Q - According to the Christmas Carol what did my true love give to me on the 12th day? Read on..
12....
....Now there's a number with an endless list ..... it arises in all avenues of everyday life... in religion, law, time, movies, technology ... it mainfests itself everywhere...our lives are, in fact, governed by the number 12
Consider:
12 to start with ....
- 12 Hours in the day
- 12 Months in a Year
- 12 Signs of the Zodiac
- 12 Inches in a foot
- 12 Units make a dozen
- 12 People on a jury
- 12 Days of Christmas
- 12 Tribes of Israel
- 12 Apostles
- 12 Sons of Jacob (in the Bible)
- 12 Olympian Gods in Greek mythology who resided on Mount Olympus
- 12 The number of function (F) keys on a computer keyboard
- 12 Men have walked on the moon- name them ?? Apollo 12 was the 2nd moonlanding.
- 12 Angry Men (star studded film from 1957) - happens to be my favourite movie of all time
- 12 Monkeys - a 1995 film with Bruce Willis
- 12 Face cards in a deck of playing cards
- 12 pennies in a shilling (pre decimal days)
- 12 Semitones in an octave (for music buffs)
- 12 - the Twelve Hotel in Galway (named after the 12 Pins or Bens mountains in Connemara)
- 12 million copies sold of the Beatles single "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
- 12 is the largest number with just 1 syllable - how many are there in total
- 12 Dummers Drumming - what my true love gave to me on the 12th day of Christmas
- 12 Convicted Murderers ....in The Dirty Dozen (the star studded movie from 1967)
- 12 Stars in the EU flag - why? Clue - it's not to do with the number of countries as you might easily assume! see NQ8 here
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