Mrs B Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 (edited) Anyone any good at cryptic clues? And models of cars? We were doing a quiz at a group I belong to last night, and all the answers turned out to be British car models (not makes), like Capri, Herald, Granada, Oxford – and some I’d not even heard of – Charade, Comfort, Westminster. At the end of the night, there were four clues we couldn’t do – and as we won’t get the answer for a week or two, I’d love to know if anyone else can help me crack them so I can sleep at night! Here come the clues ………… A Classic could be the scene of his triumph. Foot? Headline. “Goalkeeper turns ball and saves in tight match”. Academic royalty here is plural. Edited November 10, 2010 by Mrs B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs B Posted November 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 (((Sigh))) And if a Mod person could sort my sub-title out so it says "Knowledge of car models an asset" instead of the rubbish I've managed to write, tht would save me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 (edited) They are tough. The Classic Triumph's I would have thought of would be the Stag, vittesse, Herald but no idea how that fits with scene Royalty (Austin) Princess maybe? but again not sure how that fits with the rest of the clue (unless plural refers to the very similar looking Austin Ambassador) Edited November 10, 2010 by Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 Academic royalty here is plural = (Ford) Prefects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel155 Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 Foot - Austin Healey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs B Posted November 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 Foot - Austin Healey? We came up with that answer too ........ but it's wrong! On the night you are told whether answers are right or wrong ...... after that you have to wait! Some interesting thoughts here - I will have to let you know when I have the correct answers. Maybe I should give you a fighting chance and post some of the clues we know we had the right answers for! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacobean Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 (edited) Goalkeeper - Focus ? Compact? Scene of triumph - Fiesta? turns ball - rolls (as in rolls royce?) Edited November 10, 2010 by Jacobean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mags Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 I've googled all the Triumph cars and can't come up with anything that might be to do with scene. So I'm wondering if the answer is anything to do with Triumph?? Oh please give us some clues that we might be able to answer Is there a prize if someone solves the above 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mags Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 I put the first clue into google just for the craic and the third result was The Refuge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 Pretty sure that the first one might be a "Model-A Ford" The model A being the scene of Henry Ford's Triumph (First real mass production car - Triumph is a red herring maybe). No idea on 2nd & 4th one, but the 3rd one is surely a reference to Bentley - With Bentley FC being the only car related football club which the wonders of Goggle could provide a link to when the clue was entered.....! Good luck!¬ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs B Posted November 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 (edited) Looks as if I have set the impossible task here! One thing about all the other answers was that they were always Models of cars, never makes - so we had a "Herald", but wouldn't expect a Triumph. So it would have to be a Silver Shadow for example, not a Rolls Royce. Anyway, here's some Clues and Answers (that we know were correct). Clue: Not the shortest route from A to B Answer: Scenic Clue: He took part in medieval battles Answer: Lancer Clue: This HMS was the pride of Queen Victoria's fleet Answer: Warrior Clue especially for Snow: The RAF gets here with difficulty Answer: Astra And what sort of prize would Mags be after I wonder ........... ? Edited November 11, 2010 by Mrs B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lester Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 Legend UnivERs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zico's mum Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 List of British cars from Wiki - but I'm none the wiser as to the answers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_cars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lester Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 Hero ( had to check ...vidently a kit car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mags Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 Don't worry Mrs B. You won't be forking out for postage to Ireland lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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