ROCHESTER BLIND BOWLING GROUP

 
  Welcome to our latest quiz. This time, for a change, the questions are about numbers – in fact Roman Numerals. The system uses letters to stand for numbers, for example, Henry VIII was Henry the 8th. The number values are as follows:

I = 1, V = 5, X = 10, L = 50, C = 100, D = 500 and M = 1000

  Other letters, A, B, E, F, ... Y and Z are worth nothing!
Here are some examples:
LID = 50 + 1 + 500 = 551 ... DID = 500 + 1 + 500 = 1001 ... HIDE = 0 + 1 + 500 + 0 = 501

1 What is the value of the word LIVING – 52, 57, 257 or 512?
2 What is the value of the word MIX?
3 If you scored a MINIMUM, what would that be worth?
4 If you scored a MAXIMUM, though, what would that be worth?
5 The word MILLION would be worth a lot less than a million – what exactly?
6 What is the value of the name ASTON VILLA?
7 What is the total value of the word MEDICAL?
8 How great is the RIVER MISSISSIPPI?
9 “What a large number!” VIC EXCLAIMED. (what is the number?)
10 Writing the numbers from one to ten, as words, which would be worth the most and how
  much would it be?
11 What 4-letter word, not bitter, is worth 1551?
12 What 5-letter palindrome is worth 207?
13 Which 5-letter word, worth 512, means brightly coloured and lively?
14 Which 5-letter animal is worth 1150?
15 Which Italian composer, Antonio , is worth 562?
16 Which planet, in our solar system, would score the highest – and what would that score
  be?
17 How many planets would not score at all?
18 Which month has the highest score and what is that score?
19 The singer and comedian, Ken Dodd, was aided by some miniature friends, worth 2502;
  what were they called?
20 Which George Elliot novel, (title 11 letters) is worth 3151 points?
21 Another palindrome, a 5-letter music term, is worth 2002?
22 Which three items of female clothing fashion (all with four letters) have values of 1002, 1011
  and 1502?
23 Which disease (11 letters) nearly wiping out the rabbit populations in Australia and the UK,
  after World War 2, has a score of 2011?
24 What everyday family pairing (3 letters, each) has a combined total of 3000?

  Well done to all those taking part.

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