Quiz.

[Trazor]

Estuary

 

[Justin Passing]

Tis neither mouth nor estuary, but it's quite a satisfying sort of word - which I'd never heard of before now. Google away .

 

[crystal ball]

Opposite of tributary - distributary, O Level geography

 

[Justin Passing]

Opposite of tributary - distributary, O Level geography

Yes it is.
Nice word, isn't it.
Though I can't vouch for the O level bit.
Over to you.

 

[crystal ball]

An easy one as I am away for a few days

Which ceremony takes place on the summit of Great Gable every year?

 

[Pat ex]

An easy one as I am away for a few days

Which ceremony takes place on the summit of Great Gable every year?

Remembrance Sunday

 

[Pat ex]

22/02/2022 was the last palindrome and ambigram date.
When was the previous palindrome and ambigram date?

 

[Justin Passing]

Depends how you define/ read them
First of Feb '10

.......01022010

21st Feb '12

.....21022012

11th jan 1011

...11011011

 

[Justin Passing]

Well?

 

[Pat ex]

Depends how you define/ read them
First of Feb '10

.......01022010

21st Feb '12

.....21022012

11th jan 1011

...11011011

I guess they all count.

My apologies, Justin Passing. I thought I'd replied yesterday, but it appears I'd forgotten to press the "Post Reply" button. My response was still sitting there waiting for me.

 

[Justin Passing]

I assumed you'd have "the" answer!

 

[Pat ex]

22/02/2022 was the last palindrome and ambigram date.
When was the previous palindrome and ambigram date?

I assumed you'd have "the" answer!

Strictly speaking, any of them could be the' correct answer. But as you said, it depends on how you write it.
But as I said 22022022 was the last one, it's fair to say that 21022012 counts as the last one, because that would assume that the calculator, etc was using a '2' that looked the same upside down. It doesn't work with the '5's because it would have to be 51022015, and of course there isn't more than 29 days in a February (and 2015 was not a leap year), and 51022015 doesn't work for the same reason. Also, if you try 05022050, we haven't got there yet.
But looking around on t'internet, they suggest 11011011 was the last one. That is assuming that a '2' does not look the same upside down, which then rules out the 22022022 as the recent one.
So, as you said, it depends on how it is written.

 

[Justin Passing]

OK, what's THIS then?

Close-up challenge

ONE "what is it" picture is posted. In reasonable focus, not a fuzzy blob. You have to guess what it is. You can ask questions, but only to get a simple/ binary answer, like yes/no, indoor/outdoor, metal, plastic etc The poster has to answer genuinely, which can be tricky, say if the answer is...

www.diynot.com

 

[opps]

why?

 

[Justin Passing]

why?

Because I blurted out a correct answer for the previous question so it's my turn.
So that's a picture quiz.
I thought it could make a new running thread of pics, but if not, there's a picture anyway.
You can ask yes/no questions.