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Offline Hugo

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #6630 on: September 28, 2019, 04:01:27 pm »
I'm still thinking on these two Steve but I'll have a pop at the bottom one

Just based on the clue at the bottom of the 2nd photo " into the fire "    are they fire balls that you use in a gas fire?       I've seen that effect with pebbles but not with those round shaped balls

The first one I'm stuck on but just thinking that it is an optical illusion at the moment     ?{}?

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« Reply #6631 on: September 28, 2019, 04:27:35 pm »
Hugo I thought they would make a good quiz, because when I found out what they were, I was gobsmacked, some clues for those playing the game without searching..   and sorry they are not balls for the fire

One is far away, and also photographed from far away.......... and the other a lot closer to home, and not they way you would think..........

Mrs H just got one !!!


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« Reply #6632 on: September 28, 2019, 04:56:13 pm »
A wild guess at the 2nd photo.      Are they some of the many moons of Jupiter?

Still no idea on the 1st one but am working on it



Just in case it's right here's one for you and Mrs H  Steve
Without using Google or any IT  how many moons does Jupiter have?
A)    53
B)    79
C)    91

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #6633 on: September 28, 2019, 05:21:04 pm »
No they are not moons, they are the closer to home clue, .... further clue, you will have noticed the photo title, well there are six words in front of that clue.......

XXX XX XXX XXXXXX XXX XXX into the fire.         ( I love that spellchecker is telling me that the fourth set of X's is incorrect ? )

Second photo clue still stands,... (One is far away, and also photographed from far away)    this is the one Mrs H got by looking very closely at the photo, she has better eyesight than me, even with my glasses.

And neither of us know the answer to your question, would only be guessing.





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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #6634 on: September 29, 2019, 12:42:10 pm »
Another very wild guess for the 1st photo, is it a close up of a denim fabric

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #6635 on: September 29, 2019, 01:30:19 pm »
Sorry Hugo afraid not, these are as I think you said, an illusion, created by unusual photography, and I am not sure if they fit the criteria for the quiz, so some more clues, then I will give the answers.

The one you thought was denim, as I said was photographed from far away,..... like the great wall of China ?

And the circles think kitchen.

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #6636 on: September 29, 2019, 02:13:02 pm »
Is the first photograph from a satellite looking down on a city? The second lot of photographs could they possibly be different coloured hens eggs, with the clue 'out of the frying pan?'

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #6637 on: September 29, 2019, 03:11:05 pm »
Meleri ,I am pleased you got them.....  &well&                  Sorry Hugo, Good try.

First photo.....The city is New Delhi                          I heard recently it will not be long before their population is greater than China.

The second photo,     "different coloured hens eggs, with the clue 'out of the frying pan?'"  not eggs, but they are the bottoms of old frying pans.              I would have put money on planets.

Well done again, and this is the link for your further enjoyment...........  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6vnmGH0jUg&t=7s


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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #6638 on: September 29, 2019, 03:14:09 pm »
That's not me Steve,  I hadn't got a clue.   It's Meleri who worked them out

Good quiz though     $good$

Did you just modify your last post Steve?

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #6639 on: September 29, 2019, 03:16:14 pm »
That's not me Steve,  I hadn't got a clue.   It's Meleri who worked them out
Good quiz though     $good$

Just made the changes, that's what I get for not paying attention, thanks to you both for having a go.

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #6640 on: October 16, 2019, 05:20:40 pm »
What were these originally built for and where would you see them?

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #6641 on: October 16, 2019, 05:41:09 pm »
Mrs H, worked this one out, is it one of the river viewing points on the A5 going into BYC ?

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #6642 on: October 16, 2019, 05:44:35 pm »
Mrs H, worked this one out, is it one of the river viewing points on the A5 going into BYC ?

The A5 is correct and the photo was taken in Betws Y Coed but what was their original purpose?

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #6643 on: October 16, 2019, 07:36:50 pm »
Telford had them built every 1/2 mile or so for road maintenance

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #6644 on: October 16, 2019, 08:43:29 pm »
"Lay-bys" from the days of stage coaches and horse & carts ???