'ancient boundaries of Yorkshire quiz' questions

October 31, 2016 7:09 AM

I need help with finding the answers for an ‘ancient boundaries of Yorkshire quiz’ for a charity quiz im completing. The theme & details for the quiz is: ‘cancer research - ancient boundaries of Yorkshire quiz', and the closing date is Monday 7th November. All answers can be found in or partly in the ancient boundaries of Yorkshire. I’ve posted the questions below which im struggling with and I've tried really hard working them out but i can't find the correct answers for the questions.

I’ve researched various sites & databases relating to Yorkshire on google but unfortunately ive had no luck with the answers, if anyone can please help me i would be really thankful for the help, thanks and kind regards

All answers are cryptic based:

1. Isle possessing band (10) (3 words)

2. What about embracing it through great makeover? (13) (2 words)

3. Note about trophy supply (14) (2 words)

4. Land vehicle next to water pipe with bend in (13) (2 words)

5. Cart? What about power? (13) (3 words)

posted by kelster1 to Sports, Hobbies, & Recreation (9 answers total)

For folks that are unfamiliar with cryptic formats,

(10) (3 words)

indicates that the answer is 10 letters long, and is composed of three words.

ancient boundaries of Yorkshire probably means you should also be looking at northern Lancashire, as well as parts of Cumberland, and Westmorland.
posted by zamboni at 9:10 AM on October 31, 2016 [1 favorite]

5. Cart? What about power? (13) (3 words)

would seem to involve 'horse'.
posted by jamjam at 11:26 AM on October 31, 2016

'Marrick' ('horse ridge') is the name of a civil parish in North Yorkshire.
posted by jamjam at 11:41 AM on October 31, 2016

> would seem to involve 'horse'.

the white horse (sutton bank) is 13 letters, but i don't see how it fits the clue.
posted by andrewcooke at 11:39 PM on October 31, 2016

I found this Google map of the historic boundary - might be of some use
posted by crocomancer at 1:43 AM on November 1, 2016

Mod note: Couple of comments deleted. Hi kelster1, moderator here. Sorry, AskMetafilter isn't going to be a good place to get help on puzzles of this kind going forward -- once is fine, but if you need ongoing help with many of them, it may be better to find a specialist cryptic puzzle forum.
posted by LobsterMitten (staff) at 12:43 PM on November 1, 2016

Response by poster: Hi, sorry no worries i understand, im just really struggling with finding some answers for a cryptic quiz im completing, would it be okay to ask a few of the questions on the board relating to it & explaining the details and why i need help with the quiz, thanks,
posted by kelster1 at 4:31 AM on November 2, 2016

Hi, sorry no worries i understand, im just really struggling with finding some answers for a cryptic quiz im completing, would it be okay to ask a few of the questions on the board relating to it & explaining the details and why i need help with the quiz, thanks,

Hi kelster1,

AskMeFi doesn't do repeated questions on the same topic in a short period - the mods will almost certainly delete subsequent posts.

The lack of answers in this thread isn't due to people not seeing the question, or not wanting to help, but that a large number of the members here are US based. Cryptics aren't as much of a big deal in the US as in the UK, and most folks here don't understand how they work. They're also not familiar with Yorkshire place names, which makes this doubly hard. I'm reasonably OK at cryptics, and had a go at the questions, but came up empty.

Good luck with the quiz!
posted by zamboni at 8:36 AM on November 2, 2016

Response by poster: Hi, thankyou for your replies and help, im trying to work some of the answers out for the first quiz, if anyone knows any answers & clues to that quiz i would be grateful again for the help, thanks and kind regards,
posted by kelster1 at 11:00 AM on November 3, 2016