A Conversation for The H2IQ Quiz - Be The First Among Equals
Saturday 06th April 2002
GreeboTCat Started conversation Apr 6, 2002
What well known saying can you make of the below words?
Smoke
......g.....
Saturday 06th April 2002
Madent Posted Apr 6, 2002
"Going Up In Smoke"
Sorry Titania, I guess it helps being English .... pity the letters don't quite line up though ...
Saturday 06th April 2002
Madent Posted Apr 6, 2002
Just realised my mistake, perhaps Greebo will be gentle with me 
Saturday 06th April 2002
TORG-Bonfire Knight, Gatekeeper of Castle Anthrax Posted Apr 6, 2002
Hi Madent. Still don't follow the reasoning, any chance of an explanation?
Saturday 06th April 2002
TORG-Bonfire Knight, Gatekeeper of Castle Anthrax Posted Apr 6, 2002
Going off on a wierd tangent how about
"London Underground" ?
Don't laugh, I feel insecure enough already.
Saturday 06th April 2002
TORG-Bonfire Knight, Gatekeeper of Castle Anthrax Posted Apr 7, 2002
Actually there's one too many dots for mine to fit if you get my drift.
smoke? drift? get it? Oh please yourselves!
Saturday 06th April 2002
TORG-Bonfire Knight, Gatekeeper of Castle Anthrax Posted Apr 7, 2002
Or it could be
London postal stike
because of the missing letters.
Bye!I'm going now to take the rest of my medicine.
Saturday 06th April 2002
TORG-Bonfire Knight, Gatekeeper of Castle Anthrax Posted Apr 7, 2002
Or "London's burning"
Or "Great fire of London"
I can carry on all day if nobody's talking to me.
Saturday 06th April 2002
GreeboTCat Posted Apr 7, 2002
Hmm... not the most successful question.... ~grin~... the dots matched up on my screen and thought they would for other... drat dna... if only it would leave a blank space when you want one...
the G was supposed to fall below the O on smOke... so mind working the phrase... GO up in SMOKE...
Madent got the closest... ~grin~... so a point to you... well done...
Saturday 06th April 2002
The Researcher formally known as Dr St Justin Posted Apr 7, 2002
Um... Greebs, I think St Broelean got it...
Saturday 06th April 2002
GreeboTCat Posted Apr 7, 2002
OHHHHH... MY.... oh my... oh dear!!!!
You are so right... sorry Madent... hmmm... sorry St. Broe...
The point goes to St. Broe of course... thats what me meant to say... sorry everyone...
Thank you dr SJ... ~huggle~
Saturday 06th April 2002
Madent Posted Apr 7, 2002
I think the most annoying thing is that the question had stood for some hours before I answered it. A slight slip up on my part and everyone else can see a) that I haven't quite got it right and b) what the actual answer is.
Greebo, can we have some consistency going forward? Either someone gets the answer wholly right and gets the point, or they don't.
BTW, well done, broelan 
Saturday 06th April 2002
kelli - ran 2 miles a day for 2012, aiming for the same for 2013 Posted Apr 8, 2002
Hasn't this always been fairly consistent? Occasionally Greebo gives half a point as with wednesday's question but usually you have to get it exactly right to walk away with the goodies! Unlucky 
k
Saturday 06th April 2002
GreeboTCat Posted Apr 9, 2002
Me is very sorry for my mistake Madent... and really can't apologise enough... me didn't read through the answers properly and so missed the correct postings... it was a mistake... me had hoped would never happen... but it did... and me can only apologise to you...
Greebs..
Saturday 06th April 2002
broelan Posted Apr 11, 2002
yay!
i have to admit, tho, i wouldn't have known the answer if madent hadn't gotten here first. i was hoping pedantry would win me my first (and most likely only) h2iq point.
thanks madent! 
Key: Complain about this post
Saturday 06th April 2002
- 1: GreeboTCat (Apr 6, 2002)
- 2: Titania (gone for lunch) (Apr 6, 2002)
- 3: Madent (Apr 6, 2002)
- 4: broelan (Apr 6, 2002)
- 5: ~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum (Apr 6, 2002)
- 6: ~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum (Apr 6, 2002)
- 7: Madent (Apr 6, 2002)
- 8: TORG-Bonfire Knight, Gatekeeper of Castle Anthrax (Apr 6, 2002)
- 9: TORG-Bonfire Knight, Gatekeeper of Castle Anthrax (Apr 6, 2002)
- 10: TORG-Bonfire Knight, Gatekeeper of Castle Anthrax (Apr 7, 2002)
- 11: TORG-Bonfire Knight, Gatekeeper of Castle Anthrax (Apr 7, 2002)
- 12: TORG-Bonfire Knight, Gatekeeper of Castle Anthrax (Apr 7, 2002)
- 13: GreeboTCat (Apr 7, 2002)
- 14: The Researcher formally known as Dr St Justin (Apr 7, 2002)
- 15: TORG-Bonfire Knight, Gatekeeper of Castle Anthrax (Apr 7, 2002)
- 16: GreeboTCat (Apr 7, 2002)
- 17: Madent (Apr 7, 2002)
- 18: kelli - ran 2 miles a day for 2012, aiming for the same for 2013 (Apr 8, 2002)
- 19: GreeboTCat (Apr 9, 2002)
- 20: broelan (Apr 11, 2002)
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