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Re: The Jules Verne Forum Christmas Quiz : The Answers

From: Rick Walter~at~comcast.net <rick1walter~at~comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:02:44 -0700
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>

6) Michel Ardan British . . . vraiment?

Best,
Rick Walter in Albuquerque.









----- Original Message -----
From: "Harry Hayfield" <harryhayfield~at~googlemail.com>
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 4:59 PM
Subject: The Jules Verne Forum Christmas Quiz : The Answers


> Vernian or Hollywood
>
> Some of the following statements are true but some of them are complete
> hogwash. Can you tell which statements are true (by answering Vernian) and
> which are complete rubbish (by answering Hollywood)
>
> 1) Mount Helicon is 1,520 feet high? VERNIAN
> 2) After visiting Yokohama, Batculcar's circus is off to Australia?
> HOLLYWOOD (He is of course off to the United States)
> 3) The lower branch of the Amazon is known as "Lake of Breves"? HOLLYWOOD
> (It is known as the Canal of Breves)
> 4) The Niger river was first explored in 1749? VERNIAN
> 5) Sam Mitchell was the owner of 22,075 head of livestock? VERNIAN
> 6) Professor Lidenbrock fails to pronounce the word "Gigantosteologie"?
> VERNIAN
> 7) Tomsk was founded in 1504? HOLLYWOOD (Tomsk was founded in 1604)
> 8) At the equator of Gallia in the summer, it was 30° warmer than at the
> poles? VERNIAN
> 9) Uncle Prudent's watch is made by the Tyreton Watch Company? VERNIAN
> 10) The lowest temperature recorded on the night of February 1st in "The
> Fur
> Country" was -10°F? HOLLYWOOD (It only got down to +1°F)
>
> Britain, France or America
>
> Of the following people, who were located in Britain, France or America
>
> 1) John Strock American
> 2) Captain Cyrus Harding American
> 3) Captain John Huntly British (resident in Dundee, Scotland)
> 4) James Starr British (resident in Edniburgh, Scotland)
> 5) Pierre Aronnax France
> 6) Michel Arden British (as Ireland was part of Britain at the time)
> 7) Brigadier Cromarty British
> 8) Samuel Ferguson British
> 9) Captain Hector Servadac France
> 10) Corporal Joliffe France
>
> The person with the highest score up to this point (if there is a tie, the
> fastest responder will win) will then be sent an additional 10 questions
> relating to their favourite Verne book. These questions have to be
> answered
> correctly (with no wrong answers) within 24 hours of being recieved in
> order
> to be formally crowned "Jules Verne Forum Christmas Quiz Champion"
>
> Scores:
> Garmt de Vries-Uiterweerd: Vernian or Hollywood 1 point Britain, France or
> America 7 points Total 8 points
> David McCallister: Vernian or Hollywood 16 points Britain, France or
> America
> 9 points Total 15 points
>
> I therefore declare David McCallister the winner and would like to know
> what
> his favourite Verne book is in order to try and stump him with 10
> questions
> on that book
>
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