A Conversation for The H2IQ Quiz - Be The First Among Equals
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Monday 05th November 2001
GreeboTCat Started conversation Nov 5, 2001
Complete each of the following statements by filling in each ? with a word.
A. New York is the big ?
B. An ? a day keeps the doctor away
C. George Washington cut down the ? tree
D. As American as ? pie
E. They say that rabbits have excellent vision because they eat ?
Monday 05th November 2001
Titania (gone for lunch) Posted Nov 5, 2001
apple
apple
apple
pumpkin (well, considering Halloween - and also, I think pumpkin pie IS very American)
carrots
Monday 05th November 2001
Whisky Posted Nov 5, 2001
Full answer - I hit enter by mistake
Apple
Apple
Cherry
Apple
Carrot
Monday 05th November 2001
Titania (gone for lunch) Posted Nov 5, 2001
Hmmm... but was that really an apple tree he cut down?
Monday 05th November 2001
DoctorGonzo Posted Nov 5, 2001
Apple
Apple
Apple
Apple
Carrot - but they're wrong. Rabbits have terrible vision, especially near vision - that's why they bob their heads up and down when trying to look at something. But they respond well to movement - they will run away from a plane that you can barely see 
Also, rabbits aren't particularly keen on carrots - they prefer leafy vegetables, like spinach, or curly kale...
Monday 05th November 2001
DoctorGonzo Posted Nov 5, 2001
Also, the story about George Washington was invented years later... 
Monday 05th November 2001
You can call me TC Posted Nov 5, 2001
apple
apple
cherry
apple
lettuce - but I don't know who "they" are.
A rabbit has a shiny nose, a thing it cannot mend
Because its little powder puff is up the other end.
Monday 05th November 2001
DoctorGonzo Posted Nov 5, 2001
Don't feed your bunnies lettuce (maybe just a little as a treat) - it's not good for them. Gives them 'poopy-butt' 
Monday 05th November 2001
Whisky Posted Nov 5, 2001
The story about carrots being good for eyesight actually goes back to the Second World War, one of the few vegetables, rich in Vitamin C and not in short supply was the carrot. So the government got a renowned RAF night fighter pilot 'Cats-eyes' Shannon, to make a news reel film saying that his incredible night vision was due to eating lots of carrots... All in an attempt to get the british public to eat more carrots and avoid scurvy...
There's a piece of useless information for you
Monday 05th November 2001
You can call me TC Posted Nov 5, 2001
I would like to praise the carrot. Very tasty, very practical (as in not squishy in satchels and lunch packets) and in late summer an admirable alternative to fruit which attracts wasps.
Can be used in sweet dishes (cakes, halva) and savoury - stews etc. and grated into salads for extra crunch, and used as cutlery (e.g. for scooping up cottage cheese and similar).
sorry for being irrelevant.
Monday 05th November 2001
You can call me TC Posted Nov 5, 2001
But I will continue to do so and just mention my hero and literary heartthrob - Captain Carrot.
Monday 05th November 2001
Arthbard Posted Nov 5, 2001
In case Whisky doesn't get the point (since it was his second answer)
Apple
Apple
Cherry
Apple
Carrot
Monday 05th November 2001
kelli - ran 2 miles a day for 2012, aiming for the same for 2013 Posted Nov 5, 2001
I thought carrots were good for sight because they have lots of vitamin A aka retinol (or something like that) the molecule that goes bendy when struck by light entering the photoreceptors in your eyes - no vitamin A, no bendy molecules, therefore no sight. Eat lots of carrot! I am dragging this from quite far back in my memory so I could be wrong, I have only just had my first 
of the day so not all neurons are fully functional yet...
Monday 05th November 2001
Livzy Posted Nov 5, 2001
Kumquat
Pomegranite
Ugli fruit
Kiwi
Squash
(just for fun)
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Monday 05th November 2001
- 1: GreeboTCat (Nov 5, 2001)
- 2: Whisky (Nov 5, 2001)
- 3: tdbiii (Nov 5, 2001)
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- 5: Titania (gone for lunch) (Nov 5, 2001)
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- 15: Whisky (Nov 5, 2001)
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- 18: Arthbard (Nov 5, 2001)
- 19: kelli - ran 2 miles a day for 2012, aiming for the same for 2013 (Nov 5, 2001)
- 20: Livzy (Nov 5, 2001)
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