Treat yourself.... hunt some out....
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Treat yourself.... hunt some out....
BlueWolf
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If you're looking for random questions that Mr and Mrs Average can at least have a crack at, then ...
1. Which King of England standardised the unit of size, 'hand'?
2. How long was the 100 Years War?
3.
This is a standard British one penny coin. What is on the reverse side of this coin?
4. To the nearest 20km, what is the shortest distance between Europe and Africa?
5. Name five landlocked European countries
6. Place the following countries/islands/landmasses in order of size, from smallest to largest:
Africa
Antarctica
Australia
Brazil
Colombia
France
Germany
Greenland
Kazakhstan
The United States of America
7. Where do Chinese Gooseberries come from?
8. Barbara Millicent Roberts is better known as what?
9. Which is the odd one out, and why?
Blueberry
Raspberry
Blackberry
Strawberry
10. It's quite possible you have it in your kitchen, and when used it travels at 25 miles per year. What is it?
1. Which King of England standardised the unit of size, 'hand'?
2. How long was the 100 Years War?
3.
This is a standard British one penny coin. What is on the reverse side of this coin?
4. To the nearest 20km, what is the shortest distance between Europe and Africa?
5. Name five landlocked European countries
6. Place the following countries/islands/landmasses in order of size, from smallest to largest:
Africa
Antarctica
Australia
Brazil
Colombia
France
Germany
Greenland
Kazakhstan
The United States of America
7. Where do Chinese Gooseberries come from?
8. Barbara Millicent Roberts is better known as what?
9. Which is the odd one out, and why?
Blueberry
Raspberry
Blackberry
Strawberry
10. It's quite possible you have it in your kitchen, and when used it travels at 25 miles per year. What is it?
1 James 1 ( guess)
2 114 years ( from memory )
3 portcullis
4 guessing Cyprus to Tunisia ? 80 km. like this question
5 Luxembourg
Andorra
Lichtenstein
Macedonia
Romania.
Bosnia ? Switzerland if u count it as Europe
All guesses
7 kiwi fruit. Guessing New Zealand
8 Barbie
9 strawberry external seeds
10 washing machine drum or kettle journeys to the tap. My guess is kettle ( a little help from some regular drinkers here )
6. Greenland
Canada
Brazil
Australia
USA
I know MrE answered these, but I fancied having a shot at a couple of the ones I don't think he either nailed, or gave every answer for. It may also be because I have a bit of a mind for maps:
4 - Isn't it something like 8 miles, between Gibraltar and Tangiers?
5 - (Not using answers MrE gave) San Marino, the Vatican, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia
6 - France
Germany
Colombia
Greenland
Kazakhstan
Australia
USA
Brazil
Antarctica
Africa
Can I check the answer to 3...
Its a 1977 coin you show... Portcullis, the design was changed about 10 years ago to a harp and something (I think one of the British Lions)
Question 10 is doing my head in.... just spent ten minutes whilst making the tea,
Kettle - No
Washing Machine - No
Fridge Door / Oven Door
Cat flap hatch....
Fridge vibrations... na can t be
Cupboard doors
Larder - Lada / maybe they were always off the road
Door mat slippage
0.02 miles per hour -- Cress on window sill ?
God knows .... can someone put me out of my misery please !!!!!
Kettle - No
Washing Machine - No
Fridge Door / Oven Door
Cat flap hatch....
Fridge vibrations... na can t be
Cupboard doors
Larder - Lada / maybe they were always off the road
Door mat slippage
0.02 miles per hour -- Cress on window sill ?
God knows .... can someone put me out of my misery please !!!!!
Same...I also considered Step-On Pedal Garbage Can Lid?Question 10 is doing my head in.... just spent ten minutes whilst making the tea,
Kettle - No
Washing Machine - No
Fridge Door / Oven Door
Cat flap hatch....
Fridge vibrations... na can t be
Cupboard doors
Larder - Lada / maybe they were always off the road
Door mat slippage
0.02 miles per hour -- Cress on window sill ?
God knows .... can someone put me out of my misery please !!!!!
Windows and/or Curtains opening and closing??
PaperTowel Roll???
Microwave Rotating Plate????
Lying in bed last night I came up with
The wheel on the can opener ?
Chair around the table being pulled in / out to allow seating
10. vacuum cleaner?
6. it is less than 20km from gibraltar to africa?
6. it is less than 20km from gibraltar to africa?
Nice to see you joining in Magnus.
You have set some good questions for the American people there ?
Maybe one of the questions, the one about KM is not wasted on us older Brits either ;-)
Lets try to keep the questions inclusive though as this is an international supporters forum is it not ?
BlueWolf
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OK, here are are all the answers, and you may congratulate/kick yourself where necessary.
By the way, 1.6kms is 1 mile.
1. Henry VIII
2. 116 years (1337-1453)
3. This one is a doozy - You are actually looking at the reverse side, the other side is called 'the obverse'
4. 14km (Gibraltar to Africa, about eight and a half miles)
5. Austria, Czech, Switzerland, Slovakia, Hungary, Macedonia, Vatican City, Luxembourg, Poland, Liechenstein; there are others.
6. Apologies to those who use miles, but I've sort of gotten use to km ...
Germany 357,114 sq km
France 551,695 sq km
Colombia 1,141,748 sq km
Greenland 2,166,086 sq km
Kazakhstan 2,724,900 sq km
Australia 7,692,024 sq km
Brazil 8,515,767 sq km
USA 9,629,091 sq km
Antarctica 14,000,000 sq km
Africa 30,221,532 sq km
7. New Zealand
8. Barbie
9. Strawberry - it isn't a berry
10. Heinz tomato ketchup, when poured out of the bottle
By the way, 1.6kms is 1 mile.
1. Henry VIII
2. 116 years (1337-1453)
3. This one is a doozy - You are actually looking at the reverse side, the other side is called 'the obverse'
4. 14km (Gibraltar to Africa, about eight and a half miles)
5. Austria, Czech, Switzerland, Slovakia, Hungary, Macedonia, Vatican City, Luxembourg, Poland, Liechenstein; there are others.
6. Apologies to those who use miles, but I've sort of gotten use to km ...
Germany 357,114 sq km
France 551,695 sq km
Colombia 1,141,748 sq km
Greenland 2,166,086 sq km
Kazakhstan 2,724,900 sq km
Australia 7,692,024 sq km
Brazil 8,515,767 sq km
USA 9,629,091 sq km
Antarctica 14,000,000 sq km
Africa 30,221,532 sq km
7. New Zealand
8. Barbie
9. Strawberry - it isn't a berry
10. Heinz tomato ketchup, when poured out of the bottle
Everything I read says that the queen is on the obverse, portcullis on the reverse.
ob·verse
noun
ˈäbˌvərs/
ob·verse
noun
ˈäbˌvərs/
- 1.
the side of a coin or medal bearing the head or principal design.
BlueWolf
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Not necessarily true. Whilst historically the head was the biggest image (it had to be to fulfill the Head of State's ego, or to represent a Roman god's importance), it is not always the case.
With a Euro coin for example, all, regardless of which country minted it, have one same side with a unit amount on it, and the opposite has an image representing the country. There is some confusion as to which is the reverse and the obverse, and you will get a different answer depending upon who you ask.
Admittedly I can understand your questioning of this, but at the very least, I suspect many here were unaware of the term 'obverse', so at least they've learned something (even if some confusion arises from the true definition of the word). Although I think question #10 is probably the one that was frustrating most people.
Yeah 10 was a good one. I read that ketchup is a non-newtonian fluid, so it acts as a solid unless it is disturbed, which is why hitting the bottle causes it to flow.
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