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Posted on 07-08-2009 09:57
Iskenderun, Turkey (aka Alexandretta), founded by Alexander The Great.


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Posted on 07-08-2009 18:15
Correct. 5 more Points to you.

Scoreboard:
1 - 15 Points Vuzman
2 - 14 Points Laluu
3 - 5 Points OKJones
3 - 5 Points Boddin

Question:
What is the name of this painting, and where is it (the painting, that is) located?

Clue 1 (-1 Point): The artist is considered to be one of the best painters in Northern Europe in the 15th century.


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Posted on 08-08-2009 13:37
The Madonna with Canon van der Paele, 1436
by Jan van Eyck.

It's located in the Groeningemuseum in Bruges


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Posted on 08-08-2009 15:42
Correct. You get 4 Points for that.


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Posted on 08-08-2009 17:56
Scoreboard:
1 - 15 Points Vuzman
2 - 14 Points Laluu
3 - 5 Points OKJones
3 - 5 Points Boddin
4- 4 Points Norlander

Question: What world famous volcano has a name in its regions native language, believed to originate from the word "crab"?


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Posted on 08-08-2009 19:59
Krakatoa
From Sanskrit karka or karkata or karkataka, meaning "lobster" or "crab". (Rakata also means "crab" in the older Javan language.) This is considered the most likely origin.




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Posted on 09-08-2009 11:15
Correct.


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No consequence is so unexpected as to absolve us of our decisions.
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Posted on 09-08-2009 19:26
Scoreboard:
1 - 20 Points Vuzman
2 - 14 Points Laluu
3 - 5 Points OKJones
3 - 5 Points Boddin
4- 4 Points Norlander

Question: Who is this a painting of?


No decision is so fine as to not bind us to its consequences.
No consequence is so unexpected as to absolve us of our decisions.
Not even death.
-R. Scott Bakker. 'The Prince of Nothing'
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Posted on 09-08-2009 19:45
(Torellion posting at Norlander's place)

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Posted on 09-08-2009 21:49
Correct. (This was apparently WAY to easy smiley )



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No consequence is so unexpected as to absolve us of our decisions.
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Posted on 09-08-2009 22:09
Scoreboard:
1 - 20 Points Vuzman
2 - 14 Points Laluu
3 - 5 Points OKJones
3 - 5 Points Boddin
3 - 5 Points Torellion
4 - 4 Points Norlander

NOTE: Double score question.
Question: What does this statue commemorate and where is it located?


No decision is so fine as to not bind us to its consequences.
No consequence is so unexpected as to absolve us of our decisions.
Not even death.
-R. Scott Bakker. 'The Prince of Nothing'
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Posted on 10-08-2009 00:30
Millennium of Russia

The Millennium of Russia is a famous bronze monument in the Novgorod Kremlin. It was erected in 1862 to celebrate the millennium of Rurik's arrival to Novgorod, an event traditionally taken as a starting point of Russian history.


The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.
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Posted on 10-08-2009 08:22
Correct.


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No consequence is so unexpected as to absolve us of our decisions.
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Posted on 10-08-2009 16:27
Scoreboard:
1 - 20 Points Vuzman
2 - 14 Points Laluu
2 - 14 Points Norlander
3 - 5 Points OKJones
3 - 5 Points Boddin
3 - 5 Points Torellion

Question: The juice from what tree, is bottled and then sold in a.o. Denmark and Sweden, as a refreshing beverage, not unlike beer or tonic?


No decision is so fine as to not bind us to its consequences.
No consequence is so unexpected as to absolve us of our decisions.
Not even death.
-R. Scott Bakker. 'The Prince of Nothing'

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Posted on 11-08-2009 09:39
Clue 1: The species of this tree, are generally small to medium-size and grow mostly in temperate regions.


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Posted on 11-08-2009 09:49
birch-wine or birch-juice

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Posted on 11-08-2009 10:54
Correct. That's 4 more Points to you.


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No consequence is so unexpected as to absolve us of our decisions.
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Posted on 11-08-2009 13:03
Scoreboard:
1 - 20 Points Vuzman
2 - 18 Points Norlander
3 - 14 Points Laluu
4 - 5 Points OKJones
4 - 5 Points Boddin
4 - 5 Points Torellion

Question: What "global" war, has by some been deemed to be the "real first World War", because of its battles across the world?


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Posted on 11-08-2009 13:24
Seven Years' War



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Posted on 11-08-2009 13:48
Correct



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