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sniffa

easy as ABC

help required please, As fat as a f........... ( 8 ), As hungry as a h......... (6 ) thanks sniffa,
13:57 Sat 20th Feb 20102 answers, last by freddiew 17:27 Mon 22nd Feb 2010
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factfinder01

Private Eye 'Dear Bill'

How was the House of Commons referred to in the Dear Bill letters in Private Eye?
14:40 Wed 17th Feb 201058 answers, last by Tallulah! 09:36 Tue 02nd Mar 2010
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freddiew

GFQ logic question

Please can anyone give me a HINT on how to solve this question - which may or maynot have something to do with the names being in CAPITAL letters?? ANNE has one child, JOANNA has three children, JOYCE...
13:21 Wed 21st Oct 200922 answers, last by Tallulah! 10:12 Thu 12th Nov 2009
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freddiew

How far does he travel?

I am looking for a starting point to help me solve this GFQ question - and for the answerbank police out there - I am NOT asking for the answer, but would like to know the formula to help me calculate...
21:33 Wed 30th Sep 20094 answers, last by Tallulah! 20:08 Sat 03rd Oct 2009
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detective

Can someone help with this question?

I am looking for a successful Russian businessman with the first name Pierre who owned a distillery in Moscow in the late 1700's. Apparently his surname is still a familiar one today. What is it? P.S...
16:05 Mon 29th Jun 200914 answers, last by Tallulah! 14:52 Wed 15th Jul 2009
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handlebar

mensaland

brighton is 28 miles , hastings is 152 miles, worthing is 161 miles . how far is sandwich
17:02 Fri 16th Jan 20095 answers, last by Tallulah! 09:23 Tue 27th Jan 2009
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freddiew

How do I solve this code?

I need a HINT as to how I can find out the value of each letter. BRIGHTON=28, HASTINGS=152, WORTHING=161 Many thanks!
20:29 Wed 14th Jan 20097 answers, last by Tallulah! 13:32 Tue 27th Jan 2009
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fred_dews

Longest word

What is the longest English word that can be made by using any of the letters of HAPPY CHRISTMAS once only?
13:58 Mon 08th Dec 200815 answers, last by freddiew 23:58 Sun 11th Jan 2009
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Caecilius

what 10 letter word including the ology bit is partly derived from Greek meaning feast and means the study of Church Festivals

also, in astronomy what word derived from Greek meaning meeting, precedes period to denote the time required for a body within the solar system to return to the same position relative to the sun as...
13:17 Wed 03rd Dec 20084 answers, last by freddiew 19:23 Mon 22nd Dec 2008
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gollymolly

great fun quiz

anyone give me a clue on q. 44? CLUE ONLY thanx.
16:18 Sat 30th Aug 200812 answers, last by freddiew 21:58 Tue 02nd Sep 2008
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freddiew

cryptic film title

Please can someone give me a HINT to this question? g H (lower case letter g above a capital H) A cryptic film title, late 1990's, starring a movie superstar.
11:38 Sat 02nd Aug 20082 answers, last by freddiew 12:18 Sat 02nd Aug 2008
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freddiew

GFQ hints required for Q30 and Q50

Q30) SHORTY NEEDED WORDY MOTIF is an anagram of which novel by a very famous author? Q50) Figure out the logic of these numbers and say which other number is next and last 18, 52, 60, 30, 51, 133,...
22:53 Thu 19th Jun 200824 answers, last by freddiew 17:24 Sun 22nd Jun 2008
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detective

The Bible

According to the Bible how many NAMED humans travelled in Noah's Ark? P.S I know there were eight humans in total but how many were actually named?
11:52 Thu 17th Jan 20087 answers, last by 2planks 00:28 Wed 30th Jan 2008
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freddiew

What links these famous people?

APART FROM being famous names of past and present in the world of cinema, what links Warren Beatty, Bette Davis, Jodie Foster, Clark Gable, Robert Redford, Oliver Reed and Peter Sellers?
23:32 Sun 11th Mar 20078 answers, last by FoxLee 15:15 Mon 12th Mar 2007
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freddiew

Help with anagrams please.

"The Old................used to sell..................before they went out of fashion". Which two words that are anagrams of one another should complete the blanks in the above sentence so that it...
14:10 Tue 17th Oct 20067 answers, last by freddiew 18:23 Sun 22nd Oct 2006
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freddiew

Anagram

I have previously posted this question in the Anagram section, but it seems to have disappeared! - so here we go again - any hints please. The Old..........used to sell..........before they went out...
15:01 Wed 18th Oct 20067 answers, last by crofter 23:16 Thu 19th Oct 2006
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freddiew

house plot reservation fee.

My husband and I put a reservation fee on a plot for a new house with a well know UK builder. We realised next day we had made a mistake, and cancelled a few days later. The form we signed stated the...
14:30 Tue 17th Oct 20063 answers, last by almcd007 20:02 Tue 17th Oct 2006
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hollowhead

Darts

On a standard darts board, in how many different ways is it possible to obtain a total of exactly 24 with two darts both of which must score?
12:04 Sat 13th May 20065 answers, last by shaun_04 19:24 Thu 01st Jun 2006
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freddiew

PC presentations quiz

Part of a notice to shop assistants in a certain store in 1884 'Any employee who is in the habit of smoking Spanish cigars, getting shaved at a barber's shop, going to dances and other such places of...
16:27 Mon 17th Nov 20032 answers, last by freddiew 13:26 Tue 18th Nov 2003

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