNNE)
22. WHO WAS THE ELDEST OF THE PT SISTERS? JOSEPHINE
23. WHAT BOOK BY WHOM IS NUMBER 30 IN THE COLLINS PONY LIBRARY SERIES? PONY SURPRISE BY PATRICIA LEITCH
24. WHAT BREED OF PONY IS FEATURED IN THE ONLY PONY FOR JAN BY HENRICH MARIA DENNEBORG DULMEN PONY
25. WHAT COLOUR IS HARVESTER IN HORSES AT HOME? CHESTNUT
26. WHAT WAS THE FIRST PONY BOOK WRITTEN BY GILLIAN BAXTER? HORSES AND HEATHER
27. HOW MANY BLACK BEAUTY ANNUALS WERE THERE? 7 OR 8 (DEPENDS ON IF YOU COUNT THE STAND ALONE ONE WITHOUT THE DATE ON - I ACCEPTED EITHER ANSWER)
28. WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TITLE 'UNDER THE ROSE' IN THE BOOK BY MONICA EDWARDS? UNDER THE ROSE IS FROM THE LATIN SUB ROSA, WHICH MEANS IN SECRET
29. WHAT COLOUR WAS THE FOAL IN QUESTION IN THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING FOAL BY SARA HERBERT? PALOMINO
30. WHAT LINKS THESE 3 BOOKS: HAPPY ACRES BY BIANCA BRADBURY, BANDITS IN THE HILLS BY CPT AND DOUBLE HOLIDAY BY MICHAEL HARDCASTLE ALL FEATURE DONKEYS
31. WHAT BOOK DOES THE MORGAN HORSE FELLA APPEAR IN? LAURIE BY ESTELLE BARNES CLAPP
32. WHAT WAS ARISTIDES CLAIM TO FAME AND WHO WROTE A FICTIONALISED ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE? FIRST WINNER OF THE KENTUCKY DERBY, ISABEL McLENNON McMEEKIN
33. WHAT SORT OF ANIMAL WAS DEGSEY AND WHAT BOOK BY A BRITISH AUTHOR DOES HE APPEAR IN? HE WAS A DOG (GREYHOUND) IN SWIFTLY BY MICHAEL MAGUIRE
34. WHAT CHARACTER FROM WHAT BOOK ENCOUNTERS PONIES CALLED NOBBIE, PRINCESS AND STUMPS? DAVY TUCKER IN SHANK'S PONY BY ELEANOR HELME
35. WHAT LINKS BOOKS BY AUTHORS STACY GREGG, DENISE HILL & MARY PATCHETT? ALL WROTE BOOKS FEATURING HAUTE ECOLE/HIGH SCHOOL
36. NAME A PONY BOOK WHICH HAS A HOUSEHOLD UTENSIL IN ITS TITLE
VARIOUS ANSWERS INCLUDED PONY CLUB CUP, PLUG HORSE DERBY, BLACK KETTLE, ETC.
37. IN WHICH BOOK BY WHICH AUTHOR IS A HORSE SWAPPED FOR A BASEBALL? THE GHOST HORSE OF MEADOW GREEN BY ANNE LOUSIE MACDONALD
38. WHICH 4 GIRLS RIDE AT THE FOXHALL ACADEMY? JINA, ANDIE, MARY BETH & LAUREN
39. WHAT FAMILY FROM WHAT BOOK LIVE IN A HOUSE CALLED 'CLARE' ?
WYCHERLEY FAMILY - WE STARTED A RIDING CLUB
40. IN WHAT BOOK BY WHICH AUTHOR DOES A HORSE CALLED SPANKER WIN THE GRAND NATIONAL? TOP WEIGHT BY NAT GOULD
The contenders are:
ROSIE - SPECIALIST SUBJECT PRIMROSE CUMMING
HAFFY - SPECIALIST SUBJECT THE PONY WHISPERER SERIES BY JANET RISING
SUSAN - SPECIALIST SUBJECT VIAN SMITH
GAREJ - SPECIALIST SUBJECT DPT
KUNUMA - SPECIALIST SUBJECT SILVER BRUMBY'S DAUGHTER
DARKHORSE - SPECIALIST SUBJECT AUGUSTA & CHRISTINA BOOKS
MYSTERYARAB - SPECIALIST SUBJECT BLACK BEAUTY
ODONNA - SPECIALIST SUBJECT
SARAH - SPECIALIST SUBJECT TBA
We start with round 1 of the comp, general knowledge, I know there are some very difficult questions but I've also included a few easier ones to balance it out. You have 7 days to send your answers to me via PM or email. Please don't post them on here! I'll have to trust you not to cheat by looking up answers in the books, or on mine or Jane's websites!
Hope you enjoy it.
EDIT - FIRST ROUND NOW OVER ANSWERS ADDED IN RED
ROUND 1 - GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1. NAME ONE OF THE BOOKS IN WHICH THE CHARACTER CHRISTOPHER MINTON APPEARED ANY OF: SIX PONIES, PONY CLUB TEAM, ONE DAY EVENT & PONY CLUB CAMP
2. IN WHICH JILL BOOK DID SHE SHOCK THE (PONY BOOK READING) NATION BY ANNOUNCING SHE MAY GIVE UP WORKING WITH HORSES TO BECOME A SECRETARY? PONY JOBS FOR JILL
3. WHO WROTE THE KESTRELS SERIES? PATRICIA LEITCH
4. NAME THE 1ST AND LAST BOOKS IN THE JACKIE SERIES BY JUDITH BERRISFORD JACKIE WON A PONY & JACKIE'S STEEPLECHASE ADVENTURE
5. WHAT RELATION WAS SATAN TO THE BLACK STALLION? HIS SON
6. NAME 3 OF ELYNE MITCHELL'S BOOKS THAT WERE NOT PART OF THE SILVER BRUMBY SERIES I'M TOO LAZY TO WRITE THEM ALL DOWN SEE elynemitchell.ponymadbooklovers.co.uk for answers
7. WHAT COUNTRY DOES CPT'S PHANTOM HORSE COME FROM ORGINALLY?
USA
8. WHAT IS THE UNLIKELY HOBBY OF PETER McNAIR IN FLY BY NIGHT?
COLLECTING BUTTERFLIES
9. WHO WROTE THE HEARTLAND BOOKS? LAUREN BROOKE
10. NAME A PONY BOOK FEATURING AN ARAB HORSE TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION!
11. NAME 3 PONY BOOKS SET IN IRELAND AGAIN TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION see area.ponymadbooklovers.co.uk/ for a selection
12. WHAT BREED OF PONY IS MARGUERITE HENRY'S MISTY?
CHINCOTEAGUE PONY
13. WHAT COUNTRY IS MAESTOSO PETRA BY JANE KENDALL SET IN? a) GERMANY b) AUSTRIA C) SPAIN b) AUSTRIA
14. NAME 5 OF THE AUTHORS WHOSE BOOKS WERE PUBLISHED IN THE CROWN PONIES LIBRARY BY LUTTERWORTH PRESS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING: ELINORE HAVERS, HILDA BODEN, SYLVIA SCOTT-WHITE, MYRTLE ELLEN GREEN, DELPHINE RATCLIFF, CATHERINE CAREY
15. IN WHAT BOOK BY WHOM DOES ROSY WEEKS APPEAR? THE SOUND OF DISTANT CHEERING BY KM PEYTON
16. WHO WAS GILLIAN HIRST BETTER KNOWN AS? GILLIAN BAXTER
17. WHAT WERE THE NAMES OF THE 3 ORIGINAL BOOKS WHICH WERE COLLECTED TOGETHER TO FORM THE SILVER BRIDLE BY CAROLINE AKRILL
MAKE ME A STAR, STARS DONT CRY, CATCH A FALLING STAR
18. IN SALUTE BY C W ANDERSON, WHICH FAMOUS RACEHORSE WAS SALUTE RELATED TO? MAN O'WAR
19. WHICH HORSE SHOW DO THE CHILDREN SET OUT FOR IN RUNAWAY RIDERS BY BERNAGH BRIMS DUBLIN HORSE SHOW
20. IN WE COULDN'T LEAVE DINAH WHAT IS THE FICTIONAL CHANNEL ISLES ISLAND CALLED? CLERINEL
21. a)WHAT PONY IS STOLEN BY A GYPSY CALLED FIGHTING TAM? b) WHAT BREED IS THIS PONY? a) HEATHER b) EXMOOR (FROM THE STORY OF HEATHER BY MAY WYNNE)
22. WHO WAS THE ELDEST OF THE PT SISTERS? JOSEPHINE
23. WHAT BOOK BY WHOM IS NUMBER 30 IN THE COLLINS PONY LIBRARY SERIES? PONY SURPRISE BY PATRICIA LEITCH
24. WHAT BREED OF PONY IS FEATURED IN THE ONLY PONY FOR JAN BY HENRICH MARIA DENNEBORG DULMEN PONY
25. WHAT COLOUR IS HARVESTER IN HORSES AT HOME? CHESTNUT
26. WHAT WAS THE FIRST PONY BOOK WRITTEN BY GILLIAN BAXTER? HORSES AND HEATHER
27. HOW MANY BLACK BEAUTY ANNUALS WERE THERE? 7 OR 8 (DEPENDS ON IF YOU COUNT THE STAND ALONE ONE WITHOUT THE DATE ON - I ACCEPTED EITHER ANSWER)
28. WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TITLE 'UNDER THE ROSE' IN THE BOOK BY MONICA EDWARDS? UNDER THE ROSE IS FROM THE LATIN SUB ROSA, WHICH MEANS IN SECRET
29. WHAT COLOUR WAS THE FOAL IN QUESTION IN THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING FOAL BY SARA HERBERT? PALOMINO
30. WHAT LINKS THESE 3 BOOKS: HAPPY ACRES BY BIANCA BRADBURY, BANDITS IN THE HILLS BY CPT AND DOUBLE HOLIDAY BY MICHAEL HARDCASTLE ALL FEATURE DONKEYS
31. WHAT BOOK DOES THE MORGAN HORSE FELLA APPEAR IN? LAURIE BY ESTELLE BARNES CLAPP
32. WHAT WAS ARISTIDES CLAIM TO FAME AND WHO WROTE A FICTIONALISED ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE? FIRST WINNER OF THE KENTUCKY DERBY, ISABEL McLENNON McMEEKIN
33. WHAT SORT OF ANIMAL WAS DEGSEY AND WHAT BOOK BY A BRITISH AUTHOR DOES HE APPEAR IN? HE WAS A DOG (GREYHOUND) IN SWIFTLY BY MICHAEL MAGUIRE
34. WHAT CHARACTER FROM WHAT BOOK ENCOUNTERS PONIES CALLED NOBBIE, PRINCESS AND STUMPS? DAVY TUCKER IN SHANK'S PONY BY ELEANOR HELME
35. WHAT LINKS BOOKS BY AUTHORS STACY GREGG, DENISE HILL & MARY PATCHETT? ALL WROTE BOOKS FEATURING HAUTE ECOLE/HIGH SCHOOL
36. NAME A PONY BOOK WHICH HAS A HOUSEHOLD UTENSIL IN ITS TITLE
VARIOUS ANSWERS INCLUDED PONY CLUB CUP, PLUG HORSE DERBY, BLACK KETTLE, ETC.
37. IN WHICH BOOK BY WHICH AUTHOR IS A HORSE SWAPPED FOR A BASEBALL? THE GHOST HORSE OF MEADOW GREEN BY ANNE LOUSIE MACDONALD
38. WHICH 4 GIRLS RIDE AT THE FOXHALL ACADEMY? JINA, ANDIE, MARY BETH & LAUREN
39. WHAT FAMILY FROM WHAT BOOK LIVE IN A HOUSE CALLED 'CLARE' ?
WYCHERLEY FAMILY - WE STARTED A RIDING CLUB
40. IN WHAT BOOK BY WHICH AUTHOR DOES A HORSE CALLED SPANKER WIN THE GRAND NATIONAL? TOP WEIGHT BY NAT GOULD