+MartyBartfast Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 OK, here goes... Which number is the odd number out and why? 1243, 2793, 3656, 4868, 5678, 6397, Well 5678 is the only number consisting of 4 consecutive cardinal numbers in order. Or have you been hoisted by your own petard and this is a "pick the thing I'm thinking of" question? Quote Link to comment
+careygang Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 (edited) OK, here goes... Which number is the odd number out and why? 1243, 2793, 3656, 4868, 5678, 6397, Well 5678 is the only number consisting of 4 consecutive cardinal numbers in order. Or have you been hoisted by your own petard and this is a "pick the thing I'm thinking of" question? Or how about.... If you add each set of 4 up... 1243 only equals 10... but all the others add up to 20 or more... Definitely seems to be a Q with more than one possible A... Edited January 10, 2009 by careygang Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 OK, here goes... Which number is the odd number out and why? 1243, 2793, 3656, 4868, 5678, 6397, Well 5678 is the only number consisting of 4 consecutive cardinal numbers in order. Or have you been hoisted by your own petard and this is a "pick the thing I'm thinking of" question? Or how about.... If you add each set of 4 up... 1243 only equals 10... but all the others add up to 20 or more... Definitely seems to be a Q with more than one possible A... 6397 is a prime number, the others aren't Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 6397 - it's the only page that doesn't appear in a 6396 page book. Quote Link to comment
+rutson Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 OK! Good point, well made Marty! I'll throw the floor open... Quote Link to comment
+careygang Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 OK, as nobody came in on this last night, I'll take advantage of the time difference..... Today we are all used to spending on plastic, but... Which charge/credit card first appeared in 1958? Which year did that same company first issue cards denominated in Pounds Stirling? Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 As it's a charge card I'll guess American Express. Do cards have denominations? Quote Link to comment
Chudley Cannons Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 (edited) Visa card (wasn't called Visa at the time. no idea what it was) - 1968 in UK as Barclaycard???? Edited January 11, 2009 by Chudley Cannons Quote Link to comment
+careygang Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Denominated as in - the currency of the card account was made available in GBP rather than US$, or French Francs, or German Marks etc... Quote Link to comment
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I haven't a clue, but will guess 1965, and turn this into one of those higher / lower answers Quote Link to comment
+careygang Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I haven't a clue, but will guess 1965, and turn this into one of those higher / lower answers Only if I let people know it it's higher or lower ... (Don't tell anyone but you're close ) And you didn't say which card... Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 american express, 1964? Quote Link to comment
+chizu Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I'll go for American Express and 1971 since it was the year of Decimilisation. Quote Link to comment
+careygang Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Now somebody was only 1 year away.... Quote Link to comment
+careygang Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 AmEx- -1963? DING Diners Club was the first 'charge card' as we know them today, launched in 1950, but was limited in its coverage. American Express, a financial services company started in 1850, launched their competitor in 1958 and went international in coverage. In 1963 they began to offer cards where the transaction currency was in Pounds Stirling or Mexican Pesos. Their original cards were literally paper card, but in 1959 they became the first company to use the plastic card as we know it today. Additional info for those who are bothered... The 'credit card' as we know them began about the same time(1958/9) as a Bank of America experiment in California, but did not really develop until the mid 1960s when franchising with other banks allowed it to spread, across the USA and internationally, including the 'Barclaycard' in the UK in 1966. To create a common name for the various individual bank's franchised cards, they all became VISA in around 1975/6. Over to keehotee... Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 (edited) Whoops - sorry for the delay.... [racks brain trying to think of a question...] OK - the oldest known recorded cave survey is of xxxx in Bristol. xxxx is also the site of the earliest recorded caving death, in 1775. What is the name of the cave, and what is unique, in this country, about the way the cave was formed? Edited January 13, 2009 by keehotee Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Whoops - sorry for the delay.... [racks brain trying to think of a question...] OK - the oldest known recorded cave survey is of xxxx in Bristol. xxxx is also the site of the earliest recorded caving death, in 1775. What is the name of the cave, and what is unique, in this country, about the way the cave was formed? Total guess: Wookey Hole (it's the only 'cave' I know down there but then again I'm not even sure it is a cave) It's created by a volcanic vent (I'm sure there's a technical name for this) rather than water erosion. Quote Link to comment
+careygang Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Bump - Can't believe this has stagnated. If MartyBartfast hasn't got it right, the only other 'caves' I can think of down that-a-ways is Clearwell Caves and they were dug/expanded upon by the Forest of Dean Freeminers mining iron ore... Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 None right so far...... not Wookey, not Clearwell (in the Forest of Dean, not one of the dozens in and around Bristol), and not St Vincents well either It's Pen Park Hole, in Filton. Ding to the first person to answer the second part correctly Quote Link to comment
+maxkim Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 was it formed volcanically... like a geyser? Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Not the answer I'm looking for.... Quote Link to comment
+Trucker Lee Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 volcanic vent? Quote Link to comment
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 (edited) Taking a bit of a guess, geology and geography exams are looong in the past for me ... hot water underground coming up from the depths? Edited January 18, 2009 by Dorsetgal & GeoDog Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 (edited) Taking a bit of a guess, geology and geography exams are looong in the past for me ... hot water underground coming up from the depths? An odd one to guess at - but it gets you the ding The cave was formed by rising geothermal water (the only known example of a hydrothermal cave in the UK or Ireland), making it far older than other caves in the area, at around 190 million years old. Edited January 19, 2009 by keehotee Quote Link to comment
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Taking a bit of a guess, geology and geography exams are looong in the past for me ... hot water underground coming up from the depths? An odd one to guess at - but it gets you the ding The cave was formed by rising geothermal water (the only known example of a hydrothermal cave in the UK or Ireland), making it far older than other caves in the area, at around 190 million years old. Not really that odd to guess at ... not with a smattering of geology in the background years ago ... remember when you live in the south west you study the local geology, most of which I have forgotten due to brain injury in between however if the random nature of my guessing bothers you, go ahead set another question. Quote Link to comment
+careygang Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 (edited) Given that this question lasted a week with so few responses, I applaud DG for getting it... I'm sure keehotee did not mean to imply that anything underhand had transpired, that's the problem with typed communication, it lacks feeling and tone. Over to you DG. Edited January 19, 2009 by careygang Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Taking a bit of a guess, geology and geography exams are looong in the past for me ... hot water underground coming up from the depths? An odd one to guess at - but it gets you the ding The cave was formed by rising geothermal water (the only known example of a hydrothermal cave in the UK or Ireland), making it far older than other caves in the area, at around 190 million years old. Not really that odd to guess at ... not with a smattering of geology in the background years ago ... remember when you live in the south west you study the local geology, most of which I have forgotten due to brain injury in between however if the random nature of my guessing bothers you, go ahead set another question. ????? Did I miss something?? No offence intended.......... Quote Link to comment
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Ok here's a quickie, what is a human cave dweller called? Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Ok here's a quickie, what is a human cave dweller called? A trogladite... but I'm not sure about the spelling Quote Link to comment
+careygang Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Not another cave question... How about Hermit? Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Flintstone. MrsB Quote Link to comment
+drdick&vick Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Illegal Immigrant? Quote Link to comment
Chudley Cannons Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Munkeh ??? Quote Link to comment
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Ok here's a quickie, what is a human cave dweller called? A trogladite... but I'm not sure about the spelling Ding! Troglodyte Over to you John. Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 (edited) Ok here's a quickie, what is a human cave dweller called? A trogladite... but I'm not sure about the spelling Ding! Troglodyte Over to you John. Did think about answering 'Moote' but then again... perhaps not OK... a nuvver quick one:- Your boss askes you to go out and catch him a 'brumby'. Where would you be and what would you bring back to him? Edited January 20, 2009 by Pharisee Quote Link to comment
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 ... at a beehive in Birmingham? Quote Link to comment
+drdick&vick Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I have a suspicion that this is down in Australia and it is something to do with a horse of some kind Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I have a suspicion that this is down in Australia and it is something to do with a horse of some kind That's close enough .... A 'Brumby' is a free roaming feral horse found in Australia. Ooops... almost forgot to give you a.... DING Quote Link to comment
+drdick&vick Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Ok nice easy one Where in the UK might you find the Devils Cauldron and the White Lady ? This should go very quick. Quote Link to comment
+rutson Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 I do believe they're in Devon Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 I do believe they're in Devon Lydford Gorge? Quote Link to comment
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Would that be the same Lydford that has the charming coaching inn called The Highwayman? I remember retreating there years ago when we were camping nearby and the weather got too bad to stay out. On a geography field trip no less! Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 There's the Highwayman up the road a couple of miles - Wadders has got a cache there..... Stand and Deliver....etc Quote Link to comment
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Yep, that's the very one! Unique indeedy. Quote Link to comment
+careygang Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 (edited) They are north welsh Wales, somewhere near Tryfan in Snowdonia... I can remember walking the top of the Cauldron in the mid 70's when I was living near Chester. Edited January 21, 2009 by careygang Quote Link to comment
+drdick&vick Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 I said it would be a quick one, a very lovely place is Lydford Gorge. So DING to keehotee Quote Link to comment
+*mouse* Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 (edited) .. Edited January 21, 2009 by *mouse* Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 OK - an easy one.... What do orange and silver have in common? Quote Link to comment
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