Month: November 2011

RE: Clever Wordsearch

This week’s letter comes from Bobby in New York, and is in reference to last week’s puzzle: Another week, another challenging quiz. In my childhood my family owned had a popular household pet.  That was in the past.  Another way of saying “in the past” is “a while ago” and

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Newsvamp’s How Many Sweets Quiz

Below you will see a picture of a jar of sweets.  This week’s quiz is very simple.  All you have to do is look at the picture and take a guess at how many sweets you think are in the jar.  The closest estimate wins.  As usual, entries can be

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Nibblets

 Hands off Our Hobbit! The Hungry Hobbit Cafe in Birmingham has received a letter from attorneys representing the Saul Zaentz Company claiming that the name is in breach of copyright.  The letter claims that visitors to the cafe would assume that it is associated with the vastly successful film franchise

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Mersey Me, Is That An Otter?

Good news for nature lovers in Liverpool this week as it is rumoured that otters have returned to the Mersey. Although there have been no actual otter sightings recorded, the Forestry Commission’s rangers have discovered otter footprints near the river at Fiddler’s Ferry, apparently. Otters have not inhabited The Mersey

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Newsvamp’s Clever Wordsearch

In the grid below there is hidden a word amongst some random letters.  All you have to do is tell us what that word is.  Hint: a popular household pet. As always you can email your answer, along with the photo you would like us to publish to quiz@newsnibbles.co.uk –

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Nibblets

Nibblets is an exciting new edition to the Newsnibbles family of randomness.  When a story is random enough to deserve our attention, but not detailed enough to have an entire segment devoted to it we will store it up for publication in the Nibblets section.  Hopefully, this way we will

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Move Over Chai…

The next big thing in gourmet tea is panda poo green tea.  Now, we know what you are thinking, another shit story from Newsnibbles. Well, it is true that our recent scoops have seemed more poo oriented than perhaps is usual for a cutting edge news reporting organisation.  That said,

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Newsvamp’s Spot the Difference Quiz

Well, I’m getting rather good at this quiz designing business, even if I do say so myself.  This week I have come up with a super challenging Spot the Difference puzzle for you.  At first glance, the two images below appear identical.  However, on closer inspection you will see that

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Pigeons Utilise Public Transport in Sweden

It has been brought to our attention this week that pigeons in the Swedish Capital of Stockholm have been utilising the tube system to get to the shopping centre, one stop away from their homes. According to witness reports the pigeons line up patiently at the platform with the other

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Pee Power!

Have you ever been to the toilet and thought “there has to be something better I could do with my urine than flush it away”?  Well, that question has been baffling scientists worldwide, until now. Scientists at the University of the West of England, have been experimenting with ways of

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