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Q116 If an IQ test used to identify gifted kids was at 2,a Paul Michael Glaser movie of 1992 at 4,a Michael J Fox role at 5,an internet address at 6,a 1920's African music genre at 12,a creature fearful of silver bullets at 14 and a couple of winds at 19 and 20,then 1 is too easy,so which description of somewhat "iffy" paperback novels was at 3?
Many Thanks
spursfan
Q116 If an IQ test used to identify gifted kids was at 2,a Paul Michael Glaser movie of 1992 at 4,a Michael J Fox role at 5,an internet address at 6,a 1920's African music genre at 12,a creature fearful of silver bullets at 14 and a couple of winds at 19 and 20,then 1 is too easy,so which description of somewhat "iffy" paperback novels was at 3?
Many Thanks
spursfan
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The level of difficulty keeps rising does it not? Or perhaps they are just making the questions more confusing.
I haven't gotten the answer you want to finalize it but here are some of the answers:
IQ test Wechsler or Stanford Binet (considered outdated but may still be in use) That's a 2
Glaser movie 1992 - The Cutting Edge. (4)
M J Fox most famous role - Marty McFly (5)
Don't know the internet adds. AOL is the most widely used I think . (6)
African music Soukous or Jit (12)
Silver bullet - Werewolf (14)
Couple of winds - well you can choose from the 4 of them and get a (19)
and a (20)
Haven't a clue as to what joins them to give the 'iffy' paperback. Sorry.
O-ice
I haven't gotten the answer you want to finalize it but here are some of the answers:
IQ test Wechsler or Stanford Binet (considered outdated but may still be in use) That's a 2
Glaser movie 1992 - The Cutting Edge. (4)
M J Fox most famous role - Marty McFly (5)
Don't know the internet adds. AOL is the most widely used I think . (6)
African music Soukous or Jit (12)
Silver bullet - Werewolf (14)
Couple of winds - well you can choose from the 4 of them and get a (19)
and a (20)
Haven't a clue as to what joins them to give the 'iffy' paperback. Sorry.
O-ice
Hi O-ice
Great to hear from you again and thank you for your response
I agree with most of your suggestions,the only differences are that I also have
Marabi as another 1920's African music genre and
Vampire as another creature fearful of silver bullets.
Also the "iffy" paperbacks could be either penny dreadfuls or dime novels,but I'm guessing and cannot see the connection
As you say the level of difficulty does keep rising,but even so people still find the answers most months
On that subject did you see the prevous question(Q114) I posted on Wednesday 21st March at 17.24,which is equally bizarre
Regards
spursfan
Great to hear from you again and thank you for your response
I agree with most of your suggestions,the only differences are that I also have
Marabi as another 1920's African music genre and
Vampire as another creature fearful of silver bullets.
Also the "iffy" paperbacks could be either penny dreadfuls or dime novels,but I'm guessing and cannot see the connection
As you say the level of difficulty does keep rising,but even so people still find the answers most months
On that subject did you see the prevous question(Q114) I posted on Wednesday 21st March at 17.24,which is equally bizarre
Regards
spursfan
Hi O-ice
Thank tou for your message but apart from those two questions and Q83, which is a picture question,I have answers for all the other questions,which may or may not be correct
However there are a couple of "iffy" ones you could look at
Q17 Where on the human body is the skin supposed to be the least sensitive?
Q98 During the early British experiments into nuclear reactors they favoured gas-cooled reactors.What was the gas in those reactors?
spursfan
Thank tou for your message but apart from those two questions and Q83, which is a picture question,I have answers for all the other questions,which may or may not be correct
However there are a couple of "iffy" ones you could look at
Q17 Where on the human body is the skin supposed to be the least sensitive?
Q98 During the early British experiments into nuclear reactors they favoured gas-cooled reactors.What was the gas in those reactors?
spursfan
Q17. According to this site the answer is heel. (I would debate that having once split my heel - but....)
http://www.dribbleglass.com/articles/body_part s.htm
Q98. This Sellafield site states Air. My hubby agrees.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sellafield.
Do these agree with your answers?
http://www.dribbleglass.com/articles/body_part s.htm
Q98. This Sellafield site states Air. My hubby agrees.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sellafield.
Do these agree with your answers?
Thank you for your reply
Q17 I was torn between elbow and heel but after reading the article in your post I have settled on heel
Q98 I have found an article on Calder Hall,which was situated at Windscale(now Sellafield) and opened in 1956.This was the world's first nuclear power station to feed appreciable quantities of electricity into a national grid and the reactor was cooled by carbon dioxide.,so I will go with that
spursfan
Q17 I was torn between elbow and heel but after reading the article in your post I have settled on heel
Q98 I have found an article on Calder Hall,which was situated at Windscale(now Sellafield) and opened in 1956.This was the world's first nuclear power station to feed appreciable quantities of electricity into a national grid and the reactor was cooled by carbon dioxide.,so I will go with that
spursfan
I note that the site I sent to you didn't open with the full info. Here is a quote from it:
Two air-cooled, graphite-moderated Windscale reactors constituted the first British weapons grade plutonium 239 production facility, built for the British nuclear weapons program in the late 40s and the 50s.
Windscale was also the site of the prototype British Advanced gas-cooled reactor.
On the original I am able to click on to the 'Advanced gas-cooled reactor' and when I do it reads as follows:
An Advanced Gas Cooled Reactor (AGR) is a type of nuclear reactor. These are the second generation of British gas-cooled reactors, using graphite as the neutron moderator and carbon dioxide as coolant.
I argued re air saying it wasn't a gas, but the dictionary proved me wrong.
Not trying to make your choice more difficult, but wanted you to see the portion of the article which you didn't receive in full.
Cheers O-ice
PS. The underlining is mine.
Two air-cooled, graphite-moderated Windscale reactors constituted the first British weapons grade plutonium 239 production facility, built for the British nuclear weapons program in the late 40s and the 50s.
Windscale was also the site of the prototype British Advanced gas-cooled reactor.
On the original I am able to click on to the 'Advanced gas-cooled reactor' and when I do it reads as follows:
An Advanced Gas Cooled Reactor (AGR) is a type of nuclear reactor. These are the second generation of British gas-cooled reactors, using graphite as the neutron moderator and carbon dioxide as coolant.
I argued re air saying it wasn't a gas, but the dictionary proved me wrong.
Not trying to make your choice more difficult, but wanted you to see the portion of the article which you didn't receive in full.
Cheers O-ice
PS. The underlining is mine.
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