h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Let’s have an anagram quiz.

The answers are all related, so after someone spots one, it’ll be a race to get the others. The first correct answer scores a bonus.

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1. Asleep males pee
2. Barely ignore
3. Bob laid a load
4. Loose up, Ivy
5. My vocable tune
6. Net's cheese humor
7. Tie belt
8. Wacko wine tutor
9. With sexy uniform
10. Witty soul healer

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Icy

Toneless Gabs – Beatles Songs
1. Asleep males pee - Please Please Me
4. Loose Up, Ivy – PS I Love You
7. Tie belt - Let It Be

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9. With sexy uniform - When I'm Sixty Four

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8. Wacko wine tutor – We Can Work It Out

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5. My vocable tune – Can't Buy Me Love

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2. Eleanor Rigby
3. Obladi Oblada

10. Witty soul healer – Till There Was You

That was a tricky one! I'm assuming any 'v' = 'love' and 'y' = 'you'

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6. Net's cheese humor - Here Comes the Sun

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Well, at least I kept you from sweeping this one.

This must be a record for my anagram quizzes.

(note to self - make them harder)

Congratulations! Points are as follows:

Bluebottle
Baron Grim

Witty soul healer was my nod to the great John Lennon.

Shame I didn't manage to use my clues. I had some lyrics to drop into the conversation:

1. I don’t want to sound complaining…
2. No one comes near
3. Life goes on
4. I’ll be coming home
5. No No No - No.
6. Icy's slowly melting
7. There will be an answer
8. Life is very short
9. Who could ask for more?
10. No, I never heard it at all

Well, the Beatles is almost my specialist subject, so unless you're doing another quiz on the Isle of Wight () I probably won't do as well next time…

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You'd need to engage the infinite improbability drive befoee I set a quiz on the IoW.

Crikey, you log out for a minute and look what happens - BB wipes the board.

Well done!

Also BG, of course

Good job, folks!

Though I agree - Bluebottle knows more about the Beatles than their next of kin, so beware...

It's all over before I can get to my computer. It's a long and dusty road.....

Congratulations, everybody.

Sorry you missed out, paul (and others)

Here are 5 more, but from your side of the pond:

1. Wry bandy robot
2. Continue lewd bit
3. Avoiding robots
4. Phoned Mr Hale
5. Lettuce Police due

I thought it might be the Beach Boys, and I'm afraid I cheated and looked one up. I was right, but I'm not saying which.

Now I shall try another one in the honest way, just to redeem myself.

Avoiding robots = good vibrations There - I did that on my ownio!

Not enough b's in any of the entries for "Barbara Anne."

To get "california girls," an entry would need a c and a g. None match that profile.

"Avoiding robots" has the i, g, and r for "I get around," but we already know it's "good vibrations."

"In my room" requires i, m, and r. No takers.