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HISTORY – 13 PRESIDENTS = 13 POINTS

Truman (1946-53), Eisenhower (1953-61), Kennedy (1961-63), Johnson (1963-69), Nixon (1969-74), Ford (1974-77), Carter (1977-81), Reagan (1981-89), GHW Bush (1989-93), Clinton (1993-2001), GW Bush (2001-09), Obama (2009-17), Trump (2017-)

ENTERTAINMENT – 11 POINTS

1. Bjorn 75

2. 103

3.Henry Cooper and Cliff Morgan – 1 point each

4. Cameron Diaz

5. No Time to Die

6. Kansas

7. John Travolta

8. Kim Wilde

9. Birmingham

10. Dick Dastardly

GEOGRAPHY – 14 POINTS

1. Wimbledon

2. Dublin, Lisbon, Reykjavik – 1 point each

3. North and South Korea – exact answer needed for 1 point

4. Horsington

5. Oporto and Port – 1 point each

6. Folkestone

7. Chile

8. La Paz and Bakku – 1 point each

9. Germany

10. 270 – allow 5 either way

SPORT – 11 POINTS

1. Tranmere Rovers

2. Harlequins

3. Kansas City Chiefs

4. It’s a knockout

5. Crystal Palace

6. Ben Ainsley

7. 4 (Field team)

8. Us and Canada – 1 point each

9. Michael Edwards

10. Paris

TRIVIAL MATHS – 10 POINTS

1. 29

2. 6 (= 174)

3. 94 (=80)

4. 8 (=10)

5. 7 (=17)

6. 11 (=6)

7. 39 (=45)

8. 4 (=180)

9. 170 (=10)

10. 9 (=1)

EASY PEASY RHYMES – 17 POINTS

1. Marriage carriage

2. Wonky donkey

3. Proper copper

4. Scouse mouse

5. Rotten cotton

6. Fun run

7. Busy Lizzie

8. Supple couple

9. Deep sleep

10. Winter sprinter

11. French wench

12. Roly poly

13. Odd cod

14. Wary fairy

15. Regal eagle

16. Salop scallop

17. Gory story

Total points 76

The Half Moon’s traditional Bank Holiday Quiz is on, despite the Coronavirus lockdown.

The quiz questions can be collected from a box at the Half Moon Inn on Sunday.

It will be in a sealed envelope (prepared 3 days before)

Entry is free.

Time allowed one hour. Teams as usual. Self scoring .No Google!

Answers will be released at 8pm on Sunday via The Horsington Blog

Please submit your score and team name via e-mail to philippa@ecco-gelato.co.uk

Results will be shared on the blog.

Good luck every one

Don’t think Greta and her pals will like this!

Jessie tell us that the will be delivering fresh sea bass to the Horsington area soon -if there is sufficient demand.

Follow this Facebook page to enquire when they will be delivering in this area, and to order your fish. Delicious! Volunteers are needed to receive fish for re=delivery locally or for collection.

www.facebook.com/fromshoretodoor/

Jerry’s Electrical  is still offering doorstep deliveries.

They currently have chest and upright freezers in stock, including the Fridgemaster MCF95 (£129.99) and the Lec Upright U5517W (£169.99)

Contact below for any enquiries:…See more

New dog on the way? What the hell to call it? “Spot On” is a lovely book by Gail Garbutt from Mere. It’s a fun book with inspiring names for dogs. Arranged alphabetically and by themes, some poetry for a bit of emotion and interesting dog facts .

To obtail a copy, call or email Gail.

T: 01747 860446

E: info@castletonhouse.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Spot-On-Good-Names-for-Dogs/

We are grateful to Chris Bailward for allowing us to publish this Facebook post about his late mother, Diana.

My father was a Japanese POW in Singapore so knew nothing about VE day and had not yet met my then 20 year old mother who, in many ways mercifully for her, died last January before Covid 19 really hit us. She was working near Bicester as a clerk for SOE and wrote in her diary “I simply can’t believe the European war is over, it’s been such a long time. I wish I could have gone to church today, I can’t think why there wasn’t a morning service anywhere. This is a day I shall never forget. At 1 minute past midnight all firing ceases. I’m relieved the war is over but, somehow, don’t want to go mad and rejoice, after all people are still fighting and being killed in the Far East. It’s been a long time. I can hardly remember what it was like before the War. I can’t visualise what it is going to be like now. I really feel I want to cry more than anything else. Oh God, thank heaven it is over but I do hope everyone will do their best to make this a better world now it is over.”

Chris.

A big thank you to Andrew, Philippe and Amelia for hosting the impromptu “walk by” street party outside the Half Moon Yesterday. The village needed it! Let’s get over this perios as soon as we can.

The recycling centre at Dimmer (Castle Cary) will re-open on Monday 26 May.

No commercial waste or asbestos or plasterboard. No trailers.

Check your car Reg. To avoid congestion, odd numbers only on Mondays Wednesday and Saturdays

Even numbers only on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays

9am-6pm Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays

9am-4pm Saturdays and Sundays.

All closed on Thursdays