Wirral Wildlife Quiz Winner and Answers

Red Squirrel – answer to question 27 in the quiz.
Photo: Peter Trimming

The judging for the 2018 Wirral Wildlife Prize Quiz is complete and I am pleased to announce that the winner is:

Helen Smith of London.

A total of 20 entries were received, and of these three got all the questions right.  Helen Smith was selected in the random draw; the other two with full marks were Mrs Enid Bradshaw of Gayton and Shirley Miller of Neston.

I would like to pay tribute here to my fellow judge, Ruth Dann, who sadly passed away in December. She was the original inspiration for the Wirral Wildlife Prize Quiz and was a great help in carrying out the judging in all previous quizzes. Tony Hailwood has agreed to join me in judging future quizzes.

The answers to the 50 questions are given below.

John R Gill

Hon Treasurer, Wirral Wildlife

1	Deceased departs.	4, 6	Dead leaves
2	Singer following thirteen, one of twelve.	6, 7	Willow warbler
3	Evil to God is criminal bloomer.	3, 6	Dog violet
4	One of five, maybe 43’s head?	6	Pignut
5	Wholemeal and self-raising I hear.	7	Flowers
6	Joseph’s little brother hides instrument of torture for thirty.	7	Bracken
7	Welsh mother has French pains with this type of animal.	7	Mammals
8	Carol links this with 42, intravenously we hear.	3	Ivy
9	Golf club with dawn herald, one of twelve.	8	Woodcock (or Woodlark)
10	Obvious feature of woodland, seen in the centre especially.	5	Trees
11	Wooden enemy? No, wind flower.	4, 7	Wood anemone
12	Bait rod as oddly as you like.	5	Birds
13	One of ten is going to cry of pain.	6	Willow
14	Water from middle of Denbigh castle.	5	Brook
15	Kate, or Stirling, perhaps.	4	Moss
16	Morose head Zulu, tailless and ruffled by one of seven.	5, 8	Hazel dormouse
17	Swinging, so hang like a tree.	7, 3	English oak
18	One of five members of the upper house.	5-3-6	Lords-and-ladies
19	One of twelve strict evens after thirteen.	6, 3	Willow tit
20	She, lucky one, distilled a perfumed climber.	11	Honeysuckle
21	Words snoop about, losing nothing in some of five.	9	Snowdrops
22	The French chase pulverised vegetable, one of forty.	6, 6	Ground beetle
23	Gloomy clanger, one of five.	8	Bluebell
24	One of ten, I can hear you!	3	Yew
25	Thirty, I leave Len Friday confused.	4, 4	Lady fern
26	Male offspring of male sheep? One of five.	7	Ramsons
27	Liverpool quarrel with article substituted by one, one of seven.	3, 8	Red squirrel
28	Crust-like growths spoil niche in outskirts of Leeds.	7	Lichens
29	A southern writer, one of ten.	5	Aspen
30	I prefer no artificial flowers, and that includes this type of plant.	4	Fern
31	Harry’s become calmer, not led into burrow.	7, 4	Badger’s sett
32	Can you hear highway and sensory organ, one of seven?	3, 4	Roe deer
33	Sulphur, one of forty.	9	Brimstone
34	Try ’eadgear, mum, without hesitation, for one of forty.	4, 4	Goat moth
35	I can hear wigeon calling - including this one of forty.	6	Earwig
36	Audibly acted like a hen after midnight clearing.	5	Glade
37	Two gallons in a sledge would reportedly find one of forty.	8, 4	Speckled wood
38	What makes Amy score? One of ten.	8	Sycamore
39	Little Eleanor with article in German car travelling westwards.	6, 3	Fallen log
40	Six-footers, members of cults.	7	Insects
41	Timber Farah employed without daughter, one of seven.	4, 5	Wood mouse
42	Fifty involved in chopping up sacred tree.	5	Holly
43	Owl, a bird, is confused with this one of seven.	4, 4	Wild boar
44	One of five from planet of a beagle maybe?	4, 7	Dog’s mercury
45	One of twelve noticed clever, feline, Goddess of Pop.	7, 10	Spotted flycatcher
46	One of ten, tall plant follows non-domestic army or navy perhaps.	4, 7, 4	Wild service tree
47	Cowardly Michael or Gabriel, one of five.	6, 9	Yellow archangel
48	Some of twelve are here so keep crowd working.	11*	Woodpeckers
49	One of five, the Spanish goes back after programming error.	5	Bugle
50	Roosevelt carries alfresco meal.	5, 5, 6	Teddy bears’ picnic

* Apologies for the figure “10” that incorrectly appeared on the question sheet.