Wikipedia:Wikifun/Round 6

Round 6 will be similar to the previous round: 20 questions will be posted, all at once. The first ten 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 last five questions to be answered are worth three points. (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: Gkhan

The Questions

These are the questions for round 6. 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. Answers without timestamps will not be accepted. When all questions are answered, the winners will be posted in chronological order (that is if their answers are right). The individual with the most correct answers will be contacted and asked to assist in the next task line-up.

Gkhan

Note: please remember:

• the last five questions to be answered are now worth 3 points;
• Wikipedia (and sister project) pages in other languages than English are now off-limit.
• A hint will be given to any question that has not recieved an answer after 48 hours.

Question 1

An easy one to start with....

Tom o' Bedlam is considered to be the first example of what?

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This was the third question to be answered correctly. One point to FreplySpang.

Question 2

Asking him is cheating!

What was Mark Dingemanse first registered edit (I want the diff)?

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This was the sixth question answered correctly. One point to Eugene van der Pijll.

Question 3

A dinner party

Dinner for one: Ingredients:

• 1 Zorro, as listed by David Clay.
• 2 Eggs, natural

Instructions:

Put Zorro and eggs in a bowl and mix. Don't be afraid if substance is oily, that's supposed to happen. Serve quickly, otherwise packs of St. Bernhards will attack and eat it first.

How much food will be produced if recipe is made for 6 people?

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This was the last question answered correctly! Four points to ScudLee.

Question 4

"Deliriant isti Romani"

The biggest holiday in month ten.

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This was the eleventh question answered correctly. One point to Vik Reykja and one point to AllyUnion.

Question 5

I'm not worried at all!

The maddest unit of force

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This was the ninth question answered correctly. One point to Vik Reykja.

Question 6

"God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically." --Albert Einstein

Helium TO a hong-king based crime group TO Batman and Robin

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This was the 18th question answered correctly. Three points to Grue.

Question 7

"Darkness there, and nothing more." - Edgar Allan Poe

Identify this man

File:Wikifun Man of Mystery.jpg

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This was the 15th question answered correctly. Three points to Grue.

Question 8

"Little Lamb, God bless thee!" - William Blake

What oft-visited Wikipedia: page has a connection to sheep?

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This was the first question to be answered correctly. One point to Eugene van der Pijll.

Question 9

"Lord what fools these mortals be!"

What Shakespeare play makes a reference to an award-winning miniseries?

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This was the fifth question to be answered correctly. One point to Vik Reykja.

Question 10

1,2,3,?

What famous flying apparatus was, despite unusually poor construction, able to ascend to the skies?

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This was the 14th question answered correctly. Two points to Vik Reykja.

Question 11

Ships navigating around the world!

Who constructed water minus O?

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This was the 19th question to be answered correctly. Three points to Grue.

Question 12

In the International System that is....

Ancient building on the Tera-scale.

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This was the 16th question answered correctly. Three points to Eugene van der Pijll.

Question 13

Fun with letters

Each part gives a letter.

1. Ancient language and alphabet with roughly 200 signs that was decyphered in the early 1950s
2. Famous french novel published in 1954
3. A classic film that has a remake starring Gordon Gecko, Margot Tenenbaum and Strider
4. Dot Dot
5. Hint 1,2,3 taken in reverse forms the first three letters in a famous four letter artist who has a four letter album in which song five has the letter twice.

What wikipedian has a strong connection to the word formed?

Answers for each part (the letter and what they refer to) plus the answer to the question is required.

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Seventh question to be answered correctly. One point to Eugene van der Pijll.

Question 14

Cold, so cold

Treriksröset is to Sweden as what is to Norway?

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This was the 13th question answered correctly. Two points to Grue.

Question 15

Now for some Unicode-art, cyberpunk style

Using a little imagination, what does

   A
A A A A
 2   7 3

spell out?

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This was the 12th question answered correctly. Two points to Grue.

Question 16

Thanks to Countzero for this one

Italian Nic named a work after it, fictional colleague of Copperfield bears its name, and wheat dies by it...

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This was the 17th question answered correctly. Three points to Nunh-huh.

Question 17

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link

• e2-e4 e7-e5 g1-f3 b8-c6 f1-c4 f8-c5 b2-b4
• Greatest Discovery of Arthur (previous answer).
• The source of the name of (previous answer)
• Famous work in which (previous answer) appeared.
• Author of (previous answer).
• Was guided by (previous answer).
• The main character of this famous independent movie shared his name with (previous answer)
• The title of the yet to be released sequel of (previous answer) makes a reference to this movie.
• The main character of (previous answer).

All answers required.

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This was the eight question answered correctly. One point to FreplySpang

Question 18

[Gambling] is the sure way of getting nothing for something. — Wilson Mizner

Dish named after an aristocrat with a gambling problem.

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This was the fourth question to be answered correctly. One point to FreplySpang. Gkhan 00:40, Mar 26, 2005 (UTC)

Question 19

A personal favorite...

Movie inspired by the worlds first existentialist work.

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This was the tenth question answered correctly. Two points to FreplySpang.

Question 20

Six degrees of Max Weber

Go from Max Weber to Gulf of Guinea using only wiki-links with no more than three articles in between.

Bonus: 2 extra points for anyone who can find a shorter connection

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This was the second question answered correctly. One point to Eugene van der Pijll and two extra points for kicking my ass at Six Degrees of Wikipedia.

Current score

1. Grue: 13 points
2. Eugene van der Pijll: 9 points
3. FreplySpang: 5 points
4. Vik Reykja: 5 points
5. ScudLee: 4 points
6. Nunh-huh: 3 points
7. AllyUnion: 1 point