2026 Subscription Quiz Answers
A series of quizzes running through the year
SUBSCRIPTION CHARITY QUIZ 2026
The first quiz in this year's series, now closed, was obviously a bit of a tester. There were 67 completed entries received, but only four were fully correct.
Congratulations, and the prize of £25, go to Robin Sadler of Kesgrave in Suffolk,with the tie-break question:
Sounds like you’d drive nowhere without this khaki
Here are the Answers:.
| 1 | Inhabited submersible (6,9) | Yellow submarine |
| 2 | Lost submersible (3,7) | Red October |
| 3 | Step out in them, not on them (4,5,5) | Blue Suede Shoes |
| 4 | Abandon (6) | Maroon |
| 5 | Buzzing container for Bombay Sapphire (10) | Bluebottle |
| 6 | 1.6180339887 (6,5) | Golden ratio |
| 7 | The ballet for cobblers (3,5) | Red shoes |
| 8 | Colour measured in microns (7) | Crimson anagram |
| 9 | Tenderfoot (9) | Greenhorn |
| 10 | First National Park (11) | Yellowstone |
| 11 | Site of the bigliest new ballroom (5,5)) | White House |
| 12 | She was my joy, delight and heart of gold (12) | Greensleeves |
| 13 | Captain Flint’s companion (4,4,6) | Long John Silver |
| 14 | What colour is quite sour (9) | Turquoise anagram |
| 15 | Followed by early cars (3,4) | Red flag |
| 16 | Mechanical citrus fruit (9,6) | Clockwork orange |
| 17 | The length of death row (5,4) | Green mile |
| 18 | She was certainly not amused (3,5) | Mrs Brown |
| 19 | This hue needs a name tag (7) | Magenta anagram |
| 20 | Blakeney’s flower (7,9) | Scarlet Pimpernel |
| 21 | The way to the Emerald City (6,5,4) | Yellow brick road |
| 22 | Who knows the secret of this box? (5,5) | Black Magic |
| 23 | Who would you use for gelding? (10) | Goldfinger anagram |
| 24 | The colour of Wilkie’s mystery woman (5) | White |
| 25 | Every little girl’s favourite horse (5,6) | Black beauty |
| 26 | She was just William’s girlfriend(?) (6) | Violet (Bott) |
| 27 | Who took her love to town (4) | Ruby |
| 28 | If such a thing could change (7) | Fuchsia anagram |
| 29 | The eyes of the yellow monster to the north of Katmandu (5) | Green |
| 30 | L shades? (4) | Grey |
| 31 | Colour adopted by a polite hero (10) | Heliotrope anagram |
| 32 | Sort of imperial distance measure (4) | Lime |
| 33 | An evil minor needs to be confounded (9) | Vermilion anagram |
| 34 | Campbell’s rapid transport systems (8) | Bluebird |
| 35 | Received not for a birthday, but an offence (3,4) | Red card |
| 36 | Clayton Moore’s sidekick (3,11) | Jay Silverheels (Tonto) |
| 37 | Don’t tell him your colour Pike (8) | (Ian) Lavender |
| 38 | Beaujolais, for example (8) | Burgundy |
| 39 | What am I doing nearly blue? (6) | Indigo anagram |
| 40 | This sounds like a device for measuring a colour intensity (9) | Greengage |
| 41 | What would it be without sticky-backed plastic (4,5) | Blue Peter |
| 42 | The golden touch was not what he expected (5) | Midas |
| 43 | Used to deny entry to applicant (9) or (5,4) | Blackball |
| 44 | Throstle’s visiting relative (7) | Redwing |
| 45 | Suitable decoration for old oak trees (6,6) | Yellow ribbon |
| 46 | I think her fencing needs repair (10) | Greenfinch anagram |
| 47 | Getting all the questions right must be your main goal (8) | Magnolia anagram |
| 48 | Overdue replacement for a soldier’s red coat (5) | Khaki |
| 49 | The only colour on the Emperor’s toga (6) | Purple |
| 50 | A red male changes to his opposite (7) | Emerald anagram |
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