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Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Tue May 23, 2006 11:25 am

I would have said Abba, but there's two girls in them. Diana Ross? She had a lot with the Supremes as well as solo.

thehut · Post by **thehut** » Tue May 23, 2006 11:52 am

Still no one got it.

cardinal richelieu wrote:I reckon it'll probably be a group with one female member (cos if it was more than one, then who would hold the record?)...

Hmm, what about a duet? (or 2?)

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Tue May 23, 2006 11:59 am

Cher?

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Tue May 23, 2006 12:00 pm

Bollocks. Thought Blondie was a shoo-in.

Surely a duet is still a group?

Anyway, semantics aside, I was tinkering with the idea of Siobhan Fahey, but I'm going to plump for that gargoyle, Cher.

(the more astute amongst you will have noted that I've cunningly had 2 guesses).

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Tue May 23, 2006 12:00 pm

Bollocks. Thought Blondie was a shoo-in.

Surely a duet is still a group?

Anyway, semantics aside, I was tinkering with the idea of Siobhan Fahey, but I'm going to plump for that gargoyle, Cher.

(the more astute amongst you will have noted that I've cunningly had 2 guesses).

thehut · Post by **thehut** » Tue May 23, 2006 12:03 pm

Closer, Cher features once but not the answer i'm looking for...

another clue, both entries were released in the same year - 1978

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Tue May 23, 2006 12:05 pm

Donna Summer?

thehut · Post by **thehut** » Tue May 23, 2006 12:26 pm

Sorry Weyland, Donna summer is an inspired answer but it's not the one that i want...

jimmymac · Post by **jimmymac** » Tue May 23, 2006 12:31 pm

hahaha, your full o clues today aint ya fella, just about had it on 1978 but your last post confirmed it.

twas olivia newton john with Summer nights and Your the one that i want

thehut · Post by **thehut** » Tue May 23, 2006 12:40 pm

correct jimmy. at 6 and 21 in the best selling uk singles of all time.

jimmymac · Post by **jimmymac** » Tue May 23, 2006 1:47 pm

ok something in literature now. This could be answered very quickly.

Which famous british authour wrote Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, much more famous for his other writings?

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Tue May 23, 2006 1:52 pm

Aha. Definitely one I know.

Ian Fleming?

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Tue May 23, 2006 2:50 pm

Ah, but it could also be Roald Dahl.

But he only wrote the screenplay IIRC.

jimmymac · Post by **jimmymac** » Tue May 23, 2006 2:52 pm

all yours cardinal

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Tue May 23, 2006 2:59 pm

Thanks. I've been waiting to ask this question for a while now!

And it's everybody's favourite subject... mathematics! And everyone's favourite branch of mathematics... statistics!

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Imagine a room filled with a number of random people. Each one is asked to write their date of birth on a piece of paper.

Now i fancy making a bit of money for myself. I would like to place a bet that 2 people in the room share a birthday. When I place this bet, I want to have a better than 50/50 chance that 2 people share a birthday.

Therefore, what is the lowest number of random people I would need in the room before my chances of winning this bet are greater than 50%?

(Forget about leap years, and this isn't a trick question).