The famous fruit-chat quiz!
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by Weyland » Sun Apr 16, 2006 11:51 pm
Good old Paul Hardcastle.
Anyway, as it's Easter (for another 10 minutes at least) the question is: What is the actual name for the statues on Easter Island, and for a bonus point, what are they actually made of?
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by Weyland » Mon Apr 17, 2006 8:04 pm
First clue then: It's the same as the acronym that Malvolio says rules his life in Twelfth Night.
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by Demmerz » Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:16 am
M...O...A... I...
Hmm.. I'll guess that the statues are affectionately called Yellow Garters.
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by Weyland » Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:32 pm
Thank God for that, I thought I'd asked another impossible question there.
They are indeed called Moai (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moai ), and are made of compressed volcanic ash.
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by tka » Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:33 pm
Demmerz................?
No wonder I drink!
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by Demmerz » Thu May 04, 2006 11:29 am
Should have carried on without me - sorry! Busy bee at the moment!
Question will follow in the next half hour.
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by Demmerz » Thu May 04, 2006 1:39 pm
Right, back with you all
God I'm so disorganised!
: We all like a drink, but how much on average does each person spend in pubs each year?
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by Cardinal Sin » Thu May 04, 2006 2:38 pm
Right. Say 1/3 of the population drink regularly in the pub. Perhaps spend £25 a week there...
That means = 25 * 52 = £1300 per year.
Divided by 3 = £433.33
Anywhere close?
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by Demmerz » Thu May 04, 2006 3:46 pm
That's an incredible formula and I commend you for it.
Sadly your are wrong but you are not far off the correct amount - if you omit your final calculation. Try again good sir
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by Cardinal Sin » Thu May 04, 2006 3:49 pm
actually, that sounds a little high...
I'll go for £385.32 ... and don't give it to me unless I'm bang on.
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by Demmerz » Thu May 04, 2006 3:53 pm
Whoops... my edit came too late! Re-read my post above
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by Demmerz » Thu May 04, 2006 4:45 pm
Touch more
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by Cardinal Sin » Thu May 04, 2006 4:59 pm
I'm a one-man quizzing machine.
£1,453.26 + an old 5p slipped in as a new 10p
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by Demmerz » Thu May 04, 2006 5:31 pm
Closer! It's a nice even number, too.
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