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Derbyshire place names quiz
« on: June 05, 2012, 03:07:15 PM »
Solve the clues to reveal a Derbyshire placename. Scroll down to see the answers


1. He owns some terra firma

2. 100 units of some US currency (slang)

3. Is he open all hours?

4. Should the gardener lawn an extra area of his garden?

5. Suffix of Belize isn't that high

6. Telephone bell signal amongst the trees

7. It's not old but very brave

8. The remnants of the fire have finished

9. It's just dried grass on a large patch of the farmers land

10. He's not away in his large residence

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1. Hasland

2. Buxton

3. Arkwright

4. Grassmoor

5. Calow (Belize C.A.)

6. Ringwood

7. Newbold

8. Ashover

9. Hayfield

10. Holme Hall
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Re: Derbyshire place names quiz
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2012, 07:28:29 PM »
You should have saved the answers til people had a go. Coincidentally on I set a few years ago had Hasland as first answer.

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Re: Derbyshire place names quiz
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2012, 07:32:08 PM »
You should have saved the answers til people had a go.

I thought about that, but thought that the 'one off' visitors would probably appreciate the answers, and that we 'regulars' would be restrained enough to have a go before peeping!!  :)

Coincidentally on I set a few years ago had Hasland as first answer.

Possibly because it's the easiest one?  ;)
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Re: Derbyshire place names quiz
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2012, 07:41:00 PM »
You could 'Do a Dawn' and keep this thread going for a while with more posers.
I'll start.

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Re: Derbyshire place names quiz
« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2012, 08:01:00 PM »
Clay Cross? :)

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Re: Derbyshire place names quiz
« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2012, 08:20:30 PM »
correct
your turn to set one
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Re: Derbyshire place names quiz
« Reply #6 on: June 05, 2012, 08:29:54 PM »
@jr I was thinking down the wrong line  ;D
Still didn't get it till you told Poppy, correct  :)
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Re: Derbyshire place names quiz
« Reply #7 on: June 05, 2012, 08:34:04 PM »
First person to use the word rotund is out!  Yp
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Re: Derbyshire place names quiz
« Reply #8 on: June 05, 2012, 08:38:00 PM »
Here's ones I posted elewhere, strange symbols seem to have appeared. Hope I can remember answers.
Found a copy of a quiz I set a couple of years ago for an event, cryptic clues for local villages or estates. They form a sort of logical route starting and ending around the Birdholme area (the tie-breaker originally was distance you would need to travel to get round the journey.)

1) Owns a plot
2) Late ex PM
3) Quietly change weight
4) Mark Mr Richard
5) Knocks down skittles
6) Circus employee
7) Source of underground humour?
8 ) Deadly swamp
9) A French rock
10) Meat cutter
11) Optimists live here
12) Undergoes southern surgery
13) Cook to perfection
14) End of corporal punishment
15) Rocket Man
16) Rug fastener
17) Justified salary
18 ) HCTID
19) Local football match
20) Sign of a poor appetite
21) Man get older
22) Warm weather attire
23) Piece returned to ledge
24) Value of 7 or 11
25) Young old Liberal leader?
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Re: Derbyshire place names quiz
« Reply #9 on: June 05, 2012, 08:41:17 PM »
Pass...
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Re: Derbyshire place names quiz
« Reply #10 on: June 05, 2012, 08:42:20 PM »
They follow a logical route because when I set it for the Langerfield Gala Day the tie break question was the distance travelled. Think I've sussed them all out now. They're intended for a bit of thinking about not instant answer. First prize is bragging rights or the nasty thought that you think on the same lines as me.

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Re: Derbyshire place names quiz
« Reply #11 on: June 06, 2012, 08:23:33 AM »
is 13 Bakewell?
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Re: Derbyshire place names quiz
« Reply #12 on: June 06, 2012, 08:27:35 AM »
No.6 Clowne

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« Reply #13 on: June 06, 2012, 08:28:43 AM »
No.11 Hope

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Re: Derbyshire place names quiz
« Reply #14 on: June 06, 2012, 08:29:54 AM »
No.19 Derby

 

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