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Old 12-17-2006, 07:29 AM   #1
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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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Sports

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?

Politics

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

Economics

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 )

Video Games

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

Hardware

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

Movies

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

Literature

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

Ironworks

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 Please don't send me any answers using PM.

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.

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Old 12-17-2006, 11:27 AM   #2
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So we can post our answers in this here thread, aye?
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Old 12-17-2006, 11:27 AM   #3
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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

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Old 12-17-2006, 12:44 PM   #4
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So we can post our answers in this here thread, aye?
Send them in an email. If you don't mind making them public, you can post here.

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Old 12-17-2006, 12:48 PM   #5
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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

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Old 12-17-2006, 12:53 PM   #6
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sorry for the triple post... but johnny... er you answered 12 (c). It has only a and b... could you recheck your answers.
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Old 12-17-2006, 03:16 PM   #7
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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*

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Old 12-17-2006, 03:56 PM   #8
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1. Aussies
2. a
3. b
4. German
5. a
6. c
7. b
8. c (Hope so, cause then my shares go up )
9. b
10. b
11. a
12. b
13. f
14. a
15. b


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You may also threaten/bribe/blackmail anyone to ensure future goes as you predicted.
Hmm, will that hold up in a court of law I wonder?

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Old 12-17-2006, 04:37 PM   #9
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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.
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Old 12-17-2006, 11:52 PM   #10
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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...
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