Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Oxfam Numbers Quiz

Here's a Numbers Mind Teaser - by kind permission of fellow trekker Marianne. Each one is a well known saying or similar. Can you work them out?

Example: 26 L of the A = 26 Letters of the Alphabet

3 B M __________________________________________
9 P in the S S __________________________________________
12 M of a J __________________________________________
52 C in a D __________________________________________
88 C of the S __________________________________________
24 B B in a P __________________________________________
1 F in the G __________________________________________
1066: B of H __________________________________________
12 O in a P __________________________________________
7 Y I __________________________________________
33 B in a H S __________________________________________
11 P in a F T __________________________________________
18: C of A __________________________________________
1000 Y in a M __________________________________________
15 M on a D M C __________________________________________
4 P in a B __________________________________________
64 S on a C B __________________________________________
57 H V __________________________________________
7 W of the W __________________________________________
24 H in a D __________________________________________
3 W on a T __________________________________________
238,900 M to the M __________________________________________
7 C of the R __________________________________________
1666: G F of L __________________________________________
20,000 L U the S __________________________________________
12 S of the Z __________________________________________
101 D __________________________________________
14 L in a S __________________________________________
12 I in a F __________________________________________
10 T I H A Y ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­__________________________________________
366 D in a L Y __________________________________________
1969: F M on the M __________________________________________
50 S of A __________________________________________
3 F in a Y __________________________________________
12 D of C __________________________________________
6 S on a H __________________________________________
360 D in a C __________________________________________
13 in a B D __________________________________________
206 B in the H B __________________________________________
13: U for S __________________________________________
6 W of H T __________________________________________
13 S on the A F __________________________________________
8 L on an O __________________________________________
40 P in a F __________________________________________
7 D in a W __________________________________________
9 L of a C __________________________________________
1952: Q C __________________________________________
4 C in a H H __________________________________________
9 S of B __________________________________________
40 T of A B __________________________________________
12 D of J C __________________________________________
5 C and I __________________________________________
8 B in a B __________________________________________
1 E on a C __________________________________________
3 P C __________________________________________
4 H of the A __________________________________________
8 P in a G __________________________________________
4 S of a C __________________________________________
21 S on a D __________________________________________
5 L in a L __________________________________________
7 C of N __________________________________________
16 M of J __________________________________________
144: O G __________________________________________
32 C on the L E __________________________________________
7 D S __________________________________________
874 M: J O G to L E __________________________________________
3 W on a R R __________________________________________
10 C __________________________________________

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