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  1. Jsybarry

    Jsybarry Well-Known Member

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    The first Test between New Zealand and England starts on Thursday - who was the last England player to make their Test debut in New Zealand?
     
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  2. Jsybarry

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    Clue: he is not in the current squad.
     
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  3. yorkshirehornet

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    England only seem to tour NZ every 5 years under the ICC Future Tours programme - this match was on the tour before last..
     
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  5. yorkshirehornet

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    Lyth or wood?

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  6. hornethologist a.k.a. theo

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  7. Jsybarry

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    Well done, theo. My next clue was to be that he shares his surname with a knight from Antigua.

    Yorkie, they both made their debuts in the last home series against NZ in 2015.
     
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    Thanks Barry...another player whose career didn't push on. I think he made a hundred in that series.

    OK, what makes the number 153 special?
     
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    Calendars?
     
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    Clue...371 and 407 are equally special.
     
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    clue: what can be added together to achieve these numbers?
     
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    Dang. I thought it was because it is a triangular number. Until this clue.
     
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  14. yorkshirehornet

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    well i admit to googling it

    If you sum the cube of the digits in each number, you get the original number (so in the case of 153, for example, 1 + 125 + 27 = 153). <yikes>
     
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    That's it, Yorkie. I believe it's the lowest number for which this is true.
     
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  16. yorkshirehornet

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    My goodness Theo that was advanced maths!!

    Here is my

    This year i am doing the 500 in a camper van.... what is it?
     
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  17. andytoprankin

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    Is Mrs Yorkshire aware of this activity? <whistle>
     
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  18. yorkshirehornet

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    ;) mais oui
     
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    Indianapolis? <laugh>
     
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  20. yorkshirehornet

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    nooo........

    famed for camper vans.....
     
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