Divide the following 10 words into two groups of five, one of which is much more expensive than the other:
ape, ate, burn, grieve, gust, low, rally, reed, spices, stere.
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The words can be grouped by prefixing Ag (the chemical symbol for silver) or Au (the chemical symbol for gold) to form new words, as follows: Group 1 (gold): auburn, august, aurally, auspices, austere Group 2 (silver): agape, agate, aggrieve, aglow, agreed Gold is much more expensive than silver. Pete Michell |
Zack
Where in the world? A tale of two cities.
Milan.
Barcelona
How many times has a player born in Germany won the Wimbledon singles tennis championships in the last 50 years?
Give a full list.
Gentlemen's Singles1991 - Michael Stitch 1989 - Boris Becker 1986 - Boris Becker 1985 - Boris Becker 1984 - John McEnroe was born in Wiesbaden, Germany 1983 - John McEnroe 1981 - John McEnroe Ladies' Singles1996 - Steffi Graf 1995 - Steffi Graf 1993 - Steffi Graf 1992 - Steffi Graf 1991 - Steffi Graf 1989 - Steffi Graf 1988 - Steffi Graf Boys' Singles---- Girls' Singles1991 - Barbara Rittner. Demar |
>(_!_)< Smartarse bonus there for Demar, I hadn't thought about the other singles titles.
intemperate
electrical current
you can burn this
argentite seat
an ex Australian Prime Minister and his wife
mad as a hatter
cab journey
untamed flowerbed
Who is the girl that is being murdered?
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The girl being murdered is Heidi. The references are all to Australian rock bands, as follows: intemperate INXS ("in excess") electrical current AC/DC you can burn this Midnight Oil argentite seat Silverchair an ex Australian Prime Minister and his wife The Whitlams mad as a hatter Mental as Anything cab journey Taxi Ride untamed flowerbed Savage Garden Who is the girl that is being murdered? Killing Heidi. Pete Michell |
Demar
It does look rather silly and I expect some people may tell you so, are you sure that's nothing to be scared of, Mr Goddard? How sure are you?
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Why, I'm adamant! [You're referring to "Prince Charming" by Adam Ant (ne Stuart Goddard)] Zack |
“Ridicule is nothing to be scared of” is a prominent and repeated line in Prince Charming, one of Adam and the Ants' biggest hits.
What do the follow words have in common, and which of Jupiter's moons could also be included in this list?
alarms alkyne almond alpaca arcade arcane armorial calamari candid candor cascarilla codein condor decade decode demand deride flak floral florin income inlaid invade mahimahi mainland malarial mandarin marine melamine memorial miscut misdid modems moorland nectar ordeal pascal pavane rictal scalar scilla scincoid scoria scrims vandal wahine
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Letters taken two at a time would give the abbreviations of US states. In which case, only Ganymede would fit the bill - Georgia, New York, Maine and Delaware. Venky |
Pete Mitchell
In Hollywood, they usually close with "The End". In France, it's "fin". Which 40's Hollywood movie had an end title of "fin", and why?
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It happens at the (tail) end of "Miranda" (1948), which is about a mermaid who has legs when she's on dry land, but which transform back into a fish tail when she gets wet. However, this might not be the film you're after - it's British (enough to have Margaret Rutherford in it, anyway) rather than Hollywood. Sgt. DudfootNot a Hollywood movie so it's probably wrong. Because the film was about a mermaid, the word FIN was used as a play on words. Film: Miranda Year Made: 1947 Location: Polperro, Looe.Cornwall Production Company: Gainsborough Director: Ken Annakin Cast: Glynis Johns, Griffith Jones. |
We can all make mistakes, as the hedgehog said climbing off the hairbrush.
Alan
Complete this quartet.
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The atomic bomb - cited by General Dwight D. Eisenhower, along with the Douglas C-47, the Willys Jeep and the bazooka, as one of the four most important contributors to victory in the Second World War. Sgt Dudfoot |
Venky
In my trusty old dictionary between family and a missing page or hiatus I find an educational establishment, cows, a toy used in famous science experiments, acquaintance, a committed thief, a man with an interest in horseflesh, a scoundrel, a brassica, a servile gesture, a cattle pen, a Russian citadel, pronounced with the lips and a savage sport played by schoolgirls.
Search the pages for hidden weapons!
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Between kin and lacuna we have kindergarten, kine, kite, kith, kleptomaniac, knacker, knave, kohlrabi, kowtow, kraal, kremlin, labial and lacrosse. Zack |
The largest weapons haul was found by Pete Mitchell:
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kindjal: a double-edged knife of the Caucasus kirpan: a small sword or dagger worn by Sikh men knife knitting needle knobstick: a stick with a knobbed head knobkerrie: a round-headed stick used as a club or missile by some S. African tribes knout: a whip formerly used as an instrument of punishment in Russia knuckle-duster: brass knuckles ko-katana: a Japanese detachable dagger blade with a handle kopis: a curved, double-edged sword of ancient Egypt and Greece kozuka: a detachable dagger blade made of a plate of steel and a plate of iron kris: a Malay dagger with a wavy scalloped blade kukri: a sharp, curved Gurkha knife or short sword kurbash/kourbash: a whip with leather thongs, formerly used in Turkey, Egypt, etc. kwaiken: a curved knife formerly used by Japanese women to commit suicide kylie/kiley: a boomerang labrys: a double-headed axe lacrosse stick :-) Pete Mitchell |
That must be the heaviest armed couple of pages in the dictionary, unless you care to suggest another?
kirri, kiss of death, knockout drops, knowledge, kung fu, Kryptonite (limited application), kingpin and kipper were all suggested. I think I'd be a little more cowed by a labrys than a kipper...
It wasn't much of a coincidence; in fact, there is a large set of numbers that could be used in place of seven that could lead to the same answer. What set of numbers? (Which question is this?)
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Is the question "What is the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything?" In which case, the answer is 42. Arthur Dent says in H2G2 that 6 x 9 is 42. We know that 6 x 9 is 54, but fans of H2G2 have pointed out that 6 x 9 is indeed 42 in Base 13. (Of course, DNA himself has said " The answer to this is very simple. It was a joke. It had to be a number, an ordinary, smallish number, and I chose that one. Binary representations, base thirteen, Tibetan monks are all complete nonsense. I sat at my desk, stared into the garden and thought `42 will do'. I typed it out. End of story.) However, going by the "different bases theory" there is a large set of numbers that could be used in place of 7 (in fact the set is infinite). For every Base b (b >= 7, obviously), there is a number equal to (4xb + 2)/6 = (2xb + 1)/3 that could be used in place of 7 to get 42. For e.g. in Base 7, 6 x 5 = 42 [(2x7 +1)/3 = 5] in Base 13, 6 x 9 = 42 [(2x13 +1)/3 = 9] in Base 16, 6 x 11 = 42 [(2x16 +1)/3 = 11] and so on... VenkyI may be off beam here, but I'm taking this to be about the Ultimate Question, the answer to Life, The Universe and Everything being 42. Later, the question itself was revealed to be something along the lines of "what is six times nine". Subsequently it was noticed that if you're working in base 13, 6 x 9 does indeed give you an answer of 42. So I'm supposing that there are a large number of solutions to the equation 6 x n = 42 in different numerical base systems. I've found one: 6 x B = 42 in hexadecimal - I daresay there are many more beyond the reach of my arithmetic. Sgt Dudfoot |
The numbers are 1-7. The answer is "Yes". And the question is "Was Police Academy Seven a really crap film?" This nearly deserves a point for being not wrong, you'll just have to settle for a smartarse bonus.