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barbu1977
13-02-2006, 20:26
I was not to inspired, so we should see some perfect scores.

Aswers will be given thursday morning. Ususal rules apply.

Geography
1- As a tourist, why would you go visit the Asian city of Agra?
2- In what continent would you find the Atlas mountain range?

History
3- What roman Emperor who is often wrongly portrayed playing violin during the 64AD Rome fire, said before committing suicide “What an artist dies in me!"
4- What American city founded by the Dutch West India Company in 1625 was originally named New-Amsterdam

Science
5- In our solar System, what are the planets not visible to the naked eye?
6- What law enforcement equipment uses an application of the Doppler effect?

Music
7- In what German city did the Beatles perfected their skills in 1960?
8- During the romantic period in Europe, King Ludwig II of Bavaria was the patron of this German composer who is best known the Opera Tristan und Isolde?

Cinema
9- What person does the movies Jaws (1975), Star Wars (1977), Superman (1978) and Jurassic Park (1993) have in common?
10- James Bond actually got married in one of his movies. What actor plays Bond in that movie?

The Simpson’s (Let’s see how you do, we’ll see if we keep the category)
11- In an episode where Paul McCartney guest appears, which character describes himself as the fifth Beatle?
12- Who is this character?


http://www.civ3duelzone.com/forum/uploaded/barbu1977/2006213202638_question1.jpg

Art and literature
13- What birthday Bilbo celebrates at the beginning of the Lords of the Rings?

Sports
14- Where will the 2010 world cup of soccer be held?
15- What is the height of an Olympic (or NBA) basketball net? (3 feet=91cm, the answer is in feet)

Rik Meleet
13-02-2006, 21:11
I don't understand Q9

Darkness
13-02-2006, 21:16
Not perfect, but I liked the Simpsons questions...

barbu1977
13-02-2006, 21:27
About Q9, We are looking for someone involved in theese 4 movies.

romeothemonk
13-02-2006, 22:45
The answer to number 9 is the lead gaffer. Bob Hutchins is the lead gaff on all 4 films.






Hyuk Hyuk Hyuk.

Nice questions.

sz_matyas
13-02-2006, 23:29
Answers posted, nice to not feel completely stupid, jsut partially so

Swingue
15-02-2006, 10:34
easier than bed_heads but still hard

barbu1977
16-02-2006, 20:03
The answers:

1- Taj Mahal
8/13

2- Africa
10/13

3- Nero (Or Neron)
12/13

4- New-York
11/13 Meli! California? Realy?

5- Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
7/13 You guys got to go star seeing sometimes

6- Radar Gun
11,5 (Felt generous with Kemal he had the right tool, but not the right technology Laser Speed gun was worth 1/2 pts)

7- Hamburg
5/13 Darkness, Energy, Akots, Rik, Krys

8- Wagner
8/13

9- John Williams (Music composer)
1/13 Sz_Matyas got it! I realy thought I'd have more correct answers with this one.

10- George Lazenby
7/13

11- Apu
2/13 Darkness and Bed Head seems to be true Simpon fans

12- Jimbo Jones
6/13 I guess that will be teh end of simpsons questions. Needed higher on this one to continue.

13- 111 (Eleventy first)
5/13

14- South Africa
7/13

15- 10 feet (305 cm)
8/13

The standing for this week:
Darkness 13
SZ_matyas 12
Ville 10
Energy 10
Akots 9
Rik 9
beb_Head7 9
Romeo 9
krysztov 8
Swingue 6
Kemal 6,5
Meli 4
Digger760 3

barbu1977
16-02-2006, 20:06
After 3 Weeks:
Darkness 29
Akots 28
Rik 27,5
Ville 27
SZ_matyas 26,5
krysztov 23
bed_Head7 22,5
Romeo 22
Swingue 19,5
Kemal 18
Energy 10
GRS 10
Digger760 9
Meli 8
ProPain 8
Ginger Ale 4
Whomp 4
KillerKane 3
TubbyRower 3

sz_matyas
16-02-2006, 21:37
Just one point out of the medals...have to work on that

barbu1977
16-02-2006, 22:36
Just got Ginger Ale's answers.
7/15 for a total score of 11

grs
17-02-2006, 08:30
duh, missed that one, thought I could answer on Friday :(

Darkness
17-02-2006, 09:00
[dance]

Rik Meleet
17-02-2006, 10:13
http://67.18.37.17/2135/53/emo/gripe2.gif

Melifluous
17-02-2006, 12:11
quote:Originally posted by barbu1977

The answers:
4- New-York
11/13 Meli! California? Realy?


[lol]

[meli]

barbu1977
17-02-2006, 14:12
@GRS, if you have not peeked at the aswers, I'd be happy to receive them. I changed it on thursday, in order to have more interaction with the answers, we'll se how it works.

akots
17-02-2006, 18:50
quote:Originally posted by Darkness

[dance]

I blame the Simpsons. [lol]

[goodjob]