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Old 04-05-2016, 18:10
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Old 04-05-2016, 18:11
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I think you mean "fount".
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Old 04-05-2016, 18:14
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I think you mean "fount".
I was using the American spelling.
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Old 04-05-2016, 19:19
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The pictures were so small, I'm surprised I got as many as I did.
Close ups needed.
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Old 04-05-2016, 22:01
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The pictures were so small, I'm surprised I got as many as I did.
Even after going through them, I still reckon that 4th one along on the top row was C-3PO.
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Old 04-05-2016, 23:39
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I think you mean "fount".
I was using the American spelling.
Font is correct, although so many people misuse it that fount has almost taken over.
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Old 05-05-2016, 01:36
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Richard said Adamski and Seal was a pointless answer in the jackpot round when the song was just credited to Adamski.

I also refuse to believe UAE weren't pointless if Colombia and Romania were
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Old 05-05-2016, 05:13
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I also refuse to believe UAE weren't pointless if Colombia and Romania were
I guess they can never show all the pointless answers. There's often a few results that I'm dubious about.
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Old 05-05-2016, 12:30
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I think you mean "fount".
I was using the American spelling.
Font is correct, although so many people misuse it that fount has almost taken over.
Fount is probably what was originally used but font has become so widely used that it is also acceptable according to this. I always use fount myself,

http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2.../poll-results/
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Old 05-05-2016, 12:55
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Going back to the original point, I too was a bit thrown by the wording of the 'categorise' definition. The simple insertion of the word 'to' at the beginning would have removed all ambiguity from the definition - or perhaps they wanted it to be a bit tricky
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Old 05-05-2016, 12:57
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Going back to the original point, I too was a bit thrown by the wording of the 'categorise' definition. The simple insertion of the word 'to' at the beginning would have removed all ambiguity from the definition - or perhaps they wanted it to be a bit tricky
Thank you. Knew it wasn't just me
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Old 05-05-2016, 13:59
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Thank you. Knew it wasn't just me
It wasn't just you at all. I too thought that the answer was category based on the definition and so did my son. It was only because of the number of letters that we realised it must be categorise.
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Old 05-05-2016, 14:01
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Here's another who thought it was a noun rather than a verb.
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Old 05-05-2016, 14:08
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Here's another who thought it was a noun rather than a verb.
In your face, "anyonefortennis"
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Old 05-05-2016, 14:56
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Another vote for a badly worded question. I thought place meant "a place". I did get categorise though despite their efforts to confuse.

The pictures were appalingly small, close-ups were required, and that WAS C-3PO, I don't care about the answer they gave...in fact I can't even remember who that was.
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Old 05-05-2016, 17:16
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Prevening all.
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Old 05-05-2016, 17:18
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I'm no doubt getting into Fight Club territory but what exactly is this "Prevening all" business? Google brings up basically nothing, bar various typos, but this thread...
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Old 05-05-2016, 17:19
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Old 05-05-2016, 17:19
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Old 05-05-2016, 17:21
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Hope Richard mentions Love Over Gold (by Dire Straits) was also the title of the Gold Blend couple tie-in novel (no, really )
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Old 05-05-2016, 17:21
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Old 05-05-2016, 17:22
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Is anyone going to be mean and say Moons?
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Old 05-05-2016, 17:23
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Is anyone going to be mean and say Moons?
No reason why they shouldn't. They'd only know it if they knew it to be honest - don't think you could have guessed it from the lady saying Moon (Or did she say it's either Moon or Moons? )
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Old 05-05-2016, 17:26
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I'm no doubt getting into Fight Club territory but what exactly is this "Prevening all" business? Google brings up basically nothing, bar various typos, but this thread...
'Prevening' was a word used once in the Big Bang Theory. Sheldon Cooper invented it to describe the time between afternoon (12.00-4 or 5pm) and the evening (6pm onwards). A -pre-evening, if you will. I liked it, so use it on here.
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Old 05-05-2016, 17:27
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'Prevening' was a word used once in the Big Bang Theory. Sheldon Cooper invented it to describe the time between afternoon (12.00-4 or 5pm) and the evening (6pm onwards). A -pre-evening, if you will. I liked it, so use it on here.
Aw - shame on me not knowing that. I love TBBT too!
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