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CAMBRIDGE UNITED LETTER JUMBLE
How many words (3 or more letters) can you make from the letters found in ABBEY STADIUM? HERE ARE SOME OF THE LONGER WORDS THAT WERE HIDDEN IN ‘ABBEY STADIUM’. WORD SCORE WORD SCORE ABATED 6 ADMITS 6 AMUSED 6 BABYSAT 7 BEAUTY 6 BEDSIT 6 DAYTIMES 8 DISMAY 6 IMBEDS 6 MISTED 6 STAYED 6 STEADY 6 STEAMY 6 STUBBED 7 STUDY 5 TABBIES 7
TOTAL SCORE 100
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A K O Y M I F Q V C D E P K Z
S U L X E P T R O A X S I I A Y M T N I S H H R S M R K N Q A I R O V W M B Z T E L O G R A L S T U Q U O M L I T F S N J R B R O R R A R E R P E H O A B B E Y E H G J E B I S E T C V J T A N N E T T D U T D G O N L S W X M S E E W N B G N
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E U N H S H U Y R T U R W S P R K L C C O N G S P O F A C M I N O T N I H Y R R E H C M U D T S S G I C H T I H A S E R G A P E T E R S F I E L D D T E X Y W Q U E E N E D I T H S Can you find the 14 Cambridge Wards hidden in the grid above?
ABBEY MARKET ARBURY NEWNHAM CASTLE PETERSFIELD CHERRY HINTON QUEEN EDITHS COLERIDGE ROMSEY EAST CHESTERTON TRUMPINGTON KINGS HEDGES WEST CHESTERTON
ANIMAL SONGS
Complete the song titles by inserting the name of an animal. NOTE: There are 16 different animals to find. a) BUFFALO Soldier (Bob Marley & The Wailers) b) Eye of the TIGER (Survivor) c) I am the WALRUS (The Beatles) d) Hound DOG (Elvis Presley) e) CROCODILE Rock (Elton John) f) Karma CHAMELEON (Culture Club) g) MONKEY Gone to Heaven (Pixies) h) Nellie the ELEPHANT (Toy Dolls) i) Rock LOBSTER (The B-52s) j) Rudolph the Red-Nosed REINDEER (Gene Autry) k) See You Later ALLIGATOR (Bill Haley) l) The LION Sleeps Tonight (The Tokens) m) Hungry Like the WOLF (Duran Duran) n) Run RABBIT Run (Flanagan & Allen) o) Year of the CAT (Al Stewart) p) RAT in Mi Kitchen (UB40)
TENABLE
Round 1: List the 10 four-letter words beginning with the letters ‘WAR’ [As listed in the full online version of the Oxford English Dictionary; it is only for words that have their own entry in the dictionary, and remember that plurals do not have their own entry in the OED, so ‘wars’ is untenable.]
1) WARD 6) WARM
2) WARE 7) WARN 3) WARG 8) WARP 4) WARI 9) WART 5) WARK 10) WARY
Round 2: James Bond: The 10 James Bond film titles which end in a vowel [This is from the list of 24 official Eon titles featuring the fictional spy James Bond.]
1) DR NO 6) THE SPY WHO LOVED ME 2) FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE 7) GOLDENEYE 3) YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE 8) CASINO ROYALE 4) ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE 9) SPECTRE 5) LIVE AND LET DIE 10) QUANTUM OF SOLACE
Round 3: List the 10 ‘TAN’ countries [The 10 countries that contain the letters TAN in that order.] 1) AFGHANISTAN 6) PAKISTAN 2) BHUTAN 7) TAJIKISTAN 3) KAZAKHSTAN 8) TANZANIA 4) KYRGYZSTAN 9) TURKMENISTAN
5) MAURITANIA 10) UZBEKISTAN
MISSING VOWEL COUNTRIES All the vowels have been removed from these countries and the remaining letters have been moved together. Can you name them?
1) GRMNY = GERMANY
2) PRTGL = PORTUGAL
3) GRC = GREECE
4) MRCC = MOROCCO
5) PNM = PANAMA
6) MXC = MEXICO
7) JPN = JAPAN
8) PPNWGN = PAPUA NEW GUINEA
9) ND = INDIA
10) NWZLND = NEW ZEALAND
11) SDRB = SAUDI ARABIA
12) MDGSCR = MADAGASCAR
13) THP = ETHIOPIA
14) LSLVDR = EL SALVADOR
15) BSNNDHRZGVN = BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
16) TLY = ITALY
DITLOIDS A ditloid is a type of word puzzle, in which a phrase, quotation, date, or fact must be deduced from the numbers and abbreviated letters in the clue. Can you work them out? 1) 1 W on a U = 1 WHEEL ON A UNICYCLE
2) 2 W on a B = 2 WHEELS ON A BICYCLE
3) 3 BM = 3 BLIND MICE
4) 4 L on a H = 4 LEGS ON A HORSE
5) 5 P for a T in RU = 5 POINTS FOR A TRY IN RUGBY UNION
6) 6 S on a CG = 6 STRINGS ON A CLASSICAL GUITAR
7) 7 B for SB = 7 BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS
8) 8 L on a S = 8 LEGS ON A SPIDER
9) 9 M in GM = 9 MUSES IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY
10) 10 GBH on the W = 10 GREEN BOTTLES ON THE WALL
11) 11 P in a FT = 11 PLAYERS IN A FOOTBALL TEAM
12) 12 I in a F = 12 INCHES IN A FOOT
13) 13 C in a S = 13 CARDS IN A SUIT
14) 14 L in a S = 14 LINES IN A SONNET
15) 15 M on a DMC = 15 MEN ON A DEAD MAN’S CHEST
16) 16 P in a CS = 16 PIECES IN A CHESS SET
17) 17 S in a H = 17 SYLLABLES IN A HAIKU
18) 18 is the AN of A = 18 IS THE ATOMIC NUMBER OF ARGON
ALPHABET QUIZ
For each letter of the alphabet, name a MUSICAL INSTRUMENT that starts with that letter. Try and fill in as many as you can. Good luck! Here are some possible answers, but there are many more!
A = ACCORDION N = NADASWARAM
B = BANJO O = OBOE
C = CELLO P = PIANO
D = DIDGERIDOO Q = QANUN
E = EUPHONIUM R = RECORDER
F = FLUTE S = SAXOPHONE
G = GUITAR T = TROMBONE
H = HARP U = UKULELE
I = IGIL V = VIOLIN
J = JINGHU W = WHISTLE
K = KOTO X = XYLOPHONE
L = LUTE Y = YEHU
M = MANDOLIN Z = ZITHER
LINK-WORDS This word quiz is where the word in the middle ends the first word and starts the second. For example WEDDING and STAND might be linked by CAKE, i.e. WEDDING CAKE, CAKE STAND.
1) Banana SPLIT Pea
2) Bow TIE Pin
3) Fish CAKE Tin
4) Football PITCH Perfect
5) Daisy CHAIN Gang
6) Garden GATE Crash
7) Green HOUSE Party
8) Yellow HAMMER Head
9) Cash MACHINE Gun
10) Radio TIMES Square
11) Cheque BOOK Shelf
12) Dart BOARD Member
13) Feta CHEESE Grater
14) Sash WINDOW Pane
15) Dessert SPOON Bill
16) Moon LANDING Lights
HIDDEN FRUIT & VEG In each sentence there is a hidden fruit or vegetable e.g Bing Crosby and Bob Hope are both in ‘Road to Rio’.
1) The children played on their phone APP less than normal.
2) During filming, the director tried to ban an actor from smoking.
3) At the railway station I only had to wait five minutes for the train.
4) Yesterday, George bought Tom a towel for his new bathroom.
5) The farmer’s three acres soon would be sold to developers.
6) Susan threw a saucepan, a bowl and a cooking pot at Owen.
7) Brad is having eggs, sausage and bacon for breakfast.
8) The lawyer handed the bale money over to the authorities.
9) At the barbers, Caspar snipped off too much of John’s hair.
10) At the start I choked on a boiled sweet and had to leave.
11) The hamburger that was thrown out of the car rotted away.
12) During the summer holidays the Smith family visited a very sweet Cornish village.
13) Robin Hood gave the Sherriff of Nottingham arrows and a bow.
14) Edgar licked his lips at the thought of an ice cream with chocolate sauce and a Flake.
15) Mars and Jupiter are both Roman Gods, as well as names of planets.
16) Lucy left home lonely and afraid.