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| Aquarius |
Posted on 23-04-2012 17:05
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It's been a long time since I last went to school, and I didn't dare cheating.
Next rounds should go better for me. Bring 'em on. |
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| jack888 |
Posted on 23-04-2012 17:08
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I'll join in next round. I would have got 0/7 in the geography anyway! |
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 23-04-2012 17:13
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Aquarius wrote:
It's been a long time since I last went to school, and I didn't dare cheating.
Next rounds should go better for me. Bring 'em on.
A clear indictment of the french education system if ever I saw one...
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| Kami |
Posted on 23-04-2012 18:04
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On to the next part: languages!
| 1. In what country is the Isan language spoken? | /1 |
| 2. What's the second official language in Finland? | /1 |
| 3. What are the 3 most spoken native languages in the world? | /3 |
| 4. The United States does not have a national official language. There are states that did adopt English as the official language. How many states did this? | /2 | | a. 14 | | b. 23 | | c. 27 | | d. 35 | | e. 44 |
| 5. What's the official language of Tajikistan? | /1 |
| 6. Name 3 West-Germanic languages still in use today. | /3 |
| 7. Is Samoan a dialect or an official language? | /1 |
Seeing as i received all answer within 2 days, i'll put the deadline on Thursday 24.00 GMT+1. I didn't put any translations in this round, as native speakers would have an advantage.
Good luck!
Edited by Kami on 23-04-2012 18:08
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| felix_29 |
Posted on 23-04-2012 18:49
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Definitely not all points for me this time...
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 23-04-2012 18:51
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Yeah, more difficult. Tried to give intelligent answers...
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| Deda |
Posted on 23-04-2012 18:56
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hoping for 4/7 
If offense is the best defence, does it mean that defence is the worst defence?
If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord will delete my browser history.
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 24-04-2012 08:36
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Hey I protest against the desert question, in Central Europe we are learning that Sahara is the biggest. It seems it depends if you connect the word desert with sand.
We do and the area you seems to know as "Antartic desert" is called "polar wasteland" in here. Also many english sources are rating Sahara as the biggest deser when i am checking it now. Artic and antartic "deserts" are not desert in the right meaning of the world, they are wastelands.
But that doesnt matter, it is only because of language barrier and different education system
The quiz is great, number of questions is fine,maybe avoid questions, which can be explained in many ways, like that desert. And i will probably suck a lot in the second part 
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| Crommy |
Posted on 24-04-2012 11:08
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Avin Wargunnson wrote:
Hey I protest against the desert question, in Central Europe we are learning that Sahara is the biggest. It seems it depends if you connect the word desert with sand.
We do and the area you seems to know as "Antartic desert" is called "polar wasteland" in here. Also many english sources are rating Sahara as the biggest deser when i am checking it now. Artic and antartic "deserts" are not desert in the right meaning of the world, they are wastelands.
But that doesnt matter, it is only because of language barrier and different education system
The quiz is great, number of questions is fine,maybe avoid questions, which can be explained in many ways, like that desert. And i will probably suck a lot in the second part
The technical definition for a desert is to do with the amount of precipitation the place receives (rainfall, snow etc), not the temperature/precipitation 
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 24-04-2012 11:32
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But I assume Antartic (and Artic as well) receives a significant share of snow, doesn't it ? So, is it still a desert in that case ? |
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| Kami |
Posted on 24-04-2012 11:35
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From wikipedia:
A desert is a landscape or region that receives an extremely low amount of precipitation, less than enough to support growth of most plants.
Also, most people associate desert with dry and warm places. The official word also includes the following:
https://www.thefre...com/desert
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| Crommy |
Posted on 24-04-2012 11:42
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Aquarius wrote:
But I assume Antartic (and Artic as well) receives a significant share of snow, doesn't it ? So, is it still a desert in that case ?
Antarctica, on average, is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent, and has the highest average elevation of all the continents.[6] Antarctica is considered a desert, with annual precipitation of only 200 mm (8 inches) along the coast and far less inland.
Precipitation includes snow
Edited by Crommy on 24-04-2012 11:43
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 24-04-2012 11:46
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We are learning for the whole life, i am a bit more clever now thanks to you guys, but someone should tell that to teachers in Slovakia and Czech Republic, as they are still probably teaching Sahara as the biggest desert (i must ask my nephew abou this)
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 24-04-2012 11:52
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Ask i am looking to czech wikipedia, there are really two different names for these too.
1.Polar wasteland (also called ice desert or freeze desert)
2. Desert
It seems different areas have different terminology. To make it clear, i dont want this extra point much, just discussing this interesting diversity.
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| Crommy |
Posted on 24-04-2012 11:54
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Avin Wargunnson wrote:
Ask i am looking to czech wikipedia, there are really two different names for these too.
1.Polar wasteland (also called ice desert or freeze desert)
2. Desert
It seems different areas have different terminology. To make it clear, i dont want this extra point much, just discussing this interesting diversity.
That's quite weird. The technical definition of a desert is a very well established geographical term
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 24-04-2012 12:09
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Avin Wargunnson wrote:
We are learning for the whole life, i am a bit more clever now thanks to you guys, but someone should tell that to teachers in Slovakia and Czech Republic, as they are still probably teaching Sahara as the biggest desert (i must ask my nephew abou this)
I think I learnt the same, but that was 20 or so years ago.  |
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 24-04-2012 12:15
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Aquarius wrote:
Avin Wargunnson wrote:
We are learning for the whole life, i am a bit more clever now thanks to you guys, but someone should tell that to teachers in Slovakia and Czech Republic, as they are still probably teaching Sahara as the biggest desert (i must ask my nephew abou this)
I think I learnt the same, but that was 20 or so years ago.
For me it is 15 maybe (well 9 from graduation).
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| Kami |
Posted on 26-04-2012 07:35
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Changing the deadline to friday 24 GMT+1. Don't have time to put up a new one tommorow, so can just aswell give people a bit more time.
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| alex valceanu |
Posted on 26-04-2012 08:12
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Ițm in ninth grade and they still teach us that Sahara in the biggest desert |
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 26-04-2012 08:45
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alex valceanu wrote:
Ițm in ninth grade and they still teach us that Sahara in the biggest desert
They do almost everywhere, in fact it is, but we sorted that out earlier
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