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QoD July 17, 2008
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:25 am
by andrewjackson
QoD July 17, 2008
2 points per correct answer, 10 points if you get all four correct. Answer with a Spoiler tag in one post in this thread before noon CDT on Friday, July 18.
No outside sources allowed. Just take your best guess.
1. Mount Meru is a legendary mountain prominent in at least three major religions established in what country?
2. The Battle of Mohács took place in what modern-day country?
2. What element gets its chemical symbol from its Latin name, hydrargyrum?
4. Pong, Kong, and Chow are sets of tiles in what game?
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Re: QoD July 17, 2008
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:28 am
by Here's Fanny!
QoD July 17, 2008
2 points per correct answer, 10 points if you get all four correct. Answer with a Spoiler tag in one post in this thread before noon CDT on Friday, July 18.
No outside sources allowed. Just take your best guess.
1. Mount Meru is a legendary mountain prominent in at least three major religions established in what country?
Israel
2. The Battle of Mohács took place in what modern-day country?
Hungary
2. What element gets its chemical symbol from its Latin name, hydrargyrum?
Magnesium
4. Pong, Kong, and Chow are sets of tiles in what game?
Mah-jongg
Re: QoD July 17, 2008
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:33 am
by sunflower
1. Mount Meru is a legendary mountain prominent in at least three major religions established in what country? I have no idea so I'm going to celebrate Kilimanjaro one last time (from the other day) and say Tanzania?
2. The Battle of Mohács took place in what modern-day country?
No idea...Germany?
3. What element gets its chemical symbol from its Latin name, hydrargyrum?
I'm at a loss for anything starting with M other than Mercury
4. Pong, Kong, and Chow are sets of tiles in what game?
Mah Jong
Re: QoD July 17, 2008
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:36 am
by jsuchard
1. India?
2. Haiti [WAG]?
3. Mercury
4. Mah Jong
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:37 am
by LookingForHumorPoints
QoD July 17, 2008
2 points per correct answer, 10 points if you get all four correct. Answer with a Spoiler tag in one post in this thread before noon CDT on Friday, July 18.
No outside sources allowed. Just take your best guess.
1. Mount Meru is a legendary mountain prominent in at least three major religions established in what country?
Cultistan
2. The Battle of Mohács took place in what modern-day country?
Red Sox Nation
2. What element gets its chemical symbol from its Latin name, hydrargyrum?
Snot, by the way, I like the Modified Stableford Numbering system you're using. Where have I seen that before?
viewtopic.php?t=2138
4. Pong, Kong, and Chow are sets of tiles in what game?
Super Mario Bros.
LFHP
Re: QoD July 17, 2008
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:44 am
by MarleysGh0st
1. Mount Meru is a legendary mountain prominent in at least three major religions established in what country?
India?
2. The Battle of Mohács took place in what modern-day country?
Ack! Name blanking time...this was a major battle in Serbian history, against the Turks, but the place was in the latest of the breakaway republics...Kosovar?
2. What element gets its chemical symbol from its Latin name, hydrargyrum?
Hg = Mercury
4. Pong, Kong, and Chow are sets of tiles in what game?
Mahjong (sp?)
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:47 am
by mrkelley23
1. Syria
2. Poland
3. Mercury (quicksilver)
4. Mah-Jongg
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:49 am
by MarleysGh0st
D'oh!
Not only do I ramble on about about the wrong battle, but I get the name of
that nation/battle wrong!
At least I had the name of the opponents right.
Re: QoD July 17, 2008
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:49 am
by Catfish
1. Mount Meru is a legendary mountain prominent in at least three major religions established in what country?
Japan?
2. The Battle of Mohács took place in what modern-day country?
Ireland?
2. What element gets its chemical symbol from its Latin name, hydrargyrum?
Mercury
4. Pong, Kong, and Chow are sets of tiles in what game?
Mah jong
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:29 am
by tlynn78
1. nope
2. Hungary
3. mercury
4. m game with tiles? mah jongh
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dammit, forgot to spoil again. I need spankin'
t.
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:58 am
by gsabc
1. guessing Japan
2. from the spelling, I'll guess Hungary.
3. Mercury
4. Mah Jong (sp?)
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:59 am
by gsabc
tlynn78 wrote:1. nope
2. Hungary
3. mercury
4. m game with tiles? mah jongh
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dammit, forgot to spoil again. I need spankin'
t.
Look out for volunteers ...
Re: QoD July 17, 2008
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:14 am
by NellyLunatic1980
1. Jordan?
2. Spain?
3. mercury
4. mahjongg
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:33 am
by Rexer25
1. India
2. Mohacistan
3. Mercury
4. Mah Jong
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:39 am
by KilljoyWasHere
tlynn78 wrote:dammit, forgot to spoil again. I need spankin'
t.
BEND OVER!!!!!
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:05 pm
by wintergreen48
1. Iraq?
2. Hungary
2. Mercury
4. Mah Jong?
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:18 pm
by VAdame
1 - India
2 - NAC. Mexico?
3 - Mercury
4 - Mah Jhong (sp?)
Re: QoD July 17, 2008
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:21 pm
by AnnieCamaro
andrewjackson wrote:QoD July 17, 2008
1. Mount Meru is a legendary mountain prominent in at least three major religions established in what country?
India, maybe. They have a big pack of religions.
2. The Battle of Mohács took place in what modern-day country?
I read The Last of the Mohacians, by Mr. James Fenimore Cooper, when I was in Home School High School. That book took place in what is now the United States of America.
2. What element gets its chemical symbol from its Latin name, hydrargyrum?
Mercury
4. Pong, Kong, and Chow are sets of tiles in what game?
Mah Jong
Re: QoD July 17, 2008
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:52 pm
by tanstaafl2
andrewjackson wrote:QoD July 17, 2008
2 points per correct answer, 10 points if you get all four correct. Answer with a Spoiler tag in one post in this thread before noon CDT on Friday, July 18.
No outside sources allowed. Just take your best guess.
1. Mount Meru is a legendary mountain prominent in at least three major religions established in what country?
India?
2. The Battle of Mohács took place in what modern-day country?
Nope. Usually do OK with battle questuions but not today.
2. What element gets its chemical symbol from its Latin name, hydrargyrum?
Watery silver AKA Mercury.
4. Pong, Kong, and Chow are sets of tiles in what game?
The obvious guess would seem to be Mah Jong.
Re: QoD July 17, 2008
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:48 pm
by DadofTwins
1. Israel
2. Brazil?
2. Mercury
4. mah jong
Re: QoD July 17, 2008
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:10 pm
by KillerTomato
1. Mount Meru is a legendary mountain prominent in at least three major religions established in what country?
Umm.....Japan?
2. The Battle of Mohács took place in what modern-day country?
Um....Japan?
2. What element gets its chemical symbol from its Latin name, hydrargyrum?
Two #2s, huh? But 3 is my lucky number! Mercury
4. Pong, Kong, and Chow are sets of tiles in what game?
Mah Jongg
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:49 pm
by T_Bone0806
Re: QoD July 17, 2008
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:06 pm
by SportsFan68
andrewjackson wrote:QoD July 17, 2008
2 points per correct answer, 10 points if you get all four correct. Answer with a Spoiler tag in one post in this thread before noon CDT on Friday, July 18.
No outside sources allowed. Just take your best guess.
1. Mount Meru is a legendary mountain prominent in at least three major religions established in what country?
I'll guess Mongolia.
2. The Battle of Mohács took place in what modern-day country?
I'll guess Canada.
2. What element gets its chemical symbol from its Latin name, hydrargyrum?
I'll guess mercury.
4. Pong, Kong, and Chow are sets of tiles in what game?
I'll guess mah-jongg.
SPOILER
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Re: QoD July 17, 2008
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:22 pm
by TheConfessor
andrewjackson wrote:
1. Mount Meru is a legendary mountain prominent in at least three major religions established in what country?
India
2. The Battle of Mohács took place in what modern-day country?
Canada
2. What element gets its chemical symbol from its Latin name, hydrargyrum?
Mercury
4. Pong, Kong, and Chow are sets of tiles in what game?
Mah Jong
Re: QoD July 17, 2008
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:28 pm
by Hambone
andrewjackson wrote:QoD July 17, 2008
2 points per correct answer, 10 points if you get all four correct. Answer with a Spoiler tag in one post in this thread before noon CDT on Friday, July 18.
No outside sources allowed. Just take your best guess.
1. Mount Meru is a legendary mountain prominent in at least three major religions established in what country?
2. The Battle of Mohács took place in what modern-day country?
2. What element gets its chemical symbol from its Latin name, hydrargyrum?
4. Pong, Kong, and Chow are sets of tiles in what game?
1. India?
2. wag - Iran
3. Mercury
4. Mah Jong