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Post by susanb on Aug 18, 2010 15:32:31 GMT 1
Ooo, Ooo.......another thought (if I'm right, you've been very sneaky Claire, cause I don't think we've ever discussed this book, and it's not on your site ;D
21 The Grave Maurice by Martha Grimes
Fabulous, heartbreaking book, btw for those who haven't read it yet!
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Post by Claire on Aug 18, 2010 21:24:10 GMT 1
First the 'nots' No. 14 is not Jean's Black Diamond No. 16 is not The Rainbow Pony No. 19 is not For Sale or Swap No. 21 is not the Martha Grimes one (incidentally dont think I have read that one and have read quite a few of hers, but not for some years) The correct ones are: 12. Jo Packer's Pepper books 23. Second Fiddle Son of Viola by Capt Dent
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Post by susanb on Aug 18, 2010 21:34:11 GMT 1
Holy Cow! This is one tough quiz!!!
Is 9 Pony Surprise by Patricia Leitch?
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Post by susanb on Aug 18, 2010 21:43:41 GMT 1
Wild and crazy guess....is 15 The Horse on Ben Awe by Mel Wayne or Phantom Horse Goes to Scotland by Christine Pullein-Thompson?
Can't think of any other books that have Scotland or Scottish place-names in the title, or of any other connection a pony book might have to an "Argyll" sweater!.
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Post by susanb on Aug 19, 2010 4:24:30 GMT 1
could 1 be Applegate by Fiona Citroen?
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Post by kunuma on Aug 19, 2010 11:16:14 GMT 1
Or is our esteemed mod so devious that it is Pip the Pony?? Plus I can no longer resist the temptation to suggest that 15 is Jumper = by , and I am not going to try and spell it but you know who I mean and I'd go and look it up except I am no doubt wrong anyway!!
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Post by haffyfan on Aug 19, 2010 11:40:03 GMT 1
devious is about right
so the The rainbow one - Rainbow and Speedy by Esme hamilton? or The Rainbow pony by Anne Eliot Crompton? Or Pony of Gold by Avril Knott if cryptic?
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Post by Claire on Aug 19, 2010 18:02:24 GMT 1
;D Kunuma you are right, 15 is Jumper by Nicholas Kalashnikoff. Couldn't resist the pun! Hmm just thought maybe our American friends dont call them jumpers? Can't recall if I have hear any mentioned in American TV shows and films.
9 is indeed Pony Surprise by Patricia Leitch. Well done as I thought that was quite a hard one.
None of the apple or rainbow guesses are correct tho!
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Post by Claire on Aug 19, 2010 18:05:07 GMT 1
Update with answers so far: 1. 2. ANSWER: BLACKBIRDS SERIES BY JO FURMINGER 3. ANSWER: CAN I GET THERE BY CANDLELIGHT BY JEAN SLAUGHTER DOTY 4. ANSWER: SWEET ROCK BY GILLIAN BAXTER 5. ANSWER: KING OF THE CASTLE BY CAROL VAUGHAN 6. ANSWER: BOBCAT BY C W ANDERSON 7. ANSWER: EASTER THE SHOWJUMPER BY H M PEEL 8. ANSWER: THE HERON RIDE/RETURN TO THE HERON BY MARY TREADGOLD 9. ANSWER: PONY SURPRISE BY PAT LEITCH 10. PONY JUNGLE BY LAVINIA DAVIS 11. ANSWER: MAYFLY BY ELEANOR HELME 12. MUG'S GAME BY VERONICA WESTLAKE 13. 14. ANSWER: PEPPER SERIES (NO PONY LIKE PEPPER/PEPPER LEADS THE STRING) BY JO PACKER 15. ANSWER: JUMPER BY NICHOLAS KALASHNIKOFF 16. 17. ANSWER: THE GAMBLE (PART OF THE HOLYWELL STABLES SERIES) BY SAM ALEXANDER 18. ANSWER: JOE AND THE GLADIATOR BY CATHERINE COOKSON 19. 20. ANSWER: NO ENTRY BY MONICA EDWARDS 21. 22. ANSWER: SWALLOW TRILOGY BY K M PEYTON 23. ANSWER: SECOND FIDDLE SON OF VIOLA BY CAPT DENT 24. ANSWER: PONY WATCH BY ELINORE HAVERS 25. ANSWER: THE WHISTLING STALLION BY STEPHEN HOLT
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Post by susanb on Aug 19, 2010 20:12:02 GMT 1
Quite right, they're never called jumpers in America, always sweaters (which is why I focused on the type of sweater, Argyll, and went down the wrong path to Scotland!).
So...moving on......
25 Musical Ride by Peggy Cannam?
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Post by haffyfan on Aug 19, 2010 20:13:53 GMT 1
forget difficult this is flippin impossible. Susan has just had a guess at 25 but I was wondering if it could be The Whistling Stallion from the famous horse series....not sure who wrote it though
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Post by Claire on Aug 19, 2010 21:07:49 GMT 1
oops sorry susan It really is amazing how many differences there are between Uk and American English language! Now come on haffy, you have the rest of us stumped with your 20 questions! ;D Anyway NOT impossible as you have guessed correctly for 25. It is The Whistling Stallion by Stephen Holt. I might give out some clues tomorrow if people are still struggling with the last few....if you are very nice to me
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Post by susanb on Aug 19, 2010 21:16:55 GMT 1
This is the most painful quiz EVER!!!
17 The Gamble by Samantha Alexander?
Or something far more generic, like Lucky Purchase by Pamela Macgregor-Morris.....though, come to think of it, that would be a good fit for number 19
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Post by Claire on Aug 19, 2010 21:26:38 GMT 1
Well done susan 17 is The Gamble Forgot to add, no 19 is not Lucky Purchase.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2010 6:34:19 GMT 1
You're a very nice person Claire....can we have some clues please..grovel, grovel ;D
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Post by Claire on Aug 20, 2010 10:48:27 GMT 1
Update with answers (and some clues!): 1. ANSWER: APPLE WON'T JUMP BY K M PEYTON 2. ANSWER: BLACKBIRDS SERIES BY JO FURMINGER 3. ANSWER: CAN I GET THERE BY CANDLELIGHT BY JEAN SLAUGHTER DOTY 4. ANSWER: SWEET ROCK BY GILLIAN BAXTER 5. ANSWER: KING OF THE CASTLE BY CAROL VAUGHAN 6. ANSWER: BOBCAT BY C W ANDERSON 7. ANSWER: EASTER THE SHOWJUMPER BY H M PEEL 8. ANSWER: THE HERON RIDE/RETURN TO THE HERON BY MARY TREADGOLD 9. ANSWER: PONY SURPRISE BY PAT LEITCH 10. ANSWER: PONY JUNGLE BY LAVINIA DAVIS 11. ANSWER: MAYFLY BY ELEANOR HELME 12. ANSWER: MUG'S GAME BY VERONICA WESTLAKE 13. ANSWER: THE POLLY SERIES BY WENDY DOUTHWAITE 14. ANSWER: PEPPER SERIES (NO PONY LIKE PEPPER/PEPPER LEADS THE STRING) BY JO PACKER 15. ANSWER: JUMPER BY NICHOLAS KALASHNIKOFF 16. ANSWER: DANCING BRUMBY'S RAINBOW BY ELYNE MITCHELL 17. ANSWER: THE GAMBLE (PART OF THE HOLYWELL STABLES SERIES) BY SAM ALEXANDER 18. ANSWER: JOE AND THE GLADIATOR BY CATHERINE COOKSON 19. ANSWER: BARGAIN HORSES BY GILLIAN BAXTER 20. ANSWER: NO ENTRY BY MONICA EDWARDS 21. ANSWER: OLD BONES BY MILDRED MASTIN PACE 22. ANSWER: SWALLOW TRILOGY BY K M PEYTON 23. ANSWER: SECOND FIDDLE SON OF VIOLA BY CAPT DENT 24. ANSWER: PONY WATCH BY ELINORE HAVERS 25. ANSWER: THE WHISTLING STALLION BY STEPHEN HOLT
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Post by susanb on Aug 20, 2010 21:04:32 GMT 1
Thanks for the clues!
Is 21 Bonnie and the Haunted Farm by Barbara van Tuyl? (if so, my first two answers were better ;D )
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Post by Claire on Aug 20, 2010 22:13:03 GMT 1
Nope susan thats not the answer for 21, sorry! The skeleton is the thing to focus on.
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Post by kunuma on Aug 20, 2010 22:32:45 GMT 1
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Post by susanb on Aug 20, 2010 23:36:31 GMT 1
Sigh......one more try...
21 Old Bones the Wonder Horse by Mildred Mastin Pace
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Post by Claire on Aug 21, 2010 10:00:43 GMT 1
well done susan Old Bones is correct!
19 is not Ticket to Ride, the word 'sale' is important tho it does not feature in the title of the book.
Surprised no one has got the rainbow clue tho!
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Post by haffyfan on Aug 21, 2010 13:46:40 GMT 1
The clues are real helpful Claire lol A total stab in the dark the parrot Wendy Douthwaites polly series as I cannot think of anything to do with horses involving parrots bar it might say pretty polly
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Post by Claire on Aug 21, 2010 13:54:31 GMT 1
Hard to give clues without giving them away entirely! YES it is the Polly Series by Wendy Douthwaite!!!
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Post by kunuma on Aug 21, 2010 15:19:31 GMT 1
;D The Pony Picnic!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by haffyfan on Aug 21, 2010 17:24:35 GMT 1
It would seem K M Peyton wrote a book called Apple Won't Jump for kiddie winkles....
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Post by Claire on Aug 21, 2010 19:12:34 GMT 1
Yes no. 1 is Apple Wont Jump! I have read it, its a nice kiddies book.
I'm really surprised haffy or kunuma hasn't got no. 16 yet. Its not hard really!
No. 19 is a fairly well known book. You lot obviously aren't shopaholics or I think you would have guessed it from the clue by now ;D
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Post by kunuma on Aug 21, 2010 23:40:53 GMT 1
Well there is one I have never managed to get my hands on - Dancing Brumby's Rainbow? E Mitchell
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Post by Claire on Aug 22, 2010 10:39:27 GMT 1
That is the one!!! Just one to go and its not that hard honest! What do shopaholics go to the sales for?
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Post by garej on Aug 22, 2010 11:57:30 GMT 1
Is it Bargain Horses by Gillian Baxter?
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Post by Claire on Aug 22, 2010 18:22:27 GMT 1
Hurrah, someone has got it. Yes its Bargain Horses garej, well done! All clues answered now
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