Here is the quiz from the 2005 meeting, with the answers.
| 1 | Biggles first flight was in a Maurice Farman Shorthorn - What was this aeroplane also known as? | Rumpity (also "birdcage" because of all the wires - a canary placed inside wouldn't be able to get out if they were all there). | ||
| 2 | In Biggles Fails To Return what disguises/roles did Algy, Ginger and Bertie take on | Ginger - Onion seller. Bertie - strolling player. Algy - French prisoner of war just repatriated from Germany. | ||
| 3 | The yellow "Swan" in Sgt Bigglesworth CID was an aeroplane designed by Renkell. Why did Biggles think it was painted yellow. | To blend in with the sand in a desert area. | ||
| 4 | What was the job of "Lal Din". | Steward in "Biggles in the Orient" | ||
| 5 | In "Biggles Delivers The Goods", what did Major Marlings son, "Lalla", do at the end of the story. | He went off to join the RAF. | ||
| 6 | In "Biggles Sweeps The Desert", who were the members of "Biggles Squadron" | "A" Flight - Flight Lieutenant "Algy" Lacey, Flying Officer "Ginger" Hebblethwaite & Pilot Officer "Tug" Carrington. "B" Flight - Flight Lieutenant Lord "Bertie" Lissie, Flying Officer "Tex" O'Hara & Flighing \Officer "Ferocity Ferris. "C" Flight - Flight Lieutenant Angus Mackail, Flying Officer "Taffy" Hughes & Pilot Officer Henry Harcourt. | ||
| 7 | In "Biggles Sweeps The Desert" again, Biggles is pitched against a different "Von" than Von Stalhien. Who" | Von Zoyton. | ||
| 8 | How did Biggles pass messages to the others in Monaco and what made his messages stand out from anyone else's. | Writing on a wall in the harbour using blue chalk and including a triangle symbol. | ||
| 9 | In which book did Von Stalhien first appear? | Biggles Flies East | ||
| 10 | What were the names of the planes in Biggles in The Baltic, and what was the name of the Squadron. | Boomerang Squadron - Didgeredoo, Dingo & willie-willie - spare plane is duck Billed platypus | ||
| 11 | In which story would Biggles have been likely to break the "Insider Trading" law, if it had been enacted at that time? | In "Biggles Flies Again" when he found out that the mine was likely to be productive after all he said he'd buy some shares before the information became public. | ||
| 12 | What other law did Biggles break in Biggles Flies Again, albeit unknowingly at the time. | Drug smuggling, when fooled by Lichi into delivering a chest. | ||
| 13 | What was in "Bob's Box" | A picture of a girl | ||
| 14 | What did Biggles do with Captain Lovell (also known as "skipper"). | Shot a bear (in "The Boy Biggles"). | ||
| 15 | In "Biggles in Africa" what type of snake chased them? According to the handbook issued by the Zoological Society, what would natives try and do if pursued by such a snake? | Black Mamba. Make for an uphill gradient because they can only travel slowly uphill, although they can catch a fast runner on the flat. They are one of the deadliest snakes in the world and one of the few that will attack a human being without provocation. | ||
| 16 | In "Biggles And The Gun Runners" Biggles asks Sgt Ducard for an iron pot and a mug before he leaves. Why? | So he can Boil a buffalo in the pot to make a soup to drink out of the mug. | ||
| 17 | "Conchita" appears in "Biggles And The Little Green God". What was her occupation? | Air hostess | ||
| 18 | Which of Biggles old WWII squadron helps him out in "Biggles Hunts Big Game"? | "Tug" Carrington | ||
| 19 | Where was "Biggles Defies The Swastika" set. | Norway | ||
| 20 | What Valley does Biggles "Take A Holiday" in? | Paradise Valley | ||
| 21 | What was the name of Gimlet's hunting lodge in Scotland in "Gimlet Comes Home" | Strathcarglas Lodge | ||
| 22 | Who was the "Robinson Crusoe" character in "Biggles And The Deep Blue Sea"? | Clarence Collingwood | ||
| 23 | What caused Algy and Ginger to crash land their Beaufighter in "Biggles in Borneo". | A snake in the aeroplane (it was a "krait"). | ||
| 24 | In which book does Bertie refer to the "Warga-warga" bird OR what is special about the "warga-warga" bird? | In "Biggles Does Some Homework". It is the "little chappie that flies backwards to keep the sun out of its eyes". | ||
| 25 | Lissy took two photographs (amongst, presumably, others) in "The Fledglings" (first published in "The New Book of the Air, 1935, and reproduced in "Biggles Air Ace" in 1999). The first was of "Taggart" - who was the second of? | Wilks. | ||
| 26 | Although "Mossyface" was by W E Johns, a different name was used as a pseudonym. What was it? | William Earle | ||
| 27 | In "Biggles Goes To School" Biggles solves the crime of a stolen diamond ring. What was the solution to this crime? | The ring was stolen and then hidden in a tree by a jackdaw which Biggles had noticed with what he had at first thought to be a piece of silver paper.. | ||
| 28 | What was the special talent of "Clarence Forbes" and what was his occupation? | His talent was imitation; of planes and trains in "The Human Railway" in "Biggles in France". His occupation was "inventor". | ||
| 29 | In which book does the following telegram appear? "Come at once, bring machine, Biggles captured. Waiting for you at Cramlington aerodrome. Ginger." | Biggles and the Black Peril | ||
| 30 | Who was appointed "Govenor of the island of Santalucia" | Gimlet - in "Gimlet Takes A Job" |