On the planet of pub quizzes, Frank Paul is a legend. At this time’s puzzles are taken from the fabulously fiendish quiz he has run at The Mill in Cambridge, and which seem in his newest guide.
I’ve chosen questions that contain wordplay somewhat than normal information. Like all nice pub quiz conundrums, it is possible for you to to work them out in case you suppose arduous sufficient (and perhaps ask a good friend for assist.)
5 rounds. Three questions per spherical. Go!
Spherical 1: Synoymns
Change one letter of every phrase to make pairs of synonyms. Thus “paid and dug” could possibly be “pair and duo”
a) Mistress and buffering
b) Interact and maiden
c) Conscious and prime
Spherical 2. Spoonerisms
The reply to those questions are spoonerisms, a phrase repeated with its preliminary sounds swapped. Thus the reply to “What’s the distinction between a stunning glove and a small, silent cat”?” is “One’s a cute mitten, and one’s a mute kitten.”
What’s the distinction between:
a) a martial arts star and unpackaged French cheese?
b) an intrigued customer to our shores and somebody angrily holding an inquest right into a demise?
c) the jewelry of Vermeer’s painted woman and an aristocratic Peeping Tom?
Spherical 3: Roman numerals
The primary half defines a phrase and a Roman numeral. If you add the letters of the Roman numeral to the phrase, you get the phrase described after the equals signal. You may add the Roman numerals both earlier than, in the course of, or after the phrase. Thus “objectively sentimental + 55 = a dozen” is solved as TWEE + LV = TWELVE
a) A progress that may type on the physique + 151 = somebody who propels a car
b) Bambi, for instance + 54 = carry or switch to somebody
c) A small mattress + 2,001 = perpetrate
Spherical 4: Fish
a) What’s the solely London tube station that comprises not one of the letters of the phrase “mackerel”?
b) What’s the solely US state that comprises not one of the letters of the phrase “mackerel”?
c) What’s the solely chemical component that comprises not one of the letters of the phrase “mackerel” (Additionally it is the one with the shortest identify)
Spherical 5: Mammals
Guess every pair of phrases. Every are spelled identically apart from the addition of the identify of a mammal inserted inside, or at both finish, of the second phrase. Thus “a stuffed pastry and a marauder” is “pie and pirate”
a) Fell and part of a plant used to symbolise desolation or a clumsy silence.
b) Dishonest statements and occasions at which winners are chosen at random from amongst ticketholders
c) Agreed and elaborate or tough
Please NO SPOILERS. As a substitute please put up your favorite pub quiz questions, and spoonerisms, under the road.
I’ll be again at 5pm with the solutions.
The Cryptic Pub Quiz E-book by Frank Paul is out on Thursday April 4 and will be purchased on the Guardian Bookshop or different on-line retailers.
I’ve been setting a puzzle right here on alternate Mondays since 2015. I’m all the time on the look-out for excellent puzzles. If you need to recommend one, e-mail me.
