Estimation Game, Round 23
Only 4 r@cers sent tips to me, the results are the following:
1. Number of United Nations member countries which has not been officially recognised the independence of Kosovo (as of 29th September, 2014).
85 - still a lot, though I don't know why
Usrin 96CTG 115
Duplode 137 and Zak 33
2. Loudest grunt (officially measured) of Maria Sharapova, decibels.
101 (she is the official world record holder)
CTG 101 (he must be a big big Sharapova fan)
Duplode 87
Usrin 126
Zak 133
3. Altitude of the Chimborazo, m.
6268Duplode 6214 - living in South America was an advantage this time
Usrin 6840
Zak 5680
CTG 7001
4. LD50 value for caffeine in rats, given orally, mg/kg.
192 - around 100-200 cups of coffee
CTG 224.1Zak 150
Duplode 140
Usrin 21
5. The number of same-sex unmarried partner households according to the 2000 United States Census.
601209 - ouch, that much?!
Usrin 649999CTG 224100
Zak 168560
Duplode 2900000
6. Sea temperature in Dublin on the 29th September, 2014, °C.
15.6 (very good tips from all of you, living in Europe was an advantage this time)
Usrin 15.8CTG 15.99
Zak 16
Duplode 18
7. Number of decimal digits of the largest known prime number.
17425170 (2^57885161?1, discovered in 2013. All of you underestimated this number, but I guess I would have said an even lower number...)
CTG 5022081Duplode 3590000
Zak 131200
Usrin 2748
8. Difference between the shortest and the longest stages of the 1993 Tour de France, km.
279.7 (Isola-Marseille 286.5 km - Stage 12, Le Puy du Fou 6.8 km individual time trial - prologue)
CTG 224.1Usrin 221
Zak 170
Duplode 166
9. Average age of Iron Maiden members (current line-up, as of 29th September, 2014), years.
58.339 (they were formed in 1975, a long ago, and still playing)
CTG 59.2241 (he must be not only a big Sharapova fan, but a big big Maiden fan as well; even I couldn't have tipped that exactly)
Duplode 51.5
Zak 51
Usrin 43.8
10. Number of unopened toothpaste tubes at my home (as of 29th September, 2014)
51 (my would-be-mother-in-law is a dental assistant, she always gives us lots of 10-20 ml sample tubes from the best quality toothpastes)
Duplode 6 (not a good tip, but still worth for one point)
Usrin 4
CTG and Zak 3
11. Length of the night (hours:minutes) in the capital of Greenland on the 22nd December, 2014.
19h 53min (the capital is Godthaab/Nuuk, coordinates: 51° 45' W 64° 10' N, so no polar nights, but a long one; sunrise: 10:22, sunset: 14:29, length of day: 4h 7 min)
Usrin 19h 58min (the geography master)
Duplode 22h 27min
Zak 22h 30 min
CTG 22h 41 min
12. Weight of the pizza next to be eaten by me, g.
642.55 (a 28 cm=d thick crust pizza with hot tomato sauce, cheese, salami, olives, pepperoni and smoked pork clod, just eaten)
Usrin 681Duplode 529
CTG 522.41
Zak 410
13. Porosity (void space volume/bulk volume, expressed in %) of the highest porosity sandstone rock sample I have ever worked with.
36.048Usrin 35.1Zak 37 (almost beat the geologist)
CTG 22.41
Duplode 68 (a sandstone rock sample is not a sponge)
+1. All time highest number of consecutive farts emitted by my ass.
20, two years ago, in the staircase of my grandma, my girlfriend was the victim
Duplode 14Zak 13
CTG 40 (I wonder about your record... on the basis of your tip your one must be a much higher value)
Usrin 52 (I wonder about your record... on the basis of your tip your one must be a much higher value)
Final results:
1. Usrin 6 - he can ask the next set of questions2. C
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ooglemaster 5
3. Duplode 3
4. Zak 0
