answers are numbers

[janeevans]

1) according to Browning balzac's new novel was this many volumes long
2)Numerical abbreviation for every hour of the day
3) Sides of the US defense department
Thanks for any help

[shaneystar2]

Fifty Five volumes long.

[valerieb1254]

2) 24- 7

[NILYA]

2) 24/7
3) Pentagon - 5

[Quizmonkey]

3) is 5 (Pentagon) ?

[shaneystar2]

3. The Pentagon ? A polygon having five angles and five sides.

[janeevans]

Thanks for them last 3:
1)Douglas adams answer to the meaning of life
2)Is Haydn's clock in a torture room?
3)12th and 24th letter in Caesars time

[johnalex]

42 = The meaning of Life

[johnalex]

Haydn's 'Clock' Symphony No. 101
and 'Room 101' - a torture chamber in which a prisoner is subjected to his own worst nightmare.

[ageing fast]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_cipher

Caesar cipher shifts the letters by 3 - so A is D, B is E and so on.

So the 12th letter becomes O and the 24th becomes A.

As this is a number quiz, maybe the answer is 12th is 15th and 24th is 1st - if you see what I mean!