Puzzle of the Day

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Here's a thread to post random quiz question or puzzles. See if we have any clever people among us No using google!

All kept wicket at International level for England?...

Correct!

Nice one! Yeah that's where I was going too

Would never have got that due to the fact I can't stand cricket! Keep them coming though

Some of you may have heard this one before...

It is greater than God and more evil than the devil. The poor have it, the rich need it and if you eat it you'll die. What is it?

Marmite or vegemite? Take your pick.

ChrisGG wrote:Some of you may have heard this one before...

It is greater than God and more evil than the devil. The poor have it, the rich need it and if you eat it you'll die. What is it?

Nuffing

venice1 wrote:Marmite or vegemite? Take your pick.

Marmite all the way baby. I worked at an Australian place for a couple of years and they were going on about getting Vegemite in to the pantry area. I thought I'd give it a go, it must be like marmite, it's the same stuff, right. Wrong! Horrible, horrible stuff, eurgh wasted two slices of toast on that crap.

There is the difference between vegetable based and meat based. Marmite is unique and I for one love it. Tried vegemite and not fussed. Bovril is pretty damn good as well.

oldshanker wrote:There is the difference between vegetable based and meat based. Marmite is unique and I for one love it. Tried vegemite and not fussed. Bovril is pretty damn good as well.

While researching Bovril on wiki, read this excerpt:
"During the Siege of Ladysmith in the Second Boer War, a Bovril-like paste was unofficially produced from horse meat within the garrison. Nicknamed Chevril (by replacing the Bov (ox) with Chev (horse) in the Bovril name) it was produced by boiling down horse meat or mules to a jelly paste and serving it as a beef tea."

Think I'll go with the mule jelly today but not count it as having afternoon tea.

still very much an aquired tatse though V1.

I count myself fortunate that I have aquired the taste.

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:

ChrisGG wrote:Some of you may have heard this one before...

It is greater than God and more evil than the devil. The poor have it, the rich need it and if you eat it you'll die. What is it?

Nuffing

Correct

ChrisGG wrote:

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:

ChrisGG wrote:Some of you may have heard this one before...

It is greater than God and more evil than the devil. The poor have it, the rich need it and if you eat it you'll die. What is it?

Nuffing

Correct

ChrisGG, did feel like cheating as I had heard it before. Got your cards by the way.

Next quiz is mountains. Below are 8 pictures of different ones...can you name them?

1

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2

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3

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4

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5

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6

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7

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8

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Ok a wild stab.
1) Etna
2) Matterhorn
3) Fuji
4) K2
5) Mont Blanc
6) Everest
7) Cormayour
Kilamanjaro

#1 has the look of the Lake District about it - could it be Scafell/Scafell Pike?

1/8 there doc. number 3 is Fuji. Not the lake district davie, but it isn't far from there...

Chris just swap my numbers around then as i must have a few more correct

2 has to be Everest?
I'll go 6 for Mont Blanc and 1 for Ben Nevis?

2 is Everest, rest incorrect i'm afraid.

1 is Snowdon then?
Has to be one of them!

Snowdon is correct

1 must be Snowdon then

I'll also go for 5 as Kilimnjaro and 6 is K2

I think 1 must be Snowdon

Neither kilimanjaro or k2 are pictured.

1. Snowdon (thanks mpb)
2. Everest (knew that)
3. Fuji (knew that too!)
4. The one in Antartica... something like Erebus?
5. McKinley ?
6. Matterhorn?
7. Aconcagua
8. Is that Hawaii - Mauna Loa?

6. Mont Blanc?
7. Mount St. Helens?

Fuji is correct! Others struggling i think...time for some clues.

1. Snowdown
2. Everest
3. Fuji
4. Clue: North America
5. Clue: South America
6. Clue: Europe
7. Clue: Oceania
8. Clue: Olympus