How Smart Are You? - Page 6

**Ristin** · 04-25-2008, 10:09 PM

well I'll take a stab at this

PACER
CAPER
RECAP
CRAPE

and just in case PERCA, heck its in a dictionary http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/perca

**Bamboo** · 04-26-2008, 06:15 AM

Good job Ristin!
Moving up on the board.................

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#19
Below are some city names. Which one of them is least like the others and why?
London
Washington
Paris
Shanghai

**Ferris Bueller** · 04-26-2008, 06:31 AM

Shanghai. Several reasons: It's not the capitol city of a country. It's not a name that is doubled as a common person's name, and it's not only a city, but a province. It's also the only city not sharing the same spelling in english as it's native language (london and washington are spelled the same because english is native, and paris is spelled the same in both french and english)

Also, Washington, if referring to the District of Columbia, as it is not technically a city, but a district and not confined within any state, province, or other subdivision of national status. It's also the only city whose pronunciation contains more then two syllables.

Otherwise, all four share similar attributes: all four have a river running through them. All four have been or currently are the capitol city of a country, all four also share common city/town namesakes in the united states (yes, there are several places in the US called Shanghai, check google maps for "shanghai, USA"), and all four are widely regarded as cultural, political and economic mecca of their countries.

London is the only city name not containing the vowel A, vowel I, or consonant S.

Theres a lot more, but I dont feel like writing a 20 page article on why any one of these cities stands apart from the others.

**=DdogG=** · 04-26-2008, 01:08 PM

washington is the only one with more than 2 syllables

Icehawk217 · 04-26-2008, 01:21 PM

Paris has no repeated letters

**CingularDuality** · 04-26-2008, 02:02 PM

Heh... Looks like this one is too vague...

I would point out that the question is about the city names, not the actual cities. I suspect that Ferris' first paragraph and/or Ddogg's response are closest to the answer that we seek...

**Bamboo** · 04-26-2008, 10:13 PM

Yep, like Cingular said, guess this question was too vague. Ferris Bueller actually got their version of the correct answer right off. They were looking for the fact that it is not a capital city. Then he goes all out and comes up with other reasons.
But because it was so vague, I think DdogG deserves credit too because his is also correct.
And Icehawk, I'm sorry, but unless I am looking at it wrong, Washington, also has no repeat letters, but better luck next time.
So we will got with +1 for DdogG and Ferris

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DdogG +1
Ferris Bueller +1

Ok, time for another:

#20
John is 4 times as old as Mary was 2 years ago.
In 7 years, Mary will be as old as John is now.

How old are John and Mary now?

**=DdogG=** · 04-26-2008, 10:20 PM

john is 12 and Mary is 5

**Sir-Nerd** · 04-26-2008, 10:28 PM

John is 12 years old

Mary is 5 years old.

EDIT: DAMN

Acreo Aeneas · 04-26-2008, 11:54 PM

Heh, I'm still in the top 3. I'm surprised after another 4 pages I'm not at the bottom of the list.

I'll wait for the next riddle.

Icehawk217 · 04-27-2008, 12:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bamboo

And Icehawk, I'm sorry, but unless I am looking at it wrong, Washington, also has no repeat letters, but better luck next time.

WashiNgtoN

Double N

**MagnaCentipede** · 04-27-2008, 12:38 AM

Epic looking-at-it-wrong.

Unless you use the ng ligature, in which case it Washiŋton wouldn't be wroŋ at all.

**Sir-Nerd** · 04-28-2008, 12:05 AM

Bamboo we need another one.

**Bamboo** · 04-28-2008, 11:33 AM

Sorry guys, work kicked my butt last 2 days, and I fell asleep on the couch when I got home last night before checking in.
And Icehawk is correct, my bad. Was a bit blurry eyed when I did last post, so +1 to you as well.
And +1 for DdogG as well for the question above.

Scoreboard

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Acreo Aeneas +2
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DdogG +2

thegreatnardini +1
dave m +1
ScratchMonkey +1
Loraxe +1
CingularDuality +1
Icehawk217 +1
Ferris Bueller +1

To make up for my absence, I will do a question and a bonus question:

I will have to trust that no one will use the internet to try and find the answers to these 2 questions.
Agreed?

#21
The word MOUNTAINEER has just one real anagram in English. What is it.

#22
Fill in the blanks to come up with the names of major cities.

_ _ L _ A _ K _ _
_ Y _ _ C _ S _
_ _ F _ A L O
M _ _ T _ E _ _
_ _ P E _ A
W I _ _ _ N _ _ _ N
_ O U _ D _ R
_ _ A H A
S _ R _ S _ _ A

And just to make things interesting for our European brothers in arms...........you will need these included also:

B I _ _ _ N _ _ A M
H _ _ B _ R G
S T _ _ _ H _ L _

Good luck!

**Ferris Bueller** · 04-28-2008, 03:00 PM

#21: Enumeration.
#22: Filling in as I figure em out:
Milwaukee
Syracuse
Buffalo
Montreal
Topeka
Wilmington
Boulder
Omaha
Sarasota
Birmingham
Hamburg
Stockholm

Rocked.

04-25-2008, 10:09 PM	#76 (permalink)
Ristin Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Calgary Age: 25 Posts: 83	Re: How Smart Are You? well I'll take a stab at this PACER CAPER RECAP CRAPE and just in case PERCA, heck its in a dictionary http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/perca __________________ Team stacking Its all the 10th's fault 10th Tactical Guard Server Rules and SOP \| Kicked? Banned? READ THIS FIRST! Contact an Admin \| Nominate your teammates for a ribbon

04-26-2008, 06:15 AM	#77 (permalink)
Bamboo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: On the beach north of Jacksonville, NC Posts: 3,048	Re: How Smart Are You? Good job Ristin! Moving up on the board................. Scoreboard MagnaCentipede +7 War.mongeR1 +3 Acreo Aeneas +2 Ristin +2 thegreatnardini +1 dave m +1 ScratchMonkey +1 Loraxe +1 CingularDuality +1 #19 Below are some city names. Which one of them is least like the others and why? London Washington Paris Shanghai __________________ LINKS 10th Tactical Guard Server Rules and SOP * Kicked? Banned? READ THIS FIRST!* Contact an Admin * Nominate your teammates for a ribbon Stoop and you'll be stepped on; stand tall and you'll be shot at. -Carlos A. Urbizo-

04-26-2008, 06:31 AM	#78 (permalink)
Ferris Bueller Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Orlando, FL Age: 26 Posts: 4,965	Re: How Smart Are You? Shanghai. Several reasons: It's not the capitol city of a country. It's not a name that is doubled as a common person's name, and it's not only a city, but a province. It's also the only city not sharing the same spelling in english as it's native language (london and washington are spelled the same because english is native, and paris is spelled the same in both french and english) Also, Washington, if referring to the District of Columbia, as it is not technically a city, but a district and not confined within any state, province, or other subdivision of national status. It's also the only city whose pronunciation contains more then two syllables. Otherwise, all four share similar attributes: all four have a river running through them. All four have been or currently are the capitol city of a country, all four also share common city/town namesakes in the united states (yes, there are several places in the US called Shanghai, check google maps for "shanghai, USA"), and all four are widely regarded as cultural, political and economic mecca of their countries. London is the only city name not containing the vowel A, vowel I, or consonant S. Theres a lot more, but I dont feel like writing a 20 page article on why any one of these cities stands apart from the others. __________________ \|TG-6th\|Ferris Bueller Important TG Reading \| Support TG - Become a Supporting Member \| TacticalWiki - Your TG Guide Kicked/Banned? READ THIS FIRST! \| Complete list of TG Admins \| Think Someone Did A Good Job? Nominate Them For a Ribbon! Report Problem Players/Appeal Your Ban \| Learn TG - The TG Mentoring Program __________________ "Never underestimate the power of human stupidity." -Lazarus Long

04-26-2008, 01:08 PM	#79 (permalink)
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04-26-2008, 01:21 PM	#80 (permalink)
Icehawk217 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: New Jersey (refurbished is more like it) Posts: 231	Re: How Smart Are You? Paris has no repeated letters __________________ "Give a man a match and he'll be warm for a minute. Light the man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life"

04-26-2008, 02:02 PM	#81 (permalink)
CingularDuality Join Date: May 2003 Location: Dallas/Ft. Worth area of Texas, USA Age: 33 Posts: 16,815	Re: How Smart Are You? Heh... Looks like this one is too vague... I would point out that the question is about the city names, not the actual cities. I suspect that Ferris' first paragraph and/or Ddogg's response are closest to the answer that we seek... __________________ Become a supporting member! -- Shop at the Tactical Market! Take the world's smallest political quiz! "I was touched by His Noodly Appendage." TacticalGamer TX LAN/BBQ Veteran:

04-26-2008, 10:13 PM	#82 (permalink)
Bamboo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: On the beach north of Jacksonville, NC Posts: 3,048	Re: How Smart Are You? Yep, like Cingular said, guess this question was too vague. Ferris Bueller actually got their version of the correct answer right off. They were looking for the fact that it is not a capital city. Then he goes all out and comes up with other reasons. But because it was so vague, I think DdogG deserves credit too because his is also correct. And Icehawk, I'm sorry, but unless I am looking at it wrong, Washington, also has no repeat letters, but better luck next time. So we will got with +1 for DdogG and Ferris Scoreboard MagnaCentipede +7 War.mongeR1 +3 Acreo Aeneas +2 Ristin +2 thegreatnardini +1 dave m +1 ScratchMonkey +1 Loraxe +1 CingularDuality +1 DdogG +1 Ferris Bueller +1 Ok, time for another: #20 John is 4 times as old as Mary was 2 years ago. In 7 years, Mary will be as old as John is now. How old are John and Mary now? __________________ LINKS 10th Tactical Guard Server Rules and SOP * Kicked? Banned? READ THIS FIRST!* Contact an Admin * Nominate your teammates for a ribbon Stoop and you'll be stepped on; stand tall and you'll be shot at. -Carlos A. Urbizo-

04-26-2008, 10:20 PM	#83 (permalink)
=DdogG= Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ennis, TX Age: 31 Posts: 1,692	Re: How Smart Are You? john is 12 and Mary is 5 __________________ Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -Albert Einstein The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity. -Harlan Ellison If all else fails: "rm -rf /"

04-26-2008, 10:28 PM	#84 (permalink)
Sir-Nerd Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: In the middle of North Ohio Posts: 1,008	Re: How Smart Are You? John is 12 years old Mary is 5 years old. EDIT: DAMN __________________ NOW POWERED BY WINDOWS VISTA 64BIT!!! When you can't run anymore, you crawl and when you can't do that, you find someone to carry you. Last edited by Sir-Nerd; 04-26-2008 at 10:28 PM. Reason: DAMN

04-26-2008, 11:54 PM	#85 (permalink)
Acreo Aeneas Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: DePaul University (Chicago) Age: 22 Posts: 4,021	Re: How Smart Are You? Heh, I'm still in the top 3. I'm surprised after another 4 pages I'm not at the bottom of the list. I'll wait for the next riddle. __________________ Acreo_Aeneas Former 9th Member "People usually see me and ask if I speak Chinese. I respond by asking if they speak American." "Tomorrow's high-end tech today? Why bother, it'll be old when tomorrow arrives anyways."

04-27-2008, 12:38 AM	#87 (permalink)
MagnaCentipede Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,946	Re: How Smart Are You? Epic looking-at-it-wrong. Unless you use the ng ligature, in which case it Washiŋton wouldn't be wroŋ at all. __________________

04-28-2008, 12:05 AM	#88 (permalink)
Sir-Nerd Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: In the middle of North Ohio Posts: 1,008	Re: How Smart Are You? Bamboo we need another one. __________________ NOW POWERED BY WINDOWS VISTA 64BIT!!! When you can't run anymore, you crawl and when you can't do that, you find someone to carry you.

04-28-2008, 11:33 AM	#89 (permalink)
Bamboo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: On the beach north of Jacksonville, NC Posts: 3,048	Re: How Smart Are You? Sorry guys, work kicked my butt last 2 days, and I fell asleep on the couch when I got home last night before checking in. And Icehawk is correct, my bad. Was a bit blurry eyed when I did last post, so +1 to you as well. And +1 for DdogG as well for the question above. Scoreboard MagnaCentipede +7 War.mongeR1 +3 Acreo Aeneas +2 Ristin +2 DdogG +2 thegreatnardini +1 dave m +1 ScratchMonkey +1 Loraxe +1 CingularDuality +1 Icehawk217 +1 Ferris Bueller +1 To make up for my absence, I will do a question and a bonus question: I will have to trust that no one will use the internet to try and find the answers to these 2 questions. Agreed? #21 The word MOUNTAINEER has just one real anagram in English. What is it. #22 Fill in the blanks to come up with the names of major cities. _ _ L _ A _ K _ _ _ Y _ _ C _ S _ _ _ F _ A L O M _ _ T _ E _ _ _ _ P E _ A W I _ _ _ N _ _ _ N _ O U _ D _ R _ _ A H A S _ R _ S _ _ A And just to make things interesting for our European brothers in arms...........you will need these included also: B I _ _ _ N _ _ A M H _ _ B _ R G S T _ _ _ H _ L _ Good luck! __________________ LINKS 10th Tactical Guard Server Rules and SOP * Kicked? Banned? READ THIS FIRST!* Contact an Admin * Nominate your teammates for a ribbon Stoop and you'll be stepped on; stand tall and you'll be shot at. -Carlos A. Urbizo-

04-28-2008, 03:00 PM	#90 (permalink)
Ferris Bueller Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Orlando, FL Age: 26 Posts: 4,965	Re: How Smart Are You? #21: Enumeration. #22: Filling in as I figure em out: Milwaukee Syracuse Buffalo Montreal Topeka Wilmington Boulder Omaha Sarasota Birmingham Hamburg Stockholm Rocked. __________________ \|TG-6th\|Ferris Bueller Important TG Reading \| Support TG - Become a Supporting Member \| TacticalWiki - Your TG Guide Kicked/Banned? READ THIS FIRST! \| Complete list of TG Admins \| Think Someone Did A Good Job? Nominate Them For a Ribbon! Report Problem Players/Appeal Your Ban \| Learn TG - The TG Mentoring Program __________________ "Never underestimate the power of human stupidity." -Lazarus Long Last edited by Ferris Bueller; 04-28-2008 at 03:20 PM.

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