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Azimov

Invent a new word.

What would be the best way to invent a brand new word and have it so widely accepted that it makes it into the dictionary within say, a year or two? Any ideas? Incidentally, I heard that the word...
04:51 Sun 04th Apr 200416 answers, last by Azimov 04:10 Sat 01st Mar 2008
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Azimov

'An' hotel?

If the purpose of using 'an' before a vowel sound is to help speech flow more freely, why do we use 'an' before a sounded 'h'? Surely this defeats the purpose? If I allow myself to be somewhat...
22:22 Sun 04th Apr 20047 answers, last by danrevell83 13:26 Mon 21st Jun 2004
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HGKinsey

Why Quiz 'NITE'?

Why 'NITE' instead of 'NIGHT'?
13:43 Mon 05th Apr 20047 answers, last by HGKinsey 20:57 Sun 11th Apr 2004
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chelm

Term for War profiteers?

What were the people who profited from the 2nd world war called other than profiteers? didn't they have a special name?
18:20 Wed 07th Apr 20046 answers, last by allen 12:11 Sun 11th Apr 2004
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ozzman

term for underground woworkers in USA

can anyone tell me the term used for underground or underwater workers in the USA
15:05 Wed 07th Apr 20041 answer, last by 3s_a_crowd 02:31 Fri 09th Apr 2004
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Headtime

'Honesty and Loyalty'

Can anyone translate 'Honesty and Loyalty' into Latin please.
23:23 Tue 06th Apr 20047 answers, last by Quizmonster 12:01 Thu 08th Apr 2004
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Myrtle

1990's headline

'Crowd in tears as one man shot dead in tragedy' and other similar headlines appeared in the UK press in the 1990's but there was no murder enquiry. Why was this?
23:25 Mon 05th Apr 20046 answers, last by pezza....... 10:12 Thu 08th Apr 2004
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Mickeymouse

Bodybits???

if weapons are 'arms' and tropical trees are 'palms'.......................what are ships?
22:19 Tue 06th Apr 200413 answers, last by Quizmonster 07:42 Thu 08th Apr 2004
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keitra

agreement

Which is correct? Two sheets of paper was printed. Two sheets of paper was printed.
11:55 Tue 06th Apr 20043 answers, last by Dave Potts 23:19 Wed 07th Apr 2004
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andyk

Numeric puzzle

You will find the answer here 31113113411114
09:56 Wed 07th Apr 20043 answers, last by IndieSinger 19:53 Wed 07th Apr 2004
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ianria

Genre for a story

What is a sting in the tail?
17:26 Sun 04th Apr 20042 answers, last by Azimov 18:36 Wed 07th Apr 2004
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andyk

Yet another cryptic puzzle

Where does Adelaide meet Wellington?
09:53 Wed 07th Apr 20041 answer, last by IndieSinger 18:01 Wed 07th Apr 2004
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andyk

Another numeric puzzle with places

Chester =55 Liverpool = 66 Monmouth = 77 Washington = ?
09:59 Wed 07th Apr 20041 answer, last by IndieSinger 18:00 Wed 07th Apr 2004
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Azimov

I'm absobloodylutely flumoxed!

I remember on some quiz show many moons ago the host gave the term used to denote the insertion of one word between the syllables of another (as in the title of this question). I can't find any...
21:51 Sun 04th Apr 20048 answers, last by Azimov 14:04 Wed 07th Apr 2004
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comalex

Good Health or Cheers

What is a german interjection that means 'Good Health' or 'cheers'?
07:48 Wed 07th Apr 20041 answer, last by Quizmonster 07:58 Wed 07th Apr 2004
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andyk

Another cryptic puzzle

Identify the well known phrase or saying 100T3451A234E0083Y762S660F390
14:29 Tue 06th Apr 20043 answers, last by s49.org 22:56 Tue 06th Apr 2004
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Alan2

help with crossword clue

german interjection meaning good health or cheers _R _S_T
19:54 Sun 04th Apr 20043 answers, last by kalise25 21:45 Tue 06th Apr 2004
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andyk

Cryptic puzzle

A board game? To iron but make smaller?
14:27 Tue 06th Apr 20041 answer, last by IndieSinger 17:40 Tue 06th Apr 2004
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Robinia

Spring Fever

Where & when did this term originate & is there really such a thing?
14:53 Mon 05th Apr 20044 answers, last by woofgang 10:03 Tue 06th Apr 2004
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Tewart

DINGBATS

A couple of quiz questions re dingbats - can anyone help? 1. ELSA 2. . HONG KONG 1997
19:27 Sun 04th Apr 20042 answers, last by PaulB 22:55 Sun 04th Apr 2004

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