How Clever are steemitians? Questions and their answers.steemCreated with Sketch.

in #steemit8 years ago

Section A. Crosswords

  1. GE with GS. (9,4)
    Scrambled Eggs
  2. H … O (5)
    Water
  3. Phil hopes steem becomes a monster entity (14)
    Mephistopheles

Section B

  1. An explorer discovers two bodies encased in clear ice and … “it’s Adam and Eve”, he exclaims – how can he be so sure?
    No tummy buttons/navels

  2. The person who wrote Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang was more famous for what?
    Ian Fleming wrote the James Bond books.

  3. What was the inventor of the pie-chart better known for?
    Florence Nightingale was a renowned nurse in the Crimean War.

  4. Alfred Hitchcock famously appeared in all his movies. How did he appear in his 1944 movie ‘Lifeboat’?
    He appeared in an advertisement for slimming products in a newspaper.

  5. What is the difference between a Springer Spaniel and a Cocker Spaniel?
    Springers are taller

  6. What were Dalmatian dogs traditionally used for?
    Running beneath coaches and spotting highwaymen.

  7. Which language was predominant in Ancient Rome?
    Greek

  8. What is the link between Japan and Ultravox?
    Enola Gay, one of the aircraft to drop the atom bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima; also a song by Ultravox.

  9. What is this? It does have a very strong link to steemit!
    A difference machine, acknowledged as the first computer, designed by sir Charles Babbage, the father of computing.

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  10. Move one match and one match only to make it right and then tell me what you have done and why; (≠) is not a valid option.

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  1. Move one match and one match only to make it right and then tell me what you have done and why; (≠) is not a valid option.
    Move one match away from the VIII, leaving 7 (VII) and place it across the top of the II on the right hand side of the equation. 22/7= π

  2. The Australian National emblem includes a Kangaroo and an Emu. What incapacity do these animals share which makes them suitable for the emblem, according to Aussies?
    Neither the Kangaroo nor the Emu can move backwards.

  3. The duck-billed platypus is famous for many reasons. Name two of its peculiarities as a marsupial.
    Venomous from a small spur, secretes milk like sweat, has a bill, egg-laying.

Will respond with winners details but, may I say, it didn't take a lot to win from initial observation!
Maybe I was a bit harsh?

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Fantastic effort everyone!
Winner @nikflossus - 2 steem
Runner-up @bkkshadow - 1 steem
Third @j3dy - 1 steem (though dodgy in the extreme!)
It is not the taking part that counts ... it is the winning
Thank you for having a crack
I shall send steem forthwith!

A game...sorry I missed it! Will be on the lookout for the next one ;) Love community style posts!

Honestly? Glancing through I'd say I would have correctly answered a little better than fifty percent...need to brush up on my trivia! Ha! I used to spend hours playing trivial pursuit with my aunt, and actually my grandmother used to say the way to beat senility was "Challenge your mind/learn something new every day", she was a huge advocate of the crossword puzzle. She died at 82 and she was sharp as a tack right up to her last moments, so she made a good case!

well, you would have won it! Best score was 5.
This is one of the frustrations with the platform
Sending out a pre-event broadcast is as hit/miss as the broadcast itself!
I guess making a regular day/time would help
That is my second - I always lose but that is not the point - Friday is not the best day either - maybe a tuesday.
By the way, my family was very similar, it was almost a competition to get the crossword clue solved before anyone else.

Revised format idea - a few captains, each gets three team members making a team of 4 and they have 24 hours to submit their answers. This promotes interaction and has a bit more fun to it. What do you think? Please add ideas if you would like to. I would love you to be a captain too!

Great idea! I have put this post in queue for delivery on @Steemit Twitter.

Revised format idea - a few captains, each gets three team members making a team of 4 and they have 24 hours to submit their answers. This promotes interaction and has a bit more fun to it. What do you think? Please add ideas if you would like to. I would love you to be a captain too!

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