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Postby Bunno Smurf » Tue Mar 29, 2005 3:39 am
:scratchinghead: TRIVIA COMPETITION :scratchinghead:

Heres a Trivia Quiz as suggested by Dyar.

The Rules:
Please PM all answers to me. Quiz finishes Sunday night 7:00pm WST (GMT + 8:00). The person who gets 100% first wins or if no-one does by Sunday night the person with the highest score wins. A playoff will be played between the highest scorers if there's more than one. Throughout the week I will update the scores so that if anyone wishes to have another go they can. You must allow a 24hr delay between guesses though and the highest score will be retained.

To make it fair for all I will post half of the quiz questions now and the other half in the morning (if I remember!!). That way you can start working on these ones and it gives the rest who are sleeping a chance to wake up and see the post.

Please PM the answers in the following format:
Question Number and then letter of answer: eg 1. D
For the True or False questions put the question number and then either a T or an F

The Prize :champ:
The ultimate Trivia trophy (well ok not ultimate but it'll have to do) - see pic...I'll probably throw in a surprise as well.

The Fine Print
These questions and answers are correct to the best of my knowledge. So my answers will be what the quiz will be judged on.

Section One: Mutliple Choice
1. The first contraceptive diaphragms used, centuries ago, were made of:
A) half an orange rind
B) cow bladders
C) pig skin

2. St Amand of Maastricht is the patron saint of:
A) beer and wine sellers
B) lost causes
C) wayward travellers

3. The world's largest crab, Japanese Spider Crab, measures from claw to claw:
A) 1 m
B) 1.5 m
C) 3.5 m

4. In one Czechoslovakian church there is a chandeleir made of:
A) ice
B) human bones
C) diamonds

5. A human foetus acquires fingerprints at the age of:
A) 2 weeks
B) 3 months
C) 7 months

6. On TV game shows, a contestant who freezes before the camera is called:
A) an iceblock
B) a rating's flop
C) a Bambi

7. _____________ are the only animals born with horns
A) Giraffes
B) Goats
C) Rhinos

8. How many toilets does the White House have?
A) 87
B) 34
C) 62

9. Who's remedy for warts was swinging a dead cat through a graveyard at night?
A) Uncle Fester
B) Huckleberry Finn
C) Bart Simpson

10. In Britain, two women were killed in 1999 by lightning conducted through their:
A) Hair clips
B) Underwire bras
C) Car Keys
D) Belt buckles

Section Two: True or False
11. If hot water is suddenly poured into a glass, that glass is more apt to break if it is thin than if it is thick. This is why test tubes are made of thick glass. False. Its actually the opposite.
12. There are more than 100 different viruses that cause the common cold. True
13. Cream is heavier than milk. False. Its actually the opposite.
14. It takes one week to make jellybeans. True
15. A blue whale's heart beats only 9 times per minute. True, according to the book anyway
16. The largest species of seahorse measures 75cm. False. Its actually only 20cm.
17. Your brain is more active sleeping than it is watching tv. Scary cos it's True
18. Cows, rice fields and Mr Bunno are the largest producers of methane gas. False. Cows, rice fields and GARBAGE DUMPS are the largest producers of methane gas...though I'm sure Mr Bunno comes in a close 4th.
19. Pain travels at a speed of over 100m per second. True
20. If you write out all the numbers from 1-100 and count up all the times the number 9 appears, it will appear 20 times. True

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Good luck everyone :)
:star: LINDA :star:
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Postby XoioX2000 » Tue Mar 29, 2005 7:22 am
OOOOOOOooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

:-D :-D :-D :D
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Postby Bunno Smurf » Tue Mar 29, 2005 7:41 am
OK Here's the scores so far.

I've put the scores for each section separate so you can tell how many you got wrong in each section.


newbiepeej: 4 + __ = 4
SA Smurfette: 10 + 10 = 20
Xoiox2000: 10 + 9 = 19
Eggie: 9 + 9 = 18
southernyacht: 10 + 8 = 18
melchior: 10 + 6 = 16
Syd/Dyar: 9 + 8 = 17
aussiesmurfer: 9 + 8 = 17
steveparkes: 9 + 7 = 16
Rachel: 10 + 7 = 17


Yah!!! We have a winner!!!!
:cheers:

Check above for the answers


PS Everyone: Contrary to popular belief Mr Bunno is NOT one of the largest producers of methane gas! LOL
:star: LINDA :star:
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Postby Bunno Smurf » Fri Apr 01, 2005 3:56 am
2 days and one hour to go everyone. Good luck. Just posting here to remind everyone :)
:star: LINDA :star:
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Postby Bunno Smurf » Fri Apr 01, 2005 7:02 pm
HINT:

1. Just so you know all the answers, except one, are from a Trivia Book I have at home. So they are correct as far as the book is correct. With this in mind you might want to allow for a slight difference in some answers compared to other sources where you may get the answers from (eg Google)


Answers to be revealed at 7pm WST (GMT + 8:00) tomorrow night. Just under a day and a half.


Good Luck everyone!
:star: LINDA :star:
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Postby Syd Smurf » Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:45 pm
Good to see me at the bloody bottom of the class once again......isolated all alone with the..... :eek: .......Queenslander.

Dyar

PS - Sorry peej......I used to get away with that in the early days.

Postby Bunno Smurf » Fri Apr 01, 2005 11:02 pm
Hey Dyar, Theres always time for another go at it!
:star: LINDA :star:
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Postby Bunno Smurf » Sat Apr 02, 2005 8:39 pm
:wave: CONGRATULATIONS RAELENE!! :wave:

I promise I won't tell anyone how many attempts you had LOL


Thanks everyone for participating. It sounds like a lot of you had fun and found out some interesting things on the way.
:star: LINDA :star:
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Postby SA Smurfette » Sat Apr 02, 2005 8:51 pm

I promise I won't tell anyone how many attempts you had LOL
:) :) :)

Well i had 4 goes on the second part of the quiz everybody.
:shock:

Question with Mr Bunno really mucked me up. Oh, and the number of 9's in 1-100 :gaga: i was counting 9,19,29,39,49,59,69,79,89,99 and forgot 90 -98 :) :) How embarassing :oops:

Thanks for the quiz Linda :D It was fun.

Raelene

Postby Syd Smurf » Sat Apr 02, 2005 9:48 pm
Congratulations Raelene

:cheers:

Syd said you have won a date with him too......although in my opinion that should go to the last placed person.....it's not exactly an honour is it?

Postby eggie smurf » Sat Apr 02, 2005 10:32 pm
Woohoo, Raelene! But there are still 8 hours to go until Sunday night here :( So confusing LOL!

You can't ask blondes to figure out what time it is in Bunno, Linda!!
:dory: Staci :dory:

Postby Bunno Smurf » Sun Apr 03, 2005 12:39 am
Hiya Staci,
By my watch theres still 4 and a half hours to go till 7pm Sunday night here but it was either the first to get them all right or till the 7pm deadline. Its 2:30pm Sunday afternoon now here :), 4:00pm Raelene time and 4:30pm Dyar time.

I think most of the US is about 12-13 hours behind Bunno time and the UK is about 8 hrs behind.


We had a few Sydney-siders ringing Phil's work phone at 9am their time during daylight saving which is 6am our time so we weren't impressed!
:star: LINDA :star:
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Postby Syd Smurf » Sun Apr 03, 2005 3:19 am
We can't help being so far ahead of the rest of the world......it's not easy sometimes....the pressure of leading the world while the rest of you follow us dragging behind.

Dyar

Postby Rachel » Sun Apr 03, 2005 3:58 am
Congratulations Raelene and a big Thank You to Linda. :clap:

That was fun. :-D
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Postby SA Smurfette » Sat Apr 09, 2005 5:13 am
Just wanted to say thanks Linda for the smurf i won.

I already had the President so she gave me the digger :D

Also some little extra's Kristy loved.

Much appreciated Linda :hug:

Raelene

Postby XoioX2000 » Sun Apr 10, 2005 4:05 pm
Well done Raelene :D

And big thank you to Linda for getting us busy like bees through encyclopedia, google, old scripts and parchments!!!!
:cheers:

Cheers,

David
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