The new year 2007 is almost upon us. Do you always wonder at the beginning of a new year what will it bring? Do you try to make predictions, and how successful are they?

Introducing the "I wonder what the New Year will bring..." (2007) competition. This is your chance to make predictions for the upcoming new year.

You've probably participated in something similar before. The rules are simple. I make a set of questions about the upcoming events in 2007, and you try and predict the outcome. At the end of the next year, the person who makes the most correct predictions wins.

So here goes:

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<u>Sports</u>

1.
Who will win the cricket World Cup?

2.
Will England qualify to the UEFA Euro 2008?
a)Yes
b)No

3.
Who will be the winner of the Super Bowl?
a)NFC Championship winner
b)AFC Championship winner

4.
What nationality will the winner of Tour de France be?

<u>Politics</u>

5.
The winner of the presidential elections in France will be:
a)Nicolas Sarkozy
b)Ségolène Royal
c)Other

6.
Osama bin Laden will be:
a)Officially caught
b)Oficially killed
c)Neither

<u>Economics</u>

7.
At the end of the year, 1.00 EUR will be equal to:
a) less than 1.20 USD
b) between 1.20 and 1.40 USD
c) more than 1.40 USD
(according to http://www.xe.com )

8.
At the end of the year, price of an ounce of gold will be:
a)less than 700 USD
b)700 to 800 USD
c)more than 800 USD
(according to http://goldprice.org )

<u>Video Games</u>

9.
Will Dragon Age be released?
a)Yes
b)No

10.
Will the starting of production of Starcraft 2 be officially announced?
a)Yes
b)No

<u>Hardware</u>

11.
The highest desktop memory capacity (a single module) sold at http://www.newegg.com will be:
a)8GB or less
b)8-16GB (excluding 8GB)
c)16-32GB (excluding 16GB)
d)more than 32GB

<u>Movies</u>

12.
Will Ocean's Thirteen be released?
a)Yes
b)No

<u>Literature</u>

13.
Which continent will the winner of the Noble Prize in Literature be from?
a)Europe
b)Asia
c)Africa
d)North and Central America
e)South America
f)Australia and Oceania

<u>Ironworks</u>

14.
The person with most monthly wins in Ironworks Trivia Contest will be:
a)Bungleau
b)Aelia
c)other

15.
The number of forums at the end of the year will be (excluding archives):
a)16 or less
b)17 or 18
c)19 or more

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That's it. Initially I wanted to make a different number of points for different question, but then decided to have a simple '1 point per correct answer'. Total 15 points.

Usually answers in such cases are sent via PM, but since due to changes on Ironworks PM might not work properly <font color=red>Please don't send me any answers using PM</font>.

All answers to be sent to zfr@onet.pl

You may post or discuss answers here. Since correct answers are not know yet, I can see no harm in that.

For purposes of the competition, the Year 2007 lasts from midnight of Dec 31 2006 to midnight of Dec 31 2007, GMT.

No answers accepted after midnight Dec 31 2006 GMT.

As usual judge's decisions are final.

And cheating is allowed. You may use any divination spells or any other means or devices (crystal balls, tea leaves) to predict the futere. You may also threaten/bribe/blackmail anyone to ensure future goes as you predicted.

[ 12-18-2006, 02:42 AM: Message edited by: ZFR ]

So we can post our answers in this here thread, aye?

1 Australia
2 No
3 B
4 Spanish
5 A
6 C
7 B
8 B
9 A
10 B
11 C
12 B
13 A
14 A
15 B

[ 12-18-2006, 05:53 AM: Message edited by: johnny ]

Send them in an email. If you don't mind making them public, you can post here.

[ 12-17-2006, 03:22 PM: Message edited by: ZFR ]

And in order to be fair, I will not be participating in this.

Here is a list of people who answered so far. Let me know if you sent me an e-mail and your name doesn't appear in 24 hours.

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1.johnny
2.Ivelliis
3.Hivetyrant
4.Aelia Jusa
5.Bungleau
6.Felix The Assassin

[ 12-20-2006, 11:50 AM: Message edited by: ZFR ]

sorry for the triple post... but johnny... er you answered 12 (c). It has only a and b... could you recheck your answers.

Sports

1. Aussies
2. a
3. random guess so b
4. French
5. b
6. c
7. b
8. c
9. a
10. b
11. c
12. b
13. c
14.Bungleau
15. a

*some* random guesses *coughs*

[ 12-17-2006, 03:19 PM: Message edited by: Ivelliis ]

1. Aussies
2. a
3. b
4. German
5. a
6. c
7. b
8. c (Hope so, cause then my shares go up :D )
9. b
10. b
11. a
12. b
13. f
14. a
15. b


Hmm, will that hold up in a court of law I wonder?

[ 12-17-2006, 04:00 PM: Message edited by: Hivetyrant ]

1. Australia
2. Yes
3. A. No idea what NFC and AFC stand for, is that something about conferences? [img]graemlins/uhoh2.gif[/img]
4. Is that before or after they test positive for drugs? [img]graemlins/idontagreeatall.gif[/img] ;) I would like to say that Cadel will win but I don't think he's aggressive enough, so I will say German.
5. Segolene Royal
6. Neither
7. B.
8. C.
9. A? Never heard of it.
10. B.
11. B.
12. A.
13. A.
14. B. Me, obviously [img]tongue.gif[/img]
15. C.

1. It'll be a tie between the No-Doz people and the sedative people [img]smile.gif[/img]
2. Yes
3. Indianapolis, beating New Orleans
4. Greek
5. Nicolas Sarkozy
6. Neither
7. between 1.20 and 1.40 USD
8. less than 700 USD
9. Yes, with bugs :(
10. Yes... but without a year :(
11. 8GB or less, because "4GB (2x2GB) is not 4GB, but 2GB twice.
12. Yes
13. Europe
14. Aelia... she's more consistent... and if not, I can tank the last couple of months... [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]
15. 17 or 18... status quo is good...

For question 11... do you mean in one module? Or the maximum amount of memory supported on one motherboard? Or the maximum sold as a "matched pair"?

1 module

bungleau, Could you explain your answer 1?

[ 12-18-2006, 02:38 AM: Message edited by: ZFR ]

Ah yes, of course i meant answer B, no there won't be an Ocean's 13, and to be honest, i would thank god for that too. I'll edit my initial post as well, just to be safe.

Sure:

Quote:

It'll be a tie between the No-Doz people and the sedative people

This was an attempt at being funny, and probably didn't go well. For those of us unaware of the challenge and nature of cricket, this thing of matches going on for days and days, followed by being outscored 456 to 3 and still being close is quite ... strange. At least, it is for me.

So instead of saying I have no clue, I vote for a tie between the No-Doz manufacturers (who make little caffeine pills to help you stay awake, since it seems boring and drawn out) or the sedative manufacturers, who make little pills to help you calm yourself down and not get so agitated (since those who actually understand may get far too excited, and may need to settle down).

Thinking about it, those who would fall asleep will go somewhere else, so let me break the tie and say it will be the sedative people...

<font color=8fbc8f>I'll share a few secrets, but not all!

1. ?????WTF???? [img]graemlins/moon.gif[/img]
2. B
3. B
4. Swedish
5. C
6. C
7. B
8. B
9. A
10. A
11. A
12. B
13. A
14. ???
15. B

Be warned, now you know!</font>

I think it will bring a "7" after 200! [img]smile.gif[/img]

Re: "I wonder what the New Year will bring..." (2007)
 

Wow, I was just viewing some old threads and came across this. This was... ages ago.

After 10 years, I officially apologize for not completing this and selecting the winners.

I don't know if I can get all the right answers (since it might require checking some historical data), but when I have time I will sit and go thorugh this. I hate leaving stuff unfinished.

Re: "I wonder what the New Year will bring..." (2007)
 

And more than 2 years after my last post, I finally (11 years late) announce the results and winners.

The only question I couldn't verify is 14. The website doesn't host the results and I could only find partial ones on the threads here. If Bungleau can maybe share his spreadsheets if he still has them (he used to keep weekly statistics).

We have a 3-way tie. johnny, Hivetyrant and Bungleau are the joint winners. Perhaps Q14 would have been a tie-breaker, but now we'll never know...

Results
johnny 7 (I was amazed he got first 6 questions right, but then he only got 1 more)
Hivetyrant 7
Bungleau 7
Aelia Jusa 6
Felix the Assassin 6
Ivelliis 4

Correct answers:
1 Who will win the cricket World Cup?
Australia

2 Will England qualify to the UEFA Euro 2008?
B No

3 Who will be the winner of the Super Bowl?
B AFC (Colts)

4 What nationality will the winner of Tour de France be?
Spain (Alberto Contador)

5 The winner of the presidential elections in France will be
A Sarkozy

6 Osama bin Laden will be:
C Neither

7 At the end of the year, 1.00 EUR will be equal to:
C More than 1.4USD

8 At the end of the year, price of an ounce of gold will be:
C More than 800USD

9 Will Dragon Age be released?
B No

10 Will the starting of production of Starcraft 2 be officially announced?
A Yes

11 The highest desktop memory capacity (a single module) sold at http://www.newegg.com will be:
A 8GB or less https://web.archive.org/web/20080101...17&name=Memory

12 Will Ocean's Thirteen be released?
A Yes

13 Which continent will the winner of the Noble Prize in Literature be from?
A Europe (at the time she was in UK)

14 The person with most monthly wins in Ironworks Trivia Contest will be:
(can’t find results)

15 The number of forums at the end of the year will be (excluding archives):
C Looks like 19. https://web.archive.org/web/20080119...orum/index.php

Detailed spreadsheet in attachment.

Congrats to the winners!
And sorry again for the delay.

Re: "I wonder what the New Year will bring..." (2007)
 

I propose you create some new questions for the coming year!

edit: And congrats winners!

Re: "I wonder what the New Year will bring..." (2007)
 

LOL and we did not win the 2007 Cricket World Cup, sadly :(

Re: "I wonder what the New Year will bring..." (2007)
 

What do you mean? It was Australia. I rechecked wiki
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Cricket_World_Cup

Re: "I wonder what the New Year will bring..." (2007)
 

Oh you know what you're right, I got confused and thought you were talking about the 2011 WC which India won :D