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

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  • #3002
    looksee
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    Dunno about the Robinson, never heard of it, good question, be interested to see the answer.

    OG, every time I see your recipe I have a vision of a goat with a boned and rolled shoulder, somehow. I realise this does not make any sense.

    OK, Question: what is a drupe?


  • #3003
    OldGoat
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    looksee wrote: »
    OG, every time I see your recipe I have a vision of a goat with a boned and rolled shoulder, somehow. I realise this does not make any sense.
    I really need to update that. I've not changed that recipe in ages.
    OK, Question: what is a drupe?
    Is that something horticultural, some kind of a bud or a bulb?

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



  • #3004
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    My grandfather used to call a Plum a Dupe but that may just be so antique rural term.

    I came across a knobbly mollusc shell in the Indian Ocean called a Dupe; more likely answer I feel.


  • #3005
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    OldGoat wrote: »
    You've put Heath Robinson into my mind now. :)

    A guess for the Robinson is some kind of steam powered engine. A dreadnought perhaps?

    Not even close.


  • #3006
    looksee
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    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    My grandfather used to call a Plum a Dupe but that may just be so antique rural term.

    I came across a knobbly mollusc shell in the Indian Ocean called a Dupe; more likely answer I feel.

    Its drupe, Autumn Harsh Cloud, with an 'r' :pac:


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  • #3007
    looksee
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    Srameen is heading in the right direction...


  • #3008
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    looksee wrote: »
    Its drupe, Srameen, with an 'r' :pac:

    Typos all round. I meant drupe in both cases but predictive text overruled me.

    Mrs S tells me I'm right on the Plum but it's only one type of Drupe as it means any fleshy fruit with a central stone. It rings a bell now from biology study many decades ago. But it's definitely a mollusc as well. Drupa rubusidaeus is an example.


  • #3009
    looksee
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    Yes, Mrs Srameen is right, a plum is a drupe, but not all drupes are plums. Tell her we need another question :D


  • #3010
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    looksee wrote: »
    Yes, Mrs Srameen is right, a plum is a drupe, but not all drupes are plums. Tell her we need another question :D

    From her specialised subject;

    In sock knitting patterns, what is the name of the technique used to close the toe of the sock?


    I hope she's around when I need the answer because I may not remember. :o


  • #3011
    looksee
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    Heavens! I never realised there was a name for it! I know you 'turn the heel' but don't know about toes! I might offer 'shape the toe' but that is a bit non-specific.


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  • #3012
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    looksee wrote: »
    Heavens! I never realised there was a name for it! I know you 'turn the heel' but don't know about toes! I might offer 'shape the toe' but that is a bit non-specific.

    It's the name of a stitch..... apparently.


  • #3013
    looksee
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    Well the plain bits of a sock are done in stocking stitch - k a row, p a row - with decreases as necessary.

    Edit, ah I bet the last row is grafted - I have never knitted a sock but that's the way to get a smooth seam on any garment. I think you might be out of your depth here Srameen! JB might know.


  • #3014
    garancafan
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    Darning :).


  • #3015
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    looksee wrote: »
    Well the plain bits of a sock are done in stocking stitch - k a row, p a row - with decreases as necessary.

    Edit, ah I bet the last row is grafted - I have never knitted a sock but that's the way to get a smooth seam on any garment. I think you might be out of your depth here Srameen! JB might know.

    You have everything but the name of the stitch. It's the stitch that grafts the two sets of live stitches together.

    JB is bound to know. Where is she the one time the question is right up her street. ;)


  • #3016
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    garancafan wrote: »
    Darning :).

    No, that's the term I use when I make a hames of mending a hole. :)


  • #3017
    looksee
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    Ah, just looked it up, never knew the name of it - I didn't realise it had a name!


  • #3018
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    Settle down now children.


    "Robinson" was a term during the 18th century in both England and France for which device?

    Just a reminder, as this has slipped back a few pages.


  • #3019
    looksee
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    Oh, hang on, did it have something to do with looms or weaving?


  • #3020
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    looksee wrote: »
    Oh, hang on, did it have something to do with looms or weaving?

    Funny you should say that....








    No.


  • #3021
    Jellybaby1
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    I did know the knitting answer but couldn't remember it! I had to look it up. Darnnit! :D(see what I said there?) My aunties were great sock knitters.


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  • #3022
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Jellybaby1 wrote: »
    I did know the knitting answer but couldn't remember it! I had to look it up. Darnnit! :D(see what I said there?) My aunties were great sock knitters.

    You know what JB, take the next question anyway, as I'm sure the Kitchener stitch would have come to you eventually.

    I'll stick with my Robinson question.


  • #3023
    Jellybaby1
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    I might have spelled it Kitchener though! :D It should be Kitschener I do tink!

    Question: Which book, first published in 1605, has sold more than 500 million copies worldwide?


  • #3024
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Jellybaby1 wrote: »
    I might have spelled it Kitchener though! :D It should be Kitschener I do tink!

    Question: Which book, first published in 1605, has sold more than 500 million copies worldwide?

    I know the book but shan't answer because I haven't a question to set and have one outstanding anyway.

    The stitch is spelt Kitchener in the sewing encyclopaedia and other publications here.


  • #3025
    Corkgirl18
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    Jellybaby1 wrote: »
    I might have spelled it Kitchener though! :D It should be Kitschener I do tink!

    Question: Which book, first published in 1605, has sold more than 500 million copies worldwide?

    By the year I'm thinking Don Quixote?


  • #3026
    Jellybaby1
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    Corkgirl18 wrote: »
    By the year I'm thinking Don Quixote?

    Honestly, I don't know why I bother! :eek: My questions always last at most, 5 seconds! :( Yer up!


  • #3027
    Corkgirl18
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    Sorry Jellybaby :o

    Who were the McDonogh 3?


  • #3028
    Jellybaby1
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    Dunno that one either. :(


  • #3029
    Rubecula
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    Corkgirl18 wrote: »
    Sorry Jellybaby :o

    Who were the McDonogh 3?

    Guesswork here but I sort of remember the name from USA I think. Black kids in a white school??? At least that is sort of what I remember.


  • #3030
    Rubecula
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    My post vanished


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  • #3031
    Rubecula
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    three black Americans in an all white school


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