Quiz Question

[Ramires7]

Another Challenge quiz question I can't make headway with: If Lerwick and Taunton are Greek and Bath and Northampton explosive, then which two places are the same? Any hints/nudges are appreciated.

[bobbinwales]

Bit further on than that jim

[elliemay1]

I haven't read all the posts but is it to do with postcodes?

[bobbinwales]

Maybe too many poorly coded hints from me. I'll zip it now.

[Mamyalynne]

Start at the beginning - imagine you are addressing a letter to Lerwick Town Hall.

[jim360]

I'd look up their email address :P

[THECORBYLOON]

LErwick + tauntON = LEON
BAth + nottiNGham = BANG
first two letters plus sixth & seventh in second location

[Canary42]

SPOILER ALERT (Don't scroll if you don't want my suggested solution, no idea whether it's right)














































OK, to put you out of your agony,

Postal codes - Lerwick = ZE Taunton = TA ZETA greek letter

Bath = BA Nottingham = NG BANG is explosive

Now try Swansea and Medway and you get SA ME

[Mamyalynne]

sigh

[bobbinwales]

Not what I did corbyloon- simpler than that if you address it properly

[Mamyalynne]

My sigh was at Jim.

[Etch]

This question seems to use the same context as an earlier one posted by Ramires7. There are various 4-letter words meaning "the same" but none seem to work, so I reckon "same" is the word giving the answer.

[bobbinwales]

Okay canary's sung now.
That's what I got but wasnt sure 'the same ' was 'same'

[Jackdaw33]

Got it! Very clever.

[jim360]

Edinburgh? West London Telford?

[THECORBYLOON]

Now, it's clear it's postcodes BUT my way also satisfies the clues since LEON was a giant in Greek mythology.

[bobbinwales]

Ha jim, just got yours EH, WT...

[jim360]

This mainly shows just how rusty I am on cryptics. Postcodes ought to be a staple.

[Etch]

I'm surprised no MENSA members with IQs of 150 have managed to answer this one yet:
https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Question1761539.html

[Canary42]

I can remember three-alpha postcodes - but only in Norfolk (where I lived at the time) and I seem to remember Croydon was the other trial area. Our postcode was NORxxx (I can't remember what xxx was, I think it was 2 numeric 1 alpha). Anyway the result of the trial morphed into the current system, and we Norfolk residents had to re-learn our postal codes :-(

[THECORBYLOON]

I picked up on the BA NG clue seen, LE ON in the same positions, Googled 'Leon Greek' and it turns out Leon was a giant in Greek mythology (never heard of him).