EYE-Q HUNT 2008
Explanation of Answers
TREASURE
All Treasures are to be constructed as instructed.
QUESTIONS
Q1: Hi! You and I are spoken of with
kindness here.
Hi! You and I = HY U N DAI
Kindness = service
Answer: HYUNDAI
SERVICE
Q2: Love surrenders to one \ wishing to
embrace the night
wishing to embrace the night
Wis( night) hing
Wis( malam) hing
Love surrenders to one implies I
takes the place of O
Answer : WISMA LAM HONG
Q3: The odds are a hundred to
one! Even at the highest speed!
So it is most likely a three
letter word (only 1 even)
a hundred to one = C & I
Highest speed = Speed of light ,
symbol is C
SO we look for C C I
Q4: Harry , a wacky local , just now ,
giving chase
HARRY (PESTER) :annoy, attack,
badger, bedevil, beleaguer, disturb, etc
Harry , a wacky \ local , just now ,\ giving
chase
local , just now , = TADI
TADI giving chase means that its at the
beginning and what follows is an
anagram of A WACKY
Answer :
TADIKA YWCA
Q5: It’s named after a goddess
and may come before
MAY:
1.the fifth month of the year
2.the early part of one's life, esp. the
prime: a young woman in her May.
3.(lowercase ) British. the hawthorn.
4.a female given name.
May comes before June
June -- Juno's month
Juno is the principle
goddess of the Roman
Pantheon. She is the
goddess of marriage and
the well-being of women.
She is the wife and sister
of Jupiter. She is
identified with the Greek
goddess Hera.
Q6: Reversing disallowed as
you love to round it off
To round it off means to finish or
complete it
So U O ( you love) completes the
answer and we should get
REVERSING DISALLOWED
DISALLOWED = XXXXXXX ED
REVERSING DISALLOWED =
DE XXXXXXX
DEWALTUO
OUTLAWED
Q7: Pronounce a suspended sentence
for one so young and watch it being
carried out!
SEE BOY
HANG
Q8: Very little hems – in sex appeal
HEM :The height or level of the
bottom edge of a skirt, dress, or
coat; a hemline.
HEM :To surround and shut in;
enclose
Very little hems – in sex appeal
Very ( sex appeal ) little
SEX APPEAL : allure,
animal magnetism,
charisma, charm,
confidence, it*,
magnetism, pizzazz,
presence, sexiness,
sexual magnetism, star
power
ANSWER: NITO
N ( IT ) O
NO = VERY LITTLE
He reached the station in NO time.
He reached the station in VERY
LITTLE time.
Q9: It’s oft-said that they
will be themselves!
Oft-said is a homonym indicator as
well as telling us that the saying is
a kind of an adage.
So, who will be themselves?
Of course – BOYS will be BOYS.
Answer: BOIS
Q10: After it strikes a note and
then follows up with “My Life” ,
you’ll hear the song
XXXX ( NOTE) UP MY LIFE could
be the song
So XXXX could be ULIT and note could
be E so that we have ..
U LIT (E) up MY LIFE
Answer : YEW LIT
Q11: American Government
body lacking intelligence?
American Government body that has the
word INTELLIGENCE in it is the CIA
which stands for Central Intelligence
Agency
So lacking intelligence it is
simply CENTRAL AGENCY
Q12: Straight from the
dragon’s mouth?
Answer :
SPITFIRE
Q13: Entertaining horror film,
forsaking "The Sum Of All Fears"
Horror films originate from the horror
genre and are designed to elicit fright,
fear, terror, or horror from viewers.
HORROR = (FEAR)
Entertaining horror film, forsaking
"The Sum Of All Fears"
ENTERTAIN (AMUSE): beguile,
captivate, charm, cheer, etc
ENTERTAIN (HOST): admit, be
host, board, foster, harbor, etc
Entertaining horror \ film, forsaking
"The Sum
\"The
SumOf
Of All
AllFears"
Fears"
FORSAKE (ABANDON): abdicate,
cast off, chuck, desert, etc
So from the answer , we must
remove FILM and admit
HORROR
Then we will have THE SUM
OF ALL FEARS!
Since there is no answer with FILM in it,
we have to look for equivalents
coating
FILM : blur, brume, cloud, coat,
coating,
dusting, fabric, foil, fold, gauze, haze,
haziness, integument, layer, leaf,
membrane, mist, mistiness, nebula,
obscuration, opacity, partition, pellicle,
scum*, sheet, skin, tissue, transparency,
veil, web
Answer:SIGMA
COATINGS
SIGMA is
Greek Letter.
In Capital
form it is
written as
The capital Sigma is used as the
“summation” symbol.
Hence, SIGMA HORRORS = THE
SUM OF ALL FEARS
Q14: What California is not on
account of San Andreas
Answer :
FAULTLESS
Q15: They are both represented
within , if taken literally!
Hence we must consider TWO answers
So the TWO answers are represented
in a third way
LITERAL can mean “pertaining to the
letters of the alphabet”
if taken literally!  IF (taken literally)
ABCDEFGHIJK… reversed
KJIHGFEDCBA
KJIHGFEDCBA
HG is the
representation of an
element …
MERCURY
And another name for MERCURY is …
QUICKSILVER