Quiz answers
May. 16th, 2011 07:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Remember this quiz?
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1 is, as
colinbj said, the diameter in centimetres of lead shot of weight n balls per lb.. It is therefore of use in determining shotgun gauges.
2 is William Henry "Dusty" Hare, with 7,337 points.
3 is, as
wemyss and
camillofan said, Kapil Dev.
The answer to 4 is that no prizes are awarded in the Badwater Ultramarathon, "the world's toughest foot race", covering 135 miles (217km) non-stop from Death Valley to Mt. Whitney, CA in temperatures up to 130F (55c).
5 is a ring of diameter 10 inches at 1,000 yards.
6 is John Rae, the Orkney-born Canadian explorer, for his feat in walking 1,200 miles in two months in winter.
7 is, as
philmophlegm said, a little over 102 feet.
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1 is, as
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2 is William Henry "Dusty" Hare, with 7,337 points.
3 is, as
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The answer to 4 is that no prizes are awarded in the Badwater Ultramarathon, "the world's toughest foot race", covering 135 miles (217km) non-stop from Death Valley to Mt. Whitney, CA in temperatures up to 130F (55c).
5 is a ring of diameter 10 inches at 1,000 yards.
6 is John Rae, the Orkney-born Canadian explorer, for his feat in walking 1,200 miles in two months in winter.
7 is, as
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