So how many of these questions would you have got correct?
So how many of these questions would you have got correct?
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Flat in Fifth

Original Poster:

48,997 posts

282 months

Thursday 23rd February 2006
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www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,173-2053689,00.html

Q1 How many yards in a mile?

Q2 70 mph = how many kph?

Q3 How many litres in a gallon?

:geek:
Reckon if asked I would have had 3 out of 3, but then I admit to being an old pharte.

sleep envy

62,260 posts

280 months

Thursday 23rd February 2006
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3/3 for this young phart but I have to use imperial to metric conversions at work

Wildfire

9,951 posts

283 months

Thursday 23rd February 2006
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Q1. No idea
Q2. Approx 110, or there abouts
Q3. 4.5 Litres in a UK Gallon

Corpulent Tosser

5,468 posts

276 months

Thursday 23rd February 2006
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Flat in Fifth said:
www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,173-2053689,00.html

Q1 How many yards in a mile?

Q2 70 mph = how many kph?

Q3 How many litres in a gallon?

:geek:
Reckon if asked I would have had 3 out of 3, but then I admit to being an old pharte.


3/3 no bother to an old guy

>> Edited by Corpulent Tosser on Thursday 23 February 13:22

Corpulent Tosser

5,468 posts

276 months

Thursday 23rd February 2006
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1760
112
4.5

FourWheelDrift

92,387 posts

315 months

Thursday 23rd February 2006
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2 out of 3, no idea about yards, aren't they some sort of small back garden?

Mrs Fish

30,018 posts

289 months

Thursday 23rd February 2006
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No idea
No idea
No idea

pdV6

16,442 posts

292 months

Thursday 23rd February 2006
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1. No idea
2. 110ish
3. 4.54

mrs trackside

9,299 posts

264 months

Thursday 23rd February 2006
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Mrs Fish said:
No idea
No idea
No idea


Me too.

Moral of this thread : ask a bloke to work it out for you

falcemob

8,248 posts

267 months

Thursday 23rd February 2006
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1: 1760

2: 112.65

3: 4.54609

I knew the first and third but had to get the calc out for the second.

L100NYY

36,830 posts

274 months

Thursday 23rd February 2006
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mrs trackside said:
Mrs Fish said:
No idea
No idea
No idea


Me too.

Moral of this thread : ask a bloke to work it out for you


Not me though, I didn't have a clue!

minimax

11,985 posts

287 months

Thursday 23rd February 2006
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Wildfire said:
Q1. No idea
Q2. Approx 110, or there abouts
Q3. 4.5 Litres in a UK Gallon


2 out of 3 for me.

112km/p/h = 70 mph and 4.54 litres in a gallon

B17NNS

18,506 posts

278 months

Thursday 23rd February 2006
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Mrs Fish said:
No idea
No idea
No idea



I'm with her ^^^

steveherb

250 posts

268 months

Thursday 23rd February 2006
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Bloody kids, know nowt, do nowt. Me? I got all three correct

staceyb

7,107 posts

255 months

Thursday 23rd February 2006
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Not a foggiest

Not a foggiest

Not a foggiest

Thats bad

steveherb

250 posts

268 months

Thursday 23rd February 2006
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staceyb said:
Not a foggiest

Not a foggiest

Not a foggiest

Thats bad


I rest my case, see above above!

flossythepig

4,143 posts

274 months

Thursday 23rd February 2006
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Corpulent Tosser said:
3/3 no bother to an old guy


or an even older one (but then I can remember beer at 1/10)

Hugh

paulhol

482 posts

272 months

Thursday 23rd February 2006
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1: not a clue
2: just over 110
3: about 4.5

Jinx

12,023 posts

291 months

Thursday 23rd February 2006
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Q1 How many yards in a mile?

Q2 70 mph = how many kph?

Q3 How many litres in a gallon?

1760

112.6541 or there abouts

4.546092 if its a UK gallon 3.785412 if it's a US gallon

TangoAlpha

1,175 posts

285 months

Thursday 23rd February 2006
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I'd have got all three right, but only if plus/minus 10% would have been acceptable