Announcing: IceInSpace Xmas 2005 Competition!

[iceman]

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/picture/xmascomp_logo.jpg

<p>Hi all.</p>
<p>I'm pleased to announce the <strong><a href="/index.php?id=73,243,0,0,1,0">IceInSpace Xmas 2005 Competition</a></strong>, which will be launched at <strong>9am AEDST on Friday the 25th November 2005</strong>.</p>
<p>As a result of&nbsp;all the positive feedback received after the <a href="/index.php?id=73,227,0,0,1,0">IceInSpace 1st Anniversary Competition</a>, I've organised another competition for the valuable IceInSpace members &nbsp;to celebrate Christmas 2005.</p>
<p>The competition is open to IceInSpace Forum members, and almost $1000 worth of prizes are up for grabs, thanks to&nbsp;the generous sponsors:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.bintelshop.com.au/">Bintel</a>, <a href="http://www.skylab.com.au/">SKY:Lab Astronomy Software</a>, <a href="http://www.astroshed.com/">Eddie Trimarchi</a>, <a href="http://www.astmag.com.au/">Australian Sky &amp; Telescope</a>&nbsp;and <a href="http://www.myastroshop.com.au/">My Astro Shop</a>.</p>
<p>All you have to do to enter&nbsp;is be an <a href="/forum"><font color="#2c619b">IceInSpace Forum</font></a>&nbsp;member (<a href="/forum/register.php?"><font color="#2c619b">register here</font></a>) and answer 30 <strong>mutiple choice</strong> quiz style questions before <strong>5pm on the&nbsp;15th&nbsp;December 2005 AEDST</strong>. The good news is, <strong>you only need to get 1 answer correct</strong> to be in the draw to win the fantastic prizes on offer. To encourage research, the more answers you get right, the more entries you get in the draw and the&nbsp;greater your&nbsp;chances&nbsp;of winning.</p>
<p>The competition will be officially launched at <strong>9am on the 25th of&nbsp;November 2005 AEDST</strong>, at which time the quiz form&nbsp;will be posted and you can submit your answers online.</p>
<p><strong>For more information</strong>, including details of the prizes on offer and the important competition rules, can be found here on the <a href="/index.php?id=73,243,0,0,1,0"><font color="#2c619b">Competition Page</font></a>. Please be sure to read the rules carefully to ensure your entry is valid and eligible to win the great prizes! You can find discussions on the forum <a href="/forum/showthread.php?t=5280"><font color="#2c619b">in this thread</font></a>.</p>
<p>Thankyou to our supporters, and we welcome all new members to be part of our Xmas celebrations!</p>
Please use this thread to discuss all aspects of the competition.

[Starkler]

Fantastic Mike :thumbsup:

Im sure many more people will be encouraged to enter this time :)

[iceman]

Sorry, I accidently locked the thread.

It's open! Reply now! :)

Thanks janos for the headsup :)

[chunkylad]

Hi Mike

Thanks for making the effort of organising another competition for us. i love the sound of this format - I thought it was the best suggested type of format to use following the feedback from our anniversary competition. It gives everyone a chance to win, while those more diligent with their research will have a better chance to win.

Good onya Mike

Cheers, Dave W

[janoskiss]

Awesome prizes. Nice to see Bintel throwing in the Nagler. :D

[iceman]

They sure are, I'm bummed that I can't enter!! :(

Thanks again to the great sponsors for putting up such great prizes.

[iceman]

I sent out a bulk email to all registered forum members announcing the competition. If you didn't receive the email, please check the email address in your profile and make sure it's correct as I get many bounced emails each time I send a bulk message like that out.

[rowena]

I so want to win first place! Just for the Nagler! :D
i guess i had better study on the :computer: and :prey: that i won't :bashcomp: but perhaps I'm more like :einstein: and know more answers then I think! :)

[RussellH]

Cool, great idea. Excsue my noobieness, but what's a nagler eyepiece?? (I bet that's one of the questions :nerd:).

Anyway, how can you draw the winner out of the barrel, when the names are all in a hat ;)

[ballaratdragons]

Russell, a Nagler is an Eyepiece worth about a Gazillion dollars and is said to be the best of the best. It is named after the owner of the TeleView company Al Nagler.

[davidpretorius]

great comp Mike, and thanks to all sponsors.

A nagler with an Eddie T, wow!!!!!

[janoskiss]

I wondered about that too Dave, the prize bundles. There are lots of prizes but they're going to go to just 3 winners. One prize per entrant might be more popular; with more winners.. :shrug:

I have one of those Naglers and it is not a bad little eyepiece. :D ... and it only cost a little more than my scope. :eyepop:

[ving]

sweet :)
I am in on this one :D

[33South]

Thanks Mike/Bintel I've always wanted a Nagler.

:):):):) winners are grinners, Im the one in the middle

Chris

[davidpretorius]

I see no reason why not, I say let all owners, admins, moderators, spamerators (ken & me), agitators (paul), confuserators(ving), orators(dave 47tuc), grumporators (asimov) & naglerators (houghy) should be able to enter.

What is the harm in giving Mike and Mojo one entry each??????

I know that they will be marking the questions, but fairs fair guys!

I will start a poll.

500 members, we need 5% to make a forum and a 2/3 majority in the affirmative so that Mike & Mojo get at least one entry!!

[ving]

how am i a confuserator :confused:

oh! :)
:P

[cristian abarca]

Again well done Mike. I'm so glad I became a member of this site. Bring on the competition.

Regards Cristian

[xstream]

Well done Mike, and thanks to all the sponsors, what would we do without you.

[33South]

Confucius he say - many strange things also. :lol:

[ving]

not long to go now!!!! :D
/me holds breath...
;)

[davidpretorius]

m e 2

[ving]

for those watching at home, this is not a duelling davo suicide pact... I do plan on breathing again.

davo, you started breathing yet too?
davo???
:help3:

[davidpretorius]

i....mm..

[33South]

First Ken disappears, now 2 Davids unlikely to survive - the odds are getting better.

Only another 580 to go.

[davidpretorius]

heavy breathing... heavy breathing!!


i am now sitting up!1

[ving]

welcome back sir!

[33South]

Mike/All

As you are drawing out the winners in the order 1st, 2nd then 3rd is it appropriate to stipulate if you have won one prize you cant win another.
Otherwise some lucky so and so who was lucky enough to get 20 questions right could win all three.:P:)

Just a thought
Chris


Merve Hughes impersonation see above :lol:

[Thiink]

Another comp? Oh my! The last one was a lot of fun, and I actually learnt quite a bit just answering the quiz questions. I need something to get me back into observing mode, the weather out this way hasnt been very kind for what seems like months now. :(

Thanks to the sponsors and Ice for putting the comp on. What a great site! :D

[iceman]

Chris,

Good point to raise.

You cannot win more than one prize, for people with multiple entries into the draw.

Another name will be drawn in the case of the same person being pulled out twice.

And btw, there are 30 questions :)

And thanks Simon! I hope you enjoy this one too.. the questions are easier! :)

[33South]

Sorry I didnt mean to confuse I meant you only need 20 right to get three entries.

Chris

[iceman]

ah yes, you're right.. but if you get all 30 right you get 4 entries! :)

[iceman]

Just a heads-up: The quiz will be launched at 8am tomorrow (Friday), rather than 9am as originally stated, as I have a meeting to go to so won't be at my computer at 9am.
I'm guessing people would prefer it to be launched earlier rather than later :P

[ving]

ok, i have gone back to holding my breath again... :)

[iceman]

The IceInSpace Xmas 2005 Competition is launched!

Go to the Competition Info Page (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/index.php?id=73,243,0,0,1,0) and scroll down to the "Quiz Questions" section, and follow the link to the questions.

You can only submit your answers once, there's no changing them once you've pressed submit (and confirmed).

You have 2 weeks to get your entries in, and you have to be an IceInSpace forum member to take part.

Once your entry is submitted, when you go back to the questions page you'll be shown the answers that you submitted.

Enjoy, have fun and hopefully learn something!

[Twokids]

Hi all,

I was just wondering if you would be posting the answers after the winners have been drawn. I had a ball doing the quiz and learnt a lot of new words to impress people with :nerd: . It would be nice to know that I am using them right though. :confuse3:

[Kieken]

Well, since there is a Nagler as first price I've decided to join this competition :). Lets hope and pray.

[iceman]

Hi twokids, yes, I will be posting the answers after the competition has closed.

I'm glad you enjoyed doing the quiz!

[janoskiss]

Maybe this one is a bit too easy. A blind click on submit guarantees at least one entry, because there is no way that out of 30 questions none of them have choice A as the correct answer, but even getting two 'free' entries is not all that unlikely. So everyone go to the comp page and enter; even if you hate quizes and homework, just click submit and you're in with a chance. But I'll be doing my best to get all 30 answers right because the prizes are terrific.

[xrekcor]

I reckon Mike should put in a clause, If 30 answers appear as they do on the page you
should be made to wear a Goose avatar... Ken help us out here with your
photoshop skills.

Although perhaps the page should be coded so none of the options appear selected
when loaded.

regards,CS

PS: I got my in, all the best to all, thanks Mike! for another great comp.

[ballaratdragons]

Hehehehe!
here ya go Rob!

[h0ughy]

now i am a "naglerators (houghy)"


Ill be back!

[asimov]

This "grumperator" just got his entry in, good luck to all!

[ving]

did mine a few days back. i think i got 1 or 2 wrong :(

[iceman]

1 or 2 wrong still gives you 3 entries into the draw, vingmesiter!

The entries are progressing well, over 40 people have entered so far, and still 14 days left in the competition.

Keep the entries coming in, and we welcome and encourage all lurkers and guests to sign up and participate in the competition!

[asimov]

Yes! come on people that are lurking & thinking of joining! Don't think! just join! :)

[ving]

come on ya lurkers!!! its free and you can win stuff!!! :D

[gaa_ian]

Great Comp. Mike
Even got me keen enough to do some research :help:
There is always something new to learn & a new nagler is a good motivator ;)

[slice of heaven]

Done.
Waaaay easy :)

[iceman]

/me goes to check Geoff's score :P

[danielsun]

Well ive just answered the quiz ,had to do a bit of reasearch on a couple of the questions and learnt a bit more in the process!! it was very ejumacayshonool!!

Boy i wouldnt mind that nagler :prey:

[Striker]

I enjoyed this competition so much more then the last...I worked out I have got a probability chance of getting 25% of the answers correct....lol....with that result...wahoo.

If I win the Nagler....I am going to do the right thing and give it away to someone who needs it.

"ME"

I scored 30 out of 30...I think its great we get the score straight away...well done Mike.

[iceman]

Nice work Tony :) But unfortunately you were a little way away from 30/30 :)

58 entries so far, 10 days to go.

Get those entries in! Sign up and enter the quiz! Win prizes and stuff :P

[ving]

58 entries... going strong! :D
and only 10 days to go!!!
I cant wait! :D

[danielsun]

How do you find out your score? :confuse2:

[ving]

wait till the end nd mike might tell you?

[iceman]

Correct :)
Well, wait until the end and i'll show the correct answers, and you can score yourself :)

[Sarah]

Do I get 5 entries into the draw for picking up an Error in the Quiz???
The correct answer to Question 21 is "Aristarchus of Samos" (as far as we know).
Of course the qualifier there is that at that stage the "solar system" was synonomous to "the universe".

[slice of heaven]

I noticed that too Sarah, but I think the idea of the multiple choice is to reduce the number of correct answers to the ones available.

And :welcome:

[ving]

oh yeah, that one :rolleyes:

welcome aboard sarah :)

and everyone should give up on this quiz, i have won it already! ;)

[iceman]

Hi Sarah.

Thanks for picking that up :) But Slice is right, with the 1st birthday competition quiz, I had to accept multiple answers because people came up with answers I didn't (and they were also correct!).

This time, with multiple choice it means you have to pick one of the available answers and one of the answers is always the most correct :)

:welcome: to the forum, btw! Do you know Lesa Moore at Macquarie Uni?

[Sarah]

Thanks for the welcome and yes I do know Lesa Moore - we started Uni together :) and 8 years later we're doing PhD's together :) albeit in different departments.
You'd know Lesa from star parties? and living up near her?

[iceman]

Hi Sarah.

Yes, I met Lesa at the South Pacific Star Party in March this year, and was surprised to learn she lives just up the road from me! :) Lesa and her husband Peter are also coming to the IceInSpace AstroCamp at Lostock, at the end of January next year.

Maybe you can come up too?

Got your PM too, thanks.. will respond shortly.

[iceman]

We've cracked the 100 mark!

103 entries so far, and 1 week to go!

[Sarah]

[QUOTE=iceman]Hi Sarah.

Yes, I met Lesa at the South Pacific Star Party in March this year, and was surprised to learn she lives just up the road from me! :) Lesa and her husband Peter are also coming to the IceInSpace AstroCamp at Lostock, at the end of January next year.

Maybe you can come up too?



Would love to! but my brother is getting married that weekend. I'll keep an eye on your astrocamps and try to make a later one. Lesa and I will also keep you updated as to the Macquarie Uni Astronomy Open Nights (twice a year around April and October) incase your members are interested in coming along to these.

[iceman]

130 entries so far..

3 days to go!

[ving]

gah! 130 entries = less chance of winning for me!!!! :P

come on newbies! only 3 days to go!!! :D

[Starkler]

Ah! but you will have gotten all the correct answers Ving and therefore have more entries :)

[ving]

I doubt it geoff. I can think of atleast 2 that i am not sure of.

[iceman]

Only a day to go!

Tomorrow afternoon at 5pm, i'll be disabling the submit button on the quiz entry form. You can still use this form to see what answers you submitted, and on the info/rules page there'll be a new section showing the answers, and the explanation for those answers as there's bound to be a few questions asked :)

Good luck everyone and get those last minute entries in, just incase your ISP has a heartattack tomorrow afternoon at 4:30pm and you'll have missed your chance! ;)

[ving]

less than 3 hrs to go peeps!!! :D
looking forward to my new nagler :P

[matt]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh Vingy


How sad will it be to watch your disappointment as my manly hand wraps its way around my newly acquired nagler ... at that exact moment you believed your triumph complete!:lol: :lol:

Still ... winners are grinners and I'll send you a photo of me and the Nag having our first night out together.

Any suggestions for possible first viewings????:wink2:

[iceman]

I hope I don't get stuck in traffic on the way home ;)

[[1ponders]]

Better not Mike. I want that Nagler in the post (express delivery) before COB this afternoon.

Sorry ving and Matt. I hope you get over it soon. :lol:

[RB]

Yeh, me grinning. :)

[ving]

you dont want to send the nagler to pauls place or matts... I dont live there. once its confirmed mine i'll give you the address to send it to :P

[Striker]

All you guys are so selfish...thinking of yourselves 24/7

At least if I win I plan on donating the Nagler to a worthy person...."ME ME ME ME ME ME ME"

[iceman]

Don't forget guys, the winner won't be announced this arvo.. entries close, and you can check your answers.

But that's all :)

[ving]

eh? whens it drawn then mike? :confuse3:

[matt]

OK Uncle Mike

I feel so naughty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hehehehehe

[ving]

20th, got it don't worry :p

[[1ponders]]

Is this the hint of excitement I smell in the air? :D

Actually I'd be happy with Eddies poster. I had a good look at some of them at the Qld astrofest. Fantastic images. I'd love one hanging on my wall.

And with a nagler (as the secondary part of 1st prize) and a small spotting scope I wouln't have to get up to look at it. I could see it from my chair. :)

[ving]

no its davo's socks :P

[asimov]

Eeek! Not long to go now!

[h0ughy]

Just keep coming up the freeway Mike and drop the nagler off to me , and pick up your PC at the same time :wink2: :lol:

[h0ughy]

if your in ther room by yourself Paul, it must be you chanting "i'm excited" :lol:

[rochler]

Only just remembered in time.... would hate to miss out on my new Nagler hehe. ;)

[Thiink]

25mins to go!

[frogman]

5 mins

[ballaratdragons]

Harry & I both got our answers in with only 2 hours to go! Glad I remembered in time!!!!

[Thiink]

3mins!

[[1ponders]]

How come my clock says 8 min

[[1ponders]]

In fact its just gone back up to 9 min ??????

[[1ponders]]

I'm stuck in a time loop. Still 9 min and counting :(

[iceman]

The competition has closed!

Check the correct answers on the competition info page (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/index.php?id=73,243,0,0,1,0).

The quiz entry form still shows your answers so you can see how you did!

The draw will be next week at the Bintel office, will let you know the date once it is arranged so locals can pop in for the draw!

[asimov]

9 mins to go....9 mins ago! lol!!

[Chrissyo]

Darn, I got about 3 wrong I think =P Not to worry. May I thank the iceinspace admins for this fantastic competition! It was a lot more fun than the last one (the format was much easier than typing the answers out). Good luck to everyone! :)

[ballaratdragons]

The clock doesn't set to the correct time until you log out & back in. When you change pages it just goes back to the time you logged in. It always does that!

[Thiink]

I got two wrong! I must have hit the wrong radio button for 17 because I was sure I hit the correct answer when I was doing it! :sad:

Number 10 I just got plain wrong. :/

[Striker]

All I have to say is that thank god you only needed 1 correct to atleast have a shot...

Does 30% correct mean you failed or does it mean give up your useless.

BTW this is not my score..I flew passed 30% and got atleast 33% correct....lol

[asimov]

My sentiments exactly! Asimov=thick as 3 pallets of bricks..:sad:

[janoskiss]

On the other hand one incorrect answer will cost you one entry. It sucks to get one wrong. :( Two or three would be easier to take. But just one costly wrong answer errrgh :mad2:. I'm sure that would have been the entry to win first prize. :P

[xstream]

Oh well, two wrong here. :(
That'll teach me to double check Anna's answers. :lol:

[iceman]

lol John, I thought you would've learnt that after the 1st birthday quiz! :P

Tomorrow i'll put up some graphs showing the distribution of entries, and the number of people that got each question right.

[slice of heaven]

:rofl:
I made a booboo on 1, I should've rechecked them ALL properly :lol:

[[1ponders]]

Especially when its the last question :sad:

[Starkler]

Damn that Syzygy thing :(

Boooo ! :tasdevil:



Have you found a suitable hat to hold a hundred odd x3 entries yet?
Maybe Paul (1ponders) will volunteer his ;)

[rumples riot]

Hehehehe. I think I got 10 right. Not bad considering I just ticked off what sounded right. I did the test in 1 minute. Did not bother to try to get all the answers right, after all you only need one entry to win. Only one entry can win. If you studied for this and only got 20 or less, then you have something to worry about. If you missed one or two questions for getting full marks, YOUR'RE TAKING THIS TOO SERIOUSLY. And; your being a swat. LOL

Paul

[janoskiss]

Yes, that even looks like a made up word. Or like someone was hitting the keyboard semi-randomly a few times! I almost dismissed that answer completely but ended up checking it just in case.

My mistake was to get suckered in by the reference to "magnetic fields" in one of the wrong answers to the sunspot question. :nerd:

[asimov]

Not me! Done mine in 45 secs flat..

[iceman]

lol re syzygy - an interesting fact about Syzygy, it's the shortest word with 3 y's :P wikipedia knows everything :P

You may or may not be surprised that the Syzygy question was one of the questions that tripped most people up. The other tricky one was question 30.


What does that mean?

I think it's fair that people take it seriously and maximise their chances to win a $450 eyepiece and other prizes.

It's obvious that some people tried to answer it with their general knowledge, while others did the research and tried to get all of them right. Both are valid, and the whole idea of the quiz is for people to learn stuff they don't know. Hopefully people learnt stuff along the way!

I thought the questions in this one were a good mix of general knowledge, and some back-of-your-mind astronomy knowledge that most people would either know, or should know, or knew once but forgot :P

You could just press submit without touching any answers and get 6 right :P

[Astroman]

Doh!!!!!! Got One Wrong Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaa

[sheeny]

No you are wrong... the one I got wrong cost ME the winning entry!:nerd: I don't know... dodgey internet searches... I was sure I had a reference that said one/some of saturn's rings were outside the Roche limit, and that they weren't all ice... It's hard to get good help!:)

Al

[matt]

Gotta say that's a fair comment Mike.

I think it was a good balance of stuff you might know or think you know, and stuff you needed to have a look around to answer.

I don't think there's any shame in doing some research and learning something in the process.

And doing the research didn't detract from the fun, it added to it.

I felt I was on something of a treasure hunt:lol: :lol: :lol:

Thanks to everyone involved and good luck in the draw!;)

[Starkler]

I liked Q30, as I had to have a good think about that one, and even happier I got it right :)

[33South]

That funny word Syzygy was one of the 17 I actually new without further assistance, how could one forget it, last time I heard it used was probably 25 years ago

The two that took most deliberation were 15 and 30.

[janoskiss]

I spent the most time on that too of all 30. For starters, the word "prove" is just so strong, that the honest answer would be "nothing". But it proved something for Galileo or for some people at the time.

Galileo's observations are very convincing evidence that Venus revolves around the Sun. But still no proof. There could be little Venetians heretics turning lights on and off at just the right times and in just the right order to make it look like the Church has got it all wrong, when in reality Venus is just moving around on its celestial sphere centred on Earth. Not likely, but not impossible. But a simple theory it is not. The simplest model that explains the observation is the most useful, and usually the most convincing reflection of reality (and the model most likely to be mistaken for reality).

Yes I'm a :nerd: and proud of it.

[janoskiss]

Mike, first I looked at the answers, I honestly thought that while putting together the quiz, you must have run out of patience and couldn't be bother to come up with yet another plausible incorrect answer and just hit some keys at random. :lol:

[AstroBug]

Double Doh!... They're my 2 wrong answers. And to think that they, amongst others, are 2 that I researched. Must refine my investigative methods. Oh well, a 2 in about 300 chance of winning a Nagler beats lotto odds.

[ballaratdragons]

Cool, I got 20 out of 30 without study or research. I only had 2 hours till the comp shut so I tried to use my memory.

I got Syzygy right coz when 'IceInSpace member' Syzygy first joined I looked up what his username meant!

I'll check Harry's results tomorrow to see how he went. He got quite a few right, I know that much.

[danielsun]

DOOOOOOHHHHHH!!!!!!!!........ GOT 1 WRONG THAT SYZYGY WAS A TRAP!!!!! :scared:

[RapidEye]

Woot! Got them all right again =-)

Thanks for a great time Mike - Tons-O-Fun!!!

[cometcatcher]

Yay got them all correct! That Syzygy thing I heard of many years ago also but I still looked it up. To be sure to be sure. :)

Thanks for the competition Mike! Good luck everyone!

[iceman]

:doh: you actually got 29.. you got q15 wrong.

Ok here's some stats from the results..

158 entries submitted in the quiz

- Lowest score: 11/30
- Highest score: 30/30, shared by 17 people. Congrats to 33South, Argonavis, chunkylad, cometcatcher, DavidH, gbeal, glenc, grl, Hitchhiker, jackenau, mattrob, Mick, netwolf, Robby, Robert_T, Smokey and Twokids for getting all 30 right and therefore getting the maximum 4 entries into the draw.
- Everyone gets at least 2 entries into the draw, as noone got below 10/30.
- Total number of entries in the draw: 464. I'm going to need a big hat!
- Question 27 was the "easiest", with 99% of the respondants getting it right.
- Question 23 was the "hardest", with only 53% of the respondants getting it right.

Here are a couple of graphs, showing the breakdown of the score's people got, and also a graph showing the percentage% of people that got each question right.

Thanks!

[Striker]

158 entries submitted in the quiz

- Lowest score: 11/30 <-------[STRIKER]
- Highest score: 30/30, shared by 17 people. Congrats to 33South, Argonavis, chunkylad, cometcatcher, DavidH, gbeal, glenc, grl, Hitchhiker, jackenau, mattrob, Mick, netwolf, Robby, Robert_T, Smokey and Twokids for getting all 30 right and therefore getting the maximum 4 entries into the draw.
- Everyone gets at least 2 entries into the draw, as noone got below 10/30.
- Total number of entries in the draw: 464. I'm going to need a big hat!
- Question 27 was the "easiest", with 99% of the respondants getting it right.
- Question 23 was the "hardest", with only 53% of the respondants getting it right.

Here are a couple of graphs, showing the breakdown of the score's people got, and also a graph showing the percentage% of people that got each question right.

I thought I only got 10...I want a recount

Atleast I got Question 27 right...

[chunkylad]

Hey Mike

This was great fun: a really good format, and I did learn a few things as well. Thanks again!

Cheers

Dave

[ving]

congrats to all who ran and participated :)
a big :thumbsup: to you all!
:)

do you want my address for the nagler now or later mike? ;)

[wavelandscott]

Great fun!

Thanks and "Atta Boy" to Mike and the sponsers...

[ballaratdragons]

I thought each participant got one entry per correct answer! I must have read the rules wrong.

[ving]

yup, maximum of 4 entries :)

[ballaratdragons]

Oops, I missed this bit when I read the rules. Yay, I got 3 entries!!!

[rumples riot]

Hey this is funny, I got 24 right. I never thought I would get that many right just by whipping through it. Must be my natural genius that pulled me through. 80%, keeping to my usual standard. Did the same at Uni. 80 % average for my degree. I like blowing my own trumpet. I am good, just ask me, I'll tell ya!!!

Rofl

[Snibs]

Stuff me mushrooms I chucked out my answers....Mike, any way to find out how I did?

[Striker]

Snibs you got 3 right and yes you got question 27 wrong.....sorry

[iceman]

Snibs i'll check the results and PM you tomorrow.

EDIT: I don't need to do that - you can check your own answers!

Go back to the xmas comp info page, click on the link that takes you to the questions, and it shows you your answers.

[Snibs]

Thanks for the info Mike...I can live with one wrong (dumb planet)...until the next comp. Thanks for the fun IIS crew.

[iceman]

Guys and Gals,

Locals are welcome to come to Bintel Sydney for the draw on Tuesday the 20th December at 3:15pm.

See the details here (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=6250)

[janoskiss]

Winners?
:poke: :tasdevil:

[iceman]

Tuesday Steve, that's tomorrow :D

[janoskiss]

:doh: I got overexcited.
I want to win today! :(

[iceman]

I'll be announcing the winners at about 6:30pm tonight. After Bintel, I've got to go to the chiropractor. A bit of nervous waiting never hurt anybody :)

[Robby]

Stiff neck Mike after all the observing your doing lately huh?

[cometcatcher]

Let's all get on at 6:30 to see who wins and crash the server. :D

[gaa_ian]

Aw.. well 27 out of 30 isn't too bad !
Who ever heard of a "Syzygy" ...now there is a good scrabble word :nerd:

[[1ponders]]

You've never heard of Syzygium Ian (Lily Pily)

[h0ughy]

well its 4.40 so i wonder who won?

[Robert_T]

didn't you read the fine print Houghy, existing nagler owners were disqualified ;)

[h0ughy]

Pull the other one Dave it plays jingleBells

[h0ughy]

it needs a nice little 13mm nagler to go in the set :P

[Kieken]

So, who are the winners? :)

[iluvsaturn]

Yeah who did win, maybe we have to wait until Mike gets home, or maybe he will keep us all in suspense and attend his company Christmas party get blotto stagger home at some ungodly hour of the morning to God's country The Central Coast of NSW and not post the winner until tomorrow morning?


All the best everybody and have a great Christmas.

Garth:confuse2:

[iceman]

Winners Announced Here.. (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=6313)

:clap:

[iluvsaturn]

Talk about a speed of light response. Mike this site is going from strength to strength and you are to be congratulated for all the effort you have injected, not forgetting of course all the members that contribute whether it be financially or just their participation within the forums. it all constitutes to being a successful and might I say a damn interesting well thought out website.

keep it up
Garth:party2: :party2:

[ving]

and we expect a full review from cometcatcher on the nagler! :P

[cometcatcher]

Ah wow this is great. I'm long overdue for a new eyepiece. All the coatings on my Orthoscopic are wearing out.

[janoskiss]

Kevin, what eyepieces do you have at the moment?

[iceman]

Thanks for the feedback Garth, it's nice to hear.

[cometcatcher]

In 1 1/4" I have 4 eyepieces.

Cheap 30mm Kellner.
Celestron 18mm Orthoscopic (my work horse).
LV 10mm.
Tele Vue 7.4mm Plossl that someone gave me years ago.

The newest one is the LV10 I bought when I was in Sydney in 1992. :D No wait that's not right, the Tele Vue would be newer I think.

[janoskiss]

You already have a very diverse eyepiece collection. The 13mm Nagler will be quite a change from all of your existing EPs. I think you will love it. It will probably make your eyepiece collection the strangest mix of EPs in the country. Congratulations on a well deserved win! :thumbsup:

Please tell us what you think of the Nagler. And pls be brutally honest.
:)

[cometcatcher]

I'll have to show it off at the next Tropical Stargazers club viewing night. :)

[Mick]

Yes can't wait Kevin only ever looked through one Nagler, Trev's 7mm.

[Howzat]

8. A solid body from space that lands on earth is called a?
Your Answer: Alien

DOH! :doh:

How did that get in there? :confused:

Congrats to the winners
and congrats to Mike and all involved