On Wed, 04 Dec 2013 23:11:55 +0000, John Williamson
wrote:

On 04/12/2013 22:47, Reentrant wrote:
On Wed, 04 Dec 2013 18:16:35 +0000, Tim Watts wrote:
On Wednesday 04 December 2013 17:37 Harry Davis wrote in uk.d-i-y:
CWT, £sd - modern kids would have an aneurism!

A question on this week's University Challenge was "how many shillings
are half a crown plus sixpence plus a florin?". Neither team got it right.

The answer's a crown, of course. Rare as hens' teeth, they were when I
was growing up. Massive things, and having one in your pocket made you
feel rich.

The answer is five.

Read the question!



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