Silliness Quiz - Page 710

Kumabjorn · 01-22-2013, 04:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdurrant

All the question marks in the sequence are placeholders for a letter.
I'm sure that you will all recognise the sequence when someone gets the answer.

Using Tapatalk and seems it interprets some combination of question marks and letters as smileys.

pdurrant · 01-22-2013, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

Another Richard Wiseman puzzle. I'm sure someone will get it immediately, but it stumped me.

Fill in the question marks in this sequence

Sequence wrapped in CODE tags in the hopes that will make it clearer on tapatalk.

Code:

??E TWO THREE FOUR FIVE SIX SEVEN EIGHT NINE TEN ???? ???EN ?IN?

I'll give the answer sometime tomorrow. but hopefully someone will get it before I do.

Fbone · 01-22-2013, 10:54 PM

It's hard by the fact that many people put the first word at the end.

Billi · 01-23-2013, 02:16 AM

Yes. I looked it up and in Germany, we would put the first word at the end. But funny nevertheless, how easy it actually is.

pdurrant · 01-23-2013, 03:53 AM

Well, if you have the answer, answer the quiz! Don't you WANT to win?

Kumabjorn · 01-23-2013, 04:12 AM

Sometimes you hesitate because you don't feel you have a good question to present.

pdurrant · 01-23-2013, 10:25 AM

OK, the answer is:

Spoiler:

Could someone else post a question? Or remind me tomorrow and I'll dig out another puzzle.

orlok · 01-23-2013, 10:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdurrant

OK, the answer is:

Spoiler:

Could someone else post a question? Or remind me tomorrow and I'll dig out another puzzle.

You were right, it was really easy

. I spent ages (well, a good few minutes) puzzling over that one.

Here's a quick one, if I may?

Q: What is the fastest growing type of tissue (grows on a specific mammal), and can grow at a rate of up to 1 inch per day?

Bilbo1967 · 01-23-2013, 01:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by orlok

You were right, it was really easy

. I spent ages (well, a good few minutes) puzzling over that one.

Here's a quick one, if I may?

Q: What is the fastest growing type of tissue (grows on a specific mammal), and can grow at a rate of up to 1 inch per day?

Deer's antlers?

Fbone · 01-23-2013, 03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

Deer's antlers?

I believe that is so.

orlok · 01-23-2013, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

Deer's antlers?

Correct - Reindeer Antlers to be precise. Over to you, Bilbo.

Bilbo1967 · 01-24-2013, 08:36 AM

Some 'spot the link' questions. What do the following have in common;

1. Golden Arrow, Green Monster, Blue Flame

2. Liberia, Australia, Brunei, USA

3. Lake Placid, Lillehammer, Sarajevo

4. Python, Cobra, Asp (not the obvious!)

5. Peter Ustinov, Albert Finney, Alfred Molina

Stitchawl · 01-24-2013, 08:45 AM

1. All set land speed records
3. Winter Olympic venues
4. Model names of real firearms as well as Collector Series Toys

Stitchawl

Bilbo1967 · 01-24-2013, 09:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

1. All set land speed records
3. Winter Olympic venues
4. Model names of real firearms as well as Collector Series Toys

Stitchawl

1 & 3 correct.

4, may be true (I bow to your superior knowledge of firearms), but not the answer I am after.

red_phoenix · 01-24-2013, 09:11 AM

4. models of cars?

01-23-2013, 02:16 AM	#10639
Billi Wizard Posts: 2,513 Karma: 9649449 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Berlin Device: Cybook, iRex, PB, Onyx	Yes. I looked it up and in Germany, we would put the first word at the end. But funny nevertheless, how easy it actually is. __________________ Keep on reading in the free world!

01-23-2013, 03:53 AM	#10640
pdurrant The Grand Mouse Posts: 24,222 Karma: 73592972 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle 2; iPhone 3G; Bookeen Opus; NOOK ST GlowLight	Well, if you have the answer, answer the quiz! Don't you WANT to win? __________________ Kai Lung Raises His Voice, now available at Amazon and BooksOnBoard A new collection of ‘Kai Lung’ stories by Ernest Bramah, including four previously unpublished stories. Need professional help formatting your ebook? Send me email.....................Books I've read in 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010

01-23-2013, 04:12 AM	#10641
Kumabjorn Basculocolpic Posts: 3,016 Karma: 15802129 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sweden Device: Kindle 3 WiFi, Kindle 4SO, Kindle for Android, Sony PRS-350 and PRS-T1	Sometimes you hesitate because you don't feel you have a good question to present. __________________ Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?

01-23-2013, 10:25 AM	#10642
pdurrant The Grand Mouse Posts: 24,222 Karma: 73592972 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle 2; iPhone 3G; Bookeen Opus; NOOK ST GlowLight	OK, the answer is: Spoiler: ACE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE SIX SEVEN EIGHT NINE TEN JACK QUEEN KING Could someone else post a question? Or remind me tomorrow and I'll dig out another puzzle. __________________ Kai Lung Raises His Voice, now available at Amazon and BooksOnBoard A new collection of ‘Kai Lung’ stories by Ernest Bramah, including four previously unpublished stories. Need professional help formatting your ebook? Send me email.....................Books I've read in 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010

01-24-2013, 08:36 AM	#10647
Bilbo1967 Not scared! Posts: 6,342 Karma: 18574228 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Solihull, UK Device: Sony 650, Sony T2, Xoom, Nexus 7, Nook ST	Some 'spot the link' questions. What do the following have in common; 1. Golden Arrow, Green Monster, Blue Flame 2. Liberia, Australia, Brunei, USA 3. Lake Placid, Lillehammer, Sarajevo 4. Python, Cobra, Asp (not the obvious!) 5. Peter Ustinov, Albert Finney, Alfred Molina __________________ The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them. Mark Twain My early and invincible love of reading, . . . I would not exchange for the treasures of India. Edward Gibbon

01-22-2013, 10:54 PM	#10638
Fbone Is that a sandwich? Posts: 4,098 Karma: 57695741 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: NJ Device: Searching ...	It's hard by the fact that many people put the first word at the end.

01-24-2013, 08:45 AM	#10648
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 9,355 Karma: 145309131 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Kyoto, Japan Device: Sony 505, Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350	1. All set land speed records 3. Winter Olympic venues 4. Model names of real firearms as well as Collector Series Toys Stitchawl Last edited by Stitchawl; 01-24-2013 at 08:50 AM.

01-24-2013, 09:11 AM	#10650
red_phoenix What we think we become Posts: 11,676 Karma: 46091618 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: In my imagination Device: Sony PRS-T1	4. models of cars? __________________ It's better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is always right. Unknown

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