Silliness Quiz - Page 391

Bilbo1967 · 03-01-2012, 02:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdurrant

OK, some I know, some I'm guessing, some I can't even guess!
1. ?
2. Bombay
3. Milan
4. Tokyo
5. Coventry
6. Amsterdam
7. ?
8. Turin
9. Dublin
10. Philadelphia

4, 6 and 10 correct.

Bilbo1967 · 03-01-2012, 02:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeterT

5: Birmingham

It is (where I live, more or less).

issybird · 03-01-2012, 02:39 PM

1. Halifax
2. Calcutta
3. Heidelberg
8. Milan

Bilbo1967 · 03-01-2012, 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by issybird

1. Halifax
2. Calcutta
3. Heidelberg
8. Milan

Good guesses all. Unfortunately, all incorrect.

Bilbo1967 · 03-01-2012, 03:20 PM

So far, Pdurrant has 3 and PeterT, 1.

I'll give you further clues for those not yet got:

1. This was the first city in this particular country.
2. In Europe.
3. Also home to the cathedral of St. Vitus.
7. In Africa.
8. Not in Italy!
9. A coastal seaport.

issybird · 03-01-2012, 03:38 PM

1. Sydney
3. Prague
8. Salzburg

issybird · 03-01-2012, 03:40 PM

2. Dublin

Bilbo1967 · 03-01-2012, 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by issybird

1. Sydney
3. Prague
8. Salzburg

Yes to Sydney and Prague. Not Salzburg though.

Quote:

Originally Posted by issybird

2. Dublin

Correct.

Issybird draws level with Pdurrant on 3 points.

SneakySnake · 03-01-2012, 05:28 PM

9. Atlanta?

Bilbo1967 · 03-01-2012, 05:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SneakySnake

9. Atlanta?

Not Atlanta. But you're on the right continent.

Further clues;

7. Was the location of a famous siege.
8. In Germany.

issybird · 03-01-2012, 05:41 PM

7. Jericho
8. Munich
9. Vancouver

Bilbo1967 · 03-01-2012, 05:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by issybird

7. Jericho
8. Munich
9. Vancouver

Yes to Munich and Vancouver. Not Jericho though.

Anyway, you'll have the most correct answers, issybird, so if you want to set a question, take it away. I'll leave number 7 out there for a while in case anybody wants to have a go at it.

7. An African city that was the site of a famous siege. Osama Bin Laden owned a house and lived there between 1991 and 1996. Situated at the confluence of two 'colourful' rivers.

Bookpossum · 03-01-2012, 05:52 PM

7. Is this Khartoum, the confluence of the White Nile and the Blue Nile?

(You lot have been very busy since I turned off the computer last night!)

Bilbo1967 · 03-01-2012, 05:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bookpossum

7. Is this Khartoum, the confluence of the White Nile and the Blue Nile?

(You lot have been very busy since I turned off the computer last night!)

Indeed it is. Nicely worked out Bookpossum.

Over to issybird for the next question then.

issybird · 03-01-2012, 06:35 PM

A word problem, with no right answer.

Think of English words of at least six letters that can be reduced, one letter at a time, to another English word, down to a three-letter word.

As an example: cheater, heater, hater, hate, hat

Winner is the person who comes up with the entries with the highest total of letters in the original words. Let's not bother with tacking an s onto entries to pad totals, although it's fine if an internal s ends up at the end as the word is reduced.

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03-01-2012, 02:39 PM	#5853
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 20,224 Karma: 222235366 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: H2O, Aura One, PW5	1. Halifax 2. Calcutta 3. Heidelberg 8. Milan

03-01-2012, 03:20 PM	#5855
Bilbo1967 Not scared! Posts: 13,424 Karma: 81011643 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Midlands, UK Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, Huawei M5 10	So far, Pdurrant has 3 and PeterT, 1. I'll give you further clues for those not yet got: 1. This was the first city in this particular country. 2. In Europe. 3. Also home to the cathedral of St. Vitus. 7. In Africa. 8. Not in Italy! 9. A coastal seaport.

03-01-2012, 03:38 PM	#5856
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 20,224 Karma: 222235366 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: H2O, Aura One, PW5	1. Sydney 3. Prague 8. Salzburg

03-01-2012, 03:40 PM	#5857
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 20,224 Karma: 222235366 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: H2O, Aura One, PW5	2. Dublin

03-01-2012, 05:28 PM	#5859
SneakySnake I'm watching you! Posts: 6,113 Karma: 22344652 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Sunny Coast Qld, OZ Device: Sony PRS-900(unused lately) iPadAir2, want me Kindle Oasis	9. Atlanta?

03-01-2012, 05:41 PM	#5861
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 20,224 Karma: 222235366 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: H2O, Aura One, PW5	7. Jericho 8. Munich 9. Vancouver

03-01-2012, 05:52 PM	#5863
Bookpossum Snoozing in the sun Posts: 10,137 Karma: 115423645 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: iPad Mini, Kobo Touch	7. Is this Khartoum, the confluence of the White Nile and the Blue Nile? (You lot have been very busy since I turned off the computer last night!)

03-01-2012, 06:35 PM	#5865
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 20,224 Karma: 222235366 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: H2O, Aura One, PW5	A word problem, with no right answer. Think of English words of at least six letters that can be reduced, one letter at a time, to another English word, down to a three-letter word. As an example: cheater, heater, hater, hate, hat Winner is the person who comes up with the entries with the highest total of letters in the original words. Let's not bother with tacking an s onto entries to pad totals, although it's fine if an internal s ends up at the end as the word is reduced.

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