Anagrams (part 3)

To start off this week's blog post, here's a plug for one of my books...

'The Quiz Master' is an anagram of 'Ham Zit Request',
as illustrated by this handy animation.

'Ham Zit Request'

You're probably thinking, 'Ham Zit Request? That's a weird title for a book'. However, this week's blog post is all about anagrams, so 'Ham Zit Request' is actually an anagram of the book title, 'The Quiz Master'.

I've featured another batch of anagrams below, and as usual, to test your observation skills I've also included one false anagram. See if you can spot which one it is...

1) When the 2005 series of Doctor Who was being made, the preview tapes were labelled 'Torchwood' as a disguise to prevent the footage from being leaked.

However, the disguise wouldn't have fooled any anagram fanatics, because 'Torchwood' is an anagram of 'Doctor Who'.



2) Every word is technically an anagram of itself.

However, the word 'stifle' is literally an anagram of 'itself'!

Olives.
Unpleasant tasting, but excellent at producing healthy cooking oil.

3) In my opinion olives taste disgusting, and rather appropriately, 'olives' is an anagram of 'so vile'.



4) If you're a fan of Clint Eastwood movies, then it's a good bet that you enjoy action from the Old West.

That's rather appropriate, because 'Clint Eastwood' is an anagram of 'Old West action'.



5) Here's another movie inspired anagram...

'The Towering Inferno' is an anagram of 'Not worth fire engine'.

Credit: wordsmith.org



6) And another Hollywood based anagram...

'Antonio Banderas' is an anagram of 'Bandana Sorter'.

Stars.
Very popular with astronomers.

7) If this next anagram was true, it would lead to disappointment for a lot of people...

'Astronomers' is an anagram of 'No more stars'.



8) If we don't vote for the 'right' candidate, then the following anagram comes into play...

'Election result' is an anagram of 'Lies, let's recount.'



9) Sticking with the theme of politics...

'George Bush' is an anagram of 'He bugs Gore'.



10) Spandex is a synthetic fiber which expands.

Coincidentally, 'spandex' is an anagram of 'expands'!



11) For the benefit of any grumpy cynics reading this, 'Valentines Day' is an anagram of 'A nasty evil end'.

A cute dog models a bandana.

12) Finally, here's an ice skating themed anagram to round things off...

'Tonya Harding' is an anagram of 'do an angry hit'.


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In case you haven't worked it out, the fake anagram was 'Antonio Banderas'. It's not too far off, but the letters don't quite match up with 'bandana sorter'. 'Antonio Banderas' is, however, an anagram of 'One bandana riots'.


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'Ham Zit Request' is a fictional book title which doesn't exist. However, it's anagram, 'The Quiz Master', is a real book which does exist, and it's available for kindle from Amazon.

'You combine flower and anagrams'.

Or to put it another way, 'you can find more anagrams below':
Anagrams (part 1)
Anagrams (part 2)