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List at least ten English words which have shorter plurals than the
singular form, which include four different final letters in the plural
form.
Can you do better?
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What crappy little island was nabbed by the US in 1857?
Jim
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What unique treatment was offered by the beauty salons of the Emerald
City?
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What does the message mean?
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Which god became a mere mortal in 1946?
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I dreamt I was on a date with Sandra Bullock; naturally we went to
a movie. The script was by the author of "Brave New World", the stars
were the winner of the 1999 Best Actor Oscar and the housekeeper from
"Gosford Park", and the theme song was by the lead vocalist of the Rolling
Stones. I know that the director's first and last names each had the same
number of letters, but I can't remember who it was. Can you help?
Alan
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Jim is playing in the men's singles final at Wimbledon tomorrow, his
accomplice slips a powerful hallucinogenic drug into the lemon barley
water of his opponent. Assuming the drug works as promised and makes his
opponent incapable of serving or returning a single ball how many times
must Jim hit the ball to win?
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Which dictionary word
(a) is allowed in Scrabble
(b) has no vowels - not even 'y'
(c) is pronounced with as many syllables as it has letters?
And what makes it unique among words allowable in Scrabble?
Shekhar
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| 9 |
In my trusty dictionary between an inference
and coy I find kinds of ruminants, a failure to meet a call, abandonment
of a cause or leader, justified, incomplete, a person who has lost good
qualities, one who fails in a duty, a boundary and raising an objection.
I also find two and a half things I don't believe in. Can you
explain?
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This car was named after either a very welcome whoring expedition or
something much more innocent (or naïve). What was the number plate
used for this car's fantastic namesake?
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