SO DID YOU CRACK THE CHELTENHAM CODE?
1. They’re all fictional penguins, from Madagascar, Happy Feet, Toy Story 2, Pingu, Linux and The Wrong Trousers.
2. Apricot. The ingredients start with abbreviations for months corresponding to the associated number: MARzipan, APRicots, MAYonnaise, JUNiper berries.
3. The answers are all letters from the Nato phonetic alphabet, and given in alphabetical order: a) The Grand Budapest Hotel b) A Passage To India c) The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre d) Victor/Victoria e) Yankee Doodle Dandy f) Zulu a-e all won Oscars.
4. These are UK towns with
the endings missing. The words are paired if they share the same missing part: (AN, WEN)DOVER, (OX, WAT)FORD, (EX, PORTS)MOUTH, (BLACK, LIVER)POOL, (NEW, TOR)QUAY, (NOR, SOU)THAMPTON.
5. Twist. This is the second word in the title of a Dickens novel. The others are first words: Bleak House, Great Expectations, Hard Times, Little Dorrit, Oliver Twist.
6. Repeated words in ABBA song titles: Ring Ring (2) + Money Money Money (3) = I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do (5).
7. The words form pairs that can be preceded by THREE:
THREE BLIND MICE; THREE DAY EVENT; THREE FRENCH HENS; THREE LEGGED RACE; THREE LINE WHIP; THREE MILE ISLAND; THREE POINT TURN; THREE RING CIRCUS; THREE WISE MONKEYS
8. £50. The cost is derived from the Roman numerals that appear in the names of the towns:
£1: wIgan — rIpon £4: st Ives — tIVerton £5: hoVe — seVenoaks £50: pooLe — ayLesbury The last remark refers to Roman roads.
9. Seven Deadly Sins: Envy,
Gluttony, Greed, Lust, Pride, Sloth, Wrath.
Colours of the rainbow: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet.
Ancient Wonders: Colossus, Gardens, Lighthouse, Mausoleum, Pyramid, Statue, Temple.
Multiples of seven: Seven, Fourteen, Twenty-one, Twentyeight, Thirty-five, Forty-two, Forty-nine.
SI Units: Ampere, Candela, Kelvin, Kilogram, Metre, Mole, Second.
Days of the week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
Continents: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America, South America.
10. The Wombles: Wellington, Bulgaria, Orinoco, Alderney.
11. a) G — red mixed with blue makes purple; red mixed with yellow makes orange; blue mixed with yellow makes green. b) W — red light mixed with blue light makes magenta; blue light mixed with green light makes cyan; red light mixed with blue light and green light makes white. c) Y — In snooker: yellow + yellow = brown; yellow + green = blue; red + pink = black; green + brown = black; red + red = yellow.
12. a) Peace. It starts with a vegetable; the others end in fruit: disapPEAR, grAPPLE, PEAce, pondiCHERRY, subLIME. b) Tomato. It starts with a male
animal; the others end in female animals: crEWE, hooteNANNY, kitcHEN, nightMARE, TOMato. c) Firenze. It starts with a classical element; the others end in modern elements: FIREnze, giLEAD, jARGON, mariGOLD, pumperNICKEL. d) Parishioner. It starts with a capital city; the others end in a country: catwOMAN, deus ex maCHINA, PARIShioner, pyROMANIA, sCUBA.
13. Bedford. Clues refer to abbreviations of the counties for which the town is the county town. Trowbridge is in Wilts, Lincoln is in Lincs, Reading is in Berks, Aylesbury is in Bucks and Bedford is in Beds.
14. The words can be preceded by IN or succeeded by OUT:
inFANCY, inFLUX, inKING, inVEST, inWARD, ABout, COPout, HIDEout, RAGout, WIPEout.
15. The answers spell out ANSWER in Nato phonetics: a) Alpha b) November c) Sierra d) Whiskey e) Echo f) Romeo
16. E.g. CHIMNEYS, FIRMNESS or CALMNESS. The sequence is formed of eight-letter words, containing AB, CD, EF, GH, IJ, KL and finally MN as the two middle letters.
17. The pig is in the PORCh. The dog is CANine, so is in the CANal. The cat is FELine, so is on the FELl. The sheep is Ovine, so is Over there. The pig is PORCine, so is in the PORch.