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outmywindow
7 Mar 2009, 10:58 PM
-- Questions will released at undetermined intervals. In other words, if you guys are blowing through the questions, you'll get more soon.
-- There are 25,500 points available through 55 questions.
-- Hints will be provided if and when I deem it prudent and/or necessary.
-- If you questions about a question, ask them publicly in this thread so everyone can see what my explanation is.

HAVE FUN!


GEOGRAPHY:

1.) This mountain's summit lies the farthest distance from the center of the earth. 200 points

2.) These glacial features can be home to some of the largest coral reefs in the world. 300 points

3.) This river complex is the longest of its continent, yet only discharges 3% the average volume of the Amazon. What is it? 400 points

4.) The cyclical nature of historic glaciation and climate change is described and explained by what theory? 500 points

5.) The only way to drive to this "Lower 48" American city -- which is located in the Pacific time zone -- is to pass through another country first. 600 points


FILM TRIVIA:

1.) A member of The Beatles has an uncredited role as "Mr. Papadopolous" in this film. 200 points

2.) The Bay Area subway system and German renaissance painter Albrecht Durer both share appearances in what film? 300 points (hint: Robert Duvall)

3.) What was the first film to have its own dedicated promotional webpage? 400 points

4.) What is the name of the only movie ever to appear onscreen twice during the national run of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (title sequence does not count)? 500 points (hint: Everything ends the way it begins)

5.) This character has appeared in 206 different films and television programs since its first role in 1922 which, interestingly, gave the character a different name. 600 points (hint: notebooks and wax cylinders)


BONUS ONE:

Doomsday is scheduled for 2384CE. On what day will it occur? 1000 points (hint: Conway)


CULTURE:

1.)This Chinese ethnic minority has been using the Arabic alphabet since the 11th century. 200 points

2.) Where can the largest hummingbird in the world be found? 300 points

3.) An annual competition held in a rural US town involves such events as women preparing food and drinks for bachelors while they watch football on television, and hunting moose. What is the name of the competition, and what is the name of the group that organizes it? 200 points each (hint: Alaska)

4.) This deposed African prince regularly contributes editorials to his country's preeminent newspaper. 500 points (hint: landlocked country)

5.) This is the flag of what people? 600 points (hint: Asia)
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/Culture number 5.png


IDENTIFICATIONS:

1.) 400 points hint: pigeons
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/ID number 1.jpg

2.) 400 points
Matthew Perry (not the actor)

3.) (Person in foreground) 400 points
Eleanor of Aquitaine

4.) 400 points
Yuri Gagarin

5.) 400 points (hint: Think Eisner, and not Michael)
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/ID number 5.jpg

BONUS TWO:

What do the Norse god Odin and the man pictured below share? (I'm looking for a specific answer. "A face" is not good enough) 1000 points (hint: Argentinian cartoonist/humorist)
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/d406b65eb149e52690e7efea0e07109cBonus number 2.jpg


MISTAKEN ASTRONOMY:

1.) In addition to the infamous Martian "face," another "face" appears in a geological feature of Mars' surface. What is it called? 300 points

2.) Pluto is not the first celestial body to be demoted from planetary status. Name the other body and tell me between which two planets it orbits. 200 points per part (400 total)

3.) Two erroneous moons have been "sighted" orbiting Saturn and given proper designations. Name the moons. 200 points each (hint: centaurs & oracles)

4.) This star is considered by some to be the planet Wormwood as mentioned in the Book of Revelation. 500 points (hint: red dwarf)

5.) A grandfather of John Donne, the owner of the pseudonym "Alcofribas Nasier," and the author of Utopia all contributed to this particularly ...odious astronomical myth. 600 points


OH FUCK, WHAT'S THIS?!
Please translate the following:

1.) 500 points (hint: "leothwyrhta") (2nd hint: “scop”)
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/Anglo_Saxon 1.jpg

2.) 500 points (hint: "Thunresdag")

3.) 500 points (hint: "myrgth")

4.) 500 points (hint: "weorthan")

5.) 500 points (hint: "hrefn")


BONUS THREE:

While watching a meteor shower, I see a meteor of brightness magnitude -1 at a location of 5 degrees above the horizon. What magnitude would the meteor appear to be if I had seen it at the zenith? 1000 points (hint: fireball)


ONE OF THESE IS NOT LIKE THE OTHER:

1.) 530; 772; 254; 827; 978. 500 points

2.) John A MacDonald; John Diefenbaker; John Abbott; Mackenzie Bowell; Charles Tupper. 500 points DQ because I'm an idiot.

3.) NCC-72015; NCC-1701; NCC-61827; NCC-1709; NCC-1631. 500 points

4.) Rhombicuboctahedron; Truncated Icosidodecahedron; Hexakis Icosahedron; Truncated Cube; Rhombicosidodecahedron. 500 points

5.) Right; Lead; Plain; Bow; Their. 500 points


ASSORTED GEEKERY:

1.) Thom Yorke mentions a very specific Police Box in this song. 200 points

2.) This game culminates in a battle with Cyborg Hitler. 300 points

3.) If a Klingon bites a person on the palm, what is he or she doing? 400 points

4.) Believe it or not, there's a famous musician in that silly costume. Who? 500 points (hint: The person's name is incorporated into the group name)
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/Geekery number 4.jpg

5.) What's wrong with this Rubik's Cube? 600 points (hint: Standard cubes have a certain color formation)


BONUS FOUR:

What rhetorical device is exemplified by the following statement? "It's not even worth mentioning how blue the sky is." 1000 points


MISCELLANY:

1.) As of March, 2009, she is the only woman to have a centerfold in "Playboy" magazine which shows both the front and back of her body. 200 points (hint: 1970s)

2.) What is the name of the only ghost town in Ontario which begins with the letter U? 300 points

3.) Come to this pub and enjoy a nice swig of Bug Juice. 400 points (hint: It's in my neck of the woods)

4.) A public installation which writes words using falling water has recently been installed in St. Louis. What is it called? 400 points (hint: Popp)

5.) An absence of runtime checks during a single equipment test in 1996 cost the European Space Agency how many millions of Euros? 500 points (hint: Cluster)

6.) Of all living and extinct subspecies of the Asian Elephant, this one had a range which extended the furthest west. 600 points Hint: Hannibal)


BONUS FIVE:

What the hell is this? 1000 points (hint: antifungal whose name begins with a D)


THE SILLY CATEGORY:

1.) The first person to submit to me an original drawing of an ampersand wearing a hat gets 100 points.

2.) The first person to compose and submit three different haikus on the subject of sausages gets 100 points.

3.) The first person to post a picture of themselves posting a picture gets 100 points.

4.) The first person to post a recording of themselves reading the following list of names gets 600 points:

Slab Bulkhead
Fridge Largemeat
Punt Speedchunk
Butch Deadlift
Bold Bigflank
Splint Chesthair
Flint Ironstag
Bolt Vanderhuge
Thick McRunfast
Blast Hardcheese
Buff Drinklots
Trunk Slamchest
Fist Rockbone
Stump Beefknob
Smash Lampjaw
Punch Rockgroin
Buck Plankchest
Stump Chunkman
Dirk Hardpec
Rip Steakface
Slate Slabrock
Crud Bonemeal
Brick Hardmeat
Whip Slagcheek
Punch Side-iron
Gristle McThornbody
Slate Fistcrunch
Buff Hardback
Bob Johnson (no, wait...)
Blast Thickneck
Crunch Buttsteak
Slab Squatthrust
Lump Beefbroth
Touch Rustrod
Reef Blastbody
Big McLargehuge
Smoke Manmuscle
Beat Punchbeef
Hack Blowfist
Roll Fizzlebeef

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INTPc Treevia hints and answers:

Geography:
1.) A: Mount Chimborazo (hint: the Equator) BAJ
2.) A: Fjords (hint: Scandinavia) BAJ
3.) A: Murray-Darling; Australia (hint: Southern Hemisphere) bluebell
4.) A: Milankovitch Cycles bluebell
5.) A: Point Roberts, WA (hint: Canada) BAJ

Film Trivia:
1.) A: Monty Python’s Life of Brian (hint: "How shall we fuck off, O Lord?") LastRailway
2.) A: THX 1138 (hint: Mr Self Destruct)
3.) A: Star Trek: Generations (hint: It’s Shat-tastic!) Ghost-Girl
4.) A: The Crawling Eye (hint: Everything begins the way it ends) Ghost-Girl
5.) A: Dracula (hint: birdcages and wax cylinders) OrionzRevenge

Bonus One:
1.) A: Monday (hint: John Conway)

Culture:
1.) A: Uyghur people CJW
2.) A: Nazca Lines, Peru (hint: keep the category in mind) CJW
3.) A: Wilderness Woman Contest; Talkeetna Bachelor Society (hint: Alaska) CJW
4.) A: Prince Mfanasibili of Swaziland (hint: landlocked country)
5.) A: The Ainu of Japan (hint: Asia)

Identifications:
1.) A: Charles Darwin (hint: twice ten tens)
2.) A: Matthew Perry (hint: CJW
3.) A: Eleanor of Aquitaine (hint: European and English Queen) CJW
4.) A: Yuri Gagarin (hint: had the right stuff) CJW
5.) A: Ed Brubaker (hint: Think Eisner, and not Michael)

Bonus Two:
1.) A: Nickname Oski (hint: Argentinian cartoonist/humorist)

Mistaken Astronomy:
1.) A: Galle; "Happy Face Crater" (hint: "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?") CJW
2.) A: Ceres; Mars and Jupiter (hint: Grains) CJW
3.) A: Chiron & Themis (hint: gas giant) Ghost-Girl
4.) A: Barnard’s Star (hint: red dwarf)
5.) A: The idea that the moon is made of cheese (hint: Moo.) LastRailway


Oh Fuck, What's This?!
1.) A: poet (hint: "leothwyrhta") (2nd hint: "scop")
2.) A: Thursday (hint: "Thunresdag") (2nd hint: a day of the week) CJW
3.) A: mirth; joy (hint: "myrgth") (2nd hint: partner of "melancholy") Ghost-Girl
4.) A: to become/weird (hint: "weorthan") bluebell
5.) A: raven (hint: "hrefn") (2nd hint: try sounding it out) Ghost-Girl

Bonus Three:
1.) A: -6 LastRailway

One of These is Not Like the Other:
1.) A: 827 is not an assigned North American area code. (hint: RING!!!) LastRailway
2.) Tupper A: Charles Tupper is a former Canadian Prime Minister who was not a confirmed member of the Freemasons (hint: I’d like to shake your hand) DQ because I’m an idiot.
3.) A: NCC-72015 (the USS Sutherland) is not named after an actual US Navy ship. (hint: "Anchors Aweigh") bluebell
4.) A: Hexakis Icosahedron is a Catalan Solid, while the others listed are Archimedean Solids (hint: Andorra) Ghost-Girl
5.) A: Their. All are homophones and homonyms except "their," which is only a homophone. (hint: think linguistically) Ghost-Girl

Assorted Geekery:
1.) A: "Up on the Ladder" (hint: TARDIS) Ghost-Girl
2.) A: Wolfenstein-3D (hint: "Mein Leben!") CJW
3.) A: Initiating a mating ritual and/or expressing sexual interest. (hint: Parr Mach) Ghost-Girl
4.) A: Mick Fleetwood (hint: The person's name is incorporated into the group name)
5.) A: An edge piece which contains both white and yellow sides is impossible on a standard Rubik's Cube. (hint: look at the colors) HilbertSpace

Bonus Four:
1.) A: praeteritio/paralipsis/preterition/cataphasis/antiphrasis/parasiopesis (hint: the letter P) LastRailway

Miscellany:
1.) A: Nancy Cameron
2.) A: Uffington (hint: Arianna) Randall
3.) A: Triple Rock Brewery, Berkeley, CA (hint: my neck of the woods) Randall
4.) A: Bit.Fall (hint: Popp) LastRailway
5.) A: 885 (hint: Cluster)
6.) A: Syrian Elephant (hint: Hannibal) Randall



Bonus Five:
1.) A: Dimazole or [6-(2-Diethylamino-ethoxy)-benzothiazol-2-yl]-dimethyl-amine (hint: antifungal) bluebell

Silly Category:
1.) Ghost-Girl
2.) bluebell
3.)
4.)


OrionzRevenge: 600
HilbertSpace: 600
BAJ: 1100
Randall: 1300
Bluebell: 2500
Ghost-Girl: 3600
CJW: 3600
LastRailway: 4200

bluebell
7 Mar 2009, 11:01 PM
Geography

1) Mt Everest

3) Murray-Darling River system, Australia

bluebell
7 Mar 2009, 11:03 PM
Film

5) Mickey Mouse

outmywindow
7 Mar 2009, 11:03 PM
Film

5) Mickey Mouse
No.

Geography

1) Mt Everest
No.

3) Murray-Darling River system, Australia
Yes.

bluebell
7 Mar 2009, 11:07 PM
Geography

1) Mount Kilimanjaro

outmywindow
7 Mar 2009, 11:09 PM
Geography

1) Mount Kilimanjaro
No.

bluebell
7 Mar 2009, 11:16 PM
Damnit! I thought I had it nailed what with the planet bulging out at the equator.

k, how about Vinson Massif, Antarctica

outmywindow
7 Mar 2009, 11:18 PM
Damnit! I thought I had it nailed what with the planet bulging out at the equator.

k, how about Vinson Massif, Antarctica
No.

bluebell
7 Mar 2009, 11:20 PM
Geography

4) Milankovitch cycles

outmywindow
7 Mar 2009, 11:22 PM
Geography

4) Milankovitch cycles
Yes.

BAJ
7 Mar 2009, 11:27 PM
Geo

2.) terminal moraine

outmywindow
7 Mar 2009, 11:28 PM
Geo

2.) terminal moraine
No.

BTW, more questions added.

BAJ
7 Mar 2009, 11:29 PM
Geo

1> Chimborazo in the Andes

outmywindow
7 Mar 2009, 11:30 PM
Geo

1> Chimborazo in the Andes
Yes!

C.J.Woolf
7 Mar 2009, 11:31 PM
Geo 1: Huascaran, Peru

[Edit: Late, and wrong.]

C.J.Woolf
7 Mar 2009, 11:32 PM
Culture 1: Uighur

outmywindow
7 Mar 2009, 11:32 PM
Culture 1: Uighur
Yes.

C.J.Woolf
7 Mar 2009, 11:34 PM
ID 2: Commodore Perry
3: Eleanor of Aquitaine
4. Yuri Gagarin

outmywindow
7 Mar 2009, 11:34 PM
ID 2: Commodore Perry
3: Eleanor of Aquitaine
4. Yuri Gagarin
Yes. Yes. Yes.

Good one!

BAJ
7 Mar 2009, 11:37 PM
Geo

2. fjords

outmywindow
7 Mar 2009, 11:38 PM
Geo

2. fjords
Yes.

MoneyJungle
7 Mar 2009, 11:39 PM
Culture

2. The Andes Mountains

outmywindow
7 Mar 2009, 11:39 PM
Culture

2. The Andes Mountains
Please be more specific.

MoneyJungle
7 Mar 2009, 11:40 PM
Culture

2. The Andes Mountains
(or maybe a specific bird instead of a species?)

C.J.Woolf
7 Mar 2009, 11:41 PM
Culture 2: The Giant Hummingbird lives in South America and is the size of a large starling.

[Edit: Ecuador?]

MoneyJungle
7 Mar 2009, 11:41 PM
Patagona Gigas- Ecuador, Argentima, Chile

BAJ
7 Mar 2009, 11:42 PM
Geo

5. Point Roberts

outmywindow
7 Mar 2009, 11:43 PM
(or maybe a specific bird instead of a species?)


Culture 2: The Giant Hummingbird lives in South America and is the size of a large starling.

[Edit: Ecuador?]


Patagona Gigas- Ecuador, Argentima, Chile
Look at the category. I'm talking about culture, not zoology. ;)

outmywindow
7 Mar 2009, 11:43 PM
Geo

5. Point Roberts
Yes.

C.J.Woolf
7 Mar 2009, 11:44 PM
Film 5: Zorro?

bluebell
7 Mar 2009, 11:44 PM
Culture

4) Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen of Ethiopia

outmywindow
7 Mar 2009, 11:44 PM
Film 5: Zorro?
No.

C.J.Woolf
7 Mar 2009, 11:44 PM
Culture 2: Nazca, Peru

Thanks for the hint.

bluebell
7 Mar 2009, 11:46 PM
Culture
2) Quito, Ecuador

outmywindow
7 Mar 2009, 11:47 PM
Culture 2: Nazca, Peru

Thanks for the hint.
Yes.

LastRailway
7 Mar 2009, 11:48 PM
Film 1: The life of Brian

outmywindow
7 Mar 2009, 11:49 PM
Film 1: The life of Brian
Yes!

Ghost-Girl
7 Mar 2009, 11:49 PM
Bonus 2:
They both lost an eye?

bluebell
7 Mar 2009, 11:50 PM
Culture

4) Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen of Ethiopia

Just checking if you saw this one?

outmywindow
7 Mar 2009, 11:55 PM
Bonus 2:
They both lost an eye?
No.

Just checking if you saw this one?
No. (thanks for getting my attention on that one!)

Ghost-Girl
7 Mar 2009, 11:55 PM
Film trivia 3:
Star Trek Generations

outmywindow
7 Mar 2009, 11:55 PM
Film trivia 3:
Star Trek Generations
Yes.

bluebell
7 Mar 2009, 11:56 PM
Film 5

Robin Hood

outmywindow
7 Mar 2009, 11:56 PM
Film 5

Robin Hood
No.

Ghost-Girl
7 Mar 2009, 11:57 PM
Film 5:
Mickey Mouse

outmywindow
7 Mar 2009, 11:58 PM
Film 5:
Mickey Mouse
No.

bluebell
8 Mar 2009, 12:00 AM
Film 5

Felix the Cat

C.J.Woolf
8 Mar 2009, 12:00 AM
Film 5: Popeye

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 12:01 AM
BTW: I added a few hints

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 12:01 AM
Film 5

Felix the Cat
No.

Film 5: Popeye
No.

C.J.Woolf
8 Mar 2009, 12:03 AM
Mis. Ast. 2: Ceres, between Mars and Jupiter

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 12:03 AM
Mis. Ast. 2: Ceres, between Mars and Jupiter
Yes.

C.J.Woolf
8 Mar 2009, 12:06 AM
Film 5: Thomas Edison??

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 12:07 AM
Film 5: Thomas Edison??
No.

Ghost-Girl
8 Mar 2009, 12:09 AM
Ast. 3:
Hyperion and Pheobe

C.J.Woolf
8 Mar 2009, 12:12 AM
Mis. Ast. 1: A smiley face in a crater in the Nereidum Montes.

C.J.Woolf
8 Mar 2009, 12:14 AM
Oh Fuck 2: Thursday

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 12:14 AM
Ast. 3:
Hyperion and Pheobe
No.

Mis. Ast. 1: A smiley face in a crater in the Nereidum Montes.
Yes.

BTW: More questions and more hints (since no seems to be touching the Anglo Saxon words with a ten-foot pole)

slacker
8 Mar 2009, 12:15 AM
ID 5: Sasha Cohen?

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 12:15 AM
Oh Fuck 2: Thursday

Yes.

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 12:15 AM
ID 5: Sasha Cohen?

No.

C.J.Woolf
8 Mar 2009, 12:15 AM
Oh Fuck 3: May

LastRailway
8 Mar 2009, 12:16 AM
Astr. 5: The moon is made from green cheese.

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 12:17 AM
Oh Fuck 3: May
No.

Astr. 5: The moon is made from green cheese.
Yes.

slacker
8 Mar 2009, 12:18 AM
Astro 3: Uranus & Neptune?

Ghost-Girl
8 Mar 2009, 12:18 AM
anglo-saxon 3:
Mirth

C.J.Woolf
8 Mar 2009, 12:19 AM
Geekery 2: Castle Wolfenstein

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 12:19 AM
Astro 3: Uranus & Neptune?
No.

anglo-saxon 3:
Mirth
Yes.

LastRailway
8 Mar 2009, 12:19 AM
Bonus 2: The lifted eyebrow?

Randall
8 Mar 2009, 12:19 AM
geekery 3: Wolfenstein 3d

Ghost-Girl
8 Mar 2009, 12:19 AM
anglo-saxon 4:
worthy

bluebell
8 Mar 2009, 12:20 AM
oh fuck

4) weird

slacker
8 Mar 2009, 12:21 AM
OFWT 3: Welsh?

Ghost-Girl
8 Mar 2009, 12:21 AM
oh fuck, 5:
raven

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 12:21 AM
Geekery 2: Castle Wolfenstein
Yes.

Bonus 2: The lifted eyebrow?
No.

anglo-saxon 4:
worthy
No.

oh fuck

4) weird
Yes.

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 12:21 AM
oh fuck, 5:
raven
Yes.

bluebell
8 Mar 2009, 12:21 AM
oh fuck 5

crab

Edit too late, nevermind

C.J.Woolf
8 Mar 2009, 12:22 AM
One of these 2: John Abbott. The others were Prime Ministers of Canada.

slacker
8 Mar 2009, 12:23 AM
Geekery 5: It only has 5 colors (should have 6)?

Ghost-Girl
8 Mar 2009, 12:24 AM
one of these:
1) 530

4) Hexakis Icosahedron

5)Their

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 12:24 AM
One of these 2: John Abbott. The others were Prime Ministers of Canada.
No. John Abbot was a prime minister of Canada.

bluebell
8 Mar 2009, 12:25 AM
not like the other

3) NCC-72015

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 12:25 AM
Geekery 5: It only has 5 colors (should have 6)?
No.

one of these:
1) 530
No.

4) Hexakis Icosahedron
Yes.

5)Their
Yes.

ApeTheDog
8 Mar 2009, 12:26 AM
Film 5: Edisson

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 12:26 AM
not like the other

3) NCC-72015
Yes.

C.J.Woolf
8 Mar 2009, 12:26 AM
One of these 2: Bennett. Not buried in Canada.

Got too hasty there.

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 12:26 AM
Film 5: Edisson
No.

Randall
8 Mar 2009, 12:27 AM
ID 5: Ben Croshaw

slacker
8 Mar 2009, 12:28 AM
Geekery 4: Jimi Hendrix

Ghost-Girl
8 Mar 2009, 12:28 AM
Geekery 1:

Up on the ladder

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 12:28 AM
ID 5: Ben Croshaw
No.

Randall
8 Mar 2009, 12:29 AM
ONE OF THESE IS NOT LIKE THE OTHER 2: John A McDonald was not born in Canada.

ApeTheDog
8 Mar 2009, 12:29 AM
doomsday will occur on friday the 13th

bonus two: They were both fathers to giants.

the rubiks cube has 4x4 sides

bonus four: dude says it's not worth mentioning, yet mentions it. He's LYING!

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 12:30 AM
BTW: Final set of questions added. More hints probably on the way.

ApeTheDog
8 Mar 2009, 12:31 AM
Do I get bonus points for knowing ben croshaw somewhat? I talked to him on MSN a couple times before he was FAMOUS.

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 12:32 AM
ONE OF THESE IS NOT LIKE THE OTHER 2: John A McDonald was not born in Canada.
No.

doomsday will occur on friday the 13th

bonus two: They were both fathers to giants.

the rubiks cube has 4x4 sides

bonus four: dude says it's not worth mentioning, yet mentions it. He's LYING!
No to all. You're a silly man.

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 12:32 AM
Do I get bonus points for knowing ben croshaw somewhat? I talked to him on MSN a couple times before he was FAMOUS.
Stop spamming.

bluebell
8 Mar 2009, 12:33 AM
Assorted geekery

1) Up on the ladder

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 12:33 AM
Assorted geekery

1) Up on the ladder
Yes.

ApeTheDog
8 Mar 2009, 12:33 AM
ascii art drawing of an ampersant wearing a hat:

^
&

LastRailway
8 Mar 2009, 12:34 AM
Bonus 4: Apophasis?

C.J.Woolf
8 Mar 2009, 12:34 AM
One of these 2: Bennett. Not buried in Canada.

Got too hasty there.
Didja see this? Thanks.

Randall
8 Mar 2009, 12:34 AM
One of these things 2: John Diefenbaker was a member of the Progressive Conservative party, the others were members of the Conservative Party.

Ghost-Girl
8 Mar 2009, 12:35 AM
Geekery 3:

I found weird Klingon fanfic looking for this. I'm guessing it's courting.

LastRailway
8 Mar 2009, 12:35 AM
One of these 1: 827, odd

ApeTheDog
8 Mar 2009, 12:36 AM
The thing that is wrong with the rubiks cube is that it has 4x4 squares on each side, whereas they should only have 9 on each side. I can't imagine anything more strange about it. Give me my points!

bluebell
8 Mar 2009, 12:36 AM
sorry - silly category 2)

sausages are the
greatest thing since sliced bread, yes
yum yum drool yum yum

sausages crackle pop
smoke barbecue blackened
tomato sauce on bread

sausages salty
fatty garlic browned goodness
best ever, sausages

bluebell
8 Mar 2009, 12:37 AM
sorry - silly category 2)

sausages are the
greatest thing since sliced bread, yes
yum yum drool yum yum

sausages crackle
smoke barbecue blackened brown
tomato sauce bread

sausages salty
fatty garlic browned goodness
best ever, sausages

damnit, miscounted, use this one instead

slacker
8 Mar 2009, 12:38 AM
Culture 4: Lesotho?

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 12:39 AM
Bonus 4: Apophasis?
Yes.

Geekery 3:

I found weird Klingon fanfic looking for this. I'm guessing it's courting.
Yes, and Ha!

One of these 1: 827, odd
Yes, though the real reason is that it's an unassigned area code, while the others are assigned.

sausages are the
greatest thing since sliced bread, yes
yum yum drool yum yum

sausages crackle pop
smoke barbecue blackened
tomato sauce on bread

sausages salty
fatty garlic browned goodness
best ever, sausages
Some of your syllable counts are a bit wonky, but Yes anyway. :lol:

The thing that is wrong with the rubiks cube is that it has 4x4 squares on each side, whereas they should only have 9 on each side. I can't imagine anything more strange about it. Give me my points!
No. You're wrong.

Randall
8 Mar 2009, 12:39 AM
Misc 2: Uffington

OrionzRevenge
8 Mar 2009, 12:42 AM
Film Trivia #5... pasted from a website>>>
Nosferatu (1922)
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Directed by F.W. Munarau, the silent film Nosferatu tells an eerie version of the classic vampire legend. Starring Max Schreck as the vampire Count Orlok, Nosferatu is effectively an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel Dracula with only a few plot points adjusted and the names of characters changed.

Trivia: This was the first and last Prana-Film GmbH film — the company declared bankruptcy after Bram Stoker's estate sued for copyright infringement and won. The court ordered all existing prints of Nosferatu destroyed, but copies had already been distributed around the world.

ApeTheDog
8 Mar 2009, 12:43 AM
There's also seven colors on the cube, ok?

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 12:43 AM
Didja see this? Thanks.


One of these things 2: John Diefenbaker was a member of the Progressive Conservative party, the others were members of the Conservative Party.
Sorry guys, I'm going to toss out this question completely. Due to poor writing on my part, there are too many possible answers.

What I was actually going for is that Tupper was not a FReemason, while the others were.

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 12:44 AM
Misc 2: Uffington
Yes.

Film Trivia #5... pasted from a website>>>
Nosferatu (1922)
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Directed by F.W. Munarau, the silent film Nosferatu tells an eerie version of the classic vampire legend. Starring Max Schreck as the vampire Count Orlok, Nosferatu is effectively an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel Dracula with only a few plot points adjusted and the names of characters changed.

Trivia: This was the first and last Prana-Film GmbH film — the company declared bankruptcy after Bram Stoker's estate sued for copyright infringement and won. The court ordered all existing prints of Nosferatu destroyed, but copies had already been distributed around the world.
Yes.

There's also seven colors on the cube, ok?
No there aren't.

Ghost-Girl
8 Mar 2009, 12:45 AM
Silly 1:

How's this?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v615/TheGhostGirl/ampersand.png

ApeTheDog
8 Mar 2009, 12:45 AM
There bloody well are. There are three shades of red on the cube.

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 12:46 AM
Culture 4: Lesotho?
No.

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 12:47 AM
Silly 1:

How's this?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v615/TheGhostGirl/ampersand.png
Excellent!

There bloody well are. There are three shades of red on the cube.
*sigh* No there aren't. That cube is sitting on the couch next to me, and it does not have three shades of red on it.

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 12:54 AM
Threw some more hints up there.

bluebell
8 Mar 2009, 12:58 AM
Unless rhinosaur shows up, I suspect you'll need to give a hint for the chem one. I counted up the various atoms (assuming I remember my organic chem well enough) and keep coming up with nothing in google.

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 01:00 AM
Unless rhinosaur shows up, I suspect you'll need to give a hint for the chem one. I counted up the various atoms (assuming I remember my organic chem well enough) and keep coming up with nothing in google.
Good advice. Will do.

Ghost-Girl
8 Mar 2009, 01:00 AM
Miscellany 1:
Jennifer Pershing

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 01:02 AM
Miscellany 1:
Jennifer Pershing
No.

OrionzRevenge
8 Mar 2009, 01:08 AM
Ass. Geek. #4: Jon Bon Jovi

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 01:09 AM
Ass. Geek. #4: Jon Bon Jovi
No.

Randall
8 Mar 2009, 01:12 AM
Bonus 5: dikar

HilbertSpace
8 Mar 2009, 01:13 AM
cube: white and yellow are on opposite sides, so there shouldn't be a white/yellow edge piece.

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 01:14 AM
Bonus 5: dikar
No.

cube: white and yellow are on opposite sides, so there shouldn't be a white/yellow edge piece.
YES. Thank you!

bluebell
8 Mar 2009, 01:15 AM
Feel free to say hell no, but given that the answers have slowed down a bit, any chance we could get an update on scores? (ie I want to make sure I'm not winning, don't have the mental space/energy to run the next one)

C.J.Woolf
8 Mar 2009, 01:16 AM
(ie I want to make sure I'm not winning, don't have the mental space/energy to run the next one)
DOH! I hope it's not me! (sez the trivia free-rider)

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 01:17 AM
Feel free to say hell no, but given that the answers have slowed down a bit, any chance we could get an update on scores? (ie I want to make sure I'm not winning, don't have the mental space/energy to run the next one)


DOH! I hope it's not me! (sez the trivia free-rider)
Sure. Give me a moment. :)

bluebell
8 Mar 2009, 01:18 AM
Sure. Give me a moment. :)

Thanks :)

Randall
8 Mar 2009, 01:19 AM
Misc 4: Advanced Multiple Organized Experimental Basin (AMOEBA)

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 01:26 AM
Randall: 300
OrionzRevenge: 600
HilbertSpace: 600
BAJ: 1100
bluebell: 2200
LastRailway: 2300
Ghost-Girl: 2500
CJWoolf: 3200

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 01:26 AM
Misc 4: Advanced Multiple Organized Experimental Basin (AMOEBA)
No.

And I'm going to put hints up for all the remaining unanswered questions. I'm hoping to artificially end this game, if possible. :)

bluebell
8 Mar 2009, 01:27 AM
Thank you!


Randall: 300
OrionzRevenge: 600
HilbertSpace: 600
BAJ: 1100
bluebell: 2200
LastRailway: 2300
Ghost-Girl: 2500
CJWoolf: 3200


DOH! I hope it's not me! (sez the trivia free-rider)

:lol:

avolkiteshvara
8 Mar 2009, 01:28 AM
Culture
5

Hmong people?

bluebell
8 Mar 2009, 01:30 AM
btw I am considering doing the reading out of the long list but am currently defeated due to my techtardness. I also suspect my connection will be too slow to let me upload, but I will see how I go, assuming I can remember how to record my voice.

C.J.Woolf
8 Mar 2009, 01:30 AM
:lol:
Grr.

Ghost-Girl and/or LastRailway, answer some more questions!

LastRailway
8 Mar 2009, 01:33 AM
Grr.

Ghost-Girl and/or LastRailway, answer some more questions!

I'm trying, I'm trying...

Bonus 5 is some freaking triazolopyrimidine but have no clue which.

bluebell
8 Mar 2009, 01:35 AM
I'm trying, I'm trying...

Bonus 5 is some freaking triazolopyrimidine but have no clue which.

I tried typing in the chemical formula into google to see if I got any hits, but it kept coming back with nothing.

My best guess, from counting up the atoms was C15H23N3SO but maybe I miscounted.

Edit: I assumed that the nitrogens and sulphur had no other bonds except to the neighbouring carbons. I forget the bonding rules for those in organic compound rules, so maybe I missed a few H's.

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 01:39 AM
Culture
5

Hmong people?
No.

I'm trying, I'm trying...

Bonus 5 is some freaking triazolopyrimidine but have no clue which.


I tried typing in the chemical formula into google to see if I got any hits, but it kept coming back with nothing.

My best guess, from counting up the atoms was C15H23N3SO but maybe I miscounted.
Bluebell wins! It's called Dimazole, btw.

LastRailway
8 Mar 2009, 01:40 AM
I tried typing in the chemical formula into google to see if I got any hits, but it kept coming back with nothing.

My best guess, from counting up the atoms was C15H23N3SO but maybe I miscounted.

There's something wrong with the number of H, I think.

Anyhow, bonus 3: +6.5?

bluebell
8 Mar 2009, 01:41 AM
Damnit. I mean yay.

By the way, LR's answer is less lame than mine. I did mine by brute force but I had no idea what class it fell into.

Randall
8 Mar 2009, 01:42 AM
Misc 6: syrian elephants

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 01:43 AM
There's something wrong with the number of H, I think.

Anyhow, bonus 3: +6.5?
Close enough (+6 was the answer I had)

Misc 6: syrian elephants
Yes.

LastRailway
8 Mar 2009, 01:43 AM
Bluebell wins! It's called Dimazole, btw.

Can't edit on this forum.

I ignored the ones with Cl- :stupid:
Well, bb will do the next contest, then :devil:

bluebell
8 Mar 2009, 01:44 AM
There's something wrong with the number of H, I think.





Edit: I assumed that the nitrogens and sulphur had no other bonds except to the neighbouring carbons. I forget the bonding rules for those in organic compound rules, so maybe I missed a few H's.

Yeah, that's my guess too.

omw, I'm happy to split the points for this question with LR. For other molecules with a variety of isomers, my answer would have been inadequate.

bluebell
8 Mar 2009, 01:45 AM
Can't edit on this forum.

I ignored the ones with Cl- :stupid:
Well, bb will do the next contest, then :devil:

LOL (see previous post of mine)

So, this was a chloride salt? (I totally didn't notice that, organic chem was not my strong point)

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 01:47 AM
Yeah, that's my guess too.

omw, I'm happy to split the points for this question with LR. For other molecules with a variety of isomers, my answer would have been inadequate.
Will do.

LastRailway
8 Mar 2009, 01:51 AM
Misc 5: Elephas maximus indicus, can be found in West Africa.


LOL (see previous post of mine)

So, this was a chloride salt? (I totally didn't notice that, organic chem was not my strong point)

Yup, it's Dimazole Dihydrochloride


Will do.

Thanks! And thanks, bluebell for the $CC :happpy:

avolkiteshvara
8 Mar 2009, 01:52 AM
Asssorted...........

5

Frank Zappa?

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 01:52 AM
Asssorted...........

5

Frank Zappa?
No.

LastRailway
8 Mar 2009, 01:55 AM
Misc. 4: Julius Popp's Bit.Fall, in the Kemper Art Museum?

bluebell
8 Mar 2009, 01:58 AM
k, I'm bowing out for now. I need to go and do a few things in daylight hours.

Thanks for a fun quiz, omw!

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 03:00 AM
Misc. 4: Julius Popp's Bit.Fall, in the Kemper Art Museum?
Yes.

k, I'm bowing out for now. I need to go and do a few things in daylight hours.

Thanks for a fun quiz, omw!
Haha, thaks for playing!

FYI: The game will close in thirty minutes.

LastRailway
8 Mar 2009, 03:00 AM
Misc 5: Elephas maximus indicus, can be found in West Africa.


Not sure if you noticed this answer.

And,
Astr. 4: Planet X

C.J.Woolf
8 Mar 2009, 03:01 AM
Has LR passed me yet? She needs the casino cash. :grin:

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 03:04 AM
Not sure if you noticed this answer.
That question had already been answered.

And,
Astr. 4: Planet X
No.

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 03:05 AM
Has LR passed me yet? She needs the casino cash. :grin:
Yeah, she's winning by quite a bit.

LastRailway
8 Mar 2009, 03:07 AM
Bonus 2, wild guess: Does he have any eagle?
(And is he Quino, BTW?)


Has LR passed me yet? She needs the casino cash. :grin:

LOL

Basho
8 Mar 2009, 03:09 AM
Film #4
Fugitive Alien K12 and 310

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 03:11 AM
Film #4
Fugitive Alien K12 and 310
No. The KTMA episodes weren't aired nationally.

Also, did you join just to post this?

Randall
8 Mar 2009, 03:12 AM
Misc 3: Triple Rock Brewery and Alehouse?

C.J.Woolf
8 Mar 2009, 03:12 AM
Culture 3: The Wilderness Woman Contest, organized by the Talkeetna Bachelor Society.

BTW, my Alaskan brother-in-law says Talkeetna is full of vagrants. :grin:

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 03:12 AM
Misc 3: Triple Rock Brewery and Alehouse?
Yes.

Ghost-Girl
8 Mar 2009, 03:15 AM
Ast. 3:
Chiron and Themis

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 03:16 AM
Ast. 3:
Chiron and Themis
Yes.

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 03:24 AM
Culture 3: The Wilderness Woman Contest, organized by the Talkeetna Bachelor Society.

BTW, my Alaskan brother-in-law says Talkeetna is full of vagrants. :grin:
Yes.

BTW: I have a lot of relatives who live in Talkeetna. :ph34r:

LastRailway
8 Mar 2009, 03:25 AM
Culture 5: Kigeli V of Rwanda? (the only living deposed monarch of a landlocked country I could find - no idea whether he writes editorials)

Ghost-Girl
8 Mar 2009, 03:25 AM
Film 4:
The Trollenberg Terror

Basho
8 Mar 2009, 03:26 AM
Just joined recently, and this happens to be the first time I have posted.

How about Film #4 Episode 701 which aired twice Night of the Blood Beast, however it doesn't really fit you clue, so I am guessing this is not right.

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 03:27 AM
Culture 5: Kigeli V of Rwanda? (the only living deposed monarch of a landlocked country I could find - no idea whether he writes editorials)
No.

Film 4:
The Trollenberg Terror
No.

Ghost-Girl
8 Mar 2009, 03:27 AM
Film 4:
The Crawling Eye

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 03:27 AM
Just joined recently, and this happens to be the first time I have posted.

How about Film #4 Episode 701 which aired twice Night of the Blood Beast, however it doesn't really fit you clue, so I am guessing this is not right.
Nope. Read the clue carefully. :)

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 03:28 AM
Film 4:
The Crawling Eye
Yes!

Ghost-Girl
8 Mar 2009, 03:29 AM
Yes!

:rolleyes: The Trollenberg Terror, aka The Crawling Eye? (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052320/) Ha.

Randall
8 Mar 2009, 03:30 AM
Misc 1: Ursula Buchfellner

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 03:31 AM
:rolleyes: The Trollenberg Terror, aka The Crawling Eye? (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052320/) Ha.
Oops! Sorry! :)

Anyway, the game is now officially closed. Thanks for playing! The results are below, and you should all be getting your casino cash very shortly.

OrionzRevenge: 600
HilbertSpace: 600
BAJ: 1100
Randall: 1300
Bluebell: 2700
Ghost-Girl: 3400
CJW: 3600
LastRailway: 4200

Randall
8 Mar 2009, 03:35 AM
Does my last answer count? :)

Also, (when) will you be posting the correct answers?

LastRailway
8 Mar 2009, 03:36 AM
OrionzRevenge: 600
HilbertSpace: 600
BAJ: 1100
Randall: 1300
Bluebell: 2700
Ghost-Girl: 3400
CJW: 3600
LastRailway: 4200

:banana:

Hey, OMW, will you give the answers of the missing questions?
And thanks for being the first person to do the contest on a reasonable day and hour :happpy:

Ghost-Girl
8 Mar 2009, 03:41 AM
So glad I didn't win! That was fun, OWM. Great questions!

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 03:41 AM
Does my last answer count? :)

Also, (when) will you be posting the correct answers?
Your last answer was incorrect, so no.

I'm posting the answer key in the original post now.

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 03:43 AM
:banana:

Hey, OMW, will you give the answers of the missing questions?
And thanks for being the first person to do the contest on a reasonable day and hour :happpy:
Figuring out the time was one of the hardest parts, oddly enough. Glad it worked out for you! And Congratulations!

So glad I didn't win! That was fun, OWM. Great questions!
Thanks!

I'm glad everyone had fun.

Ghost-Girl
8 Mar 2009, 03:47 AM
1.) A: "Up on the Ladder" (hint: TARDIS) bluebell

...actually, I got that one before bluebell.

C.J.Woolf
8 Mar 2009, 03:51 AM
Thank you, omw!

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 03:52 AM
...actually, I got that one before bluebell.
You are absolutely right! Your post fell right at the end of a page, so I must not have seen it. I'll make the proper adjustments. :)

syzygy
8 Mar 2009, 09:05 AM
THE SILLY CATEGORY, #4!

syzygy
8 Mar 2009, 09:06 AM
THE SILLY CATEGORY, #4!

I know the game is closed and stuff, I just wanted to post that.

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 09:24 AM
THE SILLY CATEGORY, #4!

I know the game is closed and stuff, I just wanted to post that.
OH MY GOD, YOU MADE MY DAY! As such, I'm giving you 15,000 bucks casino cash out of my own personal stash (I never use it anyway).

I'm saving that on my hard drive.

aelan
8 Mar 2009, 09:28 AM
Is that your natural voice or put on for reading the list? :happpy: Has a nice husky ring to it.

syzygy
8 Mar 2009, 09:50 AM
OH MY GOD, YOU MADE MY DAY! As such, I'm giving you 15,000 bucks casino cash out of my own personal stash (I never use it anyway).

I'm saving that on my hard drive.

Glad to have been of service. Thank you for the casino cash - I never do anything with it, either. I just thought it would be funny to post that. :grin:


Is that your natural voice or put on for reading the list? :happpy: Has a nice husky ring to it.

I wish my voice sounded like that, but no. It isn't put on, though - I've just been working all day and it's 4 am and I'm really tired.

PenguinHunter
8 Mar 2009, 10:09 AM
Sorry I missed it again. . . looked like a good one. It was 2am here and I had to teach the next morning so couldn't make it out. I wish you hadn't filled in the missing answers though, it's nice to have some hard ones left for late-comers to ponder.

aelan
8 Mar 2009, 10:16 AM
Sorry I missed it again. . . looked like a good one. It was 2am here and I had to teach the next morning so couldn't make it out. I wish you hadn't filled in the missing answers though, it's nice to have some hard ones left for late-comers to ponder.

Yea. It was 6am my time. I'd saw some not cancelled, and was googling away till I saw she'd put the answers up. :(

Edit: LR should get a colour and I'll go back to being blue. :(

Ghost-Girl
8 Mar 2009, 10:18 AM
I know the game is closed and stuff, I just wanted to post that.
Ha, that's great! I am going to put it on my iPod so that I randomly run into it when the songs shuffle. :happpy:

(By the way, OMW, where'd that list come from? I'm impressed if you made it up off the top of your head.)

outmywindow
8 Mar 2009, 10:26 AM
(By the way, OMW, where'd that list come from? I'm impressed if you made it up off the top of your head.)
It's from an episode of MST3K (Space Mutiny, to be exact). All those names get called out at various times during the film because of the especially self-conscious 'manly' protagonist. ...Who literally squeals like a girl several times. :huh:

Mr Pink
8 Mar 2009, 12:20 PM
Culture #5:

The Ainu in Japan.

fripping
8 Mar 2009, 12:34 PM
film trivia #2 is THX-1138. i didn't know it was albrecht durer in that picture until you gave me a reason to look it up just now.

fripping
8 Mar 2009, 12:42 PM
oh damn it it's not even the right day anymore, shit.