Newsletter Teasers and Answers

30 January Teaser – Duo lingo

Many words have at least two different meanings (e.g. TAP – an action and a faucet). Can you identify the double-duty words from the following clues? (Number of letters in parentheses.)

  1. A lightbulb and the world. (5)
  2. Tree for an elephant? (5)
  3. To speak to a crowd about where you live. (7)
  4. Look at the thing on your wrist! (5)
  5. Call someone for this wedding accessory. (4)
  6. Stone cold music genre. (4)
  7. Got up to a flower. (4)
  8. A very serious burial place. (5)
  9. Used to weigh a snake’s skin? (6)
  10. Fruit preserve that stops traffic. (3)
  11. Say how you feel quickly. (7)

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How’d you get on solving these? Here are the answers:

  1. A lightbulb and the world. (5) GLOBE
  2. Tree for an elephant? (5) TRUNK
  3. To speak to a crowd about where you live. (7) ADDRESS
  4. Look at the thing on your wrist! (5) WATCH
  5. Call someone for this wedding accessory. (4) RING
  6. Stone cold music genre. (4) ROCK
  7. Got up to a flower. (4) ROSE
  8. A very serious burial place. (5) GRAVE
  9. Used to weigh a snake’s skin? (6) SCALES
  10. Fruit preserve that stops traffic. (3) JAM
  11. Say how you feel quickly. (7) EXPRESS

23 January Teaser – Words of a feather

The following words in each group all have a key thing in common.

Can you identify what that key thing is?

GROUP 1: POETRY, WRITER, QUIT, TOWER, PIER
GROUP 2: GLASS, FLASK, DASH, HALF, JAG

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Did you work out what the answer was? The key was the word “key”!

GROUP 1 uses only keys on the TOP ROW of a standard QWERTY keyboard. Meanwhile GROUP 2 uses only keys on the MIDDLE ROW. (You cannot make any words from the bottom row letters, as there are no vowels.)

16 January Teaser – Title fight

Jemima’s memory is not what it used to be. She’s trying to remember the name of some books she saw in the children’s bookshop window display on her walk, but is having a little trouble. Can you decipher what titles she is referring to?

  1. The Really Ravenous Centipede?
  2. The Big Cat, the Magic Lady and the Closet?
  3. The Train that was Determined?
  4. Jimmy and the Huge Apricot?
  5. The Breeze in the Birches?
  6. The Day the Colour Pencils Resigned?
  7. The Hidden Backyard?
  8. The Feline in the Fedora?
  9. Charles and the Confectionery Works?
  10. The Story of Doctor Did Nothing?
  11. Peter Skillet?

 

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How’d you go with these children’s titles? Here are the answers:

  1. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
  2. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis
  3. The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper
  4. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
  5. The WInd in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
  6. The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt
  7. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  8. The Cat in the Hat by Dr Seuss 
  9. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
  10. The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
  11. Peter Pan by JM Barrie

9 January Teaser – Almost Famous

Enid Blyton’s ‘Famous Five’ series is a classic, with 21 titles recounting the very British adventures of Julian, Dick, Anne, George and their dog Timmy. We’ve listed SIX official titles below, but also FIVE fake ones. Can you tell them apart?

  1. Five Run Away Together
  2. Five Have Plenty of Fun
  3. Five Get Lost and Found
  4. Five Go to Epstein Island
  5. Five Have a Wonderful Time
  6. Five Go to Billycock Hill
  7. Five are Home by Supper
  8. Five Have a Mystery to Solve
  9. Five Follow Timmy’s Lead
  10. Five Get into Trouble
  11. Five Have Adventures Galore!

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Did we trick with any of these jolly good adventures? Here are the answers:

  1. Five Run Away Together (1944)
  2. Five Have Plenty of Fun (1955)
  3. Five Get Lost and Found FAKE
  4. Five Go to Epstein Island FAKE 
  5. Five Have a Wonderful Time (1952)
  6. Five Go to Billycock Hill (1957)
  7. Five are Home by Supper FAKE
  8. Five Have a Mystery to Solve (1962)
  9. Five Follow Timmy’s Lead FAKE
  10. Five Get into Trouble (1949)
  11. Five Have Adventures Galore! FAKE!

2 January Teaser – “Rank and ‘–Phile’”

Can YOU identify the correct closest definition (a or b) for each of the following –PHILE words?

  1. LOGOPHILE: a) Lover of words  b) Lover of the gods
  2. OENOPHILE: a) Loves wine b) Loves snakes
  3. MYCOPHILE: a) Music enthusiast b) Mushroom enthusiast
  4. ARCTOPHILE: a) Loves cold places b) Loves teddy bears
  5. AILUROPHILE: a) Bird lover b) Cat lover
  6. GALANTHOPHILE: a) Collects roses b) Collects snowdrops
  7. CINEPHILE: a) Likes movies b) Likes comic books
  8. RHEOPHILE: a) Thrives in a desert b) Thrives in running water
  9. SPERMOPHILE: a) A walrus b) A squirrel
  10. OVOPHILE: a) Type of fish b) Type of cattle
  11. HELIOPHILE: a) Loves sunlight b) Loves flying

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How’d you go with our ‘phile cabinet’? The correct answer is in bold:

  1. LOGOPHILE: a) Lover of words  b) Lover of the gods
  2. OENOPHILE: a) Loves wine b) Loves snakes
  3. MYCOPHILE: a) Music enthusiast b) Mushroom enthusiast
  4. ARCTOPHILE: a) Loves cold places b) Loves teddy bears!
  5. AILUROPHILE: a) Bird lover b) Cat lover
  6. GALANTHOPHILE: a) Collects roses b) Collects snowdrops
  7. CINEPHILE: a) Likes movies b) Likes comic books
  8. RHEOPHILE: a) Thrives in a desert b) Thrives in running water
  9. SPERMOPHILE: a) A walrus b) A squirrel
  10. OVOPHILE: a) Type of fish b) Type of cattle
  11. HELIOPHILE: a) Loves sunlight b) Loves flying

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