The Sunday Afternoon Puzzle!

[lspencer534]

Yep, it's that time again! Grab the mandatory beer...and no Googling!

1. I was driving through Kansas on a beautiful afternoon when I noticed that the crop on my left was green, and the crop on my right was yellow. But they were the same crop! Planted at the same time, too. How do you explain this? And what was the crop?

2. In 1951 many people in this Country died from this common ailment. In 1952 no one died from this ailment. What was the ailment, and why did no one die from it in 1952?

3. What TV character drove this car? What is the year, make, and model of the car?

http://i702.photobucket.com/albums/ww22/lspencer534/colombocar.jpg

4. What is/was the shortest day this year?

5. One of these three sentences has a mistake in it. What is it?: "A recent space shuttle mission almost ended in disaster. While the shuttle and the International Space Station were docking, the two crafts almost collided. A quick-thinking crew member saved the day."

6. Old cars had two of them; now you can't get them on any car, even a Rolls. You still see a few on SUVs and trucks, but no car has them. What are they?

7. Would you let this girl work on your plumbing?

http://i702.photobucket.com/albums/ww22/lspencer534/valvegirl.jpg

[DAB]

:hurray::hurray:

first in?

brb with wrong answers

[lspencer534]

:hurray::hurray:

first in?

brb with wrong answers

You are correct! You're first in....

[xXBUDXx]

She needs proper eye protection. My plumbing is under extreme pressure.

[GS Ragtop]

1. Sunflowers (turning towards the sun)

2. Polio - cure found

3. Columbo - 1958 Saab?

4. December 21?

5. Last sentence: "memeber"

6. Spotlight / Floodlights

7. YES

[DAB]

#2: old age.

[OddBall]

1. Sunflowers (turning towards the sun)

2. Polio - cure found

3. Columbo - 1958 Saab?

4. December 21?

5. Last sentence: "memeber"

6. ??

7. YES

:iagree:

5 - "memeber", but also, how do you save the "day" in space?
6 - the little side vent windows?

[DAB]

#6: spare tire.

[GS Ragtop]

:iagree:

5 - "memeber", but also, how do you save the "day" in space?
6 - the little side vent windows?

Good one. I shoulda remembered that -- I've got a pair on the El Camino. :yesnod:

[lspencer534]

1. Sunflowers (turning towards the sun) Correct.
2. Polio - cure found Nope
3. Columbo - 1958 Saab? Colombo is correct. 1958 Saab is wrong.
4. December 21? Nope
5. Last sentence: "memeber" That was my typo. I'll correct it
6. Spotlight / Floodlights Nope
7. YES

:cheers:

[lspencer534]

#2: old age.

Correct! Tell us why.

[OddBall]

2. Measles ?


ooops. never mind

[xXBUDXx]

#5 - The space station is not a "craft".

#6 - curb feelers :D

[OddBall]

Correct! Tell us why.

Census took it off the list of ailments? (Ok, I'm guessing)

[lspencer534]

:iagree:

5 - "memeber", but also, how do you save the "day" in space?
6 - the little side vent windows?

Vent windows was not what I was after, but it wins. I have corrected the typo.

[lspencer534]

#5 - The space station is not a "craft".

#6 - curb feelers :D

Why isn't it a craft? Curb feelers is wrong.

[DAB]

Correct! Tell us why.

starting in 1952 the fed gov mandated that 'old age' was no longer an acceptable cause of death to be recorded on death certificates, doctors and coroners now had to give some other cause of death.

heard this on 'car talk' a few years ago. yeah, i remember useless crap, but can't remember people's names....:slap:

[lspencer534]

Census took it off the list of ailments? (Ok, I'm guessing)

Very close, but it wasn't the Census.

[lspencer534]

starting in 1952 the fed gov mandated that 'old age' was no longer an acceptable cause of death to be recorded on death certificates, doctors and coroners now had to give some other cause of death.

heard this on 'car talk' a few years ago. yeah, i remember useless crap, but can't remember people's names....:slap:

Very good! The CDC mandated a list of 130 possible causes of death, and old age wasn't one of them. :cheers:

[DAB]

Very good! The CDC mandated a list of 130 possible causes of death, and old age wasn't one of them. :cheers:

hot dang, finally got one right!! now i can die happy....just not from old age...:slap:

spare tire guess for #6 (see above)?

[lspencer534]

BTW, the sunflowers following the sun is called "heliotropism". Try working that into a conversation. :leaving:

[GS Ragtop]

So there's another pair of somethings that are no longer on cars?

[lspencer534]

hot dang, finally got one right!! now i can die happy....just not from old age...:slap:

spare tire guess for #6 (see above)?

I don't know of any cars that had 2 spare tires.

[lspencer534]

So there's another pair of somethings that are no longer on cars?

Yes. Keep trying, you'll get it.

[GS Ragtop]

6. Running boards.

[lspencer534]

6. Running boards.

Possibly. Anyone know of any cars (not trucks) with running boards? There's still another answer.

[xXBUDXx]

Why isn't it a craft? Curb feelers is wrong.

It has no engine.

I saw a guy this weekend that didn't get the curb feeler memo.

[OddBall]

BTW, the sunflowers following the sun is called "heliotropism". Try working that into a conversation. :leaving:

'lspence is heliotropic when a barely legal blonde walks by.

[DAB]

I don't know of any cars that had 2 spare tires.

at least the 1929 duesenbergs did:

http://www.jimbeamclub.com/pictorials/jimbeam/wheels/bluedues.jpg

others did too no doubt.

[MrPeabody]

Possibly. Anyone know of any cars (not trucks) with running boards? There's still another answer.

Some SUVs have them.

[Kevin_73]

So there's another pair of somethings that are no longer on cars?

:yesnod:
Chrome bumpers. :yesnod:

[lspencer534]

:yesnod:
Chrome bumpers. :yesnod:

You are correct! I don't know about the other answers, but chrome bumpers in indisputably correct! :hurray:

[lspencer534]

at least the 1929 duesenbergs did:

http://www.jimbeamclub.com/pictorials/jimbeam/wheels/bluedues.jpg

others did too no doubt.

True, but most cars still have a spare tire, either full size or a donut.

[lspencer534]

'lspence is heliotropic when a barely legal blonde walks by.

Can't deny that.

[DAB]

True, but most cars still have a spare tire, either full size or a donut.

told you i'd have some wrong answers. :kick:

what's left to guess?

[lspencer534]

It has no engine.

I saw a guy this weekend that didn't get the curb feeler memo.

Show me proof that the definition of 'craft' means it cannot have an engine.

[lspencer534]

told you i'd have some wrong answers. :kick:

what's left to guess?

Shortest day of this year, and year, make, and model of Colombo's car. The car one may be too hard. And the "What's wrong with one of these sentences".

[DAB]

7. Would you let this girl work on your plumbing?

http://i702.photobucket.com/albums/ww22/lspencer534/valvegirl.jpg

does she have a regulation butt crack? visible during work? :leaving:

[xXBUDXx]

Show me proof that the definition of 'craft' means it cannot have an engine.

Can't do it without google. :leaving:

[lspencer534]

Can't do it without google. :leaving:

Touche.

[GS Ragtop]

Can't do it without google. :leaving:

Same with Columbo's car. I'd need a Google assist...

[BuckyThreadkiller]

In the space shuttle sentence, the word craft should not be plural.

It's two craft, not crafts - that's ladies doing toll painting.

[xXBUDXx]

Same with Columbo's car. I'd need a Google assist...

I'm not going to violate the rules. Now, Kari from Mythbusters, I'd violate.

[lspencer534]

In the space shuttle sentence, the word craft should not be plural.

It's two craft, not crafts - that's ladies doing toll painting.

Correct! :cheers:

[lspencer534]

Same with Columbo's car. I'd need a Google assist...

I agree. It's a 1959 Puegot 403. Very rare car, BTW--only about 500 made.

[lspencer534]

I'm not going to violate the rules. Now, Kari from Mythbusters, I'd violate.

You mean this Kari?

http://i702.photobucket.com/albums/ww22/lspencer534/mythbusters.gif

[xXBUDXx]

You mean this Kari?

http://i702.photobucket.com/albums/ww22/lspencer534/mythbusters.gif

Yessssss. :hump::makeout::boobies:

[lspencer534]

Dayum, you guys are good! You've answered every one of them in record time. See you next week! :cheers:

[BuckyThreadkiller]

Shortest day of this year, and year, make, and model of Colombo's car. The car one may be too hard. And the "What's wrong with one of these sentences".

Aren't all the days in 2012, 24 hours?

[SnowDale]

Shortest day of the year is the first day of daylight savings, sometime in March these days. That day is only 23 hours long.

[DAB]

hehehe, we're getting smarter....like the chimp on the 'planet of the ape' ad....we will soon take over.... :hurray::hurray::hurray:

good quiz time, thanks. :yesnod::yesnod:

[lspencer534]

Aren't all the days in 2012, 24 hours?

Nope, one day is shorter.

[lspencer534]

Shortest day of the year is the first day of daylight savings, sometime in March these days. That day is only 23 hours long.

Correct! I didn't say "fewest daylight hours", only which day is the shortest.

:cheers:

[DAB]

Correct! I didn't say "fewest daylight hours", only which day is the shortest.

:cheers:

tricky quiz master is tricky.... :yesnod::yesnod:

[GS Ragtop]

tricky quiz master is tricky.... :yesnod::yesnod:

:iagree: Good quiz today, though.