Newsletter Teasers and Answers

12 September 2024 Teaser – “Synonym Song Quest”

Synonyms are words with similar meanings – e.g. “angry” and “livid”. Can YOU identify the famous song titles from their synonym twins? (Year of release also given.)

  1. Abode of the Lifting Star (1964)
  2. Females Simply Desire to Own Hilarity (1984)
  3. Aromas Similar to Adolescent Essence (1991)
  4. Viaduct Across Disturbed Aqua (1974)
  5. Gyrating Royalty (1977)
  6. Existing Upon a Blessing (1986)
  7. Below Stress (1981)
  8. I Continue to Not Discover what I’m Seeking Out (1987)
  9. Vacant Zone (2014)
  10. All Desire to Dominate the Globe (1985)
  11. Inferno and Deluge (1970)

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How did you go? Here are the answers:

  1. Abode of the Lifting Star (1964) House of the Rising Sun – The Animals
  2. Females Simply Desire to Own Hilarity (1984) Girls Just Wanna Have Fun – Cyndi Lauper
  3. Aromas Similar to Adolescent Essence (1991) Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana
  4. Viaduct Across Disturbed Aqua (1974) Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon and Garfunkel
  5. Gyrating Royalty (1977) Dancing Queen – ABBA
  6. Existing Upon a Blessing (1986) Livin’ On a Prayer – Bon Jovi
  7. Below Stress (1981) Under Pressure – David Bowie and Queen
  8. I Continue to Not Discover what I’m Seeking Out (1987) I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For – U2
  9. Vacant Zone (2014) Blank Space – Taylor Swift
  10. All Desire to Dominate the Globe (1985) Everybody Wants to Rule the World – Tears for Fears
  11. Inferno and Deluge (1970) Fire and Rain – James Taylor

5 September 2024 Teaser – “Decode the Decade”

The following sets of three books were all published either in 1959, 1969, 1979 1989 or 1999. Can you correctly match the set with the year?

  1. The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton; The Appeal by John Grisham; The Edible Woman by Margeret Atwood.
  2. Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein; The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson; Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl
  3. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan; The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro; Clear and Present Danger by Tom Clancy
  4. Stardust by Neil Gaiman; Hannibal by Thomas Harris; The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
  5. The Executioner’s Song by Norman Mailer; The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams; Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews

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How did you go matching the books to the correct years? Here are the answers:

  1. 1969
  2. 1959
  3. 1989
  4. 1999
  5. 1979

29 August 2024 Teaser – “Double trouble”

Can you guess what double letters are missing in the following sets?

For example: AGR _ _ and SPL _ _ N = “EE”

  1. RA _ _ IT and A _ _ EY
  2. BA _ _ Y and TO _ _ LE
  3. HI _ _ and A _ _ ET
  4. MA _ _ ER and DO _ _ Y
  5. STA _ _ ED and TE _ _ IER
  6. _ _ AMA and FA _ _ EN
  7. SHU _ _ LE and BU _ _ ET
  8. RI _ _ LE and O _ _ ITY
  9. PI _ _ A and NO _ _ LE
  10. TO _ _ LE and A _ _ EAR
  11. SHI _ _ ER and CO _ _ UNE

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Here are the answers:

  1. RABBIT and ABBEY
  2. BAGGY and TOGGLE
  3. HISS and ASSET
  4. MATTER and DOTTY
  5. STARRED and TERRIER
  6. LLAMA and FALLEN
  7. SHUFFLE and BUFFET
  8. RIDDLE and ODDITY
  9. PIZZA and NOZZLE
  10. TOPPLE and APPEAR
  11. SHIMMER and COMMUNE

22 August 2024 Teaser – “By the numbers”

In honour of one of the authors on the following list who would have been 104 today (Ray Bradbury), can you identify these books that all have numbers in their title?

  1. Published by Bradbury in 1953, it sounds more like a cookbook instruction.
  2. This Dumas book was for all in 1844 (the US candy bar followed in 1932).
  3. Ernest Cline asked this dystopian question in 2011.
  4. Taylor Jenkins Reid hitched this fictional actress many times.
  5. She also teamed up fictional singer Daisy Jones with a number in this book.
  6. Astrid Scholte broke through with this grisly royal 3-word title in 2019.
  7. Jules Verne took us this deep in 1870.
  8. He also took this long to complete a full circle in 1911
  9. Dickens summed up London and Paris in this 1859 classic.
  10. The best time to read this 1990 collection of Stephen King novellas?
  11. Janet Evanovich’s prolific ‘Stephanie Plum series’ started in 1994 with this one.

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Here are the answers for these ones (and twos, threes etc):

  1. Fahrenheit 451
  2. The Three Musketeers
  3. Ready Player One
  4. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
  5. Daisy Jones and the Six
  6. Four Dead Queens
  7. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
  8. Around the World in Eighty Days
  9. A Tale of Two Cities
  10. Four Past Midnight
  11. One for the Money

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