More ditloids!

[beckersjay]

Doing a local charity quiz and thought I'd nearly finished but find there are a few questions that still beat me. After some weeks, they are now really frazzling my brain and I would appreciate any help:
Example: 12 S of the Z = 12 signs of the Zodiac

2.3M C to C LY
83 C in E
214 B C the R T
38 S P of W S
4 P to A a C to C
15 N 1 A for the B
F C has 8 R plus R

[Magyar]

William Shapespeare wrote 38 plays, so 38 might be connected with that.

[WAZZARD]

Where is local because number one might some local land marks 2-3 miles C to C LY

[Magyar]

or even William Shakespeare.

[WAZZARD]

Did Shakespeare wirite 38 sonnets - something to check

[Magyar]

Shakespeare wrote over 150 sonnets so not that.

[beckersjay]

Thanks for these ideas Magyar and Wazzard. Shakespeare certainly looks like a fruitful one to follow up! I had toyed with the idea of local places/landmarks but couldn't come up with anything. The way LY is written without a space suggests it's a two part/linked word - I have played around with leap year but again no joy....

[beckersjay]

Thanks Methyl! Funnily enough I had considered 83 counties in England and rejected it out of hand as I thought there were nowhere near that number!
Re the 2.3M one, your suggestion makes loads of sense since it is an NSPCC quiz - can't find corroboration on their website yet but still looking. As you say, it is a statistic to make you think deeply.....

[beckersjay]

Thanks again Methyl - just cracked the NSPCC one - it's calls to Childline!

[beckersjay]

You've all given me a new lease of life on this - have now solved another 5 and only 3 left:

15 N 1 A for the B
F C has 8 R plus R
9 S per S on a R C

Thanks - I will sleep better tonight...

[beckersjay]

Got one more today so now down to two!

15 N 1 A for the B
9 S per S on a R C

Any ideas/ hints anyone? I will be so-o-o-o grateful!

[Headbanger]

15 Number 1 albums for the Beatles (according to Wiki)

[beckersjay]

Thanks very much headbanger - I wasn't even close!

[Headbanger]

I thought it might be 9 sparks per second on a roman candle...never actually counted them, but Google can't confirm this.Maybe this mad brainstorming will prompt someone out there to come up with the right answer!

[beckersjay]

That's an amazing thought, headbanger! Gold star for ingenuity! One thing about ditloids - they make you think outside the box...

[Headbanger]

Congratulations beckersjay, you seem to have found a quiz question that no-one on Answerbank can solve (very unususal! ) OK then , how about 9 spins per second on a rinse cycle? Do washing machines spin on a rinse cycle? I'm a hopeless male so I wouldn't know.When do you get the answers? I'd love to know what it should be.

[beckersjay]

Yes, there is a rinse cycle Headbanger, but I can't find any figures for spins per second! 9 sounds a bit fast to me for a rinse cycle?
I'm getting dafter and dafter - in the middle of the night came up with '9 screams per second on a roller coaster'!!
I agree - I haven't seen many unanswered quiz questions on AB. Pity it had to be this one! Come on AB-ers - a CHALLENGE!

[beckersjay]

PS the quiz closes 31st December and I shall certainly register to receive the answers so watch this space in the New Year!