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They all have buildings in them.

 

(I'm not a fan of these "pick the thing I'm thinking of" questions. I feel the questions should all have UNIQUE answers. You may as well ask "Name a vegetable". "Carrot".... "No". "Cabbage"...."DING! Yes that's the one I wanted")

Posted (edited)

They all have buildings in them.

 

(I'm not a fan of these "pick the thing I'm thinking of" questions. I feel the questions should all have UNIQUE answers. You may as well ask "Name a vegetable". "Carrot".... "No". "Cabbage"...."DING! Yes that's the one I wanted")

 

These geographic locations are unique. I could add another few, like Mumbai, or Kulkata (Calcutta) but they share the same unique element of this unique feature as New Deli.

 

Perhaps if I re-phrased the question as follows:

 

Newfoundland, India, Iran, Afghanistan, Venezuela, Burma, as well as parts of Australia, share this unique feature. What is it?

Edited by careygang
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They all have buildings in them.

 

(I'm not a fan of these "pick the thing I'm thinking of" questions. I feel the questions should all have UNIQUE answers. You may as well ask "Name a vegetable". "Carrot".... "No". "Cabbage"...."DING! Yes that's the one I wanted")

artichoke?

Posted (edited)

They all have buildings in them.

 

(I'm not a fan of these "pick the thing I'm thinking of" questions. I feel the questions should all have UNIQUE answers. You may as well ask "Name a vegetable". "Carrot".... "No". "Cabbage"...."DING! Yes that's the one I wanted")

 

These geographic locations are unique. I could add another few, like Mumbai, or Kulkata (Calcutta) but they share the same unique element of this unique feature as New Deli.

 

Perhaps if I re-phrased the question as follows:

 

Newfoundland, India, Iran, Afghanistan, Venezuela, Burma, as well as parts of Australia, share this unique feature. What is it?

 

Do they have a time difference other than a full hour compared to UTC (GMT)? (I was in NFLD last year and it was the case there, I know India has has a .5 difference)

Edited by on4bam
Posted

They all have buildings in them.

 

(I'm not a fan of these "pick the thing I'm thinking of" questions. I feel the questions should all have UNIQUE answers. You may as well ask "Name a vegetable". "Carrot".... "No". "Cabbage"...."DING! Yes that's the one I wanted")

 

These geographic locations are unique. I could add another few, like Mumbai, or Kulkata (Calcutta) but they share the same unique element of this unique feature as New Deli.

 

Perhaps if I re-phrased the question as follows:

 

Newfoundland, India, Iran, Afghanistan, Venezuela, Burma, as well as parts of Australia, share this unique feature. What is it?

 

Do they have a time difference other than a full hour compared to UTC (GMT)? (I was in NFLD last year and it was the case there, I know India has has a .5 difference)

 

DING

They are time zones on a half hour time difference from GMT.

Adelaide +9.30 hrs

Caracas -4.30 hrs

Kabul +4.30 hrs

New Deli +5.30 hrs

St John's -3.30 hrs

Tehran +3.30 hrs

 

Over to you :blink:

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Some people think that Belgium is only known for it's chocolate. This is as wrong as you can be so here's a double question:

 

1: The first synthetic material was invented by a Belgian: name the inventor or name of the material

 

2: A musical instrument was invented by a Belgian: Which instrument (bonus: name the inventor).

 

 

 

Fact: French fries are really Belgian fries as they were also first "invented" in Belgium. (no dings to be earned here :blink: )

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Some people think that Belgium is only known for it's chocolate. This is as wrong as you can be so here's a double question:

 

1: The first synthetic material was invented by a Belgian: name the inventor or name of the material

 

2: A musical instrument was invented by a Belgian: Which instrument (bonus: name the inventor).

 

 

 

Fact: French fries are really Belgian fries as they were also first "invented" in Belgium. (no dings to be earned here :blink: )

 

Bakelite (I think), but can't remember who invented it, and Saxophone (I know), invented by Monsieur Sax?

 

Looks like the time I spent helping my daughter research her school EU project work wasn't wasted after all!

Edited by MartyBartfast
Posted

Some people think that Belgium is only known for it's chocolate. This is as wrong as you can be so here's a double question:

 

1: The first synthetic material was invented by a Belgian: name the inventor or name of the material

 

2: A musical instrument was invented by a Belgian: Which instrument (bonus: name the inventor).

 

 

 

Fact: French fries are really Belgian fries as they were also first "invented" in Belgium. (no dings to be earned here :blink: )

 

Bakelite (I think), but can't remember who invented it, and Saxophone (I know), invented by Monsieur Sax?

 

Looks like the time I spent helping my daughter research her school EU project work wasn't wasted after all!

 

Spot on both times. The name of the inventor is Bakelandt.

 

Ding to you. Congratulations on the FAST answers.

Posted

OK. For Chrismas I got the Viz "Last Turkey in the shop" annual, the Private Eye 2008 annual, and the QI annual. This question appears in one of them and I'll leave you to guess which, but if you were a recipient of any of them get them out now, you never know.

 

What is the flavour of the Greek drink "Zit"?

Posted

OK. For Chrismas I got the Viz "Last Turkey in the shop" annual, the Private Eye 2008 annual, and the QI annual. This question appears in one of them and I'll leave you to guess which, but if you were a recipient of any of them get them out now, you never know.

 

What is the flavour of the Greek drink "Zit"?

 

I'm thinking that there could be a really unpleasant answer hiding here somewhere, but I don't know what it is, so...

 

How about lemon?

 

MrsB

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Happy New Year - Well Harryhotspur has done it again; goes and gets the answer but doesn't come back with a new question...

 

It's now been over 2 days, so I'll throw in a quick and easy one.

 

This was actually a real question a couple of weeks ago on the "Trivial Pursuit" gameshow on prime time US TV. None of the 3 contestants got it right...

 

Which European city is home to the fragrance "4711"...?

Posted

Happy New Year - Well Harryhotspur has done it again; goes and gets the answer but doesn't come back with a new question...

 

It's now been over 2 days, so I'll throw in a quick and easy one.

 

This was actually a real question a couple of weeks ago on the "Trivial Pursuit" gameshow on prime time US TV. None of the 3 contestants got it right...

 

Which European city is home to the fragrance "4711"...?

Cologne. It's the street address of the shop/workshop/factory. Been there, done that. although I was there for the Kolsch.

Posted

I thought it was easy to.. DING for Chudley..

Following on from my comment about Kolsch which for the uninitiated is a style of beer only brewed in the city of Cologne, here's a question about beer.

 

Bock, Maibock, Doppelbock and Eisbock are styles of dark lager.

 

What would you expect to see depicted on the label of these beers?

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What do the following people have in common?

 

King Juan Carlos (Spain)

King Hussein (Jordan)

Rajiv Ghandi (India)

Marlon Brando (actor)

Barry Goldwater (US senator)

Garry Shandling (actor/comedian)

Joe Walsh (The Eagles)

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What do the following people have in common?

 

King Juan Carlos (Spain)

King Hussein (Jordan)

Rajiv Ghandi (India)

Marlon Brando (actor)

Barry Goldwater (US senator)

Garry Shandling (actor/comedian)

Joe Walsh (The Eagles)

 

Hey I have met one of that list (HM King Hussein bin Talal)!

 

I think it is either they all have held a pilots licence or they are/were all amateur radio enthusiasts. ;)

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