28-02-2004, 00:51
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Question #34
I have one last answer to find out of 80 questions in a quiz and I am stumped, or knackered and ready for bed.
Q. Apart from being plants, what have Dahlia, Fuchsia and Forsythia got in common.
PS. I don't think it is because they all end in ia 
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28-02-2004, 00:55
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Re: Question #34
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Originally Posted by iadom
I have one last answer to find out of 80 questions in a quiz and I am stumped, or knackered and ready for bed.
Q. Apart from being plants, what have Dahlia, Fuchsia and Forsythia got in common.
PS. I don't think it is because they all end in ia |
Seems like the obvious answer!
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28-02-2004, 00:59
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Re: Question #34
Is it that they all flower in July or that there is a flower that contains all those words in it's name?
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28-02-2004, 01:01
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Re: Question #34
Not sure but isn't it something to do with them being named after the person that "found" them ie Dahlia = Dahl etc
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28-02-2004, 01:02
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Re: Question #34
Have just noticed me and Ramrod trying to prove we're not completely 
and probably failing miserably  again 
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28-02-2004, 01:04
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Re: Question #34
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Originally Posted by iadom
I have one last answer to find out of 80 questions in a quiz and I am stumped, or knackered and ready for bed.
Q. Apart from being plants, what have Dahlia, Fuchsia and Forsythia got in common.
PS. I don't think it is because they all end in ia |
Are they perhaps all botanists.
Anders Dahl (1751-1789) Swedish botanist
William Forsyth (1737-1804) British botanist
Leonard Fuchs (1501-66), German botanist
And the IA was added to their surnames to make the names of the flowers.
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28-02-2004, 01:08
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Re: Question #34
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Originally Posted by carlingman
Are they perhaps all botanists.
Anders Dahl (1751-1789) Swedish botanist
William Forsyth (1737-1804) British botanist
Leonard Fuchs (1501-66), German botanist
And the IA was added to their surnames to make the names of the flowers.
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sounds good to me, thanks folks, I can sleep easy tonight. It's amazing how the little things can keep you awake.
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28-02-2004, 01:11
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Re: Question #34
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Originally Posted by Debsy42
Have just noticed me and Ramrod trying to prove we're not completely
and probably failing miserably again |
I may as well give up now really
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Are they perhaps all botanists.
Anders Dahl (1751-1789) Swedish botanist
William Forsyth (1737-1804) British botanist
Leonard Fuchs (1501-66), German botanist
And the IA was added to their surnames to make the names of the flowers.
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See?
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28-02-2004, 01:12
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Re: Question #34
*cough* see post 4 *cough*
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28-02-2004, 01:16
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Re: Question #34
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Originally Posted by iadom
sounds good to me, thanks folks, I can sleep easy tonight. It's amazing how the little things can keep you awake. |
ahem cough ahem
Think Debsy should take the credit here as she did hit the nail on the head before me.
I just merely added their names and dates.
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28-02-2004, 01:20
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Re: Question #34
I think we can call honours even Carlingman 
repped you for your superior brain 
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28-02-2004, 01:45
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Re: Question #34
The German botanist was noted for only discovering the one species
apparently he couldn't give two Fuchs
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