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Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:10 Mon 13 Apr 2009
by DRT
Brooklyn?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:20 Mon 13 Apr 2009
by KillerB
DRT wrote:Brooklyn?
Already been called and was wrong then as well. The New York boroughs joke has now beeen attempted three times and it wasn't funny the first time. For pity's sake look in flipping Wikipedia, under 'Lancashire'.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:26 Mon 13 Apr 2009
by Conky
This could be amusing if I'm wrong,
but as it's you Alex, and your a Southern Softie, could I suggest the following to put you out of your misery in Lancashire matters.
The Lancaster Canal starts in the Borough of Kendal. It then traverses, surprisingly enough, through the Borough of Lancaster, before ending up in the Borough of Preston.
That is nowhere near Covent Garden.
Happy Easter.
Alan
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:32 Mon 13 Apr 2009
by KillerB
Good to see you Alan. But you are wrong. Don't forget that I used to live in Lancashire. Happy Easter.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:57 Mon 13 Apr 2009
by Alex Bridgeman
KillerB wrote:Good to see you Alan. But you are wrong. Don't forget that I used to live in Lancashire. Happy Easter.
Aren't you assuming that Conky's comment was aimed at you? I read it and assumed it was aimed at me - and it made me laugh, which has not happened too much today.
Since I'm allowed another guess now - how about West Lancashire?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:20 Mon 13 Apr 2009
by KillerB
AHB wrote:KillerB wrote:Good to see you Alan. But you are wrong. Don't forget that I used to live in Lancashire. Happy Easter.
Aren't you assuming that Conky's comment was aimed at you? I read it and assumed it was aimed at me - and it made me laugh, which has not happened too much today.
Since I'm allowed another guess now - how about West Lancashire?
Having re-read both Alan and Alex's posts, I suspect that you are right.
West Lancs - ahhhh, Ormskirk and Skem. Nope.
I'm beginning to think that this is a conspiracy.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:27 Mon 13 Apr 2009
by Glenn E.
KillerB wrote:The New York boroughs joke has now beeen attempted three times and it wasn't funny the first time.
Hey! I wasn't joking!
Wikipedia was no help. I'm going to guess Preston. Or Queens. But hopefully Preston.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:30 Mon 13 Apr 2009
by KillerB
Glenn E. wrote:KillerB wrote:The New York boroughs joke has now beeen attempted three times and it wasn't funny the first time.
Hey! I wasn't joking!
Wikipedia was no help. I'm going to guess Preston. Or Queens. But hopefully Preston.
Sadly no. We are going to run out of boroughs.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:49 Mon 13 Apr 2009
by Alex Bridgeman
South Ribble?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:14 Mon 13 Apr 2009
by jdaw1
Hyndbum?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 07:58 Tue 14 Apr 2009
by KillerB
AHB wrote:South Ribble?
Nope
jdaw1 wrote:Hyndburn?
Yes - at last. We started in the borough of Burnley at Hapton Bridge and walked along the Leeds Liverpool canal path, all the way through Hyndburn, including Harrison's home town of Oswaldtwistle, finishing in Blackburn (with Darwen) at the Red Lion.
Didn't take long, did it? Julian's turn.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 15:53 Tue 14 Apr 2009
by jdaw1
And that was the guess I changed last time. Happens.
Yesterday I went to the barber. My instruction to said barber consisted of two clauses, each containing a number. What was my instruction?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:05 Tue 14 Apr 2009
by Glenn E.
Hmm... given what I recall of your hairstyle, I'm going to guess that your instruction was a 4 blade all over and a 3 blade on the sides.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:07 Tue 14 Apr 2009
by jdaw1
The form of the request is near enough (x on top, y on sides), but your numbers are hopeless.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:25 Tue 14 Apr 2009
by Glenn E.
Well I'm a 3 all over, so I don't have much experience with the larger blades and was just guessing!
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:47 Tue 14 Apr 2009
by KillerB
2 nd 1
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:59 Tue 14 Apr 2009
by DRT
1 on top and 0 on the sides
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 18:00 Tue 14 Apr 2009
by jdaw1
KillerB wrote:2 nd 1
One number is correct. The other is too large.
DRT wrote:1 on top and 0 on the sides
Both too small.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 18:27 Tue 14 Apr 2009
by KillerB
1 and 1
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:52 Tue 14 Apr 2009
by jdaw1
KillerB wrote:1 and 1
Obviously not: that would have been ‟one all over”. One number correct, one slightly too small.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:54 Tue 14 Apr 2009
by KillerB
jdaw1 wrote:KillerB wrote:1 and 1
Obviously not: that would have been ‟one all over”. One number correct, one slightly too small.
I don't go to barbers, I don't know the rules. Are halves allowed?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:24 Tue 14 Apr 2009
by DRT
1.5 (or one and a half) on top and 1 at the sides
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:30 Tue 14 Apr 2009
by Glenn E.
I'm not buying this - your hair isn't that short! I do a 3 all over and it leaves my hair about 3/8" long. Have you gone buzz cut since the Old and Odd?
Oh wait, I think I figured it out...
1.5" on top and 1" on the sides. Which, technically, is what Derek guessed as well so I'm too late.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:34 Tue 14 Apr 2009
by jdaw1
DRT wrote:1.5 (or one and a half) on top and 1 at the sides
Correct. (And I believe the units are in eighths of inches.) Derek: at last, your question.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:35 Tue 14 Apr 2009
by jdaw1
Glenn E. wrote:I'm not buying this - your hair isn't that short! I do a 3 all over and it leaves my hair about 3/8" long. Have you gone buzz cut since the Old and Odd?
The Old and Odd might have been at a time when a haircut was overdue.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:36 Tue 14 Apr 2009
by jdaw1
KillerB wrote:I don't go to barbers
Dare one ask? DIY? Mum’s the word?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:39 Tue 14 Apr 2009
by KillerB
jdaw1 wrote:KillerB wrote:I don't go to barbers
Dare one ask? DIY? Mum’s the word?
Hairdresser rather than barber. Ken is a quality stylist who knows how to deal with somebody with a water-melon head and thick hair, I don't give him numbers.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:49 Tue 14 Apr 2009
by DRT
jdaw1 wrote:DRT wrote:1.5 (or one and a half) on top and 1 at the sides
Correct. (And I believe the units are in eighths of inches.) Derek: at last, your question.
Yippee
Using the date of first publication, what is the average age (rounded up to the nearest year) of the books that I have in my collection of books about Port and wine?
Derek
Note 1: AHB is excluded from this quiz in accordance with relevant insider trading legislation.
Note 2: My usual PC just broke and I will have to work this out again so there may be a short delay in calculating the correct answer
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:54 Tue 14 Apr 2009
by KillerB
12
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:14 Tue 14 Apr 2009
by jdaw1
48.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:36 Tue 14 Apr 2009
by KillerB
24
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:47 Tue 14 Apr 2009
by DRT
I just worked it out. The only clues I am willing to give at this stage are that I smiled broadly when I realised what the average vintage is and that Julian is too high.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:48 Tue 14 Apr 2009
by jdaw1
Three cases: 36.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:50 Tue 14 Apr 2009
by DRT
No
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:13 Tue 14 Apr 2009
by Glenn E.
Clearly the answer must be 44.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:21 Tue 14 Apr 2009
by DRT
The publishing dates of my 41 port or wine related books are:
1833
1863
1880
1909
1920
1926
1934
1936
1945
1945
1946
1948
1949
1952
1955
1956
1957
1963
1969
1978
1979
1981
1982
1984
1987
1988
1990
1990
1992
1996
1997
1999
1999
2001
2002
2004
2005
2007
2007
2007
2008
Giving an "average year" of 1965.089, which, coincidentally, is almost exactly my birthday.
Glenn's turn...
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:29 Tue 14 Apr 2009
by jdaw1
Ahhh: I didn’t know that you’d also bought some new books.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:37 Tue 14 Apr 2009
by DRT
JDAW in particular will no doubt be unsurprised that a re-count is required. I just found two more books that were not included in my initial calculation.
Glenn's answer is wrong, principally as a result of my incorrect clue. Sorry.
Guess again...
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:46 Tue 14 Apr 2009
by jdaw1
DRT’s first question: be nice to him. Every class has a slow boy” .
Are all previous clues (i.e., ≤48) still good?
My guess = 45.
” Except in girls’ schools. Public PC prevents further comment.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:57 Tue 14 Apr 2009
by DRT
jdaw1 wrote:DRT’s first question: be nice to him. Every class has a slow boy” .
Are all previous clues (i.e., ≤48) still good?
My guess = 45.
” Except in girls’ schools. Public PC prevents further comment.
I laughed out loud.
All clues are still good apart from the reasoning behind the misguided broad smile.
45 is wrong.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 04:47 Wed 15 Apr 2009
by Glenn E.
Hmm... 2 books can easily change the number quite significantly. I'm going to guess 42, because I think that covers a fairly broad range of possibilities of the 2 most recently added books also happen to be new.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 05:00 Wed 15 Apr 2009
by jdaw1
43?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 05:41 Wed 15 Apr 2009
by DRT
jdaw1 wrote:43?
Correct
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 12:39 Wed 15 Apr 2009
by jdaw1
My favourite breakfast cereal varies between three possibilities. Name any one of the three. First correct answer wins.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 13:37 Wed 15 Apr 2009
by g-man
probably made with corn.
kellogg's nut and honey
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 13:46 Wed 15 Apr 2009
by jdaw1
g-man wrote:kellogg's nut and honey
No.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 13:50 Wed 15 Apr 2009
by KillerB
Porridge
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 13:51 Wed 15 Apr 2009
by jdaw1
KillerB wrote:Porridge
No. (Though porridge is good.)
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 14:22 Wed 15 Apr 2009
by g-man
jdaw1 wrote:g-man wrote:kellogg's nut and honey
No.
u lie!
I spotted in your kitchen last time!
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 15:11 Wed 15 Apr 2009
by jdaw1
g-man wrote:u lie!
I spotted in your kitchen last time!
A kitchen that is also used to feed a wife, a child, and a dog. I lie not.