2021 Last Person Standing January Quiz

rainbowtrout

I doubt that pond area was designed to hold trout

Mollyb60

Zaph wrote: »

Well people say that you can drown in two inches of water, and clearly you didn't drown, so obviously the answer has to be less than two inches.

So you just need to convert that to millimeters now. Easy. Right?

Green&Red

Just waiting on BuileBeag, duffman13, Sephiroth_dude and wrestlemaniac

Electric Nitwit

Green&Red wrote: »

Just waiting on BuileBeag, duffman13, Sephiroth_dude and wrestlemaniac

I'll enter for BuileBeag. 47 million please

I have a bye! 47 million is fine with me!

Sephiroth_dude

Still deep in thought about this one

Green&Red

Sorry for the delay guys, cows calving, my schedule could be all over the place for the next few days

Correct answer was 450mm which Rainbow nailed

You really could drown in Toto Wolfcastle's olympic swimming pool

We say goodbye to Toto, thanks for playing


Kolido 300
Shorty69664 400
rainbowtrout 450
Zaph 575
Sephiroth_dude 594
Posy 600
Electric Nitwit 738
wrestlemaniac 749
Irish Aris 750
Mollyb60 750
duffman13 750
Trigger 1001
Toto Wolfcastle 1340

rainbowtrout

Just as well I'm not taller then, as the depth of the pool was based on the water being knee high on me :pac:

Toto Wolfcastle

Meh the pond I fell into was deeper than that so at least the fish had more room to avoid me. Every cloud.

Electric Nitwit

Yay, I was the median!
Oh... wrong game

Mollyb60

Ah my initial thought was 500mm so I wasn't far off. I rounded up then and ruined it.

Green&Red

Sorry for the delay guys

I have a book on Chi Running that I never read but according to that how many runners are there in the US?

Runner as in people who run, not what you put on your feet

Mollyb60

A) wtf is chi running
is it chi runners specifically you're looking for or people who run full stop?
C) professional runners or anyone who shows up to a park run on a saturday?

rainbowtrout

WTF is Chi Running????

Green&Red

Mollyb60 wrote: »

A) wtf is chi running
is it chi runners specifically you're looking for or people who run full stop?
C) professional runners or anyone who shows up to a park run on a saturday?

rainbowtrout wrote: »

WTF is Chi Running????

Lot of aggression coming off the page this morning

Chi running is a form of running thats meant to be good for you body, you lean forward and let your body follow thus allowing your weight to do some of the work. It also stops heel striking which causes a major friction to runners as it stops your momentum

I'm looking for all runners, people who go out for a jog to people who do it professionally.

rainbowtrout

Green&Red wrote: »

Lot of aggression coming off the page this morning

It's not aggression. You're asking a question on something people have never heard of.

Electric Nitwit

Green&Red wrote: »

...you lean forward and let your body follow thus allowing your weight to do some of the work

So weighing more would make you a better runner, therefore I'm in training when I sit on the sofa eating chocolate

Clarabel

Chi running downhill is fun!

Zaph

Clarabel wrote: »

Chi running downhill is fun!

Is that not just called falling?

Green&Red

rainbowtrout wrote: »

It's not aggression. You're asking a question on something people have never heard of.

Clarabel

Zaph wrote: »

Is that not just called falling?

you feel like you are falling but momentum keeps you up.


https://forgetthegym.ie/home/running-workshops/

Mary is fantastic!

Well the population of the US is 332,140,111. So at least there's a upper and lower limit for this one! :)

Shorty69664

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Well the population of the US is 332,140,111. So at least there's a upper and lower limit for this one! :)

Ah balls... I had about 250 milion in my head and went for a percentage of that. Think I might be a bit low.
I'll let it run and see what happens..

Trigger

Yeah I think I'm gone tonight :pac:

Green&Red

Some days one person is head and shoulders above everyone else in deserving to go out but don't


Today is one of those days


There are 24 million runners in the USA according to the Chi running book, which is what the question was

duffman13

Green&Red wrote: »

Some days one person is head and shoulders above everyone else in deserving to go out but don't


Today is one of those days


There are 24 million runners in the USA according to the Chi running book, which is what the question was

Oh, eh slight over estimation

Omg I had 24 million and then I changed it! :pac: Oh no!

Green&Red

So Posy was 30m out and we say goodbye to them, hard luck


rainbowtrout 1,234
Trigger 5,432,123
Mollyb60 10,000,000
Irish Aris 15,000,000
Electric Nitwit 38,000,000
Sephiroth_dude 38,000,000
BuileBeag 44,000,000
Zaph 44,000,000
duffman13 45,000,000
Kolido 50,000,000
Shorty69664 50,000,000
wrestlemaniac 51,000,000
Posy 54,000,000

Electric Nitwit

Whoo-hoo! Another day

This is starting to get serious now, I definitely want to make it to February...

Posy

Green&Red wrote: »

So Posy was 30m out and we say goodbye to them, hard luck

Goodbye to her, I'm not a them- there's only one me. :P

Byeeee all, good luck! Hope to see you all in December for the Advent Calendar! o/

Electric Nitwit

Posy wrote: »

Byeeee all, good luck! Hope to see you all in December for the Advent Calendar! o/

Don't go! Can you not be tempted to stay?
Rikand currently has a game with signups open

Green&Red

Morning all

In general Ireland avoided the bombing in WW II but on 31 May 1941 the Nazis bombed the North Strand, South Circular Rd, Terenure and Sandycove in Dublin, they damaged 900 houses.

In 1958 the Germans paid compensation, how much?

Electric Nitwit

My history is terrible. Didn't know that had happened

duffman13

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

My history is terrible. Didn't know that had happened

I love history, id an amazing teacher in secondary school. One of these lads who'd lived a mad life and loved to tell a story. Mind you the last irish history question I was nearly eliminated

Electric Nitwit

duffman13 wrote: »

I love history, id an amazing teacher in secondary school. One of these lads who'd lived a mad life and loved to tell a story. Mind you the last irish history question I was nearly eliminated

I went to school in London. History was all kings and queens crap, never the actually interesting stuff

duffman13

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

I went to school in London. History was all kings and queens crap, never the actually interesting stuff

my teacher lived in the Congo as a missionary for a few years aswell as working in the North and the border area during the troubles. Kinda brought history to life! I can imagine English history being very British Empire centric

Mollyb60

I thought I'd be gone yesterday, but I think today might be the day.

Wexford was bombed as well. Campile. Was that bombing included in the compensation?

Electric Nitwit

duffman13 wrote: »

I can imagine English history being very British Empire centric

I actually can't remember much, but there was a heavy dose of the old kings and queens and about how spiffing the ol' spirit and courage was during the blitz. Without going off on one completely it's such a shame, and I think you trace a line straight from the UKs history curriculum to the jingoistic attitudes of many, right up to the brexit vote. Anyway, rant over

rainbowtrout

duffman13 wrote: »

my teacher lived in the Congo as a missionary for a few years aswell as working in the North and the border area during the troubles. Kinda brought history to life! I can imagine English history being very British Empire centric

History teacher training for 2021-2022. We would like you to go to a warzone for your 3 month placement.

Electric Nitwit

I genuinely think I've come up with a genius plan for staying alive another day, I'll be devastated if I go out

rainbowtrout

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

I actually can't remember much, but there was a heavy dose of the old kings and queens and about how spiffing the ol' spirit and courage was during the blitz. Without going off on one completely it's such a shame, and I think you trace a line straight from the UKs history curriculum to the jingoistic attitudes of many, right up to the brexit vote. Anyway, rant over

Myself and my brother were in London a few years ago for a few days. We did a tour of the Houses of Westminster/ House of Commons etc. Very interesting. The guide was really knowledgeable and clearly interested in her subject. Plenty of portraits of past kings and queens on the walls there. One of the tour group was asking about a crown or tiara in one of the portraits and the guide started telling us about the history of the crown and that the jewels in it came from Tanzania.. and then went on to say 'We're not allowed take jewels from Tanzania anymore, don't really know why, I don't understand why that changed'.... and myself and my brother were just :eek::eek::eek::eek:

Irish Aris

Mollyb60 wrote: »

I thought I'd be gone yesterday, but I think today might be the day.

I will probably fight you for it
Can't play it safe, because what is safe for this question?

rainbowtrout

Irish Aris wrote: »

I will probably fight you for it
Can't play it safe, because what is safe for this question?

Green&Red

A real mixed bag of answers and one again a man whose answer is greater than the sum of all the other answers but what was the correct answer??

wrestlemaniac 9,999
Mollyb60 100,000
Electric Nitwit 123,456
rainbowtrout 300,000
duffman13 320,000
Sephiroth_dude 498,000
BuileBeag 500,000
Zaph 775,000
Kolido 1,000,000
Shorty69664 1,500,000
Trigger 3,333,333
Irish Aris 9,000,000

Green&Red

The correct answer was £327,000 so we say goodbye to Aris, hard luck

Down to the last 12

Trigger

Goddammit.. one 3 too many!

wrestlemaniac

Phew, I seem to be just about hanging in here the last few days. Thought the Germans were going to be efficient with their compensation!

Irish Aris

Ah well, I couldn't be lucky all the time and it wouldn't be fair.

Great competition anyway, thanks for organising it GnR

Clarabel

I had guessed a lot more. A lot.

Where did your guesses come from? What's the context/background I'm missing