2025 Subscription Quiz - Result and Answers
SUBSCRIPTION CHARITY QUIZ 2025
Here are the Result and Answers for Household, the fourth quiz in the 2025 series. The year will end with the Christmas Quiz, details of which. and how you can acquire a copy, will be available here early in November. Subscribers to the Quiz Series, and others who have already paid in advance, will be sent their copy at that time.
There were 48 completed entries submitted, of which about half were fully correct. Congratulations, and the prize of £25, go to Poppy Hillier of Taunton. The winning tie-break question was:
“was the team World Cup smashed for use in the dressing room" - Talcum powder
The Answers are:
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1 |
Imitation doggy-doos (7) |
Shampoo |
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2 |
Bill (or William) cleans up scratchily (6) |
Brillo anagram |
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3 |
Remove dirt with rusted item (6) |
Duster anagram |
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4 |
Hot teapots are recommended morning and evening (10) |
Toothpaste anagram |
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5 |
Contains an aspiring painkiller (7) |
Aspirin |
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6 |
Personal transport device for Nanny Ogg (5) |
broom |
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7 |
Soap-and-water treatment for bad language, colloquially (9) |
Mouthwash |
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8 |
One is not a policeman’s lot (5) |
Nappy |
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9 |
From Warsaw? (6) |
Polish |
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10 |
Fifty in seashore sand (6) |
Bleach |
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11 |
Blue Peter cleaned up with a child host (5) |
Dishcloth anagram |
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12 |
Not for reading, even when provided on a nail by the door (6,5) |
Toilet paper |
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13 |
When smooth, it’s time to save father (10) |
Aftershave anagram |
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14 |
Clean up with a nasty smell in the south-east (6) |
Sponge |
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15 |
Put off civilised male shortly (9) |
Detergent |
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16 |
See out better if you end new oil (9) |
Windolene anagram |
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17 |
Is Daiquiri Fly really a frothy cocktail? (5,6) |
Fairy liquid anagram |
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18 |
Maracas help set the rhythm in “paint it black” (7) |
Mascara anagram |
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19 |
Back up Cornish cream, 100 off (6) |
Dettol |
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20 |
Measured by the inchworm, did it count the fingers? (8) |
Marigold |
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21 |
Clerical neckwear (3,6) |
Dog collar |
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22 |
The last apostle covers up with this (11) |
Elastoplast anagram |
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23 |
He shone! (2,5) |
Mr Sheen |
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24 |
Pure bred (8) |
Pedigree |
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25 |
This is where logs are applied wet (6,3) |
Shower gel |
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26 |
Does it sound as if the macaws consumed the lot? (11) |
Paracetamol |
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27 |
I charmed an emollient (9) |
Hand cream |
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28 |
When I hear this should I now say “bless you” (6) |
Tissue |
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29 |
Shouldn’t he be a TV fitness guru? (2,6) |
Mr Muscle |
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30 |
A sword found in many homes (4) |
Foil |
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31 |
Clean up with obsolete fossil fuel product (4,3,4) |
Coal tar soap |
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32 |
If dentist can apply this, all is well ((12) |
Disinfectant anagram |
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33 |
Nearly a very clever fork prong (12) |
Brilliantine |
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34 |
Another imitation - not quite sunburn (4,3) |
Fake tan |
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35 |
Definitely not an adhesive for your labium superior oris (8) |
Lipstick |
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36 |
Don’t scrap your battleship - put it aside for later use (8) |
Mothball |
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37 |
Sugar cane rums can be used as protection (8) |
Suncream |
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38 |
When you hear a chirp, you may be round the bend (6) |
Harpic anagram |
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39 |
Power that often comes after an assault (7) |
Battery |
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40 |
Comes before Mass and abra (6) |
Candle |
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41 |
Classical (non Roman) from 25 years ago (7,4) |
Grecian 2000 |
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42 |
Does most of this quiz make you feel clean (8) |
Domestos anagram |
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43 |
Boom boom Basil (6) |
Brush |
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44 |
Set a hare chaser to do the dishes (7) |
Scourer anagram or courser |
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45 |
Take nitrogen out of a shaken Czech lager (6) |
Persil |
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46 |
Mermaid in the laundry room (5) |
Ariel |
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47 |
What kind of boy was Denis Compton (9) |
Brylcreem |
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48 |
Feline recklessly discarded rubbish (3,6) |
Cat litter |
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49 |
The softest mineral, ground (6,6) |
Talcum powder |
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50 |
Ming’s nemesis (5) |
Flash |
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