BS: Alphanumerical quiz

Subject: BS: Alphanumerical quiz
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 07 Jan 07 - 03:21 AM

...As requested above the line by NormanD...
Courtesy of Thames Valley Hospice

ALPHANUMERICAL QUIZ

(Example 12MIAY=12 Months in a year)

1.        A8M
2.        13ABD
3.        3LOAT
4.        2DIAW
5.        3BM
6.        5GR
7.        50YM=GWA
8.        6WOHTE
9.        12IIAF
10.        13IUFS
11.        3SOAT
12.        4A20BBIAP
13.        ATWI80D
14.        240PIAOP
15.        7SOAFPC
16.        99=ICWAF
17.        10YIAD
18.        21C=RGS
19.        12DOC
20.        26LITA
21.        52CIAPOPC
22.        366DIALY
23.        70=MSL
24.        3CITF(film)
25.        2TC
26.        5VITEA
27.        45RPMFAS
28.        7SAS
29.        SWAT7D
30.        90DIARA
31.        8TOAOA
32.        UJ=RWAB
33.        11PIAFT
34.        2HOAD
35.        168SOASOD
36.        39BITOT
37.        3MIAB
38.        14DIAF
39.        7WOTW
40.        37NOARW
41.        15PIARUT
42.        4SIAPOPC
43.        25YFASWA
44.        9LOAC
45.        1MWTMAM
46.        8FIAM
47.        52WIAY
48.        15RBOAST
49.        88=TFLIB
50.        5,4,3,2,1,TAG
51.        7YOBLFBAM
52.        101D
53.        8LOAS
54.        12SOTZ
55.        1953YOTQC
56.        29DIFIALY
57.        18HOAGC
58.        5TOAF
59.        30DIS
60.        1WOAU
61.        PIAG
62.        CR9ML (music)
63.        57=HV
64.        7BF7B
65.        4WAAF (film)
66.        10GBHOAW
67.        7CIAR
68.        76T
69.        180=MSOADB
70.        30POSTBJC
71.        3MAAB (film)
72.        6FIAF
73.        1760YIAM
74.        1969=MLOTM
75.        3600SIAH
76.        54CIAPWJ
77.        6SOAC
78.        7PIANT
79.        1066=BOH
80.        64SOACB
81.        147=MBIS
82.        31DIO
83.        1825=BOW
84.        39S
85.        22=2LDIB
86.        7HOR
87.        2012=YOLO
88.        200PFPGIM
89.        3SYA10
90.        15MOADMC


RtS

Subject: RE: BS: Alphanumerical quiz
From: Sooz
Date: 07 Jan 07 - 04:27 AM

Should no 83 read 1815=BOW?

Subject: RE: BS: Alphanumerical quiz
From: Cathie
Date: 07 Jan 07 - 04:48 AM

Thanks for posting this. (We spent Thursday? tea time considering your 6HOAD)

I love these quizes too.

Subject: RE: BS: Alphanumerical quiz
From: Cathie
Date: 07 Jan 07 - 04:49 AM

sorry 2HOAD

Subject: RE: BS: Alphanumerical quiz
From: Wolfgang
Date: 09 Jan 07 - 12:31 PM

Fun, though some are too difficult for me. The history (or future) dates were easiest.

But then I stumbled upon a German Neonazi number, 88 (twice the eigth letter of the alphabet gives the initials of a German salute from 39 to 45) and I immediately "solved" TFLIB as "the Fuehrer lives in Berlin". Now I can't get that solution out of my head.

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: BS: Alphanumerical quiz
From: wysiwyg
Date: 09 Jan 07 - 01:25 PM

2. 13ABD = 13 A Baker's Dozen
6. 5GR = 5 Golden Rings

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Alphanumerical quiz
From: Wolfgang
Date: 09 Jan 07 - 02:29 PM

After having had a long look at a site of all things happening in 1825 No. 83 could be

1825=Burial of Waldegrave.

Wolfgang (humming an ABBA song)

Subject: RE: BS: Alphanumerical quiz
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 09 Jan 07 - 03:43 PM

90) should it be 16MOADMC?, Yo Ho Ho and a bottle of Rum
1) August 8th month
2) 13 A Bakers Dozen
3) 3 Legs on a tripod
4) 7? Days in a week?
5) 3 Blind Mice
6) 5 Gold Rings

Subject: RE: BS: Alphanumerical quiz
From: Wolfgang
Date: 09 Jan 07 - 04:09 PM

84. 39 steps
52. 101 Dalmatians
87. 2012 = Year of London Olympics
22. leap year
79. Hastings

(and some more)

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: BS: Alphanumerical quiz
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 09 Jan 07 - 04:21 PM

10) 13 unlucky for some
16)99 Ice cream with a flake.
17) Ten years in a decade.
19) 12 days of Christmas.
27) 45 Revs per minute for a single.
37) 3 Men in a boat.
47) 52 weeks in a year.
49) 88 two fat ladies in bingo.
52) 101 Dalmatians.
55) 1953 year of the queens coronation.
56) 29 days in February in a leap year.
59) 30 Days in September.
60) 1 wheel on a unicycle.
63) 57 = Heinz varieties..
64) 7 Brides for 7 brothers.
68) 76 Trombones.
69) 180 Maximum score on a dartboard.
71) 3 men and a baby.
73) 1760 yards in a mile.
75) 3600 seconds in an hour.
82) 31 days in October.

Subject: RE: BS: Alphanumerical quiz
From: Wolfgang
Date: 09 Jan 07 - 04:34 PM

53. legs on a spider

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: BS: Alphanumerical quiz
From: JennyO
Date: 09 Jan 07 - 09:46 PM

9) 12 inches in a foot
58) 5 toes on a foot
65) 4 weddings and a funeral

Subject: RE: BS: Alphanumerical quiz
From: Wolfgang
Date: 10 Jan 07 - 07:29 AM

72. Six fingers in a fist????

Wolfgang (only refreshing)

Subject: RE: BS: Alphanumerical quiz
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 10 Jan 07 - 08:24 AM

11) 3 sides of a triangle
12) Four and 20 balckbirds baked in a pie
15) 7 sides on a fifty pence coin
38) 14 days in a fortnight
43) 25 years for a silver wedding anniversary
44) 9 lives of a cat
45) 1man went to mow a meadow
89) 3 score years and 10

Subject: RE: BS: Alphanumerical quiz
From: JennyO
Date: 10 Jan 07 - 08:34 AM

24) 3 coins in the fountain
54) 12 signs of the zodiac
66) 10 green bottles hanging on a wall
74) 1969 = man landed on the moon

Subject: RE: BS: Alphanumerical quiz
From: Wolfgang
Date: 10 Jan 07 - 08:43 AM

14. 240 pence in an old pound.
13. Around the world in 80 days.
36. 39 books in the old Testament (I haven't counted but it sounds good)

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: BS: Alphanumerical quiz
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 23 Jan 07 - 09:37 AM

Here are the answers we submitted ( don't know if theyare the official right answers!):
ALPHANUMERICAL QUIZ

(Example 12MIAY=12 Months in a year)

1.        A8M                        After eight mints
2.        13ABD                In a baker's dozen
3.        3LOAT                Legs on a trivet
4.        2DIAW                Days in a weekend
5.        3BM                        Blind Mice
6.        5GR                        Gold Rings
7.        50YM=GWA                Years marriage=Golden wedding anniversary
8.        6WOHTE                Wives of Henry the eighth
9.        12IIAF                        Inches in a foot
10.        13IUFS                Is unlucky for some
11.        3SOAT                Sides on a triangle
12.        4A20BBIAP                4 and 20 Blackbirds baked in a pie
13.        ATWI80D                Around the world in 80 days
14.        240PIAOP                Pence in an old pound
15.        7SOAFPC                Sides on a fifty pence piece
16.        99=ICWAF                Ice cream with a flake
17.        10YIAD                Years in a decade
18.        21C=RGS                Carats=Royal gold standard
19.        12DOC                Days of Christmas
20.        26LITA                Letters of the alphabet
21.        52CIAPOPC                Cards in a pack of playing cards
22.        366DIALY                Days in a leap year
23.        70=MSL                Motorway speed limit
24.        3CITF(film)                Coins in the fountain
25.        2TC                        Turtle doves
26.        5VITEA                Vowels in the English language
27.        45RPMFAS                Revolutions per minute for a single
28.        7SAS                        Swans a-swimming
29.        SWAT7D                Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
30.        90DIARA                Degrees in a right angle
31.        8TOAOA                Tentacles on an octopus
32.        UJ=RWAB                Union Jack= Red white and blue
33.        11PIAFT                Players in a football team
34.        2HOAD                Horns of a dilemma
35.        168SOASOD                Spots on a set of dominoes
36.        39BITOT                Books in the old testament
37.        3MIAB                Men in a boat
38.        14DIAF                Days in a fortnight
39.        7WOTW                Wonders of the world
40.        37NOARW                Numbers on a roulette wheel
41.        15PIARUT                Players in a rugby union team
42.        4SIAPOPC                Suits in a pack of playing cards
43.        25YFASWA                Years for a Silver wedding anniversary
44.        9LOAC                Lives of a cat
45.        1MWTMAM                Man went to mow a meadow
46.        8FIAM                Furlongs in a mile
47.        52WIAY                Weeks in a year
48.        15RBOAST                Red balls on a snooker table
49.        88=TFLIB                Two fat ladies in bingo
50.        5,4,3,2,1,TAG                Thunderbirds are go
51.        7YOBLFBAM        Years of bad luck follows breaking a mirror        
52.        101D                        Dalmations
53.        8LOAS                Legs on a spider
54.        12SOTZ                Signs of the zodiac
55.        1953YOTQC                Year of the Queen's coronation
56.        29DIFIALY                Days in February in a leap year
57.        18HOAGC                Holes on a golf course
58.        5TOAF                Toes on a foot
59.        30DIS                        Days in September
60.        1WOAU                Wheel on a unicycle
61.        PIAG                        Pints in a gallon
62.        CR9ML (music)        Camptown races nine miles long
63.        57=HV                Heinz varieties
64.        7BF7B                        Brides for seven brothers
65.        4WAAF (film)                Weddings and a funeral
66.        10GBHOAW                Green bottles hanging on a wall
67.        7CIAR                        Colours in a rainbow
68.        76T                        Trombones
69.        180=MSOADB        Maximum score on a dart board        
70.        30POSTBJC                Pieces of silver to betray Jesus Christ
71.        3MAAB (film)                Men and a baby
72.        6FIAF                        Feet in a fathom
73.        1760YIAM                Yards in a mile
74.        1969=MLOTM        Man lands on the moon
75.        3600SIAH                Seconds in an hour
76.        54CIAPWJ                Cards in a pack with jokers
77.        6SOAC                Sides on a cube
78.        7PIANT                Players in a netball team
79.        1066=BOH                Battle of Hastings
80.        64SOACB                Squares on a chess board
81.        147=MBIS                Maximum break in snooker
82.        31DIO                        Days in October
83.        1825=BOW                Battle of Waterloo
84.        39S                        Steps
85.        22=2LDIB                Two little ducks in bingo
86.        7HOR                        Hills of Rome
87.        2012YOLO                Year of London Olympics        
88.        200PFPGIM                Pounds for passing Go in Monopoly
89.        3SYA10                Score years and ten
90.        15MOADMC                Men on a dead man's chest

RtS

Subject: RE: BS: Alphanumerical quiz
From: Wolfgang
Date: 23 Jan 07 - 04:11 PM

83 can't be right as has been pointed out (BOW was in 1815)
25 can't be right as well. TC isn't turtle doves
Typos or real problems?

But thanks for the solutions. I had come back every couple of days.

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: BS: Alphanumerical quiz
From: SINSULL
Date: 23 Jan 07 - 05:46 PM

1. 8 in the morning

Subject: RE: BS: Alphanumerical quiz
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 24 Jan 07 - 11:35 AM

Sorry, Wolfgang: my typing!!!!
Should have been 1815 and TD

RtS
(fumble fingers- I should have scanned it in!))

Subject: RE: BS: Alphanumerical quiz
From: Wolfgang
Date: 26 Jan 07 - 07:33 AM

No reason to be or say sorry. We have to say thank you for the quiz.

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: BS: Alphanumerical quiz
From: GUEST,Chris
Date: 29 Jan 07 - 12:07 PM

Hi,

We think that the answer to question 21 must be

21C=RGS   Twenty One Cannons = Royal Gun Salute and not as has been given in some of the replies. It is much more likely to be this than anything else.

Cheers

Subject: RE: BS: Alphanumerical quiz
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 05 Feb 07 - 12:03 PM

The official answers were posted today. Number 18 is indeed as GUEST Chris stated though it seems a clumsy phrase to me. Compiler declared question 62 void as so many people's songbooks had other lengths for the Camptown racetrack! Otherwise as printed,- we didn't win: correct answers went into a hat to pick the winner!

RtS

Subject: RE: BS: Alphanumerical quiz
From: GUEST,M Ward
Date: 25 Aug 08 - 09:02 AM

Please answer 2 H on a B C, 15 P on a R U T, Thanks

Subject: RE: BS: Alphanumerical quiz
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 25 Aug 08 - 11:31 AM

15 players in a Rugby Union Team

Subject: RE: BS: Alphanumerical quiz
From: Mr Happy
Date: 24 Oct 08 - 06:14 AM

The guest post above is dated 24 Oct 08.

It follows Nigel Parsons' one of 25 Aug 08.

Time travel??

Subject: RE: BS: Alphanumerical quiz
From: GUEST,selina
Date: 14 Dec 08 - 04:21 PM

Could anyone give me the answer to 3POAP ?
thanks

Subject: RE: BS: Alphanumerical quiz
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 15 Dec 08 - 07:41 AM

3 pins on a plug (UK 13 amp)