Discovered in a Christmas Tree - Christmas Quiz Answers (17th December)

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh, the Christmas tree decorations are all finished now, and there's just a couple of things that need tidying up... *sighs sadly, as usual* The first of those is the 17th December Pros Christmas Fic Quiz! I actually had to go and work out the answers again myself, cos I'd not bothered to write them down the first time - eep! I got there in the end, though... phew... *g*)

Here are the quiz answers, in brackets and with links after each question...

We asked, in which Pros Christmas story...
1. ...is there a ceremonial passing of the CI5 hat, leaving our lads with an interesting task for the CI5 party? (Of Trees and Needles by Magenta Blue)

2. ...does Bodie encounter Doyle's sister under the mistletoe? (The Homecoming by Sebastian)

3. ...do the lads spend most of Christmas Eve on stakeout and on their R/Ts? (Not A Very Silent Silent Night by Alexandra)

4. ...do the lads go down to the Thames, where a mournful foghorn blew, long and sad? (Down to the Waterline by Sebastian)

5. ...does Bodie take Doyle for a mystery week away? (There's an Old Mill by O. Yardley)

6. ...do the lads spend a Christmas in California? (In Hot Water: an Idyll by JM)

7. ...do the lads have to work with Chalk and Cheese? (Red Christmas by Cassie Ingaben)

8. ...does Bodie really want Paxo? (The Stuffing Dreams are Made of by Lizzie)

9. ...are the lads also teddy bears? (*g*) (Santa's Basement by James)

10. ...do the lads guard a Prince in an old manor hall on Christmas eve (and Anson and Murphy keep the tea rooms open *g*)? (Well Hall by KWS)

11. ...do the lads build snow sculptures on another old estate? (Tea for Two by Alexandra)

12. ...is Doyle an elf? (Shopping Days or Doyle the Copper Felt Up by M. Fae Glasgow)

13. ...is Doyle an elf again? *g* (In the Grotto by Sebastian)

14. ...does Bodie play the trumpet? (Beautiful Year by Verlaine)

15. ...does Doyle wake Bodie with a snowball? (Christmas Snow by PFL)

16. ...does Bodie want to make a 120-mile journey? (Driving Home for Christmas by Sally Fell)

17. ...are the lads given a little Comfort and Joy? (Discovered in a Hatstand by The Hag)

18. ...is Bodie given a new pair of wellies, a bottle of Irish whiskey, and have his bookshop account paid off? (The Larton Chronicles (In the Deep Midwinter by Rhiannon)

19. ...does Doyle wear an old windcheater, and Bodie a new beard? (Love in a Cold Country by Jojo)

20. ...do the lads spend New Year with Mrs Cowley (and Geordie)? (The High Road by M. Fae Glasgow)

It was all mostly in fun of course, and I hope everyone who took part enjoyed themselves, whether they posted answers or not, but there is a winner, and with a score of 13/20 stories correctly identified, it's cornishcat! Well done, you - a wee prize will shortly be winging its way across the land to your postbox... *vbg*

Comments

[constant-muse.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the answers, and for the quiz.

They were hard (as my Latin teacher at uni used to say all the time, just to make us feel better), given that now I remember no. 19, but still wouldn't've got it (but thinking of that desolate Bodie with new beard now, ooh, happy thoughts).

So congratulations to cornishcat for such an impressive score! Not just recall of fic titles and authors, but working out the slightly sneaky clues too.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Heeee - and I thought I'd picked really obvious, well-known Pros-y Christmas stories, from all the lists that we'd been re-reading! And I didn't at all think the clues were sneaky - I'll have to go back to quiz-training school... *g* And yeay for cornishcat indeed!