Q.1
If WALT DISNEY is coded as 9876 543210, which of the following is the code for WEDNESDAY?
  • 915235810
  • 915213580
  • 982306147
  • 912451674
Q.2
If CAULIFLOWER is coded as 04732135689, what does 043592120 spell?
  • Warfarin
  • Calorific
  • Cauldwell
  • Wonderful
Q.3
If (perhaps before a royal ceremonial event) STATE TRUMPETERS are coded as 84145 4267354528, would it be possible to encode SPECIAL CASE ?
  • No, because there are no unallocated digits left to represent new letters required
  • No, because there are too many new letters left to code using only 10 digits in all
  • Yes, for instance as 8359017 9185
  • Yes, for instance as 8359012 9185
Q.4
If CIRROCUMULUS CLOUD is coded as 692286171314 63815, can we code the phrase DULL OLD MUSIC ?
  • No, we haven't got numbers for all the necessary letters
  • No, there wouldn't be enough numbers even if we allocated any spares
  • Yes, as 5133 835 71496
  • Yes, as 3122 385 71614
Q.5
The GRAND UNION CANAL can be coded as 90217 81631Which of these codes would represent the disappeared peer LORD LUCAN?
  • 4307 48521
  • 4207 42581
  • 4317 43521
  • 4387 42931
Q.6
If 74338126657 85209 is the code for WHEELBARROW LOADS, what destination is encoded as 1566570283?
  • Arrowtown
  • Borrowdale
  • Brownslade
  • Whitstable
Q.7
As you may know, Poland is now in the European Union. We can't quite manage THE EUROPEAN UNION in only 10 differing letters/numbers in English, but it works in French (where you can ignore accents on capital letters) as L'UNION EUROPEENNE ... which we may code as 852762Poland, in French, is POLOGNE. Would we be able to accommodate Polish 'membership' in the union, in its French form?
  • No
  • No: because it would need too many more letters coding into numbers, than we have spare numbers left
  • Yes, for instance as 1686924
  • Yes, for instance as 1686206
Q.8
MATHEMATICALLY may (appropriately) be coded asMy Swiss-French friend lives in a CHALET (193478), and his name is the only one with the phone number correctly coded below. Which is his name?
  • Camille (132449)
  • Clement (1475738)
  • Charlot (1937406)
  • Lamitte (4352887)
Q.9
It's amazing what you can buy at THE SUPERMARKET ( = 835 96152472058) these days, yet there are limits ... Which of these 'shopping lists' is the only one that you could most likely fulfill in a typical supermarket?
  • 91725 357852 17289 ; 1274 982719 ; 47839 935589
  • 2641 98570 ; 9174 ; 17987 ; 15729
  • 982574529 ; 472052 987419 ; 1611589
  • 93720 4578 ; 172705589 ; 4552078 055152'9 711727869
Q.10
THE GROSVENOR HOTEL ( = 215 783095638 13254 ) is hosting a major musical event and all its rooms are full. Each guest has an appropriately digitally-coded pass-key ... apart from in ONE group, where one or more key/s are somehow confused or garbled. In which group, or pair, is the wrong key?
  • Trevor Stevens 285938 0259560 Rose Tolengro 8305 23456783
  • Sven Sorensen 0956 03856056 Genette Lester 7565225 450258
  • Noel Rogers 6354 837580 Elenor Stroessner 545638 0283500658
  • Othello Glenross 1545602 36578595 Helen Stonegreve 32154 4374568300 (also known as 'The Love-Songsters' ~ 215 4395 036702580 )
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