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Old 04-10-2007, 04:44 PM
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50th Anniversary Space Quiz

It has been 50 years since the Russians sent Sputnik into orbit around the Earth. How well do you know your space trivia?

I got 7 out of 15

QUIZ: 50 years of space travel
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Old 04-10-2007, 04:57 PM
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11/15 - no reference used.

Nice find Ken!
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Old 04-10-2007, 06:14 PM
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I got 13 without references. Pretty cool quiz!
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Old 04-10-2007, 06:14 PM
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Nice find Ken!
Thanks Chris.
I found it by accident. I was on a News site looking for the story about the thousands of miners trapped underground in South Africa, and I saw it down the page a bit.
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Old 04-10-2007, 06:27 PM
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A bit of fun... thanks!

I got 7 out of 15 with no references. I should've known better... or at least guessed better!!!


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Old 04-10-2007, 07:10 PM
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8 / 15

few there that i shouldnt have got wrong
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Old 04-10-2007, 07:26 PM
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nice quiz (not as good as the IIS birthday quiz, of course)

10 out of 15, no references.

take a look at Google's banner,http://www.google.com

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Old 04-10-2007, 07:28 PM
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hehe!
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Old 04-10-2007, 07:30 PM
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That's the one!
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Old 04-10-2007, 08:16 PM
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I just did the quiz again

and still only got 11/15

I think I should've read the correct answers properly the first time
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Old 04-10-2007, 10:56 PM
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13/15 for me. Not bad!
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Old 05-10-2007, 01:10 AM
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13/15 for me. Not bad!
Both you and Chrissyo have done well at 13!!!
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Old 05-10-2007, 08:58 AM
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10/15 for me, no references
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Old 05-10-2007, 11:19 AM
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bugger I cant run this at work?
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Old 05-10-2007, 11:51 AM
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I can run it. 9/15. Perhaps I shouldn't have bothered?
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Old 05-10-2007, 06:16 PM
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10/15
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Old 05-10-2007, 07:55 PM
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LOL 11/15 would have been 12 but my son is shoving a toy horse in my ear and distracted me
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Old 05-10-2007, 07:57 PM
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LOL 11/15 would have been 12 but my son is shoving a toy horse in my ear and distracted me
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Old 05-10-2007, 10:41 PM
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13/15 for me.no prompting or searching.
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Old 05-10-2007, 11:58 PM
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12 here with a couple stupid mistakes, I guess I paid attention to all those old National Geographics growing up.
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