Common Answers - Africa's the answer, what's the question
Kevin Stone
I've just thought of a new question for a Common Answers on BrainBashers,
and one potential answer bought a smile to my face.
For the uninitiated the object of the contest is to second guess everyone
else and enter the answer you think everyone else will enter.
One potential answer is Africa, so what was the question that made me
smile?
I will run it as a genuine question in Sept or Oct, so an OB puzzle is how
many people will enter Africa as their genuine answer? Discounting anyone
who has read this thread.
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Kev
Richard Heathfield
> Hi,
>
> I've just thought of a new question for a Common Answers on BrainBashers,
> and one potential answer bought a smile to my face.
>
> For the uninitiated the object of the contest is to second guess everyone
> else and enter the answer you think everyone else will enter.
>
> One potential answer is Africa, so what was the question that made me
> smile?
1. Name a six-letter word beginning and ending in A.
2. Name a continent containing an independent nation state that has the
continent's name as a constituent.
3. Name a region of the globe that straddles the equator.
4. Name a continent containing at least 25 independent nation states.
5. Name a place where diamonds are mined.
6. Name a contiguous landmass covering at least 7,000,000 square miles.
7. Name a brand of deodorant.
8. Name a Toto hit.
9. Name a poem by Petrarch.
10. Name an asteroid.
> I will run it as a genuine question in Sept or Oct, so an OB puzzle is how
> many people will enter Africa as their genuine answer? Discounting anyone
> who has read this thread.
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Kevin Stone
>> smile?
It made me smile...why?
> 1. Name a six-letter word beginning and ending in A.
> 2. Name a continent containing an independent nation state that has the
> continent's name as a constituent.
> 3. Name a region of the globe that straddles the equator.
> 4. Name a continent containing at least 25 independent nation states.
> 5. Name a place where diamonds are mined.
> 6. Name a contiguous landmass covering at least 7,000,000 square miles.
> 7. Name a brand of deodorant.
> 8. Name a Toto hit.
> 9. Name a poem by Petrarch.
> 10. Name an asteroid.
Not what I was thinking...
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Kev
David
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> Hi,
>
> I've just thought of a new question for a Common Answers on BrainBashers,
> and one potential answer bought a smile to my face.
>
> For the uninitiated the object of the contest is to second guess everyone
> else and enter the answer you think everyone else will enter.
>
> One potential answer is Africa, so what was the question that made me
> smile?
Well having read some of the answers given in the past, how about :
Name a country in Europe.
:o)
Kevin Stone
>> I've just thought of a new question for a Common Answers on BrainBashers,
>> and one potential answer bought a smile to my face.
> Name a country in Europe.
Would it make me smile though? Nope.
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Kev
David
Have you no sense of humor?
Kevin Stone
>>
>> Would it make me smile though? Nope.
>
> Have you no sense of humor?
Is this a funny wrong answer though? Not as good as the one I'm after me
thinks.
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Kev
David Breton
Name a country who hosted a World Cup.
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Kevin Stone
>> I've just thought of a new question for a Common Answers on BrainBashers,
>> and one potential answer bought a smile to my face.
> Name a country who hosted a World Cup.
Africa is a plausible, if incorrect answer, but is it amusing?
--
Kev
susan
Name somewhere, other than the USofA where an American President was born.
Carl G.
How am I Ghana answer this? I Congo with some cheap puns. ;-)
Name something that has a cape and flies. ("flies" is a tsetse-weenie hint.)
Name a place that many people have Benin.
Name the location of an internet Chad room.
Name a country know for fast food that is often Togo.
Name something held together by spot veldts.
Name a place known for its pyramid schemes at one extreme, good hope at the
other, and is full of denial.
Name the point where two lions meet.
Name someplace where they Madagascar that's cheaper than the best-selling
Sudan (Angola a lot further on a tank of gas).
Kenya think of some more?
Carl G.
Sjouke Burry
Which continent is totally devoid of honest government?
swp
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Kevin Stone
> and one potential answer bought a smile to my face.
A question where Africa is clearly wrong...
But you can understand why they might have answered Africa.
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Kev
Kevin Stone
>> and one potential answer bought a smile to my face.
> How am I Ghana answer this? I Congo with some cheap puns. ;-)
>
> Name something that has a cape and flies. ("flies" is a tsetse-weenie
> hint.)
> Name a place that many people have Benin.
> Name the location of an internet Chad room.
> Name a country know for fast food that is often Togo.
> Name something held together by spot veldts.
> Name a place known for its pyramid schemes at one extreme, good hope at
> the other, and is full of denial.
> Name the point where two lions meet.
> Name someplace where they Madagascar that's cheaper than the best-selling
> Sudan (Angola a lot further on a tank of gas).
>
> Kenya think of some more?
Very good...
But my question's not in that list.
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Kev
Eric Sosman
Antarctica.
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Robin Halligan
Having seen some of the answers
Name a country other than Africa.
Kevin Stone
>>> BrainBashers,
>>> and one potential answer bought a smile to my face.
> Having seen some of the answers
>
> Name a country other than Africa.
Nope...
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Kev
J Burns
> One potential answer is Africa, so what was the question that made me
> smile?
Where's Cape Horn?
Alan Morgan
If you are Sarah Palin it's not even an incorrect answer (supposedly).
Alan
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humunculus
What is the most common 'incorrect answer' given to a Common Answers
question?
--riverman
humunculus
Or how about "Give a wrong answer"
--riverman
Kevin Stone
>> and one potential answer bought a smile to my face.
> What is the most common 'incorrect answer' given to a Common Answers
> question?
I think we're all missing the point, it's amusing because it's a totally
incorrect answer.
Think laterally.
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Kev
Eric Sosman
"What place name is the least likely to make Kevin smile?"
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David
> smile?
>
This reminds me of a conversation once had by my son and his cousin.
They were talking about 'Super Soakers' and discussing which was the best.
One said to the other :
'My favourite is the Super Soaker 3000'
'Yeah, but that's only out in Africa'
'Yeah'
I was in stitches :o)
They were very young.
So you can second guess my second guess.
D
LDC
<newsa...@hotpop.com> wrote:
>
>I think we're all missing the point, it's amusing because it's a totally
>incorrect answer.
Yea, we all missed that point because you never told us. What you
did say is that Africa is a potential answer. If it is an incorrect
answer, it is a potential answer to ANY question.
Kevin Stone
>>incorrect answer.
>
> Yea, we all missed that point because you never told us
But I did, sort of...
If Africa was a valid answer, why would it make me smile?
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Kev
David
news:3gqb36l15kh48fjpb...@4ax.com...
> Yea, we all missed that point because you never told us.
No we didn't.
LDC
For the obvious irony that you were finally asking a question to
which Africa would be correct. As I said, since it is an incorrect
answer, your puzzle is pointless; the question could be anything.
You might just as well ask "guess what makes me smile."
LDC
wrote:
Point taken David. I should have said "many" rather than "we all."
Mea culpa.
J Burns
Kevin Stone
> answer, your puzzle is pointless; the question could be anything.
Not at all...
What question might I ask, to which Africa is an incorrect answer, but in
light of Africa being an incorrect answer for another previous question,
would in this case make me smile? Specifically it's Africa that will cause
the amusement, and no other answer could possibly do so.
And when I reveal the answer, I know for certain that a few of the regulars
will certainly groan, if not smile.
:)
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Kev
Richard Heathfield
>> As I said, since it is an incorrect
>> answer, your puzzle is pointless; the question could be anything.
>
> Not at all...
>
> What question might I ask, to which Africa is an incorrect answer, but in
> light of Africa being an incorrect answer for another previous question,
> would in this case make me smile?
That's a tricky question, but I think I have the right answer:
Africa.
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Kevin Stone
>
> Africa.
:)
We're half way there then. In fact, we're only one word missing (clue
given).
Name a ?
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Kev
humunculus
Country?
--riverman
Kevin Stone
>> given).
>>
>> Name a ?
> Country?
Aaaaaaaagh!
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Kev
Richard Heathfield
Name an African.
Kevin Stone
> and one potential answer bought a smile to my face.
I give up...
Here is the answer...
Scroll down....
Scroll down....
Scroll down....
Scroll down....
Question = Name a condiment.
Answer = Africa
Be honest now, you're smiling aren't you?
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Kev
Eric Sosman
>> I've just thought of a new question for a Common Answers on BrainBashers,
>> and one potential answer bought a smile to my face.
>
> I give up...
> Question = [Too silly to repeat, after all this overblown build-up]
> Answer = Africa
>
> Be honest now, you're smiling aren't you?
No, truly not. Parturient montes: nascetur ridiculus mus.
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Eric Sosman
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Mark Brader
> Be honest now, you're smiling aren't you?
buildup... but I laughed. Nice!
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m...@vex.net -- Doug Gwyn
Kevin Stone
>
> Well, I didn't *expect* to after the whole "guess my sense of humor"
> buildup... but I laughed. Nice!
Thanks...
I've had 4 days of smiling at this, and I look forward to Sept when it runs
as a question.
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Kev
Richard Heathfield
> On 7/8/2010 6:11 PM, Kevin Stone wrote:
>>> I've just thought of a new question for a Common Answers on
>>> BrainBashers,
>>> and one potential answer bought a smile to my face.
>>
>> I give up...
>> [...]
>> Question = [Too silly to repeat, after all this overblown build-up]
>> Answer = Africa
>>
>> Be honest now, you're smiling aren't you?
>
> No, truly not. Parturient montes: nascetur ridiculus mus.
Valde verus. Ars longa; vita brevis.
George Weinberg
> Hi,
>
> I've just thought of a new question for a Common Answers on
> BrainBashers, and one potential answer bought a smile to my face.
>
> For the uninitiated the object of the contest is to second guess
> everyone else and enter the answer you think everyone else will enter.
>
> One potential answer is Africa, so what was the question that made
> me
> smile?
>
> I will run it as a genuine question in Sept or Oct, so an OB puzzle is
> how many people will enter Africa as their genuine answer? Discounting
> anyone who has read this thread.
>
As I recall, Africa was the number 1 answer to "name a hot country".
Here are some other wrong winners, obpuzzle is to guess or remember the
question:
Penut
Spider
51
there were a bunch of others, but those were the most memorable.
George
swp
wrote:
> "Kevin Stone" <newsacco...@hotpop.com> wrote innews:aeKdnbzs8LZ1nKzR...@bt.com:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Hi,
>
> > I've just thought of a new question for a Common Answers on
> > BrainBashers, and one potential answer bought a smile to my face.
>
> > For the uninitiated the object of the contest is to second guess
> > everyone else and enter the answer you think everyone else will enter.
>
> > One potential answer is Africa, so what was the question that made
> > me
> > smile?
>
> > I will run it as a genuine question in Sept or Oct, so an OB puzzle is
> > how many people will enter Africa as their genuine answer? Discounting
> > anyone who has read this thread.
>
> As I recall, Africa was the number 1 answer to "name a hot country".
>
> Here are some other wrong winners, obpuzzle is to guess or remember the
> question:
>
> Penut
name a vegetable
> Spider
name an insect
> 51
name a prime number over 50
> there were a bunch of others, but those were the most memorable.
>
> George
swp
Matthew Russotto
>>> and one potential answer bought a smile to my face.
>
>
>Africa is a plausible, if incorrect answer, but is it amusing?
AFRICA is always an amusing answer.
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someone with less ability and more need.
humunculus
wrote:
> "Kevin Stone" <newsacco...@hotpop.com> wrote innews:aeKdnbzs8LZ1nKzR...@bt.com:
What about "how many eggs does a chicken lay?"
--riverman