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Re: Anagrams and other Trivia

Post by boatbuilder » Sat Sep 30, 2017 3:11 pm

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Post by boatbuilder » Mon Oct 30, 2017 11:48 pm

Question: Can you name the States of the USA that have a coastline on the Pacific Ocean? (Try without using a map :D )
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Re: Anagrams and other Trivia

Post by morty1753 » Tue Oct 31, 2017 11:45 am

At a guess

Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska, Hawaii.

I have probably missed 1 or 2
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Post by boatbuilder » Tue Oct 31, 2017 11:50 am

No that's all there are Morty, just the five. Some might have overlooked Hawaii or possibly Alaska with them being separate from the main body of states.
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Post by morty1753 » Tue Oct 31, 2017 2:13 pm

I figured that those two were likely to be missed. I just wasn't sure if there were any others on the west coast that I might have missed

I did check, afterwards honest, just to see.
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Post by boatbuilder » Mon Mar 19, 2018 1:31 pm

Fifteen Questions to get you thinking.

How many can you answer without consulting 'external knowledge' - or looking at the answers in the attached PDF document below the image?

Be honest! - I managed eight of them. Quiz courtesy of The Times.

1 What species was the shark that terrorised Amity Island in the film Jaws?
2 Which Dutchman painted The Starry Night (1889) and Wheatfield with Crows (1890)?
3 Which device derives its name from the Greek for “distant voice”?
4 From c 100BC to c AD400 (when Constantinople surpassed it), what was the world’s largest city?
5 The Magisterium is a repressive regime that features in which 1995-2000 trilogy by Philip Pullman?
6 In 1993, which French fashion designer introduced his first fragrance, Classique?
7 Which American minimalist composer wrote Words Without Music: A Memoir (2015)?
8 John Koenig (Martin Landau) was the commander of Moonbase Alpha in which 1970s TV show?
9 In which Commonwealth country is the mistreatment of its indigenous population remembered on National Sorry Day?
10 Made with anchovies and salt, nuoc mam is the Vietnamese variety of which condiment?
11 Hanuman is a devotee of Lord Rama, the seventh avatar of which Hindu god?
12 Known for its click consonants, the Bantu language Xhosa is spoken mainly in which country?
13 The word callipygian refers to a person having well-shaped or finely developed what?
14 Nicknamed “The Quiet Man”, who was the first Latino boxer to win a world heavyweight title?
15 Which former Olympic champion figure skater is pictured?
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Re: Anagrams and other Trivia

Post by Dave » Fri Mar 23, 2018 4:15 pm

I'll have a go, boatbuilder, without cheating, so there'll be some guesswork.

!/ Great White.
2/ Vincent van Gogh ( I remember the song 'Starry, Starry Night' by Don Mclean.)
5/ I know, but can't remember. That's not the name of the trilogy. :lol:
6/ Versace.
9/ Australia.
13/ I won't put my first guess, you'll bar me from the site. :nono: I'll guess 'Ears'.
15/ Robin Cousins.
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Post by boatbuilder » Fri Mar 23, 2018 4:34 pm

You've got four of them Dave. 1,2,9 & 15

I won't give the answers as that's why I attached the PDF of them so you can check for yourself.
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Re: Anagrams and other Trivia

Post by boatbuilder » Wed Jul 11, 2018 12:07 am

Here's a teaser for you. Who can explain it? :D

Three Men Rent A Hotel Room.

The cost is £30 so each man paid £10. The hotel employee that accepted the money suddenly realizes that the men were overcharged because the actual cost of the room was £25 so they give the bellboy 5 One-Pound coins to return to the men. On the way to the room, the bellboy thinks to himself, these men don't know how much refund they have coming, so he keeps £2. He then gives the men the £3 refund - a £1 coin to each man.

With the £1 each man got back, they have now paid £9 each. 3 men x £9 each = £27.
The bellboy kept £2, but £27+ £2 = £29.
As the original amount paid was £30, where's the missing Pound?
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Re: Anagrams and other Trivia

Post by morty1753 » Wed Jul 11, 2018 6:27 am

£25 for the meal and £2 for the bell boy makes £27.

The guys paid £30 and received £3 back in change = £27.

There is no missing £1.
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Post by boatbuilder » Wed Jul 11, 2018 9:12 am

Exactly. You are being misled by the implication of the wording.

Incidentally, it was the room price - nothing to do with a meal. :lol:
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Post by morty1753 » Wed Jul 11, 2018 9:54 pm

Sorry for the error. Last time I heard it was a meal they purchased.
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Post by boatbuilder » Sun Jul 29, 2018 2:30 am

If TWENTYNINE is written out (without the hyphen), what property does it have that no other number has?
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Post by boatbuilder » Sun Jul 29, 2018 9:44 am

:think: I’m not sure how you interpreted the question, Mel. It has nothing to do with that sort of property. It has to do with the the ‘property’ of the word as written in the question.
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Re: Anagrams and other Trivia

Post by Dave » Sat Aug 11, 2018 6:01 pm

boatbuilder wrote:If TWENTYNINE is written out (without the hyphen), what property does it have that no other number has?
What's the answer, please, boatbuilder, Google is no help at all? :think: :D
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