tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post3028908944150033837..comments2024-01-08T14:21:37.465-08:00Comments on Infinite Art Tournament: The Monday Quiz LXXIXMichael5000http://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-35359718134897219352009-06-30T17:56:17.583-07:002009-06-30T17:56:17.583-07:00Wait, wait! What about silver stars and all that?...Wait, wait! What about silver stars and all that? I mean, just because I missed 20% (1/5 of the pie chart) doesn't mean I should be stripped of any honors, right? So, i was so suspicious that I over-guessed...but I wasn't that bad, right? <br />sob...<br />I score so seldom...Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195458656221202202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-68020112210858493492009-06-29T23:10:35.907-07:002009-06-29T23:10:35.907-07:00So close... and yet, so very far away. =/So close... and yet, so very far away. =/Rebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12835352917180439099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-17573922945915691172009-06-29T21:02:36.506-07:002009-06-29T21:02:36.506-07:00...which means that MQ Exclamation Points go to a ...<b>...which means that MQ Exclamation Points go to a vahst array of contestants today, such as: Morgan, Carto, la grina, Ms. Saved, Calico, Dan, Doc Schnell, Critical Bill, Ben, and Missy.<br /><br />Two new winners today telecommuted in from the new L&TM5K simulcast on the Facebooks: Trena K. and Kurt F. Welcome to the Quiz.</b>Michael5000https://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-65231378570088292572009-06-29T21:00:06.529-07:002009-06-29T21:00:06.529-07:00Well, most of these were apparently not as tough a...<b>Well, most of these were apparently not as tough as I expected, or perhaps it's that y'all were especially brilliant today.<br /><br />1. A breakdown of the 2008 US Federal Budget.<br /><br />2. World population by country. The top six have 50%, the bottom 205ish have the other half!<br /><br />3. Composition of the (Terran) atmosphere.<br /><br />4. Vietnamese surnames.<br /><br />5. First languages of South Africa.</b>Michael5000https://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-39386163695229192352009-06-29T19:12:54.357-07:002009-06-29T19:12:54.357-07:001. United States budget rundown
2. percentage of w...1. United States budget rundown<br />2. percentage of world population by country<br />3. composition of the air we breathe<br />4. most common Vietnamese surnames<br />5. ethnic groups in South AfricaWalter Sobchaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-8515903603481931502009-06-29T16:57:51.040-07:002009-06-29T16:57:51.040-07:001. US federal budget
2. World population distribut...1. US federal budget<br />2. World population distribution<br />3. Composition of Earth's atmosphere<br />4. Commonality of family names in Vietnam<br />5. Languages spoken in South AfricaMissyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10908228252776243797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-20951639698437306262009-06-29T15:15:39.859-07:002009-06-29T15:15:39.859-07:001. Us Budget breakdown
2. Hmm. World poverty?
3. W...1. Us Budget breakdown<br />2. Hmm. World poverty?<br />3. What makes up the air we breathe.<br />4. Popular Korean surnames <br />5. Languages in South Africa?boohttp://www.xanga.com/Boowasbornnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-63672207189285662132009-06-29T12:47:46.584-07:002009-06-29T12:47:46.584-07:00I'll go with what, to me, seem to be the obvio...I'll go with what, to me, seem to be the obvious answers. I quake at the warning to "be careful."<br /><br />1. The breakdown of the U.S. Federal budget<br />2. World population by country<br />3. Gases in the air we breathe (unpoluted)<br />4. Vietnamese last names<br />5. Languages spoken in South AfricaBenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06415787787176723318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-3330969957090373652009-06-29T10:31:21.320-07:002009-06-29T10:31:21.320-07:001. US Federal spending?
2. World population percen...1. US Federal spending?<br />2. World population percentages.<br />3. Make-up of Earth atmosphere.<br />4. Vietnamese surnames.<br />5. Languages spoken in South Africa.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-86880930867769868952009-06-29T09:31:26.313-07:002009-06-29T09:31:26.313-07:001. U.S. Federal spending
2. global population
3. c...1. U.S. Federal spending<br />2. global population<br />3. composition of our atmosphere<br />4. Family names of people in Vietnam<br />5. Languages spoken in South AfricaDrSchnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13428753570121627382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-22390465678090323772009-06-29T08:30:15.161-07:002009-06-29T08:30:15.161-07:00@Morgan
Don't worry, young man. M5000 is in n...@Morgan<br />Don't worry, young man. M5000 is in no position to criticize. (Feeling snarky today, did you notice?)<br />@M5000 <br />Hey, isn't it an unfair advantage that Morgan took Social Studies last year, whereas SOME of us last had any such course more than 4 decades ago?Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195458656221202202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-62380006155268676192009-06-29T08:26:43.254-07:002009-06-29T08:26:43.254-07:001. US budget?
2. How many impoverished/hungry pe...1. US budget?<br />2. How many impoverished/hungry people, by % of population?<br />3. composition of...of...atmosphere<br />(but is that enough argon?_) Maybe it's someone else's atmosphere...<br />4. Last names in VietNam<br />5. Languages spoken in S. Africa<br /><br />Totally guessed on (imagine a little pie chart) 60%! tsk.Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195458656221202202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-66904739288126936162009-06-29T06:52:02.133-07:002009-06-29T06:52:02.133-07:001. US budget
2. World population
3. Elements in...1. US budget<br />2. World population<br />3. Elements in Earth's atmosphere<br />4. Vietnamese last names<br />5. Languages spoken in South AfricaDan Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13981886295607717368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-31598318860335069602009-06-29T06:22:46.426-07:002009-06-29T06:22:46.426-07:001. US spending/budget
2. Population (Based on Chin...1. US spending/budget<br />2. Population (Based on China & India having big slices...)<br />3. atmosphere<br />4. Common Asian surnames (Probably Vietnamese to be more specific.)<br />5. Languages Spoked in the Republic of South Africa.The Calico Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06319271181930512880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-28010440907303156672009-06-29T05:52:33.291-07:002009-06-29T05:52:33.291-07:001. US National budget
2. World population
3. compo...1. US National budget<br />2. World population<br />3. composition of the air<br />4. Vietnamese surnames<br />5. Languages spoken in South AfricaEversavedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15310156643104877912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-33118921026654766422009-06-29T05:04:12.748-07:002009-06-29T05:04:12.748-07:00Yeah. What he said.Yeah. What he said.Christine M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13673973522206470114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-6837942064954698662009-06-29T04:06:58.150-07:002009-06-29T04:06:58.150-07:001. Federal spending
2. world population
3. composi...1. Federal spending<br />2. world population<br />3. composition of air<br />4. Vietnamese surnames<br />5. languages in South AfricaCartophiliachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15474715424129283330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-34829094462598882732009-06-29T01:26:40.042-07:002009-06-29T01:26:40.042-07:00I just realized that I used terrible grammar in my...I just realized that I used terrible grammar in my fifth answer, please don't deduct any points for this linguistic blunder.Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01475862386179357634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-39663270032750782932009-06-29T00:00:43.818-07:002009-06-29T00:00:43.818-07:001. Division of the US budget, numbers in billions...1. Division of the US budget, numbers in billions of dollars maybe?<br />2. Countries who are invested in US businesses or own US businesses or something of that nature. OK - nationality of companies in the fortune 500.<br />3. Composition of the air we breathe.<br />4. Most common last names in...Korea (or maybe Vietnam?) sticking with Korea.<br />5. Languages spoken on the African continent<br /><br />Ok this quiz is difficult, but I like it because I am in general a supporter of pie charts and other graphical representations of information. That is, if the graphical representation chosen is appropriate to the type of data being illustrated.Rebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12835352917180439099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-22546717057121199962009-06-28T23:33:16.327-07:002009-06-28T23:33:16.327-07:001. U.S. Annual budget
2. Populations of Countries
...1. U.S. Annual budget<br />2. Populations of Countries<br />3. Atmospheric Gas Content<br />4. Last names of people in Vietnam<br />5. What people talk in South Africa<br /><br />The first one: A toughie. I'm going to hazard a guess at the U.S. budget, running on 3 assumptions: 1. most of Education is paid for at the state level, 2. We spend less than I thought on defense, and 3. The little numbers are in billions.<br /><br />Second: Three clues. First, China and India are the first. Second, the US has 5%, a number that I remember from Social Studies last year. Third, the extremely large "other" category.<br /><br />Third: No-brainer. That is, if you know anything about the atmosphere.<br /><br />Fourth: Well, just about every Vietnamese person I know is either a "Nguyen" or a "Tran".<br /><br />My reasoning behind the last one is the lack of "French" as a language, and I know that they speak both Afrikaans and English in South Africa.Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01475862386179357634noreply@blogger.com