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Christmas Quiz

#1 Post by giraffe » Mon Dec 02, 2013 8:12 am

My son's school has given out a quiz.

I haven't tried it yet, and he photocopied it for me, and I have enlarged and photographed it. The print was tiny to begin with and our printer is on the blink (Father Christmas has been asked for a new one) so lines don't come out straight and words can be blurred, so having been copied twice it may not be legible. Ask if you need me to decipher any of the writing!

Anyway, I thought some of you might enjoy it.
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Re: Christmas Quiz

#2 Post by giraffe » Mon Dec 02, 2013 8:16 am

Question 1.
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#3 Post by giraffe » Mon Dec 02, 2013 8:18 am

Question 2
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Re: Christmas Quiz

#4 Post by giraffe » Mon Dec 02, 2013 8:26 am

Question 3. (two pictures)
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#5 Post by giraffe » Mon Dec 02, 2013 8:28 am

Question 4.
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Re: Christmas Quiz

#6 Post by giraffe » Mon Dec 02, 2013 8:29 am

Question 5.

Sorry this one is rather out of focus. It says 14 bottles of wine and 18 pine logs . The sign on the bridge says Max Wt 1 1/2 tons (I hope the rest is legible)
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#7 Post by MBH » Mon Dec 02, 2013 10:48 pm

:lol: my forum sister is going to LOVE these.. NOT :lol:

If i can get these printed i might give them a try. Very do-able. ;)
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Re: Christmas Quiz

#8 Post by giraffe » Mon Dec 02, 2013 11:02 pm

I have numbers for all of the letters in question 3, but one (or maybe two) look dodgy. I may have to compare notes with Fernando . (or anyone else who is trying it) . Fernando says he has done the crossword.
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Re: Christmas Quiz

#9 Post by giraffe » Thu Dec 05, 2013 7:11 pm

Question 3 has two typos in it. Ask if you are attempting this and I will post them.
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#10 Post by Scurra » Thu Dec 05, 2013 7:31 pm

I was looking at the Good King Wenceslaus one and then realised that I had no idea what stones and pounds were, let alone how many there were in a tonne...
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Re: Christmas Quiz

#11 Post by giraffe » Thu Dec 05, 2013 7:40 pm

Isn't that what google is for? :lol: 14 pounds in a stone, 16 ounces in a pound. No idea about tonnes.
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Re: Christmas Quiz

#12 Post by giraffe » Thu Dec 05, 2013 7:50 pm

Here's the correction:
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Re: Christmas Quiz

#13 Post by Cenwulf » Thu Dec 05, 2013 9:01 pm

Imperial weights:
1 pound (lb) = 16 ounces (oz)
1 stone (st) = 14 lb
1 hundredweight (cwt) = 8 st = 112 lb
1 ton = 20 cwt = 2240 lb
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Re: Christmas Quiz

#14 Post by giraffe » Thu Dec 12, 2013 10:05 pm

Well we handed our answers in. The cat and mouse one was quite good fun .
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Re: Christmas Quiz

#15 Post by LAT » Thu Dec 12, 2013 10:40 pm

I'm saving them for Christmas! :D
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Re: Christmas Quiz

#16 Post by giraffe » Thu Dec 12, 2013 10:57 pm

The deadline for handing them in was today, so we didn't have that luxury.
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#17 Post by LAT » Thu Dec 12, 2013 11:03 pm

Well I think they would probably have been quite surprised to get an entry from me anyway! :lol:
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#18 Post by Bunnylump » Thu Dec 12, 2013 11:17 pm

I'm afraid I saw numbers and ran away... :lol:
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Re: Christmas Quiz

#19 Post by giraffe » Thu Dec 12, 2013 11:21 pm

Well the Maths department annual quiz is likely to have a few numbers. :lol:
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Re: Christmas Quiz

#20 Post by LAT » Thu Dec 12, 2013 11:27 pm

Bunnylump wrote:I'm afraid I saw numbers and ran away... :lol:
A bit like me and puzzles where I am meant to recognise people! :lol:
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