Announcing: IceInSpace Xmas 2005 Competition! - Page 6

janoskiss (Steve H) · #**101** 15-12-2005, 05:54 PM

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

. I'm sure that would have been the entry to win first prize.

xstream (John) · #**102** 15-12-2005, 06:04 PM

Oh well, two wrong here.

That'll teach me to double check Anna's answers.

iceman (Mike) · #**103** 15-12-2005, 06:17 PM

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

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 · #**104** 15-12-2005, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by slice of heaven

Done.
Waaaay easy

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

[1ponders] (Paul) · #**105** 15-12-2005, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by 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

. I'm sure that would have been the entry to win first prize.

Especially when its the last question

Starkler (Geoff) · #**106** 15-12-2005, 06:27 PM

Damn that Syzygy thing

Boooo !

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On (or around) the 20th of December 2005, all entries will be placed into a hat and the first, second and third place getters will be drawn in that order out of the barrel. The actual date of the draw will be announced as it gets closer.

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

rumples riot · #**107** 15-12-2005, 06:36 PM

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 (Steve H) · #**108** 15-12-2005, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Starkler

Damn that Syzygy thing

Boooo !

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.

asimov (John) · #**109** 15-12-2005, 06:47 PM

Not me! Done mine in 45 secs flat..

iceman (Mike) · #**110** 15-12-2005, 06:57 PM

lol re syzygy - an interesting fact about Syzygy, it's the shortest word with 3 y's

wikipedia knows everything

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.

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If you missed one or two questions for getting full marks, YOUR'RE TAKING THIS TOO SERIOUSLY. And; your being a swat

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

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

Astroman (Andrew Wall) · #**111** 15-12-2005, 06:57 PM

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

sheeny (Al) · #**112** 15-12-2005, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by 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

. I'm sure that would have been the entry to win first prize.

No you are wrong... the one I got wrong cost ME the winning entry!

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 · #**113** 15-12-2005, 07:12 PM

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

Thanks to everyone involved and good luck in the draw!

Starkler (Geoff) · #**114** 15-12-2005, 07:45 PM

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

33South (Chris) · #**115** 15-12-2005, 08:23 PM

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 (Steve H) · #**116** 15-12-2005, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Starkler

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

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

and proud of it.

janoskiss (Steve H) · #**117** 15-12-2005, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by iceman

lol re syzygy - an interesting fact about Syzygy, it's the shortest word with 3 y's

wikipedia knows everything

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.

AstroBug · #**118** 15-12-2005, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by iceman

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.

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 (Ken) · #**119** 16-12-2005, 12:03 AM

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 · #**120** 16-12-2005, 12:45 AM

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