H, you've sussed me out. I did exactly the same. The bit about MENSA is true though, I completed a test and sent it in and then they wanted money, so I declined.

What about you then Ringo?

ME ? I DIDNT EVEN GET FULL MARKS!!!!!

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/greenstreak/Competition%20Page.htm

Not quite.

How did you manage 0.5 a point

BTW Moh, using my initiative and let's face it, pure genius, I created - without the help of Google or anyone else - an original and relevant crossword puzzle which I posted on this site. I was very disappointed that hardly anyone had a go at it.

What's t'matter, gang - too hard for you?

Click here for Barlick Crossword Puzzle

A pint of Black Sheep for anyone completing it.

Edited by - Callunna on 03 March 2006 15:40:19

The only "cheating" I did was to look on Google for the "12 Days of Christmas" to see if any of the ones I could'nt get might be part of that song. (shows how good a cheat I am as I spent ages looking for the "7 Days of Christmas". Nolic

H, I found the site as soon as I saw the quiz but decided that it might cause problems if I posted the answers.  No. Cryptic Answer
0 24 H in a D 24 hours in a day
1 26 L of the A 26 letters of the alphabet
2 7 D of the W 7 days of the week
3 7 W of the W 7 wonders of the world
4 12 S of the Z 12 signs of the zodiac
5 66 B of the B 66 books of the bible
6 52 C in a P (WJs) 52 cards in a pack (without jokers)
7 13 S in the USF 13 stripes in the united states flag
8 18 H on a G C 18 holes on a golf course
9 39 B of the O T 39 books of the old testament
10 5 T on a F 5 toes on a foot
11 90 D in a R A 90 degrees in a right angle
12 3 B M (S H T R) 3 blind mice (see how they run)
13 32 is the T in D F at which W F 32 is the temperature in degrees fahrenheit at which water freezes
14 15 P in a R T 15 players in a rugby team
15 3 W on a T 3 wheels on a tricycle
16 100 C in a R 100 cents in a rand
17 11 P in a F (S) T 11 players in a football (soccer) team
18 12 M in a Y 12 months in a year
19 13=UFS 13 is unlucky for some
20 8 T on a O 8 tentacles on a octopus
21 29 D in F in a L Y 29 days in february in a leap year
22 27 B in the N T 27 books in the new testament
23 365 D in a Y 365 days in a year
24 13 L in a B D 13 loaves in a bakers dozen
25 52 W in a Y 52 weeks in a year
26 9 L of a C 9 lives of a cat
27 60 M in a H 60 minutes in a hour
28 23 P of C in the H B 23 pairs of chromosomes in the human body
29 64 S on a C B 64 squares on a chess board
30 9 P in S A 9 provinces in south africa
31 6 B to an O in C 6 balls to an over in cricket
32 1000 Y in a M 1000 years in a millenium
33 15 M on a D M C 15 men on a dead mans chest
Search engines are Brilliant aren't they..

Right, try this one and don't bother googling, it isn't there....

TTAF. TTAN. FFAS.  FFATF.  SSATS. SSAFN. EEASF.  NNAEO. TTAOH.

Spent a few hours today in a state of indignation because I did not get the word "suss" next to my score! Thought it meant "sussed up"  which I know as the slang for knowledgable. All now revealed, and a warm glow of self righteousness has come over me. All my own work.

Cally - looked at your puzzle, a really great effort -  but decided it was more for people with a good knowledge of the area, and not cryptic. I knew a few, but there was no chance of completing it.

On the subject of puzzles, did anyone get anywhere with the code problem on the back of the picture of a grave? I gave it a try but got nowhere.

Stanley Wrote:

Right, try this one and don't bother googling, it isn't there....

TTAF. TTAN. FFAS. FFATF. SSATS. SSAFN. EEASF. NNAEO. TTAOH.

I have traversed many corridors in the finite library of infinite knowlege in the quest for the meanings of the above quandry, even gone to the extreme of placing a babel fish in me lug-hole but to no avail

Maz is disappointed that Doc's antivirus protector ate her answers. I can attest that she got 32/33 .......................without Googling!

Stanley any clues - looks like a rhyme to me?

Here's a couple for you egg heads out there (and a good one for Stanley with his engineering expertise)- I don't think they are on Google either- leastwise I didn't get them from there.

1. How many revolutions must the large cog make to return all the cogs to their starting positions if -  Cog 1 has 17 teeth, Cog 2 has 12 teeth, Cog 3 has 5 teeth and Cog 4 has 4 teeth?

2. Can you name the unusual jobs or hobbies:

    Birthday Card Collector.

    Candle Manufacturer

    Collector of Model Pigs

    Ear, Nose & Throat Specialist

    Election Results Analyst

    Fruit Grower

    Hair Specialist

Indian Tax Collector

Matchbox Collector

Midwife

Potholer

Refuse Collector

Seeker of Aliens

Shoemaker

Wine Connoisseur

Answers are from: Accoucheuse, Chandler, Garbologist, Genethliadeltiologist, Pomologist, Psephologist, Oenophile, Otorhinolaryngologist, Phillimenist, Porcinologist, Spelunker, Trichologist, Tahsildar, Ufologist. (Don't cheat & look them up!)

3. Two rockets are orbiting around different suns. Unfortunately, there is one point where the there obits co-incide and therefore the rockets could crash if they hit at the same time. Rocket A takes 4 years to orbit its sun and Rocket B takes 8 years. How long before they crash?

If anyone gets these three they can consider themselves a true genius!

Answers will be posted on Monday Night Aust time