BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: Sorcha
Date: 16 Sep 02 - 11:30 AM

Answers posted here.

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: Mary in Kentucky
Date: 16 Sep 02 - 10:50 AM

Jeri, on number 3 think "Rimsky-Korsakov." On number 10 think "a game."

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: Jeri
Date: 16 Sep 02 - 10:35 AM

I'm stuck on 3, unless it's '1001 - A Number'
Also stuck on 10 (shoulda been '18 - W on a B R') and 25.

Mary got #17: '5 Digits in a Zip Code' (postal code). I got #27 and Trevor just got #12, which is '8 Sides on a Stop Sign'.

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: Sorcha
Date: 16 Sep 02 - 10:21 AM

Oops, yes Nigel, we did get #8--that was a typo.

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: Trevor
Date: 16 Sep 02 - 10:07 AM

12 Sides on a Stop Sign

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 16 Sep 02 - 06:11 AM

Sorcha: you tell us some are Americanisms, but you didn't get No 8 first time round ?

I'm stuck on 12,17 &27

Nigel

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: Sorcha
Date: 15 Sep 02 - 07:48 PM

AAAhhhhaaaa! (sound of maniacal laffter!!) OK, we got them all now, and I'll type up the answers and post them tomorrow after the UK quizzers are around............Thanks, guys!!

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: greg stephens
Date: 15 Sep 02 - 06:44 PM

Well that's two very impressive answers to the ZC question. I was getting nowhere with Zebra's Crutch, Zirconium Crystal and Zouave Cap.

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: Amos
Date: 15 Sep 02 - 06:43 PM

I think Mary stole the candle on this one!! But it's nice to find out there are Five DIrections in a Zodiacal Season!

A

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: Jeri
Date: 15 Sep 02 - 06:41 PM

27. 4 and Twenty Black Birds

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: katlaughing
Date: 15 Sep 02 - 06:37 PM

Ha! The beginning of a new Zodiacal Season is marked by the standards of the Lion, the Bull, the Man and the Eagle … sometimes equated with the Four Cardinal Directions. The Fifth Cardinal Direction is the central point of revolution, the pole of the ecliptic.

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: katlaughing
Date: 15 Sep 02 - 06:35 PM

Maybe it is 5 Degrees in a zodiac cardinal?

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: Mary in Kentucky
Date: 15 Sep 02 - 06:32 PM

5 digits in a zip code!

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: Sorcha
Date: 15 Sep 02 - 06:23 PM

Yes to all except maybe Amos' ZC. We thought of that, but what does the 5 refer to? There are more than 5 days in a Zodiac Calender........aren't there? (Thanks for the mice!)

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: Jeri
Date: 15 Sep 02 - 06:20 PM

9. 32 - Degrees Farenheit at which Water Freezes

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: greg stephens
Date: 15 Sep 02 - 06:18 PM

i wheel on a unicycle is 16?

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: Amos
Date: 15 Sep 02 - 06:17 PM

ZC has got to be Zodiac Calendar. 13 is the old children's tune about Blind Mice (See how they run!)

A

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: Amos
Date: 15 Sep 02 - 06:17 PM

ZC has got to be Zodiac Calendar. 13 is the old children tune about Blind Mice (See how they run!)

A

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: Sorcha
Date: 15 Sep 02 - 06:09 PM

Arrrgh! I knew they were easy!! We now have all except 13 and 17! Thanks, Mary--got 18 from your hint!

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: Mary in Kentucky
Date: 15 Sep 02 - 05:55 PM

6. 9 planets in the solar system

18. hint: think ketchup

(I'll go away now)

Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: Mary in Kentucky
Date: 15 Sep 02 - 05:46 PM

7. 88 piano keys

PS. I've seen this and can probably get the rest of them soon, but I won't spoil it for others. ;-) (That means I forgot them!)

Subject: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: Sorcha
Date: 15 Sep 02 - 05:41 PM

MENTAL FLEXIBILITY

Each item below contains a number and the initials of the words that complete the phrase. Fill in the blanks.
Example:
12—M in a Y is 12 Months in a Year

I am posting this partly for fun and partly because we need some of the answers! We don't have all of them yet. I will post the numbers to the ones we don't have at the bottom and later post all the answers if nobody gets them all. Thanks! Some are Americanisms only.

1. 26—L in the A
2. 7—W of the W
3. 1001—A N
4. 12—S of the Z
5. 54—C in a D (with the J)
6. 9—P in the SS
7. 88—P K
8. 13—S on the A F
9. 32—D F at which W F
10. 18—H on a G C
11. 90—D in a R A
12. 8—S on a S S
13. 3 B M (S H T R)
14. 4—Q in a G
15. 24—H in a D
16. 1—W on a U
17. 5—D in a ZC
18. 57—H V
19. 11—P on a F T
20. a P is worth a T W
21. 29—D in F in a L Y
22. 10 Y in a D
23. 12 D of C
24. 10—L I
25. 54—F or F
26. 13—is a B D
27. 4—and T B B

We don't have 6,7,8,9,13,16,17,18, or 27.