Cryptic Movie Quiz 2024 Answers

 

Quizwoz 2024 - The Solution

Hi all. Thanks very much for playing this year. We have a few winners.

First up is... LEN SIMMONS from Cheshunt, who impressively got back all the correct answers to me within about four hours of this year’s quiz going up, so congratulations to him.

Also, taking a fair bit longer but getting there in the end, the collaborative pairing of ROSS JACKSON and CHRIS BURKE from Manchester, also coming up with top marks.

Here then, is how you work out the answers to get the movie titles...


THE ANSWERS

1. A place where the deities of armed conflict can go to build sandcastles.
Somewhere you can build a sandcastle is a beach. And armed conflict could be a war. Deities are Gods so... Beach Of The War Gods.

2. Two donkeys in this killer.
Another name for a donkey is an ass. Two donkeys in would be Ass Ass In so... The Assassin.

3. Taking a long and distinct period of history along for a surgical operation.
A distinct period of history could be an era. A surgical operation is often referred to as an Op. So we have Dario Argento’s awesome movie... Opera.

4. Arachnid dedicated to God.
Something dedicated to God could be said to be Holy. A spider is an arachnid. So we get the brilliant movie... Holy Spider.

5. New Musical Express but extracted from its initials.
So the New Musical Express magazine was always known by it’s initials...NME. Extract a word from those initials and you get... Enemy.

6. Assassins perilous to dark nylons everywhere.
Dark nylons are black tights. An assassin is a killer. If you are assassins going around with the intention of killing them, you must be... Black Tight Killers.

7. Kubrick’s black slabs metamorphose into frightening, imaginary creatures.
Each black slab found in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 A Space Odyssey is generally known as a monolith. Frightening, imaginary creatures are monsters. So classic Universal sci-fi/horror... The Monolith Monsters.

8. Jazz legend Fitzgerald goes to see a men’s hair stylist.
A men’s hair stylist is a barber. The jazz legend is Ella Fitzgerald so, put them together and you get... Barberella.

9. Red Cheeked, male offspring of Richard sends health care worker to the dark period following day.
Red cheeked could be Rosy. Another name for Richard is Dick. His son might be Dickson. A health care worker could be a nurse. A dark period following day is night. And so you get... Rosie Dixon Night Nurse.

10. Amorous untruths losing blood from the circulatory system.
Untruths would be lies. Amorous untruths would be love lies. if you are losing blood from your circulatory system then you are probably bleeding so... Love Lies Bleeding.

11. Whirled around like a spinning top to the left of the compass.
Left of the compass is West. Whirled around is literally whirled... so West whirled... or rather... Westworld.

12. Three kisses in King’s New England state of the US.
Stephen King usually sets his novels somewhere in the New England state of Maine. A sign for a card or letter to indicate a kiss would be an X. So three kisses would be XXX. So drop these into the word Maine and you get... MaXXXine.

13. Daniel on the bridge on the river.
That would be the Bridge On The River Kwai. Daniel can be shortened to Dan so... Kwaidan. 

14. An Englishman’s home is the fluid of his circulatory system.
The fluid in your circulatory system is blood. An Englishman’s home is his castle, or so the saying goes. So... Castle Of Blood.

Again, thanks all for playing and I’ll try and keep the tradition alive for December 2025.

Quizwoz 2024

 

 

The Annual Cryptic
Movie Quiz 2024

Quizwoz ‘24

It’s that time again!

Welcome to  this year’s Cryptic Movie Quiz for the festive period.

How you play...

Check out the grid above and you’ll see spaces for 14 movie titles running horizontally and, below this intro, are the cryptic clues to assist you in working out what these 'non-Christmas' movie titles are. To help out, I’ve filled in a line of letters vertically downwards spelling out HAPPY CHRISTMAS... so you have a letter in its correct position for each of the titles. Please don’t forget to click on the grid to see a larger version of it and maybe print it off to help yourself.

Email your answers to me at nuts4r2@hotmail.com by the end of January 9th 2025 to get your entries in. A few days after that, I’ll stick up the name of the winner (or winners, if it’s a tie or a group effort), along with all the answers, here on my blog. No prizes, it’s just for fun but, if you like solving puzzles and have some down time during the Christmas break, maybe give it a go.

By way of an example, here’s a question from last year’s quiz, followed by the answer...

Example question:
An Ancient Roman cannibal ate his mother in law. He was...

Example answer:
Glad he ate her, so... Gladiator.

Or just check out the January solution pages from the last few years to get a feel for how to put these things together (you often have to make adjustments for the puntastic nature of the solutions). If you keep checking back in the comments section below, I will probably put the odd extra clue down there every now and again to help you out throughout the Christmas period.

Full marks are rarely scored by pretty much anyone so... if you’re feeling a bit stuck, there’s still everything to play for. Some people have won it with less than half the grid correct. So send me what you’ve got anyway.

I hope you enjoy playing. Make sure you have lots of fun this Christmas period, drink responsibly and play irresponsibly. Here are the questions..

1. A place where the deities of armed conflict can go to build sandcastles. 

2. Two donkeys in this killer. 

3. Taking a long and distinct period of history along for a surgical operation. 

4. Arachnid dedicated to God. 

5. New Musical Express but extracted from its initials. 

6. Assassins perilous to dark nylons everywhere. 

7. Kubrick’s black slabs metamorphose into frightening, imaginary creatures. 

8. Jazz legend Fitzgerald goes to see a men’s hair stylist. 

9. Red Cheeked, male offspring of Richard sends health care worker to the dark period following day. 

10. Amorous untruths losing blood from the circulatory system. 

11. Quickly spun around like a spinning top, to the left of the compass.

12. Three kisses in King’s New England state of the US. 

13. Daniel on the bridge on the river.

14. An Englishman’s home is the fluid of his circulatory system.