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Nightingale
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#114 - Green - Taking the Biscuit - Star set Again apologies for not owning a scanner so no pictures I'm afraid.
Guest Puzzle Architect Michael Smith worth 29 points
Text:
Name all the biscuits
No meeting in the Mind Candy offices is complete without a well-stacked plate of biscuits. We tailor every selection to our guests. We doubt anyone notices but that's not the point.
This is one such offering. Can you identify the names of all nine biscuit?
Please could some king soul upload a piccie - I'm beginning to feel inadequent.
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Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 2:12 pm
European Chris
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I'm sure this should help everyone. Just a lovely website.
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Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 2:16 pm
Nightingale
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This is what I've got so far after showing my dad (a true biscuit fanatic) the card:
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1. Jammy Dodger
2. Bourbon Biscuit
3. Nice biscuit?
4. Malted Milk
5. ?
6. Chocolate Thin?
7. Tea biscuit?
8. Ginger nut/snap
9. Happy Face
Obviously the ?'s denote the fact that I'm not sure that's the official name/spelling.
I forgot to add that one the card they have also written
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We were very keen to Inculde a Jaffa Cake in this selection but not wanting to fan the flames of the long running 'Is a Jaffa Cake a cake or a biscuit' debate we reluctantly decided to leave it off.
Of course, those of you who are regular watchers of QI on BBC 2 will know the correct answer.
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Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 2:19 pm
European Chris
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It's quite tricky without seeing the card but:
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7 might be rich tea
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Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 2:22 pm
Nightingale
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Updated answers:
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5. Oreo
6. Bahlsen Orange Choco Leibniz
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Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 2:43 pm
Langley Moor
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Near certain on these, but not being accepted by the site:
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1. Jammie Dodger
2. Bourbon
3. Nice
4. Malted Milk
5. Oreo
6. Choco Leibniz
7. Petit Beurre
8. Ginger Nut
9. Happy Face
Note the spelling of 'Jammie' - that's the way the brand spells it....
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 2:46 pm
fabs_uk
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neither does it work with 8 as
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Ginger, Ginger Crunch or Golden Crunch
But i'm pretty sure it should be Ginger nut
I'm slightly concerned by the ordering of 2 and 3, all the others are in 'depth' order....
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Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 3:09 pm
spugmeistress
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not sure about the ordering, but they had to place no.3 strategically or it would have revealed a rather incriminating word printed across it.
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2 could be a Bourbon cream, but I dont think we can quite see what colour the filling is.
rach =)
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 6:53 pm
donstobbart
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My accepted answers are
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1.Jammy dodger
2.Bourbon
3.Nice
4.Malted milk
5.Oreo
6.Choco leibniz
7.Petit beurre
8.Ginger nut
9.Happy face
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Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 4:30 pm
Langley Moor
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Gah, darn their mis-spelling of Jammie Dodger!!
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 11:26 am
Kvasir
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I can't believe I got refused because I spelt
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jammie
correctly....
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 11:28 am
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Quote:
We were very keen to include a Jaffa Cake in the selection but not wanting to fan the flames of the long running 'Is a Jaffa Cake a cake or a buscuit' debate we reluctantly decided to leave it off.
Sorry, MindCandy had to throw some flames on the debate.
The French word Biscuit literally translated into English means Twice Cooked therefore a Jaffa Cake which is not and has a sponge base cannot be a biscuit.
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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 3:26 pm
oliverkeers13
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The european ruling on Jaffa cakes:
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A cake goes hard when it goes off. A biscuit goes soft when it goes off. A jaffa cake goes hard when it goes off. Hence a Jaffa cake is a cake. So shall it be written, so shall it be done
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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 3:36 pm
Brian Morton
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You guys are killin' me!! ( mumbles something quietly resembling" Only the English.........over damn cookies ")
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Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 10:53 pm
European Chris
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Brian Morton wrote:
You guys are killin' me!! ( mumbles something quietly resembling" Only the English.........over damn cookies ")
Biscuits, they are called fecking BISCUITS!!!
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2005 2:57 pm
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