Newsletter Teasers and Answers

1 August 2024 Teaser – “Ladies in writing”

Can you identify which of the following 19th century novels was written by Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, George Eliot (the pen-name of Mary Ann Evans) or Louisa May Alcott.

  1. Northanger Abbey
  2. Jane Eyre
  3. Mansfield Park
  4. Middlemarch
  5. Wuthering Heights
  6. Emma
  7. Little Women
  8. Romola
  9. Villette
  10. Silas Marner
  11. Under the Lilacs

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How did you go with these female authors? Here are the answers:

  1. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
  2. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 
  3. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
  4. Middlemarch by George Eliot
  5. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (her only novel)
  6. Emma by Jane Austen
  7. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
  8. Romola by George Eliot
  9. Villette by Charlotte Bronte 
  10. Silas Marner by George Eliot
  11. Under the Lilacs by Louisa May Alcott

25 July 2024 Teaser – “Colour me French”

As the eyes of the world turn to Paris this weekend, see if you can correctly identify the closest correct colour for the following French-origin names.

  1. BEIGE = a) light sand b) pale green
  2. MAUVE = a) pale brown b) pale purple
  3. VERMILION = a) orange-red b) deep blue
  4. PERSE = a) pale yellow b) grey-blue
  5. RUSSET = a) deep green b) red-brown
  6. SCARLET = a) deep red b) purple
  7. CERISE = a) pale blue b) pink-red
  8. ECRU = a) pale brown b) olive green
  9. AUBERGINE = a) purple b) deep orange
  10. LILAC = a) pale yellow b) pink-purple
  11. CARMINE = a) deep brown b) crimson

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Did you score a perfect 11? The correct answers are in bold.

  1. BEIGE = a) light sand b) pale green
  2. MAUVE = a) pale brown b) pale purple
  3. VERMILION = a) orange-red b) deep blue
  4. PERSE = a) pale yellow b) grey-blue
  5. RUSSET = a) deep green b) red-brown
  6. SCARLET = a) deep red b) purple
  7. CERISE = a) pale blue b) pink-red
  8. ECRU = a) pale brown b) olive green
  9. AUBERGINE = a) purple b) deep orange
  10. LILAC = a) pale yellow b) pink-purple
  11. CARMINE = a) deep brown b) crimson

18 July 2024 Teaser – “Bookend words”

All of the following answers are words that begin and end with the same letter. Can you work them all out? (Number of letters in parentheses.)

  1. Something trivial that you might find in a clothes dryer? (5)
  2. Where you might find bubbles or ducks? (7)
  3. An emotion associated with the colour blue. (7)
  4. What birds and social media users might do. (5)
  5. Paul McCartney’s favourite day? (9)
  6. What you do at a door (or twice in a joke). (5)
  7. Useful when gardening. (11)
  8. Everything here is so outdated. (6)
  9. The type of thinking that always goes sideways? (7) 
  10. Mediterranean herb. (7)
  11. A picture book and comedian. (5)

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How did you go? Here are the answers:

  1. Something trivial that you might find in a clothes dryer? (5) FLUFF
  2. Where you might find bubbles or ducks? (7) BATHTUB
  3. An emotion associated with the colour blue. (7) SADNESS
  4. What birds and social media users might do. (5) TWEET
  5. Paul McCartney’s favourite day? (9) YESTERDAY
  6. What you do at a door (or twice in a joke). (5) KNOCK
  7. Useful when gardening. (11) WHEELBARROW
  8. Everything here is so outdated. (6) MUSEUM
  9. The type of thinking that always goes sideways? (7)  LATERAL
  10. Mediterranean herb. (7) OREGANO
  11. A picture book and comedian. (5) COMIC

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