a little quiz for smart people

jmd · 30-07-2007

See if you can figure out what these words have in common.

1 Banana
2 Dresser
3 Grammar
4 Potato
5 Revive
6 Uneven
7 Assess
result will be posted sometime later [if due to my age should forget please feel free to pm me!]
No, it is not that they all have at least 2 double letters.
ps poppy already knows so she is excluded from this quiz!

Spider · 05-04-2007

They all feature in a quiz that was set on Sunday the 19th October at 16:45 precisely

jmd · 30-07-2007

Sorry Spider - you are wrong!

Gus · 31-07-2007

With google everyone is smart, its an easy search for that answer

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Report to Moderator · ‎20-10-2008

Seriously Gus - you need Google to help you with that?
Can we have a quiz with a tricky question next time please?
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jmd · 30-07-2007

Why? Do you know the answer James G?
I have had various incorrect responses and 1 correct one by PM so far!

Report to Moderator · ‎20-10-2008

Remove the first letter, and the remaining letters of each word are palindromes.
Whether its the answer you are looking for or not, you must concede that it is a correct answer to the request you made.

jmd · 30-07-2007

Answer:
In all of the words listed, if you take the first letter, place it at the end of the word, and then spell the word backwards, it will be the same word.
Did you figure it out?

Report to Moderator · ‎20-10-2008

You could have just agreed I was right - never mind though, I don't mind.
Who also joins the hall of fame? Who was the only correct PM respondent?

petlew · 30-08-2007

Worked out it was a palindrome without the first letter (marked wrong!!) (although I incorrectly called it a mnemonic)
Also noted that with the first letter deleted the remaining palindrome's were not any kind of anagram, none of them re-arranged to any other word in English -unless you know better?- (also marked wrong!!!)

Experience; is something you gain, just after you needed it most.

When faced with two choices, simply toss a coin. It works not because it settles the question for you. But because in that brief moment while the coin is in the air. You suddenly know what you are hoping for.

jmd · 30-07-2007

4candles was the first and only correct PM I received! so he is a "smart" person!!

petlew · 30-08-2007

Well done 4 (perhaps should be 5 now) candles.
Oh, and Josie for setting it.

Experience; is something you gain, just after you needed it most.

When faced with two choices, simply toss a coin. It works not because it settles the question for you. But because in that brief moment while the coin is in the air. You suddenly know what you are hoping for.

198kHz · 30-07-2008

[blush]

Quote from: Petlew
Well done 4 (perhaps should be 5 now) candles.

Three more like

Confession time I guess - it had me totally snookered so I googled it.

Remember you are unique - just like everyone else

Report to Moderator · ‎20-10-2008

So I was the only one to get it right without Googling. (Although I will confess to checking the spelling of Palindrome online)
Does that win me a prize then?
I seriously thought it was pretty obvious as soon as I saw the words.
I always suspected I was slightly different

geewizz · 01-08-2007

I got it without googling too, although I decided not to post after cheating by looking up the spelling of palindrome.
Hey James, it's a great view from up here on the moral high ground.