The Great Pub Quiz Game Thread

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I can’t believe you don’t use the forum on your phone. It looks so much better, and it’s much easier to use. If you’ve not tried it already you should definitely give it a whirl. :+1::slightly_smiling_face:

I have also added your score to the board. :+1: I’ve missed reading your answers these past few weeks. :slightly_smiling_face:

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Random Word Puzzles

  1. Can you find the 5-letter word that can be placed either before or after the following three words to make a new word or phrase?

    A) Teaser
    B) Wash
    C) Wave

  2. Can you find the 5-letter word that can be placed either before or after the following three words to make a new word or phrase?

    A) Friday
    B) Pitch
    C) Hole

  3. Can you find the 6-letter word that can be placed either before or after the following three words to make a new word or phrase?

    A) Magic
    B) Bag
    C) Beater

  4. Three letters have been replaced with wrong ones, which could also have been put in the wrong place. Can you tell which 3 letters have been replaced in this title?

    SPEAK MOUSE

  5. Three letters have been replaced with wrong ones, which could also have been put in the wrong place. Can you tell which 3 letters have been replaced in this title?

    MINIMAL ART

Word Ladders

Can you change the top word into the bottom word by changing a single letter per rung?

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
COST DARK SWAP HELP CLAW




















SALE LOVE DUCK WOLF FOOT
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Love these but will take longer than I have now… tomorrow morning!

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Do the word ladders have to have that particular amount of changes @Ian_Chimp?

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Yup. :+1:

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I’ll give this a miss, it brings back bad memories of 11-Plus tests! :joy:

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This was fun

Random Word Puzzles

  1. Brain?
  2. Black?
  3. Carpet?
  4. SPM = Bleak House?
  5. MIT = Animal Farm?

Word Ladders

Can you change the top word into the bottom word by changing a single letter per rung?

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
COST DARK SWAP HELP CLAW
COLT LARK SOAP HELD FLAW
COLD LURK SOAK HOLD FLOW
SOLD LURE SOCK GOLD FLOD
SOLE LORE SUCK GOLF FOOD
SALE LOVE DUCK WOLF FOOT
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I can’t work out how to copy the table format :sob: Any tips?

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It’s okay, you can just type the answers to those as “one, two, three, four” :+1:

(but if anyone ever wants to see the code for these things you can pull up the reply editor and point it at my post, and then tap the ‘quote’ speech bubble in the top left of the formatting bar, and that will copy the whole thing into your reply window :+1:)

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Answers to Random Word Puzzles
  1. Brain
  2. Black (the Friday on this threw me for a second!)
  3. I can’t get this one… I know its not this but I’m gonna guess potato :joy:

For the next two can I get a clue about what category of titles they are? None are jumping out at me… Titles of films, books?
Edit: Still not got a clue about 4 and 5 even with the clue! :joy:
4.
5.

Word Ladders:

COST
CAST
CASE
BASE
BALE
SALE

DARK
LARK
LARE
LORE
LOBE
LOVE

SWAP
SOAP
SOAK
SOCK
SUCK
DUCK

HELP
HELD
HOLD
GOLD
GOLF
WOLF

CLAW
FLAW
FLAD
FOAD
FOOD
FOOR (is this a word?!) / FOOT :blush:

Going to be honest in that I’m not 100% sure they’re all real words… :joy:

They were hard!!! Def got my brain going.
P.s. Sorry for the formatting :grimacing:

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Ah, well spotted. It should be FOOT. :slightly_smiling_face:

I award a +1 golden edit for anyone who needs to adjust their answer. :slightly_smiling_face::+1:

Yes, both are both. :+1::slightly_smiling_face:

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@Ian_Chimp I’ve just changed FOOR to FOOT on my answers, didn’t change anything else :blush:

@SexInTheCity I copied the whole thing into the notes app on my phone, did it then copied and pasted it back and there appears to be a table :blush:

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Okay, my go 🤔....
  1. Brain
  2. Black
  3. Carpet
  4. BLH - BLEAK HOUSE
  5. Not getting this one :woman_shrugging:t2:
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
COST DARK SWAP HELP CLAW
CAST DART SOAP HELD FLAW
CASE DARE SOAK HOLD FLOW
TASE DAVE SOCK SOLD FLOD
TALE DOVE DOCK WOLD FOOD
SALE LOVE DUCK WOLF FOOT

Hmm, not sure about the word ladders as my answers to both 7 and 9 have a completely pointless step just to add a word and 7 also has a proper noun which I’m not certain is allowed but I think they work :thinking:.

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They are from a bargain bin Christmas quiz stocking filler thing, so don’t expect them to be gospel. :slightly_smiling_face: @MsSubExperimenter has got a couple of alternative routes on the word ladders which seem to work. :+1: Not 100% sure FLOD is a word though. :slightly_smiling_face:

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@Peitho if I’m right with number 5, and you want a hint, how are Cerberus and his sister? And your horse?

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It’s not as popular or as well-known as Peitho’s Homestead, but I think it’s close? :slightly_smiling_face:

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@MsSubExperimenter :rofl: Got 5 now! ART was throwing me off.

@Ian_Chimp Flod (plural flodes) A waterbody or water in general (opposed to land): A river; a waterbody that moves in one direction. A lake or ocean; a large open body of water.

And yes, I did just Google :rofl:

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I can’t find it in a real dictionary, only the wiktionary entry?

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:rofl: It’s in the Middle English Dictionary:

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionary/MED16368

Okay, either I’m living in the past or It’s no longer a real word, I can accept a nil point for that one as obviously I didn’t have a clue what it meant when I put it in it just sounded like a possible real word :rofl:

ETA I think mainly used in Middle English because people couldn’t spell then… I clearly still can’t spell now! :joy:

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I even checked my scrabble dictionary and it didn’t even have it in there. :slightly_smiling_face:

We could make up our own definition?

Flod - the sound a butt plug makes when it falls out in the baked goods aisle.

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