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Expires 23 June 2005 at 6:15PM

 

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Question 18

Category: Toys and Games

Point Value: 38

 

In the modern game of darts, what is the highest point total you can get in one turn (three throws)?

 

Expires 23 June 2005 at 6:15PM

 

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sorry about that...

I posted the results on the leaderboard.

 

The answer for A is, of course, Alaska.

For B, the lake is Lake Titicaca.

 

Here's the list of winners:

Full Credit: 45 points

  • FlaSoxxJim
  • gettysburg32
  • Kalapse
  • knightni*
  • ScottPodRulez22
  • Sleepy White Sox
Partial Credit: 23 points
  • Credepopsup
  • farmteam
For more detailed results, check the leaderboard

New today is batting averages, which is number of points over number of possible points.

 

knightni gets the next question.

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The answer is three treble twenties, or 60x3 = 180 points.

 

Here's the list of winners:

Full Credit: 38 points

  • Credepopsup*
  • FlaSoxxJim
  • Heads22
  • Kalapse
  • ScottPodRulez22
  • TheDybber
No Credit
  • chi-guy2 (150)
  • farmteam (225)
  • gettysburg32 (60)
  • SoxFan1 (170)
For more detailed results, check the leaderboard

 

Crede pops up and gets the next question.

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SoxTalk Useless Trivia

Expires 24 June 2005 at 7:00PM

 

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Question 19

Category: Architecture

Point Value: 52

 

In 1959, an unknown Danish architect named Joern Utzon won a competition to design this famous landmark. It stands at a place called Bennelong Point in New South Wales, Australia and also contains the world's biggest theater curtains. What is it called?

 

Expires 24 June 2005 at 7:00PM

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SoxTalk Useless Trivia

Expires 26 June 2005 at 6:15PM

 

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Question 20

Category: Truth and Falsehoods #2

Point Value: 55

 

This is the second of 10 true/false questions. Answer correctly and get the points... try as few or as many as you want. Each question is worth 4 points, and you get 15 bonus points for getting them all. Good luck.

  1. The USSR created their own communist version of the 'Star Trek' TV show.
  2. The Second World War produced several new weapons - some of which never saw the light of day. One of them was called the "Bates Eight Barrel Bottle Thrower".
  3. A 'jiffy' is an actual, definite unit of time.
  4. The most common first name in the world is Mohammed (Muhammad).
  5. No word in the English language has 5 consecutive letters that are vowels.
  6. The human race has managed to exterminate only two species of insects.
  7. There has never been a song in a Disney movie that made it to number 1 on the charts.
  8. Tigers have striped skin as well as striped fur.
  9. Duelling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
  10. Students who enter the United States Air Force Academy make a commitment to the Air Force of at least 9 years.
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THIS QUESTION HAS BEEN COMPUTER PRE-SELECTED

 

SoxTalk Useless Trivia

Expires 26 June 2005 at 6:00PM

 

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Question 21

Category: Logician's Nightmare III

Point Value: 48

 

There is a 7-letter word in the English language where the first two letters indicate a male, the first three letters indicate a female, the first four indicate a great man and the whole word is a great woman. What is the word? Hint: it begins with the sixth consonant.

 

Expires 26 June 2005 at 6:00PM

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QUOTE(Credepopsup @ Jun 26, 2005 -> 06:55 PM)
Shouldn't that date for question 21 be "Expires 27th June"??

 

If that date (26th) is right we only had 10 minutes to answer..

 

yes, it expired last night.

The results for the last two will be up at around 1PM.

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Expires 28 June 2005 at 1:30PM

 

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Question 22

Category: Fun and Games

Point Value: 46

 

If you were playing a game and heard the terms pelota, cesta and fronton, what would you be playing?

 

Expires 28 June 2005 at 1:30PM

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Question 20 Results

 

Multiple Choice No.2

  1. The USSR created their own communist version of the 'Star Trek' TV show. TRUE
  2. The Second World War produced several new weapons - some of which never saw the light of day. One of them was called the "Bates Eight Barrel Bottle Thrower". TRUE
  3. A 'jiffy' is an actual, definite unit of time. TRUE

    It's 1/100 sec.

  4. The most common first name in the world is Mohammed (Muhammad). TRUE

    Remember, there are people all over the world.

  5. No word in the English language has 5 consecutive letters that are vowels. FALSE

    Queueing does.

  6. The human race has managed to exterminate only two species of insects. FALSE

    We haven't killed off any.

  7. There has never been a song in a Disney movie that made it to number 1 on the charts. FALSE

    The theme song from Davy Crockett made it in 1960.

  8. Tigers have striped skin as well as striped fur. TRUE
  9. Duelling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors. TRUE
  10. Students who enter the United States Air Force Academy make a commitment to the Air Force of at least 9 years. TRUE

    4 in training, 5 in service. A total of 14 if you're a pilot.

Results

32 Credepopsup*

20 farmteam

20 knightni

16 FlaSoxxJim

 

Crede gets it.

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