Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Round two - the answers

Time for the head scratching to end - here are the answers for round two.

Lots of people told me they found this round trickier than the last. I think, perhaps the photographers were a touch more oblique than the last round and there were a couple of diptychs which were clearly harder to solve than others.

Number 1

Beachcomb (I allowed beachcombing and beachcomber too).

A fairly straightforward one, which almost everybody got right - wavy hair, though not a compound word, was an entertaining alternative solution.








Number 2

Pondweed

I disallowed waterweed (which may have been a bit harsh) and wintergreen and rivercrossing were other incorrect guesses.









Number 3

Bluebird

Bit more variation in the answers for this one - alternative guesses included smokestack, firefly (good one!), meltdown, blueprint and waxwing.








Number 4


Toothpick

I loved this one - inspired industrial chic pictures! And most of the answers were correct.








Number 5

Peppermint

Almost everyone got this, apart from a couple of folks who guessed pepperpot, which is logical.





Number 6


Butterscotch

This one caused quite a few problems. Lots of people plumped for letterbox and there was also a letterhead and cheeseboard.








Number 7


Drawbridge

Wrong guesses included handrail (very good), inside out and tugboat.





Number 8


Honeymoon

Everyone got this one!

Number 9


Watermark

Almost all correct, with other inspired answers including spotcheck and metalwork.









Number 10


Headlight

Oh this one caused SO many problems. Yup - it was a toughie. Wrong guesses - bright spark, pinup, pinwheel, headbanger (like that one), needlework, pinpoint and felt work.




So yes, perhaps a little tougher, but still one very clever person managed to get them all correct - Meg (who doesn't yet have a blog). Many congratulations! She clearly has an aptitude for these, because she was a winner in the last round too. Look out for a teeny treat in your post sometime soon, Meg.

And thank you again to all the photographers and to everyone who played along - hope you enjoyed yourselves.