Merry Quizmas - The Answers
By Tony Boydell on December 29th, 2006 · Filed in General Magic · 5 Comments
*burp*
Time to put you all out of your misery (and to get another helping of pie):
1. What the Spirits were doing to Scrooge? [HAUNTING HYMN]
2. Ponder? Ruminate? [THINK TWICE]
3. Judas’ Eggs [TRAITORS CLUTCH]
4. Boo! [SUDDEN SHOCK]
5. Mad in Ale [BE-WILD-ER]
6. A period in jail [DETAINMENT SPELL]
7. Cabernet’s flavour of the month [GRAPES-HOT]
8. Painless “Plow Under”? [PLUNDER - that's with the Ow! removed!]
9. Truro student [anagram of RETURN TO DUST]
10. He wrote “In Search Of Lost Time” (around about) [Proust = SPROUT]
11. One Power Nine [STRENGTH IN NUMBERS ie. power in between 1 and 9]
12. Crime devils us! [anagram of VISCID LEMURES]
13. Time for Mr Murphy? [TEMPORAL EDDY]
14. He wrote “In Search Of Lost Time” (around about) [Proust = STUPOR]
15. Her one goat? [anagram of EARTHEN GOO]
16. The Ninth Root [anagram of INTO THE NORTH]
17. Pale and Lace? [both are BAD MOONs - sorry :-(]
18. The Black Pearl [GHOST SHIP]
19. Biggles, Algy and Ginger [FLYING MEN]
20. Clans of Legend [anagram of CANDLES OF LENG]
21. Salve tempestas [HAIL STORM - alright, so it should've been Ave...smart-arses!]
22. “What’s that between your hip & your knee, bruv?” “Why, that’s my…” ["thigh, sis" ie. PHTHISIS]
23. Keeping the peas (fresh!) [FLASHFREEZE]
24. Spring for bears [HIBERNATION’S END]
25. Small to Medium [RESIZE]
26. Oars & feet first, kid! [anagram of SAFFI ERIKSDOTTER]
27. Bea! You are resty [SPELL B-U-R-S-T]
28. Horsemen you can’t get enough of [MOORISH CAVALRY]
29. Schmoozing at a Wake [FUNERAL CHARM]
30. “Charge!” covers them both, doesn’t it? [ASSAULT / BATTERY]
31. Swollen body [CORPULENT CORPSE]
32. Mer-man (K. Amis) [anagram of MANA SKIMMER]
33. Bond’s aging boss [M-OLDER]
34. Concerning scale [RESIZE, again]
35. Tori Amos on a white horse! [on the COVER OF WINTER, her CD single, she's on a white horse!]
36. Use flying jar [anagram of URSINE FYLGJA]
37. 144 inches [12 feet = DODECAPOD]
38. What’s this about? “SLIT NERD” [CORRUPTION OF TENDRILS – “about”]
39. Aeon before (French) [CHRONOS-AVANT, Aeon is another name for the God Chronos...]
40. Deep inside, moTHER ACKnowledges [THE RACK]
41. sdnaseht [REVERSE THE SANDS]
42. Beaufort Eight [GALE FORCE]
43. Hit-maker? Ah! [anagram of HEARTH KAMI]
44. Ending in robe [anagram of NINE-RINGED BO]
45. A starving man? [HE WHO HUNGERS]
46. Mastering… [anagram of GNAT MISER]
47. Shout “A-B-O!” [CALL FOR BLOOD]
48. …Love isn’t always on time! [HOLD THE LINE]
49. Bored of Mars [anagram of ORB OF DREAMS]
50. Santa’s sack isn’t quite empty! [GIFTS UNGIVEN]
Happy New Year!
Tony Boydell
P.S A special, if brief, mention for Lee Carter - the only person to actually e-mail me any answers! He scored 30 out of 50!
By Tony Boydell on December 29th, 2006 · Filed in General Magic · 5 Comments