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The latter -- a bit of luck that I happened to be looking up Stoppard on Wikipedia within the last couple weeks. So not exactly in my wheelhouse, but I did know the answer...unlike the prior three questions, which were also not in my wheelhouse and I had not been randomly looking them up recently.

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06-10-2021 , 02:14 AM

#78

derwipok

Power Ranger

Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 54,312

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Originally Posted by xander biscuits

Everyone has answered but I'll reveal a little later.

I would love to hear people's approach to this question

I randed an answer to exclude and split my money between the other 2.

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06-10-2021 , 05:32 AM

#79

Paasei

adept

Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 738

Lol Stoppard was a complete gamble. Now finally a question I know again

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06-10-2021 , 10:31 AM

#80

pwnsall

CFBBPC

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I self randed a and b as well

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06-10-2021 , 03:12 PM

#81

Colin_Piddle

The Colonial

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GG I think. I should have been out when I forgot a question.

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06-10-2021 , 03:26 PM

#82

Gadarene

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I was a theater major, which hurt when answering that question

Thought it was too early for Stoppard, though he did write my favorite play ever in (I think) 1967

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06-10-2021 , 05:33 PM

#83

xander biscuits

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C. diphtheriae produces diphtheria toxin which alters protein function in the host by inactivating the elongation factor EF-2. This causes pharyngitis and 'pseudomembrane' in the throat. The diphtheria toxin gene is encoded by a bacteriophage found in toxigenic strains, integrated into the bacterial chromosome

not pleasant

Correct Answer: B

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06-10-2021 , 05:34 PM

#84

xander biscuits

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Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 39,746

Player	After Q1	After Q2	After Q3	After Q4	After Q5	After Q6
KarmaDope	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$900,000	$900,000	$900,000	$900,000
Booker Wolfbox	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$666,667	$666,667
Nicholasp27	$1,000,000	$700,000	$500,000	$500,000	$250,000	$250,000
insanity31	$1,000,000	$500,000	$250,000	$250,000	$125,000	$125,000
Paasei	$1,000,000	€ 500,000	€ 250,000	€ 100,000	€ 99,281	€ 99,281
eyebooger	$1,000,000	$350,000	$350,000	$175,000	₹95,000	₹95,000
derwipok	$1,000,000	$330,000	$165,000	$165,000	$82,500	$82,500
Doctor Zeus	$1,000,000	£700,000	£700,000	£300,000	£150,000	£75,000
Borninabin	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$999,500	$81	$54	$36
housenuts	$333,333	$333,333	$160,000	฿160,000	฿80,000	0
Colin_Piddle	$1,000,000	$950,000	$950,000	$950,000	$950,000	0
pwnsall	$1,000,000	$500,000	£500,000	£75,000	0	0
Gadarene	$1,000,000	$500,000	$500,000	$250,000	0	0
D1iabol1cal	$1,000,000	$300,000	$300,000	$250,000	0	0
ArcticKnight	$500,000	$500,000	$500,000	0	0	0
lukethefluke	$1,000,000	$700,000	$190,000	0	0	0
nails	$1,000,000	$275,000	$150,000	0	0	0
Carl_Spackler	$150,000	$50,000	$50,000	0	0	0
AmazingErvin	$1,000,000	0	0	0	0	0
Treep	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zurvan	0	0	0	0	0	0
aaronk56	0	0	0	0	0	0
ladd	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eric	0	0	0	0	0	0

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06-10-2021 , 05:36 PM

#85

xander biscuits

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QUESTION 7

WHAT COLOUR IS FOUND ON APPROXIMATELY 75% OF NATIONAL FLAGS?

A: Red
B: White
C: Blue

Answers by 6pm Friday 11th June please

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06-10-2021 , 05:41 PM

#86

xander biscuits

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Clarification: Approximately means within 2%

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06-11-2021 , 01:38 AM

#87

nails

Pooh-Bah

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Originally Posted by Gadarene

I was a theater major, which hurt when answering that question

Thought it was too early for Stoppard, though he did write my favorite play ever in (I think) 1967

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

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06-12-2021 , 02:31 AM

#88

xander biscuits

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apologies, but will do this tonight.

Have all the answers in and no time now.

It's going to be a little meatier of a reveal than usual...

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06-14-2021 , 09:25 AM

#89

xander biscuits

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Sorry for the inaction but I've been tremendously ill over the last 48hrs. Just starting to come out the other side of it now.

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06-14-2021 , 09:47 AM

#90

eyebooger

Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 58,696

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Originally Posted by xander biscuits

Sorry for the inaction but I've been tremendously ill over the last 48hrs. Just starting to come out the other side of it now.

No problem.

Good luck getting to 100%.

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06-14-2021 , 10:49 AM

#91

Booker Wolfbox

Carpal \'Tunnel

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Getting better is way more important. The game will still be here.

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06-14-2021 , 07:25 PM

#92

xander biscuits

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So finally gonna reveal this.

Ever hear a "fact" and just believe it without proof?
What if countries change their flags?
What if new countries come into existence?

Some people hedged here and others possibly should have in what's likely to be the most jimmy rustling reveal so far...

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06-14-2021 , 07:26 PM

#93

xander biscuits

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Country/Territory	Red	White	Blue
China[a]	1	0	0
India	0	1	1
United States	1	1	1
Indonesia	1	1	0
Pakistan	0	1	0
Brazil	0	1	1
Nigeria	0	1	0
Bangladesh	1	0	0
Russia	1	1	1
Mexico	1	1	0
Japan	1	1	0
Ethiopia	1	0	1
Philippines	1	1	1
Egypt	1	1	0
Vietnam	1	0	0
DR Congo	1	0	1
Germany	1	0	0
Turkey	1	1	0
Iran	1	1	0
Thailand	1	1	1
United Kingdom	1	1	1
France[b]	1	1	1
Italy	1	1	0
South Africa	1	1	1
Tanzania[c]	0	0	1
Myanmar	1	1	0
Kenya	1	1	0
South Korea	1	1	1
Colombia	1	0	1
Spain[d]	1	1	1
Argentina	0	1	1
Uganda	1	1	0
Ukraine[e]	0	0	1
Algeria	1	1	0
Sudan	1	1	0
Iraq	1	1	0
Afghanistan	1	1	0
Poland	1	1	0
Canada	1	1	0
Morocco	1	0	0
Saudi Arabia	0	1	0
Uzbekistan	1	1	1
Peru	1	1	0
Malaysia[f]	1	1	1
Angola	1	0	0
Mozambique	1	1	0
Yemen	1	1	0
Ghana	1	0	0
Nepal	1	1	1
Venezuela	1	1	1
Madagascar	1	1	0
North Korea	1	1	1
Ivory Coast	0	1	0
Cameroon	1	0	0
Australia[g]	1	1	1
Taiwan[h]	1	1	1
Niger	0	1	0
Sri Lanka	1	0	0
Burkina Faso	1	0	0
Mali	1	0	0
Romania	1	0	1
Malawi	1	0	0
Chile	1	1	1
Kazakhstan	0	0	1
Zambia	1	0	0
Guatemala	0	1	1
Ecuador	1	1	1
Netherlands[i]	1	1	1
Syria	1	1	0
Cambodia	1	1	1
Senegal	1	0	0
Chad	1	0	1
Somalia	0	1	1
Zimbabwe	1	1	0
Guinea	1	0	0
Rwanda	0	0	1
Benin	1	0	0
Tunisia	1	1	0
Belgium	1	0	0
Bolivia	1	0	0
Cuba	1	1	1
Haiti	1	1	1
South Sudan	1	1	1
Burundi	1	1	0
Dominican Republic	1	1	1
Czech Republic	1	1	1
Greece	0	1	1
Portugal[j]	1	1	1
Jordan	1	1	0
Azerbaijan[k]	1	1	1
Sweden	0	0	1
United Arab Emirates	1	1	0
Honduras	0	1	1
Hungary	1	1	0
Belarus	1	1	0
Tajikistan	1	1	0
Austria	1	1	0
Papua New Guinea	1	1	0
Serbia[l]	1	1	1
Switzerland	1	1	0
Israel	0	1	1
Togo	1	1	0
Sierra Leone	0	1	1
Laos	1	1	1
Paraguay	1	1	1
Bulgaria	1	1	0
Lebanon	1	1	0
Libya	1	1	0
Nicaragua	0	1	1
El Salvador	0	1	1
Kyrgyzstan	1	0	0
Turkmenistan	1	1	0
Singapore	1	1	0
Denmark	1	1	0
Finland[n]	0	1	1
Slovakia	1	1	1
Congo	1	0	0
Norway[o]	1	1	1
Costa Rica	1	1	1
Palestine[p]	1	1	0
Oman	1	1	0
Liberia	1	1	1
Ireland	0	1	0
New Zealand	1	1	1
Central African Republic	1	1	1
Mauritania	1	0	0
Panama	1	1	1
Kuwait	1	1	0
Croatia	1	1	1
Moldova[q]	1	0	1
Georgia[r]	1	1	0
Eritrea	1	0	1
Uruguay	0	1	1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	1	1
Mongolia	1	0	1
Armenia	1	0	1
Jamaica	0	0	0
Albania	1	0	0
Qatar	1	1	0
Lithuania	1	0	0
Namibia	1	1	1
Gambia	1	1	1
Botswana	0	1	1
Gabon	0	0	1
Lesotho	0	1	1
North Macedonia	1	0	0
Slovenia	1	1	1
Guinea-Bissau	1	0	0
Latvia	1	1	0
Bahrain	1	1	0
Trinidad and Tobago	1	1	0
Equatorial Guinea	1	1	1
Estonia	0	1	1
East Timor	1	1	0
Mauritius[s]	1	0	1
Cyprus[t]	0	1	0
Eswatini	1	1	1
Djibouti	1	1	1
Fiji	1	1	1
Comoros	1	1	1
Guyana	1	1	0
Bhutan	0	1	0
Solomon Islands	0	1	1
Montenegro	1	0	1
Luxembourg	1	1	1
Suriname	1	1	0
Cape Verde	1	1	1
Maldives	1	1	0
Malta	1	1	0
Brunei	1	1	0
Belize	1	1	1
Bahamas	0	0	1
Iceland	1	1	1
Vanuatu	1	0	0
Barbados	0	0	1
São Tomé and Príncipe	1	0	0
Western Samoa	1	1	1
Saint Lucia	0	1	1
Kiribati	1	1	1
Micronesia	0	1	1
Grenada	1	0	0
Tonga	1	1	0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	0	1
Seychelles	1	1	1
Antigua and Barbuda	1	1	1
Andorra	1	1	1
Dominica	1	1	0
Marshall Islands	0	1	1
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	1	0
Monaco	1	1	1
Liechtenstein	1	0	1
San Marino	0	1	1
Palau	0	0	1
Tuvalu	1	1	1
Nauru	0	1	1
Vatican City[z]	0	1	0
Total	153	145	102
Percentage	78.06	73.98	52.04

Correct Answer: B: White

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06-14-2021 , 07:32 PM

#94

xander biscuits

watching a movie

Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 39,746

Only hedgers survive and all of them end up with less than half they had before...

Player	After Q1	After Q2	After Q3	After Q4	After Q5	After Q6	After Q7
Booker Wolfbox	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$666,667	$666,667	$222,222
KarmaDope	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$900,000	$900,000	$900,000	$900,000	$200,000
Borninabin	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$999,500	$81	$54	$36	$2
Nicholasp27	$1,000,000	$700,000	$500,000	$500,000	$250,000	$250,000	0
insanity31	$1,000,000	$500,000	$250,000	$250,000	$125,000	$125,000	0
Paasei	$1,000,000	€ 500,000	€ 250,000	€ 100,000	€ 99,281	€ 99,281	0
eyebooger	$1,000,000	$350,000	$350,000	$175,000	₹95,000	₹95,000	0
derwipok	$1,000,000	$330,000	$165,000	$165,000	$82,500	$82,500	0
Doctor Zeus	$1,000,000	£700,000	£700,000	£300,000	£150,000	£75,000	0
housenuts	$333,333	$333,333	$160,000	฿160,000	฿80,000	0	0
Colin_Piddle	$1,000,000	$950,000	$950,000	$950,000	$950,000	0	0
pwnsall	$1,000,000	$500,000	£500,000	£75,000	0	0	0
Gadarene	$1,000,000	$500,000	$500,000	$250,000	0	0	0
D1iabol1cal	$1,000,000	$300,000	$300,000	$250,000	0	0	0
ArcticKnight	$500,000	$500,000	$500,000	0	0	0	0
lukethefluke	$1,000,000	$700,000	$190,000	0	0	0	0
nails	$1,000,000	$275,000	$150,000	0	0	0	0
Carl_Spackler	$150,000	$50,000	$50,000	0	0	0	0
AmazingErvin	$1,000,000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Treep	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zurvan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
aaronk56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ladd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eric	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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06-14-2021 , 07:36 PM

#95

Gadarene

bussing tammates

Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 83,007

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Originally Posted by nails

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

Absolutely

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06-14-2021 , 07:38 PM

#96

Gadarene

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that's a bastard of a question, since i would have assumed it was asking for the color that's found in the most number of national flags (75 percent being quite a lot)

glad you feel better, xander!

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06-14-2021 , 07:46 PM

#97

xander biscuits

watching a movie

Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 39,746

QUESTION 8

WHICH OF THESE NUMBER PLATES SOLD IN THE UK WAS MORE EXPENSIVE?

A:

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06-14-2021 , 08:55 PM

#98

eyebooger

Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 58,696

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Originally Posted by Gadarene

that's a bastard of a question, since i would have assumed it was asking for the color that's found in the most number of national flags (75 percent being quite a lot)

Yup, did the same.

I guess I could have gone through all the flags...