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by jimmy-bond
June 20th, 2023, 10:42 am
Forum: 2023 Study Events
Topic: Fast Facts B
Replies: 10
Views: 4861

Re: Fast Facts B

Zeta wrote: June 14th, 2023, 8:26 am Anyone know if the judges would accept "gamma ray burst" for natural disasters "G"?
I'd say no; I found "ground blizzard" in my list for this category.
by jimmy-bond
October 18th, 2022, 12:51 pm
Forum: 2023 Question Marathons
Topic: Codebusters B/C
Replies: 24
Views: 5383

Re: Codebusters B/C

Next question: solve this aristocrat about a certain common silicate mineral. VXIHWC EK I DEFGHIJ WQIW MIF MTDG EF DIFB NEOOGHGFW YIHEGWEGK, EFMJXNEFP IDGWQBKW. quartz is a mineral that can come in many different varieties, including amethyst. Also for thought process in my mind, silicate = quartz ...
by jimmy-bond
October 18th, 2022, 12:43 pm
Forum: 2023 Question Marathons
Topic: Fast Facts B
Replies: 39
Views: 10274

Re: Fast Facts B

AdithA wrote: October 2nd, 2022, 6:08 pm Category: Scientists
Letter: X

Category: Bones
Letter: F
Who did you have for Scientists - X?

Bohrium

Marsupials - R
by jimmy-bond
September 18th, 2022, 8:47 pm
Forum: 2023 Study Events
Topic: Fast Facts B
Replies: 10
Views: 4861

Re: Fast Facts B

The specificty thing is an example given in brackets, but I think the rule is clear that you can't use two names for the same thing to score two points. I figured that they would provide an example if it wasn't allowed, since it's a pretty vague rule and they already gave an example for one of the ...
by jimmy-bond
September 6th, 2022, 11:31 am
Forum: 2023 Study Events
Topic: Fast Facts B
Replies: 10
Views: 4861

Re: Fast Facts B

WOOOO BEST EVENT IS BACK IN ROTATION Also, while trying to make sheets, I found an interesting scenario. If two terms within a category are synonymous but start with different letters, does a team get credit for both? One I came across is Epidemiology - D and M. Death rate and mortality rate are syn...
by jimmy-bond
April 22nd, 2021, 1:54 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Your Daily Random Comment
Replies: 28799
Views: 3749048

Re: Your Daily Random Comment

stenopushispidus wrote: April 21st, 2021, 4:52 pm
twoplustwoisten wrote: April 21st, 2021, 3:20 pm c) isn't it illegal to have insta in 5th grade assuming normal age ranges apply?
c) probably but people lie for that
There are a surprising amount of preteens who claim they're born in the early 1900s on age verifications.
by jimmy-bond
April 20th, 2021, 9:13 pm
Forum: General Competition
Topic: Possible 2022 Events
Replies: 44
Views: 27171

Re: Possible 2022 Events

Jehosaphat wrote: April 20th, 2021, 4:51 pm Any idea about Ecology? I really thought that it would be back next year with Water Quality rotating out
The cycle is Green Gen --> Ecology --> WaQua, so it would be odd for them to skip over Green Gen imo.
by jimmy-bond
April 10th, 2021, 3:34 pm
Forum: 2021 Study Events
Topic: Water Quality B/C
Replies: 29
Views: 12236

Re: Water Quality B/C

An actual question from a State Water Quality test: "The word tundra is derived from what Finnish verb? On a water quality test. Were they trying to determine if anyone was using the internet? Nothing else makes any sense for that question to be there... Someone must've gotten their Water Qual...
by jimmy-bond
April 1st, 2021, 7:01 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Your Daily Random Comment
Replies: 28799
Views: 3749048

Re: Your Daily Random Comment

I smell some communist propaganda brewing
by jimmy-bond
March 24th, 2021, 2:42 pm
Forum: 2021 Question Marathons
Topic: Codebusters C
Replies: 86
Views: 22059

Re: Codebusters C

Solve this Aristocrat which is a set of lyrics from a song from the 2000's (Don't worry you can tell it isn't a rickroll) ZT MQD Q NCE, DZT MQD Q VGAW, XQU G JQOT GY QUE JCAT CNLGCRD? ZT MQD Q BRUO, DZT SGS NQWWTY, MZQY JCAT XQU G DQE? HE WAS A BOY, SHE WAS A GIRL, CAN I MAKE IT ANY MORE OBVIOUS? H...

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