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jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

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. :)

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John Q. Publik
John Q. Publik
Old Shoe

Sep-1-2006 19:50

1. ?
2. ferrule
3. 8 - Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Violet, Brown, and Black
4. Egyptians - Hieroglyphics were pictures that represented syllables consisting of a single consonant followed by a single vowel.
5. ?
6. ?
7. True
8. curricula
9. A horse
10. Athena, Minerva

slain
slain

Sep-2-2006 00:19

1. 1890 when the L. & C. Hardtmuth Company of Austria-Hungary introduced their Koh-I-Noor brand, named after the famous diamond. It was intended to be the world's best and most expensive pencil, and at a time when most pencils were either painted in dark colours or not at all, the Koh-I-Noor was yellow. As well as simply being distinctive, the colour may have been inspired by the Austro-Hungarian flag; it was also suggestive of the Orient, at a time when the best-quality graphite came from Siberia. Other companies then copied the yellow colour so that their pencils would be associated with this high-quality brand, and chose brand names with explicit Oriental references, such as Mikado and Mongol
2. ferrule
3. 8 - Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Violet, Brown, and Black
4. Egyptians - Hieroglyphics were pictures that represented syllables consisting of a single consonant followed by a single vowel.
5.
6 Islam put a lot of emphasis on knowledge and therefore had to develop a systematic way of teaching and spreading knowledge in purpose built structures. At first the mosque combined both religious performance and learning activities, by the tenth century, however, the Seljuks introduced the first school, or Madrassa as it was called in Arabic, a proper school built independently from the mosque. They were also the first to make the school or Madrassa system a public domain under the control of the caliph. The Nizamiyya madrasa is considered by consensus of scholars to be the earliest surviving school, built towards 1066 CE by Emir Nizam Al-Mulk.
6.Fourdrinier Machine & the first recorded paper machine was Gilpin's
7. True
8. curricula
9. A horse
10. Athena, Minerva


jroepel
jroepel
Con Artist

Sep-2-2006 23:09

ok i have no real hope in this quiz, but what the hey?

1. To match the school bus?
2. ?
3. 8, black, blue, brown, red, yellow, green, orange, purple
4. Peleponesians?
5. muslim
6. ?
7. True
8. curriculae
9. sunshine and flower petals? lol I'll say alcohol.
10. ?

John Q. Publik
John Q. Publik
Old Shoe

Sep-3-2006 16:08

I'm guessing that since mr britannica over there verified all our answers for us, that Ranier didn't bother to come back and post who the winner was. Anyone have a quiz they want to post?

Ranier Peperhaut
Ranier Peperhaut
Washed Up Punter

Sep-3-2006 20:45

I'm here, just had to work a lot these past days... I'll get them up now.

Ranier Peperhaut
Ranier Peperhaut
Washed Up Punter

Sep-3-2006 20:56

Sorry for the delay.

1. During the 1800s, the best graphite in the world came from China. American pencil makers wanted a special way to tell people that their pencils contained Chinese graphite. In China, the color yellow is associated with royalty and respect. American pencil manufacturers began painting their pencils bright yellow to communicate this "regal" feeling and association with China. - Credit to slain. Way to go!

2. Ferrule - Credit to JQP and slain.

3. Eight: Black, blue, brown, green, orange, red, violet, yellow. Jr, so close! But Violet was the name of the colour they used... - Credit to JQP and slain.

4. The Phoenicians are actually credited with developing the world’s first alphabet, and it was only consonants. There is much debate over who created the first writing system, with the Sumerians in the lead, followed by the Egyptians, the Chinese and the inhabitants of the Indus Valley.
Great tries, but no credit.

5. Islam - slain has the correct answer here.

6. Fourdrinier and cylinder machines are the two most commonly used - No credit here.

7. True - Credit to all of you!

8. Curricula - JQP and slain

9. Horses - JQP and slain

10. There are several, and Athena and Minerva are two. JQP and slain!


And the winner is slain, with 8 out of 10 questions!

Congrats!


Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Sep-3-2006 21:29

well done slain... :) lol since I was working on this before Ranier posted the answers I'll still post my quiz :) hope that's ok :)

In honour of my AV hunt... here some other great failures & disasters ;)

A nice 'guess' will do us all the world of good after all those AI cases!

True or False...

1. Students who finish last in their year at West Point Military Academy are referred to as 'sheep'?

2. The RMS Titanic had two sister ships called the RMS Olympic and HMHS Britannic, neither of which met an untimely end like the Titanic.

3. The Battle of Little Bighorn (Custers Last Stand) took place in the US State of Montana.

4. American folk-singer John Denver served as Poet Laureate of Colarado.

5. The ill-fated zeppelin the Hindenburgh was present at the Berlin Olympic Games and towed the Olypic flag from its tail across the stadium.

6. JVC introduced the Betamax video recording format to the world.

7. The Leaning Tower of Piza leans at an angle of 13 degrees.

8. Nero played the fiddle whilst Rome burnt in AD 64.

9. Chernobyl (nuclear disaster) is in the Ukraine.

10. Heil Honey I'm Home! - A UK comedy series on featuring Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun in a stereotypical 1950s sitcom setting, with Jewish neighbours - remains the only UK television show to be cancelled after its first episode, in 1990.

jroepel
jroepel
Con Artist

Sep-3-2006 23:57

1. True
2. False
3. False
4. False
5. True
6. True
7. True
8. True
9. True
10. False

John Q. Publik
John Q. Publik
Old Shoe

Sep-4-2006 05:54

1. False?
2. True
3. True
4. False
5. True
6. False
7. True
8. True
9. True
10. True?

Greyling
Greyling

Sep-4-2006 07:41

Yay, guessing without the risk of anything except appearing ignorant - *lol* - how can I resist :D

1. True?
2. True?
3. True
4. True?
5. True?
6. False
7. True
8. Were fiddles invented then? Hmm, chancing false and that is was another instrument instead.
9. True
10. True?


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