South African (Off-Topic) Quiz

[+Carbon Hunter]

What was the official number plate prefix for UMTATA in the old homeland country of Transkei?

[+iNokia]

XA?

[+Carbon Hunter]

XA?

 

Yep - a nice quick answer to start the week. You're it

[+iNokia]

XA?

 

Yep - a nice quick answer to start the week. You're it

Easy, when you forever working in Umtata.

 

Who is Inky, Pinky, Blinky & Clyde?

[+trevorh7000]

XA?

 

Yep - a nice quick answer to start the week. You're it

Easy, when you forever working in Umtata.

 

Who is Inky, Pinky, Blinky & Clyde?

 

They be the Ghosties from PacMan!

 

Trev

[+iNokia]

Second easy question this week. Trev your turn

[+trevorh7000]

Second easy question this week. Trev your turn

 

Thank you.

 

Remaining on the subject of classic arcade games, name the two monsters in Dig Dug!

 

Trev

[+Discombob]

gosh darn it, I loved dig-dug, bit don't know the monster names!

[+DamhuisClan]

Yep, also one of the games I wasted my money on as a kid.

No idea to their names though.

 

I played it a while ago on MAME.

[+Carbon Hunter]

If I remember there was a green and red monster - let me guess

Red Dragon and Greenie?

[+trevorh7000]

If I remember there was a green and red monster - let me guess

Red Dragon and Greenie?

 

There is a Dragon thingy that is green

 

The red thingy is not a dragon.

 

Seems this is quite a tricky one..... I have to admit if I was asked this question I would not have come up with the answer. Thats why I did it this way instead of naming them and asking who they were!

 

As Anton says ifyou want to relive you childhood get a program called MAME (Multi Arcade Machine Emulator) and download the ROM (Read Only Memory) images of your favorite arcade games - gamely is exactly the same and you won't tell the difference - except you will be using keyboard - and it won;t be costing you a fortune

 

For enthusiasts you can get a control set using exactly the same type of joysticks, trackballs and buttons used on the original arcade machines. For the hard core enthusiast you can build yourself a MAME cabinet that looks and feels like the real thing!!!!

 

Trev

[+trevorh7000]

OK this seems to be too tough?

 

Here is a little visual clue!

 

 

Good Luck

[+Carbon Hunter]

PINKY

FLOOP ????

[+trevorh7000]

PINKY

FLOOP ????

 

 

A clue after each incorrect guess! And thats an O!

 

Trev

Edited August 3, 2010 by trevorh7000

[+Gr8Scot]

 

 

A clue after each incorrect guess! And thats an O!

 

Trev

 

Pooky & Foggy ???

[+trevorh7000]

 

 

A clue after each incorrect guess! And thats an O!

 

Trev

 

Pooky & Foggy ???

 

OK I have a better Idea - lets play master mind - will get this problem solved wuicker I think and I wont;l have to update and upload a graphic each time

 

B - letter in the correct place

W - letter in the incorrect place

 

Order of the B or W markers insignificant!!!

 

OK Gr8scot your score is

 

BBBB and BBW

 

Bear in mind the 4 given letters!!!

 

Good Luck

 

Trev

[+trevorh7000]

 

 

A clue after each incorrect guess! And thats an O!

 

Trev

 

Pooky & Foggy ???

 

Lets play mastermind!!! Will be more fun and I won't have to update the graphic each time - as a given you have 4 letters in the correct positions - 2 in each name - the names make "words" and are not just random letters.

 

B = letter in correct position

W - letter in incorrect position

 

So Gr8scot you score is

 

BBBB and BBW

 

Trev

[+Team Ginger]

Pooka & Forag

 

Doing the ABC... hehehehe

[+trevorh7000]

Pooka & Forag

 

Doing the ABC... hehehehe

 

BBBBB (well done) and BBWW

[+Carbon Hunter]

POOKA and FOPER

[+Discombob]

Pooka and Frogg?

[+trevorh7000]

POOKA and FOPER

BBBBB and BB

 

Pooka and Frogg?

 

BBBBB and BWW

 

Use the knowns and the previous guesses!

 

Ok Time for a another visual clue

 

Edited August 5, 2010 by trevorh7000

[+Team Ginger]

So by elimination... let's start again at 'a':

 

Pooka and Fagar?

[+Carbon Hunter]

POOKA and FOGRY

[+trevorh7000]

So by elimination... let's start again at 'a':

 

Pooka and Fagar?

 

BBBBB and BBBB

 

POOKA and FOGRY

 

BBBBB and BBWW

 

An now you have everything - no more guesing should be required - you have everything to making a reasoned deduction...............

 

Remember B = correct letter in correct place and W means a correct letter in the incorrect place!

[+cincol]

 

BBBBB and BBBB

 

POOKA and FOGRY

 

BBBBB and BBWW

 

An now you have everything - no more guesing should be required - you have everything to making a reasoned deduction...............

 

Remember B = correct letter in correct place and W means a correct letter in the incorrect place!

 

That only leaves ONE option - FOGYR

 

Hope this one is now put to bed!

[+trevorh7000]

 

That only leaves ONE option - FOGYR

 

Hope this one is now put to bed!

 

Not Quite - but I do wish someone would get itnow

 

that only gets you BBBW but for the sake of speeding it up I will tell you the W = Y

 

Now there are not a lot of chances left...........

[+Team Ginger]

Well then it is FYGAR.

 

Thanks for the 'Master Mind' - I haven't played that in a while! hehe

[+trevorh7000]

Well then it is FYGAR.

 

Thanks for the 'Master Mind' - I haven't played that in a while! hehe

 

Yay - thats right - Pooka and Fygar it is!

 

Hers a short blurb about the game from Wikipedia

 

The objective of Dig Dug is to eliminate underground-dwelling monsters. This can be done by inflating them until they pop or by dropping rocks on them. There are two kinds of enemies in the game: Pookas, round red monsters (said to be modeled after tomatoes) who wear yellow goggles, and Fygars, green dragons who can breathe fire. The player's character is Dig Dug, dressed in white and blue, and able to dig tunnels. Dig Dug is killed if he is caught by either Pooka or Fygar, burned by a Fygar's fire, or crushed by a rock.

 

Go for it Team Ginger

[+Team Ginger]

Games Magazine has inducted Monopoly into its Hall of Fame.

More than one billion people have played it... making it "the most played commercial board game in the world."

 

My question: The mascot for the game is a moustached man in morning dress with a top hat. What is his name?

[+Carbon Hunter]

Mr Big or Mr Moneybags isn't it?

[+Team Ginger]

Mr Big or Mr Moneybags isn't it?

 

Well, he goes by one of two names, yes, but you have parts of both in both here... doesn't help, does it? hehe

[+Team Ginger]

[+Discombob]

I thought I would recognise the name when I heard it - just googled the answer, and have never heard the name before!

[+DamhuisClan]

My wife got out our old Monopoly set, and there is the word "Waddingtons". So that is her guess.

[+trevorh7000]

My wife got out our old Monopoly set, and there is the word "Waddingtons". So that is her guess.

 

Waddingtons is the game manufacturer!

 

How about The twit in the Hat!

 

Trev

[+Team Ginger]

Ok I'll give a clue (or two):

 

Mr Big or Mr Moneybags

 

Mr ____________

 

or

 

________ ______bags

 

Hence the "you've got parts of both names right" answer I gave..

 

BTW Like the 'Mr Waddington' idea.... hehe (maybe you were closer that you thought!)

[+Carbon Hunter]

Mr Parker?

Big Moneybags?

[+cownchicken]

Why are we waiting?

[+cincol]

Why are we waiting?

 

The last 2 questions have been running since 27 July. There have only been 5 respondents during that time - and that includes the ones who asked the questions. It is quiet amazing how the interest wains when the topic does not have a wide interest.

 

Still waiting for the answer though!

[+Carbon Hunter]

Mr Rich?

[+cownchicken]

Let's try Big Money.

[+Team Ginger]

He is called Mr Monopoly or Uncle Pennybags.

 

I didn't think it was so difficult. So , apologies, no more waiting...

 

The floor is open for a question.

[+Discombob]

Why are we waiting?

 

The last 2 questions have been running since 27 July. There have only been 5 respondents during that time - and that includes the ones who asked the questions. It is quiet amazing how the interest wains when the topic does not have a wide interest.

 

Still waiting for the answer though!

 

now now cincol, play nice!

I think its a jolly goood question - just a bit hard to get the answer

 

Why don't you hit us with another, Ginger?

[+Team Ginger]

hehehehe

 

No it's fine... just didn't want to resort to playing master mind again. Board Games is clearly not a well represented knowledge area on this forum.

 

I'll think of another question...

[+Carbon Hunter]

I look forward to it. I liked the question - but had no ue of his name - interesting. Strange how such a well known figure is not known by his name?

[+Team Ginger]

I've been doing a lot of sewing recently...

 

What does the term 'with nap' mean?

 

e.g. A pattern would recommend: 'Need 3.5m for fabric with nap.'

Edited August 17, 2010 by Team Ginger

[+CapeDoc]

I only know what "nap" means with regard to golf greens. There it indicates that the grass bends over in a certain direction. One can putt against or with the nap. It affects the speed and direction of the ball.

So, I would guess that the fabric would have a cut of fibers that lie in a direction within the material. Probably one could create a design effect by sewing the nap in different directions......like the way they create patterns by cutting grass in different directions?

[+Team Ginger]

Nicely done, CapeDoc!!! Who would have thought sewing and golf have something in common?

 

What you have said is precisely it. When buying material for a garment, it is important to consider the nap. If it doesn't have a nap, one usually needs less material, as one can fit the pattern pieces in any direction.

 

Some materials that have a nap, can for instance, shine in different colours/shades when viewed from different angles. This would certainly look funny if the left and right side of a dress or pants look like they've been cut from different rolls of material.

 

So if material has a nap, one would need to lay the pattern pieces all in the same direction to cut it out.

 

You're it CapeDoc!

[+Carbon Hunter]

Nicely done, CapeDoc!!! Who would have thought sewing and golf have something in common?

 

Do you also consider it a "hole in one" when you thread a needle first time (I do )