Wikipedia:Wikifun/Round 10

Round 10 will be similar to the previous round: 20 questions will be posted, all at once. The first nine 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 next five questions to be answered are worth three points, and the last one is worth four. (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...

This round was prepared by: ESkog (1-10) and Grue (11-20).

The Questions

These are the questions for round 10. 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. The individual with the most correct answers will be contacted and asked to assist in the next task line-up.

The round is over. Congratulations to Dmn, who won this one!

Note: please remember:

• The way you found the answer is more important than the answer. Please provide the links to Wikipedia articles that helped you to find the answer.
• Wikipedia (and sister project) pages in other languages than English are off-limits.

Question 1 (answered)

I would link five hundred miles

This question has been answered. 1 point to Dmn

A user with great interest in food coloring and food additives, Mr. Richfield's "crazy wikifi[ed]" user page links to a disambiguation page. From one of the links from this page we learn of a prince whose controversial ascension to the throne featured intervention by the king and Pope. What Western architectural masterpiece was started in the year he died?

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Question 2 (answered)

Hidden talents

This question has been answered. 1 point to Dmn

An athlete for Inter Milan, PSV Eindhoven, Social Ramos Club... one of his ex-wives holds a peculiar world record in what?

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Question 3 (answered)

Show all your work

This question has been answered. 2 points to Fiveless

1870F leads us to a pair of resistance fighters with an NPOV dispute dating back to the end of September. What kingdom did they liberate (read carefully!)?

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Question 4 (answered)

Pig Latin it ain't

This question has been answered. 1 point to Nickptar

Fkyjw f xmnky tk xtrj szrgjw tk uqfhjx, bj hfs wjfi ymnx vzjxynts hqjfwqd. Fy ymj fwynhqj ktw ymfy szrgjw, bj knsi fqq pnsix tk kzs nsktwrfynts. Bmfy jqjrjsyfwd ljtrjywnh hjshjuy nx ktzsi mjwj?

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Question 5 (answered)

For the well-traveled editor

This question has been answered. 1 point to Dsmdgold

What controversial organization has been a featured article candidate, and also has been nominated for AFD/VFD six times, the most recent (which was not itself speedy deleted) opening in July 2005?

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Question 6 (answered)

Puppet master?

This question has been answered. 1 point to Natgoo

One page's What Links Here includes Pink Floyd, Klaus Schulze and List of songs whose title constitutes the entire lyrics. On this page, one extreme stands out from all others. From this extreme, we learn that its origins are in dispute. What religious sect is among those who claim responsibility?

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Question 7 (answered)

Because everyone loves obscure imagehunts

This question has been answered. 2 points to Dmn

What is this a picture of?

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Question 8 (answered)

Just think about trying to answer this question in 1949

This question has been answered. 3 points to Dmn

From 1938 to 1949, an engineering experiment was conducted on a part of the railways of a major city. Due to its high power cost, it was later replaced with more economical ways to accomplish the same task. What am I talking about?

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Question 9 (answered)

Random article and Rambot are best buds

This question has been answered. 1 point to Nickptar

Now I want the name of a village in the central U.S. with exactly: 3 households (out of 10) with children under 18, 5 households which are married couples, and nobody below the poverty line. At the time of the census, the town had exactly 8 males and 12 females.

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Question 10 (answered)

I'm a math teacher - can you tell?

This question has been answered. 3 points to Eugene van der Pijll.

339 has 0.096; 340 has 0.117; 341 has 0.194; 342 has 0.127. What is the significance of these numbers?

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Question 11 (answered)

Hmmm...

This question has been answered. 1 point to Dmn

A comedy about Irish squire, a novel about Mr B's seduction attempts and a poem by 9 year old. What do they have in common?

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Question 12 (answered)

Slouching towards Bethlehem

This question has been answered. 2 points to Dmn

This town in Poland is famous for being a home to a buzzing beetle, whose adventures are described in a popular poem.

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Question 13 (answered)

Number Sequence

This question has been answered. 3 points to Eugene van der Pijll.

The first 15 terms are:

1,1,2,0,2,2,2,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,2

also, a₁₀₀₀=5, and some terms are as high as 70.

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Question 14 (answered)

Did you know there's only one such number?

This question has been answered, 3 points to fiveless.

The number which has its letters in alphabetical order corresponds to a programming language which is the only known example of ...

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Question 15 (answered)

Marathon

This question has been answered, 2 points to fiveless.

This "marathon" happens every year during March or April in Northern hemisphere under the cover of night. Find the man who started the craze. Answer this question

Question 16 (answered)

This one is really bad

This question has been answered. 3 points to Natgoo.

This movie features Pickles, a stripper, a mouseketeer, the Big Bear and of course some monkeys.

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Question 17 (answered)

History and music

This question has been answered, 2 points to Nickptar.

What Green Day song is about a landmark event in the history of Usenet?

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Question 18 (answered)

Because people like image questions

This question has been answered. 1 point to Dsmdgold

What's the name of this person?

File:Picture-used-in-wikifun-round-10.jpg

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Question 19

Technical limitations

This question was not answered.

It happened not because of bugs, or because of software update. But these two pages had to be renamed recently. What happened and what pages were affected?

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Question 20 (answered)

I've read it from the beginning. And you?

This question has been answered. 1 point to the wub.

Name all users that were editors-in-chief of Wikipedia Signpost and which issues they produced.

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Tally

• Dmn - 10 points
• fiveless - 7 points
• Eugene van der Pijll - 6 points
• Nickptar - 4 points
• Natgoo - 4 point
• Dsmdgold - 2 points
• the wub - 1 point

Questions answered (sorted by time):

1 point:

• 18 - Dsmdgold - 19:17, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
• 5 - Dsmdgold - 19:26, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
• 2 - Dmn - 20:20, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
• 20 - the wub - 20:33, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
• 4 - Nickptar - 20:55, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
• 9 - Nickptar - 21:31, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
• 1 - Dmn - 00:01, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
• 11 - Dmn - 00:28, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
• 6 - Natgoo - 00:34, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

2 points:

• 7 - Dmn - 00:55, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
• 17 - Nickptar - 00:55, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
• 12 - Dmn - 01:01, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
• 15 - fiveless - 11:47, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
• 3 - fiveless - 12:21, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

3 points:

• 14 - fiveless - 12:32, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
• 8 - Dmn - 12:33, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
• 16 - Natgoo - 19:03, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
• 10 - Eugene van der Pijll - 23:22, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
• 13 - Eugene van der Pijll - 23:39, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

4 points:

• 19 - ???