martz
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Following on from a previous post of mine, I thought I'd open this up to everyone.

I've got a few spare points hanging about, so I'll award 10 rank points to the first person to pm me all 24 answers.

Format is: [Anagram] [No. of letters to words] [Clue]

1. [NASAL "BACCA"] [10] [White house]
2. [PIPS MY APRON] [4,7] [Umbrella lady]
3. [HER BUN] [3,3] [Roman romance]
4. [GRILL THORNY ELEMENTS] [3,5,6,5] [Same star as Q11]
5. [HOT TAP] [3,3] [Worn for a night at the opera?]
6. [GIRL AT A "DO"] [9] [Roman tragedy]
7. [AN EIGHTEENTH SPLIT] [3,7,7] [Not Scots, Irish or Welsh]
8. [THIN HINGES] [3,7] [Did it get glowing rewiews?]
9. [ACT IN IT] [7] [Sailed away with awards!]
10. [A RESPIRATING "NAVVY"] [6,7,4] [June 6th 1944]
11. [SOFTWARE NULLIFIED] [3,1,9,4] [The two lives of George Bailey]
12. [GIGGLY ERRORS] [8,4] [She only made the one film]
13. [A RED HOG THEFT] [3,9] ["Speak softly, love"]
14. [SHY COP] [6] [Stuart Pearce's nickname]
15. [REMIX THAT] [3,6] [A set of quantities in a regular array]
16. [THROWN BY THE SNORT] [5,2,5,4] [Mt. Rushmore]
17. [ROUNDLY COMFORT NONE] [2,7,3,3,3] [Never-never Land]
18. [PERFORMS TUG] [7,4] [John Travolta turned down the role]
19. [UNTIL ABOUT THREE, MUM] [3,6,9] [Matt Damon movie]
20. [A FLORID DRUMMER] [4,1,3,6] [Hitchcock file shot in 3D]
21. [THINNER INSIGNIA] [6,2,3,4] [Umbrella man!]
22. [HE TOOK ELITISM] [4,4,2,3] ["Nobody's perfect" is the last line]
23. [ADOLF SHRIEKS A RETORT] [7,2,3,4,3] [Tom Selleck first choice for the lead]
24. [BECOMETH A FITNESS HELL] [3,7,2,3,5] [A tasty film?]

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Stephen4Louise
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This luchbreak is working out much longer than expected
Now if only I could work out these last two I could get back to work.

Steve.

martz
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We have a winner!

Congratulations to Stephen4Louise.

Unfortunately, due to my woefully inadequate knowledge of rank points, I can only give you 7. Perhaps a mod would be kind enough to bump it up to 10?

I'll leave off posting the answers for a while in case anyone else wants to have a go at this.

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Stephen4Louise
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Thanks martz. It was a fun quiz.

noma
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Yes, thanks. I also enjoyed working it out, but unfortunately had to interupt my solving of it this morning to go to work. Finished it up now but... "too late, too late!"

martz
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It's not the winning, but the taking part. Having said that, I'll give you a point anyway

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noma
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martz wrote:
It's not the winning, but the taking part. Having said that, I'll give you a point anyway

Not necessary, but thanks. I like anagrams and appreciate you creating a puzzle. Here's a point back at you.

p.s. P.M'd my list anyhow.

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[Last edited by noma at 04-28-2008 08:21 PM]

noma
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Because I enjoyed doing martz's anagrams, and I like creating 'em, here's a new list of movie title anagrams for your solving pleasure.

I'm afraid I'm not as flush as martz and can only offer 3 points to the first person who PM's me all the correct answers. If you don't do PM, post your answer here, but hide it in secret tags.

Have fun. Anagrammed letters in ALL CAPS, (number of letters in each word), [clue]

1. USABLE FIGS (1, 4, 4) [Loosely based on an Aesop fable.]

2. ROTTEN WHARF NOTE (2, 3, 10) [First film for this actress from Q4 on martz’s list.]

3. A NOISY ORACLE (6, 6) [Most recent offering in a very long running series of films]

4. DO WHAT EGG (3, 3, 3) [Ultimate in spin doctoring]

5. SCOLD A FAT STOLEN KNIGHT (3, 4, 4, 2, 8) [This film has a Forest in it.]

6. A MERGER NOD (5, 3, 2) [His first full length documentary.]

7. NO NET MATE (9) [7 2008 Oscar nominations; won one.]

8. TAVERN LODGERS (2, 11) [Star of this 60's black comedy starred in the original version of Q3]

9. SHE REVEALS IN A POKE (11, 2, 4) [Probably not how it happened back in the 16th century, but still a great romantic comedy]

10. CLAUSES UPSET TUSH (3, 5, 8) ["The greatest trick the devil ever pulled..."]

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[Last edited by noma at 05-23-2008 02:07 PM : provided easier clues]

martz
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noma wrote:
Not necessary, but thanks. I like anagrams and appreciate you creating a puzzle. Here's a point back at you.

p.s. P.M'd my list anyhow.

I'd just like to clarify, I didn't actually create the anagram quiz - it's one my wife had which I decided to share with the forum.

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martz
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I present the answers (for anyone who is interested)

1. [NASAL "BACCA"] [10] [White house] - Casablanca
2. [PIPS MY APRON] [4,7] [Umbrella lady] - Mary Poppins
3. [HER BUN] [3,3] [Roman romance] - Ben Hur
4. [GRILL THORNY ELEMENTS] [3,5,6,5] [Same star as Q11] - The Glenn Miller Story
5. [HOT TAP] [3,3] [Worn for a night at the opera?] - Top Hat
6. [GIRL AT A "DO"] [9] [Roman tragedy] - Gladiator
7. [AN EIGHTEENTH SPLIT] [3,7,7] [Not Scots, Irish or Welsh] - The English Patient
8. [THIN HINGES] [3,7] [Did it get glowing rewiews?] - The Shining
9. [ACT IN IT] [7] [Sailed away with awards!] - Titanic
10. [A RESPIRATING "NAVVY"] [6,7,4] [June 6th 1944] - Saving Private Ryan
11. [SOFTWARE NULLIFIED] [3,1,9,4] [The two lives of George Bailey] - Its a Wonderful Life
12. [GIGGLY ERRORS] [8,4] [She only made the one film] - Gregorys Girl
13. [A RED HOG THEFT] [3,9] ["Speak softly, love"] - The Godfather
14. [SHY COP] [6] [Stuart Pearce's nickname] - Psycho
15. [REMIX THAT] [3,6] [A set of quantities in a regular array] - The Matrix
16. [THROWN BY THE SNORT] [5,2,5,4] [Mt. Rushmore] - North By North West
17. [ROUNDLY COMFORT NONE] [2,7,3,3,3] [Never-never Land] - No Country For Old Men
18. [PERFORMS TUG] [7,4] [John Travolta turned down the role] - Forrest Gump
19. [UNTIL ABOUT THREE, MUM] [3,6,9] [Matt Damon movie] - The Bourne Ultimatum
20. [A FLORID DRUMMER] [4,1,3,6] [Hitchcock file shot in 3D] - Dial M For Murder
21. [THINNER INSIGNIA] [6,2,3,4] [Umbrella man!] - Singin In The Rain
22. [HE TOOK ELITISM] [4,4,2,3] ["Nobody's perfect" is the last line] - Some Like It Hot
23. [ADOLF SHRIEKS A RETORT] [7,2,3,4,3] [Tom Selleck first choice for the lead] - Raiders Of The Lost Ark
24. [BECOMETH A FITNESS HELL] [3,7,2,3,5] [A tasty film?] - The Silence of the Lambs

Congratulations to Stephen4Louise and noma who solved them all.

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noma
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And I have tweaked the clues in my puzzle, which might make it a bit easier.