Yes finally a new one of these

Someone asks a question, then the person who answers the question right (wait for confirmation from the question asker) gets to ask the next question, but if they can't come up with anything, they can call Open Floor (use bolded words) and the first person with a question continues from there. You have to have at least one question in between answers so it doesnt become a 2-person spamfest I might come up with a rule about how long the question can sit out without an answer.

Here is an examplePerson A asks a question

Person B answers correctly

Person B calls Open Floor

Person C comes up with a new question
Make sure you dont do anything too hard, I'll start

Which 5 American Football teams in the NFL use a bird for their name?

I think I know two, but that's all:

The Atlanta Falcons and the Seattle Seahawks

Cardinals, Falcons, Seahawks, Eagles (my dad's favorite team), and Ravens.

Keeping with the theme, Tommy Henrich of the Yankees reached first on a passed ball, leading to a Yankees rally, winning the 1941 World Series for them. Who was the Dodgers catcher that dropped the passed ball?

Bah, Americocentrism for the win? :p

No.

Added a hint to the question.

Mickey Owen? I'm pretty sure that's it.

You are correct.

To turn this into a whole new direction:

Translate into English OR translate from English to Latin.

Dum spiro, spero.

I came, I saw, I conquered.

While I breathe, I hope.

Veni, vidi, vici.

You're talkin' to an 8th grader who has the experience of a 10th grader in Latin.

Challenge me with a good open floor.

alright D'art, name the first 40 digits of pi.

3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939.

Thank you YTMND.

*goes to listen to Pi YTMND*

Open Floor Again

who suggested the use of a nucular first weapon first?

J. Robert Oppenheimer.

What popular soda has the most caffeine per can? (Still hyper from 4 cans)

If you count Red-bull if not Pepsi one

I'll edit a question in later

Hrhrm...
You have to have at least one question in between answers so it doesnt become a 2-person spamfest

And what happened to that edited-in question? :p

flamingzaroc: Yes, tied with Mountain Dew. (the soda I was actually getting a huge caffeine buzz off of)

Vault isn't counted because I got a cold from it.

Here it is:

What color is the letter L in the standard Google logo?

(and i didnt post the question sooner because i wasnt sure i was right)

Green.

Open Floor.

D'Artagnan, seriously, follow the rules! Let at least one other person go between before you answer again.

Sweet revenge: What nation is the only reigning champions ever that did not qualify for play-offs in the football World Cup?

EDIT: To clarify, play-off is when there's only 16 teams left, after the first group rounds are completed.

Italy ?
XCL

Nope .

EDIT: Added clarification above.

:lol:
I was quite sure it was that... Just wasn't ready to say it out loud.
Okay then, it was France, 1998 world champions, ousted from the 2002 world cup in the play-offs... :shame::facepalm:
I'll think of a question and come back.

Right you are. :D

Though no need to be ashamed, at least France was world champions in 1998. Sweden's best is a silver from 1958 (iirc). ;)

Okay then...
This is for you Niklas, but you can't answer :p
Which one is bigger : The number of atoms in the observable universe, or the number of possible chess games ?
You need to give me the number and its name, of course.

Now that was really interesting. Since I'm not allowed to answer, I went to look it up. I intuitively knew the answer to the either-or, but I had no idea what the number actually was.

Chess games.

10^80 for atoms, 10^123 for chess games.

Good answer. The number is called Shannon's number and is HUGE !
You should look up Graham's number next.
This wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_%28numbers%29) page is mind-boggling.
D'Art, your turn.

Chess games.
10^80 for atoms, 10^123 for chess games.
Go is 10^365 :eek:

Who is Aeris's mother in Final Fantasy 7?

:bump:

What company uses this logo:

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/7503/quiz111wj5.jpg

Idk but the guy who made it had clearly only vaguely heard of a lion when he drew it, and never actually seen one. :p

According to Wikipedia, it is actually a dog. :D

If you have watched Formula One races, this logo should be familiar. It's a Italian company.

Ferrari???

Agip. Open floor.

Looked up fire breathing dog logo lol

Yeah, it was Agip. Did the dog/Italian clues give it away?

While I'm at it, here's a new question:

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/6681/quiz112hd0.jpg

What city is within the red marking? Perhaps you know the name of the area as well?

Istanbul??

Nope, it's somewhere in America. ;)

Detroit? (1o char)

No, but right country. The water you see is ocean.

Easy question

That's San Francisco, with the Golden Gate at the top of your red circle. The body of water to the west is the Pacific, and to the right it's the San Franciso bay.

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=37.817311,-122.472539&spn=0.02824,0.044889&t=k&z=15

Been there, done that, got the T shirt.

http://dolphyns.free.fr/images/Honeymoon/SF8.jpg

http://dolphyns.free.fr/images/Honeymoon/SF3.jpg

Pictures taken by my wife in 1999 during our honeymoon.

Well, actually, I did not bought a T shirt in San Francisco

Very good Steph. The area I mentioned is Bay Area.


Been there, done that, got the T shirt.

You don't sound very impressed. :p

Your turn!

Come on then, Steph! :hammer:

Give the 5 countries with the largest Exclusive Economic Zone, including territorial waters, with their approximate size.

I would have a stab at...

Russia, Canada, USA, Australia, Brazil

Some are in the top five, some are not.

And you did not get an approximat size.

I'm not after the exact size, but I'm more interested by the relative size.

Something like the first is twice as big as the second, etc.

No idea about relative size, was banking on largest coastlines being right :lol:

Well, it's not enough...

Well, a month with no activity is enough for me, so here's a new question. :p

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/2562/quiz119dz6.jpg

In what city do you find this building?

Barcelona?

Nope, not Barcelona... but you're on the right continent. :)

Paris? ..................

No. The city is in a german-speaking country.

Wien ?

Aachen????

You nailed it, noncon. :goodjob: It's the Hundertwasserhaus in Vienna.

Okay:

Who, where, and what was the name of the occasion?
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/6375/0501025ob9.jpg

No guesses?

Looks like something from the Eastern Side of the Iron Curtain.

Well, it's not my turn, but I give it a shot: The man is Willy Brandt, and I think it's in front of some monument from WWII. I don't know what the name of the occasion is, though...

Looks like something from the Eastern Side of the Iron Curtain.
Well, according to a current trend at CFC, some may argue it's something from the Central Side of the Iron Curtain.

Well, it's not my turn, but I give it a shot: The man is Willy Brandt, and I think it's in front of some monument from WWII. I don't know what the name of the occasion is, though...

Close enough.

It's Chanceller Willi Brandt, in Warsaw, kneeling at the plaque commemorating the Warsaw Uprising, where he spontaneously fell to his knee sin what is know as the "Warshauer Kniefall"

Alright, yet another building/city question:

http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/2235/quiz120mz5.jpg

In what city do you find this spectacular building, and what is it called? Note: the building will be finished in late 2008.

Looks vaguely like Paris' La Defence

:nope:

Here's the building ~2 weeks ago (I took the photo while driving past it):

http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/4209/img9028ta2.jpg

It's in Asia...

Well, you know, Paris... Shangai, they're only a few kilometers away :mischief:;)
The fact that your location says you're in China until the 23rd might be a pointer...

Very nice building btw.

Well, you know, Paris... Shangai, they're only a few kilometers away :mischief:;)
The fact that your location says you're in China until the 23rd might be a pointer...

Very nice building btw.

It's in China alright, but Shanghai is not the correct answer. ;) Thanks for reminding me to change location. :D

How about Beijing then!

It is indeed in Beijing - and the name of the building is CCTV Headquarters.

Your turn, Ozbenno!

OK then, who is the youngest and oldest man to win the Australian Tennis Open?

I would answer, but I'm sulking as nobody answered my question previously in the quizz.:(

I would answer, but I'm sulking as nobody answered my question previously in the quizz.:(

I answered, I just got it wrong :p

OK then, who is the youngest and oldest man to win the Australian Tennis Open?

André Agassi ?

I would answer, but I'm sulking as nobody answered my question previously in the quizz.:(

Well, ne never had the answer either. And you'll have to admit it was a very difficult question.

It was an easy question!

Anyway, here is the answer, so you can go to bed a bit less ignorant this evening!

The top five countries with the largest exclusive economic zone (EEZ) are :
- USA 11,351,000 km²
- France 11,035,000 km²
- Australia 8,148,250 km²
- Russia 7,566,673 km²
- Canada 5,599,077 km²

The funny part is having France second, just after the USA

The EEZ of France covers approximately 8% of the total surface of all the EEZs of the world, whereas the land area of the French Republic is only 0.45% of the total land area of the Earth

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/EEZ_France.png

Note also that the EEZ of the European Union is shared, with a combined zone amounts to 25 million km².

André Agassi ?


Nope Nope 10chars

Is it Pete Sampras?

Interesting figures there, Steph. France still owns a island outside Newfoundland? How is the figures if you include onshore area?

Interesting figures there, Steph. France still owns a island outside Newfoundland? How is the figures if you include onshore area?
Yes, that's Saint Pierre et Miquelon.

If you include onshore area + EEZ + territorial waters, you get
1) Russia : 24,641,873 km²
2) USA : 20,982,418 km²
3) Australia : 15,835,100 km²
4) Canada : 15,583,747 km²
5) Brazil : 12,175,831 km²
6) France : 11,709,843 km²
7) China : 10,476,979 km²

Making France the 6th largest on Earth :eek:

Interesting that Australia is 3rd largest, maybe its because of all those great tennis players we had!

Interesting that Australia is 3rd largest, maybe its because of all those great tennis players we had!
hmm...would one of them be the youngest and oldest melbourne-winner? :mischief:

hmm...would one of them be the youngest and oldest melbourne-winner? :mischief:

Actually, now you mention it, yes!

I'm not sure I understand the question well.

Are we searching someone who was both the youngest and the oldest player to win?

or

are we searching two person, one who was the youngest, and the one who was the oldest?

One person, he was the youngest ever and oldest ever to win

Lleyton Hewitt? It's the only Australian tennis player I know of...

Was Rod Laver Australian?

Rod Laver is much closer (in era) the Hewitt to the correct answer.

Went by the nickname "Muscles".

That French chick? She has muscles. :p

I have no clue.

You guys don't know your Aussie tennis stars of yesteryear!!

it is of course Ken Rosewall (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Rosewall).He won (as an 18 year old) in 1953 and also in 1972 (as a 37 year old), being the youngest and oldest player to win the Aussie open.

Open floor.

This one should be quite easy: What nation uses this flag?

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/7089/quiz121nx2.jpg

that should be Bhutan

That would be correct. :clap:

ok, here's the next one:

Name the officially Top 8 hockey nations in international Ice Hockey, preferably in the right order.

1.Canada
2.USA
3.Switzerland
4.Russia
5.China
6.France
7.Germany
8.Finland

there's three countries in there that don't belong there (and as a result three countries missing). Most notably, the top ranked country is missing....

Isn't the Czech republic in the top?

somewhere up there, yes.....

I don't think China and Switzerland (sorry, Kaeptn :p) should be on that list. And maybe not France or Germany either. The replacements should indeed be the Czhech Republic, and Sweden and perhaps Denmark.

I don't think China and Switzerland (sorry, Kaeptn :p) should be on that list. And maybe not France or Germany either. The replacements should indeed be the Czhech Republic, and Sweden and perhaps Denmark.
no need to be sorry...doesn't make you right, though :p

the maybe-part is correct, the perhaps-part not, and the first sentance is only half-right :p

So... Switzerland is in, but not China. And both France and Germany are out. Lets see:

- Czhech R
- Switzerland
- Finland
- Sweden
- USA
- Canada
- Russia
- ???

I guess the last one is Italy. No, Belarus! :D

the missing country used one country together with one of those already mentioned....now it should be obvious :)

Ah, Slovakia?

:goodjob:

the official order:

1 Sweden
2 Canada
3 Finland
4 Czech Rep.
5 Russia
6 Slovakia
7 USA
8 Switzerland


you're on :)

Great! I didn't know Slovakia was so good at hockey, not Switzerland either.

Ah well, here's the new one. Who is this?

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/6174/quiz122ly2.jpg

No guesses? Don't you watch the news anymore?! :p
He's a president for a country...

Evo Morales, President of Bolivia and the sanest leftist to rule in South America since Salvador Allende.

Correct on all accounts! :goodjob:

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m51/Grenadier_539/Quiz.jpg

Name the island, the country it belongs to, and the name of the city marked by the star (preferably without search :) )

St Pierre or Miquelon, off the coast of Newfoundland ?

Nope. :)

Clue: think southern hemisphere

Ah, then that would be one of those islands near the Antarctic.

Crozet Island maybe ?

EDIT : Although I highly doubt it. IIRC it's uninhabited.

It's Mahé, the largest island in the Seychelles. It used to be French until the evil English stole in 1814.
Hence the French sounding names (Belle Ombre, Cerf, Boileau).

Steph got it :goodjob:

The city marked by the star is called Victoria, by the way.

Steph? Next Question?

Come on then, Stephie! :hammer:

I'll take a quickie if you don't mind:

Who's the black private dick
That's a sex machine to all the chicks?

umm, Shaft?

Who's the black private dick
That's a sex machine to all the chicks?

http://www.nationalclergycouncil.org/images/Barack%20Obama%20Official%20small.jpg

umm, Shaft?

You're damn right.

umm, can't think of anything serious now so just a quick one as well:

Whose measures are: 42-39-56?

:)

Rosie maybe?

:goodjob:

Rosie it is :)

The record for attendance at a baseball game was recently broken by the Dodgers and Red Sox at the LA Colliseum. Where was the previous attendance record and who was playing?

Was it the 1942 Stalingrad game between the Red Army and the German 6th Army?

Was it the 1942 Stalingrad game between the Red Army and the German 6th Army?

That was the most casualties at a game IIRC.

More sports questions, Ozbenno? :p

I haven't the slightest idea what it is...

More sports questions, Ozbenno? :p


Guilty as charged.

I actually have a really good non-sports related question but forgot it :blush:

I was in Norway the whole week and couldn't check the forum.

It seems you had fun without me anyway

Well it seems no-one knows the answer so I'll open floor (no sports next time I promise).

The answer is:

A game in 1956 at the Melbourne Olympics between Australia and a US services team. Over 110,000 people went.

110,000? That's pretty impressive. How many were at the LA Colliseum?

Where in Norway were you, Steph?

Also, new question: What city has won a place in the Guinness Book of Records as the most remote city from any sea in the world?

The city is quite large; over 2 million in population.

I've actually been there but as I just asked won't say. Really interesting place.

115,000 at the LA Coliseum

Where in Norway were you, Steph?

Also, new question: What city has won a place in the Guinness Book of Records as the most remote city from any sea in the world?


Hey! I know this one! Oslo!

Really ? No way, I would have thought somewhere in China or Mongolia.

Ah, Oslo. I hope you had luck with the weather - longer north (Trondheim) it is still quite cold.

Izipo: You're on the right track!

The weather was a bit cold, and we had rain only one day.

Oh, and BTW, Urumqi.

It is indeed Urumqi! :goodjob:

See, what did I tell you...
Here's an interesting article about that (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pole_of_inaccessibility).

Steph! :mad:

Interesting article, by the way Izipo.

Ok, a quick one: Who uses this logo?

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/5852/quiz124cd7.jpg

Subaru, I think.

I think he's right.

Subaru it is. :yup:

Please name all of these men.

http://www.anvilarts.org.uk/whatson/2007/images/250/isihac.jpg

Tim Brooke-Taylor centre back?

It is indeed the TBT-dawg.

Jeremy Hardy, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, Humphrey Littleton and Barry Cryer, i.e the I'm sorry, I Haven't A Clue gang.

Indeed they are. Noncon's up.

noncon? :wavey:

Whoops, sorry, exam period coming up and revision is important :D

Who is the highest scoring sniper of all time?

Lee Harvey Oswald ??

EDIT : Not meant to be funny or insulting. I was just wondering what you meant by 'highest scoring'. And of course the word sniper brought this particular event to the forefront.

By "highest scoring" I mean the largest number of confirmed kills.

Oswald it isn't, since his kill limit was ostensibly one (he was USMC, but I don't think he was ever in combat).
But he was a pretty good shooter to get three rounds off using a bolt rifle and getting two hits in a couple of seconds.

Ah, that would be that Russian guy in the battle of Stalingrad, then ?

Looking back on my previous post, makes me blush now... Somehow I thought "a US president must be worth at least a thousand points".

Yeah, it must be him. That guy in Enemy at the Gates. Zaitsev or something?

Nope. I knew some of you would walkn into that trap :D

Zaitsev's accomplishments were largely made up by Red Star. His true kill total is generally considered by most (minus Russian/Soviet nationalists) to be much lower than that quoted.

I'm looking for someone else :D

Zaytzec has "only" around 250 confirmed kills.

Lyudmila Pavlichenko is a Russian female sniper with more than 300.

The record is Finnish. More than 500 kills.

The record is Finnish. More than 500 kills.

Is it Simo Häyhä you're thinking of?

I don't know the name, I just know he's Finnish

Lets pretend that you got it right, Steph.

Lets pretend I asked a question then


Where is the southern most grave for a German military during WWII?

Well there is the site of the Kormoron raider of the coast of Western Australia, that just got designated a war grave.

Further to the South

South Georgia perhaps?

Montevideo?

No and No.

But at least you are in the correct hemisphere :D

No and No.

But at least you are in the correct hemisphere :D

:yeah:

South in Argentina? Who's been closest until now, by the way?

Ozbeno: 4,000 km off
Olav : 6,600 km off
Taillesskangaru: 9,300 km off

Ok, so it's between Australia and South Georgia somewhere. Knowing you right, it has something to do with France (:p)... Kerguelen perhaps?

Kerguelen it is!

The German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis called at Kerguelen during December 1940. During their stay the crew performed maintenance and replenished their water supplies. The ship's first fatality of the war came when a sailor fell while painting the funnel. He is buried in what is sometimes referred to as "the most southerly German grave" of the Second World War

What on earth were they doing down there? Was it anything of value at Kerguelen?

Ok, which painter painted this painting?

http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/5161/scandyl3.jpg

What on earth were they doing down there? Was it anything of value at Kerguelen?

"During their stay the crew performed maintenance and replenished their water supplies"

Does it answer your question?

Rembrant ?

Yes! It's the Night Watch.

"During their stay the crew performed maintenance and replenished their water supplies"

Does it answer your question?

Well, I was more wondering what the ship was doing in a remote location like that in the first place... but nevermind.

Yay! I remember seeing it when I went to Holland. (At least I think it was that one... It was something by Rembrandt.)

*opens floor*

Rembrand is great! :) you saw it Mise, at the Rijksmusuem in Amsterdam :)

My question: Who directed the film Dune?

David Lynch?

David Lynch?

Bingo! And oh my that is some nice movie to watch at night! :lol:

OK then....

Name the two countries (on seperate continents) with capital cities that are pronouced the same (although spelled differently.

Is Jamaica one of them?

Nope........

What about Guyana? Georgetown seems to be a pretty common name, but I don't know about other capitals with that name though.

Just in case you've tricked us...

Jamaica and St. Vincent?

Hey D'art, I thought you were leaving forum games? :p

New Zealand.

OK then....
Name the two countries (on seperate continents) with capital cities that are pronouced the same (although spelled differently.
I think your question is a bit strange.

Guayna = Georgetown
Caiman islandd = George town

Jamaica = Kingston
Norfolk island= Kingston
St Vincent & Grenadines : Kingstown

Guadeloupe = Basse Terre
Saint Kitts & Nevis = Basseterre

Nope to all, countires are on seperate continents and the capitals are spelled differently but pronounced the same.

Is it a British overseas territory, whose capital is London, but in their native language, is spelt differently (but pronounced the same)...?

(or French or German or etc etc)

No to Mise.

Next clue, Asia and Africa are the continents. If no-one gets it I'll post the answer tonight.

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Jerusalem, Israel?

Wrong but the African capital is close in a way.

Accra, Ghana and Dacca, Bangladesh?

So close and yet not quite right (one is though)

Dacca and Dakar?

Yep, capitals of Senegal (Dakar) and Bangladesh (Dhaka or Dacca).

Heh, didn't know they were pronounced the same.

Ok, more geography: What map projection (more correct to say coordinate system) is this?

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/2711/scandiu9.jpg

Looks like the NATO UTM (Universal Transverse Mercator), but I've never seen it used on such a large scale, so I may be wrong.

UTM it is! :clap:

It is NOT!!

This is just a grid to know what UTM zone you should use (like UTM 31).

This is a UTM coordinate system

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Usgs_map_traverse_mercator.PNG

See how the longitude/latitude lines end up as curve in a real UTM, when they are straight lines on the picture you showed.


@Izipo: It's normal you have never seen UTM used on such a large scale, because it can't be used. A UTM coordinate system is valid for 6° of longitude, hence the 60 time zone needed to cover the globe.

@ Ozbenno : how do you think Dakar and Dacca are pronounced? I doubt they are pronounced the same.

I was hoping no one here knew that much about UTM... ;). You're right about that Steph - it is only a grid showing where the zones are. But I think Izipo should get the next question, as mine was a bit vague...

Oh, it brings back baaad memories. See that line between zones 30 and 31 ? I was once posted near that line... Made for some fun traveling when I didn't pay extra close attention to the coordinates given.

Anyways, now I have to think up a quick question...
Here's one for our fellow americans (but others can play too ;)) :

What is the highest rank in the US armed forces ?

Is it president?

Nope.
POTUS is the commander-in-chief of the US armed forces, but it's not a rank (or grade) in the armed forces.

I was hoping no one here knew that much about UTM... ;).
Unfortunately for you, I'm developping and marketing an aeronautical procedure design software based on a geographical information system, and when we sell it to a new country, we are using by default a UTM coordinate system, if the user doesn't require a more specific one.

@Izipo: that's General of the armies (note the plural), hold by only two people : Pershing and George Washington.

The line between 30 and 31 is rather long, it extend from North to South... Including France.

@Izipo: that's General of the armies (note the plural), hold by only two people : Pershing and George Washington.

:goodjob: Correct.
Actually, George Washington's rank is General of the armies of the United States, having "rank and precedence over all other grades of the Army, past or present" (link (http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Public_Law_94-479))

The line between 30 and 31 is rather long, it extend from North to South... Including France.


Yep, that's when I was posted in the Southwest of France... :) (In Cazaux, if you really want to know).

And what did you do in BA 120? I made my "classes" in BA 115, and then I was officially in 101, although I went there only twice, the first day and then 9 months later to give my gear back.

I have users of my software close to BA 106. In fact they are not really in the base, they are in the same building as the SIA, in the second stair : DIA / DIRCAM.

IT's not really general knowledge, but I find this fun...

In the French chasseurs alpins, it is forbidden to name one colour, except for specific circumstances.

What if is this colour, and what's the wayt to speak about it without naming it?

And what did you do in BA 120? I made my "classes" in BA 115, and then I was officially in 101, although I went there only twice, the first day and then 9 months later to give my gear back.

Did basic training at the Plateau d'Albion (BA 200), where we used to have our ICBMs (it's closed now), further training in Nîmes (BA726, closed too), posted 2 years in Nice (BA943, radar base), then Rochefort (BA721) for some Non-com training, Toulon where I got my nursing diploma, as I was head of the class I get to pick my next posting and chose Cazaux (BA120). Spent 6 years there, great place, excellent job, finished my stint in charge of the pharmacy and deputy head nurse of the base. Then got promoted to head nurse of the CFAS headquarters (our Strategic Air Command) here in Taverny, where I'll stay for another couple of years.
As I always say, we have a lousy pay but get to go places and do interesting stuff.

I have users of my software close to BA 106. In fact they are not really in the base, they are in the same building as the SIA, in the second stair : DIA / DIRCAM.

Hmm, I might have seen your software in action, since we also have the DIRCAM HQ at my base. It's a small world.

IT's not really general knowledge, but I find this fun...

In the French chasseurs alpins, it is forbidden to name one colour, except for specific circumstances.

What if is this colour, and what's the wayt to speak about it without naming it?


Of course I know the answer to this one, but I'll let the others search for a while ;).
btw Steph, I'm always astounded at the vastness of your knowledge.
Cheers.

Hmm, I might have seen your software in action, since we also have the DIRCAM HQ at my base. It's a small world.
I know the DIRCAM HQ is at Taverny, but my software it use only by the DIRCAM cell in the DIA office at Bordeaux (at least for the French military).


btw Steph, I'm always astounded at the vastness of your knowledge.
Cheers.
That's because I pick the quizz where I know the answers, and keep a low profile for the others ;).

And I'm lucky that some ask questions about topic I know, such as the UTM one.

Don't be shy, I've seen you in other threads...

So, no takers for the Alpine troops question ?

I don't know it.

White? Say "neige" instead?

No. The "replacing name" is a lot more bizarre.

White. Replacing name = charcoal?

The colour is not white.

Hint: the colour was "forbidden" after Napoleon III introduced a change of uniform.

BLUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!? :confused:

Not blue. I know it's a rather hard question, and I don't expect you to know the answer, but you can perhaps guess it.
Hint 1: Think of the French uniforms of the late 19th century
Hint 2: Think of the role of chasseurs, and try to imagine what change of the uniform they would not like at all, to the point of banning the name of the colour.

Red? With the zouaves and stuff?

Yes! Red!

Napoleon III wanted the chasseurs to wear red trousers, which was not seen as a very smart move for skirmish and recon, which are tasks that the chasseurs will do more often than line infantry.

So red is a forbidden colour (you have some exception, you can use red when speaking of the lips of women, or when speaking of the cords of the legion d'honneur).

Instead, chasseurs are using "Bleu cerise" (= cherry blue).

While we wait for a_p

What ship is this?


http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/7463/scandsc7.jpg

http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/6391/scandfg8.jpg


Bonus points if you know where it was sunk!

A little hint: One of the ships supply vessels was involved in an incident infringing Norwegian neutrality during WWII.

I'm pretty sure I've found it, but it involved a lot of (very instructive) searching.

Was it sunk in the southern hemisphere ?

I don't mind using searching to find answers, as it is a picture quiz... so go ahead and post your answer if you want to, Izipo. ;)

And yes, it was sunk in the southern hemisphere.

Another 10 minutes of Wiki, and I have positively ID'ed it.
Since it was a very interesting search, I'll let others search for it too ;).

My first guess was partly correct, and it launched me on the right track. I only used the supply ship hint to confirm the whole story.
The trick is to guess the class (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warship) of that ship (took me 3 tries), the rest should be easy.

As it's in WWII and it involved a Norwegian neutrality, we can guess ithe hint points to a German, or possibly British ship.
It has only one turret of 3 guns on the front. So it's probably a Deutschland class Panzerschiff (armed with 6x280mm, cheers to Wyrmshadow who "forced" me to make an excel spreadsheets with info about all his units for my civ3 mod).

So it means 3 ships. Deutschland (Lutzow), Admiral Scheer, or Graf spee.

A quick complementary search gave the Altmark, supply ship of the Graf Spee, captured by an British destroyer Cossacks in Norwegian territorial water (my guess that the British would be somehow involved in a treacherous move was right).

The Graf Spee was scuttled by its crew after leaving Montevideo, to avoid a battle it couldn't win. If you need the exact location, it's there 34°58′18″S 56°18′4″W (http://maps.google.com/maps?t=h&q=-34.971667,-56.301111&ie=UTF8&ll=-34.971667,-56.301111&spn=0.507525,0.928345&z=10)

Sorry for the silence. Open floor. Or over to Steph. Or back. Whatever.

Very nice Steph. :goodjob: And lots of bonus points for exact location. :) I guess you had found the same answer, Izipo?

Here's some more pics of the ship: http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/germany/pages/cruisers/admiral_graf_spee.htm

Very nice Steph. :goodjob: And lots of bonus points for exact location. :) I guess you had found the same answer, Izipo?

Here's some more pics of the ship: http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/germany/pages/cruisers/admiral_graf_spee.htm
Well, wiki should get the bonus point for the exact location, I only new it was when exiting the harbour of Montevideo.

Indeed, Wiki should get the floor. ;)
I first thought it was the Prinz Eugen because I remembered doing a model of it when I was a lad, but the guns turned out to be wrong. So it was a smaller ship. I searched Heavy cruisers for a while and got sidetracked on Operation Crossroads because I wrongly assumed it was one of the ships sunk in the atomic bomb detonation at Bikini.
Then I found the pocket battleships class and there it was.
The Altmark incident confirmed the story.

A very interesting story and a first class Captain, btw.

I find it interesting that the ship sank 9 merchants ships, but no lives were lost.

Anyway, perhaps a_p should get the floor? It is technically his turn. And I don't think Wiki would post a question anytime soon... ;)

Come on then, someone gotta have a question! :hammer:

In George W Bush, W stands for Walker.

And for the other presidents? What does the middle letter stand for?

William H. Harrison
James K. Polk
Ulysses S. Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
Chester A. Arthur
William H. Taft
Warren G. Harding
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
George H. W. Bush

I think I only know Roosevelt and Truman... :blush:

Send me a PM with the answers, so I can tell who finds the most and can answer next question

taillesskangaru : 6 points... Can get to 7

Choxorn : 11
Taillesskangaru : 6

Choxorn : 11
Catharsis : 8
Taillesskangaru : 6

Choxorn : 11
Catharsis : 8
Taillesskangaru : 6
Izipo: 5.

With some interesting guesses (where did you find Severus??).

Wow, that was fast.
So, I guess you didn't read Harry Potter ? Good for you, total waste of money. But I still bought them anyway, first editions. Well, Severus is the good/bad guy, and it was the first name beginning with an S that popped to my mind.

And I had 2 correct guesses out of the ludicrous list I sent you... :lol:

D'Artagnan is the first to find the full list.

- William Henry Harrison
- James Knox Polk
- Hiram Ulysse Grant (in fact Ulysse Simpson Grant but that's not his real name)
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes
- Chester Alan Arthur
- William Howard Taft
- Warren Gamaliel Harding
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Harry S Truman (yes, that's just an S, with nothing behind).
- Dwight David Eisenhower
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy
- Lyndon Baines Johnson
- George Herbert Walker Bush

I particularly like Gamaliel and Birchard :D And the S of course.

Yes. My friend's middle name is R.

DAMN IT! I could have gotten Grant and Truman had I known those facts about their names!

Harry Severus Truman is still better :p

Haul ass, D'Art! :whipped:

Harry Severus Truman is still better :p

Heh, I thought it was Semour.

Which famous lead singer of a popular rock band went to London School of Economics?

Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones.

Thank you, wikipedia. :p

choxorn? :wavey:

He's that guy with the Arbiter avatar who is co GM of RfmK III...


Sorry, wasn't that the next question ? :mischief:

Sorry, I was waiting for D'art to confirm this. He seems to not doing so, so here's my question.

Not counting the sun, what is the closest star to Earth that is visible to the naked eye and not part of a double or triple star system?

Alpha Centauri!

That's a Triple Star System, and a wrong answer.

Betelgeuse?

Proxima centauri is closer than Alpha centauri, but it is a triple star system.

Then you have Barnard's Star, but it's not visible with the naked eye. Later you'll see Sirius, but it's a double star system.

By the way, there is a strange anecdote about Sirius. There is an African tribe (the Dogons), who seems to have some extraordinary astronomical knowledge. They for instance know that Sirius A has a faint companion Sirius B, but this companion can be observed only with a telescope and was first seen in 1862...
So some claim they were settled on Earth by Aliens thousands of years ago, and that they were coming from Sirius.

So, that left us with Epsilon Eridani.

Epsilon Eridani it is. :goodjob:

Damn! I now have to find a question!

Hmm...

At the end of his general studies, Valery Giscard d'Estaing (who will be president of the French republic from 1974 to 1981) took the entry exam to the Ecole Nationale Polytechnique (the most prestigious French high school). He succeeded... but decided not to go to this school. Why?

Because he became president then? :p