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Mrs Blorenge
22nd January 2007, 12:19 PM
I thought it would be fun to do a quiz :)
One of those kind Admin people is donating a small geocaching-related prize for the first correct answer drawn out of my best Sunday-Go-To-Meetings hat on Friday, 26th January, 5pm.

Remember the old days?* We had those quaint little coins known as £:s:d. All you have to do is solve the money answers for each clue below, add them up and send only your Total amount to me by email.
lucilla(at)dsl(dot)pipex(dot)com

A man's name

A singer

A very small pig

Leather worker

Regal headdress

Unwell sea creature

A bicycle

A stone

The Sun, Neptune, and Pluto

50% of ladies' underwear

Hit repeatedly

Part of a chimp's leg

and finally...
How much did it cost to send a postcard, within GB, in July 1921?

Get adding! :)

* OK. The more mature members do. :P

Tiger-Eyes
22nd January 2007, 12:56 PM
Some of us YOUNGER members really haven't got a chance :D

Mrs Blorenge
22nd January 2007, 01:01 PM
:D
Come on, Fi...
You've got all week to work on it! :lol:

Tiger-Eyes
22nd January 2007, 01:32 PM
I reckon I've got 8 answers, can we have an easier quiz please :D :lol:

Matrix
22nd January 2007, 02:50 PM
Email with all the answers on its way :D




Disclaimer I didn't say correct answers :ph34r:

Stora
22nd January 2007, 04:35 PM
Originally posted by matrix@Jan 22 2007, 02:50 PM
Email with all the answers on its way :D

Disclaimer I didn't say correct answers :ph34r:


You'll be disqualified, MrsB is only looking for the total. ;)

Matrix
22nd January 2007, 05:20 PM
Originally posted by Stora+Jan 22 2007, 04:35 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Stora &#064; Jan 22 2007, 04:35 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin-matrix@Jan 22 2007, 02:50 PM
Email with all the answers on its way :D

Disclaimer I didn&#39;t say correct answers :ph34r:


You&#39;ll be disqualified, MrsB is only looking for the total. ;)[/b][/quote]
Doh http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k168/matrix_offroad/pat.gif

t.a.folk
22nd January 2007, 06:07 PM
Oh Er&#33;
We&#39;re both old enough to remember national savings stamps being sold in schools on a monday morning when we paid in our weekly dinner money ..but haven&#39;t recalled all the answers yet .

Mrs Blorenge
22nd January 2007, 06:11 PM
Originally posted by Stora@Jan 22 2007, 04:35 PM
You&#39;ll be disqualified, MrsB is only looking for the total. ;)
:D :lol:

Nah... I&#39;m not that heartless ;)

JustAlan
22nd January 2007, 09:29 PM
e-mail sent.

I&#39;m one of the oldies who can remember spending the stuff as well. :)

nobbynobbs
23rd January 2007, 04:27 AM
well i was 3 when they finally got rid so that&#39;s my excuse&#33;&#33;

guess it&#39;ll have to be by the power of google if i manage the answer&#33;&#33; ;)

Tiger-Eyes
23rd January 2007, 09:39 AM
Originally posted by nobbynobbs@Jan 23 2007, 04:27 AM
well i was 3 when they finally got rid so that&#39;s my excuse&#33;&#33;

guess it&#39;ll have to be by the power of google if i manage the answer&#33;&#33; ;)
oo Nobby that means your older than me :D
Just ;)

Mrs Blorenge
23rd January 2007, 01:17 PM
Come on you lot who are browsing at the bottom of the page... Get up here and work out this quiz answer... It&#39;s not that difficult&#33; :D

perth pathfinders
23rd January 2007, 01:27 PM
Eeeek, that would be like admitting how old I am.


I remember the days when a thrup&#39;ny bit would buy a mountain of Black Jacks and Fruit salads, and still have change for .... Oh was a long time ago&#33;&#33;


:rolleyes:

Tiger-Eyes
23rd January 2007, 01:31 PM
Black jacks and fruit salads

weren&#39;t they 4 a penny

can you still get them?

Tiger-Eyes
23rd January 2007, 01:32 PM
and 1 a penny hot cross buns

240 buns for a pound wow
edited to replase the word bums with buns :lol:

nobbynobbs
23rd January 2007, 01:36 PM
Originally posted by The Nutters@Jan 23 2007, 01:31 PM
Black jacks and fruit salads

weren&#39;t they 4 a penny

can you still get them?
you certainly can. there&#39;s a old style sweet shop in lyndhurst and one in totton that sells the loose sweets from jars. i have to resist&#33;&#33;&#33; can take orders and dispatch some if you want&#33;

brain really not working well today. ( ok i know that it&#39;s hard to tell the difference) i&#39;ll give this a go when slightly more awake. ;)

perth pathfinders
23rd January 2007, 02:08 PM
Originally posted by t.a.folk@Jan 22 2007, 06:07 PM
Oh Er&#33;
We&#39;re both old enough to remember national savings stamps being sold in schools on a monday morning when we paid in our weekly dinner money ..but haven&#39;t recalled all the answers yet .


Er, where they like the Green Shield stamps, or the Co-Op Divvy ?? :o

Matrix
23rd January 2007, 04:01 PM
Originally posted by perth pathfinders+Jan 23 2007, 02:08 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (perth pathfinders @ Jan 23 2007, 02:08 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-t.a.folk@Jan 22 2007, 06:07 PM
Oh Er&#33;
We&#39;re both old enough to remember national savings stamps being sold in schools on a monday morning when we paid in our weekly dinner money ..but haven&#39;t recalled all the answers yet .


Er, where they like the Green Shield stamps, or the Co-Op Divvy ?? :o [/b][/quote]
I have a Co-Op Divvy card :ph34r: bit like a Tesco clubcard

t.a.folk
23rd January 2007, 05:13 PM
(t.a.folk @ Jan 22 2007, 06:07 PM)
Oh Er&#33;
We&#39;re both old enough to remember national savings stamps being sold in schools on a monday morning when we paid in our weekly dinner money ..but haven&#39;t recalled all the answers yet .





perth pathfinders
Er, where they like the Green Shield stamps, or the Co-Op Divvy ??

Think they were something to do with investing money with the government to help with paying off post WW11 debt .

Edgemaster
23rd January 2007, 10:40 PM
I haven&#39;t answered yet, since I was -20 when Decimal Day came about.

Let&#39;s see, can we use resources to answer?

Mrs Blorenge
23rd January 2007, 11:29 PM
Yes, Edge... Use Resources&#33;

You may even resort to asking Mum & Dad & Grandparents :D

nobbynobbs
24th January 2007, 06:43 AM
it&#39;s times like that i start to feel old&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; ok so i can&#39;t actually remember the change over but i was very much alive&#33;

:lol:

lost it
24th January 2007, 12:08 PM
Originally posted by Mrs Blorenge@Jan 23 2007, 11:29 PM
Yes, Edge... Use Resources&#33;

You may even resort to asking Mum & Dad & Grandparents :D
or older friends

Lucilla whats the answer?

Mrs Blorenge
24th January 2007, 12:34 PM
Come on&#33; As the punchline goes...

"Just work it all out with a pencil"

Don&#39;t forget... There&#39;s a prize :)

lost it
24th January 2007, 12:44 PM
Originally posted by Mrs Blorenge@Jan 24 2007, 12:34 PM
Come on&#33; As the punchline goes...

"Just work it all out with a pencil"

Don&#39;t forget... There&#39;s a prize :)
I don&#39;t want a fairy&#33;

Mrs Blorenge
26th January 2007, 09:20 AM
8 correct answers so far.

Quick... Get your Total to me by 5pm today &#33;

lucilla(at)dsl(dot)pipex(dot)com

t.a.folk
26th January 2007, 12:06 PM
Still going down memory lane , I remember when it cost a penny to spend one .

Tiger-Eyes
26th January 2007, 01:00 PM
Originally posted by t.a.folk@Jan 26 2007, 12:06 PM
Still going down memory lane , I remember when it cost a penny to spend one .
that was either A a very long time ago or
B NOT in Great Yarmouth, it has always cost too much to go there :lol:

lost it
26th January 2007, 01:02 PM
this quiz is ageist&#33;

perth pathfinders
26th January 2007, 01:29 PM
Originally posted by The Nutters+Jan 26 2007, 01:00 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (The Nutters &#064; Jan 26 2007, 01:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin-t.a.folk@Jan 26 2007, 12:06 PM
Still going down memory lane , I remember when it cost a penny to spend one .
that was either A a very long time ago or
B NOT in Great Yarmouth, it has always cost too much to go there :lol:[/b][/quote]
&#39;A&#39; &#39;B&#39;

wern&#39;t those the buttons on the telephones?


Guessing - way before my time&#33;&#33; :P

Tiger-Eyes
26th January 2007, 05:11 PM
It&#39;s Friday

It&#39;s 5 o&#39;clock (well 12 past actually)

and it&#39;s CRACKERJACK oh no sorry

it&#39;s time to find out who the winner is :P

perth pathfinders
26th January 2007, 05:20 PM
Thats not a clue to the prize is it?

Pencils all round&#33;&#33; :D

Tiger-Eyes
26th January 2007, 05:24 PM
no it&#39;s just me being impatient

it took me AGES to get the part of chimps leg one :huh:

perth pathfinders
26th January 2007, 05:27 PM
Originally posted by The Nutters@Jan 26 2007, 05:24 PM
no it&#39;s just me being impatient

it took me AGES to get the part of chimps leg one :huh:
Yep liked that one, was very clever. :P

Matrix
26th January 2007, 05:30 PM
Originally posted by The Nutters@Jan 26 2007, 05:24 PM
no it&#39;s just me being impatient

it took me AGES to get the part of chimps leg one :huh:
That was the easiest one :unsure:

Mrs Blorenge
26th January 2007, 08:21 PM
The answers are... (with apologies for the awful puns :blink: )....

£ s d


A man&#39;s name (Bob) ......................... 1. 00

A singer ("Tenor") ........................ 10. 0. 00

A very small pig (guinea) ................... 1. 1. 00

Leather worker (tanner) ..................... 6

Regal headdress (crown) ................... 5. 00

Unwell sea creature ("sick squid") ........ 6. 0. 00

A bicycle (penny farthing) .................. 1¼

A stone (14 pounds) .......................... 14. 0. 00

The Sun, Neptune, and Pluto ................ ¾
("three far things")

50% of ladies&#39; underwear (Half a knicker*) 10. 00

Hit repeatedly (pound) 1. 00. 00

Part of a chimp&#39;s leg (ape knee) ½

and finally...
How much did it cost to send a postcard,
within GB, in July 1921? 1½

_______________

A Grand Total of £32 17 10
_______________

*A storm of controversy arose over this apart (OK, a couple of people emailed a query) because the answer was 10 shillings but, if you want to be pedantic, it should be 50% of a pair of knickers, which would be £1. The Judge&#39;s decision is final: I decided to accept either answer. So £32.17.10 or £33.7.10 were both "right".


Oh.....

Did somebody want to know who the winner was?

Congratulations to Nick of sTeamTraen&#33;

Your prize will be on its way to you soon
(Just as soon as we&#39;ve searched our pockets...)

Sorry the tabulation&#39;s no good above. MrB tells me it&#39;s cos it&#39;s HTML and I could correct it all by...blah, blah, blah, blah... but did you really want to be hanging around &#39;til midnight for the answers? :D

SenseiTSKC
26th January 2007, 09:08 PM
With regard to your first answer - Bob - what about Simon which was also the name for 6d?

nobbynobbs
26th January 2007, 09:29 PM
congrats on a great quiz even if some of those answers were really really daft&#33;&#33;&#33;

ok so i&#39;m just annoyed as i was too thick to work them out. :lol:

milvus-milvus
26th January 2007, 11:28 PM
Originally posted by Mrs Blorenge@Jan 26 2007, 08:21 PM

("three far things")


tsk, tsk, tsk... :blink: :rolleyes:

Tiger-Eyes
27th January 2007, 02:03 PM
Fantastic Quiz MrsB
Three far things and ape knee really got me
the other well I&#39;m not going to admit to the other one that I found cos it was really so easy ;)

Mrs Blorenge
27th January 2007, 02:12 PM
=SenseiTSKC,Jan 26 2007, 09:08 PM]With regard to your first answer - Bob - what about Simon which was also the name for 6d?
:huh: Really? I haven&#39;t heard that one before.


And sorry, milvus-milvus - Some of those puns were rather dire. :) :P
http://bornova.ege.edu.tr/~ekgt/bird_files/raptor/photos/kites/kizilcaylak2.jpg[

lost it
27th January 2007, 02:18 PM
told you it was ageist&#33;