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Chit-Chat / Your Interests Talk about your interests, ambitions, obsessions. Make friends over common interests - soccer, poetry or rock bands. It's time to lay back and relax, you don't have to make sense.

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Hints for the teasers - 18-12-2004, 07:54 PM

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Hi guys!
A bunch of teasers for ya!

1) Who would be described thus: Born in India, played for England, banned in West Indies for playing in South Africa. (one of da most borin comms I no!)
(hint: a very boring commentator. maybe jill would like him?)

2) Which cricketer (prob 1st of many) required "psychiatric help" after facing Lillee for the first time?
(Hint: "Smokie" on his bracelet)


3) Am a hard core Steve Waugh fan. (undoubtedly the best batsman of this generation, in terms of effectiveness!) this ones for hard core waugh fans: How many tests did Steve Waugh win as captain in Sri Lanka?
(Oh! sama! Come on, this one's a dead giveaway.)


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Re: Hints for the teasers - 18-12-2004, 08:08 PM

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3) Am a hard core Steve Waugh fan. (undoubtedly the best batsman of this generation, in terms of effectiveness!) this ones for hard core waugh fans: How many tests did Steve Waugh win as captain in Sri Lanka?
(Oh! sama! Come on, this one's a dead giveaway.)
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zero ??


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some more... - 18-12-2004, 09:08 PM

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if 12 S of a Z means: 12 signs of a zodiac then what do the following mean:
3 W on a T
13 S in the U S F
13 stripes in the united states flag.
hey u guys r gr8... heres somemore...
15 M on a D M C
9 P in S A
13 L in a B D
3 B M (see how they run)
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Re: some more... - 18-12-2004, 09:21 PM

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if 12 S of a Z means: 12 signs of a zodiac then what do the following mean:
3 W on a T
13 S in the U S F
13 stripes in the united states flag.
hey u guys r gr8... heres somemore...
15 M on a D M C
9 P in S A
13 L in a B D
3 B M (see how they run)
hi,

15 M on a DMC---15 men on a dead man's chest : (btw can any one tell wat does that mean...i read it somewhere but dont know wat it is !!!)
9 P in S A----9 provinces in south africa(sure abt this)
13 L in a B D----13 Loaves in a Baker's dozen( sure abt this too)
3 B M---well let me give chance to others !!!


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Re: some more... - 18-12-2004, 09:27 PM

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15 M on a DMC---15 men on a dead man's chest : (btw can any one tell wat does that mean...i read it somewhere but dont know wat it is !!!)
it goes like this:

15 men on a dead man's chest
and a bottle of rum . ho ho !! (or something like that)

its from the pirates' song in 'Treasure Island' by R.L.Stevenson

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Re: Hints for the teasers - 18-12-2004, 09:29 PM

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Hi guys!
A bunch of teasers for ya!

1) Who would be described thus: Born in India, played for England, banned in West Indies for playing in South Africa. (one of da most borin comms I no!)
(hint: a very boring commentator. maybe jill would like him?)

2) Which cricketer (prob 1st of many) required "psychiatric help" after facing Lillee for the first time?
(Hint: "Smokie" on his bracelet)


3) Am a hard core Steve Waugh fan. (undoubtedly the best batsman of this generation, in terms of effectiveness!) this ones for hard core waugh fans: How many tests did Steve Waugh win as captain in Sri Lanka?
(Oh! sama! Come on, this one's a dead giveaway.)
1) Barry Richards : or Robin Jackman is it??...but i will go with Barry Richards( only i can think of only this two for boring commentators..yeah other than the su***** team of fourth empire )

2)Dont Know :(

3) Me also a huge fan of stephen waugh.... feeling ashamed that i dont know abt my favourite player ...well let me guess..Zero :


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18-12-2004, 09:37 PM

hi,

let me continue with some more cricket questins:
1)three players recieved the MOM awards against australia in the 2003 world cup even though their teams lost the matches...name all the three

2)Rudi Van Vuren, the namibain seamer represented his country at one more sport..which one?

3)which cricketer ended the 2003 world cup with an batting average of 116(dont remember the exact figs) and bowling average of 18..xx.?

well i think all of them are easy ones....will come back with some tugher ones next time..cya all..till then happy quizzing

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18-12-2004, 09:46 PM

1.which is the only state in India that doesn't ve a movie theater?

2.who said this: " genius is 1% inspiration and 99%perspiration"?

3.which is the longest word that can be formed using the top row of the typewriter?
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2.who said this: " genius is 1% inspiration and 99%perspiration"?
thomas edison

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one more... - 18-12-2004, 09:50 PM

Sometimes, all you need to invent something is a good imagination and a pile of junk....

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