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I did our annual quiz for the parks last night and Andrew helped me mark. Out of 11 teams and 100 questions 2 teams were equal on 86 and a half points. There was dispute on the answer to one question and both teams had given me a different answer but both argued their case for being correct..........

Question was: How many noughts in a billion?

Thank goodness for mobile google, we solved it but what would your answer have been?
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To quote Monty Python:

"What's the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?"
"African or European?"

Depends if it's a US billion or a UK billion.

US billion is 1000 million so 9 noughts, UK billion is 1 million million, so 12 noughts.

US billion is becoming more popular and is typically used for financial figures as it makes things sound bigger than they are 8-)

Best to qualify which is being used. Either answer should be acceptable in a quiz.


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Oo-er that all just went straight over my head




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I was thinking about that the other day and I thought OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO what a question. I hope no one ever asks me that.


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Quoted from siddarz
Depends if it's a US billion or a UK billion.

US billion is 1000 million so 9 noughts, UK billion is 1 million million, so 12 noughts.

US billion is becoming more popular and is typically used for financial figures as it makes things sound bigger than they are 8-)

Best to qualify which is being used. Either answer should be acceptable in a quiz.


i would of put the UK one  



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Oo-er that all just went straight over my head


All of it, or just the Monty Python reference?


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All of it, or just the Monty Python reference?


Never did get in to Monty Python - that was my husbands' thing - and his giggling at it put me right off but to answer your question all of it




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I did state Uk billion but even that caused controversy as the figure changed too so to keep the peace I accepted 9 or 12 but learned to research my questions more.
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are you allowed to google an answer in a Quiz ????

doesnt that count as cheating


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Penny I think Rita was the Quis Host person well thats how I understand the post then again it would be the first time I've been wrong.....


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