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The all new, revised and easier quiz! (mod note posts 1 and 2042)

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  • #6752
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,180 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    All right. Very last attempt. Then I'll shut up because I'm going to look it up. Apricots?


  • #6753
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    New Home wrote: »
    All right. Very last attempt. Then I'll shut up because I'm going to look it up. Apricots?

    🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆🎇🎇🎇🎇🎇🎇🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈

    Correct!!!!!!


  • #6754
    New Home
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    You're joking, aren't you?


  • #6755
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    New Home wrote: »
    You're joking, aren't you?

    I'd never joke about a serious question. Apricots it is.


  • #6756
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    \o/ YAY MEEEE!

    Back in a bit with my question. :)


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  • #6757
    Quazzie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,670 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆🎇🎇🎇🎇🎇🎇🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈

    Correct!!!!!!

    You have the wrong countries and order according to this

    LINK


  • #6758
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    But that says 2012, Srameen said 2014. :)


  • #6759
    Quazzie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,670 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    New Home wrote: »
    But that says 2012, Srameen said 2014. :)

    From the LINK

    Rob Cook | Published on: Oct 24, 2017


  • #6760
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Quazzie wrote: »
    You have the wrong countries and order according to this

    LINK

    I may have typed Iraq (thanks to autocomplete) instead of Iran but did state it was the 2014 ranking (which I have here in front of me) but, look, I really don't care. It's just a bit of fun


    Ask a question if you wish.


  • #6761
    Quazzie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,670 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    I may have typed Iraq (thanks to autocomplete) instead of Iran but did state it was the 2014 ranking (which I have here in front of me) but, look, I really don't care. It's just a bit of fun


    Ask a question if you wish.

    i didn't mean it as an attack on you or anything. Just pointing out the current standings, as I actually missed the part where you said 2014:o

    No offence intended, just enjoying the game


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  • #6762
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    This is going to be very easy, so I'll ask two.

    What plant does acacia honey come from?

    What's the origin of the word "Clue"?


  • #6763
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,737 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Well presumably its not the acacia tree...

    Clue - that's a really good question, I will think on it but I don't think I know.


  • #6764
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    I only read up about the word "clue" recently, and I thought it was soooo cooool! :)


  • #6765
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,737 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Yes I have just looked it up and it is an intriguing answer.


  • #6766
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    looksee wrote: »
    Well presumably its not the acacia tree...

    Clue - that's a really good question, I will think on it but I don't think I know.

    Stumped on both and particularly intrigued about 'clue'.


  • #6767
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    :eek: Well, I never!


  • #6768
    feargale
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    Clue is Old or Middle French for Modern French Clef = key,


  • #6769
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    Not what I was going for at all, sorry.


  • #6770
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    I had to look up the clue question, as curiosity was killing me.

    Excellent question and one I'm using at the next session with my mates.


  • #6771
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    Thanks Srameen - it was a serendipitous find, I must admit. :)


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  • #6772
    garancafan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    feargale wrote: »
    Clue is Old or Middle French for Modern French Clef = key,
    Thanks for that one. The term "clef" is of particular significance to a music-nutter like me.


  • #6773
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Was I right or was I wrong? Is I is or is I ain't?


  • #6774
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    No, it's not it at all, sorry.


  • #6775
    garancafan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    New Home wrote: »
    No, it's not it at all, sorry.
    Awww. Give it to him - it's a great answer even if it's wrong.


  • #6776
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    I know, it's a lovely answer but the real one is, like I said, ssssooooooo coooool! Anyway, you're not biassed, or anything, are you? :pac:



    Just in case, the acacia honey one is still outstanding, too.


  • #6777
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    So, do you guys need a clue or two?? I don't want to string you along...


  • #6778
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,737 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    I saw what you did there :D


  • #6779
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    Amazing, isn't it? :D


  • #6780
    garancafan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    Ah. Those clues trigger a distant memory. It has something to do with a type of maze into which one could enter carrying a ball of string tethered at the entrance allowing one to retrace one's steps should one get lost. Does the word "clue" derive from a word for "string"?


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  • #6781
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    You got it! :)

    CLUE: 1590s, spelling variant of clew "a ball of thread or yarn," in this sense with reference to the one Theseus used as a guide out of the Labyrinth. The purely figurative sense of "that which points the way" is from 1620s.

    Told you it was cool! :D


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