[Hassaan13]

Just added all the ratings from BARB onto Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Only_Connect

Took me almost an hour!

It's quite interesting to see the change from 4 years ago.

[John_Traynor]

Which colour of silk do you think suits Vicky the best?

I shall vote for yellow.

[ganderpoke66]

See through Silk would be my favourite.

[Red Wimp]

Only 3 though !

[willowfan]

Victoria is busy tomorrow night. She's on both QI and Would I Lie to You?

[platelet]

Originally Posted by willowfan

Victoria is busy tomorrow night. She's on both QI and Would I Lie to You?

Would I lie to you is a repeat from a few years ago.

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It's quite funny to watch her poker skills in action. She bluffs totally convincingly but more cruticially she reads the oposition team with ease. From what i remember she spots the truth/lie in every single case

[Torque]

Was a bit thrown off this week by the question claiming all Hong Kong taxis to be red, when they operate a three colour system of Red, Blue and Green!

http://hkdo2010.files.wordpress.com/...kong-taxis.jpg

[LostFool]

Here's an interesting tweet: https://twitter.com/_L_M_C_/status/2...858626/photo/1

Really enjoyed the VC double bill tonight on QI an WILTY. Never seen Vicky in glasses before. I approve.

[degsyhufc]

Originally Posted by LostFool

Here's an interesting tweet: https://twitter.com/_L_M_C_/status/2...858626/photo/1

Really enjoyed the VC double bill tonight on QI an WILTY. Never seen Vicky in glasses before. I approve.

I'm off to try it

[davidbod]

Originally Posted by Torque

Was a bit thrown off this week by the question claiming all Hong Kong taxis to be red, when they operate a three colour system of Red, Blue and Green!

http://hkdo2010.files.wordpress.com/...kong-taxis.jpg

Red taxis - that serve the city area - are by far the most prominent, in the same way that not all London cabs are black.

Green cabs serve the New Territories and the blue cabs (of which there are only 50) serve the airport area.

[davidbod]

It's back tonight!
http://www.starwars.com/play/online-...?cs=cpz87fa379

[degsyhufc]

Been a quiet week has it?

[thisismymoniker]

Some sequence puzzles - should be solvable from 2 terms (feel free to use Google but if you do please don't type answer here until someone else has got it. Cheers.). Hopefully an improvement on the Marx bros attempt last week - but criticism is welcome!

Puzzle 1 (hard)
1. D F H J L M O S U
2. G N P R T V W X Z 'the'
3. ...
4. ?

Puzzle 2
1.The matador
2.Wolfie
...
4. ?

Puzzle 3
1. 4,294,967,297
2. 65,637
...
4. ?

Puzzle 4
1. Sirius A
2. Lalande 21185
3. ...
4. ?

Puzzle 5 (easy)
1. Spacecaps
2. Rotator
3. ...
4.

If the rough theme is worked out, there is some guessability built into each one (though would be tough for Puzzle 1), even without figuring out the exact terms in a sequence. All the sequences except for Puzzle 5 have a unique answer (at least that is the intention), while puzzle 5 requires only to fit a specific concept.

Best wishes all.

[degsyhufc]

I had to use goodle to remember what the guys nickname was.
It was quite an obvious one back then.

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The Matador - Jelle Klaasen
Wolfie - Martin Adams
Webby - Mark Webster (Now known as The Spider)
The Count - Ted Hankey

BDO World Champions

[LostFool]

Originally Posted by thisismymoniker

Puzzle 4
1. Sirius A
2. Lalande 21185
3. ...
4. ?

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Barnard's Star

(Stars of decreasing distance from the earth. Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nearest_stars)

Puzzle 5 (easy)
1. Spacecaps
2. Rotator
3. ...
4.

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Pop.

(Pallindromes of 9, 7, 5, 3 length)

[kempshott]

Originally Posted by thisismymoniker

Puzzle 3
1. 4,294,967,297
2. 65,637
...
4. ?

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1 = 2 exp 32 or 2 exp (2 exp 5)
2 = 2 exp 16 or 2 exp (2 exp 4)
3 = 2 exp 8 or 2 exp (2 exp 3) = 256
4 = 2 exp 4 or 2 exp (2 exp 2) = 16

[thisismymoniker]

Originally Posted by kempshott

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1 = 2 exp 32 or 2 exp (2 exp 5)
2 = 2 exp 16 or 2 exp (2 exp 4)
3 = 2 exp 8 or 2 exp (2 exp 3) = 256
4 = 2 exp 4 or 2 exp (2 exp 2) = 16

+1

Of mathematical interest because:

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regular polygons can only be constructed with ruler and compass when the number of sides is a product of prime numbers from this sequence F(n) = 2^(2^n) + 1.

3, 5, 17, 257, 65537 are the only known prime members of the sequence, however. Everything larger has turned out to be composite:
e.g. 4294967297 = 641 * 6700417 (shown by Euler who calculated this in 1732)

[KennyT]

Originally Posted by kempshott

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1 = 2 exp 32 or 2 exp (2 exp 5)
2 = 2 exp 16 or 2 exp (2 exp 4)
3 = 2 exp 8 or 2 exp (2 exp 3) = 256
4 = 2 exp 4 or 2 exp (2 exp 2) = 16

can't be right cos the first two are odd, (is there a typo in clue 2, should it be 65537??)

K

[thisismymoniker]

Well played to degsyhufc, LostFool and kempshott - thanks for tackling them!

Good to see they led to the intended answers.

Only Puzzle 1 left (kinda pleased with that one!)

[thisismymoniker]

Originally Posted by KennyT

can't be right cos the first two are odd, (is there a typo in clue 2, should it be 65537??)

K

Pants. Yep it's a typo. Kempshott just missed off the 1s added on.

[Belligerence]

Evening!

[snoweyowl]

urine?

[snoweyowl]

Seven point zero zero zero doesn't have 13 letters

[jonbwfc]

Liking the 'number of letters in the name of the previous number' question...

[Belligerence]

Red Square!!