Wikipedia:Wikifun/Round 4

Want to have some wikifun? Good, then follow the guideline below and go for it!

King William's College quiz has been moved to its own page.

The winner of round four is... Lupo! Congratulations!

Wikihunt

For practice, try to find out what this image represents.

How fast are you at finding information? Do you know where to look? Test your skills here with the scavenger hunt activity through the pages of Wikipedia. In order to participate, simply follow the tasks below and enter your answers via the links below. Then wait for the next task to be added to this page. There can be more than one individual to answer a question, as the first may be wrong. Remember to place your timestamp to ensure your place. When the last task time frame is closed, the winners will be posted in chronological order (that is if their answers are right). The individual with the most correct answers will be contacted and asked to assist in the next task line-up. Keep in mind not to view the answers others have submitted, as you will be cheating yourself and others. All answers can be found in wikipedia, so please use only wikipedia for research; otherwise you'll spoil the fun. Feel free to post any comments, questions or ideas for improvement on the discussion page.

We're playing on a game field consisting of all Information in English on Wikipedia, including its sister and meta projects. Mailing lists, IRC channels, and their archives are off-limits. Off-site web pages ("external links") also are discounted. Using Wiki-search or any external search engine with the search restricted to the above domains is ok. Using unrestricted searches of the whole web is cheating. Interwiki links to other language Wikipedias should not be used; all answers should be found on pages in the English language.

Current round (round 4)

This round is now closed

Round 4 will be similar to the previous round: 20 questions will be posted, all at once. The first ten questions correctly answered are worth one point each for the poster of the first correct answer. The next five questions answered are worth two points. The last five questions to be answered are worth three points. (Note: it's the order in which questions are answered correctly that determines the number of points awarded for a question, not the numbering below!) In case of a tie, there will be a tie-breaker, to be answered only by those tied. Hopefully the questions are difficult (or mean, if you like :-) enough to let the contest last for a few days...

The Questions

These are the questions for round 4. If you have found the answer to one of them, use the "Answer this question" links below the questions. You have to specify where on Wikipedia you found the answer, and I would like to know too how you found that location.

There can be more than one individual to answer a question, as the first may be wrong. Remember to place your timestamp to ensure your place. When all questions are answered, the winners will be posted in chronological order (that is if their answers are right). The individual with the most correct answers will be contacted and asked to assist in the next task line-up.

Eugene van der Pijll

Note: there are two rule changes, compared to last time:

• the last five questions to be answered are now worth 3 points;
• Wikipedia (and sister project) pages in other languages than English are now off-limit.

Question 1

How Embarrassing...

The ruler of Belgium fell off his horse into the water during an 18th century battle. How large was the opposing army?

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• This question was the ninth to be answered correctly; 1 point for Timc.

Question 2

Taken To Extremes

Norway is to Kræmerpynten as France is to ... ?

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• This question was the twelfth to be answered correctly; 2 points for Lupo.

Question 3

?!

John Wells wrote it as a question mark. How did the Phoenicians write it?

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• This question was the first to be answered correctly; 1 point for Maycontainpeanuts.

Question 4

Disappointing Visit

When did the local benevolent dictator visit Italy?

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• This question was the fourth to be answered correctly; 1 point for Lupo.

Question 5

Architecture And Music

Julian is a British architect. What is the name of his musical uncle?

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• This question was the eighteenth to be answered correctly; 3 point for Torien.

Question 6

Eh?

For most of us, a "bunny hug" is a type of dance, but what is a "bunny hug" in some parts of Canada?

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• This question was the fifth to be answered correctly; 1 point for Lupo.

Question 7

Geography

What is the distance between the two largest conurbations of France by bike?

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• This question was the eighth to be answered correctly; 1 point for Lupo.

Question 8

Alhambra

What building in the Middle-East is this?

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• This question was the seventeenth to be answered correctly; 3 points for Lupo.

Question 9

Unicode Fun

Which is the odd one out, and why? Ж — 祖 — ワィ — Ὠ — ي

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• This question was the fifteenth to be answered correctly; 2 points for SYSS Mouse.

Question 10

Massacre Of The Innocents

12 million young Chinooks and Cohos were killed in a single day. When?

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• This question was the second to be answered correctly; 1 point for Nominus.

Question 11

Something Is Not Right Here

What did the man who beat Isambard Brunel reportedly have in common with a legendary female baker?

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• This question was the sixth to be answered correctly; 1 point for Maycontainpeanuts.

Question 12

Namesakes

A wealthy farmer in central California in the late 19th century shares his first name with a number of Frankish kings. One of these kings was known as "the Great". When did he reign?

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• This question was the eleventh to be answered correctly; 2 points for Lee.

Question 13

Someone You Know?

This soccer player lives in Florida, has 10 pets, and shares his or her name with a Franz Kafka novel. Who is it?

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Question 14

False Advertising

Two percent of the inhabitants of this region, almost twice the size of Israel, is Jewish, although the name of the region suggests otherwise. What is the region, and how many inhabitants did it have at the last count?

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• This question was the thirteenth to be answered correctly; 2 points for Maycontainpeanuts.

Question 15

Gallus gallus enormus

It's a chicken with a diameter of two miles! What is its number?

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• This question was the seventh to be answered correctly; 1 point for Nominus.

Question 16

Science And Technology

What blue book can be found next to the kitchen sink at the physics department of Harvard University?

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• This question was the sixteenth to be answered correctly; 3 points for Lupo.

Question 17

Extended Family

Jacques, Charlemagne, Etienne, Babette, Georgette, Erique, Alfred, and Lance were brothers and sisters. What was their surname?

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Question 18

It's All Greek To Me

What is the approximate population of Tripoli, the capital of Arcadia?

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• This question was the fourteenth to be answered correctly; 2 points for Lee.

Question 19

History Lesson

What island was populated in the reign of king Manuel I, in the year of 1510, with people of some regions of continental Portugal, mainly of the northern provinces?

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• This question was the tenth to be answered correctly; 1 point for Timc.

Question 20

No Idea

Where can every registered user of wikipedia find his internal ID number?

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• This question was the third to be answered correctly; 1 point for Nominus.

Final standings

• 1. User:Lupo, 11 points
• 2. User:Maycontainpeanuts, 4 points
• =. User:Lee, 4 points
• 4. User:Nominus, 3 points
• =. User:Torien, 3 points
• 6. User:Timc, 2 points
• =. User:SYSS Mouse, 2 points

The quiz is now closed. Two questions were left unanswered: questions 13 and 17. I have now given the correct answers to these on their answer pages.

Congratulations Lupo, with your clear victory.

If someone wants to organize the next round, you're welcome. Please discuss at the talk page. And if you have some feedback on the questions of this round, I'd like to hear them; please put it on the talk page as well.

Eugene van der Pijll 01:25, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)