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Why Does A Small Straight Score More Than A Full House In Yahtzee

Probability of scoring a full house (3.85% in one throw) is less than getting a small straight (12.3% in one throw). Yet a full house scores 25 points and a small straight 30 points. Why does the...
19:31 Fri 18th Sep 2015
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Live.com Email Alerts Even When Browser Closed

I have a Mac operating OSX. I recently signed up to Live.com which I only use through a browser. However, if I send myself an email using the Mac's Mail program, and send it to my live.com account, I...
17:44 Mon 19th Aug 20131 answer, last by mikeymike99 18:29 Mon 19th Aug 2013
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Ryan Air Question Re: Low Fuel

Just seen the programme in which it seems Ryan Air planes fly with the minimum amount of fuel to save money. This can be dangerous if, for example, planes are diverted. But I can't understand why...
19:49 Tue 13th Aug 201327 answers, last by TWR 13:15 Wed 14th Aug 2013
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Change Kindle metadata on Calibre

I've downloaded some books in rtf, then converted to azw files. But in Kindle the books' titles are always Unknown. In Calibre I've added title and author to metadata. I then drag the new book out of...
11:18 Thu 23rd Feb 20122 answers, last by T&S 18:16 Thu 23rd Feb 2012
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60s song called "Anyone"?

Does anyone know a 60s song, sung by a woman, whose title might be Anyone? That's the word that sung as the hook of the song, but looking on net, it's probably not the title. It's a long shot but...
09:43 Wed 11th Jan 20123 answers, last by vivandorron 10:40 Wed 11th Jan 2012
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Shakespeare Henry V query

Maybe someone can help as googling just throws up examples, not the explanation. In Henry V - during a protacted scene of mind-numbing puns comparing mistresses to horses a character says: "I...
09:10 Sun 11th Sep 20113 answers, last by mikeymike99 21:28 Sun 11th Sep 2011
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Guardian sudoku - help needed

I've been puzzling over this one (number 1813) for a few weeks now. I've uploaded a picture of it to ebay (because I'm not sure how to upload a pic to answerbank). In the picture I've included all the...
11:53 Sat 14th May 201114 answers, last by dzug2 14:27 Sat 14th May 2011
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Leaders get all directions from man with belts (3,5)

The answer is definitely Van Damme (as in Jean Claude, the martial arts film star - hence "man with belts"). But not sure how. "Van" = leaders (van is short for vanguard'). So how...
20:30 Sun 26th Sep 20103 answers, last by bibblebub 20:46 Sun 26th Sep 2010
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Euromillions jackpot of 100m Euros

The Euromillions jackpot on October 1 will be 100m. Yet how is this possible? If the jackpot goes on the previous Friday how can they guarantee 100m for the next draw?
08:46 Thu 23rd Sep 201011 answers, last by mikeymike99 19:30 Thu 23rd Sep 2010
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Chocolate mousse disaster

I tried to make a chocolate mousse just using eggs, sugar and chocolate. The problem was when I added the egg yolks to the melted chocolate, the whole mixture went into a hard dough-like ball and I...
17:48 Sat 31st Jul 20103 answers, last by woozer 09:04 Sun 01st Aug 2010
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note to drop back, discovering flammable substance (7,3). Because it fits I'm sure the answer is "natural gas" but can't see how. Any help much appreciated.

21:33 Thu 17th Jun 20104 answers, last by mikeymike99 21:38 Thu 17th Jun 2010
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ovals in stamps

22:18 Sat 17th Apr 20105 answers, last by karenmac60 22:25 Sat 17th Apr 2010
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can i freeze condensed milk that has been caramalized

17:23 Thu 01st Oct 20091 answer, last by crisgal 22:46 Thu 01st Oct 2009
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Is image on photographic film reversed left to right?

I'm pretty sure but would like confirmation: is the image that is made on photographic film reversed left to right?
21:18 Tue 09th Jun 200912 answers, last by vascop 11:43 Sat 13th Jun 2009
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City as spelt? (6)

The answer is Athens, but even a crossword blog I look at doesn't explain why. Could anyone help?
11:14 Fri 22nd May 20093 answers, last by mikeymike99 11:20 Fri 22nd May 2009
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Stories about camel having saved galaxy (9)

This is from araucaria BUT "all across solutions contain a word from which the same three-letter ending has been removed; for the subsidiary parts of the clue these letters are deemed to have been...
21:24 Fri 17th Apr 20092 answers, last by mikeymike99 22:03 Fri 17th Apr 2009
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Watch part of the way things are going (8)

'Cogwheel' fits, and it's a watch part, but not sure how the cryptic bit works.
23:25 Wed 18th Mar 20092 answers, last by mikeymike99 23:49 Wed 18th Mar 2009
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Macbeth Quote

Am in the middle of writing a review (for Little Shop of Horrors as it happens) and am trying to recall the quote from Macbeth - the gist of it is likening murder to crossing a river and once you've...
23:03 Mon 16th Feb 20092 answers, last by mikeymike99 10:39 Tue 17th Feb 2009
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Will gargling with Sodium Bicarbonate drastically increase sodium intake?

I know that sodium bicarbonate has - like salt - a high sodium content. If I gargle twice a day with sodium bicarbonate in water will I increase my sodium intake to a significant degree?
22:41 Sun 16th Nov 200810 answers, last by coccinelle 12:16 Mon 17th Nov 2008
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Return No 1 thanks to Scottish singer wailing (9)

It must be ululating. I can see how it's nI (number one) thanks ta and Scottish singer lulu all backwards to give ululatin. But where does the 'g' come from?
21:26 Mon 10th Nov 20082 answers, last by mikeymike99 21:45 Mon 10th Nov 2008

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