Think Different 12: Potpourri

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Re: Think Different 12: Potpourri

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hippo9 wrote: Thu Oct 01, 2020 6:36 am
lumosityfan wrote: Sun Sep 27, 2020 7:00 am
Incorrect answers:


Wright Stuff Capacitor:
hippo9

Ok correct me if I'm wrong but Wright Stuff Capacitor is listed as a Div C trial event on the 2017 Wright State results sheet.
https://scioly.org/wiki/images/f/ff/201 ... nkings.pdf
Not only that, but it was actually called "Wright Stuff Capacitor" for Div. B in 2011.
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Re: Think Different 12: Potpourri

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lumosityfan wrote: Thu Oct 01, 2020 6:20 am Question 5: Name an exalted member of Scioly.org.
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Magikarpmaster629 (2):
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Efesa
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Correct answers not used:
Too many to list.
What are the chances...
I knew I should have picked someone who hasn't been active for ten years
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Re: Think Different 12: Potpourri

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Oh I'm completely dumb; yeah I see now that and Wright Stuff Capacitor on the Trial Events wiki page; I'll adjust that shortly. You're right.
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Re: Think Different 12: Potpourri

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AstroClarinet wrote: Thu Oct 01, 2020 6:59 am
lumosityfan wrote: Thu Oct 01, 2020 6:20 am Question 5: Name an exalted member of Scioly.org.
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Magikarpmaster629 (2):
AstroClarinet
Efesa
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Correct answers not used:
Too many to list.
What are the chances...
I knew I should have picked someone who hasn't been active for ten years
lol magikarpmaster i think was last active in 2018-2019
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Re: Think Different 12: Potpourri

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AstroClarinet wrote: Thu Oct 01, 2020 6:59 am
lumosityfan wrote: Thu Oct 01, 2020 6:20 am Question 5: Name an exalted member of Scioly.org.
...
Magikarpmaster629 (2):
AstroClarinet
Efesa
...
Correct answers not used:
Too many to list.
What are the chances...
I knew I should have picked someone who hasn't been active for ten years
I just went into a forum and picked the first guy I saw. What luck.
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Re: Think Different 12: Potpourri

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Question 6: Name a prime minister of France during the Fifth Republic.

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Jean Castex (2):
HugoTroop
pb5754

Lionel Jospin (1):
AstroClarinet

Alain Juppé (2):
Tailsfan101
sciolyperson1

Jacques Chirac (1):
RiverWalker88

Maurice Couve de Murville (1):
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Raymond Barre (1):
hippo9

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Too many to count.
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Re: Think Different 12: Potpourri

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Standings after Question 6:

T-1st (6): RiverWalker88
T-1st (6): hippo9
T-3rd (7): AstroClarinet
T-3rd (7): Tailsfan101
T-5th (8): Efesa
T-5th (8): pb5754
7th (19): HugoTroop
8th (21): sciolyperson1
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Re: Think Different 12: Potpourri

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Question 7: Name a space mission to go to Jupiter and its surrounding moons.

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Cassini-Huygens (1):
HugoTroop

Voyager 1 (1):
Efesa

DROP:
Tailsfan101
pb5754
hippo9

Ulysses (2):
RiverWalker88
sciolyperson1

Laplace-P (1):
AstroClarinet

Correct answers not used:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_m ... er_planets in the Jupiter section.
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Re: Think Different 12: Potpourri

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Question 8: Name a school that has gotten top 5 at either NJ or Texas Division B or C States.

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West Windsor-Plainsboro HS North (1):
HugoTroop

Pond Road Middle School (1):
AstroClarinet

North Austin Science Alliance (1):
Tailsfan101

Lamar Consolidated High School (1):
RiverWalker88

Livingston High School (1):
pb5754

Hunterdon Central High School (1):
sciolyperson1

Crossroads Middle School (1):
Efesa

LASA (1):
hippo9

Correct answers not used:
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Re: Think Different 12: Potpourri

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Question 9: Name a gold men's or women's singles Olympics medal winner.

Correct answers:
Andy Murray (2):
HugoTroop
Efesa

John Pius Boland (1):
AstroClarinet

Marguerite Broquedis (1):
Tailsfan101

Miloslav Mecir (1)
RiverWalker88

Venus Williams (1):
pb5754

Andre Agassi (1):
sciolyperson1

Wrong answers:
Andrei Cherkasov (Bronze medal in 1992):
hippo9

Correct answers not used:
Rafael Nadal
Nicolas Massu
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Marc Rosset
Vincent Richards
Louis Raymond
Charles Winslow
Josiah Ritchie
Beals Wright
Laurence Doherty
Charlotte Cooper
Dorothea Lambert Chambers
Suzanne Lenglen
Helen Wills Moody
Steffi Graf
Jennifer Capriati
Lindsay Davenport
Justine Henin
Elena Dementieva
Serena Williams
Monica Puig
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