phoenix goes decimal '71

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 1:33 pm

Conrad Bartelski ?

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 2:48 pm

no, no it was eddie the eagle. but you were only toying. you're next Harry.

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 3:02 pm

Who or what are the following ?

1. ankh

2. bleb

3. crambo

4. fyke

5. grigri

6. hoicks

7. phat

8. skua

9. titi

10. xylyl

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 3:08 pm

scrabble words?

ankh is one of the hieroglyphs
skua is a seabird
xylyl sounds like it should be a woody enzyme

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 3:13 pm

The questions were drawn from a vocabulary quiz. I thought it might appeal to the quizererererers on here. All real words.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 3:21 pm

aha, this does appeal.

bleb could be a B-list celebrity (cf zleb = z-lister)

i'd like to think crambo is a seafood stew but no idea.

ditto fyke

ditto grigri

hoicks is self-evidents as part of the verb hoick, not aware of any other meaning

is phat just the neologism for spiffing?

titi rings a bell, think that might be an animal of some sort

civ77 · Post by **civ77** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 4:34 pm

The klingon phonetic alphabet?

Or on second thoughts a few ring bells as locations in Terry Pratchett's discworld novels.

edit:
Oops totally missed the point of the question, I was looking for a connection between them. The worrying thing is that I had more chance of finding a connection than I do of identifying any of their meanings!

aaamusements.co.uk · Post by **aaamusements.co.uk** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:29 pm

Phat means great. (As in brilliant)

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:01 am

Clue

Match the clues with the answers.

1. ankh

2. bleb

3. crambo

4. fyke

5. grigri

6. hoicks

7. phat

8. skua

9. titi

10. xylyl

A. African talisman

B. a gull-like bird

C. fox-hunting call

D. an evergreen shrub or a monkey

E. Egyptian symbol of life

F. a word-rhyming game

G. a blister

H. a fish trap

I. a univalent radical (chemistry)

J. a printing term

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:37 am

1e, 2g, 3a, 4h, 5f, 6c, 7j, 8b, 9d, 10i?

blackmogu · Post by **blackmogu** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 4:25 pm

Off topic I know, but your Ikari Warriors avatar made me chuckle Istenem

Someone just pressed 't'

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 6:02 pm

The answers are
1-E
2-G
3-F
4-H
5-A
6-C
7-J
8-B
9-D
10-I

Over to anyone. Out on the lash now.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 7:07 pm

I've not done one for a while...

This might have been asked before:

Which country has the highest crime rate (i.e. per capita) ?

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 9:58 pm

south africa?

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 11:28 pm

Nope. Remember, crime can include petty crime as well - it's not necessarily murders and whatnot.