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Can any one help please?
3 Disney film
26 O'No tap it in
30 campanologists nightmare
33 this story is lovely on toast
35 score these haphazardly
48 is the weather always wet over here?

I am a beginner at this cryptic quiz lark and I am new to answerbank...can any one give me some help please?
many thanks

mathsteacher Thurs 03/07/08 09:26

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kettledrum
Thurs 03/07/08
10:08

Hi Mathsteacher!

I've seen your plea for help on this quiz earlier and it's not that I don't want to help .... I can't !

I wonder if you'd give us a couple of examples that you have solved. It helps to see how the setter's mind works. And perhaps any other relevant info ... countries are countries - that's OK - I understand what I'm looking for there, but I'm not sure what you mean by 'cities etc' . Are they all big cities that we will have heard of, or are they a bit more obscure?

48 reminds me of 'The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain' from My Fair Lady

mathsteacher
Thurs 03/07/08
10:28

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thank you.
header says:
"Around the world" quiz.
All answers are Countries, cities etc.

no number of letters given towards answers either!
clue types seem to be a mix of anagram cryptic and association............50 altogether and the last few are driving me nuts!!!

examples of some I've done...er .....I hope : -) !
18 4711 Cologne
20 starving Hungary
22 katie price Jordan
27 Is your sister daft? Sicilly
32 Does this glaswegian singer deserve an award? Honolulu
43 Confused mail Lima

Hope this helps

mathsteacher
Thurs 03/07/08
10:32

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thank you raggy roman

Ive got Belarus same way......... bell for campanologist but i cant match the nightmare and arus

its driving me nuts...all the clues are going round in my head!!!!!!!!

piggling
Thurs 03/07/08
10:43

There was a 1950s Disney film called "Westward Ho, the Wagons" ?

naomi24
Thurs 03/07/08
10:45

There's a Disney film called 'The Return of Jafar', and Jafar is in Libya. Could it be that?

kettledrum
Thurs 03/07/08
10:48

Thanks for that Mathsteacher.

re Belarus .... beller ( ie bell-ringer) + u/s (unserviceable) ?

naomi24
Thurs 03/07/08
10:51

26. There's a place in Russia called 'Potanino' which is an anagram of O No tap in.

mathsteacher
Thurs 03/07/08
10:51

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thankyou piggling

now got at least a dozen disney films with place names in them but I dont know where to start sorting them out
eg
America's heart and soul
beverly hills chi......
pirates of the caribbean
bridge to terabethia
glory road
atlantis, lost empire
return to oz
herbie goes to monte carlo
hunchback of notre dame
treasure island
lost in san fransisco
westward ho the wagons

Any suggestions how to eliminate them please?

mathsteacher
Thurs 03/07/08
10:58

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many thanks to you all..........

and someone who is u/s is a nightmare.....sounds good !

I've missed the Jarfar film..so another one to add to my list then!!!!!!!

what happens to the " it" if the place in Russia is correct please?

naomi24
Thurs 03/07/08
11:10

Well, I don't know, do I? What do you want? Jam on it?! (And no, I'm sure that's not the answer to No. 33). :o)

(This quiz is bugging me almost as much as it's bugging you! Isn't it frustrating!).

CheekyChick
Thurs 03/07/08
11:11

Another thought on the Disney film, could it be Mulan/Milan??

naomi24
Thurs 03/07/08
11:17

33. Orlando, the Marmalade Cat?

mathsteacher
Thurs 03/07/08
11:17

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just trying to get some idea as to how to do these flipping things naomi that's all.....just a novice you see. :-)

yes its very frustrating.....i went to bed last night and couldnot sleep cos of all the clues going round in my head. even took a pencil and some paper with me incase I thought of any during the night! Sad person!!!!
now you see why Im trying to get it sorted...need to sleep tonight!

mathsteacher
Thurs 03/07/08
11:20

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i shall add milan to the list thank you...missed that too!

mathsteacher
Thurs 03/07/08
11:21

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never heard of orlando the marmalade cat naomi
was it a book a tv prog or what please?

naomi24
Thurs 03/07/08
11:24

I'm only joking. I rarely get ratty.

Here's Orlando.

http://www.rosesbooks.com/informationsource/ca ts/kathleenhale.php

mathsteacher
Thurs 03/07/08
11:36

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didnt think for one minute u were ratty!

orlando looks a real sweetie!
sounds good too for 33.
none of my attempts seems to fit properly.
so far ive got
paddington which is a story, place and marmalade,
winnie thepoo is a story had honey but cant match to a place
egg as in island of eigg so place but no story
coney island is a story a place and is a rabbit so links to rarebit also to rabat
cant decide what to go for and why

naomi24
Thurs 03/07/08
12:00

Sorry, when we write things it often comes over the wrong way, and I thought you'd taken my flippant little attempt at humour seriously.

Yes, I went through egg, cheddar, and all that, but I think Orlando fits best. It's a shame you don't know the number of letters you're looking for. It makes it so much more difficult.

No. 26. I wonder if it's an anagram of a place that begins with O apostrophe?

mathsteacher
Thurs 03/07/08
12:06

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I thought of that too but cant find anything that fits the bill.
I will keep trying.......and no doubt so will you :-)
thank you for your help. got to go work now, will be back tonight

Tewart
Thurs 03/07/08
14:08

How about California for no 48 - remember the song?

Seems it never rains in Southern California
Seems I’ve often heard that kind of talk before
It never rains in California but girl don’t they warn ya
It pours man it pours

Also re no 8 - found this question on another website, but unfortunately it hadn't been answered there either! However, all of that particular quiz were placenames in Britain and the answer has 7 letters. What do you think of Belleek in N. Ireland???!

Hope this all helps!

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