h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I thought it was a girl from Nanatucket?

There was a young man from Bangor
Who tried to ignore his anger
at this really hard game
that drove him insane
as tough as a wire coat hanger

I know it was a young woman from venus.

There once was a man from Peru,
Whose limericks stopped at line 2.

There once was a man from Taiwan.

Ooops!, I thought I was somewhere else,sorry.

You mean you thought this was the quiz forum?

*walks gingerly over, looks at sign on door*

It is you know!

so heres a question....

If a butterfly flaps its wings in Australia should I give a flying fig?

Why did the pervert wreck the termite mound?

He was stuck in the aardvark.

*reads backlog with perplexed face*

*decides it's time to drop heavy-handed clue*

The answer should be somewhere in an Entry authored by me.

B

>> The answer should be somewhere in an Entry authored by me.<<

Well I have taken the tour. Some very enjoyable essays! But other than some 'code' mentioned in one of your journals I see nothing like that long line of As in question.

Unless it's a musical phrase for something like the standard bosun's pipe calls, such as piping someone aboard or attention on deck:

AAAA B AAAAAAA

As I recall, the young lad who used to call his dog Rin-Tin-Tin with a similar melodic phrase: Ee-aw-key. (Not to be confused with his order to go or attack: Yo Rinty!)


~jwf~

Are you in the right thread, ~jwf~?

Apparently not.

Thought this was Another Quiz!


peace
~jwf~

Well there's one thing for sure, if this is being
monitored the Aliens will be homeward bound by now,
either that or researching a vaxine.

I thought this was a quiz, not a test of endurance

Sodding hell, are you still trying to get this.

It's amazing how much you can perplex people with a deceptively easy question.

Whisky might be of some assistance as well...

B

That's the researcher Whisky, not the drink.

B

Morning, everyone

So... it's an article written by Master B - let's say it's the Bridge article

And Whisky would help. Well, Whisky is a French-English translator.

So, the answer may be... you would be playing bridge in France.

Why? Well, using the standard Ace (A) = 4 points; King (K) = 3; Queen (D) = 2; Jack (V) = 1, then two of B's equations work:

K + 4D + 2A + 2V = 21
A + K + 2D + V = 12

Sadly, the other three don't

And I don't know where the 'handicap' bit comes in either - unless it's some bizarre form of handicap bridge bidding system where players deduct points from their hands

Er... so I'm wrong

But it was a good effort, n'est ce pas?

No, it was a good effort, and it's more or less right. I didn't want to make all the questions accurate, because you could solve them with simultaneous equations, so I used a slightly different counting system, because they came fairly quickly off the top of my head.

The handicap link was a bit oblique. The counting system is called High Card Points, for obvious reasons, and the abbreviation HCP is also the abbreviation for Handicap (in golf).

Over to you, Danny.

B

Damn... I suppose this means I now have to contribute a question? This is why I've never entered this thread before... I'll get back to you

If J=3, K=5, Q=1, W=0, X=0 and Z=2, why does O=1 and what does the 'O' stand for..?

And I won't be posting any clues over the weekend

Hmmm...this looks to me like Countries of the world (maybe UN member countries):

J=3: Japan, Jordan, Jamaica

K=5: Korea, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Kenya

Q=1: Qatar

W=0: No, NOT Wales

X=0:

Z=2: Zambia, Zimbabwe

Which would make O=1: Oman

B

See... told you I wouldn't be giving out any clues over the weekend
Must have given too many examples...

Look - I answer questions, not set them

It was UN member states - hence the title: Un défi - 'A challenge' or 'UN challenge'

*sigh*

Back to you