Unutterably Silly Quiz

[Bookpossum]

6, 6, 1?

[issybird]

LOL, there's obviously some pattern that results in 6, 6, 1 since three people have suggested it.

I'll call this one. The next three numbers are 9, 6, 8 for a sequence that goes 14, 23, 28, 33, 42, 51, 59, 68, 77, 86....

These are the stops on the Lexington Ave. Local subway train in NYC.

I thought someone might guess correctly that they were street names, but geography made this tougher than I hoped.

This is open to anyone to pose the next question.

[Bookpossum]

Ah sorry - I didn't register that I was putting up the same numbers as the Grand Mouse and Sneaky. It was a pattern of the difference amounts between the numbers.

I think Paul should have a go as he gave the first wrong guess!

[Stitchawl]

Jeez! I used to ride that train twice a day for two years too!!!! Unbelievable!


Stitchawl

[pdurrant]

OK, no numbers for this one


There is only one correct Answer to this Question. Is it

A) Answer A
B) Answer A or Answer B
C) Answer B or Answer C

[Bookpossum]

If there's only one correct answer, then it has to be (A).

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by Bookpossum

If there's only one correct answer, then it has to be (A).

No. If answer A is right, then answer B is also right, but only one answer is right.

[Bilbo1967]

I'll guess at (c), for no other reason than I don't think it can be (a), because if it is (a), then (b) must be true as well. After that I can't get the logic straight in my head between (b) and (c), so I will just guess at one of them.

(Getting out my bus timetable if I get to set the next question ).

[Bookpossum]

Is the correct answer "None of these"?

[Stitchawl]

I believe it is 'one.'


Stitchawl

[Billi]

I think, Bilbo is right, it is C).

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

I'll guess at (c), for no other reason than I don't think it can be (a), because if it is (a), then (b) must be true as well. After that I can't get the logic straight in my head between (b) and (c), so I will just guess at one of them.

(Getting out my bus timetable if I get to set the next question ).

I'm not sure that guesses count, but you're right.

The important thing is that only one of the answers is correct.

A can't be that one, because is A is correct then B is correct too.
B can't be that one, because if B is correct then C is correct too.

C is the only correct answer. A and B are not correct.

You can work it out using boolean logic. We know that only one is true.

Try A=TRUE, B=FALSE, C=FALSE. Substitute in and we get
A: TRUE
B: TRUE or FALSE = TRUE
C: FALSE or FALSE = FALSE
which is a contradiction, as we assumed B=FALSE and we find B=TRUE

Try A=FALSE, B=TRUE, C=FALSE.
A: FALSE
B: FALSE or TRUE = TRUE
C: TRUE or FALSE = TRUE
another contradiction, as we assumed C=FALSE and we find C=TRUE

Try A=FALSE, B=FALSE, C=TRUE:
A: FALSE
B: FALSE or FALSE = FALSE
C: FALSE or TRUE = TRUE
No contradictions, the right answer is C.

Over to you, Bilbo...

[Bilbo1967]

Cities quiz then. Please name the cities from the clues below:

1. Founded in 1788 and named after a British politician of the time.
2. Has a name that means 'black pool' in the local language and was once the second largest city in the British Empire.
3. Home of the oldest university in Central Europe (founded in 1347).
4. Originally called Edo, this city acquired its current name in 1868.
5. The authors Barbara Cartland, W.H. Auden, J.R.R. Tolkein and John Wyndham all spent at least part of their childhood here.
6. Home of the world's oldest Stock Exchange.
7. Situated at the confluence of two 'colourful' rivers, Osama Bin Laden had a home here between 1991 and 1996.
8. Sometimes called 'Italy's most northerly city', this city has the official colours black and gold.
9. This city was incorporated in 1886 in anticipation of the railroad reaching it. It has been ranked as one of the world's 'Most Liveable Cities' for each of the last five years.
10. W.C Fields said this of which city; "I once spent a year in ??????, I think it was on a Sunday"

Good luck!

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

Cities quiz then. Please name the cities from the clues below:

1. Founded in 1788 and named after a British politician of the time.
2. Has a name that means 'black pool' in the local language and was once the second largest city in the British Empire.
3. Home of the oldest university in Central Europe (founded in 1347).
4. Originally called Edo, this city acquired its current name in 1868.
5. The authors Barbara Cartland, W.H. Auden, J.R.R. Tolkein and John Wyndham all spent at least part of their childhood here.
6. Home of the world's oldest Stock Exchange.
7. Situated at the confluence of two 'colourful' rivers, Osama Bin Laden had a home here between 1991 and 1996.
8. Sometimes called 'Italy's most northerly city', this city has the official colours black and gold.
9. This city was incorporated in 1886 in anticipation of the railroad reaching it. It has been ranked as one of the world's 'Most Liveable Cities' for each of the last five years.
10. W.C Fields said this of which city; "I once spent a year in ??????, I think it was on a Sunday"

Good luck!

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

[PeterT]

5: Birmingham