Welcome to The Albury Produce Association

We are a produce association serving the local villages of the Tillingbourne Valley, part of the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the south-east of England. We hold one of the longest continuously running produce shows in the country on the third Saturday in July each year.

Our activities are all run by volunteers and we try to provide both a high quality show and a great family day out for the local community. The APA also organises other events throughout the year and we distribute our financial surpluses to support local charities and good causes at our AGM in November.

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The weekend of 17/18 July 2010 saw the 64th produce show, barn dance and the 2nd music festival, all of which were a huge success.  We had 935 entries in the show tent and lots of people enjoying the day.  The barn dance was a sell out and the 2nd music festival on the Sunday very popular with great music and sunshine. 
 
QUIZ RESULTS AND ANSWERS
There was something new at the Albury Produce Show and Free Fest this year - a family quiz to purchase and ponder over. We received nearly 60 entries, all well researched, and so the scoring was very high and close. The winner is Rosanna Collingwood from Gomshall (28/29), who wins our Hamper of Everyday Yummy Things, kindly donated by Mad Jak in Shere. Well done Rosanna, and thanks to all those who entered and to Mad Jak for their ongoing support and generosity. Along with other surplus takings from the Albury Weekend, the quiz monies will go to really worthwhile groups in the area.

The answers follow, and there are 2 points of order:
1. Due to a typing error, question 26 has been omitted from the scoring, although some wonderfully inventive answers were provided!
2. Two answers have been accepted for question 30. The original answer was The Grange / a coaching inn. However The Tudor Pigeon House is also a house, and very old!


Question
Answer
1
What was Marie Curie’s husband’s name?
Pierre
2
What is the ‘well’ in a brick called?
Frog
3
Who killed Medusa?
Perseus
4
On what date did Queen Victoria die?
22 January 1901
5
What is a baby whale called?
Calf
6
How many states are there in the USA?
50
7
The memorial on Albury Heath commemorates what?
Field Marshall Montgomery's visit to address Canadian troops just before D-Day in 1944
8
What is the chemical symbol for lead?
Pb
9
What is the capitol of Nepal?
Kathmandu
10
Albury is twinned with a town in what Australian state?
New South Wales
11
What are an ibex, an ilex and a helix?
Goat, holly, spiral
12
What is the collective noun for otters?
Bevy, romp or raft
13
Where were the first modern Olympic games held and in what year?
Olympia / Athens 1896
14
What is a Thorny Devil?
Lizard
15
What colour is cyan?
Blue
16
Who is the current Secretary of State of Education?
Michael Gove
17
Which artist created the APA’s 60th Anniversary statue?
Friedel Buecking
18
What was the name of the cabin boy in Captain Pugwash?
Tom
19
Where was the 1954 FIFA Football World Cup held?
Switzerland
20
What are Idigbo and Iroko?
African hardwoods
21
Who was the famous tile designer who worked with William Morris?
William de Morgan
22
What is Pythagorean Theorem?
In any right angled triangle, the area of the square whose side is the hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle) is equal to the sum of the areas of the squares whose sides are the two legs (the two sides that meet at a right angle
23
When was the Blackwall tunnel completed?
1967
24
Who designed Guildford cathedral?
Sir Edward Maufe
25
What important public post did George Abbot hold?
Archbishop of Canterbury
26
What is the Green Flosh and where can it be seen?
Light on the horizon as the sun hits the horizon near the equator.
OMITTED
27
What were the names of the 5 children of the last Tsar of Russia?
Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, Alexei
28
Apart from music, what was Ray Charles’ favourite hobby?
Chess
29
Judges from which 4 countries sat at the Nuremburg Trials?
Great Britain, France, USA, Soviet Union
30
What is the oldest house in Albury, and what was it originally?
Grange Cottage, The George Coaching Inn.
Or Tudor Pigeon House.