'H2IQ' Revisited - 4
Created | Updated Sep 9, 2004
'H2IQ' Revisited
You need a mind as slippery as an Eel, and a talent for seeing things from a
different angle to understand H2IQ. A popular h2g2 quiz for several years, H2IQ
returns to once again tease and frustrate with questions and problems for you to solve. Each week I
will repeat a question once used in the 'infamous' H2IQ quiz and all you have to do is answer it in the
'H2IQ Revisited' conversation below. All those who give vaguely the correct answer will have their
name printed in next weeks column.
Now for this weeks question...
What can be seen by the naked eye, has no weight at all, and when put in a bucket can make the bucket
lighter?
Last Weeks H2IQ Revisited Answer
Q. What is the next number in the series and why?
100, 121, 144, 202, 244, 400, ?
A. 1210 - 100 in base 4
Those with the correct answer or at least agreed with the correct answer -
FIRST WITH THE CORRECT ANSWER WAS -
St Demon Drawer (On the second attempt)
In Total Agreement was -
ShazzPRME
And
Ripper, the Almost
Those with the a different answer but still deserve a mention -
The Person who went to a maths lab to figure this one out, but got locked in by the evil janitor was -
GodBen
The person who thought it was the route-numbers of the buses which did not turn up at their termini
on the morning of July 17th 1973 due to the wrong type of discarded take-away wrappers being
strewn across the streets was -
Kandyman
The person who enjoyed working out how much time St Demon Drawer had wasted working out the
answer was -
Master B
...And Finally...
Here's a curious fact for you...
There isn't a single reference to a cat in the bible.
I wonder who I should complain to?
