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| 3iff |
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 1:29 pm Post subject: 1 |
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Trading Places is a famous (although apparently not all that famous) 1983 American comedy film, directed by John Landis, starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy.
What is obvious to one person is a mystery to another...(Scurra excepted). |
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| Undercover Monk |
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 1:16 pm Post subject: 0 |
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| Don't even know what Trading places is. My real question is how did someone miss the Star Wars question???? |
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| 3iff |
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 7:10 am Post subject: -1 |
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I chose "Trading Places" as I was sure that most people would have seen that at least once...ah well.
This quiz was much easier for me as I preplanned the questions, getting 70 or so lined up in advance and just choosing 10 at random for each round. Hopefully there was a good mix and average scores of 5.5-6.5 per round suggests I had an even balance.
The next quiz will probably be in 6-9 months time. I shall be on the lookout for questions in the meantime.
I'm glad everyone enjoyed it. |
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| MNOWAX |
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 2:17 am Post subject: -2 |
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*puts up congrats Scurra Banner*
Congrats, thanks for running the quiz 3iff!
and yes i consider it a victory despite Scurra beating me. I'm at the top of the list in the "non-Scurra" division.
I never saw trading places, so I'm going to be watching that really soon.  |
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| Zag |
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 5:14 pm Post subject: -3 |
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Grats, Scurra! Thanks for running the game, 3iff; I'm looking forward to doing better in your next one. Fortunately, that won't be hard!  |
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| referee |
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 4:20 pm Post subject: -4 |
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| Whoa, I gladly take this close of a joint third. Unfortunately, I couldn't reach 11, which is the only safe score when Scurra is playing. |
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| jesternl |
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 2:39 pm Post subject: -5 |
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Gratz Scurra! Excellent job.
Thanks 3iff for running it again!
I knew having some of my guesses turn out right in the previous rounds would come back to bite me  |
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| Dented Ford |
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 11:50 am Post subject: -6 |
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Thanks 3iff, and grats Scurra!
I'd been getting through by a combination of being middle of the road in knowing the answers, plus some lucky guesswork. The final round I thought was the easiest of the lot, but although I "knew" more, my guessing wasn't quite as successful.
Great game, thanks and grats again. |
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| Scurra |
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 11:14 am Post subject: -7 |
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Thank goodness I saw Trading Places again quite recently!
Thanks to 3iff for another excellent quiz. |
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| Duke Gnome |
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 9:39 am Post subject: -8 |
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Congratulations Scurra, and thanks to 3iff.
Enjoy the trophy, I'll get it back next time  |
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| 3iff |
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 7:52 am Post subject: -9 |
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Olympiad Round 5 - The Final
1. When sodium metal is burnt in air, what colour does it produce?
a. Green
b. Red
c. White
d. Yellow
Many street lights have sodium lamps and that's the reason they look yellow.
2. Thom Yorke is famous in which field?
a. Acting
b. Choreography
c. Musician
d. Novellist
He's the vocalist with Radiohead
3. The America's Cup is a competition involving which sport?
a. Baseball
b. Golf
c. Tennis
d. Yachting
Our only 100% correct question.
4. How many strings on a cello?
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6
5. Operation Barbarossa (The WW2 German attack on Russia) began when?
a. 17 May 1940
b. 22 June 1941
c. 1 June 1942
d. 3 July 1943
Most players wrongly guessed at 1942.
6. "Do or do not. There is no try" is a quote from which film?
a. Starwars. A New Hope
b. Starwars. The Empire Strikes Back
c. Starwars. Return of the Jedi
7. Venera 16 was a Russian spacecraft sent where in 1983?
a. Mars
b. Mercury
c. Moon
d. Venus
Venera/Venus...was it obvious or a trap? (it was the obvious).
8. In the 1983 film "Trading Places", which commodity item is featured in the closing stages of the film?
a. Oil
b. Orange Juice
c. Pork Bellies
d. Wheat
MNO surprisingly got this wrong. This could have taken the game to a playoff.
9. The Indian ocean earthquake (~9.2 magnitude) off the coast of Sumatra on the 26th of December, which killed over 230,00 people, occurred in which year?
a. 2002
b. 2003
c. 2004
d. 2005
This one is so recent that it's difficult to remember. I wrote the question a few weeks back and yet I couldn't remember the answer.
10. According to a 2010 census, what is the approximate population of Mexico?
a. 81m
b. 96m
c. 112m
d. 123m
Each of the 4 answers were chosen, so obviously a tricky question.
Scores
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9 Scurra - The new champion
8 MNO
7 Dented Ford and referee
2 jesternl
Congratulations to Scurra for winning the second Quiz Olympiad. MNO finished just 1 point behind and says "second is a victory to me when Scurra is here". Dented Ford and referee share 3rd place.
Unfortunately, jesternl had a nightmare last round but finished 5th overall.
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The Final
Ans | Scu jes DF ref MNO Tot
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1 d | d c d d d 4
2 c | c d c c c 4
3 d | d d d d d 5
4 b | b c b b c 3
5 b | b c c c b 2
6 b | b c b b b 4
7 d | d a d a d 3
8 b | b b b b a 4
9 c | c a b a c 2
10 c | b d a c c 2
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Tot | 9 2 7 7 8 33
For an average of 6.6 for the round.
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Performance of the top 5 players over the whole competition
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Scu DF MNO ref jes
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R1 9 6 5 6 7
R2 7 7 5 5 5
R3 9 7 8 6 7
R4 8 8 8 6 8
Fin 9 7 8 7 2
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Tot 42 35 34 30 29
Those scores are out of 49 as we had a void question in round 2. Scurra had an 85% hit rate with his answers. Impressive.
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Thanks to everyone who took part, hope you enjoyed it. |
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| 3iff |
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 7:05 am Post subject: -10 |
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| All results are in. Just need to write things up which will take an hour or so. We do have a winner. |
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| jesternl |
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 11:12 pm Post subject: -11 |
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| Not a good round for me I think... |
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| 3iff |
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 7:08 am Post subject: -12 |
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| Just waiting on referee and jesternl. |
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| MNOWAX |
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 6:27 pm Post subject: -13 |
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| i only got four for sure. the other six are guesses. |
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| Suspence |
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 3:38 pm Post subject: -14 |
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I only knew #2 and #3 for sure, so I don't mind missing out on this round and posting an embarrassing score.
Thanks to 3iff for running. Well done, as always. |
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| jesternl |
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 3:06 pm Post subject: -15 |
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| MNOWAX wrote: |
| damn! i was also going to say I'm the last US player standing, but I'm not even the last NY'er standing...... booo! |
Well, I guess technically I am now an Ohioian... |
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| Zag |
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 2:47 pm Post subject: -16 |
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| Undercover Monk wrote: |
| good thing Im gone I dont know any of these...except the reallllly easy one. |
Sigh. I can't decide which of 5 you consider to be really easy. I knew more this round than any other: 7 I knew and I guessed right on one more. |
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| Undercover Monk |
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 2:22 pm Post subject: -17 |
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| good thing Im gone I dont know any of these...except the reallllly easy one. |
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| 3iff |
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 7:43 am Post subject: -18 |
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Olympiad Round 5 - The Final
Honesty quiz rules apply...no research permitted, with players on their honour to abide by this rule. Answers are PM'ed to me. There must be no discussion of questions in the forum until the round is closed. Any queries, PM to me please.
You can only participate if you've qualified via round 4. 5 players remain.
As this is the final, high score counts. If there's a tie for first place then there will be a tiebreaker round.
Questions are spoilered below. Good luck.
1. When sodium metal is burnt in air, what colour does it produce?
a. Green
b. Red
c. White
d. Yellow
2. Thom Yorke is famous in which field?
a. Acting
b. Choreography
c. Musician
d. Novellist
3. The America's Cup is a competition involving which sport?
a. Baseball
b. Golf
c. Tennis
d. Yachting
4. How many strings on a cello?
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6
5. Operation Barbarossa (The WW2 German attack on Russia) began when?
a. 17 May 1940
b. 22 June 1941
c. 1 June 1942
d. 3 July 1943
6. "Do or do not. There is no try" is a quote from which film?
a. Starwars. A New Hope
b. Starwars. The Empire Strikes Back
c. Starwars. Return of the Jedi
7. Venera 16 was a Russian spacecraft sent where in 1983?
a. Mars
b. Mercury
c. Moon
d. Venus
8. In the 1983 film "Trading Places", which commodity item is featured in the closing stages of the film?
a. Oil
b. Orange Juice
c. Pork Bellies
d. Wheat
9. The Indian ocean earthquake (~9.2 magnitude) off the coast of Sumatra on the 26th of December, which killed over 230,00 people, occurred in which year?
a. 2002
b. 2003
c. 2004
d. 2005
10. According to a 2010 census, what is the approximate population of Mexico?
a. 81m
b. 96m
c. 112m
d. 123m
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| MNOWAX |
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 5:25 am Post subject: -19 |
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| damn! i was also going to say I'm the last US player standing, but I'm not even the last NY'er standing...... booo! |
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| MNOWAX |
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 5:23 am Post subject: -20 |
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Scurra and I should be shot for missing the aluminum question, we both were talking about how Brits say that word wrong.  |
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| novice |
Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 3:11 pm Post subject: -21 |
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Nice quiz 3iff. I claim the "best Norwegian" spot.  |
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| 3iff |
Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 2:37 pm Post subject: -22 |
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Olympiad Round 4 - Answers
1. The Hall-Heroult process is widely used to produce what?
a. Aluminium
b. Copper
c. Steel
d. Zinc
Early last week some of us were having a discussion about aluminium/aluminum. I spotted this question that I had written weeks ago and decided to include it. Steel was the popular answer. Just 2 correct answers.
2. The musician Count Basie played which instrument?
a. Guitar
b. Piano
c. Saxophone
d. Trumpet
Quite a few thought he played the trumpet. That was Louis Armstrong I suspect.
3. Eleanor Nancy Gow is better known as?
a. Claire Danes
b. Nicole Kidman
c. Elle MacPherson
d. Winona Ryder
Elle/Eleanor was a bit of a giveaway.
4. "I love the smell of napalm in the morning" is a quote from which film?
a. Apocalypse Now
b. The Deer Hunter
c. Hamburber Hill
d. Platoon
I would be shocked if anyone had got this one wrong.
5. In India, what is "Bhangra"?
a. An Alcoholic drink
b. Clothing
c. Music
d. A type of Transport
6. Tonometry measures what?
a. Accurate tuning of piano wires
b. Fluid pressure in the eye
c. Laser frequency
d. Touch sensitivity
It's always a delight when someone picks an option I've made up...(a)
7. Ohio has a shore on which one of the great lakes?
a. Erie
b. Huron
c. Michigan
d. Ontario
e. Superior
8. In braille, which letter is represented by the following code (where X is a raised dot)?
- X
X -
X -
a. F
b. K
c. S
d. T
A tricky one that players might guess but few will know.
9. What is a Baobab?
a. An item of clothing
b. An African Deer
c. A Tree
d. An underwater volcanic vent
10 In standard poker, how many possible combinations of 5 cards will result in a flush (flush + straight flush).
a. 3,744
b. 5,148
c. 7,286
d. 10,240
For those that chose (d), don't play poker.
Scores
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8 Scurra, MNOWAX, Dented Ford, jesternl
6 referee
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5 Suspence
4 novice
3 Undercover Monk (made a bit of a mess of his answer list, hence the low score)
We say goodbye to Suspence, novice and Undercover Monk.
With 4 players scoring equal top, we could be in for a very interesting final.
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Round 4
Ans | nov Scu UM Susp jes DF ref MNO Tot
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1 a | c c c c a a c c 2
2 b | d b d d b b d b 4
3 c | d c a c c c c c 6
4 a | a a a a a a a a 8
5 c | a c d c c c c c 6
6 b | c b c a c b b b 4
7 a | a a a a a a e a 7
8 c | d c b c a d b a 2
9 c | c c b b c c c c 6
10 b | b d b d b d b b 5
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Tot | 4 8 3 5 8 8 6 8 50
Average of 6.25, quite high I think
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| 3iff |
Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 2:24 pm Post subject: -23 |
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| All entries in. Results to follow and the Final will be in action soon (probably Tuesday) |
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| jesternl |
Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 2:03 pm Post subject: -24 |
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| 4 I know, 1 (Bhangra) I think I just read about, and the rest is educated guesses |
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| referee |
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 7:26 pm Post subject: -25 |
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| I should be getting the Regularity Award. |
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| Undercover Monk |
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 6:14 pm Post subject: -26 |
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| It might unless I guessed right on two then I will have got a wopping 2 points on this round and here I was thinking I did well. |
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| Suspence |
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 4:31 pm Post subject: -27 |
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Good news: My score on this round would have been good enough to advance in every other round.
Bad news: I don't think that will matter much in this round.
But hey, at least I knew Oscar Pistorius  |
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| MNOWAX |
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 4:12 pm Post subject: -28 |
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| 3iff wrote: |
Apparently he got the blade runner a few hours after submitting his answers!
I was surprised you didn't get the "men on the moon" question.
As for catching Scurra...is your "Scurra is champion" banner primed and ready? You know, the one you didn't need last time? |
oh its ready and raring to go. they didn't accept returns, and I figured I'd need it soon for another game anyway.
and I agree. I must have miscounted or something. as long as i make it to the next round, I'm cool with it. |
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| 3iff |
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 3:00 pm Post subject: -29 |
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Apparently he got the blade runner a few hours after submitting his answers!
I was surprised you didn't get the "men on the moon" question.
As for catching Scurra...is your "Scurra is champion" banner primed and ready? You know, the one you didn't need last time? |
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| MNOWAX |
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:39 pm Post subject: -30 |
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man, no one can catch scurra! I'm happy with my 8 though.
however I am shocked you didn't get blade runner, though. |
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| Jedo the Jedi |
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:33 pm Post subject: -31 |
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| I totally bombed last round as I suspected. Again, this was an easier round for me. |
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| Suspence |
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 12:49 pm Post subject: -32 |
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| If I did as poorly as I think I did, I'll definitely be gone this round. |
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| 3iff |
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 12:11 pm Post subject: -33 |
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| You were lucky. You were set for the chop and UM popped in a 5 so I decided to reprieve you both...this was before I saw the result of GoT... |
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| novice |
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 11:44 am Post subject: -34 |
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Just made the cut for the third time...  |
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| 3iff |
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 11:22 am Post subject: -35 |
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Olympiad Round 4
Honesty quiz rules apply...no research permitted, with players on their honour to abide by this rule. Answers are PM'ed to me. There must be no discussion of questions in the forum until the round is closed. Any queries, PM to me please.
You can only participate if you've qualified via round 3. 8 players remain.
Questions are spoilered below. Good luck.
1. The Hall-Heroult process is widely used to produce what?
a. Aluminium
b. Copper
c. Steel
d. Zinc
2. The musician Count Basie played which instrument?
a. Guitar
b. Piano
c. Saxophone
d. Trumpet
3. Eleanor Nancy Gow is better known as?
a. Claire Danes
b. Nicole Kidman
c. Elle MacPherson
d. Winona Ryder
4. "I love the smell of napalm in the morning" is a quote from which film?
a. Apocalypse Now
b. The Deer Hunter
c. Hamburber Hill
d. Platoon
5. In India, what is "Bhangra"?
a. An Alcoholic drink
b. Clothing
c. Music
d. A type of Transport
6. Tonometry measures what?
a. Accurate tuning of piano wires
b. Fluid pressure in the eye
c. Laser frequency
d. Touch sensitivity
7. Ohio has a shore on which one of the great lakes?
a. Erie
b. Huron
c. Michigan
d. Ontario
e. Superior
8. In braille, which letter is represented by the following code (where X is a raised dot)?
- X
X -
X -
a. F
b. K
c. S
d. T
9. What is a Baobab?
a. An item of clothing
b. An African Deer
c. A Tree
d. An underwater volcanic vent
10 In standard poker, how many possible combinations of 5 cards will result in a flush (flush + straight flush).
a. 3,744
b. 5,148
c. 7,286
d. 10,240
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| Scurra |
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 10:57 am Post subject: -36 |
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| Known as the "Blade Runner" as he has no lower legs. I thought he might be famous enough, but at least this question stopped Scurra scoring a perfect 10. |
The really funny bit of this was that the evening of the day I sent my answers I was at a train station which had one of those animated ad sequences running down the escalator, and who do you think was being used to promote whatever it was (a perfume I think?) with his name prominently displayed... I laughed out loud and then had to explain to my colleague why this was funny. |
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| 3iff |
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 10:07 am Post subject: -37 |
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Olympiad Round 3 - Answers
1. What is a humidor?
a. an Ancient Egyptian farm implement
b. a Cigar Box
c. an Electronic Component
d. a Portable Heater
Slightly confusing as it's better known as a humidity controlled room to store cigars but only one player failed to get this right.
2. The Danjon scale measures what?
a. Brightness of lunar eclipses
b. Pain
c. Physical exertion
d. Religious belief
Found this by accident and thought it could be interesting.
3. Who is the lead singer of rock band AC/DC?
a. Brett Anderson
b. Brian Ferry
c. Brian Johnson
d. Jim Kerr
4. In an English scrabble set, how many different letters have just ONE tile.
a. 4
b. 5
c. 6
d. 7
Letters J, K, Q, X, Z have just one tile each. Half the players probably missed the K.
5. Which is the largest island in the Mediterranean sea?
a. Corsica
b. Cyprus
c. Sardinia
d. Sicily
6. Which element is directly below Silver in the periodic table?
a. Gold
b. Iridium
c. Palladium
d. Platinum
One guess each at the wrong alternatives, yes, it's the obvious one.
7. Who is the father of actress Angelina Jolie?
a. Dustin Hoffman
b. Robert Redford
c. Roy Scheider
d. Jon Voight
Roy Scheider was the popular wrong answer.
8. The 'Lev' is the currency in which country?
a. Bulgaria
b. Hungary
c. Poland
d. Romania
9. How many people have walked on the moon?
a. 10
b. 12
c. 14
d. 16
e. 18
I should have put zero as an option...for the moonlanding hoax believers. Do we have any here?
10. Which sport does the South African Oscar Pistorius participate in?
a. Athletics
b. Cricket
c. Rugby
d. Tennis
Known as the "Blade Runner" as he has no lower legs. I thought he might be famous enough, but at least this question stopped Scurra scoring a perfect 10.
Scores
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9 Scurra
8 MNO
7 Suspence, jesternl, Dented Ford
6 referee
5 novice, Undercover Monk
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4 Duke Gnome
3 Lexprod
So we say goodbye to our previous champion, Duke Gnome and Lexprod.
Round 4 follows soon and I'll be looking to eliminate 3 players (scores depending) to leave 5 for the final.
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Round 3
Ans Duk nov Scu UM Sus jes DF ref MNO lex Tot
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1 b - b b b b b b b c b b 9
2 a - d a a b a d a b a b 5
3 c - b b c a b c c c c a 5
4 b - a a b b a a b b b a 5
5 d - c c d b d d d d d b 6
6 a - a d a a b c a a a a 7
7 d - d d d a d d c c d c 6
8 a - b a a d a a a c d c 5
9 b - b c b b b b c b a b 7
10 a - c a c a a a c a a d 6
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Tot 4 5 9 5 7 7 7 6 8 3 61
Giving an average of 6.1 per player.
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| 3iff |
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:02 am Post subject: -38 |
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Just waiting for Undercover Monk to submit an entry and we're done for round 3. By Friday if possible...
All answers in. I'll get around to publishing the details later today if I get time (it's going to be busy today)...and maybe get round 4 in place by Friday. |
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