Newsletter Teasers and Answers

22 May Teaser – Sleuth operator

Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born on this day in 1859. The author penned 62 Sherlock Holmes adventures across 40 years – so, to celebrate his birthday, can you spot the FOUR fake Sherlock Holmes adventures in this selection of his stories below?

  1. The Man with the Crooked Smile
  2. The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter
  3. The Adventure of the Rotten Apple
  4. The Adventure of the Moor Maiden
  5. A Scandal in Bohemia
  6. The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter
  7. The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire
  8. The Disappearance of the Brass Monkey
  9. The Problem of Thor Bridge
  10. The Adventure of the Cobbler’s Knob
  11. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box

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How did you get on solving this case? The fake stories are in bold!

  1. The Man with the Crooked Smile
  2. The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter
  3. The Adventure of the Rotten Apple
  4. The Adventure of the Moor Maiden
  5. A Scandal in Bohemia
  6. The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter
  7. The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire
  8. The Disappearance of the Brass Monkey
  9. The Problem of Thor Bridge
  10. The Adventure of the Cobbler’s Knob
  11. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box

 

15 May Teaser – Family ties

Today is International Day of Families. So can you name the book (or series) that these iconic literary families come from?

  1. The Weasley family
  2. The Bennet family
  3. The Cuthbert family
  4. The Joad family
  5. The March family
  6. The Pickles and the Lambs
  7. The Baek family
  8. The Corleone family
  9. The Stark family
  10. The Finch family
  11. The Baggins family

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How did you go with this family-sized puzzle?

  1. The Weasley family – Harry Potter series
  2. The Bennet family – Pride and Prejudice
  3. The Cuthbert family – Anne of Green Gables
  4. The Joad family – The Grapes of Wrath
  5. The March family – Little Women
  6. The Pickles and the Lambs – Cloudstreet
  7. The Baek family – Pachinko
  8. The Corleone family – The Godfather
  9. The Stark family – A Song of Ice and Fire series (Game of Thrones)
  10. The Finch family – To Kill a Mockingbird
  11. The Baggins family – The Hobbit / The Lord of the Rings

8 May Teaser – Petering out

Tomorrow is Peter Pan creator J.M. Barrie’s birthday. (He would have been turning 165 were he still around.) So to celebrate, can you name the book, play, TV show or film where these fictional Peters are from?

  1. Peter Pettigrew
  2. Peter Griffin
  3. Peter Venkman
  4. Peter Pevensie
  5. Peter Shepherd
  6. Peter Quill
  7. Peter Quince
  8. Peter Parker
  9. Peter Wiggin
  10. Pete Campbell
  11. Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell

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How many Peters did you recognise?

  1. Peter Pettigrew – Harry Potter series
  2. Peter Griffin – Family Guy
  3. Peter Venkman – Ghostbusters films
  4. Peter Pevensie – Chronicles of Narnia series
  5. Peter Shepherd – Jumanji
  6. Peter Quill – Guardians of the Galaxy films
  7. Peter Quince – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
  8. Peter Parker – Spiderman films/comics
  9. Peter Wiggin – Ender’s Game
  10. Pete Campbell – Mad Men
  11. Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell – Top Gun films

1 May Teaser – Come what MAY

It’s the first day of MAY, so can you identify the following words/names that all contain the letters “MAY” within them?

  1. Chaos. (6)
  2. Sandwich dressing. (10)
  3. A mix of shock and sadness. (6)
  4. Town leader. (5)
  5. Pilot’s distress. (6)
  6. Played Amy in ‘Big Bang Theory’ – _____ Bialik (5)
  7. Mexican civilisation who built pyramids. (5)
  8. Boxer Floyd __________ Jr. (10)
  9. Irish county and US clinic. (4)
  10. The females live just five minutes. (6)
  11. Mascara brand. (10)

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Did you get all the MAY words? Here they are:

  1. MAYHEM
  2. MAYONNAISE
  3. DISMAY
  4. MAYOR
  5. MAYDAY
  6. MAYIM
  7. MAYAN
  8. MAYWEATHER
  9. MAYO
  10. MAYFLY
  11. MAYBELLINE

24 April Teaser – Letter-writing

ANZAC is a well-known acronym to all Australians and New Zealanders – the letters representing Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. Now, can you identify what these other acronyms stand for?

  1. RADAR
  2. UNESCO
  3. NASA
  4. ABBA (the music group)
  5. WALL-E (from the Pixar film)
  6. NASDAQ (tech listings on the stock market)
  7. AIDS 
  8. FLOTUS
  9. SWAT (as in “a SWAT team surrounded the building”)
  10. TED (as in a TED Talk)
  11. ZIP (as in a ZIP code in the US)

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How’d you go? Some of these were tricky – so well done if you go most of them!

  1. RADAR = RAdio Detection And Ranging
  2. UNESCO = United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
  3. NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  4. ABBA = Agnetha, Björn, Benny, Anni-Frid
  5. WALL-E = Waste Allocation Load Lifter – Earth-class
  6. NASDAQ = National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
  7. AIDS = Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
  8. FLOTUS = First Lady Of The United States
  9. SWAT = Special Weapons And Tactics
  10. TED = Technology, Entertainment, Design
  11. ZIP = Zone Improvement Plan

17 April Teaser – Riddle me this

Can you solve the following wordy riddles?

  1. What word for a job title has THREE consecutive double letters?
  2. I am a solitary five-letter word. Behead me once, I’m the same. Behead me again, I am still the same. What word am I?
  3. What word contains all 26 letters?
  4. The poor have me. The rich need me. Eat me and you’ll die. What am I?
  5. What word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?
  6. If you throw me out a window, you’ll leave a grieving wife, but drop me in the middle of a door and you may save a life. What am I?
  7. I am an odd number. But take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
  8. What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
  9. What word begins with an “e” and only contains one letter?
  10. Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
  11. What word is pronounced the same if you take away four of its five letters?

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Did you solve all the riddles? Here are the answers:

  1. BOOKKEEPER
  2. ALONE
  3. ALPHABET
  4. NOTHING
  5. INCORRECTLY
  6. THE LETTER ‘N’
  7. SEVEN
  8. SHORT
  9. ENVELOPE
  10. TON
  11. QUEUE

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6 February Teaser – Duo lingo

If he were still alive, Charles Dickens would be turning 213 years old tomorrow. So to celebrate his birthday, we’re asking you to spot which character (out of the three) we have made up for each of his most famous books. Good luck!

  1. David Copperfield: Maggotty, Dora Spenlow, Tommy Traddles
  2. Oliver Twist: Mr Sowerberry, Mrs Dumphrey, Mr Bumble
  3. A Tale of Two Cities: Madame Defarge, Marquis St Germain, Sydney Carton
  4. The Pickwick Papers: Alfred Jingle, Augustus Snodgrass, Miss Ploom
  5. Great Expectations: Limetoad, Orlick, Biddy
  6. Little Dorrit: Jeremiah Flintwinch, Amy Dorrit, Fanny Bancroft
  7. Bleak House: Lady Dedlock, Inspector Bucket, Lord Faversham
  8. A Christmas Carol: Mrs Mops, Fezziwig, Wilhelmina Wickstaff