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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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Greyling
Greyling

Sep-6-2006 01:43

Time for the answers:

1) Night Owl/Late owl (didn't know this one, but then I'm not a native speaker :) )
2) Athena
3) Hedwig
4) Panteleimo (yep, looking for his name, sorry if I wasn't precise there. Reference was to Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy)
5) The Owl and the Pussy Cat
6) Oscar Wilde
7) John Keats
8) Hans Christian Andersen (yes, it is the one about the nightingale and the Emperor (it's one of the best he wrote in my opinion), think it's been made into an opera, and could be there's a ballet as well)
9) The Swedish Nightengale
10) The Lady with the Lamp
11) Athena
Bonus: Owl, who can spell his own name (i.e. Wol), lives in a tree known as "The Chestnuts" in the Hundred Acre Wood ;)


Winner is John Q. Publik!! Well done :)

Greyling
Greyling

Sep-6-2006 01:48

Oopsy - 4) Panteleimon - missed the last part when copying and pasting :)

Greyling
Greyling

Sep-6-2006 01:55

Okay one more time after checking my book - 4) Pantalaimon :D

Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Sep-6-2006 01:57

ok so I thought the title holder of the quiz was Greyling :) and Wol was just a typo oops lol

John Q. Publik
John Q. Publik
Old Shoe

Sep-6-2006 15:53

No time for a witty opening, so let's get right down to it!

Could this have happened? (T/F)

1. Is it true that American chess grandmaster George Koltanowski once played a simultaneous chess exhibition against 575 players at once, while blindfolded?

2. Is it true that in 1969 Jack Rothenhoefer sawed off his own leg with a power saw to avoid being drafted into the Vietnam war?

3. Is it true that except for some early, very crude attempts, Walt Disney never did any animation?

4. Is it true that because of their strong stomachs and stronger jaws, goats will eat tin cans?

5. Is it true that before his death in 1937, aviator Pete Beck survived 3 separate plane crashes as well as a 2500 ft. fall when his parachute failed to open?

6. Is it true that the first person to survive plunging over Niagara Falls in a barrel was a 63 year old woman?

7. Is it true that in Cincinnati Ohio in 1924, upon losing a large poker jackpot, Alan Hilliard got so angry that he shot and killed the other 4 players as well as 3 spectators and burned down the building in which they were playing?

8. Is it true that there is a breed of bird in the Himalayan mountains that gives birth for the purpose of having the chicks available as a food supply in case of an especially harsh winter?

9. Is it true that it is estimated that the number of possible positions in a game of chess far exceeds the number of seconds that have elapsed since the creation of our solar system?

10. Is it true that during his administration, former president George Bush presided over some of the most brilliant technical advances of all time, but he was amazed at his first encounter with a common supermarket price scanner?

Good luck to all!

jroepel
jroepel
Con Artist

Sep-6-2006 18:26

1. False
2. hmmm, that is one way to dodge the draft... I'l say True.
3. True
4. True
5. True
6. True
7. False
8. False, unless I suppose you happen to be one of those young earth nuts. lol.
10. True true true true, so very true. lmao!

Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Sep-6-2006 18:32

1. False
2. True
3. True
4. False (think it's a myth)
5. False
6. False
7. True
8. True
9. False
10. True.. prob wondered if it was 'nucular' powered...

Serena Siren
Serena Siren
Well-Connected

Sep-7-2006 00:30

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

Breitkat
Breitkat
Pinball Amateur

Sep-7-2006 00:34

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

Greyling
Greyling

Sep-7-2006 04:48

1. Hmm, everyone is saying false, so I'll take a chance with True/Yes?
2. False/No? - and if not then I hope he had enough drugs to not feel a thing
3. False/No?
4. Eeny, meeny, miny, moe - True/Yes?
5. True/Yes?
6. True/Yes? - you go girl ;D
7. True/Yes?
8. False/No?
9. False/No?
10. True/Yes?

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