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View Full Version : Help with Quiz question jaffs 29-06-2005, 17:06 Hi there, Been given a quiz where all answers are districts of Sheffield and I'm stuck for this one: "meandering stream" Help! Any ideas please? TIA chickmonk 29-06-2005, 17:12 Meersbrook? no idea why tho. Just first thing what came into me ed... Greybeard 29-06-2005, 17:14 ....or Wyming brook ? KenH 29-06-2005, 17:16 How about "MeersBrook" alchresearch 29-06-2005, 17:48 Stradbroke (stride brook) ? superchrome 29-06-2005, 17:52 the manor...streams of blood..only kidding i live thier.shut it. jaffs 29-06-2005, 17:59 Thanks for all your answers (including the Manor ;) ) Sort of thought it might be Meersbrook but couldn't see why it would be meandering. Guess the old grey matter is too old or too grey or both :loopy: LL200 29-06-2005, 18:12 it really couldn't be "'me' and 'er' in stream" could it? or is that just me looking for something thats not there...? dogsneck 29-06-2005, 22:21 could it be walk-ley walkley chickmonk 30-06-2005, 10:54 Given this more thought... Is there a Sheffield district starting with 'Long' ('meandering' meaning long) and then a word meaning 'stream'? (don't know Sheffield all that well) RunningFree 30-06-2005, 11:45 longley? - just following previouse post as a suggestion. Cyberscribe 30-06-2005, 11:56 Originally posted by LL200 it really couldn't be "'me' and 'er' in stream" could it? or is that just me looking for something thats not there...? Reckon you're spot on there. Very clever. LL200 30-06-2005, 12:17 Originally posted by MarkB longley? - just following previouse post as a suggestion. meander doesn't mean long, it means winding. and ley is a meadow, not a stream. :) chickmonk 30-06-2005, 12:48 Meandering - many definitions but in thesaurus... Main Entry: indirect Part of Speech: adjective Definition: roundabout Synonyms: aberrant, ambagious, ancillary, backhanded, circuitous, circular, circumlocutory, collateral, complicated, contingent, crooked, devious, discursive, duplicitous, erratic, eventual, implied, incidental, long, long-drawn-out, long-winded, meandering, oblique, obscure, out-of-the-way, periphrastic, rambling, secondary, serpentine, sidelong, sinister, sinuous, sneaking, sneaky, subsidiary, tortuous, twisting, underhand, unintended, vagrant, wandering, winding, zigzag 'Long' is in there! But I reckon the answer's Meersbrook... (should always go with first instincts!) sammyBoy 30-06-2005, 12:55 I'm with Greybeard on this one - first thing that sprung to mind is Wyming brook, which surely is derived from 'winding brook' hazel 30-06-2005, 13:08 What about Wybourn A bourn is a stream but not sure on the wy bit hazel |