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Jan-4-2005 18:37

See if there is interest for this.

1. Each day I will post 10 questions, at random times of the day.
2. Each Quiz runs exactly 24 hours.
3. The first person that has all 10 questions right, wins. Or if no one has all questions right, the best one wins.
4. You can only post answers ONCE for the same quiz.
5. No cash involved. Just glory. :)

Oct-30-2005 19:38

The answers:

1. Australia, Canada, Sweden and Norway are all acceptable answers.

2. Examples include Zimbabwe, Mexico, Egypt, and Albania.

3. India, Pakistan, England, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka... the list goes on.

4. The words describe various parts of knives.

5. Magpies, Jackdaws, Rooks and Jays are all corvids.

6. a) Amman, b) Sri Jayewardenepura (or Kotte), c) Riyadh

7. a) False, they burn at around 800C. b) True. c) True. d) False!

8. Sri Lanka, in 1960. (Her name was Sirimavo Bandaranaike)

9. Harald Blåtand (Harold Bluetooth in English), who was king of Norway and Denmark about 1000 years ago.

10. Some examples: The modern day zipper, the blowtorch, the Celsius or centigrade temperature scale, the dynamite, the ball bearing, the pacemaker, ship's propeller, the safety match, Tetra Paks, the pipe wrench and the adjustable spanner.


And the winner by quite a margin is Dionne. Congrats!

Oct-31-2005 09:28

Would like to state that NZ woman are allowed to serve on submarines, as are gays, transexuals and rastas.

Nov-3-2005 13:16

1. In which hand does the Statue of Liberty hold her torch?

2. What was the name of the second baseman in Abbott and Costello's "Who's on First?"
routine?

3. What is Snuffleupagus' first name?
(HINT: It rhymes with 'delicious' and starts with an 'A'.)

4. What does the acronym "MASH" stand for? (the TV show)

5. What part of a cat does "catgut" come from?

And now for some Sleuth trivia

6. What agency offered 1 week tours?

7. Who currently holds the highest score in Sleuth?

8. What is the name of the Newest Featured Mystery, where is it located and who wrote it? (yes, you can find this out without traveling)

9. After a recent game server outage, how many days did Ben add to the subscriptions?

10. Name 3 agencies with more than 3 Directors. (It can not be one you are currently a member of)

BONUS: If you pay Larry the Toe $500 to go see Lucy, can you find her after you start another case?

Nov-3-2005 13:43

1. right
2. what
3. aloysius
4. mobile army surgical hospital
5. not from a cat. catgut is sheep intestines.
6. reaper's
7. Daru
8. "Red Queen", London, Michael Bagen
9. six
10. eye spy, overdogs, sirens
bonus: no

Nov-3-2005 14:15

1.right
2.who?
3.snuffle who???
6 reapers
7 daru
8 by the proliferate Michael Bagen... Red Queen (london)
9 6
10
Green dragons
Give a yelp
Sirens
casa blanca
Tbird
Just around the corner
Eye spy
Overdogs
Old fogies
Gimmeaclue

bonus:no

Nov-3-2005 16:23

2) TRUE ;)

Nov-3-2005 21:08

1. Left
2. David Seaman
3. Alfonzolicious
4. Mobile Army Service Hospital or something
5. It doesn't... it's from a fish.
6. Reaper's
7. Daru
8. The Red Queen -John Hale
9. 6
10. Mojos. TATKADD. Sirens.

BONUS Yes

Nov-3-2005 22:50

1. right

2. what

3. Alicious?

4. Mobile Army Surgical Hospital. What was the orginial words to the theme music? (way interesting)

5. instenstine, but mostly they didn't use cats-too small, goats were favored on old string instruments

6. What agency offered 1 week tours?
...Behind Closed Dorrs?
7. Who currently holds the highest score in Sleuth?
the beloved Daru
8. What is the name of the Newest Featured Mystery, where is it located and who wrote it? (yes, you can find this out without traveling)
.....ummm Red Queen, london, John Hale???
9. After a recent game server outage, how many days did Ben add to the subscriptions?
6 days
10. Name 3 agencies with more than 3 Directors. (It can not be one you are currently a member of)
Eye Spy, underdogs, sirens
BONUS: If you pay Larry the Toe $500 to go see Lucy, can you find her after you start another case?
nope man, its gone

Nov-4-2005 05:13

LED........what agency is TATKADD? :)

Nov-4-2005 07:27

A-I-was-running-late-for-work-and-was-trying-to-get-dressed-and-was-typing-one-handed-kind-of-agency.