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Obvoiusly no googling/cheating.
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Let's get started.
First prize...
Lara Croft Tomb Raider dvd widescreen(will ship to USA & Canada).
The quiz question...
According to the CIA world factbook what is the smallest nation in the world by size?
(Does not include Vatican City)
ResearchMonkey
1/10/05, 04:46pm
France, they have no nutz at all.
unclehobart
1/10/05, 05:26pm
You better rethink sending an eagle feather. I think that would be a federal crime.
Hmmm...i did some research and it seems you are correct. I thought that Leah was permitted to do with them as she pleased since she's native American but it turns out she's only permitted to own them. Guess i'll have to find something else. How about a movie then. Lara Croft Tomb Raider dvd widescreen.
Sorry incorrect. Good guess though Sam.
ResearchMonkey
1/10/05, 07:46pm
*wonders why Sammy left-off the additional letters at the end of his words so they would/could actually be werds that looked right*
hehe cause sammy is a hilljack thats not good at speeling :)
According to the CIA world factbook what is the smallest nation in the world by size?
(Does not include Vatican City)
The CIA world factbook does not consider Vatican city a nation.
Ok dammit im running out of choices here... :) Indiana
unclehobart
1/10/05, 08:19pm
The choices should be: Aandorra, San Marino, Liectenstein, Monaco. The other 4 microstates of Europe. If the CIA factbbook doesn't recognize those piddly nations... then my guess would be Brunei.
Very impressive. Monaco (http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/mn.html) is correct with total area of 1.95 sq km & 4.4 km boundries.
PM me your address.
You're up Unc.
unclehobart
1/10/05, 09:02pm
My question: who flew the first hydrogen balloon?
das prize: One of my band CDs.
I came into this thread thinking it was another cigarettemania type dealie. Now I see that it's just yet another show Leslie she's ignorant thread :lloyd:
Nice eyecatching thread title :headbang:
IDLEchild
1/11/05, 12:19am
My question: who flew the first helium balloon?
das prize: One of my band CDs.
C-7, nonrigid Navy dirigible
BeardofPants
1/11/05, 12:22am
So, do we have country restrictions? Like, what if you're from the ass-end of the planet? And are we gonna implement a X_number_of_turns_ban for those who've won something, cos otherwise Hobart's gonna win everything. ;)
So, do we have country restrictions? Like, what if you're from the ass-end of the planet? And are we gonna implement a X_number_of_turns_ban for those who've won something, cos otherwise Hobart's gonna win everything. ;)
Naaa. We'll just play loosely and do the best we can. Most folks are from us/canada so it should turn out ok. Anyway i don't think anyone will be giving away any free cars. Also if i can help it i'll see to it that Unc doesn't win everything. :D
ResearchMonkey
1/11/05, 03:49am
regardless of the CIA fact book there also is........
1. the fella that invented the that little 2-wheeled-doesnt-fall-over-scooter-thingy, he owns an island that has been declared it own state and is the only nation that contractually has the full protection of the US gov't.
2. Theres some other nation that consist of like 400 people and it's fully with-in the boundries of some other nation. THis nation you cannot become a citizen of, you must be born to its citizenship. The capitol is some building on a street, I think it's actually most of that nations real-estate.
Whatever happened to the nation of Cuervo Gold?
unclehobart
1/11/05, 08:36am
C-7, nonrigid Navy dirigibleNot a comissioned ship. I'm looking for a persons name from the 1700s.
He was french, but I don't remember his name.
SouthernN'Proud
1/11/05, 09:33am
And you're absolutely positive it isn't Red Sox nation?
(Door's open, abooja...walk on in...)
unclehobart
1/11/05, 09:39am
He was french, but I don't remember his name.You're probably thinking of Montgolfier... he was first with a balloon... but his was a hot air type... not hydrogen.
*edit* I meant hydrogen ... but my US-centristic mentality made me type helium.* DOH!
Gato_Solo
1/11/05, 10:15am
You're probably thinking of Montgolfier... he was first with a balloon... but his was a hot air type... not hydrogen.
*edit* I meant hydrogen ... but my US-centristic mentality made me type helium.* DOH!
Von Zepplin?
unclehobart
1/11/05, 12:03pm
nyet
My question: who flew the first hydrogen balloon?
Someone who was clearly a few sandwiches short of a picnic.
And you're absolutely positive it isn't Red Sox nation?
(Door's open, abooja...walk on in...)
Hmm, did he specify a funny talking, crab eating populace?
Sorry, I'm running low on my sarcasm pills. :p
Gato_Solo
1/11/05, 01:39pm
Hmm, did he specify a funny talking, crab eating populace?
Sorry, I'm running low on my sarcasm pills. :p
And it shows...:P :D
And it shows...:P :D
:moon:
When all else fails, pull down your pants. :p
Gato_Solo
1/11/05, 01:54pm
:moon:
When all else fails, pull down your pants. :p
Be careful what you wish for... :brow:
BeardofPants
1/11/05, 01:57pm
:moon:
When all else fails, pull down your pants. :p
Pants?? Oh well, waste not, want not. :shrug:
/me hoiks off with abooja's pants :grinyes:
Gato_Solo
1/11/05, 01:59pm
/me marvels at the sight of such a beautiful full moon. :grinyes:
IDLEchild
1/11/05, 10:19pm
nyet
Jacques Charles.
unclehobart
1/12/05, 07:28am
Jacques Charles.Correct. PM me some sort of mailing addy. Youre up for the next question/prize.
Yoooohoooooooooooooo, I Ceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!
IDLEchild
1/13/05, 07:28pm
Question: What occurs once in a second, twice in one hour, and never in three hundred years?
Prize: What Unclehobart offered (I turned it down)
unclehobart
1/13/05, 07:34pm
the letter 'o'
Stop Laughing
1/13/05, 09:33pm
Geez, this turned into a dead end, Unc won his own prize back.
IDLEchild
1/14/05, 01:27am
the letter 'o'
u r up
Geez, this turned into a dead end, Unc won his own prize back.
What does it cost to ship from the UPS Store at 4880 Lower Roswell Rd. ste. 165 in Marietta, 30068 to unc's house in 30067?
unclehobart
1/14/05, 07:21am
Probably like 4 bucks. The post office will do it for 1.06.
I will still keep the CD up for grabs. Question is:
In the original Star Trek series, James Doohan (Scotty) had a physical defect that was well hidden on the show. What defect did he have?
Probably like 4 bucks. The post office will do it for 1.06.
I will still keep the CD up for grabs. Question is:
In the original Star Trek series, James Doohan (Scotty) had a physical defect that was well hidden on the show. What defect did he have?
*wiggles uncontrollably in seat and resists urge to answer.
SouthernN'Proud
1/14/05, 10:20am
Some manner of intellectual disorder that prohibited him from exhibiting good taste enough to refrain from accepting a role in Star Trek?
(SnP = not a trekkie...)
unclehobart
1/14/05, 10:40am
Some manner of intellectual disorder that prohibited him from exhibiting good taste enough to refrain from accepting a role in Star Trek?
(SnP = not a trekkie...)A paycheck is a paycheck. ;)
SouthernN'Proud
1/14/05, 02:52pm
Some manner of peech imspediment?
Gato_Solo
1/14/05, 02:56pm
Some manner of peech imspediment?
Tourette's syndrome? :lol2:
unclehobart
1/14/05, 03:49pm
nay... no daffy duck syndrome.
I know he lost a finger, but I don't know whether or not it was ever hidden on the show. I only know that because my brother in law and my boyfriend's dad were talking war stuff. Boring dinner table chat.
unclehobart
1/15/05, 08:31am
Correct! Send me your current addy.
The next question is yours.
They did hide it on the show.
Yay!
Okay - the prize: T-Shirt in your specified size from my fair city. (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) (will ship to US or Canda)
Question:
Edvard Munch made a wooden frame with carved reliefs for the large painting "Metabolism" (1898). Initially called **INSERT ANSWER HERE** the work reveals the central place the fall of man myth has in Munch's pessimistic philosophy of love.
Do I need to change the question or the prize?
unclehobart
1/16/05, 01:58pm
The foot traffic on the board gets a little thin on the weekend. I say leave it until the end of tuesday to allow a glance over by our weekday members.
SouthernN'Proud
1/18/05, 03:44pm
Adam and Eve?
Adam and Eve?
Whoa! YAY!!! You got it :) :clap:
I'm a direct decendant of Edvard Munch, so I have some Munch trivia under my belt.
So, PM me your mailing info and what size you'd like your T-shirt in!
SouthernN'Proud
1/18/05, 05:15pm
I'm a direct decendant of Edvard Munch,
You don't say? Fascinating!
I'll scrounge up a question and prize in a day or three, bear with me y'all.
unclehobart
1/27/05, 05:30pm
Thanks for the salmon, Hex. :D :slurp smilie:
we just got it in the mail today. the jar sits upon the counter because we are heading out for italian tonight, but i'm sure it won't last long :D
Allrighty then. Let me know what you guys think after you've tried it. :D
SouthernN'Proud
1/28/05, 01:57pm
CRIPES! I forgot all about this!
All apologies. I'll work something up over the weekend, I promise.
SouthernN'Proud
2/01/05, 09:14am
OK, at long last...I have resolved the impeding crises, and am prepared to follow through with my end of this deal (despite the fact that I still ain't got my tshirt...)
Anywho...onward and upward. You are playing for....you'll have to PM me. I will ship to the US or Canada.
(Big surprise for those who actually KNOW me here...)
In the rock band KISS, the original recording lineup consisted of Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, and Peter Criss. As many of us know, all of these are stage names to some degree. When Peter Criss decided to leave the band in the late 1970s, he was replaced with another relatively unknown drummer who actually played in the band for more years than did Peter Criss.
1. What was his name?
2. What was his given birth name?
3. What was his makeup scheme?
(I coulda gone MUCH tougher here...)
I think we allow, what, one week on these is it? The winner and I will work out the prize in PMs after the answer is confirmed.
unclehobart
2/01/05, 12:39pm
heh... I know this... but I shall let it pass as I have all too recently dipped from the well. :)
SouthernN'Proud
2/01/05, 01:05pm
You just don't want people to know you like hair metal. :lloyd:
unclehobart
2/01/05, 03:28pm
umm... I am hair metal... or at least heavy metal.
DEVANE (http://www.onlinerock.com/musicians/diablomozart/)
SouthernN'Proud
2/01/05, 03:58pm
Interesting...
Comparisons? Influences? I can't d/l on the comp'ny puter. In college I worked with a band in Nashville, glam rock to the core. Cross Poison and D'Molls with a dash of Bowie and a little Skid Row, and you had 'em. Through them, I met and became pretty good pals with Every Mother's Nightmare (an incarnation of which is still about) for awhile and Tora Tora (long gone I think) for a briefer time. Nashville never had much of a local rock scene, but they had some talented guys afoot.
unclehobart
2/01/05, 05:05pm
I think we have a Queensryche vibe... but most people describe it as angry Def Leppard. Influences are too many to list. I would feel bad about answering the question anyway since I was not the composer.
....(despite the fact that I still ain't got my tshirt...)
:( It's coming! Well.. I have to go out and buy it.. I'll do it tomorrow, promise!!!!
*oops*
Sorry, hun' :lloyd:
unclehobart
2/02/05, 01:53am
Has my disc shown yet? I sent that sucker over a week ago.
Has my disc shown yet? I sent that sucker over a week ago.
YES!!!! Yes yes... it's a hit here!! Thank you so much, Robby, it's awesome. I made mention at PiL ;)
Alex thinks it's sweet!
thanks again :)
SouthernN'Proud
2/10/05, 04:25pm
No takers on da KISS trivia, eh?
Oh well. Whomever wants to step up next, be my guest.
No takers on da KISS trivia, eh?
Oh well. Whomever wants to step up next, be my guest.
You're suppose to post another question, how else will you give away the prize you're suppose to give away?
SouthernN'Proud
3/02/06, 01:01pm
I ain't givin away no cowboy hat, so I figure you wouldn't want it anyway.
I ain't givin away no cowboy hat, so I figure you wouldn't want it anyway.
Well, I don't even know if they make cowboy hats big enough for my huge noggin' so I prolly wouldn't want it even if you were :p
SouthernN'Proud
4/05/06, 05:02pm
You're suppose to post another question, how else will you give away the prize you're suppose to give away?
OK, OK. I finally remembered this thread. Sue me.
The prize: a personally autographed greeting card from Yours Truly. Suitable for framing. A Hallmark no less.
The question: What is Ian Kilminster's nickname, and how did he get it?
Uki Chick
4/05/06, 06:39pm
OK, OK. I finally remembered this thread. Sue me.
The prize: a personally autographed greeting card from Yours Truly. Suitable for framing. A Hallmark no less.
The question: What is Ian Kilminster's nickname, and how did he get it?
I know, I know!!!!!!!!!!!
Although the nickname 'Lemmy' is supposed to come from his days as a roadie when he would ask people to 'Lemmy (lend me) a fiver', Kilmister's autobiography maintains that he has been known as Lemmy since he was around ten.
How's that for answering your question!!!
Slim Pickens
4/05/06, 06:55pm
I know, I know!!!!!!!!!!!
Although the nickname 'Lemmy' is supposed to come from his days as a roadie when he would ask people to 'Lemmy (lend me) a fiver', Kilmister's autobiography maintains that he has been known as Lemmy since he was around ten.
How's that for answering your question!!!
As in Motorhead?
Uki Chick
4/05/06, 07:52pm
As in Motorhead?
That's right!!!
SouthernN'Proud
4/05/06, 08:04pm
I know, I know!!!!!!!!!!!
Although the nickname 'Lemmy' is supposed to come from his days as a roadie when he would ask people to 'Lemmy (lend me) a fiver', Kilmister's autobiography maintains that he has been known as Lemmy since he was around ten.
How's that for answering your question!!!
PM yer addy and your personally autographed card will be forthcoming.
Hey, we burned down...cut me some slack already! :D
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