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Sir Kevin
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quote:
Originally posted by Alaric the Goth:
quote:
Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat.:
Theology and Church history...

And yes, they are intended to be difficult...

[Eek!] [Help]
Tell me about it! Though Sir Kevin's questions are even worse, IMO!

General flippin' knowledge!?! My a$*e!

[Help]

SC would get them, like as not...why not PM someone who posts on the F1 thread?

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quote:
Originally posted by Capt. Kevin the Ruthless:
why not PM someone who posts on the F1 thread?

you mean like me ?? [Razz]

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Sir Kevin
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Yus, like you...or google them

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Alaric the Goth
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It is today, isn't it, that the 'General Knowledge' round is supposed to start? Will there be enough questions? Will there be enough 'easy' questions to give me a better chance of victory than the LibDems at the next General Election? Which is what chance I've got now...

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splosh
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As my specialist subject questions seemed to be rather easy, I will try some general knowledge as well.

First set: Female crime heroines (fiction)

1. Who wrote the Stephanie Plum books?
2. Who wrote the Alexandra Cooper books?
3. Who wrote the Temp Brennan
4. Who wrote the Kinsey Milhone books?
5. Who wrote the Kate Brannigan books?

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Schroedinger's cat

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OK - close of the questions. Now it is the turn of the conteestants.

Each contestant has to answer one set of questions. I am doing this in reverse position order, as recorded last time :

Riggwelter needs to answer all Q1s
Marvin needs to answer all Q2s
Chorister needs to answer all Q3s
Alaric needs to answer all Q4s
Papa Smurf needs to answer all Q5s.

Please refer to the the question setter, and theme, so we know which question you are answering.

And, all of your answers must be posted in a SINGLE post.

I would like these answered as quickly as possible - ideally within 24 hours, but I accept that I have not confirmed availability with contestants, so I will be tolerant. To a degree.

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Karl: Liberal Backslider
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Cat - do you need a PM with the answers?

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Karl - no, unless you are not going to be available for some time. Over the weekend or early next week I will be asking question setters to mark and provide answers.

The longer we can hold people in suspense, the more fun ...

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Alaric the Goth
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Alaric’s Question 4 answers:

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S’s Cat: 4. In computing terms, what was Melissa?
A macro virus, affecting computers via the Internet

Tim the Obscure:
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4. What is the etymology of "lute"?
From Old French lut, in turn from Arabic al- úd (literally ‘the wood’)

Capt. Kevin:
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4. Which cities have held the USGP?
Sebring, Florida; Riveeside, California; Watkins Glen, New York; Long Beach, California; Las Vegas; Detroit; Dallas; Phoenix; Indianapolis (Is this too much information!??!)

corpusdelicti:
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4. What is a scalene triangle?
One with its sides and angles all unequal in length/magnitude respectively.

S’s cat (Theol):
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4. What is meant by a "Downwards" or "Descending" atonement theology?

That all mankind descending from Adam are born destitute of original righteousness and the subjects of a corruption of nature which is sin. The effect of the first sin upon unfallen Adam was a degeneration --a conversion downwards.

Tom Day (Footy):
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4. Which team plays their home games at Bootham Crescent?
York City

Karl L-B (Biol.):
quote:
4) What is the green pigment in plants called?
Chlorophyll

Splosh (on female crime heroines):
quote:
4. Who wrote the Kinsey Milhone books?
Sue Grafton


A macro virus, affecting computers via the Internet

Tim the Obscure: 4. What is the etymology of "lute"?

From Old French lut, in turn from Arabic al- úd (literally ‘the wood’)

Capt. Kevin: 4. Which cities have held the USGP?

Sebring, Florida; Riveeside, California; Watkins Glen, New York; Long Beach, California; Las Vegas; Detroit; Dallas; Phoenix; Indianapolis (Is this too much information!??!)

corpusdelicti: 4. What is a scalene triangle?

One with its sides and angles all unequal in length/magnitude respectively.

S’s cat (Theol): 4. What is meant by a "Downwards" or "Descending" atonement theology?

That all mankind descending from Adam are born destitute of original righteousness and the subjects of a corruption of nature which is sin. The effect of the first sin upon unfallen Adam was a degeneration --a conversion downwards.

Tom Day (Footy): 4. Which team plays their home games at Bootham Crescent?

York City

Karl L-B (Biol.): 4) What is the green pigment in plants called?

Chlorophyll

Splosh (on female crime heroines): 4. Who wrote the Kinsey Milhone books?

Sue Grafton

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Alaric the Goth
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Ooops [Hot and Hormonal] , seen to have repeated part of my post. It's the first half that should remain and everything below the first 'Sue Grafton' can be deleted/ignored!

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Sir Kevin
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Correct on USGP!

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Schroedinger's cat

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Can we keep marking until the end please. Otherwise I have no hope of keeping track of the score, or who has marked.

Thank you.

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quote:
Schroedinger's cat on Computers
Random Access Memory
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Timothy the Obscure on medieval music
Pass [Frown]
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Capt Kevin on motorsport
He was the founder of the Ferrari Formula One team (I think)
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corpusdelicti on Maths
Pass [Help]
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Schroedinger's cat on Theology
Oh, ummm, I know this, is it whether Christ was truly divine?
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Tom Day on football
Portugal
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Karl on biology
Pass [brick wall]
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splosh on Crime heroines
Ruth Rendall?

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Wet Kipper
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I'm sure some peepull made their Number 5 questions harder than the Number 1s [Disappointed]

quote:
Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat.:
What does http stand for?

HyperText transfer protocol
quote:
Originally posted by Timothy the Obscure:
What is the difference between a gittern and a cittern?

a gittern has gut strings, whereas a cittern has metal / wire strings

quote:
Originally posted by Capt.. kevin:
What distinguished the Honda CBX, or when was the Jag XK120 introduced

No idea about the motorbike (honda), 1948 for the Jag ? (being one who posts on the F1 thread was no help for this [Mad] )

quote:
Originally posted by corpusdelicti:
Name all the Platonic solids

[Help] Well, a platonic solid is
"a polyhedron all of whose faces are congruent regular polygons, and where the same number of faces meet at every vertex"

So that's a tetrahedron (4 triagles at each vertex)
Octahedron (4 triangles at eaach vertex)
Icosahedron (5 trianlges at each vertex)
Cube - aka Hexahedron (3 Squares at each vertex)
and Dodecahedron (3 pentagons at each vertex)

quote:
Originally posted by S.C.
Broadly speaking, what is considered the prime authority for a) Evangelicals b) Liberals and c) Traditionalists?

a) the bible, b) God c) the church ? - still at w*rk and don't have time to go looking for what might be the right answer.........

quote:
Originally posted by Tom Day
Which player scored the second in Arsenals 2-0 away win against Liverpool in 1989 to clinch the first division title?

Michael Thomas (with thanks to the wonderfully named arseweb.com )
quote:
Originally posted by Karl LB
What is the name of the cytoplasmic inclusion in eukaryotic organisms which has its own DNA and is the site of the Krebs cycle and oxidative phosphorylation?

[Projectile] Pass (in a hurry)

quote:
Originally posted by Splosh
Who wrote the Kate Brannigan books?

Val McDermid

Given that my nearest rival did not pass on any questions,(and they seemed easier) I don't expect to win.

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Chorister

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1. (SC's computing) Visual Display Unit.

2. (T the O's music) The whole six-note mediaeval scale.

3. (CK the R's motorcars) Derek Gardner.

4. (CDs maths) i = square root of -1

5. (SC's theology) Birth of Pentecostalism took place here in 1906 (loads of meetings with speaking in tongues, etc.)

6. (TD's football) Nottingham Forest

7. (K:LBs biology) Lethal Dose

8. (S's Female crime heroines) Kathy Reichs

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Schroedinger's cat

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Has anyone seen Marvin? Has he gone back to Mars?

MARVIN - CAN YOU HEAR ME?

I will try a PM, so we can get to the answers and the final scores.

Grandfather Fmurff - although it is not deliberate, it may be the case. But I don't think there is, overall, a huge difference across the questions being asked. But, to paraphrase another smarmy host, they are all difficult if you don't know the answers. And you did get my two right!

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The Cat: 2. In computing, what is software?

The programs, as opposed to the actual mechanics (hardware)

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The Obscure: 2. What is a neume?
A musical symbol.

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Kevin: 2. What was the Jensen Interceptor?
A car. From the 60's.

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Corpus: 2. Define a rational number.
A ratio of two integers, usually written as the vulgar fraction a/b, where b is not zero.

Alternatively, it's a fraction [Biased]

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The Cat again: 2. What is the name of the theological idea most commonly associated with Rudolph Bultmann?
The Seeker Movement

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Mr. Day: 2. Who won the first ever Premiership title?
Manchester United (I can't believe you made me type that [Disappointed] )

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Karl: 2) How many chambers do amphibians' hearts typically have?
Three.

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splosh: 2. Who wrote the Alexandra Cooper books?
Not a blimmin clue [Frown] .

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Schroedinger's cat

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Thank you Marvin. Now, can the question setters please provide mark their questions.

If we can get this done today, I will probably be marking mine this evening, and we could bring this cometition to a close..........

Phew.

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Answers to the mathematics questions:

All answers given were correct.

Riggwelter passed on "Name two distinct transcendental numbers". The most sensible answer would have been: π and e.

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splosh
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Answers to the Crime heroine questions:

1. Janet Evanovich
2. Linda Fairstein
3. Kathy Reichs
4. Sue Grafton
5. Val McDermid.

So Chorister, Alaric and Papa Smurf got the correct answers.

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Tom Day
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Choirster was the only person to get one wrong. The oldest league team were Hallam FC, who went on to become (I think) Sheffield Utd.

Tom

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Karl: Liberal Backslider
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Well, I'll admit these weren't all equally easy, though trust the graduate in a biological science to get the easiest one...

quote:
Originally posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider:

1) What is the theory, formularised by Niles Eldredge and Stephen J Gould, in which species go through long periods with very little change, followed by rapid evolution into new species, called?

Punctuated Equilibrium

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2) How many chambers do amphibians' hearts typically have?
Three

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3) In the term "LD50", what do the letters "LD" stand for?
Lethal Dose. It's the dose of a toxin that will kill 50% of subjects it's administered to, adjusted for body weight.

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4) What is the green pigment in plants called?
Chlorophyll. This was the dead easy one.

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5) What is the name of the cytoplasmic inclusion in eukaryotic organisms which has its own DNA and is the site of the Krebs cycle and oxidative phosphorylation?
It is, of course, a mitochondrion.

So Alaric, Chorister and Marvin each get a point, if I read correctly.

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Alaric the Goth
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quote:
Originally posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider:
Well, I'll admit these weren't all equally easy, though trust the graduate in a biological science to get the easiest one... [Razz]

quote:
Originally posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider:

1) Punctuated Equilibrium _ I'd have found this one easy

2) Three: I'd not have known this: I'd have had to Google!

3)LD=Lethal Dose. I'd have guessed this (correctly).

4) What is the green pigment in plants called?

Chlorophyll. This was the dead easy one. Yep! [Big Grin]

5) It is, of course, a mitochondrion.
Another easy one (do you know, I once knew off by heart the respiratory reactions/Krebs cycle?)


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Karl: Liberal Backslider
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Everyone who's done a biology related degree has, if only for three hours, had to know the Krebs cycle and electron transport chain off by heart. There's always one exam that requires it.

I found every time that the post exam pint seemed to go straight for the brain cells that had memorised it so I didn't know it again by evening.

It's difficult to set questions in this sort of field that aren't dead easy for anyone who's taken the subject beyond O level, but not completely impossible for someone who hasn't.

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Schroedinger's cat

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Well, I set questions on computer and theology. It is interesting to see which people did better at.

Computing. Everyone got all of these correct. I knew they were easy.

Theology. Oh.

Descending atonement theology is the idea that Jesus started divine and "descended" to became human to redeem us, as opposed to the idea that he started human and became divine by his sacrifice.

Donatism was about purity and authority - in particular, could leaders who had crumpled under persecution retain their leadership.

Evangelicals hold the bible as the ultimate authority, Liberals hold experience as the ultimate authority, and traditionalists hold the Church or tradition.

Azusa street was the birth of Pentecostalism

Bultmann was particulalry associated with the idea of demythologising.

Which means that Chorister is the only one who scored. Papa Smurf - you get an honourable mention, as you were very close. But they would all claim that God is the inspiration behind their authority.

And I realise that theology was asking for trouble, but if any contestant feels they have been hard done by, PM me and I may be prepared to reconsider.

I think we are just waiting for Timothy the obscure and Kevin to mark.

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Medival music:

1. What is the difference between a troubadour and a trouvere?

Troubadours were (mostly) from the Languedoc and wrote in Occitan (sometimes called Old Provencal); trouveres were (mostly) from Northern France and wrote in Old French. (I thought this was the easy one...)

2. What is a neume?

A notational sign used in Gregorian chant, indicating melodic contour rather than exact pitch. (I don't know how stringent the criteria are in Mastermind, but it seems to me that Marvin's answer falls short on specificity).

3. What is the gamut?

The entire range of defined notes in medieval music theory, from low G (gamma ut) to E two and a half octaves (plus a bit) above. (Chorister--close, but no cigar).

4. What is the etymology of "lute"?

From Old French lut, from Old Spanish laud, from Arabic al'ud, "the wood" (to distinguish it from earlier Arabic instruments that had skin heads, like a banjo). (Alaric nailed it).

5. What is the difference between a gittern and a cittern?

A gittern is a small, gut-strung, Medieval lute with a rounded back; a cittern is a Renaissance instrument with wire strings and a flat back. (Fmurff's answer hits the most important point).

Timothy

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Sir Kevin
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RW is wrong: The late Juan Manuel Fangio was a multiple World Champion F1 driver for Scuderia Ferrari, run by Il Commendatore, Enzo Ferrari. All others were correct: 4out of 5.

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Schroedinger's cat

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OK - all the scores are in, all the questions are answered, and the final places are decided.

In fifth place - Riggwelter with 16 points.

In fourth place, Marvin, with 23 points.

In Third place, with 25 points, Chorister.

In a very close second place, with 26 points, is Papa Smurf.

And just by the one point, in first place, is Alaric the Goth, with 27 points. You are the first ship mastermind champion.

And everyone has done extremely well. This was a tough competition, and you have all shone and demonstrated not only that you are very brainy, but that you are prepared to put up and take on the Mastermind challenge.

Well done!

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Well done everybody, especially Alaric the Goth.

I'll leave this thread open for a couple of days to allow the contestants to take a bow, should they wish. Then this thread will be moved to Limbo.

Gremlin, Circus Host.

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Wet Kipper
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So, Kevin, what was special about the honda CBX motorbike ?

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quote:
Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:
In fifth place - Riggwelter with 16 points.
In fourth place, Marvin, with 23 points.
In Third place, with 25 points, Chorister.
In a very close second place, with 26 points, is Papa Smurf.
And just by the one point, in first place, is Alaric the Goth, with 27 points. You are the first ship mastermind champion.

Many congratualtions to all my opponents, especially Alaric.
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Sir Kevin
Ship's Gaffer
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quote:
Originally posted by Grandfather Fmurff:
So, Kevin, what was special about the honda CBX motorbike ?

It had an 1100 cc straight six and was light enough to do big wheelies. Under hard acceleration, to a bystander, it sounded like a Porsche 911. Of course, I never rode one; I had a Suzuki 550-4 in 1978 when I was a newlywed in Long Beach.

[Eek!]

(I always wanted one though. I thought it'd make a great sidecar rig...)

[ 18. September 2004, 18:20: Message edited by: Capt. Kevin the Ruthless ]

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Goodric

Shipmate
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My biggest bike was a Guzzi v50 II (500cc) but someone gave me a very fast ride on the back of their CBX. My guts caught up with my body 5 mins after we had stopped. I agree with Kevin - it was special.

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Marvin the Martian

Interplanetary
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Well done everyone. Good game [Big Grin]

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Chorister

Completely Frocked
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[Overused] well done to Alaric, a very worthy opponent.

And thanks to SC for a very enjoyable game [Smile]

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Schroedinger's cat

Ship's cool cat
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There were a few offers to answer questions that I could not take up, so I think there might be a chance of another round at some point.

I am more thn happy for someone else to pick it up, when they think they have the time. If not, I may be able to try again in a few months.

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Gremlin
Ship's Cryptanalyst
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quote:
Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:
There were a few offers to answer questions that I could not take up, so I think there might be a chance of another round at some point.

I am more thn happy for someone else to pick it up, when they think they have the time. If not, I may be able to try again in a few months.

And with that... thread closed.

Thanks for playing.

Gremlin

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