# 14 k of g in a f p d **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 29, 2006, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249 "2006-11-29T21:14:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/121 "2006-12-02T09:35:52Z")
[planet of the heston] Damn this thread! Damn this thread to HELL!!! [/poth] ---
**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/122 "2006-12-02T16:47:00Z")
[QUOTE=Stainz] (I was sure that the answer to 1000 Y in a M was: 1000 years in a millenium but nooooo). [/QUOTE] You might want to consider that “millennium” is one of the most commonly misspelled words out there. ---
**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/123 "2006-12-02T16:48:49Z")
[QUOTE=TimeWinder] You might want to consider that “millennium” is one of the most commonly misspelled words out there. [/QUOTE] Bah. Someone already mentioned it. I might consider reading all the posts before I respond. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/124 "2006-12-02T19:58:08Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] I’m wondering if it’s an advertising slogan like “14 kinds of goodness in a Frootee Pie Deluxe”. It might not be an American product which would explain why it would be unknown in the US but considered an easy riddle in its home country. [/QUOTE] If it is, I’m going to be well peeved. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/125 "2006-12-02T21:02:17Z")
14 something in a Floating Point Decimal ? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/126 "2006-12-02T21:30:57Z")
Fourteen kilos of goo in a fatally packed derriere. ---
**Author:** ![Lush\_Puppy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Lush\_Puppy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lush_Puppy)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/127 "2006-12-03T03:05:42Z")
I don’t know about you guys but I have 14 kinds of gestures in a f\*\*ckin pissed-off Doper. ok, ok, “from a…” All I can thin of for “f p d” is full plated dinner. (I just built a website for a caterer.) ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/128 "2006-12-03T04:27:02Z")
14 kinds of gerbils in a fudge packed derrier! ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/129 "2006-12-03T04:28:31Z")
14 Kinds of Glitter in a Formal Party Dress? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/130 "2006-12-03T06:11:37Z")
[QUOTE=Lush Puppy] ok, ok, “from a…” [/QUOTE] Except for sock puppets. ---
**Author:** ![DangleYourModifier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@DangleYourModifier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DangleYourModifier)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/131 "2006-12-03T07:17:06Z")
How about the a as a word - any four, all five etc. 14 kinds of games in any five party days Are the answers anywhere? Or can anyone help me with some of them? I’m up to 18 of the first 33 but the rest have got me stumped. How culturally biased is the test? As I am neither from the US nor UK and English is not my first language I was wondering how much of a difference this makes. Or am I just not bright enough? ---
**Author:** ![Lush\_Puppy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Lush\_Puppy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lush_Puppy)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/132 "2006-12-03T10:16:47Z")
[QUOTE=DangleYourModifier] Are the answers anywhere? Or can anyone help me [/QUOTE] [High-Tech Magic's fun MENSA Test Answers](http://www.high-techmagic.com/Games/MENSA_test1a.html) (although he spelled the answer to Q32 wrong, as mentioned in previous posts) [QUOTE=DangleYourModifier] How culturally biased is the test? As I am neither from the US nor UK and English is not my first language I was wondering how much of a difference this makes. [/QUOTE] I think so. You have to be some sort of Catholic sports buff to get some of the answers right. ---
**Author:** ![mittu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@mittu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mittu)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/133 "2006-12-03T14:17:07Z")
meep!! I never expected all this from an innocent question. Apologies for abandoning the thread but I have had a lot of computer problems recently so my access is erratic. I’m afraid I can’t shed any more light on the question, a friend of mine sent it along with others to me in a text message, they were all easy to answer except that one. I believe that he got them in a list from his work, I am seeing him later this afternoon so I will make sure that there isn’t a typo in the message he sent me. I would think he will be able to get the answer from whoever gave him the list at work so one way or another we should find an answer eventually. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/134 "2006-12-03T14:30:06Z")
Thanks **mittu**. If your mate sent you a typo, would you give him a chinese wrist-burn or something on behalf of the dopers? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/135 "2006-12-03T16:19:47Z")
I can’t believe nobody has appealed to **Cecil** to intercede, since we lowly ingrates are unable to crack the mystery of the Da Vinci puzzle. Surely this would be a mere dust mote in his universe, nay a crumb he might toss the teeming multitude? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/136 "2006-12-03T16:59:03Z")
14 kings of \_\_\_ in a full Ptolemy dynasty? ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/137 "2006-12-03T17:21:57Z")
I keep going back to “14 karats of gold” or “14 kilograms of gold” but I can’t find anything that fits “A F P D.” There’s a famous structure in Germany whose roof contains 14 kilos of gold in its gilded shingles, but that doesn’t work. There’s probably lots of statuary and jewelry that contains 14k gold, but damned if I can figure out anything that fits. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/138 "2006-12-03T18:00:49Z")
14 kinds of graft in a faulty police department? 14 killings of graduates in a faculty parking debate? 14 kilograms of grass in a fine packed doobie? Okay, I got nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/139 "2006-12-03T18:30:42Z")
Obviously, the number 14 is significant here. So “14 kilos of grass” or the like would just be nonsensical. Things associated with that number are limited, it would seem. Several dynasties had 14 kings. In the biblical realm, there were 14 kings in the lineage of Jesus. There is, as mentioned 14k gold. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/140 "2006-12-03T18:34:12Z")
[QUOTE=Chefguy] Obviously, the number 14 is significant here. So “14 kilos of grass” or the like would just be nonsensical. Things associated with that number are limited, it would seem. Several dynasties had 14 kings. In the biblical realm, there were 14 kings in the lineage of Jesus. There is, as mentioned 14k gold. [/QUOTE] Hit submit too soon. Fourteen karat gold would seem to be a natural, except for the unnatural necessity of saying 14 karats of gold. These types of games rely on the commonplace, such as “7 d in a w”, so unless this is a quiz for Mensa, something is wrong or missing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249.md?page=8)