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RedSon
5,000 Expert 4TB
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  1. Contestants:
  2. Name                         Amount Won
  3. -----------------------------------------------------
  4. ilikepython                   $2900
  5. sdhalepaska                   $300
  6. mmcarthy                      $1800
  7. ChaseCox                      $3300
  8. Motoma                       -$80500
  9.  
May 15 '07 #1
97 4735
RedSon
5,000 Expert 4TB
The category is, The 70s.
This answer is worth $200 dollars: Alan Gelfand in 1977.

Remember your responses must be in the form of a question.

ANSWERED
May 15 '07 #2
ilikepython
844 Expert 512MB
The category is, The 70s.
This answer is worth $200 dollars: Alan Gelfand in 1977.

Remember your responses must be in the form of a question.
Who invented the ollie and when?
May 16 '07 #3
Banfa
9,065 Expert Mod 8TB
Category is, word problems. This answer is worth $100.
The question: These letters form the name of a person and a year in which they ate a hot meal.

9AaadefG7il1lnnn7
May 16 '07 #4
RedSon
5,000 Expert 4TB
The category is: Real Estate.
This answer is worth $500 dollars: When one broker is authorized to act as the exclusive agent of the principal while the principal retains their right to sell without obligation to the broker.

ANSWERED
May 16 '07 #5
ilikepython
844 Expert 512MB
The category is: Real Estate.
This answer is worth $500 dollars: When one broker is authorized to act as the exclusive agent of the principal while the principal retains their right to sell without obligation to the broker.
What is an exclusive agency listing?
May 16 '07 #6
RedSon
5,000 Expert 4TB
What is an exclusive agency listing?
No Challengers for ilikepython yet?
May 16 '07 #7
RedSon
5,000 Expert 4TB
The category is: United States
This answer is worth $300 dollars: The elderly national personification of the United States.

ANSWERED
May 16 '07 #8
The category is: United States
This answer is worth $300 dollars: The elderly national personification of the United States.
Who is Uncle Sam?
May 16 '07 #9
RedSon
5,000 Expert 4TB
The category is: Booze
This answer is worth $400 dollars (or double Jeopardy if you have money): Grown primarily in Corsica. It is most noted for the wines that come from Ajaccio which tend to be highly perfumed.

Remember to state your wager.
May 16 '07 #10
ilikepython
844 Expert 512MB
The category is: Booze
This answer is worth $400 dollars (or double Jeopardy if you have money): Grown primarily in Corsica. It is most noted for the wines that come from Ajaccio which tend to be highly perfumed.

Remember to state your wager.
I wager $400, what is sciacarello?
May 16 '07 #11
RedSon
5,000 Expert 4TB
I wager $400, what is sciacarello?
ilikepython off to a strong start with $1100. With only one other contestant so far it seems like you will be our champion for some time. We will return after these commercial messages.
May 16 '07 #12
RedSon
5,000 Expert 4TB
Welcome back.

The category is: Disasters
This answer is worth $800 dollars: This occurred the same day as the Great Chicago fire but caused more deaths than any other fire in US history.
May 16 '07 #13
MMcCarthy
14,534 Expert Mod 8TB
Welcome back.

The category is: Disasters
This answer is worth $800 dollars: This occurred the same day as the Great Chicago fire but caused more deaths than any other fire in US history.
What is the Peshtigo Fire
May 16 '07 #14
MMcCarthy
14,534 Expert Mod 8TB
The category is: Historical Geography
This answer is worth $500 dollars: region in a radius of twenty miles around Dublin which the English in Ireland gradually fortified during the 13th and 14th century.
May 17 '07 #15
ilikepython
844 Expert 512MB
The category is: Historical Geography
This answer is worth $500 dollars: region in a radius of twenty miles around Dublin which the English in Ireland gradually fortified during the 13th and 14th century.
What is The Pale? (filler)
May 17 '07 #16
MMcCarthy
14,534 Expert Mod 8TB
What is The Pale? (filler)
Correct! I'll have to think of something more difficult.
May 17 '07 #17
RedSon
5,000 Expert 4TB
The category is: History
This answer is worth $500 dollars: A series of five meetings from 1919 to 1945, that addressed the problems facing Africa due to the immigration of European colonists.

ANSWERED
May 18 '07 #18
ChaseCox
294 100+
what is Pan-African?
May 18 '07 #19
RedSon
5,000 Expert 4TB
what is Pan-African?
Judges ?
May 18 '07 #20
ChaseCox
294 100+
What are the Pan-African confrences, Name coined by W . E. B Dubois.
May 18 '07 #21
ChaseCox
294 100+
I went to Fisk University, HBCU in Nashville. I read alot about him
May 18 '07 #22
RedSon
5,000 Expert 4TB
What are the Pan-African confrences, Name coined by W . E. B Dubois.
I have Pan-African Congress but will accept your answer, since I don't have a staff or researchers to confirm that I am right or not. :D
May 18 '07 #23
RedSon
5,000 Expert 4TB
The category is: History
This answer is worth $500 dollars: “Hot gateway” in Greek. The site of a well known battle in 480 BC.

ANSWERED
May 18 '07 #24
Motoma
3,237 Expert 2GB
The category is: History
This answer is worth $500 dollars: “Hot gateway” in Greek. The site of a well known battle in 480 BC.
What is Thermopylae?
May 18 '07 #25
RedSon
5,000 Expert 4TB
The category is: Video Games
This answer is worth $1000 dollars or double Jeopardy: A video question shown below.

State your wager.

ANSWERED
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May 18 '07 #26
Motoma
3,237 Expert 2GB
The category is: Video Games
This answer is worth $1000 dollars or double Jeopardy: A video question shown below.

State your wager.
What is Gauntlet? Boh!
May 18 '07 #27
RedSon
5,000 Expert 4TB
What is Gauntlet? Boh!
Sorry. You are now at -$500.
May 18 '07 #28
Motoma
3,237 Expert 2GB
Sorry. You are now at -$500.
What is ME? More characters!
May 18 '07 #29
RedSon
5,000 Expert 4TB
What is ME? More characters!
ME? Still wrong, now at -$1500. Want to buy a clue for $500? Hard to Google a picture, aye?
May 18 '07 #30
Motoma
3,237 Expert 2GB
ME? Still wrong, now at -$1500. Want to buy a clue for $500? Hard to Google a picture, aye?
Naw man, I thought we were on a new answer: "You are now at -$500."
The question totally was "What is ME?"
May 18 '07 #31
ChaseCox
294 100+
Can I wager 1000?

What is Sword Quest: Earth World
May 18 '07 #32
RedSon
5,000 Expert 4TB
Can I wager 1000?

What is Sword Quest: Earth World
You only have $500 to wager so no. But you can take the $1000 instead of wagering your $500.

Correct!
May 18 '07 #33
RedSon
5,000 Expert 4TB
Naw man, I thought we were on a new answer: "You are now at -$500."
The question totally was "What is ME?"
Oh yea, we go until the answer is correct just like on the real game. And just like Jeopardy your "questions" have to actually be answers. Have you never seen an episode of Jeopardy.

If you want to ask your "question" then follow the format :P I'll refund your second $1000 loss.
May 18 '07 #34
Motoma
3,237 Expert 2GB
Dude, you haven't been paying attention. Go and reread the last few posts and you will see:

RedSon: The answer, for $80,000 is "The person now at -$500."

Motoma: Who is me?
May 18 '07 #35
RedSon
5,000 Expert 4TB
Dude, you haven't been paying attention. Go and reread the last few posts and you will see:
/me slaps forehead. Time for a commercial break.
May 18 '07 #36
ChaseCox
294 100+
I like this game. More questions please!
May 18 '07 #37
MMcCarthy
14,534 Expert Mod 8TB
The category is: Geography
This answer is worth $300 dollars: "The city of the seven hills"

ANSWERED
May 18 '07 #38
MMcCarthy
14,534 Expert Mod 8TB
The category is: Ancient World
This answer is worth $500 dollars: Ancient set of laws written by a King of Babylon.

ANSWERED
May 18 '07 #39
MMcCarthy
14,534 Expert Mod 8TB
The category is: Disasters
This answer is worth $300 dollars: Believed to be the deadliest natural disaster ever recorded

ANSWERED
May 18 '07 #40
ilikepython
844 Expert 512MB
The category is: Ancient World
This answer is worth $500 dollars: Ancient set of laws written by a King of Babylon.
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
May 18 '07 #41
MMcCarthy
14,534 Expert Mod 8TB
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
Correct, for $500 ..................
May 18 '07 #42
RedSon
5,000 Expert 4TB
Correct, for $500 ..................
Did the money won get updated?
May 18 '07 #43
MMcCarthy
14,534 Expert Mod 8TB
Did the money won get updated?
Of course, I'm an admin aren't I? LOL
May 18 '07 #44
ChaseCox
294 100+
The category is: Disasters
This answer is worth $300 dollars: Believed to be the deadliest natural disaster ever recorded
What is the Yellow River Flood (Huang He Flood) of 1931?
May 21 '07 #45
Motoma
3,237 Expert 2GB
What is the Yellow River Flood (Huang He Flood) of 1931?
Hehe, yellow river flood.
May 21 '07 #46
MMcCarthy
14,534 Expert Mod 8TB
What is the Yellow River Flood (Huang He Flood) of 1931?
Correct for $300 Chase
May 21 '07 #47
MMcCarthy
14,534 Expert Mod 8TB
Still one unanswered. See post #38
May 21 '07 #48
ilikepython
844 Expert 512MB
The category is: Geography
This answer is worth $300 dollars: "The city of the seven hills"
What is Rome?


.
May 21 '07 #49
MMcCarthy
14,534 Expert Mod 8TB
What is Rome?


.
Correct for $300 .....
May 21 '07 #50

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