Brummies challenged to crack riddles about Birmingham: Awards up for grabs

The riddles were created earlier this year to mark the 110th anniversary of the birth of the late Alan Turing (23 June 1912) this summer
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Only those who know Birmingham best can crack these ‘near impossible’ riddles about the city and earn the title of ‘Birmingham’s Best Riddle Code Breaker’.

The first person to crack the code and submit the correct answer for the secret Birmingham location will also win an award. The riddles were created earlier this year to mark the 110th anniversary of the birth of the late Alan Turing (23 June 1912) this summer. Turing is a famous British mathematician, computer scientist and Nazi code breaker.

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Created by riddle and code breaker enthusiast, Nathan Timblin, this series of riddles will reveal the location of a secret destination in Birmingham.

A working Enigma cipher machine that along with the 1942 56-page notebook belonging to codebreaker Alan Turing. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)A working Enigma cipher machine that along with the 1942 56-page notebook belonging to codebreaker Alan Turing. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
A working Enigma cipher machine that along with the 1942 56-page notebook belonging to codebreaker Alan Turing. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

What is the award?

The award is a gift hamper - and everyone who submits the correct location will be entered into a nationwide ballot to win a one week stay at Cofton Holidays, the Birmingham holiday park where Nathan works. The one-week stay will be in a luxury dog-friendly lodge with a hot tub for up to four people (and two dogs) during peak summer season next year.

The person who takes the best photo of themselves in the correct Birmingham destination and posts it publicly on social media will also be given £250 to spend at Cofton Holidays.

Can you solve these riddles?

There are five riddles to crack, the answers to which collectively reveal a secret location in Birmingham. The first riddle has already been made public (below) and the four other riddles will be released on the Cofton Holidays website each Monday.

Here are the five riddles:

Riddle 1:

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Anarchy is part in me but not in my actions, I’m the darling of the deck but I’m not a distraction I love a subject which supports me well, Historically many of me fell, Ready the streets, gather your bunting, For my title is what most people are hunting. What am I?

Riddle 2:

I’m an expression used to fall in the water, Enough of me will make you totter!I’m short or long or hot or cold,Flavours plain or very bold,I’m a verb, an action, or something to take, Often fixed, a thing to make. What am I?

Riddle 3:

You will find me in boldest but mainly in youth, I’m the first born of my siblings and that is the truth Before the last or even the most recent, The age of me could be really quite decent. If I’m proved as this respected description, I’m sometimes entered on an inscription. What am I?

Riddle 4:

I’m covered in coloured rocks, made of old But never can I be sold I’m selective and worn by only the few, Bloodline is key for this to be you I’m part Turkey, I’m part head Being worn just like the history books said. What am I?

Riddle 5:

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I am the factorization of the numbers below, From the answer of this the date you will know, I started here but did not finish, I’m standing still and did not diminish.

2 * 2 * 2 * 3 * 3 * 19

You can also become ‘Great Britain’s Best Riddle Breaker’ by solving the riddles about Birmingham, Cornwall, Devon, Bath, Manchester, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Liverpool, Bristol and London. To enter the competition, visit the website, here.

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