Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 08:00 Wed 21 Oct 2009
Malvedos ’62?
JDAW's up!jdaw1 wrote:Malvedos ’62?
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One quiz at a time
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Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 09:17 Wed 21 Oct 2009
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 11:27 Wed 21 Oct 2009
Wine Society catalogues from November 1953 until November 1955 listed ‟Quinta do Noval, 1934 (Nacional Pre Phylloxera Vines)”.jdaw1 wrote:port-related regret-inducing question.
At what price, in shillings and old pence per bottle?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 12:29 Wed 21 Oct 2009
29/6?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 12:49 Wed 21 Oct 2009
Not that dear! What do you think this is?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 13:17 Wed 21 Oct 2009
17s6d
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 13:46 Wed 21 Oct 2009
Well since Nacional was never sold by Noval until 1985, I'd say less than 1-2 pounds (shillings). Yes, an interesting factoid is that Cristiano Van Zellar was the first to offer Nacional for sale in 1985. Until that time it was a free-be give awayjdaw1 wrote:Wine Society catalogues from November 1953 until November 1955 listed ‟Quinta do Noval, 1934 (Nacional Pre Phylloxera Vines)”.jdaw1 wrote:port-related regret-inducing question.
At what price, in shillings and old pence per bottle?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 13:48 Wed 21 Oct 2009
I hope it arrived safely?jdaw1 wrote:Malvedos ’62?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 14:35 Wed 21 Oct 2009
Sure did, thanksAndy V wrote:I hope it arrived safely?jdaw1 wrote:Malvedos ’62?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 14:37 Wed 21 Oct 2009
Although Nacional was not sold by QdN commercially until the 1980s they did put bottles into circulation by giving them away so the bottle in the catalogue is probably being offered on the secondary market.Andy V wrote: Well since Nacional was never sold by Noval until 1985, I'd say less than 1-2 pounds (shillings). Yes, an interesting factoid is that Cristiano Van Zellar was the first to offer Nacional for sale in 1985. Until that time it was a free-be give away
15s 6d
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 17:55 Wed 21 Oct 2009
KillerB wrote:17s6d
Too low. This isn’t any old rubbish: this is Nacional 1934.DRT wrote:15s 6d
Insufficiently precise. And it suggests that you don’t know that there were twenty shillings to the pound.Andy V wrote:I'd say less than 1-2 pounds (shillings).
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 05:23 Thu 22 Oct 2009
Let's go for the old 19s11d
Andy's patently baffled by the shillings thing. So let me explain:
Before decimilaisation in 1971 we had a much simpler currency system with the lowest denomination being the farthing (which went out earlier), so, obviously:
1d (penny) = 4 farthings
1s (shilling) = 12d
£1 (pound) = 20s
Unsurprisngly people were baffled by decimal and claimed they's never get used to it (this is not actually a joke).
Please, nobody mention a half-crown.
Andy's patently baffled by the shillings thing. So let me explain:
Before decimilaisation in 1971 we had a much simpler currency system with the lowest denomination being the farthing (which went out earlier), so, obviously:
1d (penny) = 4 farthings
1s (shilling) = 12d
£1 (pound) = 20s
Unsurprisngly people were baffled by decimal and claimed they's never get used to it (this is not actually a joke).
Please, nobody mention a half-crown.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 07:35 Thu 22 Oct 2009
20s 6d?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 07:40 Thu 22 Oct 2009
KillerB wrote:Let's go for the old 19s11d
Too low. This isn’t any old rubbish: this is Nacional 1934.DRT wrote:20s 6d?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 11:52 Thu 22 Oct 2009
24s11d
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 12:25 Thu 22 Oct 2009
21s4d?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 12:41 Thu 22 Oct 2009
KillerB wrote:24s11d
Too low. This isn’t any old rubbish: this is Nacional 1934.DRT wrote:21s4d?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 13:05 Thu 22 Oct 2009
DRT wrote:29/6?
jdaw1 wrote:Not that dear! What do you think this is?
I can't guess yetjdaw1 wrote:Too low. This isn’t any old rubbish: this is Nacional 1934.KillerB wrote:24s11d
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 13:11 Thu 22 Oct 2009
27s6d
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 13:53 Thu 22 Oct 2009
25s9d
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 13:59 Thu 22 Oct 2009
Too low. This isn’t any old rubbish: this is Nacional 1934.DRT wrote:25s9d
Exactly so.KillerB wrote:27s6d
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 15:25 Thu 22 Oct 2009
Interesting to see the Cockburn's Special Reserve was over-priced then a well.
Harvest time. I have just stripped the vine of its grapes. What weight to the nearest ten grammes, including the stalks, does the harvest come to?
Harvest time. I have just stripped the vine of its grapes. What weight to the nearest ten grammes, including the stalks, does the harvest come to?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 15:44 Thu 22 Oct 2009
102oz?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 15:49 Thu 22 Oct 2009
Use the appropriate unit of measure.jdaw1 wrote:102oz?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:20 Thu 22 Oct 2009
I have specified a weight far more accurately the the required tolerance: 2891.65g.KillerB wrote:Use the appropriate unit of measure.jdaw1 wrote:102oz?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:26 Thu 22 Oct 2009
No you haven't - it's wrong. Too low.jdaw1 wrote:I have specified a weight far more accurately the the required tolerance: 2891.65g.KillerB wrote:Use the appropriate unit of measure.jdaw1 wrote:102oz?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:07 Thu 22 Oct 2009
3.2kg
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:41 Thu 22 Oct 2009
HigherDRT wrote:3.2kg
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:09 Thu 22 Oct 2009
19 degrees baume
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:44 Thu 22 Oct 2009
I asked for the weight or more realistically, mass not relative density.AHB wrote:19 degrees baume
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:15 Thu 22 Oct 2009
4.6kg?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:58 Thu 22 Oct 2009
1 slug? (≈14.5939 kg)
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 05:20 Fri 23 Oct 2009
Too lowDRT wrote:4.6kg?
Too high - it's one vine... ...in Coventryjdaw1 wrote:14.5939 kg
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 07:02 Fri 23 Oct 2009
6.7kg
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 08:42 Fri 23 Oct 2009
0.25 slugs (≈3.648475 kg)?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 08:58 Fri 23 Oct 2009
Too highDRT wrote:6.7kg
jdaw1 wrote:3.648475 kg
Too low
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 09:26 Fri 23 Oct 2009
Summary: >4.6kg ≈ 162.2602oz; <6.7kg ≈ 236.3355oz; answer must be correct to within ±0.01kg ≈ 0.3527oz.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 09:34 Fri 23 Oct 2009
Thinking about it, that could take a while. Let's make it nearest 100g.jdaw1 wrote:Summary: >4.6kg ≈ 162.2602oz; <6.7kg ≈ 236.3355oz; answer must be correct to within ±0.01kg ≈ 0.3527oz.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 10:19 Fri 23 Oct 2009
209 possibilities. If done with interval bisection into equal(-ish) pieces, that can be done in eight steps. Not so much. A mere twenty possibilities can be done in five.
It isn’t my turn.
It isn’t my turn.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 13:30 Fri 23 Oct 2009
That would be the case if people followed a straightforward bisection routine instead of random guesses between. Even better if some muppet doesn't throw in a value outside the already established range.jdaw1 wrote:209 possibilities. If done with interval bisection into equal(-ish) pieces, that can be done in eight steps. Not so much. A mere twenty possibilities can be done in five.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 15:14 Fri 23 Oct 2009
7.2kg?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 15:26 Fri 23 Oct 2009
Hey Fozzie - too highDRT wrote:7.2kg?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:22 Fri 23 Oct 2009
5.6 of your EU kilogrammes.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:25 Fri 23 Oct 2009
5.1kg
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:43 Fri 23 Oct 2009
6.1 of your EU kilogrammes.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:45 Fri 23 Oct 2009
Too highThe Great Gonzo wrote:5.6 of your EU kilogrammes.
Too lowFozzie Bear wrote:5.1kg
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:46 Fri 23 Oct 2009
5.3kg
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 08:08 Sat 24 Oct 2009
5.2 of your EU kilogrammes (if I had guessed 5.4 or 5.5 the next person, who could not be me, would have known 5.2 is the lowest-information guess that I can make).
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 08:11 Sat 24 Oct 2009
It was 5.35Kg, so within 100g. I asked my mother this question and she said "about 5Kg?"DRT wrote:5.3kg
Fozzie's up.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 08:31 Sat 24 Oct 2009
Your mother replied in Kg? I’m surprised.KillerB wrote:It was 5.35Kg, so within 100g. I asked my mother this question and she said "about 5Kg?"