If you have to use the clues then you only get half marks (1 point).
Each correct Brucie bonus answer scores an additional 2 points.
The answers follow after this blog post.
Question one (The partridge in a pear tree)
What am I dreaming of?
Brucie bonus question:
What was notable about the snow?
“With every Christmas card I write”
Two (French hens)
What did John McClane write on the dead “terrorists” sweat shirt?
Brucie bonus question (for physical nerds):
If the fire hose was 30 m long how fast would the reel be travelling when it got to the end of its drop? Ignore the length of hose needed to tie the knot.
Need a clue?
From “Die Hard”, the second best Christmas film ever made.
Three (Turtle doves)
Why was George Bailey deaf in one ear?
Brucie bonus question:
What reflex action is triggered when you fall into cold water?
Need a clue?
From “It’s a Wonderful Life”; the best Christmas film ever made.
Four (Calling birds)
What do we let in and what do we banish at Christmas time?
And for a Brucie Bonus who sang the line?
Need a clue?
From the 1984 Band-Aid hit “Do they know it’s Christmas time?”
Five gold rings
How much did Randolph Duke bet Mortimer Duke in their nature –v- nurture argument?
Need a clue?
From the 1983 film “Trading Places”.
“Looking good Billy Ray”
“Feeling good Louis”
Six (Geese a-laying)
Who has got red lights all around?
Brucie bonus question:
From an OHS perspective why does he need to take care?
Need a clue?
He’s probably stuck on the M25/ M3/ M5/ M6/ M1/ M62 (delete as appropriate) in the holiday traffic.
Seven (Swans a-swimming)
Where does Mary wait?
For a Brucie bonus:
Why might she want some iodine tablets?
Need a clue?
Mary who?
Mary Bradley.
Eight (Maids a-milking)
What links those 8 milk maids to smallpox?
Need a clue?
Moo!
Nine (Ladies waiting)
What did I do with your dreams and where did I put them?
Need a clue?
“The wind blows right through you; it’s no place for the old”
Ten (Lords a leaping)
What did Thurman Murman give “Santa” as a Christmas present?
For a Brucie bonus:
If Thurman got his hand injury at school which sections of HSWA might the school have breached?
Need a clue?
The foulest-mouthed elf you will ever see on the silver screen.
Eleven (Pipers piping)
When did we start to use fir trees as a form of Christmas decoration in the UK?
For a Brucie bonus
Why, from an OHS perspective, is it a very good idea to water a cut natural Christmas tree?
Need a clue?
“We are not amused”
Twelve (Drummers drumming)
What did we both forget?
Need a clue?
“Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas;
Couldn’t’ miss this one this year.”
Answers on the next blog post.
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Dr Jim Phelpstead BSc, PhD, CMIOSH
RRC Consultant Tutor