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The Rogue
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That's easy ... he is hoping to figure out what to announce for the next round before the final competitor posts
I'd better get in quick, then, with the River Trent , which I cycle alongside every day on my way to work. And again on the way back.
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Mertseger
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Originally posted by sharkshooter:
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Originally posted by Geneviève:
... And who knows how the great quizmaster will vote on various entries?...
That's easy ... he is hoping to figure out what to announce for the next round before the final competitor posts, thus relieving himself* of the obligation of determining whether 4 minutes 53 seconds is longer than 10,000 kms.
*Not that way.
Tish, tosh. Since Quizmaster is the master of all quiz knowledge, I'm sure he knows that in an innertial frame of reference (such as the earth in orbit) that Minkowski applies, and, thus, d = ct where the speed of light is just about 300,000 km/s. Thus, assuming he chooses to call upon Special Relativity, 4 min 53 seconds = 87,900,000 km.
Of course, he could also choose to use the distance that the sound waves would travel from the beginning of the song to the end. At sea-level and 15 degrees C, that would be 293*0.34 km or nearly 100 km.
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Nutmeg
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Rugasaw I know I am not a true geek, but it's fun to pretend.
As for Brinkmanship, I figure there is no way I will be able to compete all the way through anyway, so why not have fun instead?
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Quizzy, how do you measure the length of any of these rivers?
Today be talk like a pirate day.. I bes be oorrf to scub th' decks or sumetin.
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rugasaw
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Originally posted by Nutmeg:
Rugasaw I know I am not a true geek, but it's fun to pretend.
Actually, I think you may be a true geek*. I forget that Patdys (and many others here) are super-geeks. At one time I thought that I could come up with odd answers. The ship has taught me that my odd answers are not as odd as I thought.
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rugasaw
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Originally posted by Geneviève:
I was joking, Rugasaw, but obviously laid it on too thick. ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif)
And who knows how the great quizmaster will vote on various entries? As a newbie to this, I don't...figure it is in fun.
I should have realized. I heard that voice spoken to misbehaving children of ages 3-6 and had a flashback to kindergarten. I was told to color the tree. I colored the bark black and was told that trees are not black. She did not like me telling her that I have seen trees that looked like the bark was black. At any rate I failed kindergarten. I think the teacher most have hated me. I couldn't have been that bad of a child could I? Pata do not answer that.
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Patdys
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Originally posted by rugasaw:
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Originally posted by Nutmeg:
Rugasaw I know I am not a true geek, but it's fun to pretend.
Actually, I think you may be a true geek*. I forget that Patdys (and many others here) are super-geeks. At one time I thought that I could come up with odd answers. The ship has taught me that my odd answers are not as odd as I thought.
That would explain my undies on the outside...
On the quiz, I think it would be safe to assume every post is meant to be in fun. A bit of stirring is common, but I cannot remember any malice or snip at any time. The only disappointment seems to come from perceived premature closing of rounds, when a competitor is eliminated through having a real life.
Hostly advice and admonishments need to be listened to and followed, but even those are gentle and guiding rather than dictatorial. (imo)
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PataLeBon
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Originally posted by rugasaw:
quote:
Originally posted by Geneviève:
I was joking, Rugasaw, but obviously laid it on too thick.
And who knows how the great quizmaster will vote on various entries? As a newbie to this, I don't...figure it is in fun.
I should have realized. I heard that voice spoken to misbehaving children of ages 3-6 and had a flashback to kindergarten. I was told to color the tree. I colored the bark black and was told that trees are not black. She did not like me telling her that I have seen trees that looked like the bark was black. At any rate I failed kindergarten. I think the teacher most have hated me. I couldn't have been that bad of a child could I? Pata do not answer that.
I'm just going to say that you really need to let that go.
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
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I shall pick the River Nile which used to be the longest river until the Knockout Quiz taught me otherwise.
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CuppaT
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Canoeing over the rapids,
Camping on the side,
Starry nights and skipping rocks
And watching vultures glide....
The Buffalo meanders;
No noisy stampede this .
At 15.8 miles,
It's a quiet person's bliss.
CuppaT
[quite/quiet -- who can tell the difference when you're caught up with all the url's?]
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the pilgrim
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Originally posted by CuppaT:
Canoeing over the rapids,
Camping on the side,
Starry nights and skipping rocks
And watching vultures glide....
The Buffalo meanders;
No noisy stampede this .
At 15.8 miles,
It's a quiet person's bliss.
Nice post, CuppaT! Do we get points for being sweetly poetic?
[ 19. September 2008, 12:38: Message edited by: the pilgrim ]
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Geneviève
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Is there a category of awards for heroic playing: Pata and Rugasaw were on the run from Ike and still kept playing...of course, maybe they were so bored and anxious sitting around that any distraction looked good!
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rugasaw
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Through the wind and rain battling the horrible flood waters we managed to find the single wi-fi available in all of Houston. We had to fight through crowds and give up what little food we had to make into the one little wi-fi spot. The horrors* we faced are truly unmentionable. Nah, we bugged out and spent nearly a week at my parents in Oklahoma. We came back to power and water so we have suffered very little*. But the Quiz is definetly a welcome distraction.
*Pata did have to suffer horribly through my dad's addiction to conservative news.
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PataLeBon
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Conservative my foot...
Gas companies are making money off of us ![[Waterworks]](graemlins/bawling.gif)
The economy is going to pot, how can the government send us checks?
I would understand if they were real conservatives, but those fake ones... ![[Disappointed]](graemlins/disappointed.gif)
The quiz makes much more sense than them, so I'm playing.
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Wet Kipper
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Originally posted by Wet Kipper:
well, pedantic Cumbrians may have it in for Dave, but I reckon the Dictionary might save him.
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Originally posted by davelarge:
Thanks for that, WC ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
I guess the sticking point will be to define 'considerable',
well, we've all been considering it.
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comet
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I had planned to go for a river with a really long name, but Judy's entry beat my choice by one letter. (dang!)
so I'll go for brinskmanship and pick the lovely Lady that taught me to swim. 2,300 miles, give or take. that's 3,700km. and the total yukon drainage is 321 thousand square miles. dang.
this is what it looks like closer to my (former) home.
(tweaked code - it works for me now, how 'bout you?)
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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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Originally posted by comet:
I had planned to go for a river with a really long name, but Judy's entry beat my choice by one letter. (dang!)
![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Who knows? Maybe there's a sekrit knockout for the river with the longest name.
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
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Eliminated for failing to post:
Pimple
Sha_Sha
QUALIFIERS
Angel Wrestler
Caty.
Chicklegirl
Chorister
Comet
CuppaT
Davelarge
Doublethink
East Price Road
Ephemera
Flags_Fiend
Fletcher Christian
Genevieve
Golden Key
Gwai
Hart
Icklejen
Jedijudy
Marvin the Martian
Mertseger
Nutmeg
PataLeBon
Patdys
Quizmaster
Rugasaw
Rugmaker
Sharkshooter
Surfing Madness
The Great Gumby
The Pilgrim
The Rogue
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
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ROUND THREE : SAILORS
You must post the name of a sailor or seaman.
He must have completed his life's work - be dead.
You must also post the year that he (or she) died.
The person who posts the sailor who died closest to the median average year of death will be eliminated.
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comet
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Originally posted by Surfing Madness:
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Originally posted by comet:
this is what it looks like closer to my (former) home.
not sure why but this link isn't workig Comet, was looking forward to more river pictures.
hmm... still works for me. sorry!
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Adam.
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I'm going to go with Jonah, who may have died around 750 BCE.
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ephemera
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I choose: Harry Pidgeon (1869 – 1954)
He was an American sailor, and was the second solo person to circumnavigate the world, after Joshua Slocum, and the first person to do so twice. On both trips, he sailed a 34-foot yawl named the Islander, which he build from plans he copied from a book in the local library. Pidgeon was somewhat unique in that his trips were not done as tests of his bravery, publicity stunts, or any other reason than merely seeing if he could succeed. Moreover, Pidgeon had no previous experience with ocean navigation, boat-building, or long-distance sailing.
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chicklegirl
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Sailors... sailors ... hmmm. I think I'll have to go with Popeye, whose daily run lasted from 1919-1994.
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the pilgrim
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I pick Captain Edward Teach, better know as Blackbeard , just because pirates are a lot more fun to read about than to actually meet! He died on November 22, 1718 as the result of 5 musketball wounds and over 20 sword lacerations recieved in pitch battle on the deck of his ship.
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PataLeBon
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I pick Simon Peter.
He was a fisherman (of many kinds).
And died in Rome, a LONG time ago (about 64 AD).
St. Peter
And I LIKE Peter. Anyone who can mess up as many times as he did in the Gospels and still end up on everyone's good side makes me smile.
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Liberty
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Seaman (David) who "died" during the 2002 World Cup.
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sharkshooter
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Erik the Red , who discovered Greenland, died in 1003.
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rugasaw
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I choose Captain Hendrik Van Der Decken also known as the Flying Dutchman. I think I can say he died(sort of well if you sail a ghost ship I think you can be classified as dead by association if nothing else). He died (well sort of but I still think we can consider him dead) in either 1641, 1680, or 1729. Well he probably died one of those dates. At any rate he definitely concluded his life work and I think he is now working on his after life work.
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
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I pick Sir Francis Drake, famous Creamtealand sailor (although I don't think the Spanish liked him much), died c.1596 and was buried at sea, it is thought in a lead coffin. It is said that his drum will still sound whenever there is danger.
Capten, art tha sleepin' there below?
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CuppaT
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Here's a picture of Jonah for Hart.
Scarey looking fish, but the Prophet does not seem very perturbed. He's repented for three days and has written his homily (which takes all of one half a verse).
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CuppaT
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My sailor is Sahure, credited with establishing the Eygptian navy. He died around 2475 BCE. Because of his foundational works, better ships for transporting heavy pyramid stones and such were able to be built in Queen Hatshepsut's era.
URL which I cannot get to link properly in the message, but is worth seeing anyway:
http://www.artsales.com/Ancient%20Ships/iHatshepsut'sExpedition.htm
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ephemera
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quote:
Originally posted by comet:
this is what it looks like closer to my (former) home.
I would love to see this, but the link does not work. Chorister or WK, could either of you please tweak the code?
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Golden Key
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Anne Bonnie, pirate! She may have died in either 1721 or 1782, depending on which version of her life you accept. QM, if you want to average the dates together, use 1751.
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--"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train")
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Rugmaker
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I choose Sir Francis Chichester 1901-1972, the first person to sail single handed around the world by the clipper route, whatever that is.
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Golden Key
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Amendment to my selection: proper spelling is Anne Bonny.
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Blessed Gator, pray for us!
--"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon")
--"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train")
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East Price Road
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My sailor is Erik the Red (950-1003), explorer and first PR boy for Greenland.
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Completely Frocked
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Erik the Red has been chosen by Sharkshooter and East Price Road (Sharkshooter first).
I've had a fiddle with Comet's code and found a version which works for me - the picture opens in a separate window if you follow the instructions. (Which appeared when I deleted 'JPG' in the address bar and replaced it with 'jpg'. No idea why - but it worked!)
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Nutmeg
Ship's spice girl
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My choice is captain William Bligh , who having survived the mutiny went on to become one of the early governers of Australia.
He died in 1817 at the age of 63. He has always been someone who I thought interesting.
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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quote:
Originally posted by East Price Road:
My sailor is Erik the Red (950-1003), explorer and first PR boy for Greenland.
Sharkshooter has already picked him.
There's a lovely list of sailors on this page, to help you pick another.
I select Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, who lost his life in the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805. He of "I see no ships" fame. To whom the column in Trafalgar Square is dedicated. And of whom a statue resides in the Bull Ring, Birmingham.
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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Just out of interest, the median year of death posted so far (assuming all entries are accepted and using the average where more than one year of death is given in a single post) is 1811.
Which is exactly six years away from two entries - Nutmeg's and mine. If the subsequent posts are higher than this median Nutmeg is in trouble, and if they're lower I am.
Ooh, it's tense. I'm on the edge of my seat.
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East Price Road
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Erik the Red as my face! Sorry - will be back later with an original choice.
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Caty S.
I read, therefore I am.
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quote:
Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
If the subsequent posts are higher than this median Nutmeg is in trouble, and if they're lower I am.
Ooh, it's tense. I'm on the edge of my seat.
And I get to feel guilty either way. Wonderful.
I'm going for Leif Erikson, died c.1020, explorer of various cold and icy bits of the North Atlantic and quite possibly the first European to land in North America. I'm picking him for the deeply profound reason that when I went on a wonderful holiday to Iceland in (IIRC) 1996 I stayed in a hotel opposite the statue shown in the top photo in the link.
Sorry, Marvin.
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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Ach. With 11 people still to post the chances are I'll survive. In fact, if all of them post it's impossible for my answer to be nearest to the median.
After your post, the only way my answer can be the median is if equal numbers of people post years above and below it. Which would, of course, mean at least one person hadn't posted and thus I would be safe.
So I should really thank you
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Geneviève
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I pick
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