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Originally Posted by simon c
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Your go.
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Oops :oQuote:
Originally Posted by simon c
You are right of course.
Your go.
Gold, refined copper, Uranium Oxide Concentrate and silver
OK, I give up! Is this the answer to a question, or a partial question. Sorry, but either way it makes no sense to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kris.Parker1
Just a reply to a previous question on the previous page (about three posts ago abouit Olympic Dam).
If you want a question here one is...
What are the tiny plastic things at the end of your shoe laces called?
Aguillettes....or the Anglicised version, aglets
New quiz:
Where and what is the tallest structure in Australia
If we are talking man made, then I would say the Rialto in Melbourne.
I was going to suggest Rialto (I've been up there!), but I bet there are radio masts higher, elsewhere in Oz.
Are the plans for the world's largest structure still on the cards? A solar power tower was going to be built in the outback by a company called Enviromission, who last year claimed the tower, at a height of 1,000 metres would be about twice the height of the current tallest structure in the world.
It was a clever design, using solar energy to cause an updraught inside the tower (by heating a glass-house at its base - the tower acting like a chimney), which would drive turbines to produce the electricity. This concept only works well if you go to huge heights. There were also claims that there would be enough residual heat in the 'glasshouse' to enable generation for 24 hours.
It is allegedly expected to be completed in 2006 in the remote Buronga district in New South Wales.
The rialto is the tallest building in australia, but as Hexbaz implies, there are quite a number of other structures that are taller.
Keep guessing
OK, I have done a little research, and it seems that at 427 metres, the Omega Base Navigation Mast in Sale, Vic is the largest structure in Australia.
Of course, if they do build that solar tower it will be BY FAR the largest, at 1000 metres, in 2006.
is the correct answer
your turn
hmmm. Since by some fluke (and a little research) a pommie got an ozzie question correct, I suppose (given that it is my bed time!) I should pose a similar (and probably far too easy) Brit question for you....
What is the highest structure currently open to the public in London, England?
hmm, could be a few options here:
1. The pedantic answer. What is the HIGHEST structure in London currently open to the public? Hamstead Hill is the highest point in london so there probably is at least a public toilet on the hill that is open to the public.
2. Canary Wharf is the TALLEST buidling, but by your emphasis that isn't right. I think it is closed to the public on terrorism grounds rather like the Post Office tower was closed to the public in the 70's.
3. I assume the same logic applies to the other tall buildings, eg NatWest tower (or whatever it is called now).
4. That means the answer is the London Eye?
Simon
Yes - somewhat surprisingly, that is correct. It is possible to gain access to the other buildings you mention, but the observation decks are no longer open to the general public.
So back to you again!
OK; simon c is obviously reluctant to give us a new challenge! Here's one to ponder in the mean time:
What have the following people got in common?
Bob Dylan, Lewis Carroll, Oscar Wilde, Elvis Presley, David Jason, John Lennon, Leonardo da Vinci and Edgar Allan Poe.
They are all dead men. Some may argue the case as the completeness of some of their deaths but the answer is still valid. :)
whilst they may well be dead eventually, that is not the answer I was looking for! ;)
OK! As small clue: Whilst this fact is true for all those listed, it was best known about Elvis and refers to a time before he became famous.
Before he was famous Elvis wasn't dead, So I guess that means they are all alive, Some may argue the case as the completeness of some of their lives but the answer is still valid. :) :D
Before he became famous, Elvis wasn't famous. This was also true for all the others named: before each of them became famous he wasn't famous! This answer is indisputably correct (and grammatically accurate) and I claim the prize!
And I for one think you should have it. It's ineluctable. :D
they all wrote poetry?
Nope - and no to the other 'valid' answers. Whilst it is true that Elvis was not dead before he was famous (and by some twisted logic might appear to be the correct answer), this fact is as true about those that are now dead as it is to those who remain alive. The only time it was not true was when they were very young....
That last clue will no doubt be twisted, so the answer is not 'they were all babies'. There is an obvious answer, and it is indesputable. I mentioned Elvis because he was the only one who, until recently, I knew this fact about.
Didn't Elvis have some sort of behavioural disorder like attention deficit disorder or something like that?
Don't you go and start me on logic. I've had enough logic in the riddle thread to spell Pi to a hundred places!! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by hexbaz
Perhaps but what craigb and I would like to know is: is it ineluctable? Eh? Eh? Well - is it? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by hexbaz
You don't SPELL Pi to one hundred places, you count it. Imean, that's just logical ain't it? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by outback
Yes the answer very likely is ineluctable - but I have, of course, no idea what that means!Quote:
Originally Posted by Driver
Hard to give another clue without giving away the answer; it has nothing to do with PI (to any number of places) - the only thing the answer has to do with mathematics is ... 2 minus 1.
So there you go, I have indeed given away the answer (perhaps!).
I am trying doubly hard to get this one.
Bob has (perhaps unintentionally) come very close to the answer here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Willson
Let me know if you give up! :rolleyes:
I think Bob has intentionally got the right answerQuote:
Originally Posted by hexbaz
So come on - spill the beans! I think either you or Bob should spell out the answer, and put everyone out of their misery!
Does it have anything to do with 2 * Pi? :)
I think it has something to do with twin as a synonym for double, doesn't it?
Yes Driver! This is getting painful; but we are moving in the right direction. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Driver
OK, after reading that latest hint I'll take a swing at this.
They all had a twin. I suspect that those whose twin we've never heard of probably died whilst very young or were possibly still born.
... Is the right answer!
In fact they all had a twin who died in infancy, or was stillborn.
In the case of David Jason (British star of TV series 'Only Fools and Horses', 'A Touch of Frost' and 'The Darling Buds of May' amongst others - not sure how many, if any, of these reached Australia!), he chose a stage name in honour of his stillborn twin. His real name is David White and his twin was named Jason posthumously.
As I said before - I knew about Elvis' stillborn twin before. This question turned up in a pub quiz, and nobody got the correct answer!
'Nuff said - it is now Duckman's turn to set a conundrum for us!
Thanks Hex,
OK guys and girls try this one for size.
An old one - but it'll make you think :
Someone introduces you to your mothers only sisters husbands sister-in-law.
He has no brothers.
What do you call this lady ?
mum
Good one Bob and in only 3 minutes too!
It was the best I could come up with a Saturday night.
Over to you now..