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Tuesday quiz - thinker

Postby Penny » Tue Oct 24, 2017 12:05 pm

1. Which device for seeing distant objects has a name that means 'both eyes'

2. What is the common name for your trachea

3, What day is known as 'Midsummer's Day'

4. What is another name for a 'shooting star'

5. What is ' 'dry ice''

6. What does a barometer measure

7. What is the lightest ;gas;

8 Which type of animals are described as '''''ovine''''

9. What covers more than two thirds of the world's surface.

10. Which device for measuring time uses sand?

cheers Penny have fun. :thanku:
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Re: Tuesday quiz - thinker

Postby vannin » Tue Oct 24, 2017 2:48 pm

2. windpipe
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Re: Tuesday quiz - thinker

Postby dita » Tue Oct 24, 2017 2:53 pm

8. Sheep are "Ovine"
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Re: Tuesday quiz - thinker

Postby Penny » Tue Oct 24, 2017 5:23 pm

2 and 8 correct. Good start. Cheers Penny
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Re: Tuesday quiz - thinker

Postby vannin » Tue Oct 24, 2017 6:25 pm

1. binoculars
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Re: Tuesday quiz - thinker

Postby vannin » Tue Oct 24, 2017 6:25 pm

10. eggtimer
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Re: Tuesday quiz - thinker

Postby Penny » Tue Oct 24, 2017 7:52 pm

1 and 10 correct. Very good. Cheers Penny
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Re: Tuesday quiz - thinker

Postby laurie53 » Tue Oct 24, 2017 8:15 pm

9 Water
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Re: Tuesday quiz - thinker

Postby Andere Richtingen » Tue Oct 24, 2017 8:56 pm

6. Atmospheric pressure
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Re: Tuesday quiz - thinker

Postby widget » Tue Oct 24, 2017 8:57 pm

3, St Johns Day
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Re: Tuesday quiz - thinker

Postby Penny » Tue Oct 24, 2017 9:49 pm

3, 6 and 9. Clever folk. Well done. Cheers Penny
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Re: Tuesday quiz - thinker

Postby Monika » Tue Oct 24, 2017 9:55 pm

5. Solid carbon dioxide
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Re: Tuesday quiz - thinker

Postby Monika » Tue Oct 24, 2017 10:00 pm

10. Is an hourglass ............... not necessarily an eggtimer and not all eggtimers are hourglasses.
:sorry: to be pedantic :roll:
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Re: Tuesday quiz - thinker

Postby Penny » Tue Oct 24, 2017 10:05 pm

Not pedantic, my answer is the same but want to keep it cheerful and it was near enough. Thanks Monica.

To finish off, no.,4. Meteor. Cheers Penny
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