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flags_fiend
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I found Mertseger's v hard too ![[Confused]](confused.gif) . I'm glad you enjoyed learning about flags, and the chemistry questions were meant to be difficult (I'm holding out hope that there is a fellow chemist on here somewhere that can answer the questions more easily as I only need one person to get those right!).
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the pilgrim
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Originally posted by flags_fiend:
the chemistry questions were meant to be difficult (I'm holding out hope that there is a fellow chemist on here somewhere that can answer the questions more easily as I only need one person to get those right!).
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I'm no chemist but I tried! It's one of those situations where I could find the information, but it was all so far above my head that I can only guess that what I picked out of it was what you were looking for.
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the pilgrim
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The only question that I couldn't come up with ANY answer for was: "Who saved Slick from eternal damnation?"
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The Great Gumby
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I found that Wikipedia had a helpful disambiguation list for Slick, which helped me a great deal with that one. There was one very obvious candidate.
[ETA: By which I mean a candidate for the Slick referred to in the question, rather than the answer to the question. IYSWIM.]
[ 01. December 2008, 15:48: Message edited by: The Great Gumby ]
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the pilgrim
Ship's Brownist
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Originally posted by The Great Gumby:
There was one very obvious candidate.
[ETA: By which I mean a candidate for the Slick referred to in the question, rather than the answer to the question. IYSWIM.]
I was tempted to give the standard preacher's answer , but I didn't want it to evolve into a sermon series!
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Mertseger
Faerie Bard
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Originally posted by the pilgrim:
quote:
Originally posted by The Great Gumby:
There was one very obvious candidate.
[ETA: By which I mean a candidate for the Slick referred to in the question, rather than the answer to the question. IYSWIM.]
I was tempted to give the standard preacher's answer , but I didn't want it to evolve into a sermon series!
Interestingly, the standard preacher's answer is a possibility since Jesus is a character in the fictional universe containing Slick. Unfortunately, in the relevant story line Jesus does not save Slick from damnation.
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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I was thinking Jesus, too! ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
Some of the questions were pretty easy. I think I took a pass on two, however.
Very interesting questions all around, though!
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the pilgrim
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Originally posted by jedijudy:
I was thinking Jesus, too!
Some of the questions were pretty easy. I think I took a pass on two, however.
Very interesting questions all around, though!
Did you get the one about the first ship seen in the Star Wars saga? If not, shame on you Jedijudy!!! ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
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Mertseger
Faerie Bard
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Originally posted by the pilgrim:
quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
I was thinking Jesus, too!
Some of the questions were pretty easy. I think I took a pass on two, however.
Very interesting questions all around, though!
Did you get the one about the first ship seen in the Star Wars saga? If not, shame on you Jedijudy!!!
Yep. I had our favorite Jedi in mind when I came up with that question. As the geek theme developed, I knew I would have to have a Star Wars question.
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Quick quipper
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Marking has begun at the other place.
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
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QUESTION TIME TABLE
ALSO RANS
36 The Great Gumby
30 Doublethink
29 Jedijudy
22 Angel Wrestler
21 Quizmaster
2 Rugasaw
COMPETITORS (after deductions)
18 The Pilgrim
15 Mertseger
13 Flags Fiend
4 Surfing Madness
So we say goodbye to Surfing Madness wishing you good luck in your exams.
QUALIFIERS:
Flags_Fiend
Mertseger
The Pilgrim
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
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BRONZE MEDAL DECIDER : CHARITY SITES
This one came back to me as we used it many years ago.
You have to find and list in a single PM to me as many charity sites as you can locate on the internet.
The sites must be ones that promise to donate money based merely on us clicking on their site.
I will list all the sites once I have received them and we can click and donate to charity.
You have until 22:00 UK time on Wednesday to collect these sites and PM me in a single PM.
The person who collects fewest valid sites will be eliminated.
ALSO RAN ENTRIES EQUALLY WELCOME.
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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Oooh, the Medalists!!
Congrats, and good luck!
Surfing Madness...you'll find the plates and silver at the beginning of the buffet table. Help yourself to the beverages, too!
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Liberty
ship's football fanatic
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Holy smokes! This thing is still running! My semester ends this week (only one more assignment and one more exam!) so I shall have to reward myself with reading the whole thing at the weekend!*
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* well, it's that or spend quality time with davelarge... ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
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Lady A
Narnian Lady
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Had to drop by to see if you were all still playing! Down to the final three - good luck to all of you!
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
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DONATE AND DISQUALIFY
Please donate by clicking on as many sites as you have time to click on. If there are any sites which do not work please PM me and I will disqualify them.
If there are no disqualifications in the next 24 hours then The Pilgrim will get the Bronze Medal.
24 HOURS TO DONATE AND DISQUALIFY.
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the pilgrim
Ship's Brownist
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![[Help]](graemlins/help.gif)
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rugasaw
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Originally posted by Quizmaster:
QUESTION TIME TABLE
ALSO RANS
2 Rugasaw
Wow, I got 2 right. I really wasn't expecting to match any of the compititors answers.
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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Originally posted by the pilgrim:
The only question that I couldn't come up with ANY answer for was: "Who saved Slick from eternal damnation?"
As a long-time follower of that particular webcomic, I thought I knew the answer as soon as I read the question.
Of course, I'd forgotten that Slick has been to Hell twice now. The first time 'Nique saved him with a "Get Out Of Hell Free" card, and the second time he was saved by a stoned Squig riding a flying sofa.
I think Mertseger was thinking of the second instance.
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The Great Gumby
Ship's Brain Surgeon
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Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
Of course, I'd forgotten that Slick has been to Hell twice now. The first time 'Nique saved him with a "Get Out Of Hell Free" card, and the second time he was saved by a stoned Squig riding a flying sofa.
My answer was "Monique", after some intensive web-trawling turned up the episode with the "Get Out of Hell Free" card. I was a little disappointed that Mertseger had specified a different answer, but I got 36 as an Also-Ran, so it seems rather over-the-top to quibble.
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Mertseger
Faerie Bard
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I definitely forgot the earlier episode (though I remember it now that you remind me). Monique should be a legitimate answer.
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
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BRONZE MEDAL WINNER: The Pilgrim
Flags Fiend & Mertseger fight it out for Gold & Silver.
Details follow.
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Wet Kipper
Circus Runaway
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Gwai - in amongst your tags, you had opened a "strong" which you attempted to close with a "/qb"
I could fix it for you, but then your edit message wouldn't make sense.
I could delete the edit message, but then this post would be made redundant.
I could then delete this post, but hosts deleting whole posts is usually only for emergency purposes.
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
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THE FINAL : PICTURES OF QUIZMATES
I require three posts from each of you in this final.
N.B. A Quizmate is a shipmate whose name appears somewhere in the Knockout Quiz 2008 thread.
The first post should be 10 links to 10 pictures representing 10 quizmates. You two and the Also Rans have to guess which quizmate is represented by which picture. These are to be easy and a point will be deducted for each guess by anyone which is not the quizmate that you specify in your PM to me which should be sent to me when you post.
ANYONE MAY GUESS ONCE THE POST IS MADE.
The second post should be another 10 links to 10 pictures representing 10 quizmates. Half the guesses for these pictures should be correct. You will lose a point for each guess over half those who try which is wrong. You should PM me the answers at the time you post this list.
ANYONE MAY GUESS ONCE THE POST IS MADE.
The third post should be another 10 links to 10 pictures representing 10 quizmates. Points will be lost here if any Also Ran can justify the name of another quizmate, not the one you specified, as an answer to the picture you have linked to. You should PM me the answers at the time you post.
ANYONE MAY GUESS ONCE THE POST IS MADE.
The first post should be on this thread by Monday 8th December at 22:00 U.K. time. The second post should be on this thread by Tuesday 9th December at 22:00 U.K. time. The third post should be on this thread by Wednesday 10th December at 22:00 U.K. time.
The competitors should post me their best guess of their opponents pictures once all three posts have been made. Their starting score will be the number of correct answers.
READ THE RULES CAREFULLY AND WORK OUT THE BEST WAY TO WIN.
Good Luck.
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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WooHoo! The Sky Box inhabitants welcome The Pilgrim to our merry gathering! ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
We have a display prepared for you to hang your bronze medal in. Then, go ahead and dig into the many delicious snacks we have set on the table.
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the pilgrim
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show me the FOOD!!!
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Surfing Madness
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I was going to say hi to all in the skybox, but couldn't log in, anyone else having this problem (or is it just my computer saying go and do some revision!)
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
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QM, much as I love your Knockout quiz, please don't have rounds which encourage people to post so many links - they take a l-o-n-g time to check. Ta muchly, Chorister, Host.
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Quizmaster
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Also Rans - Feel free to Email me your answers as the posts appear.
I expect 6 sets of answers each.
FF Easy
FF Medium
FF Tricky
MS Easy
MS Medium
MS TRicky
Thanks to those who have already sent answers.
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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Is there a party going on in the Sky Box or something while we wait for more pretty pictures?
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the pilgrim
Ship's Brownist
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Very well done, both of you! Some were quite easy, others very hard indeed! I'm only confident that I got about half of them right. ![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif)
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Mertseger
Faerie Bard
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Originally posted by the pilgrim:
Very well done, both of you! Some were quite easy, others very hard indeed! I'm only confident that I got about half of them right.
Indeed, that's about where I'm at for flags_fiend's pictures. I suspect that difficulty will win out and that flags_fiend has triumphed. Well played, flags_fiend!
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Angel Wrestler
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I'm thinking I'd better excuse myself. I don't want to mess it up for you all. There are some I just don't get.
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Mertseger
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Originally posted by Angel Wrestler:
I'm thinking I'd better excuse myself. I don't want to mess it up for you all. There are some I just don't get.
Please do join if you have any interest at all. People not getting the pictures is an important part of the deductions. You can't mess things up any worse than flag_fiend and I have already made things for ourselves.
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Doublethink.
Ship's Foolwise Unperson
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After a couple of hours of google-fu and wiki-jitsu I have posted my answers off to the QM. All I can say is you two have very devious minds - interesting to finally learn the meaning of a certain person's name too.
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flags_fiend
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quote:
Originally posted by Mertseger:
quote:
Originally posted by the pilgrim:
Very well done, both of you! Some were quite easy, others very hard indeed! I'm only confident that I got about half of them right.
Indeed, that's about where I'm at for flags_fiend's pictures. I suspect that difficulty will win out and that flags_fiend has triumphed. Well played, flags_fiend!
You see, I'm finding yours really difficult - so i think it is probably a case of they are only easy when you know the answer.
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The Great Gumby
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Quizmaster, is there a deadline for Also-Rans to post their answers to you? I don't think you specified one, and I wouldn't want to miss out.
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Angel Wrestler
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I'm having too much difficulty on the last ones. I just don't seem to have the time to research. There's a picture of a state that doesn't match any state that I know of. I went to the website the drawing came from, thinking that maybe it's a region or a more local area and I don't see ANYthing like it on the website .... Finally, I had to get my kid some dinner.
I'm sorry, y'all! This Wrestler is holering, "Uncle!"
eta: I can't wait to see the answers! It'll probably seem so obvious then! ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
[ 11. December 2008, 14:07: Message edited by: Angel Wrestler ]
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Quizmaster
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DEADLINE FOR GUESSES - Let me think.
I plan to work it all out on Sunday so the very last time for entries has to be 12:00 noon UK time on Sunday 14th December.
Get Googling!
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Surfing Madness
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i doubt i'll get the time to look at all these, and answer them if i do it means the essay is going very badly or very well!
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