Answer me this!!! (in Contests)


Uniden November 13 2007 9:38 PM EST

So, I am quiting and I'll be giving some things away.

1st A Mithril Cuirass [35] (+30)
2nd 300K
3rd 4,172 Explosive Shots
4th A Lesser Rune of Balrog Flame lvl 20
5th A Lesser Ice Familiar lvl 20

First to Fifth person to answer ANY of these questions correctly will win these items according to who answered correctly first.
Note: You may only answer once. Copying is allowed.

1) Is y=(x^2)+7 a parabola?
2) Quienes Frederick Douglass?
3) What is a Moore?
4) Who was called a "horse-backbreaker?" and a "bed-presser"?
5) What causes the swirling effect of hurricanes?

Awards will be given out when five people have answered correctly.

deifeln November 13 2007 9:39 PM EST

1) yes

Iluvatar[NK] November 13 2007 9:41 PM EST

2) Quienes Frederick Douglass?

Frederick Douglass (February, 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an American abolitionist, editor, orator, author, statesman and reformer.

A freed slave, he strongly supported equality for all peoples.

deifeln November 13 2007 9:45 PM EST

4) Falstaff

deifeln November 13 2007 9:48 PM EST

5) the Coriolis force

QBBast [Hidden Agenda] November 13 2007 9:53 PM EST


3) A machine, specifically a finite state automaton where the outputs are determined by the current state alone in the theory of computation

QBBast [Hidden Agenda] November 13 2007 9:54 PM EST


Did Deifeln ruin it because now five people haven't answered correctly?

NooneKnows November 13 2007 9:59 PM EST

kind of...

"First to Fifth person to answer ANY of these questions correctly will win these items according to who answered correctly first.
Note: You may only answer once. Copying is allowed.

thus,
5) Coriolis effect

QBRanger November 13 2007 10:04 PM EST

4) Falstaff

In the theory of the last poster.

[P]Mitt November 13 2007 10:58 PM EST

so if deifeln is disqualified for answering multiple times, then I'll answer:

1) Yes.

QBOddBird November 13 2007 11:11 PM EST

5) Hurricane season.

phrog November 13 2007 11:57 PM EST

5) The combined influence of the direction water in toilets spins depending on which side of the equator you are located.

SCORPIOUS November 14 2007 10:54 AM EST

1) no

SCORPIOUS November 14 2007 10:56 AM EST

3) if you are in england or wales, a Moore would be a swamp like area of land

Tylan November 14 2007 12:08 PM EST

A. Scorpious you would have just disqualified yourself for answering twice.

B. you are thinking of a moor (no e)

Despiz November 14 2007 8:19 PM EST

1. Yes

Uniden November 14 2007 8:35 PM EST

It is not illegal to answer other questions, but it is illegal to answer the same question more than once. We had our contest winners shortly after the thread started.

Here are the standings. . .
1st - deifeln
2th - LastRomantic[NK
3th - nooneknows
4th - QBRanger
5th - Mitt

(I will be sending items to your highest [SCORE] character)

Hope you all had fun!!!

AdminLamuness November 14 2007 8:52 PM EST

=/ I know it's your contest but... Mitt never answered question #5.

Despiz November 14 2007 8:55 PM EST

It's who got them right in the order. 5 people could answer #1 and it'd be the order they answered.

Iluvatar[NK] November 14 2007 9:53 PM EST

Thank you.

Fun contest ^^;

Tylan November 14 2007 10:20 PM EST

First to Fifth person to answer ANY of these questions correctly will win these items according to who answered correctly first.
Note: You may only answer once. Copying is allowed.

lmao he's right, nice wording Uniden ;)

AdminQBGentlemanLoser [{END}] November 15 2007 10:28 AM EST

Moore may refer to:

People
Moore (surname)

Places
Division of Moore, Western Australia
Moore, Idaho
Moore, Montana
Moore, Oklahoma
Moore, Pennsylvania
Moore, South Carolina
Moore, Texas
Moore County, North Carolina
Moore County, Tennessee
Moore County, Texas
Moore Haven, Florida
Moore River (Western Australia)
Moore, Cheshire, England

Fictional characters
Rachel Moore, fictional character in the anime and manga Case Closed
Richard Moore (Case Closed), character from the detective manga and anime series Case Closed

Science
Moore's Law, the empirical observation that the transistor density of integrated circuits doubles every 24 months
Moore (constructor), former racing car constructor

Programming
BoyerヨMoore string search algorithm, particularly efficient string searching algorithm
Moore machine, finite state automaton where the outputs are determined by the current state alone in the theory of computation

Education
Lyman Moore Middle School, middle school located in Portland, Maine and administered by the Portland Public Schools
Moore Catholic High School, high school in Staten Island, New York
Moore College of Art and Design, located in Philadelphia - the first and only women's art and design college in the United States
Moore Theological College, Sydney, Australia
Moore Traditional School, grades 6-12 school in Louisville, Kentucky.

Otherwise
Moore (crater), lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon
More language, a major language of Burkina Faso (also Mooré, Moré, More)
Moore River National Park, national park in Western Australia

AdminQBGentlemanLoser [{END}] November 15 2007 10:31 AM EST

Ah crap, that will teach me for actually reading the quiz. ;)

I saw "nooneknows"

And thought it ment No One Knows the answer...

LoL!

QBJohnnywas November 15 2007 10:34 AM EST

lol indeed!

NooneKnows November 15 2007 10:54 AM EST

my apologies, GL ;)
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