February 2006 Quiz!

[BTs_GhostSniper]

Here it is, the February Quiz!  This month the winner of the quiz will receive a 1GB iPod NANO--my present to you for not having a quiz since Hurricane Katrina ripped through my home!  The quiz will be on General Knowledge!

Good Luck!

General Knowledge Quiz:

1. What is the only unit in the history of the U.S. Air Force to have fought as infantry? (careful, it's a trick question!)

2. What Canon SLR Lens is capable of producing the greatest magnification?

3. What is the most powerful handgun Glock makes?

4. What day did ebay start?

5. What two restaurants, first opened in New Orleans, were to have opened within a week after Hurricane Katrina hit Biloxi, MS? (They may eventually open, but they were both destroyed before their Grand Openings)

6. What essential amino acid prevents cold sores from forming on your lips?

7. What U.S. State has the most restrictive ballot access laws?

8. What was the first Macintosh to feature Expansion Slots? (careful, it's a trick question!)

9. Where is most of the pigment for White Paint used by Ford Motor Company made?

10. Who was the first U.S. President with no military experience to serve during Wartime?[/size]

[:MoD:Shade]

Booo - too hard, maybe it's just me

[BTs_GhostSniper]

Booo - too hard, maybe it's just me

hahaha...iPod's aren't free, ya know![/size] 

[BFG]

Yeah im struggling heh.. in fact i started and gave up, don't really want a shuffle anyway... well yeah i do but i can live without one

[BTs_GhostSniper]

Yeah im struggling heh.. in fact i started and gave up, don't really want a shuffle anyway... well yeah i do but i can live without one

hmmmm....what if I upped it to the new 1GB iPod Nano?  Would that bring out a little more interest? 

[BFG]

awh gawd don't do that i'll get even more frustrated that i can't get the answers!!!

[BTs_GhostSniper]

I am so pleased with myself...I've finally made a quiz that couldn't be googled for the answers in under 30 minutes!  w00t!

[*DAMN Mauti]

Alright Nina and I submitted our answers ;-)

[*DAMN Mauti]

Btw did you upgrade the price to an iPod Nano??? I just recognized the "would" so I'm not sure if you upgraded the price or not, which would be a pity ;-)

[BTs_GhostSniper]

Btw did you upgrade the price to an iPod Nano??? I just recognized the "would" so I'm not sure if you upgraded the price or not, which would be a pity ;-)

Yes, due to the higher difficulty in this quiz, as well as the fact that I havn't done one since before Hurricane Katrina hit here in August of 2005, I have decided to upgrade the prize to the new 1GB iPod Nano!  Ships free to anywhere in the world...even Austria. 

[*DAMN Mauti]

Great I just submitted my 3rd try...

[BFG]

Mauti stop it i can't keep up ! i need more time and not a work deadline just at the wrong moment!!

[*DAMN Mauti]

Lucky guy I still 2.5 questions wrong, well 2 right now.

Bye,

Mauti

[BTs_GhostSniper]

Congratulations to Mauti and his girlfriend for winning the February Quiz!  They will be receiving a brand new 1GB iPod Nano for their efforts!

The correct answers are:

1. The 14th Bombardment Squadron in the Philippines, when the Japanese attacked they were forced to fight as infantry, the only Air Force unit in history to do so.

2. Canon MP-E 65mm 1-5X Macro.  This lens has the ability to magnify its subject 5x bigger than life size.

3. Glock 20, which is also one of the most powerful handguns ever made.

4. Labor Day 1995

5. Acme Oyster House and Ruth's Chris Steakhouse...now I have to wait 18 months to get my two favorite places to eat rebuilt

6. L-Lysine.  Take a few of those a day and you will never get a cold sore!

7. Oklahoma, my home state, has the most restrictive ballot access laws...they only allow two parties to be on the ballot!

8. The Macintosh XL was the first Mac to feature expansion slots.  It had 3 proprietary expansion slots and came out a full year before the Mac Plus.  It was the renamed Apple Lisa, only with a true Mac Operating System.

9. The Dupont plant in Delisle, MS, makes most of the pigment for white paint used by Ford Motor Company.  It's about 30 miles from my house.  The pigment of course is Titanium Dioxide.

10. Thomas Jefferson was the first U.S. President with no military experience to lead the nation during Wartime.  The war was the Tripolitan War from 1800 to 1805 against the Barbary Pirates.

Good job Mauti!

[BFG]

AAARRRGH! Congrats mauti

Gawd damn it these are the ones i still hadn't managed to get: 1, 4, 5, 7 and 9

Barrgha heh. Great job mauti and your misses, and GS, great quizz mate, fantastic prize!!


- edit doah, meant number 4 not number 3!

[*DAMN Mauti]

Thanks =)

Well question 3 was actually one of the easier ones. Just visit the official Glock homepage, http://glock.com and go through the model descriptions and it gonna say: "The 10mm Auto GLOCK 20 ranks with the most powerful autopistols ever made" ;-)

1, 5, and 9 were the toughest ones so far for us. Nina and I already discuss who can use the Nano on which days!

Thanks again GS for the great and really challenging quiz. I took us about 20 hours to complete all questions.

Bye,

Nina and Mauti

[BFG]

yeah 5 and 9 i knew there was just no way i had any hope in getting.

[Ethion]

Mauti, did you ever get that RvS game from Macgamer?

[*DAMN Mauti]

No, never, but I hope history isn't repeating 

[:MoD:Shade]

Poor Nomad, I know he was trying real hard to get this one.