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Source: (consider it) Thread: Circus: Knockout Quiz 2008
Doublethink.
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quote:
Originally posted by Surfing Madness:
quote:
Originally posted by Doublethink:
I am a bit obsessional, so I tried to find out what the weather had been in Essex on Tuesday the 7th of October.

Just wondering why Doublethink found out about the weather in Essex was when we were predicting the weather for Exeter?

(I'm now wondering if Doublethink will confirm her madness by phoning the met office again to see what was happening in Exeter!!)

Bollocks ! And for Exeter ... (Another nice helpful met man.)

TIME: 14:00
TEMPERATURE: 14 deg C
WIND DIRECTION: 200 degrees (coming from SW)
WIND SPEED: 15knots 13 mph
WIND GUST: (26knots) 25 mph
VISIBILITY: 10km (moderate)

(I am *not* ringing up for everytime period, they might find me, and kill me. They appear to have 24hr customer service.)

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the pilgrim
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It's nice and sunny here in the mitten! [Big Grin]

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jedijudy

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Has the Stock Market been getting you down?
Do all your indicators point south?

Well! Relief is at hand!

This is the perfect time to take a little vacation from the usual. Best of all, this restful escape is free!!!

Brought to you by your friendly, local eyeball relaxation consultant.

Not tested by the USDA, YMMV. No deposit, no return.

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Quizmaster

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ROUND ELEVEN : NATIONAL FLAGS

For this round you must pick a National Flag, name the country and post a link to a picture of that flag.

Also Rans are expected to enter and their entries will count in the final analysis.

I will try and find things in common between the flags. The two (or more) people with the most things in common will be eliminated.

This means that the MODE is subject to exclusion from the competition (I knew I could do it).

Think carefully and good luck.

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PataLeBon
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I pick Libya...

Libya

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ephemera
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I pick the Seychelles.

In the national flag of the Seychelles, the colour blue depicts the sky and the sea that surrounds the Seychelles. Yellow is for the sun which gives light and life, red symbolises the people and their determination to work for the future in unity and love, whilst the white band represents social justice and harmony. The green depicts the land and natural environment.

[ 12. October 2008, 22:57: Message edited by: ephemera ]

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rugasaw
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I pick the flag of the Chickasaw Nation.

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chicklegirl
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The Gasden Flag is considered by many scholars and historians to be the United States' first national flag, but was replaced within a few short years by the Stars and Stripes.

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CuppaT
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Napal for me. It has a most unusual shape.

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Patdys
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Japan.

Very simple, two colours, no stripes. Not likely to have a lot in common with other entries.

You know I spent an hour looking for a flag of Guilder to no avail. Inconceivable!

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flags_fiend
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I pick Paraguay as it is a flag that is different on both sides!

flags x

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Chorister

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Just trying to be helpful, CuppaT - Nepal is
N-E-P-A-L not N-A-P-A-L.


My flag is of Great Britain. I've posted a link to a special site which tells you how to draw it correctly, as most people find it really hard.

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The Great Gumby

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I'll have Bahrain, as the jagged line is rather unusual.

I wonder if this question was prompted by the KOQ? The user has only asked one other question, about the most different flag. [Paranoid]
quote:
Originally posted by Quizmaster:
This means that the MODE is subject to exclusion from the competition (I knew I could do it).

Sorry Quizzy, but I don't think that meets any normal definition of the Mode. Mode is only normally applied to value scores. If it is applied to text or "nominal data", it would only be applied to one criterion, not several, and I'm pretty sure it's never been applied to images.

To get to a value, you're performing various functions, then totalling those results, and eliminating the highest total, so I don't think Mode has anything to do with it. What you're doing would be better described (IMO) as eliminating the x with the highest value of f(x)+g(x)+h(x)+...+n(x), where f(x) and so on are functions (as yet undefined) returning the number of flags in the set with the same property.

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Nutmeg
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I am going to choose the flag for cyprus as it is the only National Flag to have a picture of the country on it.

Well I could be wrong about that... but if I say it authoritatively enough....

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Nutmeg
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Ugh I linked to the wrong site and missed the edit window.

Here is my new improved selection for flags... the flag of

cyprus

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Surfing Madness
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i pick the flag of Norway

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Caty S.

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Also-ran entry:

The flag of Denmark.

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jedijudy

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The flag of Zambia is a bit different than the rest, I think! [Big Grin]

Here is a site which may be of help.

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Marvin the Martian

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You want flags? I got flags [Big Grin]

I can't post all of them, of course. So I'll pick Liechtenstein, because it's a fabulous country with a rich heritage, lower population than Birmingham, and because I spent a fantastic night with a girl from that country back in 1995 [Big Grin]

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Angel Wrestler
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So many interesting maps, but alas I'm pretty swamped today so I can't just keep browing away. Thanks for posting the link to "Flags of the World!"

I choose Bosnia - Herzegovia

[ 13. October 2008, 13:37: Message edited by: Angel Wrestler ]

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Mertseger

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I'll take Isreal because I think the Star of David is a cool geometric form.

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The Great Gumby

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[Helpful pedant hat on]

That would be Bosnia-Herzegovina and Israel, would it?

[/Helpful pedant hat]

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Rev per Minute
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quote:
Originally posted by Chorister:
My flag is of Great Britain. I've posted a link to a special site which tells you how to draw it correctly, as most people find it really hard.

An awkward git writes:
Great Britain doesn't have a flag: Wales, Scotland, N Ireland and England each have flags, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has a flag, but Great Britain does NOT have a flag. It could be argued that Great Britain once had the 'Union Flag' from 1606 to 1801 (see here ) - without the red diagonal cross and white edging - but not any more!

An awkward git shuffles off, relieved at having used his pedantry quotient for the day

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Imaginary Friend

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I shall (predictably) enter the Canadian flag, since it's the only one I can think of that has a leaf on it.

(And because RooK is my hero, but nobody tell him [Hot and Hormonal] )

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Liberty

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Vatican City coz ITTWACW [Big Grin]

ij x

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Surfing Madness
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quote:

Also Rans are expected to enter and their entries will count in the final analysis.

I will try and find things in common between the flags. The two (or more) people with the most things in common will be eliminated.


As a likely to soon be an also ran, can someone explain why also rans need to post? I'm guessing this quiz isn't as straight forward as your either in or out!!!

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jedijudy

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quote:
Originally posted by icklejen:
Vatican City coz ITTWACW [Big Grin]

ij x

***pssst, ij...I think we're supposed to use National flags!***

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jedijudy

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quote:
Originally posted by Surfing Madness:
quote:

Also Rans are expected to enter and their entries will count in the final analysis.

I will try and find things in common between the flags. The two (or more) people with the most things in common will be eliminated.


As a likely to soon be an also ran, can someone explain why also rans need to post? I'm guessing this quiz isn't as straight forward as your either in or out!!!
Because, Also Rans can use their entries to seriously foul up someone else's entry! [Big Grin] For instance, you could post the picture of a flag that is very similar to a Still-in-the-game person and that person would have a higher chance of being Knocked Out!

One of the really neat things about the KOQ is that we don't have to quit playing when we "lose"! [Big Grin]

In other words...sabotage is legal for Also-Rans. [Biased]

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the pilgrim
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I pick the flag of Santa Catarina (Brazil) just because it's so cool looking.

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Doublethink.
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I pick the flag of the Lunar Free State, the intials stand for "there ain't no such thing as a free lunch".

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Liberty

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Thanks jedijudy. Dl and I had a debate about whether or not Wales is a nation. It never occurred to me that the Vatican City wasn't. (And on the one round when I was trying to stick to the rule, play safe and not be contentious!).

So Take Two...


Switzerland coz it's a square flag.

ij x (Who wanted to post before an 8 hour car ride home, during which the round might end...)

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Rugmaker
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I choose Surinam just because.

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Gwai
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I did a search on Google for Quiz Knockout Ship Flag and this is the first thing on the page that can be considered a flag.

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Chorister

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Nice one Gwai! And even a reference to shipmate Zappa to boot....


Of course we all know the reason QM really wants also-rans to post is that it is one way to make sure they keep reading the thread. Otherwise, by the end of the contest it would only be him and two others (the remaining contestants) showing any interest and he would get lonely. [Waterworks]

But of course we won't let on that we know that, will we? [Biased]

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Marvin the Martian

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quote:
Originally posted by icklejen:
Dl and I had a debate about whether or not Wales is a nation. It never occurred to me that the Vatican City wasn't.

You should have stuck with that thought - because Vatican City is indeed the world's smallest independent state, and has been since 1929. It has its own passports, currency (or did until it joined the Euro, anyway), seat on the UN and everything.

Wikipedia has all the answers.

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Patdys
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quote:
Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
Wikipedia has all the answers

Oh my goodness, I married wikipedia!?!

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Angel Wrestler
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quote:
Originally posted by The Great Gumby:
[Helpful pedant hat on]

That would be Bosnia-Herzegovina and Israel, would it?

[/Helpful pedant hat]

Oops! Thanks, Gumby. I stand corrected. It's a long-enough word that these middle-aged eyes don't always catch small typo's. (to you UK folks, make that "wee" typos)

[ 13. October 2008, 20:46: Message edited by: Angel Wrestler ]

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Quizmaster

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I choose Macedonia for my flag.

I wonder if we will get a complete set of entries?

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Angel Wrestler
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quote:
Originally posted by Angel Wrestler:
So many interesting maps, but alas I'm pretty swamped today so I can't just keep browing away. Thanks for posting the link to "Flags of the World!"

I choose Bosnia - Herzegovia

OK - now that I have a moment (whew! yearly church conference coming up and a ton of paperwork, plus doing a funeral for a woman I barely knew, and preaching an 8 PM service at a college 2 hours away has made me one tired preacher), I thought I'd come back with my rationale for choosing Bosnia - HerzegoviNa.

The round will be judged on whose flags have the most similarities so I tried to pick one somewhat more unique (even though it was on the fly). Vertical and horizontal stripes are common. A central symbol is common. Some countries have numerous colors and interesting symbols (I loved Swaziland's), but they are symmetrical. The color combination red, white, and blue are common, as are combinations. Almost all are rectanglular, and one of our mates has already picked a uniquely-shaped flag (forgive my failing memory). I also remember a triangular flag but cannot recall to what country it belongs. So, I avoided stripes, central symbols, symmetry and even though this flag's colors are not that unique, its theme is. It does contain stars, which are found on the US and other flags... Oh, heck, I don't know what the great and mighty Quiz Master will decide.

I went with asymmetry of the design within the rectangle trying to out-smart my ship mates.

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Quizmaster

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Eliminated for failing to post:
Genevieve
Hart

QUALIFIERS:
Angel Wrestler
Chicklegirl
Davelarge
Doublethink
Flags_Fiend
Icklejen
Jedijudy
Mertseger
Nutmeg
PataLeBon
Patdys
Surfing Madness
The Great Gumby
The Pilgrim

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Mertseger

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(23 hours 31 minutes. Ouch. Note to self: better check in a bit more frequently than previously, if you want to stay in the hunt.)

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Quizmaster

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ROUND TWELVE : COATS OF ARMS

For this round you must pick a Coat of Arms, name that Coat and post a link to a picture of the Arms.

Also Rans should enter and their entries will count in the final analysis.

I will try and find things in common between the Coats of Arms. The two (or more) people with the most things in common will be eliminated.

Good Luck.

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Angel Wrestler
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A point of information, please.

When you say name the coat of arms, you mean give the family name the coat of arms represents, right? You don't mean assigning it a new name like "Griffins and Dragons," do you?

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jedijudy

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Well, let's see if I can get this right.

Looking here, I hope that I sort of understand the rules correctly.

This site has a nice catalog of arms.

So...I will choose the name Ward, which is a family name.

I like the blue and yellow!

It's hard to be the first one to choose. Let's see how this w*rks out. Every round is like grace, one never knows if one will be knocked out or not! [Big Grin]

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Mertseger

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I going to choose the family crest that is closest to my own surname. My great-grandfather was, apparently, a von Schulz when he came to America before WWI, and the "von" was dropped at immigration. I'm a direct male-line descendant, but I don't think my grandfather was the oldest son (Dad and I were the only sons of our generation). And so I present (slight warning: the bicorn rampant is a bit more so than one might expect) the Schultz family coat of arms according to this one website I found.

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PataLeBon
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Thanks Judy!

I found Durand (which is the correct spelling of Duran from the movie..)

Duran(d)

[Big Grin]

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ephemera
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quote:
Originally posted by The Great Gumby:
quote:
Originally posted by Quizmaster:
This means that the MODE is subject to exclusion from the competition (I knew I could do it).

Sorry Quizzy, but I don't think that meets any normal definition of the Mode. <snip more mode stuff>
I am guessing the QM was writing an acronym when he wrote MODE...but which one? According to acronymfinder dot com:

** MODE Mid-Ocean Dynamics Experiment
** MODE Middeck Zero Gravity Dynamics (Experiment)
** MODE Management and Organizational Development for Empowerment, Inc (Queen City, Philippines)
* MODE Microsoft Office Developer Edition
* MODE Mode Operations (DAMMS-R)

QM: could you tell us what you are trying to communicate when you post "MODE"? Or not, as you please.

(ETA: the question mark. It makes more sense, no?)

[ 14. October 2008, 00:37: Message edited by: ephemera ]

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Angel Wrestler
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Well, hmmmm.... I was adopted so I don't have any idea what my biological family coat of arms might be. I also don't know if my married name is spelled correctly (there is a pretty profound discrpency in spelling). That might leave my mother's maiden name or my own maiden name, which I choose not to put on the internet.

So there's my choice: Ellis

P.S. Why do they always have an armored helmet pointing left at the top of the crests? Surely they can't ALL have that symbol.

[ 14. October 2008, 00:55: Message edited by: Angel Wrestler ]

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rugasaw
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After much consideration(about 2 seconds) I choose the Ankh-Morpork coat of arms.

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Liberty

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Just because I like to be predictable...

Coat of Arms of the Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea which CFC's crest is based on. And this lion is already on my coat, but will be appearing (tattooed) on my arm soon, hopefully. (I love a good pun!)

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