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

New Home

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

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

New Home wrote: »

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

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Correct!!!!!!

New Home

You're joking, aren't you?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

New Home wrote: »

You're joking, aren't you?

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

New Home

\o/ YAY MEEEE!

Back in a bit with my question.

Quazzie

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

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Correct!!!!!!

You have the wrong countries and order according to this

LINK

New Home

But that says 2012, Srameen said 2014.

Quazzie

New Home wrote: »

But that says 2012, Srameen said 2014.

From the LINK

Rob Cook | Published on: Oct 24, 2017

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.

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

New Home

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"?

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.

New Home

I only read up about the word "clue" recently, and I thought it was soooo cooool!

looksee

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

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'.

New Home

:eek: Well, I never!

feargale

Clue is Old or Middle French for Modern French Clef = key,

New Home

Not what I was going for at all, sorry.

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.

New Home

Thanks Srameen - it was a serendipitous find, I must admit.

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.

feargale

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

New Home

No, it's not it at all, sorry.

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.

New Home

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.

New Home

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

looksee

I saw what you did there

New Home

Amazing, isn't it?

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"?

New Home

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!