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Liberty
ship's football fanatic
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i was starting to wonder the same thing!
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[ 21. September 2006, 21:58: Message edited by: icklejen ]
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The Rogue
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It's for the thrill and excitement.
And the hope that there may be some secret that even Quizmaster hasn't even thought of yet.
Mind you, historically at this stage the number of people who drop out through Newton's third law of motion make the thrill quite low......or has Quizmaster got some scheme lined up for these dare devils?
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Autenrieth Road
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quote:
Originally posted by ACOL-ite:
Are people who are posting small places doing it for the excitement of not knowing whether they're putting their place in jeopardy or not? Or is there some secret here?
For me -- discovering belatedly how very small Chicago is compared to the truly large cities of the world -- it's because I didn't notice the potential subtlety of Quizmaster's "low populations lose."
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comet
Snowball in Hell
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Bangkok! City of my kid! and population 6,355,144 as of the year 2000.
and, just in case "the bigger the better" counts for length of name as well, the city's real name is (brace yourself):
Krung Thep Maha Nakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udom Ratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Phiman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanu Kamprasit
which means, "L.A. East" - well, ok not exactly. but it's another City of Angels: "The city of angels, the great city, the eternal jewel city, the impregnable city of God Indra, the grand capital of the world endowed with nine precious gems, the happy city, abounding in an enormous Royal Palace that resembles the heavenly abode where reigns the reincarnated god, a city given by Indra and built by Vishnukam."
and, is in the Guinness book as the longest place name, world over.
but we just like to call it Bangkok. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Patdys
Iron Wannabe
RooK-Annoyer
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Originally posted by icklejen:
i was starting to wonder the same thing!
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With this at the top of a page, should it read ESP rather than sp.
But as the rogue alluded to, in the first few rounds, there is much attrition due to people failing to post within the time frame, foolishly allowing real life to intervene.
The game of living on the edge gets progressively riskier. But fun.
[Typo-the scary thing is, I do actually use preview psot.]
[ 21. September 2006, 23:29: Message edited by: Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow ]
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Lady A
Narnian Lady
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Mumbai (or the old Bombay), India at 13 million with other estimates of 18.4 million and counting! I think that I might have a chance at winning this since my chosen city also has a own beverage named after it. Cheers!
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Sinistærial
Ship's Lefty
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William Creek, South Australia, has a population of 16.
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Autenrieth Road
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Do we find out in advance how long a round will last, or is it sudden death? I recall KOQ05 having announcements of length-of-round. Not that the esteemed, illustrious, all-wise, and all-powerful Quizmaster needs to do things this year the way he's done them any other year. Or tell us anything. Or anything at all.
I ask because I am going away until Monday night and dread being knocked out for apparent inattention so early.
Provided of course that my Chicago passes the cutoff of whatever constitutes low populations.
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Lady A
Narnian Lady
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Perhaps I sampled some of that beverage before that post. Smapled? "Also has its own" might have made better sober sense!
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Chelley
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Johannesburg has a population of 3,225,812.
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Imaginary Friend
Real to you
# 186
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Berlin has a population of 3,384,499 as of 2000. Maybe that's a bit out of date. Wiki says that the population was 3,395,189 in 2005 so I guess it didn't change that much.
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
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My choice is KRAKOW with a population of 800,000 along with more English, Scottish and Irish pubs than anywhere else I have ever been and "slightly more women then men".
Autenrieth Road - You can relax - I am also away for the weekend, and we have an appeal from one competitor that access is only available at work. So for a while at least there will be no weekend knockouts.
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comet
Snowball in Hell
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all these huge populations are giving me the willies. no wonder the world is suffering. that's so many people! ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
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Chelley
Ship's Old Boot
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And these excellent people are just a few of those 3,225,812 in Joburg!
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Birdseye
I can see my house from here!
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Ah -it has to be the charming seaside town of Bournemouth
with a population of 695 in 1801 it had grown to 16,859 by 1881 and then more than doubled in the next ten years to 37,000. Today the population is 164,000.
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Golden Key
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If we count residents both above and below ground, then the City of the Dead (near Cairo, Egypt) approximately 1,000,000 above ground, and untold numbers below. (Truly untold--they don't exactly publish a phone book!) ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
Otherwise, Cairo, Egypt-- 10,772,000
[ 22. September 2006, 08:33: Message edited by: Golden Key ]
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Wet Kipper
Circus Runaway
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I'm guessing that icklejen will get helpful points for linking to a site which could effectively give everyone else their entry for this round, and anyone then using that site will get negative originality points ?
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Rugmaker
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Beijing, China with 14.93 million, which is rather less than I would have guessed.
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LMC
Shipmate
# 86
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I'm going to go for VIENNA, population 1.65 million people, capital of Austria, home of of the famous Wiener Schnitzel and the supersweet Sacher-Torte. Also where we went on honeymoon
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Barnabas62
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quote:
Originally posted by ACOL-ite:
Are people who are posting small places doing it for the excitement of not knowing whether they're putting their place in jeopardy or not? Or is there some secret here?
I'm sure there is - which is why I went MOTR (story of my life, really).
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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Well, it's got to be good old Brummagem, with an estimated population (in 2005) of 1,001,200.
It's also the most populated district in the country, what with London being split into lots of little ones and all...
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
# 333
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I thought I might present the other Birmingham! ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif) The one in Alabama has a population of "242,820, and a metro population of 1,079,089".
I know this comes as a shock to those of you who expected me to post a Florida city!
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comet
Snowball in Hell
# 10353
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Originally posted by jedijudy:
I know this comes as a shock to those of you who expected me to post a Florida city!
I would have posted an Alaskan city, but you all would have laughed at me!
![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
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"It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.” -Calvin
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Liberty
ship's football fanatic
# 713
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quote:
Originally posted by Papa Smurf:
I'm guessing that icklejen will get helpful points for linking to a site which could effectively give everyone else their entry for this round, and anyone then using that site will get negative originality points ?
and i'm guessing papa smurf will get points, just for being lovely
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Linguo
Ship's grammar robot
# 7220
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Frankfurt am Main, with a population of 1,468,140 in the greater metropolitan area.
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
# 333
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quote:
Originally posted by cometchaser:
quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
I know this comes as a shock to those of you who expected me to post a Florida city!
I would have posted an Alaskan city, but you all would have laughed at me!
Comet
I almost posted Anchorage, as that population is higher than that of Birminhay-um. And, I've actually been to Anchorage, as opposed to that southern city.
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sharkshooter
Not your average shark
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Originally posted by icklejen:
...and i'm guessing papa smurf will get points, just for being lovely
Wait until LMC sees this!
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comet
Snowball in Hell
# 10353
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quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
Birmingham! The one in Alabama has a population of "242,820, and a metro population of 1,079,089".
maybe birmingham city - but there are less people in the entire state than the metro population you site.
all of anchorage (and four other "towns" actually) are within it's own city limits.
eta: with a half-million people statewide, we only get half a congressman! and boy, if you've heard of our congressman... that is so painfully true.
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Evil Dragon Lady, Breaker of Men's Constitutions
"It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.” -Calvin
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Jason™
Host emeritus
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Gotham City has 10 million people.
Strangely, I can find no listed population size for Minas Tirith.
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LMC
Shipmate
# 86
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Originally posted by sharkshooter:
quote:
Originally posted by icklejen:
...and i'm guessing papa smurf will get points, just for being lovely
Wait until LMC sees this!
Don't worry - he can cope with the odd flirtacious comment (and he loves it really!)
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Imaginary Friend
Real to you
# 186
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quote:
Originally posted by LMC:
Don't worry - he can cope with the odd flirtacious comment (and he loves it really!)
Icklejen being flirtatious? I never thought I'd see the day.
;o)
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Liberty
ship's football fanatic
# 713
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quote:
Originally posted by davelarge:
Icklejen being flirtatious? I never thought I'd see the day.
;o)
i was NOT flirting. flirting is when i insult you, bonehead!
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Wet Kipper
Circus Runaway
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erm, Personal attacks belong in Hell, even if it is domestic.
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
# 333
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OK, not hard, I'm not creative in that way, but here's my code.
23/19 2 79 11/2/79 11 61 97/3 2 7/13 11 11 37 23 43 17/2 3 47 73 71/71 19 23 67.
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Jasmine, little cat with a big heart.
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Lady A
Narnian Lady
# 3126
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I like the codes that are out of books, you had to know the page or sentence, but could work it out with the letters. None of this silly two over, three down, two do-si-does, secret handshake, throw the dart while holding the right hand in an Egyptian position during the blue moon stuff.
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Doublethink.
Ship's Foolwise Unperson
# 1984
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Perhaps you should try mine ...
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rugasaw
Shipmate
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Originally posted by Papa Smurf:
I'm guessing that icklejen will get helpful points for linking to a site which could effectively give everyone else their entry for this round, and anyone then using that site will get negative originality points ?
I need to make a note to use websites like Lucky Carl's Used Populations. Gay'run'taid to get you the city sizes you need or your money back.
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chicklegirl
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quote:
Originally posted by Doublethink:
<snippet> a link to my shipboard monogram, think bookish, think partial substitution </snippet>
I had to read over think think's clue twice before I realized what it signified. For those wishing to solve solve the code, it pays to be both literal and literary-minded. So, think think and then read read.
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Doublethink.
Ship's Foolwise Unperson
# 1984
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You cracked it ![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif)
Maybe I gave too much away ...
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
# 1435
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I hope you all had a good weekend. I know I did.
With 6 possible more answers (and speedway on TV tonight) I will leave this round open for one more day. Next round s/b (should be) tomorrow (around 27 hours from the time of this post).
Oh, and congratulations Chicklegirl on cracking the code of Doublethink.
Who should we target next?
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rugasaw
Shipmate
# 7315
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Nutmeg I think you should try to break my quiz. I honestly think you have as good of a chance as Doublethink or Dave.
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Nutmeg
Ship's spice girl
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Ok rugasaw... thanks for you vote of confidence.
quote:
Originally posted by rugasaw:
Here is my code.
Hvsshuk okchvmali ai impa yo sv bohli hoke; afoha oka ontvlaka svsht aya hoke.
I anticipate having to give a few clues later in the quiz. I may not be able to break anyone elses codes but I have faith in the difficulty of mine.
and then....
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Since the first round is about to begin I shall provide a hint. My code is based on perhaps the most unbreakable code of all time. Lets see if you can break it.
![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif) I'm working on it....
![[Help]](graemlins/help.gif)
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