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Article by Editorial (1997)

A Summer Quiz. How well Do You Know Your Coll Magazine?
 
When put on the spot at the Coll Show last year, many islanders felt unable to answer the following questions. Now you have the opportunity to think about the answers in the comfort of your own home... The following questions relate to different years of the Coll Magazine from Issue No 1 in 1983 onwards. See how much you can remember...

1. Issue 1, 1983: Either, (a) What colour was the cover? or (b) How many birds were on the cover? or (c) What was the name of the family written about by Beatrice McCavity Muckraker, `an everyday story of lust, power and intrigue among simple island folk'?

2. Issue 2, 1984: What was the theme of this issue which included articles by Donald Harrison, Allan Brodie and Kenneth Stewart?

3. Issue 3, 1985: What was the article `Guarding the Coasts' on p.12 of this issue about?

4. Issue 4, 1986: The centenary cover illustration for this edition for this edition was taken from the Coll Almanack of which year?

5. Issue 5, 1987: In the article 'Coll Enterprises Past: Bulb Growing', which farm did this enterprise start from?

6. Issue 6, 1988: This edition contained the memorable account of the Coll Golf Outing to Tiree. Who was the `social convenor who hopelessly mistimed his step, missed the rock and without a murmur slid beneath the waves, golf bag and all'?

7. Issue 7, 1989: Which is the boat, launched on March 7th 1989, featured in this edition?

8. Issue 8, 1990: The first edition to be produced by the Coll Magazine Committee - what is on the outside back cover?

9. Issue 9, 1991: Who was the `local lad gone under'?

10. Issue 10, 1992: This time we read about a bird never previously mentioned - which bird is this?

11. Issue 11, 1993: Whose were the five wasted years?

12. Issue 12, 1994: Whose notoriety has spread as far as the South Pacific?

13. Issue 13, 1995: What is the infamous Coll Crime No 1?

14. Issue 14, 1996: How many pages in this bumper edition?
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