Pub Quiz

[matt]

That's a really rubbish question and was probably made up by some one who asked for it a bar and wanted to look cool in front of a bird.

Of course I do not suggest that was you at all mate but you really do need to ask another question.

[lou]

[JonB]

I gave up trying to look cool in front of birds a long time ago fella. as for more questions, struggling to think of anything even vaguely interesting, think the sun has fried what's left of my brain! I'm happy to hand over th reins to someone else, first to reply gets the honours.

[StuartL]

Go on then... I'll go all topical

The ponchos (and other garments) in use by the British military have the characteristic green/brown/black camouflage known as DPM. What does 'DPM' stand for?

[matt]

Disruptive Pattern Material

[StuartL]

Disruptive Pattern Material

Bah, too easy.

Go on then

[matt]

What is the next number in the sequence?

1 2 5 10 20 ..... ?

[StuartL]

I can't see an obvious mathematical progression but 50 doesn't seem an unreasonable guess.

[matt]

Yes it is 50 - but you dont win unless you figure out why

[StuartL]

Yes it is 50 - but you dont win unless you figure out why

Since when were guesses disallowed in pub quizzes?

The best I can do mathematically is an increase pattern in triplets of x2, x2.5, x2. Which would make the next number 100, then 200, then 500. That's pretty tenuous though so doesn't seem likely.

So I'm now thinking that the numbers must mean something outside of maths, perhaps there's a biological connotation? I always thought cell division was a binary process and hence doubled each step, maybe that's not the case?