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Title: Pointless US State quiz Post by: Claw75 on December 27, 2012, 08:25:58 PM From the book "The 100 Most Pointless Things in the World" by Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman.
We spent a good hour on this this afternoon - it's ridic hard even when you already know all the answers in advance. Richard Osman wrote this one, which he describes as his 'fifty geeky wordplay clues to the fifty us states'. 'some are anagrams, some are crypic, but most are just weak puns'. I managed 22..... 1. Heavy laundry 2. Something's missing from my shed 3. A feelm weeth James Caan 4. A Chiming Mess 5. specialist subject - 'Only Fools and Horses' 6. Honour among thieves 7. Horsehair 8. sick badger 9. sick badgers 10. Derby County 11. Heaven with a heavy cold 12. Cole and Solskjaer both did 13. Two things you might need for a PhD 14. Expliding Osmannite! 15. Tweed proprietor 16. Nothing greeting nothing 17. Tiny snake in German/French mountain 18. Get prisoners to their cells quickly 19. Motorway Man 20. .....and I'll fetch the gravel 21. Smilie's cruise ship 22. Vorderman's cruise ship 23. I can't understand why you can't be more merciful [claw edit - this one is pure genius!] 24. Breaks an' breaks 25. Mum lent me £20 26. I wonder if Mum will lend me another £20 27. Smash a frail icon 28. Switch off saw 29. Boo! your mandible is rubbish! 30. Walsh date Ford 31. Nicolas Sarkozy's sunbed 32. Hbneswlug 33. Virgin theme park 34. Oxicemo 35. Noah's Christmas list 36. Revisit Wigan in disguise 37. Bring back Bergerac! 38. Carreras 39. What posh people don't like paying 40. Jack eats a pavlova 41. The bottom of a tin 42. Arrest our spending 43. T A 44. D A 45. Fine French Writer 46. Andover and over 47. Never heard a thing 48. More ruddy 49. Pines for Neil Pye 50. Aah! wii broken! Title: Re: Pointless US State quiz Post by: TightEnd on December 27, 2012, 08:29:34 PM clears diary :-)
sounds my sort of book that! Title: Re: Pointless US State quiz Post by: Claw75 on December 27, 2012, 08:30:33 PM clears diary :-) sounds my sort of book that! Haha - I had you and Andrew in particular in mind when posting - it's a very good book. I also now own the pointless board game :D Title: Re: Pointless US State quiz Post by: Tal on December 27, 2012, 08:55:04 PM Just laughed out loud at 29!
Title: Re: Pointless US State quiz Post by: tikay on December 27, 2012, 09:15:02 PM Damn you Claire, I can't get any.
Don't tell me, I'll have a dither. PS - Merry New Year. Title: Re: Pointless US State quiz Post by: tikay on December 27, 2012, 09:45:51 PM Bear with me, got one......
Title: Re: Pointless US State quiz Post by: EvilPie on December 27, 2012, 11:39:36 PM |