Saturday Snapshots #108 - The Answers

Greetings, Mad Men & Women... here are this week's answers...



10. Two lumps for baby prince(s).

Two sugar lumps.

Apparently one of the Princes in the Royal Family is called Archie. I only just discovered this, and I couldn't help thinking of Breaking News by Half Man Half Biscuit...

"A woman who described herself as “A little bit Bridget, a little bit Ally, a little bit Sex And The City” and chose to call her baby boy Fred as a childishly rebellious attempt at a clever reaction to those who might have expected her to call him Julian or Rupert. Bit of advice: call him Rupert, it fits, and besides it’s a good name. Don’t be calling him Fred or Archie, with all its cheeky but lovable working-class-scamp connotations, unless you really do have plans for him to spend his life in William Hill’s waiting for them to weigh in at Newton Abbot."

The Archies - Sugar Sugar

Yes, I know The Archies really looked like this...

...but pictured above are the male and female vocalists who actually sang on that track: Ron Dante & Toni Wine. The track was written by Dante and (previous Saturday Snapshotter) Andy Kim. There were a bunch of fake bands created by the record company who went around touring as The Archies back in the 60s, but they weren't the real thing. Believe me, a lot of unnecessary research went into sorting out this clue.

9. No pop in Scottish Sin City.

Pop is your dad.

Sin City is Vegas, so that would be...

Glasvegas - Daddy's Gone

8. Looking for a second one in the mirror, not seeing it.

Oh, you can work this one out yourself.

The Seekers - I Know I'll Never Find Another You

7. Small sums for Latin god.

Latin for God is "deus", as in "deus ex machina" (god in the machine).

dEUS - Little Arithmetics

Sam's teacher told us at parent's evening that they're not allowed to call them "sums" anymore. They have to call them "calculations". I can't help but blame Michael Gove. Then again, I blame him for most things.

6. Onioned acorns are unparalleled.

"Onioned acorns" is an anagram...

Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U

5. Hurry - dial a ghost!

Radios used to have dials. Remember?

Rush - Spirit Of Radio

4. Marina will accept any old rubbish.

Took Rigid Digit a few guesses, but he got there in the end...

The Yachts - Easy To Please

3. Scottish study craze with a nasty spot, proves invincible.

Mc-Fad-den (a den being a study) and (eurgh) Whitehead.

McFadden & Whitehead - Ain't No Stopping Us Now

2. Change the way you look at the top of a shoe... and get buried in kisses.

Trans = change. Vision = look. Top of a shoe is, apparently, a vamp. Who knew?

Transvision Vamp - Landslide Of Love

Look, I was at a very impressionable age, all right?

1. With bits.

Shortest clue ever?



More Hamm-y nonsense next Saturday...