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Title: What’s the question?
Post by: on August 15, 2006, 10:07:09 am

Here's a new game.  I'll give you an answer and you just have to work out what the question was.  As soon as someone gets the right question, I'll post a new answer and so on.


An easy one to start us off.


A.  29,035 feet.

Title: What’s the question?
Post by: EasterBunny on August 15, 2006, 10:10:55 am
What do you put in 29,035 socks?
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: Jamsi on August 15, 2006, 10:32:55 am
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: on August 15, 2006, 10:38:35 am
Play properly.
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: oldspice on August 15, 2006, 11:15:46 am
What is the height of Mount Everest?
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: on August 15, 2006, 11:33:34 am

 Correct


Next one.  A bit trickier.


A.  Because Queen Victoria wanted the finishing line to be in front of the Royal box and it was extended to accommodate her demands.

Title: What’s the question?
Post by: Freddie on August 15, 2006, 11:53:05 am
what was The Wild West Tour Of Great Britain..?
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: oldspice on August 15, 2006, 11:59:57 am
Why  is a marathon race 26 miles and 385 yards in distance ?oldspice38944.4587384259
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: on August 15, 2006, 03:33:53 pm

Correct


A. Stanley Laurence Jefferson

Title: What’s the question?
Post by: Forth Bridges on August 15, 2006, 04:02:47 pm
WHO?
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: on August 15, 2006, 05:24:28 pm
No, try again
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: loulou on August 15, 2006, 06:11:31 pm
No idea.
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: goldencup on August 15, 2006, 07:12:15 pm
What was Stan Laurel's real name?
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: oldspice on August 15, 2006, 07:54:30 pm

I think he was called something  (can't remember what) Stanley Jefferson. No Laurence. But could his son have been named Laurence in honour of 'Laural'?


Could the question be "Who was Stan Laural's son?"

Title: What’s the question?
Post by: Forth Bridges on August 15, 2006, 08:07:13 pm
No I;m askin gwho it is I done a google and nothing!
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: on August 15, 2006, 08:26:32 pm

Golden cup is right .  The Laurence was added as a nickname in later life.


Next one.


A.  Meles meles

Title: What’s the question?
Post by: Forth Bridges on August 15, 2006, 08:31:39 pm
Q what sound does a euorpean BARGER make?



Title: What’s the question?
Post by: goldencup on August 16, 2006, 02:38:22 pm
Or even, what is the latin name for a badger.
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: on August 16, 2006, 05:24:44 pm

Correct


Next Answer


A. 23 hours, 53 minutes and 56 seconds

Title: What’s the question?
Post by: goldencup on August 16, 2006, 05:29:33 pm
Erm, how long does the earth take to spin on its axis?
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: Forth Bridges on August 16, 2006, 05:40:21 pm
how how long is it till the Next day ? 
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: on August 16, 2006, 06:42:50 pm

Goldencup is correct


Next one


A. Poles.

Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on August 16, 2006, 06:48:00 pm
Who lives in Poland?
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: on August 16, 2006, 08:00:32 pm

Fair enough.


The actual question was what people form the largest ethnic minority in the UK?

bounty hunter38945.7922222222
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: Forth Bridges on August 16, 2006, 08:01:03 pm
what consect of the electick matter filed at either end sof teh earth? 
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: on August 16, 2006, 08:01:25 pm

Next answer


A. Japheth

Title: What’s the question?
Post by: goldencup on August 16, 2006, 08:11:09 pm
What was the name of Noah's youngest son?
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: on August 16, 2006, 08:15:40 pm

Darn it she's good!


Next one. 


A. 86,400

Title: What’s the question?
Post by: Forth Bridges on August 16, 2006, 08:17:45 pm
amout of famer spitting on there sheep per month ?
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on August 16, 2006, 08:19:47 pm
What is the population of Norwich?
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: goldencup on August 16, 2006, 08:19:53 pm

How many seconds are there in a day?

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Post by: Forth Bridges on August 16, 2006, 08:21:28 pm
GC your ALL KNOWING! 
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: on August 16, 2006, 08:31:36 pm

Bloody ell GC!


A.  1.  Dalmatian Pelican.  2. White Pelican  3. Lappet-faced Vulture.

Title: What’s the question?
Post by: goldencup on August 16, 2006, 08:34:34 pm
Hmmmm, bit more of a challenge there!
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: Forth Bridges on August 16, 2006, 08:36:01 pm
NAem all the brands of the USA peilcain?
#
or

name what 3 other coutry call there pilcain crossing?

Title: What’s the question?
Post by: on August 17, 2006, 12:27:31 am
Think why 1,2,3. 
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: loulou on August 17, 2006, 01:39:29 am
Quote from: bounty hunter

A.  1.  Dalmatian Pelican.  2. White Pelican  3. Lappet-faced Vulture.



Name the most popular birds of Egypt.

Title: What’s the question?
Post by: on August 17, 2006, 09:39:16 am

No.  You'll never get it.  It was too hard.


The question was: What three birds have the longest wingspan in Europe?

Title: What’s the question?
Post by: loulou on August 17, 2006, 04:21:34 pm
I was close and I would have got it after about 500 attempts.
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: Forth Bridges on August 17, 2006, 04:30:19 pm
herer an anwers

A: 1314?

Title: What’s the question?
Post by: on August 17, 2006, 04:36:03 pm
No, that's a question
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: Forth Bridges on August 17, 2006, 04:40:49 pm
ok anwers is 1314

What is the Question?>

Title: What’s the question?
Post by: loulou on August 17, 2006, 04:45:52 pm
What year was the battle of Bannockburn?
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: Forth Bridges on August 17, 2006, 04:51:27 pm
Corrcet

A: milk

Title: What’s the question?
Post by: loulou on August 17, 2006, 05:37:06 pm

What do cows produce?

Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on August 21, 2006, 08:48:33 pm
A: German, French, Italian, Romansch.
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: loulou on August 22, 2006, 12:58:44 am
Q. Name four languages spoken by phyliss?
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on August 22, 2006, 12:59:58 am


Not quite.

Title: What’s the question?
Post by: loulou on August 22, 2006, 01:00:41 am
Q. Name 4 types of Salami.
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on August 22, 2006, 01:01:34 am
You were closer last time.
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: loulou on August 22, 2006, 01:03:26 am
Name the four most popular spoken languages.
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on August 22, 2006, 01:05:46 am
Nooo.
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: loulou on August 22, 2006, 01:06:22 am
Name four languages spoken by smurfs.
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on August 22, 2006, 01:08:48 am
 We only speak Smurfish.
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: loulou on August 22, 2006, 01:09:52 am
Name four languages spoken in Germany.
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on August 22, 2006, 01:12:11 am
Getting warmer...
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: loulou on August 22, 2006, 01:17:03 am
Name 4 languages spoken in France
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on August 22, 2006, 01:19:40 am

Still warm...

Title: What’s the question?
Post by: loulou on August 22, 2006, 01:20:24 am
4 languages spoken in Italy?
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on August 22, 2006, 01:21:29 am
Keep trying...
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: loulou on August 22, 2006, 01:23:45 am
4 languages spoken in Rome?
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on August 22, 2006, 01:24:10 am
Nooo...
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: loulou on August 22, 2006, 01:24:54 am
4 languages spoken in Switzerland
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on August 22, 2006, 01:27:31 am
 Yay! Well actually it was 'name the four official languages of Switzerland', but that was close enough.
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: loulou on August 22, 2006, 01:29:04 am
My next choice was going to be 4 languages spoken by the pope.
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on August 22, 2006, 01:32:15 am

Here's your next one:


France, Croatia, Slovenia, San Marino, Austria, Switzerland and Vatican City.

Title: What’s the question?
Post by: loulou on August 22, 2006, 01:33:35 am
Places the pope has lived?
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: loulou on August 22, 2006, 01:34:44 am
Top spots for skiiing?
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on August 22, 2006, 01:45:46 am
Nope.
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on August 22, 2006, 10:29:11 pm
Nobody?
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: Forth Bridges on August 22, 2006, 10:34:43 pm
places that ARENT full of uk toursit?
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on August 22, 2006, 10:35:42 pm
No.
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: loulou on August 22, 2006, 10:35:57 pm
Places to find Irish pubs?
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on August 22, 2006, 10:37:17 pm
No.
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: Forth Bridges on August 22, 2006, 10:38:39 pm
a place to foudn hocker?
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on August 22, 2006, 10:39:32 pm

No.

Title: What’s the question?
Post by: loulou on August 22, 2006, 10:40:37 pm
Places visited by smurfs?
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on August 22, 2006, 10:41:50 pm
No.
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: loulou on August 22, 2006, 10:42:49 pm
Places bounty has been on holiday?
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: Forth Bridges on August 22, 2006, 10:43:30 pm
a place youcan vists on a gameshow! 
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: Forth Bridges on August 22, 2006, 10:43:57 pm
somwthing to do with the war of the EU
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on August 22, 2006, 10:44:09 pm
No and no.
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: Forth Bridges on August 22, 2006, 10:46:04 pm
somwthing to do with the war of the EU  smufy


as you siad no yo lou, and my firtst idea
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: loulou on August 22, 2006, 10:46:20 pm
Places the Spice Girls performed?
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on August 22, 2006, 10:47:02 pm

War of the EU?

Title: What’s the question?
Post by: Forth Bridges on August 22, 2006, 10:49:38 pm
A: war and the EU

B: remember you hisrtoay 1918, and 1939?

Title: What’s the question?
Post by: loulou on August 22, 2006, 10:51:01 pm
The smallest countries in the world?
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on August 22, 2006, 10:51:09 pm

The EU is the European Union. There have certainly never been any wars over it - and definitely not in 1918 or 1939 as it wasn't formed until 1957.

Title: What’s the question?
Post by: Forth Bridges on August 22, 2006, 11:02:29 pm

all with red in there flags 
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Post by: smurfboy on August 22, 2006, 11:04:00 pm
Nah.
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: loulou on August 22, 2006, 11:04:31 pm

All have the same 3 colours in their flags?

Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on August 22, 2006, 11:07:06 pm

No.

Title: What’s the question?
Post by: loulou on August 22, 2006, 11:07:59 pm
Can we have a clue now please?
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on August 22, 2006, 11:19:35 pm
No.
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: Forth Bridges on August 22, 2006, 11:22:18 pm
what was the Question agina>

place that you can foudn ski hoildays


Title: What’s the question?
Post by: Forth Bridges on August 22, 2006, 11:24:10 pm

Quote from: smurfboy

Here's your next one:


France, Croatia, Slovenia, San Marino, Austria, Switzerland and


Vatican City. this is a clue!!


name all coutyry's that have its own armry before 1800
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Title: What’s the question?
Post by: Freddie on August 23, 2006, 01:29:32 am

Q..Italy borders which Countries..?

Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on August 23, 2006, 01:07:52 pm
 Correct!
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on August 31, 2006, 03:27:00 pm
Here's another: The leader of the Tory party resigned.
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: EasterBunny on August 31, 2006, 03:29:27 pm
What made 623 wet himself with happiness and start his own political party?
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on August 31, 2006, 03:40:02 pm


No.

Title: What’s the question?
Post by: loulou on August 31, 2006, 03:53:52 pm
Why did 623 have a street party?
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Post by: smurfboy on August 31, 2006, 03:55:38 pm
I dunno!
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Post by: loulou on August 31, 2006, 03:56:32 pm
Is that not the answer to your question?
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on August 31, 2006, 03:57:15 pm
Oh, right. No, it isn't.
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on October 10, 2006, 02:32:41 pm

Seeing as we're short on new threads I thought I'd resurrect this one. The question to the last answer was 'What happened the day after the last three General Elections?'


Here's your new answer: Kirsty Alley

Title: What’s the question?
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on October 10, 2006, 04:29:58 pm
What's an alternative way of spelling Kirstie Alley's name?
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: loulou on October 10, 2006, 04:34:44 pm
Who is that fat woman?
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on October 10, 2006, 06:32:34 pm

Quote from: Cherry_Ripe
What's an alternative way of spelling Kirstie Alley's name?


Ooh, picky


I expect you to get this one right Cherry.

Title: What’s the question?
Post by: lucifersplaym8t on October 10, 2006, 11:36:24 pm
You lot auditioning for host of Jeopardy?
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on October 11, 2006, 12:02:23 am
It's just a game.
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: lucifersplaym8t on October 11, 2006, 12:41:29 am
It's just a gag
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: Forth Bridges on October 11, 2006, 02:34:39 pm
how does it come about that 12 monkey, 3 naken men, a dvd recored, a whisk, the man form ironside and deepthorat expect to get with the aduice over there? 
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Post by: smurfboy on October 11, 2006, 02:44:29 pm
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: Forth Bridges on October 11, 2006, 03:02:24 pm
correct   what the anwers?
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on October 11, 2006, 03:04:37 pm
What are you on about? This game is called What's the Question.
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: Forth Bridges on October 11, 2006, 03:23:45 pm
so what the ANwers? I confused alreadly with the last 5 posts 
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on October 11, 2006, 08:38:03 pm
The answer is Kirstie Alley!
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: Forth Bridges on October 11, 2006, 09:43:32 pm
who is the daughter of the famous dart player Kieth alley?

Or

who was in that film.... X< Y< Z )?

Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on October 11, 2006, 09:45:38 pm
Nah.
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: Forth Bridges on October 11, 2006, 10:47:04 pm
and the winner of the worse dreess 50 year is ...
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on October 11, 2006, 11:01:23 pm
 Quite possible, but not what I was thinking of!
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: loulou on October 12, 2006, 04:18:15 pm

Quote from: smurfboy
The answer is Kirstie Alley!


who eats with her mouth open?

Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on October 12, 2006, 04:21:31 pm
Does she?
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: loulou on October 12, 2006, 04:28:22 pm
There was a pic of her in last Sundays News of The World mag ramming chips in her mouth.
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on October 12, 2006, 04:38:01 pm
Dirty bint.
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Post by: loulou on October 12, 2006, 04:39:51 pm
 Messy Eater    





Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on October 17, 2006, 02:31:27 pm
Come on, someone has to get this - Cherry, I'm certain you can get it. 
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on October 17, 2006, 02:52:47 pm

Who played Mollie in "Look who's talking"?

Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on October 17, 2006, 03:14:39 pm
Well yes she did, but it's a more obscure question than that. Think of one of your favourite TV shows...
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on October 17, 2006, 03:24:02 pm

OK ...


Which star of "Cheers" did not appear in its spin-off serier "Frasier" because they are a scientologist and scientologists are taught that psychiatry is evil?

Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on October 17, 2006, 03:30:14 pm
I didn't know that was why, but yes, Kirstie Alley was the only surviving 'Cheers' regular not to appear in 'Frasier'.
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on October 18, 2006, 06:05:04 pm

Okay, here's a new one:


Nicole Kidman, Lee Marvin, Barbra Streisand and Frank Sinatra.

Title: What’s the question?
Post by: loulou on October 19, 2006, 03:43:20 pm
Who has slept with Tom Cruise?
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on October 19, 2006, 05:43:27 pm
Quite possibly  but not the answer I'm looking for. Keep trying...
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: oldspice on October 19, 2006, 07:37:12 pm
Name four artists who have had number one hits from films that have appeared in.
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on October 19, 2006, 09:50:20 pm

Not quite, but number one hits is an important link...

Title: What’s the question?
Post by: loulou on October 20, 2006, 12:15:22 am
Is it something to do with Robbie Williams?
Title: What’s the question?
Post by: smurfboy on October 20, 2006, 12:29:43 pm
No. Oldspice was close.