Puzzles, Quiz and Activities Suitable for Social Events Volume 6

By Ray Filby

This sixth volume of a set of puzzles, quiz and activities differs from the earlier volumes in the series in that it has been designed for use with a much younger age group. The author has used them with a youth group known as the Rock and sponsored by St. Michael's Church, Budbrooke. The young people wh

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dr. Ray Filby
• Release date: Jun 25, 2020
• ISBN: 9781838043711

Ray Filby

Ray Filby qualified as a physicist at Imperial College in 1958 and went on to take a doctorate there. He has also been awarded a Master's degree in Manufacturing Systems Engineering by the University of Warwick where he was awarded a special prize for his performance on this course. On graduating, Ray joined the army where he served with the REME as officer in charge of the telecommunications workshop in Gibraltar. Dr. Filby started his career as a Development Engineer at a firm involved in the manufacture of scientific instruments in London but he has spent most of his working life in teaching. He was Head of the Maths and Science Department at a College of Further Education in Coventry, after which he spent some years with the education advisory service. Among other things, this involved writing material which would provide real life contexts for the secondary school mathematics curriculum. For a short time, Dr. Filby worked as a Technical Writer for Jaguar Cars. For the last several years up until his retirement, he worked as an Information Officer with Severn Trent Water. Dr. Filby is actively involved in the work of his church, St. Michael's, Budbrooke, where he is a licensed lay minister. For many years he was sub-warden for Readers in the Diocese of Coventry. Ray is married to a former teacher, Sue, and has two grown up children, Andrew, a chartered accountant and Sarah, a doctor. He has five grandchildren.

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Published by Midhurst

Copyright © Ray Filby 2020

Midhurst,

2, Freers Mews,

Warwick,

Warwickshire

CV34 6DP

ISBN: 978-1-8380437-1-1 (e-book)

http://midhurstpublishing.uk

Contents

Introduction

1. Royal Dynasties

2. Town Locations

3. Missing Numbers

4. Squares Code

5. Male and Female

6. Scrambled Countries

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Triangle Activities

7. Musical Triangles

8. Football League Teams

9. County Cricket Teams

10. Characters in Books

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Hexagon Activities

11. European Flags

12. Zodiac

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13. Snakes & Ladders

14. Military Ranks

Introduction

This sixth volume of a set of puzzles, quiz and activities differs from the earlier volumes in the series in that it has been designed for use with a much younger age group. The author has used them with a youth group known as the Rock and sponsored by St. Michael’s Church, Budbrooke. The young people who attend this group are in the school years 6-8 age group.

While a good general knowledge is helpful in completing some of the activities, they are designed to be educational rather than challenging. Information sheets and appropriate reference books like atlases are made available to help participants find any information needed.

While straightforward instructions are provided, it is necessary for the activities to be supervised by someone who has worked through an activity and knows what it is about to help any who are struggling to get started. This is important because all the activities are original and will not have