Two quizzes to keep you amused this summer, both able to be completed at the same time.
QUIZ 1
Find the Mystery Number
Here is a diagram of the village identifying 22 roads, streets, lanes etc together with 22 photographs of house numbers, 1 picture from each road.
Find which number goes with which road.
Substituting the pictured numbers for each road name use addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to discover the mystery number as follows:-
• Starting with Front Street, subtract Back Street.
• Multiply your answer by Rocky Lane.
• And then add Walnut Orchard.
• Divide this answer by Hampton.
• Before multiplying by Frys Close.
• Now add Malthouse Meadow.
• And divide by Portesham Hill.
• Divide this answer by Bramdon Lane.
• And Multiply by Goose Hill.
• Before subtracting Winters Lane.
• Now, if you are correct and you multiply your answer by itself you will reveal :-
The Mystery Number!
Please text your name & number to me, Keith 07818032416. All correct entries will be put in a hat at the Millennium Fayre and the first 3 entries drawn will each win a set of our coveted limited edition Millennium Mug and Pen!
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Road Name. House Number. File Letter
BACK STREET ............... ..............
BRAMDON CLOSE ............... ..............
BRAMDON LANE ............... ..............
CEMETERY ROAD ............... ...............
CHURCH LANE ............... ...............
DOVECOTE COTTAGES ............... ...............
FRONT STREET ............... ...............
FRYS CLOSE ............... ...............
GOOSE HILL ............... ...............
HAMPTON ............... ...............
HELSTON CLOSE ............... ...............
MALTHOUSE MEADOW ............... ...............
MANOR CLOSE ............... ...............
MANOR FARM CLOSE ............... ...............
NEW ROAD ............... ...............
NORTH MEAD FARM ............... ...............
PORTESHAM HILL ............... ...............
ROCKY LANE ............... ...............
WALNUT ORCHARD ............... ...............
WESTFIELD ............... ...............
WINTERS CLOSE ............... ...............
WINTERS LANE ............... ...............
QUIZ 2
HOUSE HUNTING
All but one of these house names can be found in Portesham.
Find the odd one out and give the house number and the road name of the others:
1. Barley House
2. Blackdown Cottage
3. Blagdon House
4. Bluebell Cottage
5. Bramdon Lodge
6. Bridge House
7. Bowood
8. Callaway
9. Chapter House
10. Church Cottage
11. Florence Cottage
12. Goodridge Cottage
13. Greenwood House
14. Half Moon House
15. Hampton Cottage
16. Hill House
17. Hill View
18. Hillview
19. Holly Cottage
20. Holly End
21. Holly Lodge
22. Idyllic
23. Lavender Cottage
24. The Lavenders
25. Lawtie Springhead
26. Linden House
27. The Little House
28. Littleton
29. Malthouse Cottage
30. Mandai
31. Manor Cottage
32. Manor Farm Cottage
33. Manor Farm House
34. Millmead House
35. Mulberry Cottage
36. Myrtle Cottage
37. The Old Bakery
38. The Old Post Office
39. Old Shep's
40. The Old Sweet Shop
41. Olive Tree Cottage
42. Orchard House
43. Pear Tree House
44. Portesham House
45. Rockfall Cottage
46. Rose Cottage
47. Round the Bend
48. Sarsen House
49. Seefeld
50. Shadrach House
51. Tidmoor Cottage
52. Topsy Turvey Cottage
53. Trafalgar Cottage
54. Waterside Cottage
55. The Well House
56. Willow Tree Cottage
57. Willow View
58. Winnie's Cottage
59. Woodpecker Cottage
IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING, PLEASE TAKE GREAT CARE AND RESPECT PEOPLE'S PRIVACY WHILST ON THE HUNT - all names and numbers are visible from the road without entering the property.
Same request as in Quiz 1 - Please text your name & number to me, Keith 07818032416. All correct entries will be put in a hat at the Millennium Fayre and the first 3 entries drawn will each win a set of our coveted limited edition Millennium Mug & Pen!
With grateful thanks to villager David Blackwell for creating them