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Duh Wacko Jacko, didn't pick up on the he/she hint 
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Why would I want to end every post the same way? |
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| Jogvanth | RE: Answer and ask |
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OK. Axing....
Which two (2) ships sunk each other in November 1941 in the Indian Ocean?
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| Torellion | RE: Answer and ask |
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HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran
Question will be posted shortly.....
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| Torellion | RE: Answer and ask |
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The bible has been translated into what fantasy language?
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| Norlander | RE: Answer and ask |
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Klingon
What was the last hand of the 1977 World Series of Poker?
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| Jogvanth | RE: Answer and ask |
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Doyle Brunson's 10 of spades, 2 of hearts
Q: What company manufactures the Oscar (tm) statuettes for the Academy Movie Awards?
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Edited by Jogvanth on 25-05-2007 15:00 |
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| Torellion | RE: Answer and ask |
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From wikipedia:
Approximately 40 Oscars are made each year in Chicago, Illinois by the manufacturer, R.S. Owens.
Question pending.......
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| Norlander | RE: Answer and ask |
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Asked for the final hand...not the winning hand.
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| Torellion | RE: Answer and ask |
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The final hand didn't win?????
Ok, I'll repost Norlander's poker question:
What was the last hand of the 1977 World Series of Poker?
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| Jogvanth | RE: Answer and ask |
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A trick-question! How devious 
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| Norlander | RE: Answer and ask |
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The "winning hand" occured during the final hand, but it isn't the final hand...
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| Jogvanth | RE: Answer and ask |
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This is how the final hand in WSOP 1977 was… Doyle was sitting in the big blind with: Ts, 2h.
His opponent, Bones Berland, had: 8h, 5c.
Both players checked at the flop that looked like this: Td, 8s, 5h.
The turn card was: 2c.
Both players now have a two-pair. Doyle bet and Berland moved all-in. The last card gave Doyle his "named" hand: Tc.
Thus Doyle won the World Series of Poker and $340,000 in prize money.
Is this what you meant?
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| Norlander | RE: Answer and ask |
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Yupp, that is the final hand. A poker hand isn't just someones hole cards.
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| Jogvanth | RE: Answer and ask |
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OK, then! Torellion not responding.
Q: What is the first "official" ship, sunk by a self-propelled torpedo?
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| Norlander | RE: Answer and ask |
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This is actually a trick question as there are several firsts. Some of the self-propelled torpedos of the 19th century is what we today call contact mines and so forth.
But as for self-propelled torpedos
"On 16 January 1877, the Turkish steamer Intibah became the first vessel to be sunk by torpedoes,"
Before this the USS Tecumseh had been sunk in the US civil war by a "torpedo", but this was what we now would lable a contact mine.
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Who, by virtue of being the most famous foreign sportstar in China is said to be the most famous sportstar in the world?
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| Laluu | RE: Answer and ask |
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"World number one hurdler Liu Xiang has been crowned China's most popular athlete and player of the year" - I don't know if that could be relevant.
I remember a few years ago that Sun Jihai and Li Tie both playing in England, making the games between, I think, Bolton and Everton the most watched football games in the world.
However, my bid is Yao Ming - the most famous Chinese basketball player.
CRAP! - just realised, that it said "foreign sportsstar"...
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| Grizlas | RE: Answer and ask |
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david beckham?
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| Norlander | RE: Answer and ask |
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Nope...not even close...but he is featured in some of the youtube clips that we have on this forum.
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| Grizlas | RE: Answer and ask |
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nah I still say David Beckham is the most popular sport star in the world. Why dont you tell me the name of your obscure table tennis champ and we can argue about it 
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| Norlander | RE: Answer and ask |
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Well you're correct that it's a table tennis champion. With 220 million active players table tennis is the chinese national sport.
Jan Ove Waldner is the name, and he caused quite the sensation when he started his own joint in Beijing. Got to cash in on that fame I guess.
But Laluu's guess is IMO the biggest name in sports. Yao Ming is one of the most famous basketball players in the world, only rivaled by Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Shaq.
With him being a household name both in North America, South East Asia and most parts of Europe he probably is the best known sportsstar in the world.
Anyhow a new question then: Lets take a six degrees of seperation question. How many actors do you need to connect Peter Sellers and Sean Penn?
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