Just seonds away, but a failure none the less ... here are all the clues if you missed any of this weeks answers: CLUE 1 Frodo’s domicile? Healthy (northern) brook seeks education. Netherworld….food additive numbers…Bobby… Transport Express Régional in brief. Don’t take off but SEARCH! ‘Frodo’s domicile’ refers to Frodo Baggins the Hobbit in the Lord of the Rings books / films. In the film trilogy the character is played by Elijah WOOD Domicile = HOUSE Hence WOODHOUSE Healthy = WELL (northern) brook = BECK Hence WELBECK COLLEGE (The VI Form Defence College in Old Woodhouse) Netherworld = HELL food additive numbers = E Bobby = COP Transport Express Régional = TER (Transport express régional, usually shortened to TER is the brand name used by the SNCF, the French national railway company.) If you put that lot together you get HELICOPTER The clue is hidden in the helicopter which is parked on the grounds of the college.) CLUE 2 A guiding light in Henman’s camp Where Dickie and David played Leave your vehicle at the route of hardest labour And seek the carving of Gimli’s weapon The Clue is hidden in the woodsman sculpture in Beacon Hill Lower Car Park Guiding Light = Beacon and fans of Tim Henman were said to sit on Henman Hill Richard and David Attenborough played at Beacon Hill as boys, in fact David filmed part of a documentary there Leave your vehicle = Car Park, is back breaking so its Breakback Road A carving is a sculpture and Gimli the Dwarf from Lord of the rings used an Axe = Woodsman Sculpture CLUE 3 Old ‘has’ plus obtain money for work. Rutland town minus bad acting plus ‘The bad’… …Hermione foreshortened plus subcontract work to others. Brief religious treatise plus heraldic gold. Old ‘has’ = HATH obtain money for work = EARN = ERN hence HATHERN Rutland town = OAKHAM bad acting = HAM ‘The bad’ = LEE VAN CLIFF (January 9, 1925 – December 16, 1989) who played ‘The Bad’ in the movie ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ (1966). Hence OAKLEY ‘Hermione foreshortened’ refers to the character Hermione GRAINGER in the Harry Potter books and films. Hence GRANGE subcontract work to others = FARM (As in: ‘We can farm out road maintenance to a private company.’ Hence OAKLEY GRANGE FARM Brief religious treatise = TRACT ‘heraldic gold’ refers to OR which is the heraldic term for gold Hence TRACTOR Clue attached to wooden tractor outside café at the farm. CLUE 4 Z Cars town plus a Redgrave and a Harrison. Treat without favouritism. Play a horn… Then search under one. Z Cars town = NEWTOWN (The old police series Z Cars (first on in 1962) was set in the fictional NEWTOWN) a Redgrave = LYNNE Redgrave (The late actress whose best known film was Georgy Girl) a Harrison = Harrison FORD (The well known actor) Hence NEWTOWN LINFORD Treat without favouritism = FAIR When Julie arrives she will be intercepted and asked to play a bit on a horn by the band that is there and then she is free to find a clue under some antlers (deer horns) on the Bradgate Park Trust stall. CLUE 5 Digby’s place. Boney’s army. Army’s bust. Your treasure. ‘Digby’s place’ refers to Donington le Heath Manor House. In the early years of the 17th century the house was owned by John Digby, whose elder brother, Everard Digby was a close friend of Guy Fawkes and was executed in 1606 for his part in the Gunpowder Plot. ‘Boney’s army’ refers to the Napoleonic re-enactment group which is involved in the Napoleonic Living History Day! ‘Army’s bust’ refers to the CHEST the army will have in its camp The clue is in the chest but before Julie can search for the clue she will have to do some drill!
Posted on: Sun, 01 Jun 2014 11:02:14 +0000
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