Players and Preservation Area
Number of turns 20| Player | Current Turn |
| Baccus | 0 |
| John | 0 |
| Ellie | 0 |
| Toni | 0 |
| Polly | 0 |
| Richard | 0 |
| LJ | 0 |
| Valerie | 0 |
| Colophon | 0 |
| Matt | 0 |
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Example Charade: Baccus:
Play - 3 words
Clue: Delivering food to a heavenly occupational therapist
Answer: Waiting for Godot
Guessed correctly: Ellie, LJ, Richard, Colophon, Toni and John
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John:
A book and film, two words.
Clue: I’m hugely looking forward to this!
Answer: Great Expectations
Guessed correctly: Richard, Ellie, LJ, Toni, Valerie, Leelah and Baccus
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Ellie:
It's a book and a film, two words:
Clue: The fast train leaves at twelve.
Answer: Midnight Express
Guessed correctly: John, LJ, Richard, Digs, Leelah, Seb, Tonia, Valerie, Colophon, Polly, Baccus
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Toni: Film, two words
Clue: This could be a very painful observation!
Answer: The Sting
Guessed correctly: Baccus, LJ, Valerie, Sebnem, Ellie, Polly, John B, Richard and Digsblues
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Polly:
Film and short story, 3 words
Clue: You may want to check this out later if you know what's good for you.
Answer: Don't Look Now
Guessed correctly: Ellie - very early on, Leelah, Colophon, Baccus, Sebnem, Toni, LJ and Richard
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Richard:
A film – one word
Clue: Edna’s Flora Phonetically Devoured Woman
Answer: Gladiators
Guessed correctly: Toni (straight out of the gate!), Baccus, John, LJ, Polly, Colophon, Valerie and Ellie
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Leelah:
A film - two words
Clue: The Master of the house is a pain in the neck!
Answer: King Kong
Guessed correctly: LJ, Toni, Richard, Sebnem, Baccus, Valerie and Colophon
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LJ:
Book and Film – two words
Clue: The Lady Vanishes for a Younger Crew
Answer: Gone Girl
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Valerie, John, Baccus, Richard, Toni, Eĺlie and Sebnem
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Valerie:
Film - 3 words
Clue: Work in a foreign country
Answer: The Italian Job
Guessed correctly: Toni, Richard, LJ, John, Colophon, Ellie, Leelah, Polly and Baccus
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Colophon:
American-British Film – 4 words
Clue: Onomatopoeia a gogo
Answer: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Guessed correctly: Baccus (first correct), Leelah, Valerie, LJ, John, Ellie, Richard, Toni and Sebnem
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Baccus:
Film - 1 word
Clue: Trump’s obsession with 1 out of 5
Answer: Wall-E
Guessed correctly: Colophon (first), John, Valerie, Toni, Richard, LJ, Ellie and Leelah
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John:
Book and film - Five words
Clue: Stateless geriatrics
Answer: No Country for Old Men
Guessed correctly: LJ, Ellie, Colophon, Baccus, Richard, Valerie, Toni and Leelah
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Ellie:
Play and a film - six words.
Clue: Macavity burnt his paws when he was up on top of the building - but then sun always has that effect on metal.
Answer: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Guessed correctly: Baccus, LJ, Toni, John, Leelah, Richard, Valerie, Seb, Polly, Colophon
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Toni:
Film - One word
Clue: Sweet song curtailed when played for one on that island
Answer: Superman
Guessed correctly: Baccus, John, LJ, Sebnem, Ellie and Richard
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Polly:
Film - 2 words
Clue: Only Pete can show you the way out of this one
Answer: Pan’s Labyrinth
Guessed correctly: Toni, LJ, Richard, Colophon, Ellie, Valerie, John B, Sebnem, Baccus
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Richard:
Film - 4 words
Clue: Japanese Doctor Demonstrates Medical Procedure
Answer: This is Spinal Tap
Correctly guessed: John, Colophon, Valerie, Toni and Baccus
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Leelah:
Famous book and film – two words
Clue: Don’t you wail, Richie
Answer: Moby Dick
Correctly answered: Baccus, Toni, John, Richard, Ellie, LJ, Colophon, Sebnem, Valerie
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LJ:
Film – 1 word
Clue: Our Lord after a very quick nap is more poorly
Answer: Godzilla
Answered correctly: Colophon, Ellie, Toni, John, Richard, Baccus, Valerie, Sebnem
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Valerie:
Film - 3 words
Clue: Beating the bank in Las Vegas
Answer: Against All Odds
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Sebnem, Baccus, Toni, Matt
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Colophon:
Book and Film and TV Series – 2 words
Clue: Ocean liner sinks
Answer: Watership Down
Guessed correctly: Leelah, Baccus, Valerie, Sebnem, Toni, John, LJ, Matt, Richard
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Matt:
Radio Show, Play, Book, TV, Video Game & Film - 6 words
Clue: Group Thumbs-up to Escort of Cracking Assemblage.
Answer: The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy
Guessed correctly: LJ, John, Colophon, Valerie, Richard, Toni, Sebnem, Baccus
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Baccus:
Short story (and several films under assorted names) – 7 words
Clue: Disaster strikes the brilliant doctor of a leading officer
Answer: The fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
Guessed correctly: LJ, Valerie, Colophon, Richard, John, Sebnem, Matt
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John:
A book and two films, made thirty years apart - One word
Clue: Internet guffaw consumer
Answer: Lolita
Guessed correctly: Baccus, LJ, Valerie, Colophon, Richard, Toni, Sebnem, Polly
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Ellie:
A book, a film and it’s also been on TV - Three words
Clue: Smells – don’t forget what they are repetitively apt to do
Answer: Sense and Sensibility
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Sebnem, Baccus, Richard, Toni, LJ, John, Leelah, Polly
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Toni:
Film - four words
Clue: You havin' a laugh, George old chap?
Answer: The King of Comedy
Guessed correctly: LJ, John B, Colophon, Baccus, Valerie and Richard
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Polly:
Film – 3 words
Clue: If you say this quickly, it sounds like a right royal beaut!
Answer: The King’s Speech (The King’s Peach!)
Guessed correctly: Richard, LJ, Toni, Ellie, Colophon
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Richard:
Book and Film – 3 words
Clue: Foot declaration
Answer: I am Legend
Guessed correctly: Polly, Toni, Colophon, Baccus, LJ
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Leelah:
Book and Movie – 4 words
Clue: close the dooooooor - oh no!!! ssssshhhhhheweeeeiiiiitch
Answer: Gone with the Wind
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Baccus, Richard, Sebnem, Toni, John, Valerie
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LJ:
Film and Book - 2 words
Clue: A note sung in secret
Answer: LA Confidential
Guessed correctly: Baccus, Sebnem, Colophon, Valerie, Ellie, John, Polly, Toni
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Valerie:
Movie, play and radio show - 2 words
Clue: Napoleon's final river crossing
Answer: Waterloo Bridge
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Baccus, Sebnem, Matt, Polly
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Colophon:
film – 3 words 1970s
Clue: 6, 23:00, 39.00 / 102.2
Answer: Saturday Night Fever
Guessed correctly: Richard, Baccus, Ellie, Valerie, Toni, John, Leelah, Sebnem, Matt.
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Matt:
Film and unpublished novel – 3 words
Clue: Guess correctly and together follow in the same direction as your ego.
Answer: Withnail and I
Guessed correctly: Colophon (speedy), Toni (close behind), Valerie, Richard, Ellie, Baccus and John
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Baccus:
Film (based on a book) – 4 words
Clue: This might be found pottering around the Outback
Answer: The Wizard of Oz
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Toni, Richard, Valerie, Sebnem, Matt, Ellie, John
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John:
Film (based on a novella with a similar name) – 3 words
Clue: Beside the sea, watching a colourless wading bird, you are absolved of your sins.
Answer: The Shawshank Redemption
Guessed correctly: Baccus, Ellie, Colophon, Valerie, Richard, Toni, Sebnem, Matt, Polly
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Ellie:
Book - 3 words
Clue: Hey dude, sounds like you're in tune - that's definite and then ambiguous.
Answer: Jude the Obscure
Guessed correctly: Baccus, Toni, Sebnem, Colophon, Richard, John, Valerie
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Toni:
Movie - 2 words
Clue: What is deceptive about the dam?
Answer: The Matrix
Guessed correctly: Valerie, Sebnem, LJ, Richard, Baccus, Colophon
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Polly:
Book and Film – 3 words
Clue: An oxymoron of a guy. An honest type?
Answer: Little Big Man
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Ellie, LJ, Baccus, Richard, Toni, Valerie
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Richard:
Book – 4 words
Clue: Lunar Sea of Sugar where card game is played
Answer: The Mayor of Casterbridge
Guessed correctly: Valerie, Baccus, LJ, Sebnem, Colophon, Toni and Ellie
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Leelah:
Famous book (filmed more than once) - two words:
Clue: Safe Cooking Utensil
Answer: Peter Pan
Guessed correctly: Toni, Polly, Sebnem, Baccus, Ellie, Valerie, Richard
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LJ:
Book, film, tv series - 4 words.
Clue: That's a varied c.v. , sir.
Answer: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Guessed Correctly: Baccus, Ellie, Sebnem, Valerie, Toni and John and Colophon
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Valerie:
Easy: Film – 4 words
Clue: People with a warm weather preference
Answer: Some Like it Hot
Guessed correctly: Baccus, Toni, Sebnem, Richard, LJ, Ellie, Polly
Hard: TV – 2 words
Clue: Ladies with aplomb
Answer: Bomb Girls
Guessed correctly: Toni, Baccus, Leelah, Polly
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Colophon:
Film – 6 words
Clue: Grammar Nazis doing a careful survey of the frequency of use of a particular piece of punctuation.
Answer: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Guessed correctly: Matt, Toni, Richard, Sebnem, Baccus, LJ
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Matt:
Book, film - two words
Clue: This chapter is engaging
Answer: Fight Club
Guessed correctly: Toni, Sebnem, Colophon, LJ, Baccus, Ellie, John, Valerie
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Baccus: Book (resulting in several films) – 5 words
Clue: Circus master
Answer: The Lord of the Rings
Guessed correctly: Richard, Ellie, Colophon, Matt, Toni, Valerie, Sebnem, John, LJ, Leelah
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John:
Book (followed by film and TV adaptations) - 6 words.
Clue: The deacon’s descendent can only be divided by herself or one.
Answer: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Guessed correctly: Ellie, Colophon, LJ, Baccus, Toni, Valerie, Sebnem, Matt, Richard and Leelah
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Ellie:
Film - 2 words
Clue: “I’ll have the shellfish please with a glass of Pinot Noir.”
Answer: Moulin Rouge
Guessed correctly: Toni, Sebnem, LJ, Matt, John, Colophon, Richard, Baccus, Polly, Valerie, Leelah
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Toni:
Film – 5 words
Clue: Go to hell, you POS, and may your nose fall off and your feet smell. For the last time, I am NOT a wolf.
Answer: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Guessed Correctly: LJ, Ellie, Valerie, Colophon, Richard, Matt
Film – 3 words
Clue: No half measures, Mr Burns!
Answer: The Full Monty
Guessed correctly: LJ, Valerie, John, Ellie, Colophon, Richard, Baccus, Matt
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Polly:
Hard: Film - 3 words:
Clue: Where the Gauls come from? Yes- there! There!
Answer: La La Land
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Baccus, LJ, Valerie, Ellie, Toni, Matt
Easy: Play and film - 1 word:
Clue: Rent property to a bunch of squealers?
Answer: Hamlet
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Baccus, LJ, Valerie, Ellie, Toni, Matt
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Richard:
Charade 1: Film - 5 words.
Clue: "I dunno. Who?"
Answer: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
Guessed correctly: Toni, Colophon, LJ, Ellie, Baccus, Matt and Valerie
Charade 2: Book and film - 3 words.
Clue: "It's concerning, Marcus."
Answer: About a Boy
Guessed correctly: Toni, Baccus, Matt, LJ, Polly and Valerie
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Leelah:
Book and film and TV series – 2 words
Clue: King and Policeman in a meadow
Answer: David Copperfield
Guessed correctly: Toni, Colophon, Matt, Baccus, Richard, John, Ellie, LJ, Valerie, and Polly
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LJ
Book, TV – 2 words
Clue: Water barrier of the venerable kind.
Answer: Adam Bede
Guessed correctly: Toni, Ellie, Baccus, Richard, John, Matt, Polly, Colophon, Valerie
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Valerie:
Book, Film, TV Series - 3 words
Clue: "She's reporting a servant problem, sir."
Answer: The Handmaid’s Tale
Guessed correctly: LJ, Baccus, Ellie, Toni, John, colophon, Richard
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Colophon:
Film – 2 words
Clue: The Wicker Man
Answer: Citizen Kane
Guessed correctly: Baccus, John, Ellie, Matt, Toni, LJ, Richard, Valerie
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Matt:
Film – one word
Clue: Vulgar Class Bore
Answer: Excalibur
Guessed correctly: Toni, LJ, Baccus, Ellie, Leelah, John, Valerie, Colophon
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Baccus:
1. Films and TV Series – 2 words
Clue: Lift summat in the ghetto, yo da man!
Answer: Robin Hood
Guessed correctly: Matt, Toni, Valerie, Colophon, LJ, Ellie
2. Film – 1 word
Clue: From a Japanese School, she sings about a Chinese game
Answer: Frozen
Guessed correctly: Leelah, Colophon, Toni, Matt, LJ, John, Ellie, Valerie
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John:
This charade is unusual because there are two possible answers, both films. I’ll accept either answer as correct, but because they are virtually synonyms of one another, if you get one you’ll very likely get the other. The two films have no connection other than the coincidence of the titles, and that both are (rather distantly) based on two very different classic stories.
The first title is a film from the 1980s, three words.
The second title is a film from the 1990s, one word (two syllables).
You are not getting any more help from me.
Clue: None
Answers: Without a Clue; Clueless
Guessed correctly: Colophon, LJ, Matt, Toni, Valerie, Baccus
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Ellie:
Charade #1
I think this is an easy one
Film and theatre. One word.
Clue: Taxi display
Answer: Cabaret
Guessed correctly: Toni, Colophon, Matt, Valerie, LJ, John, Richard, Baccus
Charade #2
Book and several films only some with the same title as the book. Two words.
Clue: No thanks follows the Mafia man’s vow of silence. He stands before the strange ocean like he owns it, with just a small hesitation midway.
Answer: Homer’s Odyssey
Guessed correctly: Toni, Colophon, LJ, Matt, Richard, Baccus, John, Valerie
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Toni
Charade 1. Book and film - 4 words
Clue: Happily, there was good fortune before the weapon made its appearance
Answer: The Joy Luck Club
Guessed correctly: Valerie, Colophon, Ellie, Matt, Baccus, LJ
Charade 2: Book and film - 4 words
Clue: Thirsty? Call for something wet and sparkling.
Answer: Ring of Bright Water
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Valerie, Ellie, Matt
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Polly:
1. Film and book - 4 words.
Clue: If you want the pooch to hear you, you need to do this.
Answer: Whistle Down the Wind
Guessed correctly: Valerie, LJ, Baccus, Colophon, Richard, Toni, Ellie
2. Book and film - 2 words
Clue: With no end to the flexion, it then sounds like it's that woman over there.
Answer: Ben Hur
Guessed correctly: Baccus, Colophon, Ellie, Richard, Toni, Valerie
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Richard:
1. Film. One word.
Clue: EVE'S HOME!
Answer: Casablanca
2. Book and film. Three words.
Clue: BIOGRAPHY OF A PROSTITUTE.
Answer: Life of Pi
Guessed correctly: Ellie
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Leelah:
Film – 4 words
Clue: I don't speak Frangsayze, Y*all
Answer: An American in Paris
Guessed correctly: Baccus, Colophon, Richard, Toni, Ellie, John, Matt, LJ and Valerie
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LJ:
Film, TV, play - 4 words
Clue: What a lot of fuss about fuck all!
Answer: Much Ado About Nothing
Guessed correctly: Ellie, Toni, John, Baccus, Richard, Colophon, Matt, Valerie, Leela
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Valerie:
Film - 5 words
Clue "A map won't be needed."
Answer: I Know Where I’m Going
Guessed correctly: Baccus, Colophon, Leelah, LJ, Ellie, Richard, Toni, Polly, John, Matt
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Colophon:
Film – 2 Words
Clue: Sweet-smelling Jesus
Answer: Rosemary’s baby
Guessed correctly: Valerie, Richard, Toni, LJ, Matt, Baccus, Ellie
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Matt:
Book, Film, TV, Play, etc. 2 words
Clue: The fellow repeatedly said around nine!
Answer: Don Quixote
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Toni, Richard, Baccus, Ellie, LJ, Leelah, John
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Baccus:
1) Film – 2 words
Clue: Carried off by Ghosts
Answer: Spirited Away
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Matt, Toni, LJ, Valerie, Richard, Ellie, LJ, Polly
2) Film (Based on a short story) – 1 word
Clue: When he gets here, I’ve heard he’s going to try to take my place
Answer: Arrival
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Ellie, Richard, LJ, Valerie, Toni
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John
Book followed by several film adaptations. Five words. I will present this charade in the form of a short dramatic dialogue.
(Scene: two people on a bucolic English hillside, gazing into the distance. There are sheep grazing nearby.)
“Look at all those people!”
“Where?”
“Over there.”
“I can’t see them.”
“Here, have my binoculars.”
“Thanks. Oh, now I see them. So many people. Dozens and dozens. Hundreds, maybe.”
“Can you see what they’re doing?”
“They’re just milling around aimlessly. Not doing anything productive. They’re acting like they’re insane. Can I say that? Insane?”
“Well, it’s something like that, anyway. Whatever it is, I wouldn’t want to be part of that.”
“Me neither.”
“Aren’t you glad they’re over there and we’re here?”
“I am that!”
“So am I!”
Answer: Far From the Madding Crowd
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Baccus, Polly, Ellie, Richard, LJ, Valerie, Matt, Leelah
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Ellie:
1 Three words. Book, film and also (I didn’t realise) a musical.
Clue: What you get when you mix red and blue.
Answer: The Colour Purple
2 Four words. Book and a film.
Clue: After his twenty-four hours without Jill the lad put everything behind him losing fifty right at the end.
Answer: The Day of the Jackal
Correctly guess both: Richard, Toni, Valerie, Colophon, Baccus, LJ, Polly, John, Leelah
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Toni:
1: Stage and film - 2 words
Clue: Men should always insist on loose pants
Answer: Strictly Ballroom
Guessed correctly: LJ, Matt, Leelah, Ellie, Valerie
2: Book, film and stage - 3 words
Clue: Yo! Spiderman
Answer: Daddy Long Legs
Guessed correctly: Colophon, John, Leelah, Valerie, LJ, Ellie
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Polly:
First - Film, 5 words:
Clue:
Jan: Swim with sharks in a bacon bikini
Feb: Creep up behind a sleeping gorilla and go Boo!
March: Pull the tail of a sleeping bear
April: Go over Niagara Falls in a barrel made of sugar
May: Take the dinner away from a lion
June: Play Russian roulette with skydiving 'chutes
July: Join the Pamplona bull run wearing shackles
Aug: Swim blindfold with jellyfish
Sept: Lick a poison dart frog
Oct: Juggle chain saws while blindfolded
Nov: Play in the traffic
Dec: Cuddle a boa constrictor
Answer: A Year of Living Dangerously
Guessed correctly: Ellie, LJ, Baccus, Colophon, John, Richard, Leelah, Valerie, Toni
Second - book, 3 words:
Clue: 'These Scandinavians might be found under a bridge?'
Answer: 'Finn Family Moomintroll.'
Guessed correctly: LJ, Colophon, John
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Richard:
1. Book and film. Two words:
Clue: TOM, DICK AND HARRY.
Answer: Ordinary People
Guessed correctly: Valerie, Colophon, Ellie and Leelah
2. Book and film. Four words:
Clue: "WHERE ARE YOU GOING?"
Answer: To Kill a Mocking Bird
Guessed correctly: Valerie, Colophon and Ellie
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LJ
Book and film: 4 words.
Clue:
*EXCLUSIVE*
Only in tomorrow's Sun, Count Dracula reveals all:
- What really went on between him and Mina Harker.
- Why he prefers Whitby to Romania.
- How he smoked so many illegal substances that he was dubbed Vlad the Inhaler by Castle staff.
- And his one true regret in life (it's not love bites!)
Plenty to sink your teeth into! Only in tomorrow's Sun!
Available from your local newsagent.
Answer: Interview with the Vampire
Guessed correctly: John, Ellie, Richard, Bacchus, Ellie, Colophon, Valerie
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Valerie
1) Film - 1 word
Clue: I'm feeling a little blue today
Answer: Avatar
Guessed correctly: Baccus, Colophon, Richard, LJ, John, Toni, Ellie, Polly
2) Film - 2 words
Clue: Puccini's Parisian fantasia.
Answer: Bohemian Rhapsody
Guessed correctly: Baccus, Colophon, Richard, Toni, LJ, Ellie, Polly
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Colophon
Charade 1:
Film - 3 words
Clue: Sounds like it's misty in Iceland.
Answer: Lost in Translation
Guessed correctly: LJ, Ellie, John, Richard, Baccus
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Charade 2:
Film, TV, (from book/s of slightly different title) - 2 words
Clue: A notorious voyeur.
Answer: Tom Sawyer
Guesses correctly: Ellie, Baccus, LJ, Richard, John.
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Matt:
Film - One word.
Clue: Unwell undergarments!
Answer: Brazil
Guessed correctly: Toni, Baccus, LJ, Ellie, John & Richard
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Baccus
1. Film – 2 words
Clue: Is your mother in?
Clue: (Iliad author borrowed money – From John)
Answer: Home Alone
Guessed correctly: Toni, LJ, John/ Colophon, Ellie, Valerie, Richard, Matt and Leelah
2. Novel and Film – 5 words
Clue: Descriptive of Boise with regard to the Boise
Answer: A River Runs Through It
(as it does through most cities)
Guessed correctly: Toni, Colophon, LJ, Valerie, Richard, Ellie and John
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John:
1 Film (based on a novella with a different name), two words.
Clue:
“What do we want?”
“The End of the World!”
“When do we want it?”
“Err...”
Answer: Apocalypse Now
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Richard, Matt, Toni, Baccus, Valerie, LJ, Ellie
2 Film, one word...
Clue: ...which consists of a wooden* component of a sailing ship, a small nail, and everyone here.
Answer: Spartacus
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Richard, Matt, Toni, Baccus, Valerie, LJ, Ellie
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Leelah:
Film - and lots of books about what the film is about - One word
Clue: I spot a giant!!!
Answer: Titanic
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Baccus, Richard, Ellie, Toni, LJ, Valerie, John
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Ellie:
Charade 1 - It's a book, two words
Clue: That was bliss. Where’d it go?
Answer: Paradise Lost
Guess correctly: Baccus, Colophon, John, LJ, Valerie, Toni, Richard, Matt
Charade 2 - A book and a TV movie. Two words
Clue: Take one direction then rage and stand in front of the church. What’s that buzzing?
Answer: Northanger Abbey
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Baccus, John, Valerie, LJ, Toni, Richard, Matt
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Toni:
Toni:
Charade #1 – Film and Stage, 2 words
Clue: No, you sit over there.
Answer: Separate Tables
Charade #2 - Stage and Film - 1 word
Clue: You'll have to look harder! Stuff leftover ends under the house.
Answer: Sleuth
Guessed both correctly: Val, LJ, Matt, Richard, Ellie, Polly, John, Baccus and Colophon
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Polly:
Film - 3 words.
Clue: ‘Peter won’t be able to sell his carrots to this guy.’
Answer: Rabbit Proof Fence
Guessed correctly: Baccus, Toni, Ellie, LJ, Colophon, Valerie, Richard
Film - 1 word.
Clue: ’Lots of weeping when you watch this film?’
Answer: Willow
Guessed correctly: Baccus, Toni, Ellie, LJ, Colophon, Valerie
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Richard
1 Book and film. One word.
Clue: "It'll take half a morning in the military to find her."
Answer: Emma
Guessed correctly: Toni, LJ, Valerie and Elli
2 Book and film: Four words.
Clue: "Those are Philip's raisins."
Answer: The Grapes of Wrath
Guessed correctly: Toni, LJ, John, Ellie, Baccus, Valerie and Colophon
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Leelah
Film after book - 3 words:
Clue: Walking in the middle
Answer: The Go-Between
Guessed correctly: Richard, John, Toni, Valerie, LJ, Colophon, Ellie and Baccus
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LJ
Charade 1 Film 1 Word
Clue: Chicken Licken's worst fear
Answer: Skyfall
Guessed correctly: John, Richard, Toni, Bacchus, Colophon, Valerie, Ellie, Leelah, Polly
Charade 2 Film and Play 3 words
Clue: Miller, Oldman, Miller, Geller
Answer: Glengarry Glen Ross
Guessed correctly: John, Richard, Toni, Bacchus, Colophon, Valerie, Ellie, Leelah
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Valerie
Number 1: film and a novella - 6 words
Clue 1. A chap with royal expectations
Answer: The Man who Would be King
Guessed correctly: Toni, Ellie LJ, John, Colophon, Baccus, Richard and Leelah
Number 2: film and a stage play - 4 words
Clue 1. An alphabetical crime.
Answer: Dial M for Murder
Guessed correctly: Toni, Ellie LJ, John, Colophon, Baccus, Richard and Leelah
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Colophon
Charade 1. Book and film - one word
Clue: Sandwiches in a pile
Answer: Dune
Guessed correctly: John, Valerie, Ellie, LJ, Toni, Richard
Charade 2. Film - two words
Clue: Oh, look! The return of the Omen!
Answer: Finding Nemo
Guessed correctly: Toni, Ellie, Baccus, John, Richard, LJ, Valerie
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Matt
Film - Five Words.
Clue: The Fantastical Journey of Two Shortened Princes.
Answer: Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Toni, John, LJ, Baccus, Ellie, Richard
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Baccus
1. Film – 3 words
Clue: Eugenie at a famous Scottish Blacksmiths
Answer: The Princess Bride
Guessed correctly: LJ, Colophon, Toni, Valerie, Richard, John
2. Film – 1 word
Clue: Could be MP, Copper, Goose or Cork
Answer: Grease
Guessed correctly: Colophon, LJ, Toni, Valerie, Richard, John
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John
All of these titles have something in common. The solution is the theme that links them (it’s very precise) rather than the individual titles. Find the theme and it becomes a massive clue to the answers of the remaining charades.
1. Book and film. Two words.
Physician in denial
2. Book and film. Four words.
Passionate Greetings from Soviet Union!
3. Book and film. One word.
Spandau Ballet’s greatest digit
4. Book and film. One word.
Those dancers are making one hell of a racket!
5. Book and film. Four words.
Reincarnation! (Limited to one per applicant)
6. Book and film. Three words.
Carbon yesterday, carbon today, and, blimey, if it ain’t carbon tomorrow!
Answer: Six James Bond films in which Bond was played by Sean Connery
Guessed correctly: Colophon, LJ, Toni, Richard, Baccus, Valerie, Leelah
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Toni
1. Film & book (4 words)
Clue: Even though it could be said she was in the same neighbourhood Alice didn't get involved in this.
Answer: The Looking Glass War
Guessed correctly: Colophon, John, Matt, Polly, Ellie, Valerie, LJ, Leelah
2. Film (3 words)
Clue: ↑ x ↑←
Answer: North by Northwest
Guessed correctly: Valerie, Polly, Richard, John, Matt, Colophon, Ellie, Baccus, Leelah
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Ellie
Charade 1
Two words. Book and film. (Also a stage production but I didn't know that).
Clue: Sounds like this is a brusque greeting.
Answer: The Gruffalo
Guessed Correctly: Colophon (who got it very quickly), Toni, John, LJ, Baccus
Charade 2
Book and film, one word.
Clue: There’s Thomas, the Flying Scotsman
Answer: Trainspotting
Guessed Correctly: Colophon, Toni, John, LJ, Baccus, Valerie, Matt, Richard
~~~
Polly
1. Film and a book - 2 words
Clue: ‘When she learnt about sex she only got half the story.’
Answer: The Birds
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Ellie, LJ, Valerie, Richard, Baccus, Toni
2. Children’s book - 4 words
Clue: ‘In the Caribbean, this is where they keep the illuminations.’
Answer: The Box of Delights
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Ellie, LJ, Richard, Toni
~~~
Richard
1. Book and film. Two words.
Clue: "About 232 diplomas were handed out at the graduation ceremony."
Answer: Fahrenheit 451
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Toni, LJ, Ellie, Baccus, and Valerie
2. Novella and film. Three words.
Clue: "Where did you find that particular pebble?"
Answer: On Chesil Beach
Guessed correctly: LJ, Toni, Ellie, Colophon, Valerie, John, and Leelah
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Leelah
Film, 2 words.
Clue: London, Massachusetts
Answer: Paris, Texas
Guessed correctly: Colophon, John, LJ, Toni, Valerie, Richard, Ellie, Baccus, Polly
~~~
LJ
Charade 1 - Film 2 words
Clue: Like Brick Lane, only more substantial.
Answer: Wall Street
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Toni, John, Valerie, Ellie, Bacchus, and Richard
Charade 2 - Book, TV 1 word
Clue: Oh go on please. Pretty please. Pretty please with knobs on. I'll be so very grateful if you would. Tell you what, if you do it I'll do the hoovering for a week. And the washing up!
So hoovering and washing up FOR A WEEK
What do you say?
Answer: Persuasion
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Toni, John, Valerie, Ellie, Bacchus, Richard and Leelah
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Valerie
Number 1 movie and book (slightly different title) 2 words
Clue: My lady's uncertainty burns me.
Answer: Mrs Doubtfire
Guessed correctly: Toni, LJ, Matt, Colophon, Baccus, Richard
Number 2 book, films, play, television and radio 3 words
Clue: Ohara's blossom.
Answer: The Scarlet Pimpernel
Guessed correctly: Toni, LJ, Ellie, Colophon, Baccus, Matt, Richard, Leelah, John
~~~
Colophon
Charade 1 - Serial, Novel, Films, Theatre (slight variation in title) 2/3/4 words (think of it as 3)
Clue: Three bakers trying to break an addiction
Answer: The 39 Steps
Guessed correctly: Baccus, LJ, Toni, Valerie
Charade 2 - Film 2 words
Clue: D&D Extreme
Answer: Die Hard
Guessed correctly: Baccus, Ellie (with a guess of "Diehard Dice"), LJ, Leelah, Toni, Valerie
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Matt – 3 related charades
No. 1 Film. 6 words.
Clue: Are the clocks broken in this so-called Regal establishment?
Answer: Bad Times at the El Royale
Guessed correctly: Valerie (first), Toni, LJ, Colophon, John, Baccus, and Leelah
No. 2 Book. Film. 2 words.
Clue: Even Nobility, especially Nobility are nothing but hardened gamblers.
Answer: Casino Royale
Guessed correctly: Valerie (first), LJ, Toni, Colophon, John, Richard, Baccus, Leelah, and Ellie
No. 3 Book. Film. 2 words.
Clue: Nothing Majestic about this death match!
Answer: Battle Royale
Guessed correctly: LJ (first), Valerie, Toni, John, Colophon, Baccus, and Leelah
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Baccus
Charade 1. Group (music) – 2 words
Clue: Every one of the taxis pines for a burger
Answer: Fleetwood Mac
Charade 2. Book – 1/2/3 words
Clue: Contemporary with the original Macintosh and a medical Christmas choir
Answer: Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
Guessed 1 correctly: Colophon, Matt, Valerie, Toni, LJ, Richard, Ellie, John, Leelah
Guessed 2 correctly: Colophon, Ellie, Toni, LJ, Leelah, Richard
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John
Number One:
Film, Two words.
Clue: "May I introduce my daughters? April, May, June, Julie, Augusta and, um, September..."
Answer: calendar Girls
Guessed correctly: LJ, Ellie, Toni, Valerie, Matt, Richard
Number Two (inspired by LJ's "Wall Street" charade):
Book and Film, Two words.
Clue: Like Coronation Street, only less festive and possibly more violent.
Answer: Revolutionary Road
Guessed correctly: Baccus, LJ, Colophon, Ellie, Leelah, Toni, Valerie, Matt, Richard
~~~
Ellie
Charade 1 - Book and film. Four words.
Clue: Richard would have pulled you up on the Faux Agents thread if you’d submitted this as a title.
Answer: Girl with Green Eyes
Guessed correctly: Toni, LJ, Matt, John, Richard and Valerie
Charade 2 - Book, TV and TV movie. One word.
Clue: Nothing illuminated after this survey.
Answer: Poldark
Guessed correctly: Toni, LJ, Matt, John, Valerie
~~~
Toni
1. Book & film. 5 words
Clue: "Is it my go yet?" the guard asked.
Answer:
Guessed correctly: Colophon, John, LJ, Richard, Val, Matt, Ellie
2. Film. 4 words
Clue: ♫ ♪ la la lalala ♪ ♫
Answer: The Sound of Music
Guessed correctly: Colophon, John, LJ, Richard, Val, Ellie, Leelah, Baccus
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Richard
No. 1. Book. (film) Four words.
Clue: "It's an odd colour to paint a room, but he says it helps him concentrate. He's a writer."
Answer: A Study in Scarlet
Guessed correctly: LJ, Toni, Matteon, Baccus, Ellie, John, Valerie and Colophon
No. 2. Book and film. Five words.
Clue: Candy manufacturer's illegal sideline.
Answer: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Guessed correctly: LJ, Toni, Matteon, Baccus, Colophon, Leelah, Ellie
~~~
Leelah
Book and movie – 1 word
Clue:
Congratulations!
---Oh well. Thanks, I guess.
What's the matter, dear?
Well, he seems to be a little - different ... sighs - (lamentations lamentations)
Answer: Dumbo
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Richard, John, Ellie, LJ and Toni
~~~
LJ
Two words. - Film, tv, play and book. Though book has slightly different title.
Clue: One very lazy physician
Answer: Doctor Dolittle
Guessed correctly: Toni, John, Ellie, Colophon, Baccus, Richard, Polly, Leelah, Valerie
~~~
Polly
1 Film, 4 words
Clue: 'Belligerent just for the hell of it!'
Answer: Rebel Without a Cause
Guessed correctly: Baccus, LJ, Leelah, Toni, Ellie, Richard, Matt, Valerie
2 Film, 2 words
Clue: 'Drill, gibbon, saki, owl, chimp, rhesus, spider, squirrel, tamarin, capuchin, langur, howler.'
Answer: Twelve Monkeys
Guessed correctly: Leelah, Baccus, LJ, Colophon, Toni, Richard, Ellie, Matt, Valerie
~~~
Valerie
Number 1 Film and Play - 4 words
Clue: "You're a real nitwit, Nicola!
"And you're as full of holes as antique tatting!"
Answer: Arsenic and Old Lace
Guessed correctly: Toni, Richard, Baccus Ellie, Matt, John, Leelah, Colophon
Number 2 Film (loosely based on a book with a different title) - 1 word
Clue: Nose for a sneeze.
Answer: Nostafaru
Guessed correctly: Toni, Baccus, Matt, John, Ellie, Leelah, Colophon, Richard
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Colophon
Film, ONE WORD.
Clue: Miss Fitzgerald takes up the scissors.
Answer: Barbarella
Guessed correctly: Ellie, Toni, Val, Richard, Baccus
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Matt
1 Book. 1 word.
Clue: Interknit with this Celestial Body.
Answer: Weaveworld
Guessed correctly: Valerie (first), Toni, John, Colophon, Baccus, and Richard
2 Book. Film. Comic. 1 word.
Clue: A Real Booster for the Lower World.
Answer: Hellraiser
Guessed correctly: Valerie (first), Toni, John, Colophon, Baccus, and Richard.
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Baccus
1. Film 4 words
Clue: When he opens his hand, you see green
Answer: A Fistful of Dollars
2. Film 7 words
Clue: An angel, a demon and a fruit
Answer: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
3. Film 2 words
Clue: Sounds like a bucket condition
Answer: Pale Rider
All 3 guessed correctly: Colophon, Valerie, John, Matt, Richard, Toni
~~~
John
1. Stage play. Three words
Clue: Can I swap my Gunter’s Chain with your hodometer?
Answer: Measure for Measure
Guessed correctly: Baccus, Richard, Leelah, Ellie, Toni, Polly, Matt, valerie
2. Book. Seven words
Clue: A Tale of Two Cities (pauper’s edition)
Answer: Down and Out in Paris and London
Guessed correctly: Baccus, Richard, Toni, Polly, Matt, Colophon
~~~
Toni
1 Film, 5 words
Clue: Some people are funny, aren't they, singing in the dark.
Answer: A Night at the Opera
Guessed correctly: LJ (first), Polly, Colophon, Richard, Ellie, Matt, Val, John, Baccus
2 Film, 2 words
Clue: Chill out, mon, and keep up the pace
Answer: Cool Runnings
Guessed correctly: Polly (first) LJ, Val, Richard, Matt, Colophon, Ellie, Baccus
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Ellie
Charade #1: Film and book – the film is perhaps more memorable. Four words.
Clue: Host: “Your Royal Highness may I introduce Ms Thomsett”
HRH: “Ms Thomsett. I very much enjoyed that film you were in way back. Was there any training for the steamy scenes?”
Ms T: (blushing) “Oh, oh, oh! Oh, Your Royal Highness, I’m quite .... quite ...I’m quite overcome.”
Host: “Ms Thomsett, please! You’re embarrassing His Royal Highness.”
Answer: When Harry Met Sally
Charade #2: Four words (though some might say five). Stage. Also TV movies one with a very similar title and one with a different one.
Clue: Take a chicken, a garland and a river in Scotland – that’s the first bit.
Answer: Henry IV, Part 1
Guessed both correctly: LJ, Baccus, Colophon, Richard, John, Toni, Valerie, Matt
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Polly
Book, 4 words.
Clue: ‘Out of date place where cats go to spend money and die?’
Answer: The Old Curiosity Shop
Guessed correctly: Toni, Colophon, LJ, Baccus, Ellie, Valerie, John, Richard, Matt
Film. 5 words.
Clue: ‘This could be related by Mohammed Ali, and you couldn’t hear anything better.’
Answer: The Greatest Story Ever Told
Guessed correctly: Toni, Colophon, John, Valerie, Baccus, LJ, Richard, Ellie, Matt
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Richard
Richard
1. Film. Two words.
Clue: "You say it's cold? I'll pass on the vichyssoise, thanks."
Answer: Duck Soup
Guessed correctly: John, Baccus, LJ and Toni.
2. Book and film. Five words.
Clue: Ebbw mayor anxiously enquires results of environmental competition.
Answer: How Green is My Valley
Guessed correctly: Ellie, John, Baccus, LJ and Toni.
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Leelah
Lots of books about this title and two films, one word.
Clue: THE BIG BLUE TOILET
Answer: Waterloo
Guessed correctly: LJ - Baccus - Colophon - Toni - Richard - John and Valerie ( who gets extra points from me for the great guess "Divergent" )
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LJ
1) Book, film, tv - 2 words.
Clue: Two little ducks playing ball
Answer: Catch 22
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Valerie, Toni, Richard, Baccus, John
2) Book, film, tv - 4 words
Clue: A gorge of Barbies
Answer: Valley of the Dolls
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Valerie, Toni, Richard, Baccus, John, Matt
~~~
Valerie
Number 1 - Film, short story, radio, television - 3 words
Clue: "No, I'm heading in the opposite direction."
Answer: Going My Way
Guessed correctly: Baccus, Richard, Toni, LJ, Ellie and Leelah
Number 2 - films (made twice), book - 5 words
Clue: It began with 'Can't Help Falling in Love' but now I'm 'Alone Again, Naturally'.
Answer: The End of the Affair
Guessed correctly: Toni and Ellie, LJ, Baccus and Richard
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Colophon
1. Films – 2 words
Clue: Football team with a trident logo?
Answer: Ocean’s Eleven
Guessed correctly: LJ, John, Baccus, Toni, Valerie, Ellie, Richard and Polly
2. Book, TV – 2 words
Clue: Confession of the mauling of God
Answer: I Claudius
Guessed correctly: Toni, LJ, Richard, Ellie, Baccus, John and Polly
~~~
Baccus
1 Film – 3 words
Clue: The openers were David Warner and Shaun Marsh. With Warner out for 39, Steve Smith took his place at the crease.
Answer: The Third Man
Guessed correctly: John, Ellie, Richard, Colophon, Toni
2 Novel – 2 words
Clue: Diamond present, rock dinner
Answer: Hard Times
Guessed correctly: Colophon, John, Toni, Richard, Ellie, LJ, Valerie
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John
Charade One. Film. One Word.
Clue: A liqueur from the Levant, lacking enemy, ferments malt.
Answer: Arachnophobia
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Richard, Ellie, Toni, Baccus, Valerie and LJ
Charade Two. Film (although based on a play with a different name). Two words.
Clue: Unexpected meeting in the lingerie department.
Answer: Brief Encounters
Guessed correctly: Baccus, Ellie, Colophon, Richard, Valerie, Toni and LJ
~~~
Ellie
Charade number 1 - Stage and film. Three words.
Clue: Long ago for example there were The Princes in the Tower, Mozart and Pascal.
Answer: The History Boys
Guessed correctly: Polly, LJ, Toni, John, Valerie
Charade number 2 - Book and film. Five words.
Clue: Once upon a time there was a man who looked quite ill if you took fifty away and gave him an alternative.
Answer: The History of Mr Polly
Guessed correctly: Polly, LJ, Toni, John, Valerie, Baccus
~~~
Toni
Toni
#1 Book and film, 5 words
Clue: You won't hear that wafted in the breeze -"Hushaby baba" - do not disturb.
Answer: The Silence of the Lambs
#2 Film and stage, 2 words
Clue: It's plain to all that there's been a disaster.
Answer: Calamity Jane
Guessed both correctly: Colophon (first with both), LJ, John, Baccus, Val, Ellie, Polly, Richard.
~~~
Polly
Book and film, 4 words
Clue: These kids could be described as a bunch of supremacist nuts.
Answer: The Boys from Brazil
Guessed correctly: Richard, Toni, Ellie, Colophon, John, Baccus
Film, 1 word
Clue: Stupid or mute old style lover?
Answer: Dumbo
Guessed correctly: Richard, Toni, Ellie, Colophon, Baccus
~~~
Richard
1. Book and TV series. One word.
Clue: The basis of a vitamin-rich stew.
Answer: Roots
Guessed correctly: LJ, Toni, Colophon and Baccus
2. Play and opera. Two words.
Clue: An adequate prime minister.
Answer: Boris Godunov
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Toni, LJ, Valerie, John and Baccus.
~~~
LJ
1) Book, TV Series, film 3 Words
Clue: It went downhill and then downhill considerably faster.
Answer: Decline and Fall
2) Book, Film 2 Words
Clue: A smiling tin maniac
Answer: American Psycho
Guessed both correctly: Toni, Colophon, John, Richard, Baccus, Valerie
~~~
Valerie
Number 1 - Play, Film, 4 words
Clue: A highly coveted mode of transportation
Answer: A Streetcar Named Desire
Number 2 – Film, 4 words
Clue: "Now you be quiet, be quiet, I say, my honey, or you won't get any of that Russe!"
Answer: Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Guessed both correctly: Baccus, Richard, LJ, Toni, Ellie, Colophon
~~~
Colophon
Charade 1: Film, TV, One word:
Clue: *Pictures of people and things travelling into the distance*
Answer: Fargo
Guessed correctly: Baccus, Valerie, Toni, Ellie, John
Charade 2: Film, three words.
Clue: Hangry: cause and effect
Answer: Fast and Furious
Guessed correctly: Valerie, Baccus, Toni, Ellie, John
~~~
Baccus
1 Book and TV – 3 words
Clue: Someone who controls the darkness
Answer: The Night Manager
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Toni, LJ, Richard, John
2 Film – 3 words
Clue: B
Answer: The Fifth Element
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Toni, LJ, Richard, John
~~~
John
Charade One: Film (based on a short story with a different name) One word
Clue: An adversary
Answer: Arrival
Guessed correctly: Matt, Colophon, Baccus, Toni, Richard, LJ and Valerie
Charade Two: Book, radio, several films (some are closer to the original than others). Four words.
Clue: Like Star Wars, but on a smaller scale.
Answer: War of the Worlds
Guessed correctly: Valerie, Matt, Colophon, Baccus, LJ, Toni, Ellie and Richard
~~~
Toni
Charade #1. Book (later renamed) and film. 2 words.
Clue: Mr Bean is looking pretty sharp.
Answer: Blade Runner
Guessed correctly: Richard, Valerie, Matt, Colophon, LJ, Ellie
Charade #2. Short story, play, film. 5 words.
Clue: She seems quite content, nay delighted, with her flowers.
Answer: The Bliss of Mrs Blossom
Guessed correctly: Valerie, Matt, Colophon, LJ, Ellie, Richard
~~~
Richard
1. Film, book, TV series. Three words.
Sounds like there's a fight in the potager.
War and Peace
Guessed correctly: Toni, LJ, Colophon
2. Film, book. One word.
Or it could be a French metal digit.
Goldfinger
Guessed correctly: Valerie, LJ, Toni, Ellie, Colophon.
~~~
LJ
1) Play. Two words
Clue: The perfect way to catch tiny Stu.
Answer: Mouse Trap
Guessed correctly: Leela, Valerie, Ellie, Colophon, Toni, John, Baccus, Richard
2) Film. Two words
Clue: Calendar boy's lady friend.
Answer: Gregory's Girl
Guessed correctly: Ellie, Colophon, Toni, John, Baccus, Richard
~~~
Valerie
Number 1 – film, 3 words
Clue: Accidental meeting with a Scribblers friend.
Answer: Along Came Polly
Guessed correctly: LJ, Toni, Baccus and Richard
Number 2 - film, book, television, 5 words
Clue: "Can you tell me the circumstances surrounding the Austen infant?"
Answer: Whatever Happened to Baby Jane
Guessed correctly: Toni, LJ, Ellie, John,, Richard, Colophon and Baccus
~~~
Colophon
. Book, TV - 5 words
Clue: There's a modern church, and one day the church wardens decided to construct a big glowing sign made of individual block letters outside their church, saying
HOUSE OF
PRAYER
There were two sign manufacturers in the town, and they wanted to spread their custom between them, so they asked one company to supply the word HOUSE and OF, and another to supply PRAYER. Unfortunately, the instructions were bungled and when the words were delivered, both HOUSE and OF had been made very much smaller than intended -- each word the same width as each letter in PRAYER. But they had no more money to get those top words made bigger, so they just put the small words on top of the big word as best they could, starting with ...
Answer: Little House on the Prairie
Guessed correctly: LJ, Baccus, Richard, Toni, Matt, Ellie, Valerie
2. Book, film - 2 words
Clue: Confusing for Mowgli
Answer: Cat Ballou
Guessed correctly: Toni, LJ, Matt, Valerie, Ellie, Baccus
~~~
Matt
No. 1. Film. 6 words.
Clue: At first glance, you’d be forgiven if you thought this wine-swilling urban myth was responsible for parking posh yachts!
Answer: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Guessed correctly: Toni (first), LJ, Baccus, Colophon, & Valerie
No. 2. Film. 2 words.
Clue: Stop fighting over that free chip, you sinners!
Answer: Nacho Libre
Guessed correctly: Toni (first), LJ, Baccus, Ellie, Colophon, & Valerie
~~~
Baccus
1. Short story and film – 7 words
Clue: Feeling an outcast for smuggling guns across many countries
Answer: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Guessed correctly: Valerie, Ellie, LJ, Toni, Richard, Colophon
2. Film – 5 words
Clue: The answer is “Only if they break a leg”
Answer: They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Guessed correctly: Valerie, Ellie, LJ, Richard, Toni, Colophon
~~~
John
One: Film, two words
Clue: The winner of the 1977 Grand National (before the race)
Answer: The favourite
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Valerie, LJ, Baccus, Toni and Ellie
Two: Film, two words
Clue: The winner of the World Heavyweight Championship in October 1974
Answer: The Greatest
Guessed correctly: Baccus, Colophon, Ellie and Valerie
~~~
Ellie
Charade 1 - Book and mini-series: Two words
Clue: Her other name’s amazing!
Answer: Alias Grace
Guessed correctly: Baccus, Valerie, Colophon, Richard, LJ, Toni
Charade 2 - Book: Three words.
Clue: Person A: Did I get him?
Person B: Yep, looks dead to me!
Answer: The Blind Assassin
Guessed correctly: Baccus, Valerie, Colophon, Richard, LJ, Toni John, Leelah
~~~
Toni
#1: TV series and film. Two words.
Clue: Pet almost sang this at the Beatles studio.
Answer: Downton Abbey
Guessed correctly: Polly, Richard, Colophon, Ellie, Baccus, LJ, Val
#2 Book and film. Three words.
Clue: I am standing here, shivering with cold and a touch of fear, as the torture begins. OUCH! That's far too squishy! You can survive this - just take a deep breath....
Answer: Waiting to Exhale
Guessed correctly: Baccus, LJ, Polly, Richard, Ellie, Val
~~~
Polly
Film, 3 words:
Clue: 'See you.'
'Yeah, I'm off too.'
'Right, well, it was good to see you.'
'You too, yes. Must do it again some time.'
'Indeed we must. Right, well, I'm off then.'
'Yeah, me too. Oh! Did you say yes to the party?'
'Oh, damn, I didn't, but I will.';
'Ok. Well, cheerio then.'
'Yeah, cheerio.'
'It was great.
'It was.'
'Laters then.'
'Yes, laters...'
Answer: The Long Goodbye
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Valerie, Baccus, Toni, LJ, Ellie, Richard and Leelah
Book, 5 words
Clue: A young lady should be too clued up to go prodding about in this? She might get numb fingers. Not this one, though.
Answer: Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Valerie, Baccus, Toni, LJ
~~~
Richard
1. Book and film. Three words.
Clue: DOES ANYONE KNOW WHO WROTE THIS BOOK ON BIG AMERICAN GUNS?
Answer: THE GREAT GATSBY
2. Book and film. One word.
Clue: PHONICS TEACHERS LAUGH AT SIR JAMES PITMAN.
Answer: LOLITA
Successful guessers of no. 1: John, Toni, LJ, and Valerie.
Successful guessers of no. 2: Colophon, Polly, Toni, LJ, Baccus, and Valerie.
~~~
LJ
Charade 1: Book, 7 words
Clue: A Thatcher takes the direct approach to ascertaining the existence of a divine being.
Answer: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Guessed correctly: Valerie, Richard, Polly, Baccus, Toni
Charade 2: Film 1 word
Clue: Such as Hopkirk, Myrtle or Anne Boleyn
Answer: Ghost
Guessed correctly: Valerie, Richard, Polly, Baccus, Toni, John, Colophon
~~~
Valerie
Number 1: film, radio, play, based on a short story by a different name - 4 words
Clue: An optimist's view of things.
Answer: It's a Wonderful Life
Guessed correctly: Toni, Colophon, LJ, Leelah, John, Richard, Baccus
Number 2: play and film - 3 words
Clue: "So where do I go?"
"Take the narrow path through the trees. Watch out for a rather large wolf along the way."
Answer: Into the Woods
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Toni, LJ, Richard
~~~
Colophon
. Book, film, miniseries, 5 words
"White Zinfandel" without the accent.
Guessed correctly: The Name of the Rose
Valerie, Toni, Richard, Baccus, LJ
2. Book, 8 words
Billy, Pisces, slimehead, Mr Sciaenochromis.
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
Guessed correctly: Valerie, Toni, Baccus, Leelah, LJ
~~~
Baccus
1 Book and 2 film adaptations – 4 words
Clue: Many things fall and stay down, but...
Answer: The Sun Also Rises
Guessed correctly: Richard, Toni, Valerie, LJ
2 Book and film – 9 words
Clue: Not Dorian’s, that’s for sure
Answer: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Guessed correctly: LJ, Leelah, Richard, Toni, Valerie
~~~
John
The first charade is a stage play, two words, and was Lena Horne singing "Stormy Weather".
And the solution is The Tempest by William Shakespeare.
Successful charaders are Baccus, Richard, Valerie, LJ, Ellie, Toni, Colophon.
The second charade is a film musical, later transferred to the stage. It's four words.
The weather forecaster says: "A cold front will approach from the west, threatening all areas with severe precipitation and frequent outbursts of joyful musical vocalisation."
Successful charaders are Toni, Baccus, Richard, Valerie, LJ, Ellie, Colophon.
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Ellie
Charade 1: Film – based on a novel, I’ve discovered, but it’s the film I think most people will know - Three words.
Clue: “I’ve just been introduced to those four guys over there. That Matthew’s got really sweaty palms. Come to think of it so do two of the others – it’s only the third one who hasn’t...
Answer: Cool Hand Luke
Guessed correctly: Valerie, Richard, Colophon, Baccus, LJ, Toni, John
Charade 2: Song title. Four words.
Clue: Thump! Thump! Thump! “Please can Gabriel come out to play?”
Answer: Knocking on Heaven’s Door
Guessed correctly: Valerie, Richard, Colophon, Baccus, LJ, Toni
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Toni
1. Song. One word
Clue: Would it take a Queen's staff to get this all jumbled up? It's quite a puzzle, isn't it.
Answer: Respect
Guessed correctly: Colophon, LJ, Richard, John, Ellie
2. Book and TV Series. 6 words
Clue: "He's up there, see - there, in that tall building."
Answer: The Man in the High Castle
Guessed correctly: Colophon, LJ, Richard, John, Ellie
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Richard
1. Theatre and movie production. Four words.
Clue: "And this is the selfie I took at Graceland. Of course, it was just a model."
Answer: The King and I
Clever guessers no. 1: Colophon, Valerie, Toni, Baccus, and Ellie.
2. Theatre and movie production (based on a book of a different name). Three words.
Clue: "Sorry, madam, but he flagged me first. You'll have to wait for another cab."
Answer: My Fair Lady
Clever guessers no. 2: Toni, Valerie, Baccus, Ellie, and Colophon.
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LJ
1) Film and book - 4 words
Clue: Messages from an Irish guitarist
Answer: Postcards from the Edge
2) Film - 3 Words
Clue: A huge game of the hokey cokey but using continents rather than body parts.
Answer: Out of Africa
And a further clue. Both answers have something in common.
Guessed correctly 1: Richard, Valerie, Toni, Colophon, Ellie, Baccus
Guessed correctly: Richard, Valerie, Toni, Colophon, Ellie
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Val
Number 1: Film - 3 words
Clue: Well, it can't go on like this!
Answer: Something’s Gotta Give
Guessed correctly: Baccus, Colophon, LJ, Ellie and Toni
Number 2: Film - 3 words
Clue: "There's a letter in the post but it's not for me."
Answer: You Have Mail
Guessed correctly: Toni, Richard, LJ, Ellie, Baccus and Colophon
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Colophon
1. Book, film, song, 6 words
Clue: Not many spaghettis.
Answer: All Quiet on the Western Front
Guessed correctly: Baccus, Matt, Toni, Valerie, LJ
2. Film, 2 words
Clue: Superheroes better not get this.
Answer: Cape Fear
Guessed correctly: Valerie, Matt, Toni, LJ, Ellie
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Matt
No. 1. Film. 4 words.
Clue: Old technology couples with deceit.
Answer: Sex, Lies and Videotape
Guessed correctly: Colophon (first), Valerie, Toni, Baccus, LJ, Ellie & Leelah
No. 2. Book, Film 3 words.
Clue: Citrusy elbow grease on horology.
Answer: A Clockwork Orange
Guessed correctly: Toni (first), LJ, Colophon, Ellie, Leelah, Richard, Baccus & Valerie
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Baccus
1) Film (based on a famous play) – 1 word
Clue: Oh, as short as that? I expected it to sound like more.
Answer: O (Based on Othello)
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Toni, LJ, Ellie
2) Book with many adaptations - 4 words (sometimes 5)
Clue: A fruit and fish concoction to take along on many a wonderful trip
Answer: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Ellie, Leelah, Toni, LJ, Richard
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John
Charade One: Film, Two Words.
Clue: Missing submariner finally located
Answer: Finding Nemo
Guessed correctly: LJ, Colophon, Valerie, Leelah, Richard, Toni, Ellie and Baccus
Charade Two: Book, two films and several other adaptations. One word.
Clue: Two notes in the Tonic Sol-Fa scale, followed by a Welsh-sounding name
Answer: Solaris
Guessed correctly: Richard, Toni, Valerie, LJ, Colophon, Ellie, Baccus and Leelah
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Ellie
Charade 1: Song title. Eleven words (there are two contractions which I’ve counted as one word each).
Clue: A case of mistaken identity at the take-away makes for bad mouthing.
Answer: There's A Guy Work Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis
Guessed correctly: LJ, Toni, Richard, Colophon, Baccus, Valerie and John
Charade 2: Song title. Two words.
Clue: A twist on the military.
Answer: Oliver’s Army
Guessed correctly: LJ, Toni, Richard, Colophon, Baccus and Valerie
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Toni
1) Film. One word
Clue: There's this story about a bird - stop me if you've heard it.
Answer: Cocktail
Guessed correctly: LJ, Val, Colophon, Matt, John, Baccus
2) Song. Three words
Clue: Hear the wedding bells? Here comes the bride and I'm following her closely.
Answer: I’m a Train
Guessed correctly: Colophon, LJ, Val, Matt, Baccus
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Polly
1: Film One word.
Clue: 'Hominid with advanced evolution?
Answer: Lucy
Guessed correctly: Baccus, Colophon, John, Toni, Leelah, Val, LJ, Ellie, Richard, Leelah
2: Film, 4 words
Clue: 'It was excellent, but I thought the sermon would never end! Can't wait to break out the chocolate!'
Answer: The Long Good Friday
Guessed correctly: Colophon, John, LJ, Toni, Baccus, Richard, Val, Ellie
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Richard
1. Book and film. Three words.
Clue: "The rumour going round about the new fruit Mr Baylis has developed was just a wind-up!"
Answer: A Clockwork Orange
Guessed correctly: LJ, Toni, John, Polly, Ellie, Valerie.
2. Book and films. Two words.
Clue: "In other news, more than 100 Croatian refugees fleeing the war were rescued from the Adriatic Sea."
Answer: 101 Dalmatians
Guessed correctly: Toni, Ellie, Baccus, LJ, Valerie
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LJ
1) Film 4 words
Clue: It's all Ferdinand's fault.
Answer: Blame it on Rio
Guessed correctly: Toni, John, Baccus, Richard, Valerie, Colophon
2) play, film 5 words
Clue: And showing now at your local cinema "The Stoney Terror!"
Answer: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Guessed correctly: Toni, John, Baccus, Richard, Valerie, Colophon
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Valerie
Number 1: film, play, song - 2 words
Clue: Oy vay! Cor Blimey! Ach du Lieber! Zut alors!
Answer: Mamma Mia!
Guessed correctly: Toni, LJ, Baccus, Richard, Colophon
Number 2: film - 3 words
Clue: Love and geology.
Answer: Romancing the Stone
Guessed correctly: LJ, Toni, Baccus Leelah, Richard, Colophon
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Colophon
1. Films, 4 words
Clue: Chocolate monitors
Answer: Guardians of the Galaxy
Guessed correctly: Toni, LJ, Valerie, Baccus, Richard
2. Film, 3 words
Clue: Vindaloo delivery vans
Answer: Chariots of Fire
Guessed correctly: LJ, Valerie, Leelah, Toni, Baccus, Richard
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Baccus
1 Play and film – 3 words
Clue: Take care when playing golf not to damage the wildflowers
Answer: Driving Miss Daisy
Guessed correctly: Richard, Valerie, Toni, Leelah, Colophon, John, LJ
2 Song – 5 words
Clue: Don’t you think that cloud looks a bit like Carter Slade’s profile? Yeah, and that one over there resembles Johnny Blaze
Answer: Ghost Riders in the Sky
Guessed correctly: Richard, Colophon, Valerie, Toni, LJ
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John
John
Charade One - Stage Play (plus adaptations for radio, TV and film), six words.
Clue: Epiphany? Whatever!
Answer: Twelfth Night, or What You Will
Charade Two - Song, six words.
Clue: He says: "Mine's a dog. What's yours?"
She says: "I'll have carbon compressed under enormous pressure and temperatures to produce tetrahedral crystals".
Answer: Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend
Guessed both correctly: Richard, Colophon, Baccus, Toni and Valerie
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Richard
1. Movie. Three words.
Clue: Sausage Siblings.
Answer: The Banger Sisters
Guessed correctly: Toni, Valerie, LJ, Colophon, Ellie and Baccus
2. Movie. Three words.
Clue: "And this is where the masochists go for an enjoyable evening . . . "
Answer: House of Wax
Guessed correctly: Toni, Ellie, LJ, Baccus and Valerie
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Toni
1. Book and film/s - 3 words
Clue: Take my advice - it's a waste of time sticking that one in the garden.
Answer: The Bad Seed
Guessed correctly: Baccus, Val, LJ, Richard
2. Film from a play - 1 word
Clue: You won't find #45 living here. He's in another country.
Answer: Casablanca
Guessed correctly: Baccus, Val, LJ, Richard
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Polly
1: Play. 5 words
Clue: ’No matter how many weddings she attends, her majesty sees very few of these in the neighbourhood.’
Answer: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Toni, LJ, Richard, Valerie, Ellie, Baccus
2: Book. 3 words - apparently also a film.
Clue: ’Something everyone warns you not to do, with very cutting remarks.’
Answer: Running with Scissors
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Toni, Richard, LJ, Valerie, Ellie, Baccus
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LJ
1) Film 2 words
Clue: The collective sigh of all of womankind over the male of the species.
Answer: The Omen
Guessed correctly: Baccus, Toni, Colophon, Ellie, Richard, Valerie
2) Book and film 2 words
Clue: Titus and Domitian had one of these.
Augustus had an adopted one of these.
And a certain resident of Nazareth definitely had one of these.
Answer: The Godfather
Guessed correctly: Toni, Colophon, Ellie, Richard, Leelah, Valerie
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Valerie
Number 1 - book, film - 3 words
Clue: The Central Europeans are out of newspapers.
Answer: The Polar Express
Guessed correctly: Toni, LJ, Baccus, Leelah, Ellie
Number 2 - play, films - 7 words but usually shortened to 1
Clue: Pig for rent.
Answer: Hamlet
Guessed correctly: LJ, Toni, Ellie, Polly, Baccus, Colophon, Leelah, John, Richard
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Matt
No. 1. Novel (3 different words) & Film. 2 words.
Clue: Are you feeling down too, Elizabeth?
Answer: Betty Blue
Guessed correctly: Toni (first), LJ, Baccus, Valerie, Leelah, John, Colophon & Ellie.
No. 2. Film. 2 words.
Clue: Lycaenid subfamily, so smooth!
Answer: Blue Velvet
Guessed correctly: Toni (first), LJ, Valerie, Baccus, Colophon & John.
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Colophon
1. Book, TV, film/s, 7 words:
Clue: MGM, WWW, MFI
Answer: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Guessed correctly: LJ, Valerie, Richard, Baccus, John, Toni, Ellie
2. Book, Film, 2 words:
Clue: "You're no longer in unison," says his father.
Answer: The Graduate
Guessed correctly: Baccus, Toni, Valerie, LJ, Ellie
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Baccus
1 Book: also plays, films, TV, etc. - 2 words
Clue: Kylie Minogue, Hermia and Queen Victoria
Answer: Little Women
Guessed correctly: John, Colophon, Ellie, Toni, LJ, Valerie, Richard, Leelah
2 Film - 7 words
Clue: This planet is passionate, furious, crazy and really rather silly
Answer: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Guessed correctly: Ellie, Colophon, Richard, John, Leelah, Valerie, Toni, LJ
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John
Charade one: Book, Film and TV series, 5 words.
Clue: For example, peace.
Answer: The Name of the Rose
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Baccus, Richard, Ellie and Toni.
Charade two: Book, two cinema films and various other adaptations, 3 words.
Clue: Punningly, this could be a device for processing an aromatic herb.
Answer: The Time Machine
Guessed correctly: Baccus, Colophon, Ellie, Toni and Richard
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Ellie
Charade 1: Film, play. Four words.
Clue: It’s on the tip of my tongue - aaah that’s so sweet, darling.
Answer: A Taste of Honey
Guessed correctly: Baccus, Colophon, Toni, John, LJ and Valerie
Charade 2: Book and a film. Three words.
Clue: It’s frozen crossing from platform to platform.
Answer: Ice Station Zebra
Guessed correctly: Baccus, Colophon, Toni and Richard
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Toni
1. Stage and film. 5 words
Clue: Gosh, I really enjoyed that. What a terrific fight it was.
Answer: Oh What a Lovely War
Guessed correctly: Colophon (1st), Baccus, John, LJ, Ellie, Richard, Valerie, & Matt
2. Film. One word. (Based on a book with a completely different title.)
Clue: It takes a magical leap to get this.
Answer: Spellbound
Guessed correctly: Leelah (1st), Ellie, LJ, Colophon, Baccus, Richard, Valerie, & Matt
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Polly
1) Book and film, 4 words.
Clue: ‘Mrs who?’
Answer: The Time Traveller’s Wife
Guessed correctly: Toni, Richard, LJ, Valerie
2) Film, 6 words
Clue: Your hair, your breath, your hairy toes, your laugh, your manners, your nasal hair, your whiny voice, your flatulence, your taste in music, your dress sense.
Answer: Ten Things I Hate About You
Guessed correctly: Toni, Richard, John, Colophon, Baccus, Ellie, Valerie, LJ, Leelah
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Richard
1. Film and play. Three words.
Clue: Preposition or twisted liar uses tailless chilly moisturiser.
Answer: On Golden Pond
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Baccus, Toni, Ellie and Valerie.
2. Film. Three words.
Clue: "Oh, what has caused the ruination of the both?"
Answer: Too Many Crooks
Guessed correctly: Toni
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LJ
1) Film and Play 10 words.
Clue: So it was Saturday and the market was on. So I thought I'd jolly on down and get me some bargains.
And there was this geezer in front of me like just staring at his phone. And he weren't looking or nothing. Then there was this banana skin on the pavement and he only went and stepped on it and he skidded about 5 feet along and then crashed into a lamp post.
Well I howled with laughter I tell ya!
Answer: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Guessed correctly: Toni, Valerie, Richard, Leela, Baccus, John
2) Film and book and TV series 2 words
Clue: Mc Hammer was very clear on his instructions about these people.
Answer: The Untouchables
Guessed correctly: Toni, Valerie and Baccus
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Valerie
Number 1 - Book, films, play - 3 words
Clue: This swimmer wears a petite size.
Answer: The Little Mermaid
Guessed correctly: Toni, Colophon, Ellie, Baccus, LJ, Richard, Leelah, Matt
Number 2 - Play, films - 3 words
Clue: You'd think he could have left me something more than a stiff breeze!
Answer: Inherit the Wind
Guessed correctly: Toni, Colophon, Baccus, Richard, Ellie, Matt, LJ
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Matt
No. 1. Film. 1 word.
Clue: A chill up the spine.
Answer: Backdraft
Guessed correctly: Toni & LJ (dead heat!), Ellie, Valerie, Baccus
No. 2. (UK) TV Drama Series. 2 words.
Clue: Lit capital.
Answer: London ‘s Burning
Guessed correctly: Toni (first), LJ, Baccus, Ellie, Valerie
No. 3. Novel & Film. 7 words.
Clue: A special kiln cup with medieval Henry, the ceramicist.
Answer: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Guessed correctly: Toni (first), LJ, Ellie, Baccus, Valerie
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Baccus
1) Film – 5 words
Clue: I thought I spotted Kitty jumping off the underground at the Oxford Circus stop.
“Hey, hello,” I said as she was about to walk past me. “Is it really you, here, Miss Norville?”
“Yes. It’s me and I really am here.”
Answer: An American Werewolf in London
Guessed correctly: John, Matt, Valerie, Toni, LJ, Richard
2) Book (with several adaptations) – 5 words
Clue: It could be Dante’s Lilith or almost anything by Godward
Answer The Portrait of a Lady (by Henry James)
Guessed correctly: Matt, LJ, Toni, Valerie, John
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John
Charade One: Stage play and film (plus radio and TV productions). Two words.
Clue: Take it or leave it
Answer: Hobson's Choice
Guessed correctly: Richard, Toni, Ellie, Valerie and Baccus
Charade Two: Film. Nine words (!)
Clue: This is a film about cooking, stealing, marriage and sex (in that order)
Answer: The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Guessed correctly: Richard, Baccus, Valerie, LJ, Toni and Ellie
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Ellie
Charade 1: Book. Film and TV movie.- Six words
Clue: The Mississippi River and the North.
Answer: The Old Man and the Sea
Charade 2: Play. Various films and TV adaptations (not always with the same title as the book) - One word.
Clue: Napoleon’s letters appear in front of Aslan.
Answer: Pygmalion
Guessed both correctly: Baccus, Toni, LJ, Valerie, Colophon, Richard, John
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Toni
1. Film and novella. One word.
Clue: Floating fruit? Or just featherweight?
Answer: Limelight
Guessed correctly: Valerie (1st), Matt, Baccus, John, Ellie, Richard, LJ
2. Film. One word.
Clue: Hurry up, c'mon - faster, faster.
Answer: Rushmore
Guessed correctly: Valerie (1st), LJ, Matt, Richard, Baccus
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Richard
No. 1: Book, TV series. Three words.
Clue: "Then I had to listen to some long involved tale about being able to see into the future."
Answer: The Forsyte Saga
Guessed correctly: Baccus, Valerie, Toni, John, LJ, Colophon and Ellie
No. 2: Book, film. Four words.
Clue: You might spot the author of this book in Croatia.
Answer: I Capture the Castle
Guessed correctly: Toni, Colophon, Valerie and LJ
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LJ
1) Film - 2 words
An incision in the femur/tibia hinge
Annie Hall
2) TV Series - 3 words
A depression in the road's elevation
Hill Street Blues
Guessed both correctly: Toni, Ellie, Colophon, Richard, Baccus, John and Valerie
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Valerie
Number 1 - Film 3 words
Clue: Je ne sais pas où je suis!
Non so dove sono!
No se donde estoy!
Answer: Lost in Translation
Guessed correctly: Toni and Richard, Matt, John, Colophon, Baccus, Ellie, LJ, Leelah
Number 2 - Film, novel, play 2 words
Clue: Perilous entanglements.
Answer: Dangerous Liaisons
Guessed correctly: Richard and Toni, Matt, Ellie, John, Colophon, Leelah, Baccus, LJ
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Colophon
1. Books, Film, TV, 1 word
Clue: Mike, an Alpha male, at the Sierra Hotel (Not forgetting Asterix)
Answer: M*A*S*H
Guessed correctly: Baccus, John, Richard, LJ, Toni, Valerie, Ellie, Matt
2. Theatre, Film, TV, 5 words
Clue: Surely some mistake, as the delivery order arrives at the monastery.
Answer: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Guessed correctly: Baccus, Toni, Valerie, Richard, Ellie, Matt
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Matt
No. 1. TV Series, TV Film. 5 words.
Clue: You can ask half a dozen times, but he’s still male.
Answer: The Six Million Dollar Man
Guessed correctly: LJ (first), Toni, Ellie, Colophon, Baccus & Valerie
No. 2. TV Series, Film(s), Video Game. 4 words.
Clue: Perilous Royals.
Answer: The Dukes of Hazard
Guessed correctly: Toni (first), LJ, Ellie, Colophon, Baccus & Valerie
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Baccus
1) Book, stage, film – 5 words
Clue: The Commendatore
Answer: The Phantom of the Opera
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Toni, Matt, Ellie, Richard, Valerie, LJ
2) Film – 4 words
Clue: 8 meters just isn’t enough
Answer: The Whole Nine Yards
Guessed correctly: Valerie, John, Colophon, Richard. Matt, LJ, Toni, Ellie
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John
One: Film (and sequels), four words.
Clue: Tomorrow in reverse gear.
Answer: Back to the Future
Guessed correctly: Valerie, Baccus, Richard, Colophon, Ellie and Toni
Two: TV series and film, two words.
Clue: A heavy weight descends on an ecclesiastical institution.
Answer: Downton Abbey
Guessed correctly: Valerie, Baccus, Richard, Colophon, Ellie and Toni
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Ellie
Charade 1 - Book. TV - Five words.
Clue: Brian’s musical and has a royal connection - there’s something endearing about the swellings in his ears!
Answer: The Darling Buds of May
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Richard, Toni, LJ, Baccus and Valerie
Charade 2 - Book. I have discovered there was also a stage adaptation which I didn’t realise - I think it’s the book you will know - Three words.
Clue: Lucifer’s the cause of alarm
His only intent is to harm
Nobody’s exempt
When he tries to tempt
Be careful - don’t fall for his charm.
Answer: The Satanic Verses
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Richard, Toni, LJ and Baccus
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Toni
1. Book, stage and films. (Filmed more than once) One word
Clue: Can you please shut that boy up? He's making far too much noise.
Answer: Aladdin
Guessed correctly: Polly, Colophon, Baccus, LJ, John, Val, Richard, Matt, Elli
2. Film. One word
Clue: An uppity kind of person.
Answer: Rocketman
Guessed correctly: Richard, Colophon, Baccus, LJ, Val, John, Matt, Ellie
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Polly
1. Play - 4 words (has also been filmed)
Clue: The toast was about to be overdone! I immediately called the fire brigade, the police, the river police and the army in. I managed to smother it with asbestos sheeting and apply both fire extinguishers - foam and water before having the neighbours for three houses each way evacuated.
Answer: Much Ado About Nothing
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Richard, Toni, Ellie, Valerie, Leelah
2. Film - 3 words
Clue: Ambillour
Answer: Shakespeare in Love
Guessed correctly: Colophon, Matt, Toni, Valerie, Ellie, Baccus
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Richard
No. 1. Three words. Book and film.
Clue: "It's been reported that Mr Brittain has acquired a new nickname on the parade ground since the removal of nodules from his larynx."
Answer: The Horse Whisperer
Guessed correctly: Toni, Ellie, LJ, Matt and Polly
No. 2. One word. Film, musical, animated TV series, and video game.
Clue: "She's embraced veganism to a ridiculous degree---even stopped wearing lipstick because of one of the ingredients."
Answer: Beetlejuice
Guessed correctly: Ellie, Baccus, Valerie, Toni, Matt and LJ
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LJ
1) Film. 1 word
Clue: A juicy, chunky nugget of iron that's definitely not for Vegetarians.
Answer: Meteor
Guessed correctly: Toni, Colophon, Ellie, Baccus
2) Film and Book - 2 words
Clue: Sorting out the pronouns for the silk son.
Answer: Ben Hur
Guessed correctly: Toni, Colophon, Valerie, Ellie, Baccus, John
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Valerie
Number 1 – Film - 4 words
Clue: An overly loud computer input device was taken off the market.
Answer: The Mouse That Roared
Number 2 - Film, song -3 words
Clue: The reporter said, "I have a question for Grizabella."
Answer: What’s Up Pussycat
Answered both correctly: Richard, Baccus, John, LJ, Toni, Ellie, Colophon, Polly
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Colophon
Colophon
1. Book, films, one word
Clue: Mandi... and maxi...
Answer: Jaws
Guessed correctly: Baccus, Ellie, LJ, John, Matt
2. TV, two words
Clue: Broken on a hill
Answer: The Crown
Guessed correctly: Richard, Ellie, Toni, Baccus, LJ, Matt, John
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Matt
No. 1. Film. 2 words.
Clue: Dude! What’s a king do?
Answer: Rain Man
Guessed correctly: llie (first), Richard, Toni, Colophon, Baccus, LJ, Leelah, & John
No. 2. Novel, Film, Video Game, etc. 2 words.
Clue: Plant yourself down here you big old meat-eater (or vegan).
Answer: Jurassic Park
Guessed correctly: Toni (first), Colophon, Baccus, John, Ellie, LJ, & Richard
