| Vuzman | RE: Competition-Quiz |
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Kraft Foods
Edit: Torellion should be #2 on the list 
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When I kill her, I'll have her
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Edited by Vuzman on 10-09-2009 09:47 |
 
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| Jogvanth | RE: Competition-Quiz |
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Well, he is.
Scoreboard:
1 - 60 Points Vuzman
2 - 36 Points Torellion
3 - 35 Points Norlander
4 - 21 Points Laluu
5 - 10 Points Boddin
6 - 5 Points OKJones
7 - 4 Points Spiff
Question: How many cities or towns in the world (Not counting fictional, suburbs, municipalities or counties) are named Springfield?
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| Vuzman | RE: Competition-Quiz |
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Does anyone know? Wikipedia says there are 20, USGS says there are 67, SNPP says there are 71, all those figures are for the US.
There are at least 4 in Canada, some in Australia, etc....
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When I kill her, I'll have her
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| Jogvanth | RE: Competition-Quiz |
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Well, the answer that I hold (and this counts as a clue) was to total the search-results I got after weeding out the non-desirables that failed to meet my criteria.
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| Jogvanth | RE: Competition-Quiz |
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Clue 2: Use Wikipedia
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| Porque | RE: Competition-Quiz |
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Are there 39 Springfields around the world?
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| Jogvanth | RE: Competition-Quiz |
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No, that's a bit to high. (Clue 3)
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| Laluu | RE: Competition-Quiz |
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Well, this is a tricky one.
You say "Not counting fictional, suburbs, municipalities or counties", but the question is if you should count e.g. Townships and Unincorporated Communities.
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1 in Canada
1 in New Zealand
1 in Northern Ireland
1 in Scotland
25 in USA
In addition, there are 10 townships in the US and 5 Unincorporated communities/areas. Looking at a wiki-search, it almost looks like there is a town in Pennsylvania, but there actually 9 townships there.
The ones in Australia are also a bit tricky, where 3 of them might be considered towns. (I choose not to count them).
So in summary, I'll go with 29. (if you count townships, then Porque was right).
EDIT: maybe it's worth pointing out, that there are 4 towns in Wisconsin called Springfield. Also, the 5 communities/areas, I mentioned, but didn't count, are in California, Indiana, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin.
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Edited by Laluu on 11-09-2009 10:16 |
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| Jogvanth | RE: Competition-Quiz |
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That is so close, that I'll give it to you for effort.
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| Jogvanth | RE: Competition-Quiz |
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And after a break, I'm back asking you questions.
Sorry guys. I've just been real busy lately, both at work and at home.
Scoreboard:
1 - 60 Points Vuzman
2 - 36 Points Torellion
3 - 35 Points Norlander
4 - 23 Points Laluu
5 - 10 Points Boddin
6 - 5 Points OKJones
7 - 4 Points Spiff
Question: What was the first successful naval combat, missile vs missile engagement at sea?
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| Torellion | RE: Competition-Quiz |
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In February 1991 during the Gulf War the battleship USS Missouri, escorted by HMS Gloucester (carrying Sea Dart) and the USS Jarrett (equipped with Phalanx CIWS), was engaged by an Iraqi Silkworm missile (also known as a Seersucker). The Silkworm missile was intercepted and destroyed by a Sea Dart fired from Gloucester. During the same engagement, the Jarrett Phalanx 20 mm CIWS was placed in autoengagement mode and targeted chaff launched by the Missouri rather than the incoming missile. This engagement was the first validated, successful engagement of a missile by a missile during combat at sea, though the engagement was tail-end after the Silkworm had flown past the Gloucester.
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| Jogvanth | RE: Competition-Quiz |
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Correct.
Thyne Googling skills are yet unsurpassed. 
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No decision is so fine as to not bind us to its consequences.
No consequence is so unexpected as to absolve us of our decisions.
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Edited by Jogvanth on 17-09-2009 09:13 |
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| Jogvanth | RE: Competition-Quiz |
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Scoreboard:
1 - 60 Points Vuzman
2 - 41 Points Torellion
3 - 35 Points Norlander
4 - 23 Points Laluu
5 - 10 Points Boddin
6 - 5 Points OKJones
7 - 4 Points Spiff
Question: What is the name of this ship?
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No decision is so fine as to not bind us to its consequences.
No consequence is so unexpected as to absolve us of our decisions.
Not even death.
-R. Scott Bakker. 'The Prince of Nothing'
Jogvanth attached the following image:
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Edited by Jogvanth on 17-09-2009 09:14 |
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| Norlander | RE: Competition-Quiz |
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Odd with the old ship that somehow has a chopper on the deck...
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| Jogvanth | RE: Competition-Quiz |
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You've lost me there. Guess your eye for detail is better than mine.
Clue 1: This is a later picture of the same ship.
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No decision is so fine as to not bind us to its consequences.
No consequence is so unexpected as to absolve us of our decisions.
Not even death.
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Edited by Jogvanth on 17-09-2009 15:06 |
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| Jogvanth | RE: Competition-Quiz |
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Clue 2: Its name has perhaps more meaning to us Vampire-RPG-players than those on the outside.
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No decision is so fine as to not bind us to its consequences.
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| Norlander | RE: Competition-Quiz |
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HMS Furious
The fake chopper thing, that threw me off a bit was this thing...
It didn't mesh with the non-hazegray color scheme.
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Edited by Norlander on 17-09-2009 21:24 |
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| Jogvanth | RE: Competition-Quiz |
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Correct.
Scoreboard:
1 - 60 Points Vuzman
2 - 41 Points Torellion
3 - 38 Points Norlander
4 - 23 Points Laluu
5 - 10 Points Boddin
6 - 5 Points OKJones
7 - 4 Points Spiff
What military vehicle is named after this man?
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No decision is so fine as to not bind us to its consequences.
No consequence is so unexpected as to absolve us of our decisions.
Not even death.
-R. Scott Bakker. 'The Prince of Nothing'
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Edited by Jogvanth on 21-09-2009 00:04 |
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| Norlander | RE: Competition-Quiz |
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M551 Sheridan
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| Jogvanth | RE: Competition-Quiz |
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Correct
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No decision is so fine as to not bind us to its consequences.
No consequence is so unexpected as to absolve us of our decisions.
Not even death.
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