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| | Location: Hoyvík | | Joined: 08.06.06 | | Posted on 24-09-2009 15:12 |
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Scoreboard:
1 - 60 Points Vuzman
2 - 43 Points Norlander
3 - 41 Points Torellion
4 - 23 Points Laluu
5 - 10 Points Boddin
6 - 5 Points OKJones
7 - 4 Points Spiff
Question: Who are these 2 gentlemen, and what are they known for?
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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 24-09-2009 15:13 |
 
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| Jogvanth | RE: Competition-Quiz |
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| | Location: Hoyvík | | Joined: 08.06.06 | | Posted on 24-09-2009 22:15 |
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Clue 1: They are in part responsible for the development of a product that many of us Gongumenn make good use of at times.
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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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| Norlander | RE: Competition-Quiz |
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| | Location: Copenhagen | | Joined: 09.06.06 | | Posted on 25-09-2009 18:32 |
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Finally figured out where I've seen the face before... It's John Jacob Bausch and Henry Lomb, the guys who invented non-gold/horn spectacles... and founded the company that made Ray-Ban.
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The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.
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Edited by Norlander on 25-09-2009 18:36 |
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| Jogvanth | RE: Competition-Quiz |
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| | Location: Hoyvík | | Joined: 08.06.06 | | Posted on 25-09-2009 19:44 |
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Correct. Well done.
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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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| Jogvanth | RE: Competition-Quiz |
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| | Location: Hoyvík | | Joined: 08.06.06 | | Posted on 25-09-2009 21:50 |
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Scoreboard:
1 - 60 Points Vuzman
2 - 47 Points Norlander
3 - 41 Points Torellion
4 - 23 Points Laluu
5 - 10 Points Boddin
6 - 5 Points OKJones
7 - 4 Points Spiff
Question: What 125 year old company, is named after the founders mother and the main material used in the production of this company?
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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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| OKJones | RE: Competition-Quiz |
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| | Location: Argir | | Joined: 12.06.06 | | Posted on 26-09-2009 09:37 |
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Victorinox.
In 1884 Karl Elsener opens a cutlery workshop in Ibach-Schwyz with the support of his mother Victoria. In 1921 The invention of stainless steel is of central importance for the cutlery industry. Karl Elsener coins the company's new name, Victorinox, by combining his mother's name with "inox". (Inox is derived from the French word "inoxydable", which means stainless
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Why would I want to end every post the same way? |
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| Jogvanth | RE: Competition-Quiz |
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| | Location: Hoyvík | | Joined: 08.06.06 | | Posted on 26-09-2009 12:12 |
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Damn, that was insightfull.
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.
-R. Scott Bakker. 'The Prince of Nothing' |
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| Jogvanth | RE: Competition-Quiz |
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| | Location: Hoyvík | | Joined: 08.06.06 | | Posted on 26-09-2009 12:34 |
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Scoreboard:
1 - 60 Points Vuzman
2 - 47 Points Norlander
3 - 41 Points Torellion
4 - 23 Points Laluu
5 - 10 Points Boddin
5 - 10 Points OKJones
7 - 4 Points Spiff
Question: Who?
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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 26-09-2009 12:36 |
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| Torellion | RE: Competition-Quiz |
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Adam Smith
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| Jogvanth | RE: Competition-Quiz |
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| | Location: Hoyvík | | Joined: 08.06.06 | | Posted on 26-09-2009 13:41 |
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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.
-R. Scott Bakker. 'The Prince of Nothing' |
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| Jogvanth | RE: Competition-Quiz |
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| | Location: Hoyvík | | Joined: 08.06.06 | | Posted on 26-09-2009 18:13 |
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Scoreboard:
1 - 60 Points Vuzman
2 - 47 Points Norlander
3 - 46 Points Torellion
4 - 23 Points Laluu
5 - 10 Points Boddin
5 - 10 Points OKJones
7 - 4 Points Spiff
Question: What famous actor, was in the original cast of the San Francisco production of the musical 'Hair'?
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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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| Roffen | RE: Competition-Quiz |
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| | Location: Copenhagen | | Joined: 12.11.06 | | Posted on 26-09-2009 19:20 |
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John Savage
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| Vuzman | RE: Competition-Quiz |
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Philip Michael Thomas (Tubbs from Miami Vice)
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When I kill her, I'll have her
Die white girls, die white girls |
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| Jogvanth | RE: Competition-Quiz |
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| | Location: Hoyvík | | Joined: 08.06.06 | | Posted on 26-09-2009 22:11 |
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The Vuzman is 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.
-R. Scott Bakker. 'The Prince of Nothing' |
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| Jogvanth | RE: Competition-Quiz |
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| | Location: Hoyvík | | Joined: 08.06.06 | | Posted on 26-09-2009 23:00 |
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Scoreboard:
1 - 65 Points Vuzman
2 - 47 Points Norlander
3 - 46 Points Torellion
4 - 23 Points Laluu
5 - 10 Points Boddin
5 - 10 Points OKJones
7 - 4 Points Spiff
Question: What golden coin was the first legal tender that has no face value?
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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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| Torellion | RE: Competition-Quiz |
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Krugerrand?
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| Jogvanth | RE: Competition-Quiz |
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| | Location: Hoyvík | | Joined: 08.06.06 | | Posted on 26-09-2009 23:12 |
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Correct you are. Too easy?
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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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| Jogvanth | RE: Competition-Quiz |
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| | Location: Hoyvík | | Joined: 08.06.06 | | Posted on 26-09-2009 23:24 |
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Scoreboard:
1 - 65 Points Vuzman
2 - 51 Points Torellion
3 - 47 Points Norlander
4 - 23 Points Laluu
5 - 10 Points Boddin
5 - 10 Points OKJones
7 - 4 Points Spiff
Question: What kind of Plane is this?
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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 26-09-2009 23:25 |
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| Torellion | RE: Competition-Quiz |
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Me and Norl talked about it a few days ago 
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| Torellion | RE: Competition-Quiz |
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MiG 17?
edit: nah probably not, it's a F-86 Sabre
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