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 Post subject: A number phase quiz
PostPosted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 10:11 
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I'm sure we have all seen those quizzes where you have to figure out that "366 D in a L Y" means "366 days in a leap year" and "206 B in the H B" means "206 bones in the human body". Well my girlfriend has got one from work and I've been trying to help. After getting about 70% of them she finally let me free on to Google and we have now answered most of them.

However there are some that have me stumped and no amount of googling is helping. So that where I'm hoping you guys/gals can help. Plus I think it would be fun if we have these occasional quizzes.

I'm not expected to get them all because some of the ones I've got are quite obscure. For example "8 D a W (in the B S)" I think might mean "8 Days a Week (in the Beatles Song)". Anyway, to the questions!

12 on the E F
2 L in a P of T
25 C in a D
25 W on an A C
3 P for a T (3 Players/People for a Trio?)
3 P on an E P
4 Q in a M
36,400 M in a L Y
9 S in N a C

So any suggestions would be gratefully received and nicked in order to help my girlfriend.

Also here is a bonus one I got but bugged the hell out of me because it seemed so familiar.

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 Post subject: Re: A number phase quiz
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Yes! Bugged the hell out of me that one did.


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 Post subject: Re: A number phase quiz
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36,400 M in a L Y

minutes/leap year?

not even going to bother to see if that's close so I may look like a total arse now!

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 Post subject: Re: A number phase quiz
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Bluce_Ree wrote:
36,400 M in a L Y

minutes/leap year?

not even going to bother to see if that's close so I may look like a total arse now!


It's not, I tried it :p

I also tried miles in a light year.

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 Post subject: Re: A number phase quiz
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No, that's not right. only because there is a song that goes '525,600 minutes' in some musical I did as a yoof that talk about the minutes in a year.

I tried miles in a light year, to - nowhere near, hehe.

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 Post subject: Re: A number phase quiz
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Craster wrote:
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36,400 M in a L Y

minutes/leap year?

not even going to bother to see if that's close so I may look like a total arse now!


It's not, I tried it :p

I also tried miles in a light year.


I also tried both of those. Miles in a light year is approx 150 million, so we're a bit off. ;)

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 Post subject: Re: A number phase quiz
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12 on the E F = 12 on the Eastern Front?

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2 L in a P of T


2 legs in a pair of trousers.

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 Post subject: Re: A number phase quiz
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Bluecup wrote:
4 Q in a M


4 quarters in a moon (moons phases are usually measured in quarters)

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 Post subject: Re: A number phase quiz
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Bluecup wrote:
3 P for a T (3 Players/People for a Trio?)


i don't think this is correct as it would be 3 P in a T (Three people in a trio) rather than 'for a'.

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 Post subject: Re: A number phase quiz
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3 points for a ???

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 Post subject: Re: A number phase quiz
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No, it would still be 'in a', I think.

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 Post subject: Re: A number phase quiz
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Mimi wrote:
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4 Q in a M


4 quarters in a moon (moons phases are usually measured in quarters)


I came up with '4 quarters in a month' and '4 quadrants in a moon' and couldn't make sense of them... haha.

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 Post subject: Re: A number phase quiz
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Curiosity wrote:
3 points for a ???

Try? Or Touchdown?

Or were you trying to be cryptic?

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 Post subject: Re: A number phase quiz
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2 L in a P of T
I want to say Lumps in a Pot of Tea

25 C in a D
25 Cents in a Dime

4 Q in a M
4 Quarts in a Magnum?

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 Post subject: Re: A number phase quiz
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There are only 10 cents in a dime.

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 Post subject: Re: A number phase quiz
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Mimi wrote:

4 quarters in a moon (moons phases are usually measured in quarters)
Mimi wrote:

2 legs in a pair of trousers.


I think Mimi is on a roll here.

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12 on the E F = 12 on the Eastern Front?


Not sure about this, haven't heard of "12 on the Eastern Front" before but it is better than I could come up with.

36,400 is such an odd number that you would of thought it would be obvious. Why can't google do wild card searches :(


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 Post subject: Re: A number phase quiz
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The quarts in a magnum thing doesn't seem to work either, from what I can see from this

Right, you lot are distracting me - I must be off to the post office (and thursday as well... Old people's pension day, eeekkk...)

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 Post subject: Re: A number phase quiz
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25 C in a D


Should this be
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52 C in a D
? Cos I reckon I know that one.

Yep, if in doubt, change the question till you know the answer!

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 Post subject: Re: A number phase quiz
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Bobbyaro wrote:
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25 C in a D


Should this be
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52 C in a D
? Cos I reckon I know that one.

Yep, if in doubt, change the question till you know the answer!


It's definitely 25 C in a D on the sheet. Of course the sheet could be wrong..... ?:|


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 Post subject: Re: A number phase quiz
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Oh, if it were 52 C in a D that would be easy - cards in a deck :)

Change the question!

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 Post subject: Re: A number phase quiz
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36400 = (52 x 7 x 100) if that helps anyone. I still can't see where it's going though. Can't think what 1/100th of a week is.


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 Post subject: Re: A number phase quiz
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9 S in N a C


Hmmm: 9 squares in Noughts a(nd) Crosses?


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Hmmm: 9 squares in Noughts a(nd) Crosses?


Got to be! Espically when it should of been "&" instead of "a" ;)


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 Post subject: Re: A number phase quiz
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36400 = (52 x 7 x 100) if that helps anyone. I still can't see where it's going though. Can't think what 1/100th of a week is.


Yes, there are 364 days in a leap year, so that's 364 x 100 - a hundred of something in every day in a leap year?

What happens 100 times every day beginning with M?

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No, there's 366.

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Mimi wrote:
Yes, there are 364 days in a leap year, so that's 364 x 100 - a hundred of something in every day in a leap year?
366, I'm afraid. The year is 365.24ish days long.


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?:|

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And, may I add 'poo' :(

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Bobbyaro wrote:
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3 points for a ???

Try? Or Touchdown?

Or were you trying to be cryptic?


I dunno... just thigns often score points in threes. Alas, not for anything I can think of that begins with a T.

Stupid question...

3 points for a triangle?

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No, I thought that also, but it would be 'three points/corners' ON a triangle, surely?

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Curiosity wrote:
Bobbyaro wrote:
Curiosity wrote:
3 points for a ???

Try? Or Touchdown?

Or were you trying to be cryptic?


I dunno... just thigns often score points in threes. Alas, not for anything I can think of that begins with a T.

Stupid question...

3 points for a triangle?

:S


3 points for a try. Er, in Rugby League. Um, before 1983.


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 Post subject: Re: A number phase quiz
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Oh! Parts in a trilogy.


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But it's 'for a'

3 parts for a trilogy? Just doesn't sound right.

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There are lots of nearly ones for that... you could feasibly use bar-speak to have "three parts for a triple"... etc.

If I ever make a list like this I am definitely having 99 P (B a B A O)

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25 Windows on an Advent Calendar! :munkeh:

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Excellent work (though I'd argue that there are in fact 24 windows on an advent calendar, usually, but I still think that your guess may be right)

When do we find out the results, BlueCup?

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Some of the advent calenders I've seen recently have 31, one for each day up to New Year. This is probably Political Correctness Gone Mad though, so should be ignored.


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That is just wrongness in it's highest form.

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Mimi wrote:
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4 Q in a M


4 quarters in a moon (moons phases are usually measured in quarters)


Or possible 4 quarters in a Match (a lot of american sports use quarters)


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But it does mean extra chocolates... :munkeh:

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Dudley wrote:
Mimi wrote:
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4 Q in a M


4 quarters in a moon (moons phases are usually measured in quarters)


Or possible 4 quarters in a Match (a lot of american sports use quarters)


they usually call them 'games' though, don't they?

I am unsure - I hardly have expertise in the field of American sports...

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25 Windows on an Advent Calendar! :munkeh:

Traditional ones only have 24, no?

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I am also highly suspicious of the advent calendar answer. Any of them with more than 24 windows are WRONG!

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Grim... wrote:
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25 Windows on an Advent Calendar! :munkeh:

Traditional ones only have 24, no?


Oh yes! I'm surprised no-one had already pointed that out!

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Isn't it 25, with the 25th being Christmas day's?

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Traditionally, no Chrimbo Day window, but you know, these calendars go up to 11.

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 Post subject: Re: A number phase quiz
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Results at the end of the month hopefully.

To balance things out I will try and get some of the easier questions we have got and put them up. Some I can remember

1 R to R T A
1 S S for M, 1 G L for M
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