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Evo
Aug17-08, 11:47 PM
Thanks to Gokul for putting together areally fun and interesting quiz today!!!

Andre was today's quiz winner!!

[Gokul43201] 1:15 pm: Okay folks, let's play: HIDDEN SCIENCE
[Gokul43201] 1:15 pm: RULES:
[Gokul43201] 1:15 pm: 1. All answers are fairly common scientific terms (nothing highly specialized)
[Gokul43201] 1:16 pm: 2. The answer is found hidden (embedded) in the clue
[Gokul43201] 1:16 pm: 3. The clue additionally tells you something about the answer (example coming up)
[Gokul43201] 1:16 pm: EXAMPLE: Stop lane turns around the cosmos
[Gokul43201] 1:17 pm: Answer: PLANET - StoP LANE Turns around the cosmos
cristo] 1:17 pm: planet
[Andre] 1:17 pm: ingeneous
[Gokul43201] 1:17 pm: Does everyone get how that works?
[Doc Al] 1:17 pm:
[Doc Al] 1:17 pm: cristo cheated
[cristo] 1:17 pm: I think Doc's confused
[Evo] 1:17 pm: cool
cristo] 1:17 pm:
[Kurdt] 1:17 pm: yes
[Doc Al] 1:17 pm: what else is new?
[Gokul43201] 1:17 pm: What's up Doc?
[Doc Al] 1:17 pm: I'm ALWAYS confused.
[Gokul43201] 1:20 pm: 4. Only one guess per person
[Gokul43201] 1:20 pm: 5. You must guess the longest scientific term hidden in the clue
George Jones] 1:21 pm: always consecutive letters?
[Gokul43201] 1:21 pm: Yes!
[Doc Al] 1:21 pm: no bible codes, I hope
[Gokul43201] 1:21 pm: 6. The answer must not be any of the words used in the clue or any word directly derived from them
[Gokul43201] 1:22 pm: e.g., If the clue has the word RENORMALIZED in it, the answer can not be NORMALIZE.
[cristo] 1:22 pm: ok, so the answer must span at least two words
[Gokul43201] 1:22 pm: End of rules
[marlon] 1:22 pm: cristo is intelligent
[Doc Al] 1:23 pm: I'm not convinced
[cristo] 1:23 pm: oi!
[cristo] 1:23 pm: i can tell your sarcasm, marlon
[Gokul43201] 1:23 pm: Cristo: not necessarily. The answer could be hidden in a single word but have nothing to do with that word
[cristo] 1:23 pm: oh right, ok
[Gokul43201] 1:23 pm: For instance, if the clue has the word EMULATE in, the answer may be EMU
[cristo] 1:24 pm: got it
[Doc Al] 1:24 pm: or mula
[Evo] 1:24 pm: ahahaha
Andre] 1:24 pm: or late?
[Doc Al] 1:24 pm: how many question, Gokul?
[Kurdt] 1:24 pm: knowing this forum it will probably be ate
[Evo] 1:24 pm: bad example Gokul
[marlon] 1:25 pm: confusing
marlon] 1:25 pm: can't emu be derived from emulate ?
[Gokul43201] 1:25 pm: Okay, if nobody gets it in about 1 minute, I will reveal the answer.
[Doc Al] 1:25 pm: cristo's got it, move on
[Gokul43201] 1:25 pm: I've got about 15 questions
[Gokul43201] 1:25 pm: Ready all?
[Gokul43201] 1:26 pm: Also note: any punctuation used in the clues are purely for aesthetics and serve not structural purpose
[Gokul43201] 1:26 pm: Q1
[Gokul43201] 1:26 pm: In Apr. I smear sunscreen on my sides
[Doc Al] 1:26 pm: prism
[cristo] 1:27 pm: nice
[Gokul43201] 1:27 pm: Doc Al - correct
[Gokul43201] 1:27 pm: Q2
[Gokul43201] 1:28 pm: Standard protocol lid eruptor and smasher
[Doc Al] 1:28 pm: collider
[Kurdt] 1:28 pm: #$%^&*
[Gokul43201] 1:28 pm: Doc - correct
[Andre] 1:28 pm: coll almost
[turbo-1] 1:28 pm: collider
[Gokul43201] 1:28 pm: Q3
[Gokul43201] 1:29 pm: Charge trio, nice bond!
cristo] 1:29 pm: ion
[Andre] 1:29 pm: ion
[cristo] 1:29 pm: ionic
[cristo] 1:29 pm: damn!
[George Jones] 1:29 pm: ionic bond
[turbo-1] 1:29 pm: ionic
[Gokul43201] 1:30 pm: Giving it to George
[Doc Al] 1:30 pm: genius
[Andre] 1:30 pm: Hi Cyrus
[Gokul43201] 1:30 pm: Cristo went twice
[Gokul43201] 1:30 pm: George - correct
[cristo] 1:30 pm: yea i know, sorry
[Cyrus] 1:30 pm: cristo is a cheater
[turbo-1] 1:30 pm: bye, all. 5-10 sec updates are killing me
[Quiz and Trivia (no chat)]: Kurdt has left at 1:30 pm
[General Chat]: Kurdt has entered at 1:30 pm
[Quiz and Trivia (no chat)]: turbo-1 has left at 1:30 pm
[Quiz and Trivia (no chat)]: Kurdt has entered at 1:30 pm
[Andre] 1:30 pm: sorry Cyrus in the middle of the quiz
[Gokul43201] 1:30 pm: Cyrus - you need to be in white
[George Jones] 1:30 pm: cyrus, you're too colourful
[Kurdt] 1:31 pm: where am I?
[Cyrus] 1:31 pm: lol, I'm gonna leave you guys to your game
[Cyrus] 1:31 pm: I'll be in general chat
[Gokul43201] 1:31 pm: Q4
[Quiz and Trivia (no chat)]: Cyrus has left at 1:31 pm
[Gokul43201] 1:32 pm: Hmmm....something's not working
[Gokul43201] 1:32 pm: okay, back on...
[Gokul43201] 1:32 pm: Q4
Gokul43201] 1:32 pm: Aha! Moe baked the little critter.
[Andre] 1:33 pm: anmoegbe
[Doc Al] 1:33 pm: ameoba
[Andre] 1:33 pm: amoebe that is
[marlon] 1:33 pm: amoeba
Gokul43201] 1:33 pm: Andre - correct
[Kurdt] 1:33 pm: who got question 3?
[Doc Al] 1:33 pm: huh?
[cristo] 1:33 pm: GJ
[marlon] 1:33 pm: huh ?
[Gokul43201] 1:34 pm: will pardon typos
Kurdt] 1:34 pm: nothing I was kicked just wondering if my answer registered before hand
[Doc Al] 1:34 pm: typoes don't count??
[Andre] 1:34 pm: I typed too fast
Doc Al] 1:34 pm: lol
[marlon] 1:34 pm: anmoegbe ?
[Gokul43201] 1:34 pm: Q5
[Gokul43201] 1:35 pm: Propel a sticky rubber band
[Kurdt] 1:35 pm: elastic
[Andre] 1:35 pm: elastic
[Doc Al] 1:35 pm: elastic
[Gokul43201] 1:35 pm: Kurdt - correct
[Gokul43201] 1:35 pm: Anyone keeping track of scores?
[Doc Al] 1:35 pm: Evo?
[Evo] 1:36 pm: Doc -2, Andre, Kurdt, george- 1
[Gokul43201] 1:36 pm: Okay...back to the game...
[Gokul43201] 1:37 pm: now it gets a lit harder...
[Doc Al] 1:37 pm: only a lit
[cristo] 1:37 pm: uh oh
[Gokul43201] 1:37 pm: yes, a wee bit
[Gokul43201] 1:37 pm: Q6
[Evo] 1:37 pm: eeek
[Gokul43201] 1:37 pm: Antisymmetrically transfer MI onto another state
marlon] 1:38 pm: fermi
[Doc Al] 1:38 pm: metrically
[Andre] 1:38 pm: fermion
[George Jones] 1:38 pm: fermion
[cristo] 1:38 pm: fermion
[Gokul43201] 1:38 pm: Andre - correct
cristo] 1:38 pm: (doc doesn't read the rules..)
[Gokul43201] 1:39 pm: Doc's answer was too boring
[cristo] 1:39 pm: lol
[Doc Al] 1:39 pm: you think antisym, and metrically are derived?
Doc Al] 1:39 pm: lol... I've give you that
[Gokul43201] 1:39 pm: Q7
Gokul43201] 1:39 pm: The rascal arranges things without any direction
Andre] 1:39 pm: scalar
[Kurdt] 1:39 pm: scalar
[marlon] 1:39 pm: scalar
[Kurdt] 1:39 pm: #$%^&*
Doc Al] 1:40 pm: lol
[Gokul43201] 1:40 pm: Andre - correct
Andre] 1:40 pm:
[Gokul43201] 1:40 pm: Q8
[marlon] 1:40 pm: pff, quiz goes slow
[Doc Al] 1:40 pm:
[Gokul43201] 1:40 pm: Under my kingdom do trophy luminaries lie
[Andre] 1:41 pm: phylum
[Doc Al] 1:41 pm: #$%^&*
[Gokul43201] 1:41 pm: Andre - correct
[Doc Al] 1:41 pm:
[marlon] 1:41 pm: what's phylum ?
[Gokul43201] 1:41 pm: Q9
[Andre] 1:41 pm: biology Marlon
[Doc Al] 1:41 pm: green and smelly
[Andre] 1:41 pm: super genus
[Doc Al] 1:42 pm: that's funny
[Gokul43201] 1:42 pm: Marlon - biology - scientific nomenclature: kingdon - phylum - class - order - family - genus - species
Gokul43201] 1:42 pm: Next...
[Gokul43201] 1:42 pm: Q9
[Gokul43201] 1:42 pm: I'm not positive we can re-elect Ronald Reagan
[Kurdt] 1:42 pm: electron
[Andre] 1:42 pm: electron
[Gokul43201] 1:43 pm: Kurdt - correct
[Gokul43201] 1:43 pm: Q10
Gokul43201] 1:43 pm: It's not platonic, Kelly! There's a magnetism between us.
Doc Al] 1:44 pm: nickel
[cristo] 1:44 pm: nickel
[Quiz and Trivia (no chat)]: marlon has left at 1:44 pm
[Gokul43201] 1:44 pm: Doc - correct
[Gokul43201] 1:44 pm: Evo, can we have the scores again?
[Evo] 1:44 pm: Andre 4, Doc -3, Kurdt -2, George - 1
[Gokul43201] 1:45 pm: Okay, last five
[Gokul43201] 1:45 pm: Q11
[cristo] 1:45 pm: i can still win
Doc Al] 1:45 pm:
[Gokul43201] 1:45 pm: One more Act I, only with more new products
cristo] 1:45 pm: action
[Andre] 1:45 pm: reaction
"][Gokul43201] 1:46 pm: Andre - correct[/B]
[cristo] 1:46 pm:
Gokul43201] 1:46 pm: Q12
[Andre] 1:46 pm:
[Gokul43201] 1:47 pm: Caspar: a 'sit, eat and leave' kind of being
[Doc Al] 1:47 pm: parasite
[Andre] 1:47 pm: pasrasite
[cristo] 1:47 pm: parastie
[Kurdt] 1:47 pm: parasite
[Kurdt] 1:47 pm: smeg
[Gokul43201] 1:47 pm: Doc - correct
[Gokul43201] 1:47 pm: Q13
Gokul43201] 1:48 pm: John Madden at urethral protein, messes it up
Andre] 1:48 pm: nature
[Doc Al] 1:48 pm: natural
[cristo] 1:48 pm: denature
[Doc Al] 1:48 pm: that's the one
[Gokul43201] 1:48 pm: cristo - correct
Doc Al] 1:48 pm: finally!
[cristo] 1:49 pm: haha!
[Kurdt] 1:49 pm: I can't win any more
[Kurdt] 1:49 pm:
[cristo] 1:49 pm: i can
[Andre] 1:49 pm: my symphaty
cristo] 1:49 pm: k i c k
[Gokul43201] 1:49 pm: Q14
Gokul43201] 1:50 pm: Aztec lip seeks to smother heavenly body
[cristo] 1:50 pm: eclispe
[Doc Al] 1:50 pm: eclips
[Andre] 1:50 pm: eclipsew
[Gokul43201] 1:50 pm: cristo - correct
[Kurdt] 1:50 pm: if only I hadn't been kicked for question 3
[Kurdt] 1:50 pm: I'm not competitive though
Doc Al] 1:50 pm: cristo's going to win!
[marlon] 1:51 pm: i am going to win
[cristo] 1:51 pm: if only
[marlon] 1:51 pm: big dough, that's what i am winning
[Gokul43201] 1:51 pm: Q15
Gokul43201] 1:51 pm: Basically, talk a little less
marlon] 1:51 pm: alkali
[Doc Al] 1:51 pm: alkali
[Gokul43201] 1:52 pm: marlon - correct
[marlon] 1:52 pm: i won
[marlon] 1:52 pm: YESSSSSS
[Doc Al] 1:52 pm: damn--forgot to press enter...lol
Andre] 1:52 pm: you are good Marlon
[cristo] 1:52 pm: excuses excuses
[marlon] 1:52 pm: forgot to press enter ?
[marlon] 1:52 pm: me too, only 14 times
[Andre] 1:52 pm: it's okay cristo
[Gokul43201] 1:52 pm: Okay, I've got one extra question...
marlon] 1:53 pm: hit us
[Gokul43201] 1:53 pm: It's worth 2 points if you get it correct, but takes away 1 point if you get it wrong
cristo] 1:53 pm: oh no!
[Andre] 1:53 pm: okay
[Gokul43201] 1:53 pm: Everyone got that?
marlon] 1:53 pm: exciting
[Kurdt] 1:53 pm: yes
Kurdt] 1:54 pm: can you make it worth enough so I can win
[Gokul43201] 1:54 pm: Special Question 16
Gokul43201] 1:54 pm: Spanish algae brags: "Ole! No I.D., no induction."
Andre] 1:55 pm: solenoid
[Gokul43201] 1:55 pm: Andre - correct
[Kurdt] 1:55 pm: yeah I got that
[cristo] 1:55 pm: yea yea
[marlon] 1:55 pm: forgot to press enter
[Andre] 1:55 pm:
Doc Al] 1:55 pm: me too... forgot to press enter
[Gokul43201] 1:55 pm: I was hoping someone would take the "algebra" bait
Andre] 1:55 pm: right
[marlon] 1:55 pm: andre already knew the answer
[marlon] 1:55 pm: lame
[marlon] 1:55 pm: pfffff
Kurdt] 1:55 pm: algae bras
[Andre] 1:56 pm: of course Marlon
[Doc Al] 1:56 pm: depends on how liberal the "spelling doesn't count" rule goes
[Gokul43201] 1:56 pm: Evo, can we have the final scores?
marlon] 1:56 pm: i just pm-ed me
[Evo] 1:56 pm: Andre 7, Doc -4, Kurdt -2, George - 1, cristo - 2, marlon - 1
[marlon] 1:56 pm: marlon 14, andre 1
[Gokul43201] 1:56 pm: Last question was worth 2 points for Andre
Doc Al] 1:56 pm: sweet
[marlon] 1:56 pm: sorry, marlon 14, andre 1.5
[Doc Al] 1:56 pm: very clever, Gokul... thanks!
George Jones] 1:56 pm: congrats Andre
[Gokul43201] 1:56 pm: Good game Andre.
[Andre] 1:56 pm: okay it was funny
[Andre] 1:57 pm: thanks
[cristo] 1:57 pm: cheers Gokul, that was fun
[marlon] 1:57 pm: i got an additional question
[cristo] 1:57 pm: well done Andre
[George Jones] 1:57 pm: thanks
[Evo] 1:57 pm: great game Gokul!!!!
[Kurdt] 1:57 pm: well done andre
[Kurdt] 1:57 pm: Thanks Gokul
[Evo] 1:57 pm: Congrats Andre!!!
[Andre] 1:57 pm: yes indeed a nice quiz
[Andre] 1:57 pm: thanks Evo
[Gokul43201] 1:57 pm: Thanks for scoring, Evo.
[Doc Al] 1:57 pm: Andre rules!
[Evo] 1:57 pm: my pleasure
Doc Al] 1:58 pm: let's tear this place apart
[marlon] 1:58 pm: how long is the chinese wall ?
[Andre] 1:58 pm: Sorry for amoebe that's how it is spelled here
[Evo] 1:58 pm: all that typing takes something out of you
[Doc Al] 1:58 pm: lol
[Gokul43201] 1:58 pm: I'm off now...bye all
[Andre] 1:58 pm: thanks Gokul
[Doc Al] 1:58 pm: later, G-man!
[Evo] 1:58 pm: bye Gokul!
[cristo] 1:58 pm: cya Gokul.. go write a thesis!

Evo
Aug20-08, 03:31 PM
Sorry this took so long, I was in for repairs.

Kurdt
Aug20-08, 05:17 PM
Sorry this took so long, I was in for repairs.

Send them to me :tongue:. Good job for only one finger though. :approve:

Gokul43201
Aug20-08, 07:17 PM
Thanks for doing this Evo. You could have just sent it to me, like I asked you to.

Evo
Aug20-08, 07:42 PM
Thanks for doing this Evo. You could have just sent it to me, like I asked you to.I didn't know that you had asked.

If my arm isn't better Sunday and we have a quiz, someone else will need to make a transcript.