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Title: Advent quiz - day 12 - Station names
Post by: grahame on December 12, 2021, 04:36:03
Can you place any (one each, please) of these groups?

A.
Eight Sisters
Brenfourod
Eight Ways
Seven Bridge
Eleven Mile Bottom
Ten Oaks
Steight

B.
Losesparish
Pyjamastunnel
Platecomb
Brownshout
Uber
Jeckel
Greentrain

C.
Kroy
Yaws
Yellav
Yelrup
Yesmor
Y Llanep
Y Rubs Elya

D.
Cheltenham Tree
Clareston Spa
Fort Road
Bristol Matilda
Portsmouth Parkway
High Arms
Cherry Brooms

E.
Qompoph
Veapvup
Fipnesl Jomm
Tahes Mueg
Fott
Cmedlcasp
Wemmiz


Title: Re: Advent quiz - day 12 - Station names
Post by: PrestburyRoad on December 12, 2021, 07:18:51
D.  Your signwriter has put each word on a separate panel and then the panels in the second column slipped down one level while the paint was drying.  At least he didn't give up and put the second words back at random before displaying the signs.  Mind you he did miss out the "b" in "Clarbeston".
Cheltenham Spa
Clareston Road
Fort Matilda
Bristol Parkway
Portsmouth Arms
High Brooms
Cherry Tree


Title: Re: Advent quiz - day 12 - Station names
Post by: PhilWakely on December 12, 2021, 08:06:58

A.
Eight Sisters
Brenfourod
Eight Ways
Seven Bridge
Eleven Mile Bottom
Ten Oaks
Steight


A.   The number representation in the name has been substituted in the list as follows (x+1; x+2; x+3, etc )

Eight Sisters                      SEVEN Sisters     (7 +1)
Brenfourod                        BrenTWOod        (2 +2)
Eight Ways                        FIVE Ways          (5 +3)
Seven Bridge                     THREE Bridges    (3 +4)      (You missed the s off Bridges!)
Eleven Mile Bottom             SIX Mile Bottom  (6 +5)
Ten Oaks                           FOUR Oaks          (4 +6)
Steight                              StONE                (1 +7)


Title: Re: Advent quiz - day 12 - Station names
Post by: grahame on December 12, 2021, 08:14:13
D.  Your signwriter has put each word on a separate panel and then the panels in the second column slipped down one level while the paint was drying.  At least he didn't give up and put the second words back at random before displaying the signs.  Mind you he did miss out the "b" in "Clarbeston".
Cheltenham Spa
Clareston Road
Fort Matilda
Bristol Parkway
Portsmouth Arms
High Brooms
Cherry Tree

Correct - and sadly he then overcorrected:

(http://www.wellho.net/demo/totemnew.php?main=Clarbeston+Matilda&region=4&font=britrln_.ttf&above=&below=Change+for+Utter+Confusion)



Title: Re: Advent quiz - day 12 - Station names
Post by: grahame on December 12, 2021, 08:18:13

A.   The number representation in the name has been substituted in the list as follows (x+1; x+2; x+3, etc )

Eight Sisters                      SEVEN Sisters     (7 +1)
Brenfourod                        BrenTWOod        (2 +2)
Eight Ways                        FIVE Ways          (5 +3)
Seven Bridge                     THREE Bridges    (3 +4)      (You missed the s off Bridge!)
Eleven Mile Bottom             SIX Mile Bottom  (6 +5)
Ten Oaks                           FOUR Oaks          (4 +6)
Steight                              StONE                (1 +7)

Correct - and you notice the pattern in my distortion two.


Title: Re: Advent quiz - day 12 - Station names
Post by: Reginald25 on December 12, 2021, 08:33:58
C reverse letters
Kroy             YORK
Yaws            SWAY
Yellav           VALLEY
Yelrup           PURLEY
Yesmor         ROMSEY
Y Llanep       PENALLY
Y Rubs Elya  AYLESBURY


Title: Re: Advent quiz - day 12 - Station names
Post by: grahame on December 12, 2021, 08:41:44
C reverse letters
Kroy             YORK
Yaws            SWAY
Yellav           VALLEY
Yelrup           PURLEY
Yesmor         ROMSEY
Y Llanep       PENALLY
Y Rubs Elya  AYLESBURY

Correct - I should have included Not Nuat to make this a classic quiz, should I not?


Title: Re: Advent quiz - day 12 - Station names
Post by: stuving on December 12, 2021, 12:48:20
Correct - I should have included Not Nuat to make this a classic quiz, should I not?

Ah, but you got it into E:
Pilning
Taunton
Denmark Hill
Sugar Loaf
Diss
Blackburn
Valley

The simplest of substitution cyphers, replacing each letter by its successor in the alphabet, but complicated by doing the vowels and consonants separately (to conserve pronounceability, no doubt).


Title: Re: Advent quiz - day 12 - Station names
Post by: eightonedee on December 12, 2021, 20:23:47
The list at B has been bugging me all day.

I think they are all cryptic crossword clues - but I cannot work out two of them (Platecomb and Brownshout).

So this might be (in football terms) an "assist" to someone who can crack the last two and claim the honour, but I think the rest are-

1 - Gainsborough
2 - Coatbridge
5 - Overton
6 - Hyde
7 - Redcar


Title: Re: Advent quiz - day 12 - Station names
Post by: grahame on December 12, 2021, 20:39:11
The list at B has been bugging me all day.

I think they are all cryptic crossword clues - but I cannot work out two of them (Platecomb and Brownshout).

So this might be (in football terms) an "assist" to someone who can crack the last two and claim the honour, but I think the rest are-

1 - Gainsborough
2 - Coatbridge
5 - Overton
6 - Hyde
7 - Redcar

I had a different answer to no.5, you are correct on the others. I can remember what no.4 is supposed to be but !oops! I am trying to remember how I came up with "Platecomb" and I, too, could do with an assist.  I'm sure I'll remember when someone gets it right!


Title: Re: Advent quiz - day 12 - Station names
Post by: brooklea on December 13, 2021, 08:26:00
The list at B has been bugging me all day.

I think they are all cryptic crossword clues - but I cannot work out two of them (Platecomb and Brownshout).

So this might be (in football terms) an "assist" to someone who can crack the last two and claim the honour, but I think the rest are-

1 - Gainsborough
2 - Coatbridge
5 - Overton
6 - Hyde
7 - Redcar

I think 4 could be Greenock. Stumped by 3 (to continue the sporting analogies!).


Title: Re: Advent quiz - day 12 - Station names
Post by: grahame on December 13, 2021, 10:18:01
I think 4 could be Greenock. Stumped by 3 (to continue the sporting analogies!).

It is - and for Uber I had Hackney (rather than Overton).  Also still stumped by my own No. 3 - Platecomb.


Title: Re: Advent quiz - day 12 - Station names
Post by: ellendune on December 13, 2021, 13:58:19
Also still stumped by my own No. 3 - Platecomb.
The obvious possibilities are Cupar and Bowling but not sure how you get the second part of the word in either case.



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