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

shall we move on?

Well, I'd quite like to know the answers first, but I'm sure I can manage another question in the meantime.

B

Well the answers were:

1. *Hygiene*, Student, Defence, Hijack, Abcess (words start with three consecutive letters)

2. Bucks, Magic, *Crush*, Jazz, Heat (NBA Basketball teams)

3. Suspected, Uncertain, Anomalous, *Optional*, Delicate (moths)

4. Stiff, Drooping, Soft, Hairy, *Floppy* (varieties of brome grass)

5. Landslide, *Rescue*, Sympathy, Tomorrow, Shivers (words appear in the lyrics of "Bohemian Rhapsody")

6. Banana, Key, Five, Flower, *Wolf* (they come in bunches)

7. Fry, Key, Such, *Park*, Snow (England test cricketers)

8. Spider, *Tintin*, Snoopy, Eagle, Gumdrop (Apollo spacecraft)

9. *Occidental*, English, Common, Running, Stack (bricklaying patterns, or "bonds")

10. Crystal, St Martins, Victoria, *Portman*, Sutton (varieties of hops)

Maybe there isn't enough interest here to post the more "interactive" type of quizzes - One day I might start a new page for this sort of thing.

Over to you then, Master B...

Cheers, Icy

Well, that's interesting. The 4 I got right were the ones I definitely knew, so I didn't guess any at all...

This one's a bit easier than I anticipated.

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What comes after the book and the beginning, but 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 before Paul and 15 before God?

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B

I'm still thinking about this one (is there anyone else out there who is too?) Is it something to do with music? In the meantime, I've posted a new quiz on the other thread if anyone's interested. Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/F51431?thread=138209&post=6360925#p6360925 Cheers, Icy

I will post an easy question tomorrow just to get us going again.

B, maybe you could put us out of our misery for the last one first???

Is anyone still thinking about this one?

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What comes after the book and the beginning, but 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 before Paul and 15 before God?
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Is it me? When I read the question it doesn't make complete sense. Probably because there isn't a verb after the "but".

I think we may need a clue, Master B...

Icy

There is a bookish reference.

B

My mind is thinking bible or hitchhikers. Anywhere close?

In the interests of getting this questions over and done with, yes.

B

Hello all!

I hope you'll forgive me for invading your thread with something sort of spammish, but I'm interested in starting up a new 'quiz' forum, in which one person would pose a trivia question, and then the next poster, who would answer it, would pose a new question, which would then be answered by the next person... and so on. Anyway, I've started a thread in my journal for discussing this plan, and some people have said they'd be interested. If you're interested too, perhaps you could head on over to F1899934?thread=663941, the thread in question, and voice your opinions. I'd still be interested in things like what we should call the place and how it should work. Participation and suggestions are doubly, triply, quadruply welcome!

That is exactly how this thread works - you are more than welcome to join

Here is the current question

What comes after the book and the beginning, but 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 before Paul and 15 before God?


Be careful - this is a tricky lot

Thanks for the invitation, but I didn't quite have cryptics in mind. I had something more along the lines of general knowledge: 'What's the capital of the Czech Republic?' 'Who wrote the Moonlight Sonata?' and that sort of thing. I'll keep an eye out on the page, in case there are any interesting questions, though!

one?

This is horribly confusing for a first-timer...

Way to make me feel like an idiot.

Is it 'In'?

Sorry, I mean is it, 'there'?

uh, 'Chapter'?

Uh...not sure I can remember the answer now.

B