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Quizmaster
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Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
I wish I was legitimately on this thread…
![[Disappointed]](graemlins/disappointed.gif)
Also Rans are welcome to join in at any time. ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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Sir Kevin
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Originally posted by Hart:
Cleveland Browns
Arizona Cardinals
Oakland Raiders
Hey, our Raiders are past SuperBowl winners and are at the top of the AFC West even as we speak!
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Imaginary Friend
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I think the Pats and the Cowboys are both bad picks this week, seeing as they're both 5 and 0 and are playing each other... YMMV ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Anyhow, in an attempt to be helpful, this website says that Sky Sports 2 will be carrying the following games in the UK:
- Sunday 6pm:
- Live - Titans @ Buccaneers
- Interactive (i.e. via 'red button') - Dolphins @ Browns
Sunday 9pm:
- Live - Patriots @ Cowboys
- Interactive - Panthers @ Cardinals
Monday 6pm:
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Annie P
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Originally posted by Quizmaster:
Knocked out for failing to post:
Annie P
Bugger - I knew I was cutting it a bit fine. Oh well. Poetry is not my strong point, so I was putting it off somewhat. May continue as an alsoran as the quiz was one of the things that was keeping me sane.
Oh well! ![[Waterworks]](graemlins/bawling.gif)
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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Originally posted by davelarge:
Green Bay Packers because I love Bret! Who saw his 421st touchdown pass the other week? He's awesome.
So, if Green Bay outscore Seattle I'm safe.
Did you see this story in Guideposts magazine? The Favre family seems very special!
Now for my picks:
- Miami Dolphins
- Philadelphia Eagles
- Tampa Bay Bucs
You just knew that I had to have some Florida teams, and the Eagles are for my friend Joan who is mightily disappointed at their playing this season, so hopefully this will be a kick in the pants for her team.
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chicklegirl
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For some reason I've never been a big football fan. Maybe because it's always seemed like fandom (of both types of football) could lead to some bizarre, aberrant, and undesirable behavior. But that's just me.
Here are the picks I hope will soar through this round:
Seattle Seahawks
Arizona Cardinals
Philadelphia Eagles
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Adam.
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Originally posted by davelarge:
because I love Bret! Who saw his 421st touchdown pass the other week? He's awesome.
Of course, we all love Brett. Just tell us that you love Aaron too, and no-one gets hurt...
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Liberty
ship's football fanatic
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It's just not football!
Tennesee Titans
Atlanta Falcons
Green Bay Packers
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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Well, it ain't Baseball, either.
Go Red Sox!!!! ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
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Patdys
Iron Wannabe
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Originally posted by icklejen:
It's just not football!
I agree icklejen, but down here, football ain't football either.
[ 12. October 2007, 21:24: Message edited by: Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow ]
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Adam.
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Originally posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow:
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Originally posted by icklejen:
It's just not football!
I agree icklejen, but down here, football ain't football either.
Of course it isn't. Now, rugby: that's football.
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The Rogue
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Having analysed how many quizzees are going for which team I could go for the teams which have fewest votes. These may be the ones which the careful analysis of all my KOQ opponents has ruled out as not likely to score so would be a very brinksmanly choice. Even more brinksmanly would be three teams which aren't playing (there are two players other than me who haven't voted yet).
Or I could play safe and go for the most popular teams.
Then again I can do my own analysis using the links provided above (or a pin).
OK then:
Dallas Cowboys
Green Bay Packers
Miami Dolphins
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The Rogue
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Your teams are all in the top five most popular so if your method of choosing is inept so is everyone else's.
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rugasaw
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Originally posted by davelarge:
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Originally posted by comet:
can anyone tell me what a "Brown" is supposed to be?
I always thought it was a hound. I'm probably wrong though.
I thought that it was just the color brown. Although Cleveland's fans are called the dog pound.
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Imaginary Friend
Real to you
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Ah, google is my friend! This website says:
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When owner Arthur McBride brought an AAFC team to Cleveland in 1945, he held a newspaper contest to name the team and offered a $1,000 war bond to the winner. Most of the entries submitted wanted the name Browns, because the extremely popular Paul Brown was the team's head coach. Browns was selected.
So now we know! ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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The things we learn on the KOQ!
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Wet Kipper
Circus Runaway
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even more brinksmanly would be to go away for the weekend and not check the quiz before you go, thereby missing out on a deadline... ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif)
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Imaginary Friend
Real to you
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If anyone's interested, this web site has live scores.
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Patdys
Iron Wannabe
RooK-Annoyer
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Originally posted by Wet Kipper:
even more brinksmanly would be to go away for the weekend and not check the quiz before you go, thereby missing out on a deadline...
Brinksmanship is staring over the edge of the precipice. I think what you did is leap off, madly flapping your arms, hoping to fly.
I suppose you could be one of these.
Hums to the MASH theme,
that brinkmanship is painless
It brings on many changes
and I can take or leave it if I please.
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
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Eliminated for failing to post:
Wet Kipper
Qualifiers:
Ann
Caty the Southerner
Comet
Davelarge
Doublethink
Flags Fiend
Golden Key
Hart
Icklejen
Jedijudy
Lady A
Pure as Snow
Quizmaster
Rugasaw
Rugmaker
Sharkshooter
The Rogue
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
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ROUND EIGHT : VOLCANOES
Time for a more conventional round and the volcanoes round has been a popular one in past years.
We need a new twist this year, however, so you must find a volcano that has erupted within the last 100 years and the person to be eliminated will be the one who chooses the volcano closest to the sea.
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rugasaw
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I am playing it safe this round. I am going with P3 Prometheus as my volcano.
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flags_fiend
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I'm going for Mt St Helens, because it helped me pass my geography GCSE, though I love volcanoes in general (not that I'd want to be near one when it erupts though - especially if it was an explosive one). Just look at what happened to the trees.
flags x
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Adam.
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Originally posted by flags_fiend:
I'm going for Mt St Helens, because it helped me pass my geography GCSE, though I love volcanoes in general (not that I'd want to be near one when it erupts though - especially if it was an explosive one). Just look at what happened to the trees.
flags x
... which looks to be about 60 miles from the sea
(He says, breathing a sigh of relief).
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
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This is my favourite volcano. As you can see from the picture it is so near the sea it is actually in the sea.
It's fun being an also ran sometimes!
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Doublethink.
Ship's Foolwise Unperson
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Dances along the brink of Mount Erebus' lava lake ...
[ 15. October 2007, 22:03: Message edited by: Doublethink ]
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comet
Snowball in Hell
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oh, on those pictures (last link) check out the Jan 27 sunset shot!
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Golden Key
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Soufriere Hills, Montserrat, West Indies
According to the map at the bottom of the page, it looks to be about 7 km from the sea.
JediJudy, thank you for the helpful link!
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Lady A
Narnian Lady
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I shall choose the Galeras Volcano - here map with tiny scale I think shows that it is about 300 kilometers from the ocean, or at least a long ways away. If you scroll down to the bottom of the first link, it shows a large city only 8 kilometers away! Very creepy!
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comet
Snowball in Hell
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for shipmates who want topical volcanoes:
Bezymianny is in the news.
as is Pavlof.
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Imaginary Friend
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OK, I choose Mount Unzen, and according to this website quote:
Unzen is a large complex volcano made of several adjacent and overlapping lava domes. The volcano covers much of the Shimabara Peninsula and is east of the city of Nagasaki.
It erupted most recently in 1991-1995 (yes, four whole years long) during which time 12000 people had to be evacuated from their homes, and at least 43 died in resulting mud slides.
Most importantly, however, is that this map shows it to be about 3.5 miles (or 5KM) from the sea.
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comet
Snowball in Hell
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serious cross-referencing!
the Harry Glicken who took this lovely photo of my volcano was later killed by davelarge's volcano on june 3, 1991.
Poor Dear Harry was spared being killed by Flags_fiend's volcano by having to go to an interview the day of the Big One (Elizabeth!), and the guy who came to replace him was killed. Notice the last picture was also taken by Harry Glicken.
weird lives, vulcanologists.
by the way, that puppy Unzen killed 43 people and I never heard it on the news!?! that should be a crime! I was even working just one building down from the vulcanologists at UAF at the time.
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flags_fiend
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Originally posted by Hart:
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Originally posted by flags_fiend:
I'm going for Mt St Helens, because it helped me pass my geography GCSE, though I love volcanoes in general (not that I'd want to be near one when it erupts though - especially if it was an explosive one). Just look at what happened to the trees.
flags x
... which looks to be about 60 miles from the sea
(He says, breathing a sigh of relief).
I like living life on the edge, and 60 miles is quite a long way from the sea - if you think about it loads of volcanoes form islands so will be v close to the sea anyway.
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chicklegirl
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Popocatépetl, which means "smoking mountain" in Nahuatl, is currently in a cycle of activity that has lasted for sixty years. Located just over forty miles southeast of Mexico City, Popocatépetl is approximately 150 miles west of the Gulf of Mexico.
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Wet Kipper
Circus Runaway
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aw, chicklegirl, I usually pick that one for the volcano rounds. Primarily because we use it as a tongue-twister / vocal warm-up in choir, alternating the name of the volcano with "Copper plated Kettle"
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The Rogue
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What about this volcano? No idea on distance from the sea although it is unlikely to be actually in it as that would impair the taste slightly.
However my entry is Bardarbunga in Iceland which last erupted in 1996 under a glacier. By the way it is a stratovolcano.
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Liberty
ship's football fanatic
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Bagana which is erupting right this very second. Its about 12 miles from the sea.
A map to follow when my technical assistant is back
ij x
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Adam.
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Originally posted by flags_fiend:
I like living life on the edge, and 60 miles is quite a long way from the sea - if you think about it loads of volcanoes form islands so will be v close to the sea anyway.
I know -- I think Rugasaw came up with the only method for getting much further out!
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chicklegirl
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Originally posted by Wet Kipper:
aw, chicklegirl, I usually pick that one for the volcano rounds. Primarily because we use it as a tongue-twister / vocal warm-up in choir, alternating the name of the volcano with "Copper plated Kettle"
¡Lo siento mucho, Wet Kipper! You could always go with any of the other excellent Mexican volcanos (Parícutin is a particularly fine choice, having come up one day most unexpectedly in the middle of a milpa).
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