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Round 13 has started...

Contents 1 Wikihunt 2 Round 13 (Round 13) 3 The Questions 3.1 Question 1 3.2 Question 2 3.3 Question 3 3.4 Question 4 3.5 Question 5 3.6 Question 6 3.7 Question 7 3.8 Question 8 3.9 Question 9 3.10 Question 10 3.11 Question 11 3.12 Question 12 3.13 Question 13 3.14 Question 14 3.15 Question 15 3.16 Question 16 3.17 Question 17 3.18 Question 18 3.19 Question 19 3.20 Question 20 4 Tally 5 Current Ranking 6 Previous rounds

[edit] Wikihunt

How fast are you at finding information? Do you know where to look? Test your skills here with the scavenger hunt activity through the pages of Wikipedia. In order to participate, simply follow the tasks below and enter your answers via the links below. There can be more than one individual to answer a question, as the first may be wrong. Remember to place your timestamp to ensure your place. When the last question has been answered, the winners will be announced. The individual(s) with the most points will be contacted and asked to assist in the next task line-up.

All answers can be found in Wikipedia, so please use only Wikipedia for research; otherwise you'll spoil the fun. We're playing on a game field consisting of all information in the main namespace of the English Wikipedia. Mailing lists, IRC channels, and their archives are off-limits. Talk pages, categories, and the Wikipedia namespace may be used in your search, although all answers are located in the article namespace. Off-site web pages (external links) also are discounted. Using Wiki-search, specialised Wikipedia search engines, or any external search engine with the search restricted to the en.wikipedia.org domain is ok. Using unrestricted searches of the whole web is cheating. Interwiki links to other language Wikipedias should not be used; all answers should be found on pages in the English wikipedia. Keep in mind that only complete answers will be taken into account for receiving points. While incomplete answers may cause the question-setter to give helpful comment, they will also provide clues to the other participants.

Feel free to post any comments, questions or ideas for improvement on the discussion page.

Also, feel free to include the Wikifun userbox in your profile:

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[edit] Round 13 (Round 13)

Round 13 has started on Sunday, June 18 at 21:00 (UTC). It is similar to the previous rounds. Note that the rules above have changed since the last round: all answers are now to be found in the articles of the English Wikipedia.

The first ten questions correctly answered are worth 2 points each for the poster of the first correct answer. The next five questions answered are worth 3 points. The next three questions to be answered are worth 4 points, and the last two are worth 5 and 6 points respectively. (Note: it's the order in which questions are answered correctly that determines the number of points awarded for a question, not the numbering below!) In case of a tie, there will be a tie-breaker, to be answered only by those tied. When no answers have been posted for a longer period of time, additional hints will be revealed.

This round was prepared by: Eugène van der Pijll. He accepts bribes, but will not discuss how large they should be.

If in doubt, the question-setter's decision is always right.

[edit] The Questions

Only a complete answer identifying all the hints given in a question will be accepted.

[edit] Question 1

Recommended by Royalty

The sales of what kind of animal almost doubled when it was reported that Queen Elizabeth II had one?

Answer this question

This question was the 8th to be answered correctly. 2 points go to Jeandré.

[edit] Question 2

A familiar image

The Caucasus is a mountain range between two large seas. The southeastern shore of the eastern of these two seas was explored by a two-man expedition. What well-known photograph was taken during this expedition?

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This question was the 9th to be answered correctly. 2 points go to ALoan.

[edit] Question 3

This is not an asteroid question, is it?

If dentists are 17, hat makers are 63, and architects are 98, what can John the Baptist be?

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This question was the 7th to be answered correctly. 2 points go to Zero Gravitas.

[edit] Question 4

One for the road

Which two cities were connected by the interstate route known as the Hubway?

Answer this question

This question was the 6th to be answered correctly. 2 points go to Alerante.

[edit] Question 5

Zooming out

Answer this question

This question was the 3rd to be answered correctly. 2 points go to Fetofs.

[edit] Question 6

Must be a rich place!

What city was first described in the English version of the Forbes 400?

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This question was the 12th to be answered correctly. 3 points go to Zoicon5.

[edit] Question 7

Probably not Zsaint-Jean-de-Luz

What dairy product can you write as the letter "Z" followed by a village in the French-Basque region of Labourd?

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This question was the 13th to be answered correctly. 3 points go to Zero Gravitas.

[edit] Question 8

As reported in the New York Times...

What was the score in the women's basketball game of Alberta v. Nova Scotia in February 1967?

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[edit] Question 9

Joe Kennedy, an orange proton, a son of Noé, an airer, Panama, a dyad, a bicycle manufacturer, a surname from the Scottish Borders, a half canton, 1 dPa s, a structure in Seville, a section of The Globe and Mail, serine, a black pigment, a university in Seattle, a propagating disturbance.

These all have an article in Wikipedia. Three other articles don't exist (yet). What are those?

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This question was the 11th to be answered correctly. 3 points go to Zoicon5.

[edit] Question 10

Wait, let me get my glasses...

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This question was the 5th to be answered correctly. 2 points go to Alerante.

[edit] Question 11

Metropoles

Fill in the blanks

1.	Delhi
2.	Mexico City
3.
4.	Port Moresby
5.	Hilo, Hawai'i
6.	Kuching
7.	Taipei
8.	Medan
9.
10.	Tokyo

Answer this question

This question was the 15th to be answered correctly. 3 points go to Spondoolicks.

[edit] Question 12

Namesakes

"The Boss", the subject of a popular calypso song in the 30s, and a 12th century historian all had the same name. The second of these men also shared a name with the grandfather of the third.

What connects both names?

Hint: the answer has a connection with the number 39, but not with 31.

Answer this question

This question was the 14th to be answered correctly. 3 points go to Zoicon5.

[edit] Question 13

A question of religion

The cathedral that is the official ecclesiastical seat of the Holy See was inaugurated in the same year that another church was destroyed. What device, originally from China, shares its name with a very central feature of this latter church?

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This question was the 16th to be answered correctly. 4 points go to Spondoolicks.

[edit] Question 14

Sad news

Alfred Nobel - 8 years. Kurt Cobain - 1 month. Pope Benedict XV - a few weeks. Pope John Paul II - 1 day. What was Kipling's reaction?

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This question was the 10th to be answered correctly. 2 points go to Spondoolicks.

[edit] Question 15

Wikipedia just doesn't look that good on 320x200

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This question was the 4th to be answered correctly. 2 points go to Zero Gravitas.

[edit] Question 16

March 1, 23:09

What small but famous train station was the site of the death of an athlete in 1898; the only known fatality at that location, although there were serious accidents in 1932 and 1980.

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This question was the 1st to be answered correctly. 2 points go to Dmn.

[edit] Question 17

The result of the debate was keep.

What city (population about 6,500) shares its name with, amongst others, a method of measuring the position of stars, the owners of a well-travelled teddy bear, and an art gallery in Rome?

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This question was the 17th to be answered correctly. 4 points go to Natgoo.

[edit] Question 18

"X" for unknown

X+3	Large increase of the number of pigs in Norway
X+4	Decrease in the number of African pigs
X+5	Direct rail link between Naples and the Blue Forest
X+6	Direct rail link between Naples and Messene

What is X?

Answer this question

I have given a hint on the answer page. Eugène van der Pijll 22:20, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question 19

Ancient history

A Danish author, known for returning his library books too late, alledgedly wrote some books about Olaf, an Irishman. His story was later adapted as a play. To get the points, can you tell me what the question is?

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This question was the 2nd to be answered correctly. 2 points go to Zero Gravitas.

[edit] Question 20

Odd one out

Answer this question

This question was the 18th to be answered correctly. 4 points go to Spondoolicks.

[edit] Tally

• Question 16 was answered after 11 minutes; 2 points for Dmn.
• Question 19 was answered after 29 minutes; 2 points for Zero Gravitas.
• Question 5 was answered after 35 minutes; 2 points for Fetofs.
• Question 15 was answered after 1 hour 17 minutes; 2 points for Zero Gravitas.
• Question 10 was answered after 5 hours 8 minutes; 2 points for Alerante.
• Question 4 was answered after 5 hours 24 minutes; 2 points for Alerante.
• Question 3 was answered after 21 hours; 2 points for Zero Gravitas.
• Question 1 was answered after 22 hours; 2 points for Jeandré.
• Question 2 was answered after 24 hours; 2 points for ALoan.
• Question 14 was answered after 40 hours; 2 points for Spondoolicks.
• Question 9 was answered after 43 hours; 3 points for Zoicon5.
• Question 6 was answered after 3 days; 3 points for Zoicon5.
• Question 7 was answered after 3 days; 3 points for Zero Gravitas.
• Question 12 was answered after 8 days; 3 points for Zoicon5.
• Question 11 was answered after 8 days; 3 points for Spondoolicks.
• Question 13 was answered after 10 days; 4 points for Spondoolicks.
• Question 17 was answered after 10 days; 4 points for Natgoo.
• Question 20 was answered after 10 days; 4 points for Spondoolicks.

[edit] Current Ranking

1. Spondoolicks - 13 points
2. Zero Gravitas - 9 points
-. Zoicon5 - 9 points
4. Alerante - 4 points
-. Natgoo - 4 points
6. Dmn - 2 points
-. Fetofs - 2 points
-. Jeandré - 2 points
-. ALoan - 2 points

[edit] Previous rounds

For the records this section features links to previous versions of this page, each referring to the last version containing all tasks of the respective round.

• Round 1 (editor: Larsie, winner: Ravn) - Answers
• Tasks and Answers for Round 2 (editor: Ravn, winner: Lupo)
• Questions for Round 3, with links to answers. (editor: Lupo, winner: Ravn)
• Wikipedia:Wikifun/Round 4 (editor: Eugene van der Pijll, winner: Lupo)
• Wikipedia:Wikifun/Round 5 (editor: AllyUnion, winner: Gkhan)
• Wikipedia:Wikifun/Round 6 (editor: Gkhan, winner: Grue)
• Wikipedia:Wikifun/Round 7 (editor: Grue, winner: Eugene van der Pijll)
• Wikipedia:Wikifun/Round 8 (editor: Eugene van der Pijll, winners: FreplySpang, Thejesterx, Alphax)
• Wikipedia:Wikifun/Round 9 (editors: AllyUnion and Alphax, winner: Alphax)
• Wikipedia:Wikifun/Round 10 (editors: ESkog and Grue, winner: Dmn)
• Wikipedia:Wikifun/Round 11 (editor: Dmn, winner: Ravn)
• Wikipedia:Wikifun/Round 12 (editor: Ravn, winner: MFH)