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Ring the changes

Why do genuine coins "ring" when you toss them with a flick of your thumb, or when they are allowed to rotate till they stop on a table, and why don't counterfeit coins ring (unless they are really,...
21:54 Mon 08th Jan 20071 answer, last by heathfield 11:25 Tue 09th Jan 2007
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Insolence advert (not the music!)

What is the name of the model in the Insolence advert?
00:03 Fri 15th Dec 20061 answer, last by noggie 00:41 Fri 15th Dec 2006
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There are only 10 different sorts of people in the world

Those who understand binary notation and those who don't.
01:42 Fri 08th Dec 200614 answers, last by Bert 01:57 Wed 13th Dec 2006
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Colours under fluorescent lights.

Have you noticed that, if you flick the pages of a thick book with white pages in the light of a fluorescent tube, you can see alternating bands of colour? I see blue and orange, but I don't know if...
21:58 Mon 13th Nov 20063 answers, last by mibn2cweus 23:04 Wed 15th Nov 2006
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Life expectancy

When people say that the life expectancy of a man in this country (UK) is 79 (or whatever it is), what does it mean? It surely cannot mean that a boy born today will have a 50/50 chance of living to...
00:33 Mon 13th Nov 20069 answers, last by DAVIDFREEMAN98 17:47 Sun 04th Aug 2013
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Feng shui

This expression was presumably translitterated from Chinese characters. If so, why was it not translittereated as "Fung shway", since that is the way it is meant to be pronounced?
01:47 Wed 08th Nov 20066 answers, last by Peter Pedant 20:57 Fri 10th Nov 2006
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Actors and actresses

When did we start calling actresses "actors"? It seems to me that there is nothing wrong with the word "actress" - it's not demeaning and, so far as i know, it has no pejorative overtones. But now I...
01:45 Wed 08th Nov 20063 answers, last by Bert 21:57 Sun 12th Nov 2006
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P&O Cruise Advert Location

Where is the waterfall that someone in the advert is seen running towards?
01:33 Thu 28th Sep 2006
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Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Does anybody know who did the arrangement of SOTR that Shane Ward sang on and won X-Factor? Was it an original arrangement, or has it been done before by another artist?
22:24 Fri 15th Sep 20062 answers, last by raynbow jo 16:23 Sat 16th Sep 2006
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Location of Adez advert

Does anybody know the location of the Adez advert? I'm sure I've seen that pair of fluted columns somewhere before. This may be the 25th question about the ad, but it's the only one not asking waht...
02:52 Wed 30th Aug 20062 answers, last by Bert 01:39 Wed 13th Dec 2006
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The Human Riff

Who is credited with being the first to call Keith Richards "The Human Riff"? If you post an answer, please include any evidence to back up the claim. Sorry about the typo the first time I posted the...
22:17 Mon 12th Jun 2006
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Keith Richards - the Human Riff

Who is credited with being the first to call Keith Richards "The Hunman Riff"? If you post an answer, please include any evidence to back up the claim.
16:19 Sun 11th Jun 20062 answers, last by Kozmic Blues 19:29 Fri 16th Jun 2006
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A Venetian quotation

I read in a book somewhere a quotation about Venice. The gist of it was that one chap told another that a female relative (or acquaintance) had been disappointed when she had visited Venice for the...
01:09 Wed 11th Jan 20062 answers, last by Bert 13:08 Sun 12th Mar 2006
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Castle Howard mottoes

Castle Howard is associated with two mottoes: "Volo non valeo" and "Credo ergo facio". The first means, I think, "I wish - I am not strong", and the second means "I believe, therefore I do". The...
22:49 Mon 03rd Oct 20051 answer, last by gen2 23:52 Mon 03rd Oct 2005
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Latin translation, please

This phrase or sentence is inscribed above the door of No 880, Dorsoduro, Venice: "Nihil domestica sede jocundius." The premises is now a shop selling the usual tourist stuff (I think - I didn't pay...
22:35 Mon 03rd Oct 20052 answers, last by gen2 23:48 Mon 03rd Oct 2005
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P&O advert (again)

Where is the waterfall (if it is a waterfall) that the woman runs toward in this advert?
22:15 Mon 03rd Oct 2005
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Whispered tag lines

I know similar "questions" have been asked about what people consider the most annoying adverts, but I've not seen anyone mention those really annoying whispered tag lines at the end of adverts. I...
23:01 Thu 29th Sep 20052 answers, last by Quizmonkey 16:46 Fri 30th Sep 2005
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Undelivered mail messages

I have suddenly started getting a lot of emails of the 'message undelivered' type.'Undelivered mail returned to sender' from 'Mail Delivery System' for instance. Thunderbird identifies some of these...
19:26 Sun 25th Sep 20052 answers, last by Buenchico 20:24 Sun 25th Sep 2005
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Affect and effect - name the mistake

I know how to use affect and effect. But does the incorrect usage have a special name? There have been several threads recently about punctuation errors - it's and its - and we can agree that there...
19:17 Fri 29th Apr 20056 answers, last by ontarioice 16:21 Fri 21st Jul 2006
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Printing envelopes

When I do a letter with my address at the top, when I come to print an envelope, my address is in the delivery address box. When I do a letter with another address at the top, when I go to the...
00:13 Thu 10th Mar 20053 answers, last by ziyasofi 07:08 Fri 07th Oct 2011

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