1st Prize £30 Gift Voucher

Two runners up will each receive a £10 Gift Voucher

Closing Date: Monday 10 January 2011

Please post your completed Answer Sheet

(both parts 1 and 2) to Ann Anderson in an envelope marked “Christmas Quiz 2010”, The Personnel Office, Goldie House, 1-4 Goldie Terrace, Douglas, IM1 1EB

If there should be more than one entry with a perfect

score, these entries will be placed in a hat and the prize winner/s will be drawn from this pool.

Winners will be notified by email and the answers will

be posted on the Update website

(http://www.gov.im/personnel/update.xml)

on 12 January 2011.

Christmas Quiz 2010

Sulby River (Richard Carter)

Wenda has been out and about and has been admiring some of the sights on the

Isle of Man.

In each of the following photographs can you identify where she is standing and

what she is looking at?

Part 1 Where on the Island is Wenda . . .

and what is she looking at?

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Where is Wenda? What is Wenda looking at?

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Answer Sheet

Part 1

Part 2

No Question Answer

1 a. Who does the Tower of Refuge commemorate

and b. When was it built?

2 When was the first 100mph lap of the TT Course?

3 Who or what is said to haunt Peel Castle?

4 a. Who designed the Laxey Wheel and

b. What is it called?

5 What is an „ushag reaisht‟?

6 How long is the Raad Ny Foillan?

7 Which giant is said to have created the Isle of Man?

8 What, in the olden days, was the Manx Mischief?

9 Who swears to be as impartial „…as the Herring‟s

backbone doth lie in the midst of the fish‟?

10 In Manx folklore what do we call the first person to

cross the threshold of a home on New Year‟s Day?

11 What is „Christmas Eve‟ in Manx?

12 In Manx folklore which bird is „King of all Birds‟?

13 In Manx folklore what date was believed to be the

true Christmas?

14 My a soft thorn mews (anagram)

15 Smith is a wretch (anagram)

16 A blond irish wench (anagram)

17 Calms this star (anagram)

18 English tint (anagram)

Manx Youth Orchestra Announces

Christmas Concert The Manx Youth Orchestra holds its traditional Christmas Festival Concert at the Villa Marina on Saturday 11 December at 7.30pm. The sparkling occasion will feature the Junior, Intermediate and Senior Youth Orchestras, the Swing Band and the Youth Guitar Ensemble. The programme includes music by Stravinsky, Sibelius, Gershwin and the world premiere of Snowfall by Manx composer Tim Price, himself a former member of the orchestra. The Manx Youth Wind Orchestra will be performing in its usual, rousing style with music from the Blues Brothers and an arrangement of The Carnival of Venice with Illiam Quane on solo trumpet. The ever-popular Manx Youth Swing Band‟s programme will include classics such as Tuxedo Junction and A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square. The concert will again be compered by Manx Radio‟s Alex Brindley – another former member of the Manx Youth Orchestra – and will be held in the presence of His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, Vice Admiral Sir Paul Haddacks, and Lady Haddacks. Maggie Richardson, Head of Music Service, said: „The orchestra continues to grow and build upon its successes.

Members of the Senior Orchestra are particularly excited about next year‟s tour to Holland and we‟re looking forward to hosting the Cheshire Youth Orchestra when they visit the Island in April. The concert will be the culmination of this term‟s work which has taken place on Saturday mornings since September.‟ The annual concert, which is generously sponsored by the Bank of Ireland, has raised thousands of pounds for local charities over the years. Tickets are £9.50, £8.50 and £7.50 and are available from the Villa Marina and Gaiety Theatre ticket hotline on 01624 600555 and the Manx Welcome Centre at the Sea Terminal. With approximately 250 performers to fit in, the Royal Hall is going to fill up quickly so it‟s wise to book your tickets soon to avoid disappointment. Contact Maggie Richardson, Head of Music Service – 01624 686555 for further information.

Tynwald Christmas Carol Service

The Tynwald Christmas carol service will be held at the Church of St Mary of the Isle, Hill Street, Douglas on Thursday 16 December. The President of Tynwald, the Hon Noel Cringle OBE MLC, invites members of the public and the local business community to join Members and Officers of Tynwald at the service which will begin at 1.05pm and feature the Tynwald choir and brass quintet Sheean Prash. A retiring collection in aid of St Mary of the Isle will be made and the service is expected to finish at approximately 2pm.