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What 6 sided object gave the world one of the greatest “famous
last words” stories?
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How accurate do you need to be at throwing darts (expressed in
degrees) before it is becomes worthwhile to aim at treble 20 when
attempting to score the maximum possible score with three darts?
See answer page for clarification.
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(amended 24 June)
Using standard deviation, find the odd one out:
- Burundi
- Georgia
- Honduras
- Jamaica
- Laos
- Macedonia
- Thailand
Alan
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Caroline Duffy
Diane Chambers
Daphne Moon
Norman Buntz
Dr. Victor Ehrlich
Coach Ken Reeves
Who's not really there?
Don
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Ebro, Mekong, Rhône, Mississippi, Ganges, Ob, Po, St Lawrence,
Rhine, Danube, Niger
Which is the odd one out?
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What name links Judgement Day with atomic powered rockets?
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Who wrote:
“It is our supreme object to have a head looking like a wet
football on a neck as thin as a governess's hatpin”
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The last question I set included the word "standard". What is
the next pair of letters in this sequence:
S T N D R D _ _
Alan
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image deleted
Who would be hunting this?
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A twentieth century inventor discovered uses for two chemicals,
which were both later bitterly regretted by the environmental movement
for causing enormous pollution problems: which of his inventions
did he personally regret on his deathbed?
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Which is the odd one out:
27, 79, 47, 82, 78, 21, 10, 6, 29, 16,
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Where in the solar system would you come across the thickest calendar?
Assuming every planet defines a day as its own planet's rotational
period and a year as the period it takes to travel one orbit around
the sun.
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* Stab or penetrate
* To bestow, or the thing (usually monetary) bestowed
* Crossing point of a stream
* Teamster
* Shrub
What's the link, and why couldn't I add any more clues?
Zack
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This Olympic swimmer of the 1920s switched to playing chess (where
he is also called Spike); he reverted to another sport in the 70s
and ended up as an antepenultimate TV character.
Andrew B
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How many country names* are
a) Anagrams of other country names
b) Anagrams of regular English words
* Short form name e.g. Bongoland not The Free People's
Democratic Kleptocracy of Bongoland
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Where on Earth is this?
image deleted
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Wishy Washy's Brother
Caesarian's Mother
Attagenus unicolor
What's the connection?
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