A Conversation for The H2IQ Quiz - Be The First Among Equals
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Wednesday 02 October 2002
Danny B Posted Oct 2, 2002
Pah. At least I had the decency to get the wrong answer without knowing why...
Wednesday 02 October 2002
Demon Drawer Posted Oct 2, 2002
So you did Whisky I missed that post. well done.
Wednesday 02 October 2002
GreyDesk Posted Oct 2, 2002
You know I'm still not convinced that 50 minutes is the right answer, but I can't work out why I'm not convinced 
Wednesday 02 October 2002
Gnomon - time to move on Posted Oct 2, 2002
I agree with 50 minutes as the right answer.
Wednesday 02 October 2002
Dancer (put your advert here) Posted Oct 2, 2002
Thanks for the confession Whisky, made me feel a little better about it.
and thanks for the vote of confidance Gnomon 
Dancer
Wednesday 02 October 2002
spook Posted Oct 2, 2002
50 mins is the right answer. if only i was quicker.
spook
Wednesday 02 October 2002
Titania (gone for lunch) Posted Oct 2, 2002
Ah - but at least you're quick, Ming Mang!
Wednesday 02 October 2002
Ming Mang Posted Oct 2, 2002
Two minutes, it said. Definitely not quick.
Still, it is the first time I've been online for the question for.. months. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.
¦M¦
Wednesday 02 October 2002
Paul Prefect (It's been 2 years now... wow... 8-)) Posted Oct 2, 2002
*arrives hopelessly late and decides to try and score a semi-half-point with a semi-understandable explanation of the right answer... perhaps... *
OK... From the wife's point of view, she got home 20 minutes earlier than home... and since she didn't have to drive the distance from the train station to the point where she picked up her husband, it means that this point is a 10 minutes' drive from the train station. OK?
Now... since she'd have been on time if she hadn't met her husband along the way... she reached that point 10 minutes before the time her husband would normally arrive at the train station, i.e. if he arrives at 6, she reached that spot where she met him at 5:50... 
Therefore... since he arrived one hour early (at 5 in our example), he had been walking for 50 minutes to get to that point.. Hope that makes sense......
Wednesday 02 October 2002
GreyDesk Posted Oct 2, 2002
Why didn't he just take a taxi home? It would have saved an awful lot of bother.
Wednesday 02 October 2002
~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Posted Oct 2, 2002
Yeah, and the wife'd still be sitting at the train station plotting his punishment for making her wait 
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~j~
Wednesday 02 October 2002
GreeboTCat Posted Oct 3, 2002
Well done Whisky... the first to the correct answer... even if you didn't know how to work it out... ~grin~... a point to you... and because me thinks it would only be fair... me is giving a point also to Dancer... who gave the first correct explanation... well done to you both.. Greebs..xx
Wednesday 02 October 2002
Dancer (put your advert here) Posted Oct 6, 2002
Wasn't online to see it so, belated Thanks 
Dancer
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Wednesday 02 October 2002
- 21: Danny B (Oct 2, 2002)
- 22: Demon Drawer (Oct 2, 2002)
- 23: GreyDesk (Oct 2, 2002)
- 24: Gnomon - time to move on (Oct 2, 2002)
- 25: Dancer (put your advert here) (Oct 2, 2002)
- 26: spook (Oct 2, 2002)
- 27: Ming Mang (Oct 2, 2002)
- 28: Titania (gone for lunch) (Oct 2, 2002)
- 29: Ming Mang (Oct 2, 2002)
- 30: Paul Prefect (It's been 2 years now... wow... 8-)) (Oct 2, 2002)
- 31: GreyDesk (Oct 2, 2002)
- 32: ~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum (Oct 2, 2002)
- 33: GreeboTCat (Oct 3, 2002)
- 34: Whisky (Oct 3, 2002)
- 35: Dancer (put your advert here) (Oct 6, 2002)
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