The numbers Quiz

[halcyon days]

71. Teutonic elf
98 Savoy knot

Also the next 2 clues I do not understand at all .will someone explain please
79. looks like 3 chinese letters or words ?????
87. ***** ***** *****

[gen2]

71. Teutonic means GERMAN
Look up ELF in a German-English dictionary

[gen2]

79.
I wonder if they are just chinese numbers?
Compare them with the numbers on Mah jong tiles
Look at the character set (1 - 9) near the bottom of this page:

http://www.ultimate-mahjong.com/howtoplay.php

[gen2]

Has 87 been starred out by AnswerBank because they were naughty words? or are they meant to look like that?

[Diane1954]

they look like that

[halcyon days]

Ta Gen 2 got the elf one from your clue. Now going to try the chinese clue you gave.
I assure you I would not use naughty words either in speech or print.

[smouse]

I think you'll find they are dots and so that should help

[halcyon days]

Have found chinese numbers that look very near those printed, so will go with that. Thanks for the prompt

[gen2]

If those are dots like smouse says, then I suspect it will have some affinity with SOS

[gen2]

98
Have you to tried Google?
"Savoy knot" Wikipedia