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04 Jan 07 - 09:40 AM (#1926382) Subject: Help! Quiz question From: Roger the Skiffler We've done all but 2 questions on a quiz sheet and one left is supposed to be musical, probably a song title. All questions have a number and initial letters only so 3BM would be Three Blind Mice. The one we can't get (several brains tired!) is: CR9ML Suggestions include Country Road Nine Miles Long, Crane River Ninety miles long but don't seem to exist! Any ideas.? Can't be too obscure I would have thought. RtS |
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04 Jan 07 - 10:38 AM (#1926446) Subject: RE: Help! Quiz question From: alanabit Camptown Racetrack Nine Miles Long? |
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04 Jan 07 - 10:42 AM (#1926454) Subject: RE: Help! Quiz question From: Zany Mouse Road to Gundagai, sometimes known as Nine Miles from Gundagai? Rhiannon |
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04 Jan 07 - 10:42 AM (#1926456) Subject: RE: Help! Quiz question From: Ross what about the doo dah? doo dah? |
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04 Jan 07 - 10:42 AM (#1926457) Subject: RE: Help! Quiz question From: MMario I'd say that nails it. |
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04 Jan 07 - 11:03 AM (#1926469) Subject: RE: Help! Quiz question From: Zany Mouse Oops! Sorry I hadn't read your original post correctly. Ignore my suggestion. Rhiannon |
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04 Jan 07 - 11:56 AM (#1926502) Subject: RE: Help! Quiz question From: Roger the Skiffler Doh! Many thanks for your help - we knew it would be something obvious and although all the family were thinking hard over the holidays we didn't get there. Happy New Year! Sheila (Mrs RtS) |
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04 Jan 07 - 12:24 PM (#1926526) Subject: RE: Help! Quiz question From: GUEST Cradle rocks nine months later ... |
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04 Jan 07 - 02:47 PM (#1926643) Subject: RE: Help! Quiz question From: Mick Pearce (MCP) Of course the racetrack was only five miles long (according to Mr.Foster)! Mick |
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04 Jan 07 - 03:09 PM (#1926659) Subject: RE: Help! Quiz question From: fat B****rd Crane River ?? Thimbles, you've been going all Colyer again. Haven't ya ?? |
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05 Jan 07 - 09:20 AM (#1927293) Subject: RE: Help! Quiz question From: Roger the Skiffler Mick, 9 miles in my songbook! Guess you're right Charlie. S was doing the quiz but half the family & friends seem to have got sucked in. Now all we need is the final answer (non-musical) to "2HOAD". Best we can come up with so far is "Hands on a dial" but doesn't seem close enough to a well known phrase! "Horns of a dilemma" was another suggestion. RtS |
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05 Jan 07 - 10:33 AM (#1927354) Subject: RE: Help! Quiz question From: NormanD Dear Rog Skiff Do you fancy posting the original set of questions here? I'm now intrigued (and a bit of a quizophile). Norman |
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05 Jan 07 - 12:32 PM (#1927469) Subject: RE: Help! Quiz question From: Nigel Parsons If it's musical, how about 2 Holes on a Didgeridoo I was about to add "Two Humps on a Dromedary", but that's backward, it's one on a Dromedary (camel) and two on a Bactrian. Easy to remeber, Look at the initial letter on its back (in upper case) Cheers Nigel |
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05 Jan 07 - 12:39 PM (#1927474) Subject: RE: Help! Quiz question From: Bernard And a camel with three humps... Humphrey... |
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05 Jan 07 - 12:53 PM (#1927486) Subject: RE: Help! Quiz question From: Nigel Parsons 2 halves of a .... (almost anything starting with 'D') 2 handles/hinges on a door |
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05 Jan 07 - 01:52 PM (#1927547) Subject: RE: Help! Quiz question From: Cats The quiz question we can't get is 'what is the name of the clip that holds a firemans hose on the ladder?' |
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05 Jan 07 - 02:21 PM (#1927565) Subject: RE: Help! Quiz question From: Mo the caller I suspect I've seen that one before and its horns of a dilemma |
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06 Jan 07 - 04:47 AM (#1928040) Subject: RE: Help! Quiz question From: Roger the Skiffler Thanks, these were all ones we'd thought of! (And thanks from me to Alan for the Camptown answer) RtS |
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06 Jan 07 - 05:42 AM (#1928052) Subject: RE: Help! Quiz question From: Brakn Camptown Racetrack five miles long not nine. google it. |
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06 Jan 07 - 09:10 AM (#1928163) Subject: RE: Help! Quiz question From: Rusty Dobro Two hammers on a dulcimer? |
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06 Jan 07 - 02:21 PM (#1928456) Subject: RE: Help! Quiz question From: Bernard Googled it, and got both five AND nine... |
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06 Jan 07 - 02:30 PM (#1928465) Subject: RE: Help! Quiz question From: KT cats....would it be a special type of carabiner? |
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06 Jan 07 - 03:13 PM (#1928507) Subject: RE: Help! Quiz question From: GUEST Uk fire fighters would normally use a 'ladder pipe' which is a type of nozzle that attaches to the ladder and lets them fight fire at height. |
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06 Jan 07 - 03:37 PM (#1928526) Subject: RE: Help! Quiz question From: KT Hey, cats......how 'bout hose strap? |
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07 Jan 07 - 03:14 AM (#1928934) Subject: RE: Help! Quiz question From: Roger the Skiffler NormanD, I'll post the quiz questions "below the line" as they're mostly non-musical. The original is sold in aid of our local hospice (Thames Valley- Windsor & Ascot) where my wife works as a volunteer. I don't know if I can get the official answers but i can post our efforts once the closing date is over. RtS |
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07 Jan 07 - 10:23 AM (#1929109) Subject: RE: Help! Quiz question From: Cats When I find out the answer, I'll post it. Thanks for all the suggestions and from all those who have pm'd me their suggestions. |
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07 Jan 07 - 01:11 PM (#1929303) Subject: RE: Help! Quiz question From: Brakn Stephen Foster says it was 5 so that's good enough for me, but I have seen it quoted as 9 and 2. Trivial pursuits has it down as 5. Is it still there - wherever that is. |
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07 Jan 07 - 01:15 PM (#1929311) Subject: RE: Help! Quiz question From: Tom Hamilton frae Saltcoats Scotland De Camptown Races Gwine to Run All Night Melody - Stephen Foster, 1850; Seq. by Werner Tomaschewski Stephen Foster, 1850 De Camptown ladies sing this song, Doo-da, Doo-da De Camptown racetrack's two miles long Oh, de doo-da day. Chorus: G'wine to run all night G'wine to run all day I bet my money on a bob-tailed nag Somebody bet on the gray. 2. Oh, de long tailed filly and de big black horse, Doo-da, Doo-da Come to a mud hole and dey all cut across, Oh, de doo-da day. Chorus: 3. I went down South with my hat caved in, Doo-da, Doo-da I came back North with a pocket full of tin. Oh, de doo-da day. Chorus: | Song Index | Home Page | |
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07 Jan 07 - 02:10 PM (#1929374) Subject: RE: Help! Quiz question From: Brakn That's just what I did Tom. I looked at the Levy site for the original sheet music (or recently published 1850) - and it said five mile long. See Here. |
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08 Jan 07 - 07:56 AM (#1930087) Subject: RE: Help! Quiz question From: Schantieman Definitely five miles long. S |
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08 Jan 07 - 10:39 PM (#1931009) Subject: RE: Help! Quiz question From: Cluin "Nine" sings better. |
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09 Jan 07 - 09:15 AM (#1931319) Subject: RE: Help! Quiz question From: Roger the Skiffler Who keeps moving the damn racetrack! RtS |
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09 Jan 07 - 09:46 AM (#1931356) Subject: RE: Help! Quiz question From: Scrump I measured it and made it 6.72 miles (10.81 km). But that's poetic licence for you. |
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09 Jan 07 - 03:20 PM (#1931655) Subject: RE: Help! Quiz question From: Helen RtS, If you ever get the chance to see an Oz tv series called The Games, which is a very funny fictional insight into the planning of the Sydney Olympic Games, you definitely need to see the episode about planning and building the athletes track. The main actor is John Clarke, whose humour is very clever, very distinctive. He is an Aussie icon. I think it is very funny that our national government-owned tv station, ABC, showed the series in the lead up to the Sydney Olympics. In the episode about the athletes track they are discussing whether to cut construction costs by shortening the length of the track, and then they argue the consequences in Olympic Games if the track is not the standard length. Helen |