Saturday afternoon brought a big surprise with a visit from Ploy the very talented and very pink elephant. Ploy accompanied by her lovely friend Lynda travelled down from Australia Zoo on the Sunshine Coast to visit the children at the Mater Children’s Hospital in Brisbane.

Ploy and Lynda arrived with a huge basket of goodies including soft toys, pencils big enough to last a lifetime and rubber snakes & crocodiles. These weren’t just a hit with the children but also with the Radio Lollipop team (not mentioning any names). While Lynda chatted and gave toys out to the children Ploy entertained everyone with her tap dancing routines.

A pink elephant isn’t normally spotted in a hospital but Ploy quickly won friends with her hugs, she was particularly popular with Haylee and her antics.

Finally we waved goodbye to Ploy and Lynda and we look forward to welcoming them back to the Mater Children’s Hospital in the future.

A huge thank you to the staff at Australia Zoo, Radio Lollipop team members Jennifer Grant, Renee Dempsey, Anne Schmiede and Sandra Ursino for organising this wonderful afternoon.

Many thanks to everyone who came along to the Radio Lollipop Edinburgh quiz night on Wednesday 5 September 2007.

The quiz was an overwhelming success with 11 teams taking part. Over £300 was raised for Radio Lollipop. The funds will be used to directly improve the service we provide to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh.

Congratulations to the ‘Bamber Gascoigne’ team who won the quiz with 81 points out of a total of 110. There were only 3 points separating the top 3 teams. ‘Five Alive’ came last with 45 points but they did not leave empty handed – they won the exclusive Radio Lollipop wooden spoons.

Special thanks go to Mrs Barr for the fantastic buffet and to everyone at Sighthill bowling club for all their help.

It’s hoped that we will be able to make the quiz night an annual fundraising event.

If you were unable to make it along on the night here are 5 of the questions asked on the night. Email us at edinburgh@radiololllipop.org if you think you know the answers (and no using the internet to find the answers)!!

1) Who was the last person to win Best British Male at the Brits in consecutive years?
2) How many weight categories are there in World Championship boxing?
3) In what year was the first ‘Harry Potter’ Book published in the UK?
4) Complete the magic phrase from Sooty:- “Izzy Wizzy Let’s Get……”?
5) Which is the only country that Denmark shares a border with?