Calling all quiz fans. Help.

[Rick Mundane]

I have been trying to complete a 60 question quiz, for charity. I have cracked 58 questions. 2 answers are elluding me, can anyone help.

The quiz takes an odd format:

Under Literature 1984 b GO = 1984 by George Orwell.

C22 b JH = Catch 22 by Joseph Heller.

My problem question here is: N2000 r b HP

Under Science and Nature

6L o a I = 6 legs on an Insect

SoS =330mps = Speed of Sound = 330 metres per second.

My problem; 14 L on a W

What on earth does that mean. Any ideas?

I thought it might be, 14 legs on a Watchman.
But after some thought I discarded that one.

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

[Oma]

Thanks for giving me something to think about!

[Sundremer1]

quote:Originally posted by Rick Mundane:
I have been trying to complete a 60 question quiz, for charity. I have cracked 58 questions. 2 answers are elluding me, can anyone help.

The quiz takes an odd format:

My problem question here is: N2000 r b HP

Under Science and Nature

My problem; 14 L on a W

What on earth does that mean. Any ideas?

I thought it might be, 14 legs on a Watchman.
But after some thought I discarded that one.

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

14 L on a W = 14 Legs on a Woodlouse. Seriously.

Before I take a stab at the first one, I have a question. It reads "N2000 r b HP."
Is that "r" after the 2000 supposed to be there or is it merely a typo and if it is supposed to be there, was it printed in lowercase on the quiz itself?
Erica

[Rick Mundane]

Erica, God blees you. Thank you very much.

14 legs on a Woodlouse. Great. 1 down, 1 to go.

The way I have written the second one is as it appears on the question sheet.

'N2000 r b HP'

the r has been my stumbling block 'read' 'researched' 'recited' 'ritten'

Thank you for your response, greatly appreciated.

Rick.

[Rick Mundane]

Erica, now that God has bleesed you, maybe he will bless you.

I could not understand how I missed woodlouse in my research of this question. I trawled through the 'L's & 'W's in my dictionarys looking for inspiration. The problem was that in the Ws I found "Wheatstone bridge" this intrigued me, and I pumped that into a search engine and spent some time reading about this piece of apparatus. When I returned to my research a few days later I hit "Wimshurst machine" once again intrigued I turned to the search engine and spent some time reading about this piece of kit.

When I returned to the problem I must have thought I had cleared the Ws. Yesterday I looked up woodlouse to find "any small terrestial isopod crustacean of the genus Oniscus etc.

I looked up isopod to find "any crustcean of the order [i]Isopoda[/], including woodlice and slaters, often parasitic and having a flattened body with seven pairs of legs.

It is all there at my fingertips, I just failed find it.

In a previous existence I was a research assistant. I hang my head in shame.

Thanks again.

[Rick Mundane]

isopda I am going to have to register.
Why do we miss mistakes only to find them after submitting. Please address all answers to George W Bush c/o The White House.

[Rick Mundane]

I give up. I am going back to bed.

[violet Blue Horse]

Is the format of the question and answer always the same? By that I mean does HP HAVE to be the author's name? Could it also be the title of the book or a character's name?


quote:Originally posted by Rick Mundane:
Erica, God blees you. Thank you very much.

14 legs on a Woodlouse. Great. 1 down, 1 to go.

The way I have written the second one is as it appears on the question sheet.

'N2000 r b HP'

the r has been my stumbling block 'read' 'researched' 'recited' 'ritten'

Thank you for your response, greatly appreciated.

Rick.

[Sundremer1]

quote:Originally posted by Rick Mundane:
Erica, now that God has bleesed you, maybe he will bless you.
I could not understand how I missed woodlouse in my research of this question. I trawled through the 'L's & 'W's in my dictionarys looking for inspiration. The problem was that in the Ws I found "Wheatstone bridge" this intrigued me, and I pumped that into a search engine and spent some time reading about this piece of apparatus. When I returned to my research a few days later I hit "Wimshurst machine" once again intrigued I turned to the search engine and spent some time reading about this piece of kit.

When I returned to the problem I must have thought I had cleared the Ws. Yesterday I looked up woodlouse to find "any small terrestial isopod crustacean of the genus Oniscus etc.

I looked up isopod to find "any crustcean of the order [i]Isopoda[/], including woodlice and slaters, often parasitic and having a flattened body with seven pairs of legs.

It is all there at my fingertips, I just failed find it.

In a previous existence I was a research assistant. I hang my head in shame.

Thanks again.

You're very welcome, Rick and I finally found the answer to the last remaining question.

N2000 r b HP= Nimbus 2000 rode by Harry Potter. It's his broomstick apparently.

The way I found woodlouse was that I figured 14 L most likely meant 14 legs, so i took a shot and typed in "14 legs" in a Google search.
The quotation marks were important, otherwise I would have come up with thousands and thousands of hits from any sites that had both the number 14 and the word legs anywhere in them. Putting quotes around them ensured that only links that had them appearing together would pop up. This narrowed things down considerably.

The other question was harder as we are seemingly the only two people left on the planet who haven't read Harry Potter, so I wasn't aware of this reference. Though Harry Potter did briefly enter my mind, he quickly left, on his broomstick no doubt.
For this one, I had to enlist the help of some kind and literate folks from a Book Chatroom that I frequent. When I posed the question, someone gave the answer immediately.
I would love to see the entire quiz if possible and so would the person who helped me find the Harry Potter answer.Rick, Do you think you would be able to Email me a copy of the quiz, please? It would be much appreciated.Thanks. My Email is :Sundreme@aol.com Thanks
Erica

[Sundremer1]

quote:Originally posted by Sundremer1:
You're very welcome, Rick and I finally found the answer to the last remaining question.

N2000 r b HP= Nimbus 2000 rode by Harry Potter. It's his broomstick apparently.




Hmmm...I think that would look better as Nimbus 2000 ridden by Harry Potter, rather than rode by Harry Potter...hmmmm. I really should re-register or try to remember my old password, so that I can edit these posts.
Erica

[Janice]

quote:Originally posted by Sundremer1:

I really should re-register or try to remember my old password, so that I can edit these posts.
Erica

Erica, if you click on 'profile' and enter your registered screen name, there is a button to click if you forgot your password - it will be emailed to you. I've done the same thing several times http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

Janice

[This message has been edited by Janice (edited September 28, 2003).]

[Rick Mundane]

Erica, you are an absolute diamond. Thank you very much. I was convinced this had something to do with Harold Pinter, a prominant English playwright. But could not find a connection. The name Harry Potter came up, but I dismissed it. I should have known better.

I am unable to forward a copy of the quiz to you at the moment. The sheet has my answers written in alongside the questions, and I have sent the completed form off to the organiser, it has to be with him by October 1st. He will return the form c/w answers at a later date. Rest assured I will reproduce the quiz and forward it as soon as I get it back.

If you need to know anything, ask a Lightfoot fan.

Thanks again,

Rick.

[Jenney]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Rick Mundane:
[B]Erica, you are an absolute diamond.

If you need to know anything, ask a Lightfoot fan.


And if you need to know the answer to any trivia question, ask Erica! She is the queen of trivia answers. Her performance on the winning team when we played Lightfoot trivia in Toronto was one to be remembered!
Jenney

[Oma]

I'm glad these questions have been answered! I was racking my brain for days! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

[DMD3]

Jenney: Did you know you registered on the same date as me, just 3 years earlier. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

[Jenney]

quote:Originally posted by DMD3:
Jenney: Did you know you registered on the same date as me, just 3 years earlier. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

I'm older. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif



[This message has been edited by Jenney (edited September 30, 2003).]

[DMD3]

HOW older?
I've posted more messages though. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

[TheWatchman]

She's pretty old.

[Jenney]

quote:Originally posted by DMD3:
HOW older?
I've posted more messages though. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

You're younger, you have more energy.

[Sundreme]

quote:Originally posted by Janice:
Erica, if you click on 'profile' and enter your registered screen name, there is a button to click if you forgot your password - it will be emailed to you. I've done the same thing several times http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

Janice

[This message has been edited by Janice (edited September 28, 2003).]

Thanks Janice,
Did it!
Erica

[TheWatchman]

Don't know where the post from mother went which was scolding me for my comment.

No offense intended towards Jenney. I have never spoken to her, seen her, emailed her, met her etc., so there is no way I could know if she was old or not.

I was merely quoting Ed Chigliak from Northern Exposure when he was talking to Dr. Fleischman about his concern over Ruth Ann breaking her ankle. He said "You know, she's pretty old". From time to time I will quote things but like this time, they go completely over peoples heads and get someone all huffy puffy. Sorry if I offended you Jenney. Being old is only a state of mind anyway...

[Jenney]

quote:Originally posted by TheWatchman:
Don't know where the post from mother went which was scolding me for my comment.

No offense intended towards Jenney. I have never spoken to her, seen her, emailed her, met her etc., so there is no way I could know if she was old or not.

I was merely quoting Ed Chigliak from Northern Exposure when he was talking to Dr. Fleischman about his concern over Ruth Ann breaking her ankle. He said "You know, she's pretty old". From time to time I will quote things but like this time, they go completely over peoples heads and get someone all huffy puffy. Sorry if I offended you Jenney. Being old is only a state of mind anyway...

Thanks Watchman. I'm pretty hard to offend. Heck, I am pretty old, especially in relation to DMD3!

[TheWatchman]

I think we all are! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

[brink]

Watchman, I just gain more and more respect for you over time. I thought I was the only Northern Exposure fan left. I just told a coworker today that if he was taller, had more hair, had a better voice and was better looking he would be the spitting image of Chris in the morning-he had no clue!

[closetcanadian]

Deb,

There are lots of us "Northern Exposure" fans still around! Back when the show first aired, my wife, daughter, and I drove a thousand miles to visit the town of Roslyn, WA, where the show was filmed. I got to walk through Ruth Ann's General Store and even had a beer at The Brick! Also visited the KBHR radio station ("The Voice of the Last Frontier") but my girls were disappointed -- Chris was nowhere to be found! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

[TheWatchman]

Must have been a great experience to visit Rosyln. I have always wanted to visit it but have never had the opportunity to get up to the northwest. I have all the episodes taped twice. One set I taped myself and the other I bought. What started off as a filler for a few weeks, turned out to be one of the best written shows that I can think of. They developed the characters so well and also the town of Cicely that it made you feel like it really existed.

I never watched the show until the re-runs were airing on A&E back in late 1998. It was a rough winter in more ways than one and those re-runs transported me to another place during the 1 hour episodes. Kinda like Lightfoot's music does. It was then that I got hooked on the show. And I am not a TV watcher usually.

[Oma]

quote:Originally posted by brink:
Watchman, I just gain more and more respect for you over time. I thought I was the only Northern Exposure fan left. I just told a coworker today that if he was taller, had more hair, had a better voice and was better looking he would be the spitting image of Chris in the morning-he had no clue!

You are definitely not the only Northern Exposure fan left!!! I am a fan of that show...I really miss it! It always reminded me of life up north...you know...back in the North woods of WI, where my heart still is!!!!

Deb

[brink]

I too started watching when it came on A&E and I taped them, my favorite was the fling, when Chris' buddy died and he didn't know what to do with him. I don't remember what Ruth Ann's real name was but she died a few months ago. I didn't realize the tapes were available, I'll have to check that out.
I would love to visit Roslyn, maybe that will be my vacation next summer. Are these "sets" or real buildings? Oma it does remind me a bit about Finland (minnesota) too.

[TheWatchman]

quote:Originally posted by brink:
I too started watching when it came on A&E and I taped them, my favorite was the fling, when Chris' buddy died and he didn't know what to do with him. I don't remember what Ruth Ann's real name was but she died a few months ago. I didn't realize the tapes were available, I'll have to check that out.
I would love to visit Roslyn, maybe that will be my vacation next summer. Are these "sets" or real buildings? Oma it does remind me a bit about Finland (minnesota) too.

Peg Phillips was her name and she died in Nov. '02 from lung disease. The only tapes that are available are from the first season. Even those are getting hard to find. I taped them all and the set that I bought, someone else taped. The majority of the shots are from the real buildings, but they did build different sound stages for different shots. There are some good books out there about the show that really go into detail how they did things.

[This message has been edited by TheWatchman (edited October 02, 2003).]

[Rick Mundane]

quote:
Rick, Do you think you would be able to Email me a copy of the quiz, please? It would be much appreciated.Thanks. My Email is :Sundreme@aol.com Thanks
Erica

[/B]

Erica, at long last I have received my entry back from the quizmaster. I am in the process of pounding out an email to you, which you should receive shortly.

[violet Blue Horse]

NO!!! The call letters were KBHR??? Oh dear. Those are the call letters of the local radio station here - KBHR - K-Bear - Big Bear - http://www.kbhr933.com/

Suddenly a whole lot of things make sense about this town.

quote:Originally posted by closetcanadian:
Deb,

There are lots of us "Northern Exposure" fans still around! Back when the show first aired, my wife, daughter, and I drove a thousand miles to visit the town of Roslyn, WA, where the show was filmed. I got to walk through Ruth Ann's General Store and even had a beer at The Brick! Also visited the KBHR radio station ("The Voice of the Last Frontier") but my girls were disappointed -- Chris was nowhere to be found! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif



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