| 1 |
Where in the world is this?
| Yikes, that's Brisbane. I've even been there, and walked
under that bridge.
Graybags |
Brisbane. I've looked at these before, but it's
much easier when it's a city I've visited. The river, that
lovely modernist concrete
bridge, and the CityCat ferry clicked pretty much instantly.
Oliver Bendix |
I even left in the brewery. That was a XXXXing
bonzer clue. |
| 2 |
All these flags failed to represent the same thing. When did
they become utterly redundant?
These are rejected proposals
for the flag of the Confederated States of America. You
could say they became redundant when the Congress of the
Provisional Government of the Confederate States approved the "Stars
and Bars" design on March 4, 1861; they became utterly redundant
with Confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrender on
April 9, 1865.
awaldock |
November 6th, 1865 - the date the last Confederate
flag was taken down after the United States defeated the
Confederacy, which these four flags hoped to represent, in
the American civil war. They, and other failed contestants
for this competition, can be seen at http://www.confederateflags.org/national/FOTCbm1a.htm.
Owl |
| All are failed confederate flags. See...
http://fotw.vexillum.com/flags/us-csap1.html#CS1
They became utterly redundant after the US Civil War finished
(I guess) in 1865. For this reason it is safe to call all Americans
Yanks, and if they object just say, "You should have won the
war then".
Graybags |
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| 3 |
Who is this?
Marcus Mosiah Garvey
(1887-1940), crusader for black nationalism and prophet
of the Rastafari movement.
awaldock |
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| 4 | This
question came from a real situation:
A week earlier I had visited a friend, Sarah, in the hospital
after her appendectomy.
Now I find myself there again with my sister, to visit my father
in room 212 of the hospital. On the way, I comment to my sister, "Hey,
the sum of the digits is the same for both Dad's and Sarah's room
numbers, although they weren't in the same room." All room
numbers are three digits long, in order along the hallway, and
begin with the corresponding floor number.
My sister can find out what room Sarah was in by my response to
a single yes/no question. Construct such a question.
jamesbajas
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| 5 |
Jesus, this is a hardboiled story if ever I heard one. Fargo
will help, but not the usual one. I am Viktor’s doctor, but
Bond will never say. Who am I?
Publius |
| 6 | Take
three parts fish offal and one part mould, and add to a base
of other stuff. Ah, that's a relief! Pick an appropriate letter.
Dadge
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| 7 |
A 20th century
English monarch with a beard, a long-serving American president,
a great French poet/dramatist/novelist, and a 19th century Italian
revolutionary hero. All four are connected to
a country not quite the size
of Rhode Island. How?
awaldock
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| 8 | In
my trusty old
dictionary between a protection against foreseen risks and
the Hebrew enemy I find a Norse tale; a wise man; a respectful
title; a respectful bow; the place you might have expected
to find the avant-garde; deliverance; smelling salts; a place given
purpose by consumption; a supreme council or court; a highly regarded
ancient language; wisdom and something rather fishy.
What can I find to wear?
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| 9 |
This question has a standard answer.
Australia - 20
China - 6
Greece - 11
Russian Federation - 3
South Africa - 7
Switzerland - what?
United Kingdom - 17
United States - 64
Owl
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| 10 |
up-link = 123
ex-wife = 207
in-seam = 157
so what does it cost to retire?
re-tire = ?
niobium |
