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BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box

15 Sep 02 - 05:41 PM (#784616)
Subject: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: Sorcha

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.

15 Sep 02 - 05:46 PM (#784622)
Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: Mary in Kentucky

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!)

15 Sep 02 - 05:55 PM (#784630)
Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: Mary in Kentucky

6. 9 planets in the solar system

18. hint: think ketchup

(I'll go away now)

15 Sep 02 - 06:09 PM (#784639)
Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: Sorcha

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

15 Sep 02 - 06:17 PM (#784642)
Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: Amos

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

A

15 Sep 02 - 06:17 PM (#784643)
Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: Amos

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

A

15 Sep 02 - 06:18 PM (#784644)
Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: greg stephens

i wheel on a unicycle is 16?

15 Sep 02 - 06:20 PM (#784647)
Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: Jeri

9. 32 - Degrees Farenheit at which Water Freezes

15 Sep 02 - 06:23 PM (#784652)
Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: Sorcha

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!)

15 Sep 02 - 06:32 PM (#784659)
Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: Mary in Kentucky

5 digits in a zip code!

15 Sep 02 - 06:35 PM (#784663)
Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: katlaughing

Maybe it is 5 Degrees in a zodiac cardinal?

15 Sep 02 - 06:37 PM (#784664)
Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: katlaughing

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.

15 Sep 02 - 06:41 PM (#784668)
Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: Jeri

27. 4 and Twenty Black Birds

15 Sep 02 - 06:43 PM (#784669)
Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: Amos

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

15 Sep 02 - 06:44 PM (#784670)
Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: greg stephens

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

15 Sep 02 - 07:48 PM (#784707)
Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: Sorcha

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!!

16 Sep 02 - 06:11 AM (#784948)
Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: Nigel Parsons

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

16 Sep 02 - 10:07 AM (#785076)
Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: Trevor

12 Sides on a Stop Sign

16 Sep 02 - 10:21 AM (#785086)
Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: Sorcha

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

16 Sep 02 - 10:35 AM (#785103)
Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: Jeri

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'.

16 Sep 02 - 10:50 AM (#785118)
Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: Mary in Kentucky

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

16 Sep 02 - 11:30 AM (#785154)
Subject: RE: BS: Quiz--Thinking out of the Box
From: Sorcha

Answers posted here.