Only the smartest brains in Britain can get the answers to Channel 5’s new quiz Puzzling – see how many you can get
THINKING caps on. Only the brainiest will score top marks on addictive new Channel 5 quiz show Puzzling.
TV historian Lucy Worsley fronts the mind-boggler, which launched on Thursday.
Language skills, calculation, lateral thinking, visual intelligence and memory are all put to the test.
Think YOU are up to it? Josh Saunders supplies the questions from Puzzling With Lucy Worsley for you to try solo or in teams. Good luck!
Answers below.
Puzzling airs at 8pm on Thursdays on Channel 5, or stream on My5.
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Round One: In other words
WORK out the synonyms and interchangeable terms for the words on the right. Take a good look at the category themes, which are there to give you a clue.
Theme: Music
Fashionable jump
Undulating rocks
Theme: Film
Male cat boat trip
Plaything tale
Theme: London
Applaud bad actor
Lofty door
Theme: Novels
Killing is disclosed
Ticker of tenebrosity
Round Two: Rulebreakers
SAY which answer is the odd one out in each category by finding a rule that links the other three.
Clue: Gumshoes
A. Farewell, My Lovely
B. The Big Sleep
C. The Maltese Falcon
D. The Long Goodbye
Clue: Horses
A. Red Rum
B. Ballabriggs
C. Nijinsky
D. Minella Times
Clue: Companions
A. Emily
B. Elizabeth
C. Carol
D. Rachel
Clue: Directions
A. Straw
B. Stink
C. Stops
D. Story
Clue: Nature
A. Bald
B. Booted
C. Cut-throat
D. Crowned
Round Three: Picture This
Which royal sisters?
What time in the mirror?
How many cubes?
Round Four: The Final
IF your brain hasn’t exploded, well done! You’re on the final stretch. Answer these questions and then tally your scores.
1. What word fits in the middle? London ______ Railroad
2. The letters of this sport have been shifted one place in the alphabet, can you work out what it is? DSJDLFU
3. This is an anagram of which film? ACTINIT
4. What word fits in the middle? Dancing ______ Victoria
ANSWERS:
Round one: 1. Hip-hop; 2. Rolling Stones; 3. Tom Cruise; 4. Toy Story; 5. Clapham; 6. Highgate; 7 A Murder Is Announced; 8 Heart Of Darkness
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Round two: 1. C, all the other books feature in the TV series Philip Marlowe, Private Eye; 2. C, all the others are Grand National winners; 3. B, all of the others married Ross Geller in TV show Friends; 4. D, all the others make a new word when spelled backward; 5. C, all the others are types of eagle
Round three: 1. Mary I and Elizabeth I; 2. 1.50; 3. Nine
Round four: 1. Underground; 2. Cricket; 3. Titanic. 4. Queen