One quiz at a time
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A meat cleaver?
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A marrow spoon.
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2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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Hint:
The gadget relates to a crustacian and to the french revolution.
The gadget relates to a crustacian and to the french revolution.
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The correct answer is of course a Lobster Guillotine.
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Well I wouldn't have guessed that!
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I know we essentially let this thread die, but a quiz question occurred to me today which I couldn't resist asking, especially for the mathematicians amongst us.
A simple question. What is the next number in this series, and why?
88, 92, 95, 97, 99, 102, 107...
A simple question. What is the next number in this series, and why?
88, 92, 95, 97, 99, 102, 107...
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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I'll give a clue. The next number is 111.
Any ideas why?
Any ideas why?
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
Re: One quiz at a time
Are these the bottle/Selo numbers on a case of Port you own?
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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Is it number of years since general declarations working backwards from 1931?
i.e.
1931 = 88 (years ago)
1927 = 92,
1924 = 95,
1922 = 97,
1920 = 99,
1917 = 102,
1912 = 107...
Next three in sequence would presumably be
1908 = 111,
1904 = 115,
1900 = 119
i.e.
1931 = 88 (years ago)
1927 = 92,
1924 = 95,
1922 = 97,
1920 = 99,
1917 = 102,
1912 = 107...
Next three in sequence would presumably be
1908 = 111,
1904 = 115,
1900 = 119
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If those numbers don't relate to those years I would agree; though the reason itself might not be quite right - rather than general declaration years, it might relate to a specific producer, or to a specific tasting that Alex has/will attend this year, for example.
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Phil’s not wrong. I was looking at the general declaration vintages as they approached their centenary and that gave me the sequence.
Doff hat to Phil for getting it.
Doff hat to Phil for getting it.
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2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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What obscure 2011 Port am I now drinking?
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Messiasjdaw1 wrote:What obscure 2011 Port am I now drinking?
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Maybe one could argue that Messias is obscure. Maybe. It doesn’t have a chapter in the book, which could be part of a definition.Andy Velebil wrote: ↑01:00 Fri 13 Mar 2020Messiasjdaw1 wrote:What obscure 2011 Port am I now drinking?
But no, not Messias.
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Quinta d. Popa?
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Naughty. You aren’t allowed two consecutive guesses. That isn’t the game. You can’t guess yet.
Maybe I could give the clue that if somebody else had guessed this, it would have been wrong. But you can’t guess.
jdaw1 wrote: ↑01:57 Wed 08 Apr 2009{If you get it right, you then have to pose an equally useless but guessable question. If you guess wrong, you can’t guess again until somebody else has had a guess, or until a new question is posed (which would happen because a previous guess is marked ‘correct’).}