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by **poohbcarrot** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 2:04 pm

Three questions;

1. Why did IBM get angry about the film 2001- A Space Odyssey?

2. What countries were the 6 major participants in the Second World War, who were their leaders, and what is an anagram of the first letters of each of six leaders (for one of the European countries you need the leader's nickname)?

3. How do you get the stripes in toothpaste?

by **Tonyblack** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 2:07 pm

1. It was said (though Clark denied it time and again) that HAL the paranoid computer was the letters IBM moved alomg one - if you see what I mean. :lol:

by **poohbcarrot** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 2:13 pm

That's the answer to 1. H to I, A to B, L to M

by **Sjoerd3000** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 2:41 pm

answer to 2: UK leader Churchill, USA leader Roosevelt (from april 1945 Truman), Soviet Union leader Stalin, Germany leader Hitler, Italy leader Mussolini aka Il Duce, Japan leader Emperor Hirohito

by **poohbcarrot** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 2:53 pm

Perfect apart from Japan (you even got Mussolini's nickname correct). He was the Emperor but wasn't the leader.

by **Tonyblack** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 2:54 pm

Christ!

by **Sjoerd3000** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 2:56 pm

well Hideki Tojo then he was prime minister from 41 to 44 I believe.

by **poohbcarrot** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 2:57 pm

CHRIST is the correct answer.

So all the people waiting for the second coming might be a bit miffed if they've already missed it and didn't realise!

by **poohbcarrot** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:01 pm

Tony, how come when you are checking on the forum it has your name in green, but when Jason is checking on the forum his name is in red?

(I hate typing color without a "u")

by **Sjoerd3000** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:06 pm

pooh are you sure that Christ was the leader of japan in world war 2 :shock:

? I'm pretty sure it was mister Tojo :wink:

by **poohbcarrot** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:09 pm

He turned water into hot sake! :lol:

Churchill
Hitler
Roosevelt
Il Duce
Stalin
Tojo

by **Sjoerd3000** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:11 pm

aah I see

by **Trish** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:48 pm

Toothpaste.

I must know.

by **poohbcarrot** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:51 pm

Once when I was very young, I cut open a tube of toothpaste to find the answer and boy, was I disappointed!

by **chris.ph** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:49 pm

there are small amounts of colouredpaste in small pouches at the top of the main tube and when the tube is squeezed it is injected thru noozles at the top of the tube into the normal paste :shock:

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