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It's Friday - annoying puzzle day! Page 9

Quote: SlagA @ November 13 2009, 1:28 PM GMT

9) Of 28 dominoes, only 15 have a sum of 1 to 6. So it's a 15 to 28 chance of picking a legitimate domino sum. Add to that the one in six dice throw is 28 x 6 = 15 chances in 168 attempts? Which comes down to 5 in 56 or roughly 1 in 11?

Spot on (see what I did there :$ Whistling nnocently)
Well done

Quote: Marc P @ November 13 2009, 1:30 PM GMT

Should it be orange oranges?

Yes.

Quote: Marc P @ November 13 2009, 1:16 PM GMT

5 = You would eat the fruit from the baobab tree on a small platelet.

2. Screwed? Oy!

Place names for that particular one if it helps.

Quote: Steve Sunshine @ November 13 2009, 1:32 PM GMT

Place names for that particular one if it helps.

Yup thay might help I just looked up scry to see if it was a type of weed and it wasn't :(

Quote: Steve Sunshine @ November 13 2009, 1:32 PM GMT

Place names for that particular one if it helps.

Was 1 and 3 right then?

Quote: Marc P @ November 13 2009, 1:30 PM GMT

1. Should it be orange oranges?

No

Quote: Marc P @ November 13 2009, 1:30 PM GMT

1. magenta and puce

2. ??

3. Wombat Koala

Should it be orange oranges?

1 & 3 correct
Good stuff

Quote: JohnnyD @ November 13 2009, 1:37 PM GMT

No

What does it mean Jonny?
Why 5 oranges? is it a poem or something?

JohnnyD how did you work it out?

8. Portuguese - "i" is missing

2. Cowes and Ryde

had to Google towns on the Isle of Wight on the off chance!

Tough one.

Quote: JohnnyD @ November 13 2009, 1:45 PM GMT

8. Portuguese - "i" is missing

Close - but no Mustache
(At least it's not what I have on the card)

Quote: Marc P @ November 13 2009, 1:45 PM GMT

2. Cowes and Ryde

had to Google towns on the Isle of Wight on the off chance!

Tough one.

Correct

:)

Quote: Steve Sunshine @ November 13 2009, 12:41 PM GMT

8)If you translate the following words into a European language, something is missing. What language do you use and what is missing? To, and, the, or.

U. Italian. The others are all the other vowels.

Quote: Kevin Murphy @ November 13 2009, 1:48 PM GMT

U. Italian. The others are all the other vowels.

That's the one!

11a are Disney characters. Somebody, Mickey, Donald and Minnie.

Quote: Kevin Murphy @ November 13 2009, 1:48 PM GMT

U. Italian. The others are all the other vowels.

I still don't understand :D

Quote: Marc P @ November 13 2009, 1:50 PM GMT

I still don't understand :D

To, and, the, or in Italian is a, e, i, o

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