Meaningless Quiz!

Conky · Post by **Conky** » 13:36 Sun 07 Oct 2007

Count every " F " in the following text:

FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE
SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTI
FIC STUDY COMBINED WITH
THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS...

Go on then, how many?

KillerB · Post by **KillerB** » 14:43 Sun 07 Oct 2007

5? sorry 6

Conky · Post by **Conky** » 04:49 Mon 08 Oct 2007

Quite right. I initially found 4. As did everyone else I was with. Some found 3. What I found remarkable, was we all still found the same numbers when we were told we were wrong, and that there were 6.
Anyone else having trouble?
If you are, chirp up and I'll explain why. It's just one of those stupid tricks the brain plays on us.

Post by **jdaw1** » 13:26 Mon 08 Oct 2007

⌘F then f, and click “highlight all†. Six.

Conky · Post by **Conky** » 14:41 Mon 08 Oct 2007

jdaw1 wrote:⌘F then f, and click “highlight all†. Six.

Jdaw1,

So rather than see if your eyes may deceive you for a second, you used a keyboard trick to get straight to the right result?

When will you be telling your kids there's no Father Christmas or Tooth Fairy? As soon as they can talk?

I'll give up on this now,

, but the thing that happens with 'normal' human beings, is you dont recognise the F in the word 'of'. Not rocket science, but it was mildly surprising.

Moving on.....

Alan

Post by **jdaw1** » 15:21 Mon 08 Oct 2007

Conky wrote:'normal' human beings

Normal ones, here? Where here?

Post by **DRT** » 17:35 Mon 08 Oct 2007

I agree entirely with Jdaw on this one.

Bah humbug

PS: For any kids reading this:

Father Christmas is a lie invented as a means of making you be a good boy or girl all year, you would probably still get the presents even if you misbehave
the Tooth Fairy is actually your Mum or your Dad
Your pet rabbit didn't escape, Daddy ran it over with the lawnmower
Uncle Dave isn't really your Uncle - he's Mummy's secial friend

Conky · Post by **Conky** » 17:42 Mon 08 Oct 2007

But you've got an Uncle Dave!

Post by **jdaw1** » 18:31 Mon 08 Oct 2007

Though you could have tricked me with a “scientiﬁc† rather than a “scientific†. Except that all upper-case is harder to read and parse, which I suppose is the point.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 10:45 Fri 11 Jan 2008

Here's a port related meaningless quiz.

I was rummaging through my basket of corks last night when I came across a cork branded:

F.G.P.
1987
Vintage
Porto

Which shipper made this port?

Alex

KillerB · Post by **KillerB** » 11:03 Fri 11 Jan 2008

I would have thought that was the Fonseca Guimaraens 1987 but that would be far too obvious.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 11:13 Fri 11 Jan 2008

If it was Fonseca Guimaraens, what would the "P." represent?

Try again.

KillerB · Post by **KillerB** » 11:21 Fri 11 Jan 2008

AHB wrote:If it was Fonseca Guimaraens, what would the "P." represent?

Try again.

Fonseca Garcia & Prazeres

Conky · Post by **Conky** » 11:23 Fri 11 Jan 2008

Is it Panascal???

Post by **DRT** » 11:28 Fri 11 Jan 2008

AHB wrote:I was rummaging through my basket of corks last night

I can't let that pass without a

and the question "why?"

Derek

KillerB · Post by **KillerB** » 11:28 Fri 11 Jan 2008

Derek T. wrote:
AHB wrote:I was rummaging through my basket of corks last night
I can't let that pass without a and the question "why?"

Derek

This is Al B., why are you asking that question?

Post by **DRT** » 11:30 Fri 11 Jan 2008

KillerB wrote:
Derek T. wrote:
AHB wrote:I was rummaging through my basket of corks last night
I can't let that pass without a and the question "why?"

Derek
This is Al B., why are you asking that question?

I just can't help wondering what useful task he was performing that required him to rummage

Derek

Conky · Post by **Conky** » 11:34 Fri 11 Jan 2008

He was looking for a cork that might provide an interesting question!

Post by **DRT** » 12:10 Fri 11 Jan 2008

Conky wrote:He was looking for a cork that might provide an interesting question!

No, there will be a far more serious reason than that.

KillerB · Post by **KillerB** » 12:18 Fri 11 Jan 2008

He was just doing his weekly cork inventory.

Post by **DRT** » 12:50 Fri 11 Jan 2008

KillerB wrote:He was just doing his weekly cork inventory.

I am willing to bet not.

Post by **DRT** » 12:51 Fri 11 Jan 2008

Derek T. wrote:
KillerB wrote:He was just doing his weekly cork inventory.
I am willing to bet not.

I'm starting a new thread.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 13:30 Fri 11 Jan 2008

In meaningless drivel, I hope

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 13:33 Fri 11 Jan 2008

Derek T. wrote:
Conky wrote:He was looking for a cork that might provide an interesting question!
No, there will be a far more serious reason than that.

Uh, no there isn't. And I'm not prepared to divulge what the real reason was. Sorry.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 13:35 Fri 11 Jan 2008

KillerB wrote:He was just doing his weekly cork inventory.

But I did love this suggestion. And I did find as I rummaged, that when I run out of space in the basket that there are plenty of corks that I can get rid of to make more space.

Anyone want to know what I've got in my cork basket - as in which wines and ports are included therein?

Conky · Post by **Conky** » 13:42 Fri 11 Jan 2008

Al-B,

I would have a mild interest, but only secondary to the point of this thread.
Remember to dismiss Al-K's punt and my guess as to what P is, if neither are correct, to keep me thinking or to put me out of my misery.

Al-C

Post by **DRT** » 14:43 Fri 11 Jan 2008

AHB wrote:
Derek T. wrote:
Conky wrote:He was looking for a cork that might provide an interesting question!
No, there will be a far more serious reason than that.
Uh, no there isn't. And I'm not prepared to divulge what the real reason was. Sorry.

Oh, go on? You know you want to tell us, and I promise no one will think you are in any way strange

Post by **DRT** » 14:44 Fri 11 Jan 2008

Incidentally, my guess is that you were checking for signs of glue-fatigue on re-constructed corks just in case any required renovation work to be carried out.

Derek

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 22:20 Sat 12 Jan 2008

KillerB wrote:Fonseca Garcia & Prazeres

Uh - if that's the answer then it's not the one that I was expecting. What's your source?

Alex

KillerB · Post by **KillerB** » 22:35 Sat 12 Jan 2008

I randomly put FGP Fonseca into Google and that was the number one answer. I thought that I would give it a punt and see if it confused you. I think they are Portuguese solicitors.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 23:40 Sat 12 Jan 2008

KillerB wrote:I randomly put FGP Fonseca into Google and that was the number one answer. I thought that I would give it a punt and see if it confused you. I think they are Portuguese solicitors.

I'll wait a while and then offer a little clue.

KillerB · Post by **KillerB** » 00:04 Sun 13 Jan 2008

If Tsunami pops into this section he may have the answer. Uncle Tom normally has a few random pieces of information lurking behind his eyes. Leave it for a bit until the experts arrive.

I assume that it is not Fonseca Guimaraens Port nor Partnership

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 20:01 Thu 17 Jan 2008

OK. This is where I 'fess up. While I know what the label on the bottle said (and therefor the shipper) I have no idea what the FGP stands for. If it's associated wth Fonseca, that will be quite revealing, but I suspect that it may be something to do with the relatively small volume shipper having to use standard corks.

So, I promised a clue that wasn't too obvious. How about "The fourth generation to be in the port trade.". That seems pretty obscure to me.

Alex

Conky · Post by **Conky** » 00:48 Fri 18 Jan 2008

Alex,

I might be being dim, but that's confused me greatly. You dont know what the cork initials stand for, but we're now guessing what the label says?

And the clue is 'Fourth Generation'? That would be the Guimaraens family wouldn't it?

Help???

Alan

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 09:40 Sat 19 Jan 2008

Alan,

Part of the reason that I posted this question was that I don't have a clue what the letters FGP stand for, although I do know what the label said on the bottle - hence I was asking for (and know) the shipper. I don't know what the connection is between the letters FGP and the shipper's name, but there must be one.

Actually, I'm now starting to wonder if Fonseca Guimaraens did the bottling on behalf of the shipper. I doubt it, but I wonder...

Anyway, here's Clue 2
This port was shipped under a family name, a name more closely associated over time with two specific single quinta ports than with ports blended and shipped under the family name.

Alex

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