Torrevieja Forum and Discussion Board

• 1. Roger had £10 in his wallet, borrowed £25 from his brother and emptied his piggy bank, but was still £6 short for the birthday present he wanted to buy for his girlfriend. In the end, he bought a different present which was 20% cheaper, leaving him with £3. How much money did Roger get from his piggy bank ?

• 2. What connects ash, lion and range ?

• 3. Which British prime minister used to TARGET CHARM HATER ?

• 4. Which is the odd one out: Beaker, Gonzo, Boober, Scooter ?

• 5. Starting with N, add a letter and shuffle to make a new word each time until you reach DECLARATION

• 6. Four friends receive a tin of sweets which they agree to share equally. When no one is looking, Alan removes a third of the sweets from the tin - more than his proper share. Then Bryan sneaks a third of the remaining sweets, and later Chris does the same. When Debs gets to the tin, she takes only her rightful share of the remaining sweets, leaving 12 in the tin. How many sweets were there to begin with ?

• 7. What connects ring, service and slip ?

• 8. Which British Olympic gold medal-winning athlete might BAG PONY RYE ?

• 9. Which is the odd one out: 3 News, 4 Extra, 5 Live, 6 Music ?

• 10. Crack the code to find three rulers: WTQOIZKP, KIMAIZ, AWDMZMQOV

• 11. Roberta cuts her birthday cake into as many slices as she is years old, then shares it with her family. Steve, Roberta, Bethany and Jamie have slices in the ratio 4:3:2:1, leaving 12 slices. If Steve ate four more slices than Bethany, how old is Roberta today ?

• 12. What connects Bursa, Edirne and Constantinople ?

• 13. Which Doctor Who actor might encourage INVADER POETS ?

• 14. Which is the odd one out: dessert wine, barley wine, fortified wine, sparkling wine ?

• 15. Rearrange the letter groups to make three languages: SIN IAN ERA ESP ESE HAL AIN NTO UKR

Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.

1 4
3 Margaret Thatcher

2. Mountain
7. Road

4 Boober, the rest are muppets characters declaration

ANSWERS

1. £4
2. They may all follow mountain
3. Margaret Thatcher
4. Boober, from Fraggle Rock; the other featured in The Muppet Show
5. One way is:
N
In
Nil
Line
Inlet
Entail
Toenail
Oriental
Rationale
Laceration
Declaration
6. 54
7. They may all precede road
8. Bryony Page
9. 3 News; the others are BBC radio stations
10. Oligarch, Caesar, Sovereign (A becomes S, B becomes T, etc.)
11. 32
12. They were all capitals of the Ottoman Empire
13. Peter Davison
14. Barley wine, which is actually an ale
15. Esperanto, Sinhalese, Ukrainian