Question of the day

[MarkMas]

You also appear to have expanded the scope of your original question.

Well, there ave to be some bonus points to be won!

 

[MarkMas]

You also appear to have expanded the scope of your original question.

Now I'm going to narrow the question, which might provide a clue:

There are currently over 100 universities in England. How many of these were founded between 1249 and 1831?

(Oxford was 1167 or 1248, Cambridge was 1209, 1226 or 1231 (depending on how you measure it) and Durham (Navcorr) was 1832.)

 

[MrMickS]

Total stab in the dark and don't ask me to name anyway. I'm thinking along the lines of Cathedral Cities and other Cities of some age. Based on that I'm going say 13

 

[CatmanV2]

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None?
C

 

[MarkMas]

None?
C

You got it! Basically Oxford and Cambridge managed to suppress all other potential English universities.

 

[CatmanV2]

You got it! Basically Oxford and Cambridge managed to suppress all other potential English universities.

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According to Greek mythology, who was the first woman on Earth?


Balls again. Already asked this. Will think on

C

 

[CatmanV2]

What happens to a hippo's sweat when the hippo becomes upset?


C

 

[allandwf]

Does it change colour?

 

[MarkMas]

Does it turn to glitter?

 

[CatmanV2]

Does it change colour?

It does. Can you be a bit more specific, just out of curiosity?

Does it turn to glitter?

If it did, then we could identify the hippo post the stamping

C

 

[MarkMas]

It does. Can you be a bit more specific, just out of curiosity? C

I think some creatures do actually sweat blood, so red, I suppose.

 

[allandwf]

Wild guess, I think. Although may be a memory from years ago, I'll go with blue, although pink or red would be the obvious answer.

 

[Navcorr]

It does. Can you be a bit more specific, just out of curiosity?

C

Red and yellow and pink and green,
Purple and orange and blue

But only if the hippo is called George

 

[CatmanV2]

Wild guess, I think. Although may be a memory from years ago, I'll go with blue, although pink or red would be the obvious answer.

It is red, in fact. Well done

Red and yellow and pink and green,
Purple and orange and blue

But only if the hippo is called George

Shut it, Bungle or Zipee will be having words

C

 

[spkennyuk]

Your question allandwf.

 

[allandwf]

A quick fire one as heading back to work. What is the difference between a pipe and a tube?

 

[2b1ask1]

Pipe is drawn, tube is rolled?

(If I'm right, anyone can set a question as in no position to set one just now)

 

[allandwf]

Luckily your wrong , you can have drawn and rolled tube.

 

[spkennyuk]

You can smoke a pipe

At a guess it something to do with the thickness of the wall of the material used.

Tubes being thinner overall for the same internal diameter. Pipes tending to have thicker stronger walls.

 

[MrPea]

It would sound a bit strange to refer to a fluid being "tubed" but we'd always refer to pipework for carrying a fluid. Water pipes, gas pipes, drain pipes etc.
But then, we refer to a tube of toothpaste.
So, maybe a pipe has a flow through it and a tube is meant to contain?