Hunt #1 - Answers
Explanation of Answers is divided into 2 sections.
First, we have the answers to the Quiz Questions followed by answers to Cryptic Questions.
Quiz Questions:
Q1 : Where are they all year round ?
A1: Sunset Point
Q3 : In the video, how many islands are mentioned “all together”?
A3 : 103
Q4: 2 names go into the making of the blogspot's name which talks about guest's experience on the sunset cruise. What are the 2 names?
A4: Albertus & Addy
Q8 : What creatures might you see at a very beautiful and special spot?
A8 : Sea Eagles
Q9 : Not to disturb the delicate ecological balance , what generally should you not feed?
A9: Wildlife
(Sea Eagles is the incorrect answer . Question mentions “ generally”)
Q11 : On these luxury yachts , what features make possible sunbathing and lounging?
A11: Spacious Foredeck Areas
Q12 : Which of the two races ( which can be arranged for you to take part in ) is associated with a football competition?
A12 : King's Cup Sailing Race
Check it out at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Cup
Q14 : Of the three services offered by the speedboat excursion services , which one is NOT associated with a bunch of keys?
A14 : Fishing Trip
The other two are associated since key = island. So island hopping gives us an image of hopping about a bunch of keys and island drop conjures up a key drop which serves as collection point for keys as guests go out.
Q23 : In BBQ Corner , which dish is conventionally referred to as eight – armed ?
A23 : Squid or Marinated Squid
Crab is the incorrect answer as they are conventionally referred to as eight- legged.
Q27 : What are grown behind their office?
A27 : Organic herbs and vegetables
Q29 : Who are widely known as the Crystal People?
A29 : Jamie and Ryoko Scott
Q30 : Which staff member has a name linked to Boo Boo bear?
A30 : Yogi
Cryptic Questions:
C2: Sounds like you are beset by disasters.
Explanation : Sounds like You = U beset = surrounded disasters = crises so we have CR U ISES ( U surrounded by crises )
A2 : CRUISES
C5 : Take advantage of what it takes.
Explanation : Take advantage = Avail what it takes = ability “of “ is the link word
A5 : AVAILABILITY
C6 : It gets in a rut , quoting bi-lingual famous last words.
Explanation : (a) “It” refers to the answer . “It gets in a rut “ can mean that the answer goes into a rut or a rut goes into the answer.
(b) “quoting” is a homophone indicator (sounds like)
(c) “bilingual” means 2 languages.
So after we do (a), we will get something which sounds like famous last words using 2 languages.
What are the Famous last words that you are aware of?
In Shakespeare's “Julius Caesar” , Caesar is assassinated by Roman senators. He notices Brutus whom he has always regarded as a son. As Brutus delivers a knife stab, Caesar grasps him and says “Et Tu , Brute?” and then dies. Shakespeare adds another phrase in his version
In English , it comes out as “You too, Brutus?” refer to http://bestuff.com/stuff/you-too-brutus- Working back , lets combine them to give us “You Tu Brute” Here Tu sounds like Too and Brute is a Latin form of Brutus, thus satisfying both “quoting” and “bi-lingual”
You Tub RUT e : written this way, you can notice RUT which is inside the answer we seek .
A6 : You Tube
C7 : Spell in short-hand, sweeping out
Explanation : The figure at the end of the question represents a right angle . Refer to http://www.mathsisfun.com/rightangle.html
Why is it in that particular orientation? Let's look at “short-hand” first . Shorthand is a system of rapid handwriting that transcribes the spoken word. So you might think to decipher the figure into something meaningful – but alas, there is none.
So, what else can short-hand mean? How about looking at a clock face? What is the hand that refers to the hour called? It can be either “hour hand” or “ short hand”.
If this is so, then when it sweeps out a right angle we have the clue to look for a period that fits the description. A period of 3 hours sweeps out a right angle –referring to the short hand.
Also, looking at the figure we see that the the two lines match the 5th and 8th hours on the clockface. Now, referring to “spell” we understand that its nothing to do with spelling out the transcribed word in shorthand but rather, it refers to the duration or period when the shorthand sweeps out ninety degrees. There are 2 answers which fit this question :
A7 : (i)From 5pm to 8pm (ii)Duration : 3 hours
C10 : Gene's cultural counterpart rejects live reception by Romeos.
Explanation : Gene's cultural counterpart is the meme. Refer to http://thedailymeme.com/what-is-ameme/ and “rejects” is a reversal indicator , so MEME is reversed to EMEM live = be “reception” is a containment indicator .
Romeo refers to the letter R
refer to http://www.osric.com/chris/phonetic.html so we have EMEMBE contained within two Rs
A10 : REMEMBER
C13 : Insist on debt payment , foregoing relationship.
Explanation : Relationship = Ratio
“foregoing” is the deletion indicator which means that when you take RATIO out of the answer you will have something which means “insist on debt payment”
Looking at the word DURATION , we take out RATIO and what's left is DUN which means “ insist on debt payment”
A13 : DURATION
C15 : Finally , short of hilarious!
Explanation : short of = less “finally” less means that we need to put LESS at the end of the answer and the whole thing will mean “hilarious”
Another word for HILARIOUS is PRICELESS
A15 : PRICE
C16 : Red-letter revisions.
Explanation : Red letter = Special revisions = updates
A16 : SPECIAL UPDATES
C17 : His baker's dozen is the third in the series.
Explanation : Baker's dozen = 13
Third in the series of movies that had his name was Ocean's Thirteen , the first two were obviously Ocean's Eleven and Ocean's Twelve.
A17 : OCEAN
C18 : No cat in another.
Explanation : No = O another refers to a type of cat also. In this case it's a lion.
We ave O CAT in LION
A18 : LOCATION
C19 : Incessant talk from its centre to both sides!
Explanation : incessant talk is YAK In this case we have YAK spelt out from the centre of the answer either way . So it has to be …
A19 : KAYAK
C20 : One in scarlet introduced Hudson's tenant to the world. Explanation : Hudson refers to Mrs Hudson of Baker Street whose tenant was the Great English detective , Sherlock Holmes. The first book by Conan Doyle which introduced him to the world was A STUDY IN SCARLET.
A20 : STUDY
C21 : Administer housing for state.
Explanation : Administer = Execute Housing is a containment indicator and refers to “for” rather than “state” . Here, “state” is a homophone indicator (sounds like)
IV is FOUR which sounds like FOR. so EXECUTE houses IV and we get :
A21: EXECUTIVE
C22 : A double bar on it marks the end of a piece.
Explanation : a double bar is used in musical notation and is written on a staff . It indicates the end of a musical piece.
A22 : STAFF
C24 : All said and done , it's part of making a comeback!
Explanation : “part of” is a hidden indicator and “comeback” is a reversal indicator.
Hence the answer is written back in the phrase “ALL SAID AND DONE”
A24: NADIA
C25 : Welcome a good friend loudly in this place!
Explanation : “welcome” is a containment indicator and “loudly” is a homophone indicator, So “ a good friend “ is inside this place . This place = HERE
good friend = BRICK BRIC sounds like BRICK HER BRIC E
A25 : HERB RICE
C26 : Ideally , VP doesn't change when son takes over joint.
Explanation : joint = CO as in joint author = co-author.
SON = BOY so BOY replaces CO in answer .
COLESLAW becomes BOYLESLAW.
Boyle's law for ideal gases says that the product of pressure (P) and volume (V) remains constant. Product of the two is written as PV which is the same as VP.
C26 : COLESLAW
C28 : Informal setting?
Explanation : informal = friendly setting = environment
C28 : ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY
All questions were cracked.
C6 was cracked by 2 hunters
C7 was cracked by 2 hunters
C25 was cracked by 4 hunters
C26 was cracked by 4 hunters
C13 was cracked by 5 hunters
C21 was cracked by 5 hunters
JAYMEN.
