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Where Was The Hunny Pot? The 'Hunny Pot' was on page 38, in the Baytown gifts advert. (BY THE SMUGGLER'S FEET)

	Question	Answer
1	Which two star signs appear in January?	Capricorn & Aquarius
2	Which date in January is “Burns Night”	25th
3	How many swords make up the interwoven symbol used by the Goathland Plough Stots?	6
4	What day in January will Epiphany be?	6th
5	What were the names of the 3 Magi who visited Bethlehem?	Melchior, Balthazar and Caspar.
6	Which British King was executed on January 30th 1649?	Charles 1st
7	The UK officially left the EU on January 31st in which year?	2020
8	Captain Robert Scott reached the South Pole on January 17th, 2012. Was his middle name Peregrine, Merlin or Falcon?	Falcon
9	Which band had a single called “White Winter Hymnal” in 2008?	Fleet Foxes
10	Who was the first crowned Queen of England?	Mary
11	"Twelfth Night Cake” contained one dried vegetable. Whoever found it in their slice would be crowd King or Queen for the rest of the day/night. Which dried vegetable was used?	Bean or pea.
12	After which Roman god is January named?	Janus, god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, frames, and endings

Where Was The Hunny Pot? The 'Hunny Pot' was on page 7, in the Baytown Stores advert. (in the kiosk window)

	Question	Answer
1	Including Rudolph, how many reindeer does Santa have?	9
2	Who wrote the original book “How The Grinch Stole Christmas”?	Dr Seuss
3	What did ‘my true love’ give on the 9th day of Christmas?	Nine Ladies Dancing
4	In ‘A Christmas Carol’, who was Scrooge’s former partner?	Jacob Marley
5	What are the traditional names of the three magi that visited Jesus in Bethlehem?	Melchior, Balthazar and Caspar.
6	“Devils on Horseback” - what is wrapped in bacon?	Dates or Prunes
7	On what day in December is the winter solstice?	21st
8	What animal is represented as Capricorn in the zodiac?	Goat or Goat-Fish
9	Which saint’s feast day falls on Boxing Day?	St Stephen
10	In which modern country is Bohemia, home of King Wenceslaus?	Czechia
11	Who is Kris Kringle better known as?	Santa Claus
12	According to the song, we won’t go until we’ve got some what?	Figgy Pudding

Where Was The Hunny Pot? The 'Hunny Pot' was on page 29, in the 'Yorkshire Honey' advert. (A bit sneaky!)

	Question	Answer
1	What colour was the fairy in Disney’s Pinocchio?	Blue
2	What is the name of the tower commonly known as Big Ben?	The Elizabeth Tower
3	In what year did the Gunpowder Plot take place?	1605
4	What flower has the Latin name “papaver rhoeas”?	Poppy
5	Which team won the first English football league of 1888?	Preston North End
6	Within 5 years, when did Handel write “Music for the Royal Fireworks”?	1749
7	In which country were fireworks invented?	China
8	Was the Catherine Wheel firework named after St Catherine of Siena, Genoa or Alexandria?	Alexandria
9	In 1189, Henry Fitzailwyn, became the first what?	Lord Mayor of London
10	Which two star signs cover November?	Scorpio and Sagittarius
11	Which chemical element’s symbol comes from its neo-latin name, Natrium?	Sodium (Na)
12	Which band’s “November Rain” reached #4 in the UK charts in 1992?	Guns and Roses