Numbers Quiz: Can you help with these?

[GillW]

I'm normally quite good at these - but seem to have a mental block today (or I'm not on the same wavelength as whoever wrote this) as I can't get any of these at first glance. Any ideas? (They're along the Lines of 1 FTR = 1 for the Road)

1: 1 AB
2: 1 DU
3: 1 GLFM
4: 1 HR
5: 1 HT
6: 1 IAT
7: 1 MOV
8: 1 OTF
9: 1 OTP
10: 1 SDNMAS
11: 1 WM
12: 1 WOAU
13: 2 BONTB
14: 2 BT
15: 2 F
16: 2 GOV
17: 2 HABTO
18: 2 HR
19: 2 SOALT
20: 2 SUPFAE
21: 2 TIADS
22: 2 WDMAR
23: 2 WT
24: 3 C
25: 3 DE
26: 3 LMFS
27: 3 ML
28: 3 PL
29: 3 PO
30: 3 S
31: 4 JM
32: 5 GRMTLGTM
33: 6 BIAR
34: 6 C
35: 7 LB
36: 7 YW
37: 8 BIAB
38: 9 DW
39: 9 LOAC
40: 9 OOTE
41: 9 P
42: 9 POTL
43: 10 FWDMABD
44: 10 GH
45: 10 LT
46: 11 P
47: 12 LOH
48: 15 RBIS
49: 18 HGC
50: 34 KOTD
51: 38 SAWG
52: 40 N
53: 64 TDQ
54: 90 TOTS
55: 122 HWB
56: 157 MDOTSOGIF
57: 925 DJ
58: 978 ETUBKOE
59: 1773 BTP
60: 1775 HASAD
61: 1956 VTRDBA
62: 6666 AS
63: 10001000 OIAM

So far have....

1: 1 AB - armed bandit
2: 1 DU - Degree Under ???
3: 1 GLFM - giant leap for mankind
4: 1 HR - horse race
5: 1 HT - Horse Town
6: 1 IAT - In a thousand
7: 1 MOV - Man one vote
8: 1 OTF - of the family
9: 1 OTP - of the people
10: 1 SDNMAS - swallow doth not make a summer
11: 1 WM - woman man
12: 1 WOAU - wheel on a unicycle
13: 2 BONTB - (To) be or not to be
14: 2 BT - by two
15: 2 F - Faced
16: 2 GOV - Gentlemen of Verona
17: 2 HABTO - heads are better than one
18: 2 HR - horse race (same as 4????)
20: 2 SUPFAE - Shots under Par for an Eagle
22: 2 WDMAR - wrongs dont make a right
23: 2 WT - wit tuwoo ????
24: 3 C - Cheers
25: 3 DE - day event
26: 3 LMFS - Little Maids from school
27: 3 ML - mile limit ????
28: 3 PL - point landing ????
30: 3 S - Stooges
32: 5 GRMTLGTM - Gold Rings My True Love gave to Me
34: 6 C - Continents
38: 9 DW - Day Wonder
39: 9 LOAC - Lives of a Cat
40: 9 OOTE - One over the eight
41: 9 P - planets
44: 10 GH - gallon hat
46: 11 P - plus
47: 12 LOH - Labours of Hercules
49: 18 HGC - Hole Golf Course
50: 34 KOTD - 3,4 knock on the door
53: 64 TDQ - Thousand Dollar Question
54: 90 TOTS - Top of the shop
55: 122 HWB - Hadrians Wall built
57: 925 DJ - (9 to 5) desk job
58: 978 ETUBKOE - Ethelred the Unready became king of England
59: 1773 BTP - Boston Tea party
62: 6666 AS - (All Sixes) And Sevens
63: 10001000 OIAM - one in a million

... which leaves just 16 more...

19: 2 SOALT
21: 2 TIADS
29: 3 PO
31: 4 JM
33: 6 BIAR
35: 7 LB
36: 7 YW
37: 8 BIAB
42: 9 POTL
43: 10 FWDMABD
45: 10 LT
48: 15 RBIS
51: 38 SAWG
52: 40 N
56: 157 MDOTSOGIF
60: 1775 HASAD
61: 1956 VTRDBA

19 is Two Shakes of a Lambs Tail

37 is 8 bits in a byte. (DH again).

He got a few more off my list today too but I can't remember any of them.

Is 29 Threepenny Opera?

48: Red Balls in Snooker

52. 40 Nights (as in 40 days and 40 nights)?

42: Parts of the Law

36. Seven year war

23 might be 2 way traffic.

31: Just Men
45: Lost Tribes
51: Smith and Wesson Gun

35: 7 league boots.

33: Bullets in a Round

56: Maximum Depth of the Sea of Galilee in feet - according to this !

These last few are getting a bit obscure aren't they?

Can anyone help with the following - dh and I are well and truly stuck!

64 S on a C B
26 L of the A
9 P in the S S
11 P in a F T

Thanks for trying !

64 squares on a chess board

9 planets in the solar system

26 letters of the alphabet

I'll come back to the other one!

11 Players in a football team

Alibubbles and GillW - thank you both you are fantastic. dh will not believe he didn't get the football one!

We managed the others (just!) - if anyone's brian could do with a bit of exercise here you go:

1. 7 D of the W
2. 4 Q in a G
3. 8 L on a S
4. 3 B M
5. 7 C in a R
6. 29 D in F in a L Y
7. 21 S on a D
8. 18 H on a G C
9. 24 H in a D
10. 88 K on a P
11. 57 H V
12. 7 M in S C 7
13. 13 is the U N
14. T 3 T
15. 1760 Y in a M
16. 90 D in a R A
17. 7 S on a F P P
18. 5 P on a S
19. 3 S to H
20. 12 S of the Z
21. 10 D at which W B
22. 1001 A N
23. 54 C in a D
24. 200 P for P G in M
25. 6 F on a C
26. 7 D S
27. 12 M in a Y
28. 100 P in a P
29. 3 S on a T
30. 4 G in the N T
31. 101 T T D
32. 4 S in a Y
33. 12 D of C
34. 0 V 0 G
35. 10 G B

1. 7 Days of the Week

2. 4 Quarts in a Gallon 4. 3 Blind Mice 6. 29 Days in February in a Leap Year 7. 21 Sections on a Dartboard 8. 18 Holes on a Golf Course 11. 57 Heinz Varieties 13. 13 is the Unlucky Number 15. 1760 Yards in a Mile 16. 90 Degrees in a Right Angle 17. 7 Sides on a Fifty Pence Piece 20. 12 Signs of the Zodiac 27. 12 Months in a Year 28. 100 Pence in a Pound 29. 3 Sides on a Triangle 30. 4 Gospels in the New Testament 32. 4 Seasons in a Year 33. 12 Days of Christmas

1. 3 blind mice

9. 24 hours in a day 12. 7 members in S Club Seven(?) - Not anymore!!

1. 8 Legs on a Spider

5. 7 Colours in a Rainbow 10. 88 Keys on a Piano 18. 5 Points on a Star 19. 3 Steps to Heaven 21. 100(not 10?) Degrees at which Water Boils 22. 1001 Arabian Nights 23. 54 Cards in a Deck 24. 200 Pounds for Passing Go in Monopoly 25. 6 Faces on a cube 26. 7 Deadly Sins 34. nothing ventured nothing gained 35. 10 Green Bottles

Well done - anyone got 14 or 31?

31. 101 things to do?

14. Two by two?

Nearly there - T 3 T is the 3 tenors!

Well done mumsnetters - you are a clever lot!

Titchy,
thanks for putting me out of my misery on T 3 T ... I thought about it all the way home from work last night and then again on the way in to work this morning and was getting extremely frustrated!

My pleasure Cookie!