Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC1/quiz

Featured articles

Which of the following are featured articles?

Battle of Jutland
Millard Filmore
Apollo 13
Schizophrenia
Grateful Dead
Star Trek
Tasmania
Jonathan Wild
Action potential
International Rescue Committee

Which of the above has been featured on the main page? ______________

What is today’s featured article? ______________

Other wikipedians

Match the Wikipedian with his/her Committee (1 pt each)

Harmonious editing club
Department of Fun
Mediation committee
Wikimedia board
Association of Members' Advocates

Tim Shell
Alex S
Larsie
172
llywrch

Match the user to his/her real name (1 pt each)

Ray Saintonge
Phil Sandifer
Robin Shannon
Martin Harper
Lee Pilich

Camembert
Eclecticology
Snowspinner
MyRedDice
The bellman

Could you identify another wikipedian if you saw him on the street? Given a picture of a Wikipedia, match the letter to his/her username. (1 pt each)

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Grunt ____
Moink ____
Hyacinth ____
Nohat ____
Arpingstone ____
Slowking Man ____

Wikipedia quotes

Given a quote, identify the Wikipedia user who said it (3 pts each)

"Beep! Beep! Here comes the banmobile" ___________

"All sysops can communicate with each other using a back channel consisting of an unrelated web page and encrypted, predefined signals." ___________

"IRC is where good intentions go to die" ___________

"Keep. Templates don't kill people, Cabalists kill people." ___________

"Ah yes, Wikipedia, harnessing the power of insomniacs the world over" ___________

Wikipedia history and goings-on

(1 pt) Wikipedia was started to completement this now-defunct encyclopedia project. ____________

(2 pts per answer) In August, the English Wikipedia had an election to fill two open spots on the arbitration committee. They elected Raul654 and Jwrosenzweig. Name both of the users whose seats were being filled and the person who came in third to Raul654 and Jwrosenzweig.

Seat 1: ____________
Seat 2: ____________
Third in election: ____________

(1 pt per answer) After English, what are the next 5 largest Wikipedias?

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As of this writing (Friday, December 10, 2004) how many administrators does the english Wikipedia have? ________ (3 pts if within 5, 2 points if within 20, and 1 pt if within 50)