Cointest

[+AlliedOz]

Trivia Cointest!

You supply the trivia !

 

 

One of the activities planned for my 10/10/10 event is a Geocaching quiz. So far I have cobbled together a few questions in the categories of General Geo, Coins, and Local Cachers.

But to really make sure I have a good selection of questions I would like to offer you the chance to contribute to my quiz..

 

 

Now you may be sitting there reading this thinking “What’s in it for me besides the fuzzy feeling of helping out a fellow coin collector and knowing it may well be your cleverly crafted question

that gets a team over the finish line giving them life long bragging rights and some prizes thrown in for good measure!”

 

Well it just so happens we thought of that… So up for grabs in this cointest is your choice of one gorgeous Tsun earth Turtle, should you already have that coin or turtles are just not your bag

you may select one of the other coins pictured. So choices abound.

 

All coins are unactivated.

 

 

How do I get my name down for this draw you say?

 

It might seem like a lot, but read on and it will all become clear... as mud in a green bottle.

 

 

All I need from you is a Geocaching related question, and 4 answers that it might possibly be, highlighting the correct answer and if needed a link to verify the answer. Such As…

 

AlliedOz

Q: One of the items below was not in the original stash bucket.

 

a: A can of beans

b: A Unicorn

c: Delorme Topo USA software

d: Slingshot

 

So not that hard at all

 

Now it would not be very fair to people who participate at the event quiz if everyone just posted their question with the four choices and the highlighted answer in this thread,

particularly if one or more of the teams attending the Perth event was to come across this gold mine of answers.

 

So please e-mail your questions in the above format to this address triviacointest@gmail.com .

Be sure to include your team name in the body of the message so it can be matched with the

second part below.

 

-=-=Boring Alert=-=-

Of course who wants to read a thread with a whole lot of “e-mail sent” posts… so part two of entering is to post an interesting trivia fact in this thread, it does not have to be Geo related..

Just something you read or know that has made you go "wow", this will complete your part in the cointest making it a valid entry (an e-mail + thread post)

 

 

Some things you need to know

 

* Only one entry every 24 hours, so make them good. (may change depending on the response)

* The winner will be drawn by a Random number generator.

* You may use an image in your question as the quiz is on a projector, but no sound bytes.

* The Cointest will run as long as it takes and not much longer .

* I’ll post all questions after the event so we can enjoy them.

* I have the right to add or remove rules as we go along (No doubt I have missed heaps of things)

* The winner must post a picture of yourself and your prize once received, so we can call for the tread to be closed.

 

Good luck all!

[+GoldBugGirl]

Email with GC trivia ? sent, so here goes part 2:

 

Q: In the final episode of the TV series MacGyver, Richard Dean Anderson's character reluctantly revealed his enigmatic first name. What was it?

 

A (ROT 13): NATHF

 

Thanks for the cointest--those are some GREAT prizes! When it's over, it will be fun to see the questions everyone submitted.

[+GeocoinGuy]

Cointest Part I: Check

Cointest Part II:

 

Q: The longest running American Animated TV series began as an animated short. Name this animated series and the comedic variety show that provided it start.

 

A - (ROT 13): GUR FVZCFBAF, GUR GENPRL HYYZNA FUBJ

 

Great Cointest!!

 

~J

[+GATOULIS]

Just send for Part I, so here is Part II!

 

Q: Which country has the longest National Anthem in lyrics and which country's National anthem doesn't have any lyrics at all????

 

A (ROT13): YBATRFG = TERRPR, JVGUBHG YLEVPF = FCNVA

 

Amazing cointest!!!

[+drneal]

Q. "The dingo's got my baby" refers to whose disappearance?

 

A. NMNEVA PUNZOREYNVA

 

What made me think of that ?

 

ILYK

[JohnMac56]

Q. How many muscles are in a cats ear???

 

A. (ROT13) Guvegl gjb

 

Of course, I HAD to put up a question about cats....

[+AlliedOz]

Thanks for the entries so far, spot on!

 

Please remember to include your GeoNick when sending the e-mail as "John.Smith@gmail.com" is very hard to match up with a post over here

At the moment I have one more e-mail than thread post and it is easy enough to match up for now. But once I have 20 more e-mails in my IN box it will become impossible

 

Q. "The dingo's got my baby" refers to whose disappearance?

 

A. NMNEVA PUNZOREYNVA

 

What made me think of that ?

 

ILYK

 

Hey drneal

 

I'm from Alice Springs where the trial was held and I remember riding my bike down to the court house to check out what the fuss was about. So many years ago!

[+gardengorilla]

wow, if these are similar to the geocaching questions in difficulty, then I am in trouble at the event!

[+Carbon Hunter]

Q: What country were APRICOTS first found (the latin name hints at this)?

 

 

 

A: Nezravn (Yngva: Cehahf nezravphf)

Edited September 20, 2010 by Carbon Hunter

[+drneal]

Thanks for the entries so far, spot on!

 

Please remember to include your GeoNick when sending the e-mail as "John.Smith@gmail.com" is very hard to match up with a post over here

At the moment I have one more e-mail than thread post and it is easy enough to match up for now. But once I have 20 more e-mails in my IN box it will become impossible

 

Q. "The dingo's got my baby" refers to whose disappearance?

 

A. NMNEVA PUNZOREYNVA

 

What made me think of that ?

 

ILYK

 

Hey drneal

 

I'm from Alice Springs where the trial was held and I remember riding my bike down to the court house to check out what the fuss was about. So many years ago!

 

what a sad event.

 

ILYK

[+GaryM53]

Q: Gold was first discovered on the East coast in a small river called Swift River. The state is Maine. The question is what was it found in?

 

A: A chickens crop!

 

gary.milligan@laurenec.com -- GaryM53

[+GATOULIS]

I forgot something in my post... the longest national anthem has... 158 stanzas!!!! Of course... there are not many (if there are any!) who know all the stanzas by heart... and the national anthem that you can hear from that country is a small part of it...only!

[+GoldBugGirl]

Today's Part 2:

 

Q: Name the actress who played the face-slapping wench Giselle in all three Pirates of the Caribbean movies, & the TV commercial she does.

 

A (ROT13): INARFFN OENAPU, BEOVG THZ TVEY

[+GATOULIS]

Today's Part II

 

Q: what color Coca Cola would have if coloring weren't added to it???

 

A (ROT13): TERRA !!!!

[+Where'sMyMarbles]

Thank you for the cointest!!

 

Unfortunately I will not be able to attend your 10-10-10 Event. (Just a little far)

If possible, would love to see your final draft of the Gequiz, possibly could be E-mailed?

 

Part II:

 

In the movie "The Shawshank Redemption" What is Red's real name? (It IS mentioned in the film).

 

A: Ryyvf Oblq Erqqvat

[ZeMartelo]

Sent email with trivia question heres part II:

 

Q - What causes stomach growls?

 

A - fgbznpu tebjyf ner ernyyl whfg vagreany snegf.

Onfvpnyyl, gur vaibyhagnel zhfpyr zbirzragf gung chfu sbbq guebhtu lbhe qvtrfgvir genpg xrrc jbexvat rira nsgre zbfg bs gung sbbq unf zbirq ba qbja gur yvar. Riraghnyyl, tnf ohooyrf ner nyy gung'f yrsg gb or fdhrrmrq, naq lbh trg n ehzoyvat fbhaq nf gurl cbc.

 

I hope this is Wow enough.

Edited September 21, 2010 by ZeMartelo

[+Ashallond]

What is the only state that has a state law denoting how to pronounce the state name?

 

Answer: Nexnafnf

[+Carbon Hunter]

OK - my second entry too.

 

Q: How did they manage to build the worlds tallest building (Burj Khalifa) in Dubai on a sandy base?

 

A: See Earthcache - Build your house on the rock - GC282V6

[+Celtic4ever]

The average human body contains enough iron to make a 3 inch nail and enough water to fill a ten gallon tank!

 

Thanks for the cointest!

[+Fiery Searcher]

This is such fun! I love Trivial Pursuit. Of course, my bit of trivia has to be about birds. Enjoy, and thanks for this cointest, AlliedOz!

 

Q: Which species of bird holds the record for the longest annual migration?

 

A: Thanks to new data from satellite transmitters, there are TWO possible answers:

 

Nepgvp Grea

 

Fbbgl Furnejngre

[+mlrs1996]

i sent my geo- trivia question yesterday

and have been thinking of a question so here ya go

 

Q:what is the longest running action tv show where

even with guns and bombs noone ever died on the show?

 

A: THE A- TEAM

Thannks for the triva

Edited September 21, 2010 by mlrs1996

[+GoldBugGirl]

Part 2 for today's entry:

 

Q: In 1987, bowing to pressure from certain groups (which I can't name or it would give it away), Hasbro took away an original accessory from Mr. Potato Head. What was it?

 

A: UVF CVCR

[+AlliedOz]

Thanks for the Trivia guys and gals it has been great both ends. Very interesting indeed.

Some of the Geocaching stuff is very hard I would never have known 70% of the questions

 

Now If your sitting back thinking Hmmm I don't know anything trivial about geocaching there is plenty of room for questions like my example below.

Grab something you know about Geocaching and make up that question

 

Q: One of the items below was not in the original stash bucket.

 

a: A can of beans

b: A Unicorn

c: Delorme Topo USA software

d: Slingshot

 

*RULE CHANGE** You can post every 8 Hours ! so get cracking for more chances to win

BTW I'm not checking times, close enough is good enough

 

Oh I keep forgetting here is a quick and easy ROT13 page in case you needed one to see what they removed from Mr Potato Head.. seeing it seems to be the code of choice

Edited September 21, 2010 by AlliedOz

[+GATOULIS]

Nice!!

 

so after my third email.... time for an other one in Part II

 

Q: The Guns Of Navarone movie.... had many scenes on a greek island, but the story was inspired from an other greek island (strange!) which islands are they??

 

A: the Canons of Navarone had many scenes (if not all the movie!) in Rhodes island in Greece! the island became very famous with this movie!

But... rhodes never had such a big canons etc!

 

Of course the scenario was inspired by an other greek island that belong to Dodecanes too, like Rhodes! Which island??? Well.. Leros!!! It was the bigest Italian base in Aegean and it was the bigest navy base too! It had some big canons and except the protection of the island, they could control the passage from dodecanese to some of the cyclades island and probably it was a "thorn" in the way to Egypt which was under British at that time! I can really make a huge post here to tell you the story but...

 

anyway... In the fild amost all the names you can hear of villages etc are very close or the same with the ones Rhodes has, (for example... there is a village in the movie wit the name Mandrakos..... it is the Mandriko village!), but Rhodes is not mentioned anywere!!! The name of the island in the movie is... Keros!!!! sounds familiar?? (Keros - Leros)

Edited September 21, 2010 by GATOULIS

[+Where'sMyMarbles]

Part Two:

 

The Mona Lisa has no eyebows.

 

Thank you!

[+labrat_wr]

part II:

 

Celery actually contains less calories than those expended eating and digesting it.

 

(too bad the peanut butter has plenty of calories though )

[+CUTT4]

Part Two:

 

An interesting fact to think about ... No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times

[+GoldBugGirl]

Okay, since we have the new 8-hour intervals, here's my fourth entry's Part 2:

 

Q: What company produces the most tires (over 300 million per year)?

A: YRTB, SBE GBLF

[+Carbon Hunter]

Another question posted -I love the trivia on this page - any chance of you publishing ALL the questions afterwards?

 

OK - trivia fact - the first X-ray machine in the southern Africa was at a place called Kolmanskop - now a deserted ghost town that is a stunning tourist spot in Namibia with a few caches there too

 

Google it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolmanskop

[+GATOULIS]

Just send an other question so...

 

Part II trivial fact:

 

One out of 20 people have an extra rib!!!!

 

WOW!!! I didn't know that!!!

[+CUTT4]

Another question sent so ...

 

Part II:

 

General "Stonewall" Jackson died during the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863. He was shot by his own men, who thought he was the enemy.

[+GoldBugGirl]

Here's an interesting bit of trivia to complete today's entry--I won't encrypt the answer, since it's too long:

 

Q: Where was the first movie house located?

 

A: The world's first movie theater (that is, the first business devoted specifically to showing films for profit) was "Vitascope Hall", established on Canal Street in New Orleans in 1896.

 

It opened July 26, 1896, at what is now 623 Canal St. on the corner of Exchange Place. It was a vacant building converted into a theater, with chairs added. Folks paid a dime to see short subjects such as The Corbett-Courtney Fight and Niagara Falls.

 

The first movie in New Orleans was shown on June 28, 1896, at the West End Resort. Technology was pretty primitive back then, but folks certainly were impressed when Allen Blakemore, an electrical engineer for one of the railroads, set up a Vitascope and showed a short flickering film on a large canvas screen in front of the bandstand. The crowd went wild, and the reviews in the newspaper were full of praise.

 

A month later the Vitascope moved into its own hall on Canal Street. Black canvas covered the windows, and folks — about 400 of them — sat on folding chairs or benches. The shows began at 10 a.m. and played continuously until 3 p.m. After a three-hour break, the shows began again and lasted until 10 p.m. The program consisted of five short films, each lasting only a few minutes. Most of the films were changed daily.

 

Vitascope Hall was officially called William "Pop" Rock's Vitascope Hall. In addition to the dime patrons paid to get in, Rock charged another dime to watch the man in the projection booth operate the amazing machine. For an additional dime, you could get a souvenir: a piece of used celluloid film.

[+scificollector]

Q: Which science fiction writer was the inventor of the waterbed?

 

A. Isaac Asimov

B. Robert Heinlein

C. Jules Verne

D. Arthur C. Clarke

 

The answer is B. Robert A. Heinlein. During a long hospitalization, he had the idea for the waterbed in order to help the patients be more comfortable. In the 1960's, someone tried to patent the idea for the waterbed but, due to several previously published books of Heinleins that described in detail the waterbed, the patent was denied. Heinlein himself refused to patent it so that it would be available for everyone that needed it.

[+Where'sMyMarbles]

GeoTrivia sent today

 

Bill Cosby would wear hand-made sweaters (on the show) that fans would send to him.

[+GATOULIS]

New question.... new Part II fact!

 

Humans are born with 300 bones in their body, however when a person reaches adulthood they only have 206 bones. This occurs because many of them join together to make a single bone!!!

[+Carbon Hunter]

In World War 2 - the allied forces were afraid of a Japanese submarine base being opened close to the strategic Cape of Good Hope by this sympathetic Vichy French country. So they started OPERATION IRONCLAD and invaded Madagascar.

[+AlliedOz]

In World War 2 - the allied forces were afraid of a Japanese submarine base being opened close to the strategic Cape of Good Hope by this sympathetic Vichy French country. So they started OPERATION IRONCLAD and invaded Madagascar.

 

Julian: Welcome to Madagascar.

Marty the Zebra: Mada-who-ah?

Julian: No. Not who-ah. As-car.

[+Carbon Hunter]

In World War 2 - the allied forces were afraid of a Japanese submarine base being opened close to the strategic Cape of Good Hope by this sympathetic Vichy French country. So they started OPERATION IRONCLAD and invaded Madagascar.

 

Julian: Welcome to Madagascar.

Marty the Zebra: Mada-who-ah?

Julian: No. Not who-ah. As-car.

 

Yep - thought about adding a quip about King Julian's nose being out of joint. But perhaps it was the Ninja Penguins that the allies were really worried about - not Ninja submarines?

[+GATOULIS]

The smallest human bone is in the ear. It is called the stirrup bone and is the size of half a grain of rice!!!! Also... The only bone fully grown at birth is located in the ear.

[+GoldBugGirl]

Q: What animal always has four offspring each time..........which are all male or all female?

 

A: NEZNQVYYB

[+CUTT4]

Part II:

 

When one sneezes all body functions stop ... even the heart!

[+AlliedOz]

Ok so of those that have posted so far, should you win.. and someone has to... what coin has caught your eye

[+GoldBugGirl]

No doubt here--if I won, I'd pick one of Tsun's Earth Turtles! Usually the only way for someone like me, who recently started collecting coins, to get the older ones, is to buy them in auctions....needless to say, the bids go way up in the case of a coin like this. I was lucky to snag one of the 2008 Earth Turtles, but to get one of the earlier versions would be awesome! Now, back to work on a 6th entry for this evening......

[+GATOULIS]

Oh! so the cointest is over or I can send an other question?

 

Oh! the most difficult is to choose a coin if I was the winner!

 

From all these, I only have the 2 trojan horses and a naylamp Sepp&Berta-Special-Edition coin! So...

 

I love the earth turtle oceania! I have the 2008 and the 2007 (I think), I always wanted a Yemon Yime, and I also love the green Celtic tree and the red one, and 2 of the Tengwars, the Tyrquoise (I think this is the one in the photo), and the one that is gold and silver.... the last one.. So... it is way too difficult! Well.. if I will be the winner.. we will see..... I will definatelly need some time to choose..

 

good luck to all and thank you for the cointest! So... will the questions in the even be difficult?

[+AlliedOz]

Still running GATOULIS I'll say when you can stop hehe

More Trivia please! I want a heap to be able to pick and choose what questions will make it into the quiz.

So far they are all very tough

Keep them coming

[+labrat_wr]

As I do not own a Tsun Earth Turtle coin nor having ever come across one in the wild or in another's collection, I would be extreamly happy to get any one of them. For that matter, any of the coins shown would be a nice addition to my (IMHO) meager collection. (my wife, on the other hand, thinks I have too many).

[+GaryM53]

Ok so of those that have posted so far, should you win.. and someone has to... what coin has caught your eye

Any of them - they are all great coins!

[+GATOULIS]

Still running GATOULIS I'll say when you can stop hehe

More Trivia please! I want a heap to be able to pick and choose what questions will make it into the quiz.

So far they are all very tough

Keep them coming

 

Excellent!!! I will send you an other one right away!

 

I like educational cointests! And here both parts are like that!

[+GATOULIS]

here is an other fact for you.... as you understood... an other question has been sent!

 

The kings in the playing cards..... used to be real, famous and great kings of the past!!!

 

* King of Spades: David (a biblical king)

* King of Hearts: Charles (presumably after Charlemagne)

* King of Diamonds: Caesar (presumably after Julius Caesar, dictator of the Roman Republic)

* King of Clubs: Alexander (king of Macedon)

 

WOW!!! Alexander the great was king of Clubs??? Was he a DJ too???

[Not So Lost Puppies]

Q: What is the primary reason your GPSr will not show 0.000 latitude (and will show you about 100m away from 0) at the Prime Meridian at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, UK?

 

1: Continental Drift

2: They couldn't get the WGS84 computer maps any closer

3: Interference at that location disrupts the signals

4: The US was upset with the UK so wouldn't accept their location of the Prime Meridian

 

http://www.flamsteed.info/faswgs84.htm

 

I like the turtle furthest to the right in the photo