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kissy
Aug 3, 2006, 04:50 AM
Hi everyone, someone sent me one of these puzzles that she couldn't get the answers to (had managed some of them but these were left) I've been wracking my brains with no luck and she has given up but would love to know the answers. Does anyone have a clue please, if so can you let me know? Thanks for your help and good luck.
EXAMPLES
M O T S in 687 D (mars orbits the sun in 687 days)
13 B D (13 Bakers dozen)
366 D in a LY (366 days in a leap year)
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100 F in a C L
20 T in the B C
S W E 1
S of 1000 M
10000 H in B L
1000 G (F L at N)
39 N on a U K R W
3 L S
3210 F H (S P)
H M (E) 4807 M M B
10 F S D M
7 L G S in the B S
21 S N t W a S G a B
3 S o m (S L a G)
14 NoMoJ
2 C R o E
4 M M B b R B
17 F O R t S
705 S t S o t T
Curlyben
Aug 3, 2006, 05:17 AM
Simple answer is yes.
Just thow them into Google and there's the answer ;)
colbtech
Aug 3, 2006, 06:34 AM
7 L G S in the B S - Little Girls in the Back Seat
14 NoMoJ - Number of Moons of Jupiter
705 S t S o t T Survived the Sinking of the Titanic (I think, a web site I found stated 706 survived)
As for the rest...
kissy
Aug 3, 2006, 11:47 PM
Hmmm curlyben, I tried Google and it didn't come up with much that made sense.. mind you the questions don't make much sense either ha ha.
Thanks so much coltech, think you must be right with the ones you got... that's great. Anymore would be appreciated lol.. difficult aren't they!
Xxx
Thomas1970
Aug 4, 2006, 12:40 AM
S of 1000 M = Son of 1000 Maniacs
colbtech
Aug 4, 2006, 01:09 AM
Try contacting :
http://www.begent.org/contact.htm?Numbers%20Quiz
kissy
Aug 11, 2006, 01:53 AM
With your help guys and others from another site, the following answers have been given to me... thanks for your help and now I am giving up on this lolol...
100 F in a C L 100 fathoms in a cable length
20 T in the B C
S W E 1 Star Wars Episode 1 ?
S of 1000 M Swords of 1000 Men
10000 H in B L 10,000 holes in Blackburn Lancashire (from day in the life.. beatles song)
1000 G (F L at N) 1000 guineas (….. at Newmarket)
39 N on a U K R W 39 numbers on a UK roulette wheel?
3 L S
3210 F H (S P) 3210 feet high (Scafell Pike)
H M (E) 4807 M M B Highest mountain (Europe) 4807 Metres Mont Blanc
10 F S D M 10 Film starring Dudley Moore
7 L G S in the B S 7 little girls sitting in the back seat
21 S N t W a S G a B 21 score needed to win a single game at blackjack
3 S o m (S L a G) 3 states of matter (solid, liquid and gas)
14 NoMoJ 14 number of moons orbit Jupiter?
2 C R o E 2 cube root of 8
4 M M B b R B 4 minute mile beaten by Roger Bannister
17 F O R t S
705 S t S o t T 705 survived the sinking of the Titanic