BBC Knowledge AUGUST 2017

What word can be placed in front of the

five words shown to form, in each case,

another word?

B

C

W

A

A

A

N D

S T

S W O R D

S H E E T

Y

Each colour in our code DOUBLE BARRELLED
represents a letter. When you
have cracked the code, you will
be able to make seven words.
The clue to the first word is given
to help you get started.

The clue: Drop a catch

ENIGMA CODE

BRAIN TEASERS

1) What does this illusion

mean? ENTURY

2) Mike, Bob, and Dan each have

a different favourite sport. One

prefers baseball, one basketball,

and one football. Mike doesn’t

like basketball. Dan doesn’t like

basketball or baseball. What is

each person’s favourite sport?

3) What English word can have

four of its five letters removed

and still retain its original

pronunciation?

4) Andrew and Cornelius were

two competitive golfers. Their

competition didn’t stop with

the game. As Andrew drew out

an iron, he said, “This golf club

alone cost me $500.” Cornelius

retorted, “Mine cost me half a

million dollars.” Could Cornelius

have been telling the truth? Why?

5) What are the next three in

this sequence:

I 2 1 F 1 1 F 0 1 F 9 F _ _ _

PICK & CHOOSE

Solve the six clues by chosing the right combination of sets of letters

given below. Each set of letters can be used only once and only in

the order given. The number at the end of the clues specifies how many

sets of letters are used in the solution.

1. Hamlet character
   2. Football for the Americans
   3. A configuration of stars
   4. Capital of Ecuador
   5. Reduce to ashes
   6. Urges rather strongly
   QUI EX

TELL TE TO

INC

HE

RTS

AT

OP

HO

CONS

SOC

CER

RA

INE

ION

LIA

Solutions:

Avocado, bagpipes, ballerina, comb, cradle, Picture Search:

dentist, drop, hummingbird, lamp, lily, microscope, oyster, printer,

puma, unicycle, yak

Words: Eerie, chair, splint, growthScramble:

Answer: You cannot fly like an eagle with the wings of a wren -

William Henry Hudson

Baking-Soda-Water-Vapour-Trail-Off-Switch-PlacesHead & Tail:

Bungle, Burgle, Gentle Greens, Regent, Strung Enigma Code:

Urgent

Broad Double Barrelled:

Long time no see (Century - C = ENTURYBrain Teasers: 1

Mike likes Baseball. Bob likes Basketball. Dan likes Football. 2

Queue, of course, here is another answer: aitch - take away 3

A golf club owned by 4 the aitc and you are left with "h".

8 F 7: 5 Cornelius included all of the buildings and golf course.

from the function keys on a computer keyboard. Starting with

F12, F11, F10 and then read backwards.

. Quito, 4. Constellation, 3. Soccer, 2 Ophelia, Pick & choose: 1.

Exhorts6.. Incinerate. 5

a) 2. b) James Fenimore Cooper, BBC Knowledge Quiz: 1.

c) Whales 5. a) António Guterres, 4. c) Insulin, 3. Serena Williams,

c) Mulberry7. b) Alaska, 6. and dolphins,

Enigma code

Each colour represents a letter. in our code

When cracked you havethe code you

will be able to make upseven words.

The clue to first word isgiven to help you get

started.

The Clue: Drop a

catch, e.g.

Solution to

Enigma Code :

BUNGLE, BURGLE, GENTLEGREENS, REGENT, STRUNG

URGENT

G

G

G

G S

G

G

G

BBC KNOWLEDGE QUIZ

See how you fare in the general

knowledge quiz given below.

Ratings: 1-3 Poor, 4-5 Fair, 6-7 Excellent

1) Who wrote the Last of the Mohicans?

a) Ernest Hemingway

b) James Fenimore Cooper

c) Edgar Allan Poe

2) Which tennis star won her 23rd

Grand Slam title at the 2017

Australian Open?

a) Serena Williams

b) Venus Williams

c) Martina Navratilova

3) Which hormone is secreted by the

isles of Langerhans in the pancreas?

a) Melatonin

b) Adrenalin

c) Insulin

4) Who is the current UN Secretary

General?

a) António Guterres

b) Ban Ki-moon

c) Boutros Boutros-Ghali

5) What does a cetologist study?

a) Birds

b) Trees

c) Whales and dolphins

6) What is the largest and one of the

least populated states of the USA?

a) Arizona

b) Alaska

c) Nebraska

7) Silkworms feed mainly on the leaves

of which tree?

a) Oak

b) Maple

c) Mulberry