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DriveVerySlowlyPastNumber23IWantThemToSeeMyHat · 22/08/2025 22:41

Pub Quiz question: 'How many months have 30 days in?'

What would your answer be?

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JudgeJ · 26/08/2025 10:37

RavenhairedRachel · 24/08/2025 18:09

If the question is worded as How many months have 30 days in them strictly speaking its 11. If its exactly 30 days then its 4

Another attempt to rewrite the question! 'How many months have 30 days in', no 'strictly' or 'exactly', the word is 'in' and there are 11 months with 30 days in.

SprayWhiteDung · 26/08/2025 11:10

JudgeJ · 26/08/2025 10:37

Another attempt to rewrite the question! 'How many months have 30 days in', no 'strictly' or 'exactly', the word is 'in' and there are 11 months with 30 days in.

It all really just goes to prove the point of the question in the first place - the number of people who don't want to listen carefully to how a question is worded and then insist that it should be re-worded awkwardly as if it were a legal document to make it very clear that it's a 'listen carefully' question - rather than accept that they didn't listen carefully and assumed and then they lost the point as a result!

Taking it to extremes, I always remember an old episode of The Weakest Link where the question was asked to some reality show star who was abundantly clearly not the shiniest penny in the purse.

The question was "In which city in the English Midlands is there a famous bell known colloquially as 'Big Brum'?" The contestant obstinately insisted that the answer that Anne Robinson gave was actually wrong - the 'correct' answer had to be London, as they'd also got the name of 'Big Ben' wrong Grin

RavenhairedRachel · 30/08/2025 14:33

JudgeJ · 26/08/2025 10:37

Another attempt to rewrite the question! 'How many months have 30 days in', no 'strictly' or 'exactly', the word is 'in' and there are 11 months with 30 days in.

Okayyyy Judgy judge J

AmIEnough · 02/09/2025 07:48

11

Ramona75 · 06/09/2025 09:39

Yup, all but 1 :-) There are some great quizzes and ideas here (https://quiztimeuk.etsy.com/listing/4364499825) if you need any, i've had a few quizzes from them and the visuals look great for a paper based quiz.

TheBeaTgoeson1 · 06/09/2025 10:03

11

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