Spoilers for Friday 17th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 40)
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Spoilers for Friday 17th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 40)
R2: FELONIES and FELONRIES
R3 alt: (100+8+4)*6+2+1=675
R3 alt: (100+8+4)*6+2+1=675
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Re: Spoilers for Friday 17th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 40)
Challenger is no stranger to TV: https://www.somanda.org.uk/a-brush-with-tv-quizzing/
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Re: Spoilers for Friday 17th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 40)
Anyone know why EBONITES seemingly isn't allowed? Susie stuck with the singular form even though it's not listed as a mass noun.
Though NOBLEITES was available in the same round so it's kind of moot
Though NOBLEITES was available in the same round so it's kind of moot
Re: Spoilers for Friday 17th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 40)
Because EBONITE is another term for VULCANITE which is given as a mass noun. ebonites x has been disallowed twice before. https://wiki.apterous.org/Episode_6175 https://wiki.apterous.org/Episode_7690.Steve Hyde wrote: ↑Fri Mar 17, 2023 4:53 pm Anyone know why EBONITES seemingly isn't allowed? Susie stuck with the singular form even though it's not listed as a mass noun.
Though NOBLEITES was available in the same round so it's kind of moot
Very obscure minerals are usually not given as a mass noun hence why NOBLEITES is valid.
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Re: Spoilers for Friday 17th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 40)
Ebonite -> Betonies
and
Niobite -> Bonities
are an interesting and useful pair to remember
and
Niobite -> Bonities
are an interesting and useful pair to remember
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Re: Spoilers for Friday 17th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 40)
My memory may be playing tricks, but I think that minerals were one of the categories that you could pluralise under the 'restaurant rule', and GRANITES was given as an example. Apparently there are different sorts of granite, but I don't think the dictionary gives any such information about granite or ebonite. I thought it was a stretch at the time.
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Re: Spoilers for Friday 17th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 40)
r7 alt: INHALER
r13 alt: ORDINATES
r13 alt: ORDINATES
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Re: Spoilers for Friday 17th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 40)
BELONITES also in R10
R6 all.: (100+9+5)/3*25 = 950
R6 all.: (100+9+5)/3*25 = 950
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Re: Spoilers for Friday 17th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 40)
Alt r3: 100/4*6/2*(8+1)=675