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2021 Last Person Standing January Quiz

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  • #362
    Clarabel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,985 ✭✭✭Clarabel


    Green&Red wrote: »
    Everyone, even the dead people.

    Whoever is furthest away between Jaded and 2D will be eliminated for yesterday and then a second for today

    Can I start playing...dead?


  • #363
    Green&Red
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,862 ✭✭✭✭Green&Red


    Clarabel wrote: »
    Can I start playing...dead?

    I’m happy to assume you lost the first round



    Puts you above Barney who has lost two of the first three


  • #364
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,411 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    Green&Red wrote: »
    WARNING


    There will be spoiler's today



    When Dantes escapes from Château d'If he goes to the island of Monte Cristo and retrieves the Abbe's treasure and returns with the smugglers to Leghorn where he sold four of his smallest diamonds, how much, in francs, did he get for each diamond?



    Fairly straight forward


    I can't tell you the size or any of the C's for the diamond



    What I can tell you that in 1835 one franc was worth about €15 and that with the proceeds of these four diamonds Edmond was able to buy a new boat and give the captain enough money to engage in a crew to travel to Marseille.
    Also, a few days later he went to Genoa and bought a yacht but had to exchange more diamonds to pay for that.

    OK, that's it, I'm coming over to your house and I'm taking all your books away!


  • #365
    rainbowtrout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,466 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    Green&Red wrote: »
    WARNING


    There will be spoiler's today



    When Dantes escapes from Château d'If he goes to the island of Monte Cristo and retrieves the Abbe's treasure and returns with the smugglers to Leghorn where he sold four of his smallest diamonds, how much, in francs, did he get for each diamond?



    Fairly straight forward


    I can't tell you the size or any of the C's for the diamond



    What I can tell you that in 1835 one franc was worth about €15 and that with the proceeds of these four diamonds Edmond was able to buy a new boat and give the captain enough money to engage in a crew to travel to Marseille.
    Also, a few days later he went to Genoa and bought a yacht but had to exchange more diamonds to pay for that.

    Are you saying that each diamond went for the same price and we are looking for that?


  • #366
    rainbowtrout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,466 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    I'm going to guess that it was a nice round number and not something incredibly precise like 84,605 :pac:


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  • #367
    aaronjennings
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,516 ✭✭✭aaronjennings


    Tomorrow's question: How long is a piece of string according to the International Thread Society Journal of 1979?


  • #368
    Trigger
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 19,119 Mod ✭✭✭✭Trigger


    Can I have a redo? I didn't read the second part of the question post properly :pac:

    Moderator: Forum Games, Conspiracy Theories, Current Affairs/IMHO



  • #369
    Green&Red
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,862 ✭✭✭✭Green&Red


    Trigger wrote: »
    Can I have a redo? I didn't read the second part of the question post properly :pac:

    Redo's have always been allowed


  • #370
    Green&Red
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,862 ✭✭✭✭Green&Red


    rainbowtrout wrote: »
    Are you saying that each diamond went for the same price and we are looking for that?

    All went for the same value, price of one


  • #371
    the purple tin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    91fc6173de8c90a4facccea279e8d054_w200.gif


    I will just engage guess-mode like in the last quiz.


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  • #372
    Sephiroth_dude
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 81,208 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    Me after looking at today's question


    giphy.gif


  • #373
    cee_jay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,942 ✭✭✭cee_jay


    aaronjennings wrote: »
    Tomorrow's question: How long is a piece of string according to the International Thread Society Journal of 1979?

    300 lobsters! (Taskmaster reference):D


  • #374
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,967 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    GnR do you have little children? Can you use one of their books tomorrow?


  • #375
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 32,323 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    Deleted User wrote: »
    GnR do you have little children? Can you use one of their books tomorrow?

    Or, you know, a newspaper maybe?

    Something normal, like.....


  • #376
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,503 ✭✭✭✭Also Starring LeVar Burton


    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    Or, you know, a newspaper maybe?

    Something normal, like.....

    No!!! That's a terrible suggestion! Bad Heidi!

    giphy.gif


  • #377
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 32,323 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »
    No!!! That's a terrible suggestion! Bad Heidi!

    giphy.gif

    True, true!

    Withdrawn :o


  • #378
    Green&Red
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,862 ✭✭✭✭Green&Red


    Deleted User wrote: »
    GnR do you have little children? Can you use one of their books tomorrow?

    I have a six week old, she got some books off Santa. They’ll be coming into play when we’re down below 10 cause if I ask how many baboons did a Scottish reel in Giraffes can’t dance then half the field will be right


  • #379
    rainbowtrout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,466 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    Or, you know, a newspaper maybe?

    Something normal, like.....

    Don't be giving him ideas.....

    8.jpg?1


  • #380
    Green&Red
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,862 ✭✭✭✭Green&Red


    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    Or, you know, a newspaper maybe?

    Something normal, like.....

    Normal?


    giphy.gif?cid=4d1e4f29qyei2ksf01vzhpx2dxn28gx0xf7wyh3zorqop079&rid=giphy.gif


  • #381
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,503 ✭✭✭✭Also Starring LeVar Burton


    Green&Red wrote: »
    I have a six week old, she got some books off Santa. They’ll be coming into play when we’re down below 10 cause if I ask how many baboons did a Scottish reel in Giraffes can’t dance then half the field will be right

    giphy.gif


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  • #382
    Clarabel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,985 ✭✭✭Clarabel


    Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »
    giphy.gif

    Yes. That's exactly what it means


  • #383
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,639 ✭✭✭feargale


    Green&Red wrote: »
    WARNING


    There will be spoiler's today



    When Dantes escapes from Château d'If he goes to the island of Monte Cristo and retrieves the Abbe's treasure and returns with the smugglers to Leghorn where he sold four of his smallest diamonds, how much, in francs, did he get for each diamond?



    Fairly straight forward


    I can't tell you the size or any of the C's for the diamond



    What I can tell you that in 1835 one franc was worth about €15 and that with the proceeds of these four diamonds Edmond was able to buy a new boat and give the captain enough money to engage in a crew to travel to Marseille.
    Also, a few days later he went to Genoa and bought a yacht but had to exchange more diamonds to pay for that.

    Is that 15 euro in today's money or fifteen 1835 euros?


  • #384
    wrestlemaniac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,662 ✭✭✭wrestlemaniac


    feargale wrote: »
    Is that 15 euro in today's money or fifteen 1835 euros?

    A very good question, I may need to change my answer


  • #385
    Declan A Walsh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,731 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    Euros did not exist in 1835! :D


  • #386
    Green&Red
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,862 ✭✭✭✭Green&Red


    Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »
    giphy.gif

    It means things can always get worse


  • #387
    Pawwed Rig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,467 ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    Green&Red wrote: »
    Giraffes can’t dance

    A classic to be fair.
    they just have their own style


  • #388
    Green&Red
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,862 ✭✭✭✭Green&Red


    feargale wrote: »
    Is that 15 euro in today's money or fifteen 1835 euros?

    €15 today


  • #389
    Neowise
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,217 ✭✭✭Neowise


    Declan A Walsh wrote: »
    Euros did not exist in 1835! :D
    probably why they ask for the answer in francs, a point i missed on my first submission of an answer.


  • #390
    rainbowtrout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,466 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    A franc was only worth about 10p when the euro changeover came. That's one hell of a devaluation in 150 years.


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  • #391
    Trigger
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 19,119 Mod ✭✭✭✭Trigger


    Have a feeling I will be saying cheerio to this thread tonight :pac:

    Moderator: Forum Games, Conspiracy Theories, Current Affairs/IMHO



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