Places Quiz

[Elle]

I need a bit of help with our village quiz. I have got ideas for some, but I'm not convinced! All answers are places in the UK and Ireland. 1) Current, round poor actor 2) Another home for a caber thrower[not that one] 3)Sound of girls voice 4) Did this regardless 5) You would not find this in the desert 6) Music - four beats to the bar 7) Indicate a high hill 8) To teach someone colloquially 9) With change could be found in South Africa. BTW, sft, I got your answer from the deleted post on Monday; thanks. Thank you. sddsddean Wed 27/8/2003

[answerbok]

poor actor = ham; current could be bore as in Severn bore, so maybe Boreham

[FredPuli]

2) Polstead ? 3) Yell? Alton ( alto-n)? Contraflow-lto? 7) Torpoint 9) Durham ( Durban changed)

[FredPuli]

5) not found in desert : Wells ( yes I know that sounds plural!); any name with -water except Westley Waterless ( Cambs) e.g Blackwater , Waterloo ( !) , Waterbeach ( Cambridgeshire again)

[FredPuli]

Did this regardless; there's a place called Risca in Wales.How desperate or grammatically precise are you expected to be in this quiz?

[Quizmonster]

I'd guess 8 is Larne, in Ireland, based on the sound at least. 'Larn' is a variant of 'learn' which was often used as a colloquial form of 'teach'. One heard it in situations such as: "That'll larn 'im (not to do that again)!"

[Quizmonster]

No 3. Given that girls' voices are 'high' and 'clear', how about Highclere in Hampshire? The sound is OK at least, even if the spelling isn't.

No 9a. There's one Simonstone in Lancashire and another in Yorkshire with a Simonstown in South Africa.

No 9b. There's an East London in South Africa, so the 'change' might just involve adding 'East' to our 'London'.

[sft42]

Hey QM If it's Larne in Co. Antrim I'll eat not only my het but the whole suit as well....having lived there for the past six years nothing good has ever come from the place not even a semi-cryptic clue....5) is Water in Devon and 6) Tempo in Northern Ireland though I'll give way on number 7 my answer doesn't fit as well.

[priveet]

Number 9. With in South Africa (SA) = Switha.
Switha is an island in the approaches to Scapa Flow in the Orkney Isles.

[Quizmonster]

My - infinitely more musically-knowledgeable - partner assures me that marches are played at four beats to the bar. Hence, No 6 might well be March. Mind you, that's in Cambridgeshire and Fred's the local expert there.

[sddsddean]

Thanks very much to all of you. I agree with several of the answers. What do you think of this. 3)Helensborough[which almost pronounced Helens burr]. BTW, special thanks to Elle for posting this for me. Ta very much.

[Elle]

No problemo.