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Imperator Invictus
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Topic: Total Quiz XIV Posted: 26-Jan-2007 at 10:16 |
Scores have been updated again.
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gcle2003
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Posted: 26-Jan-2007 at 12:09 |
Originally posted by rider
I added some without name too... then readded them...
btw... you can get 10 easily from your literature teacher... it took her two seconds to tell me the person :d so much easier than reading internet...
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Yes, it struck me it was only half a history question. But I'm not complaining
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Decebal
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Posted: 26-Jan-2007 at 12:11 |
Question 11 is really bothering me: I'm sure it's going to enbd up being something really obvious and I just can't figure it out. Although I didn't have too many problems figuring out the obscure answer to question 20. Go figure...
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What is history but a fable agreed upon?
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Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.- Mohandas Gandhi
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Posted: 26-Jan-2007 at 12:19 |
Originally posted by Decebal
Question 11 is really bothering me. |
Same...just can't seem to find any pathways to the answer!
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Posted: 26-Jan-2007 at 12:30 |
I could tell you .....but I won't
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Posted: 26-Jan-2007 at 12:47 |
Well, it seems that the trick resides in reading... so all people having English as their first language should find the answer easierly..
And all difficult answers are obvious... But I am relatively sure that we all history pro's are so smart we overlook the simple answers.
I asked one from a friend in school, I thought the answer was 'dynamite' (which it wasn't), he took a quick look and told me the correct one.. like the most obvious thing on Earth.
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Posted: 26-Jan-2007 at 13:05 |
So far Decebal has been the only one to try number 20 - and get it right in the first try I originally intended number 20 to be a round 2 question, but Decebal has used his superb logic to get it on his first try!
Edited by poirot - 26-Jan-2007 at 13:06
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Decebal
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Posted: 26-Jan-2007 at 13:23 |
thank you poirot! The question is not that bad if you read it very carefully. If you wish, I can tell you afterwards how I got it.
Now if I can only use my logic to answer the other questions, I'd be in business, but I seem to be going around in circles!
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What is history but a fable agreed upon?
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Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.- Mohandas Gandhi
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Posted: 26-Jan-2007 at 18:32 |
Scores are updated again !
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Imperator Invictus
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Posted: 26-Jan-2007 at 20:52 |
Less than a day remaining for round one of the quiz! I can tell you that the answers to the last four are fairly obscure, but some of them relate to very "not-obscure" topics.
Edited by Imperator Invictus - 26-Jan-2007 at 20:56
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Posted: 27-Jan-2007 at 02:48 |
Scores updated again. Question 17 is still not answered but we're considering an alternative answer to it at the moment at the request of a participant.
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Posted: 27-Jan-2007 at 06:49 |
Scores updated - keep them coming
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Posted: 27-Jan-2007 at 08:34 |
Originally posted by Imperator Invictus
Scores updated again. Question 17 is still not answered but we're considering an alternative answer to it at the moment at the request of a participant. |
I thought my (second) answer to question 16 fitted it exactly: n fact it seems to me there were several other people who could have fitted.
My candidate was eventually executed by the ruler, but he was first exiled.
However it depends somewhat on how many centuries make 'many'.
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Posted: 27-Jan-2007 at 10:51 |
Score is updated - equal top 3 scores
Decebal actually leads by the tip of his nose as his score will be adjusted for his own question at the closure of the Quiz.
Edited by Northman - 27-Jan-2007 at 10:53
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Posted: 27-Jan-2007 at 10:59 |
Oh god, I suck... [hides face in shame]
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Posted: 27-Jan-2007 at 11:09 |
Originally posted by Aelfgifu
Oh god, I suck... [hides face in shame]
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don't worry I suck even more
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Posted: 27-Jan-2007 at 12:43 |
15 minutes to go - last chance guys and gals
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Posted: 27-Jan-2007 at 12:51 |
Let the last 10 be safe and sound... although if 17 would be answered, it'd be a cool trick...
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Posted: 27-Jan-2007 at 13:02 |
Submissions closed - Scores will be up in a minute !
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