Estimation game

[Akoss Poo a.k.a. Zorromeister]

Well, I have never understood the long, long time interval to send the answers, but I always accepted it. Anyway, you have two weeks as always.

[Usrin]

Well, I have never understood the long, long time interval to send the answers, but I always accepted it. Anyway, you have two weeks as always.

It occurs to me that I'm opening the forum while doing some boring work, but don't have even 10 minutes for replying... than at home I don't want to switch on the computer only because of that... so I start postponing again and again... So the long intervals are OK. But perhaps in case of a tie, the winner should be the pipsqueak who sent the replies earlier (and not the one with more 2nd places). That would enhance our motivation, and would not be unfair (quicker replies -> less time for googling).

[alanrotoi]

Deadline: 13th October 2014, 13:45:00 CET

Why 13:45?

I have a slow connection to google

[Usrin]

+1, My top speed on the ground with any vehicles, EXCLUDING plane take-offs
Only 200 km/h, RailJet trains are limited to that value in Austria (by car: 161 km/h)

211 - Alan Rotoi
185 - Bonzai Joe
184 - Akoss Poo
139 - Duplode
280 - Usrin
305 - Zak McKracken

They were limited to that value before 09.12.2012, now the maximum speed is 230 km/h: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railjet
Well, even that doesn't really help me. 

[alanrotoi]

+1, My top speed on the ground with any vehicles, EXCLUDING plane take-offs

139 - Duplode

He said in real life not in Stunts

[CTG]

+1, My top speed on the ground with any vehicles, EXCLUDING plane take-offs
Only 200 km/h, RailJet trains are limited to that value in Austria (by car: 161 km/h)

211 - Alan Rotoi
185 - Bonzai Joe
184 - Akoss Poo
139 - Duplode
280 - Usrin
305 - Zak McKracken

They were limited to that value before 09.12.2012, now the maximum speed is 230 km/h: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railjet
Well, even that doesn't really help me. 

It was in 2010.

[CTG]

Google verified answers sent.

[Usrin]

11. Number of nights I've ever spent in Slovakia.
Unfortunately I've never lived in the current territory of Slovakia, and many of my visits there were day trips. So sadly enough, this number is only 21.

IMPORTANT UPDATE!!!

I can proudly announce that I'm in Slovakia, hence this number will be 22 from tomorrow!

BÖFF!!!

[Akoss Poo a.k.a. Zorromeister]

One week left, only two estimations were sent to me so far!

[Duplode]

One week left, only two estimations were sent to me so far!

There are at least three now.

[Akoss Poo a.k.a. Zorromeister]

Yes, there are three.

Four days left now. This is a reminder, especially for the players who played previous round but hasn't had a tip for this round yet: Alan Rotoi, Bonzai Joe and Zak.

[Akoss Poo a.k.a. Zorromeister]

One hour and five minutes left. Though one of the answers (the pizza) will be known only tomorrow. So if somebody wants, I can postpone the deadline until then (until the pizza weight measurement tomorrow lunchtime).

[zaqrack]

I hope you received my carefully assembled tips

[Akoss Poo a.k.a. Zorromeister]

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 96
CTG 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.
6268

Duplode 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 224.1
Zak 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 649999
CTG 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 15.8
CTG 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 5022081
Duplode 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 224.1
Usrin 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 681
Duplode 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.
36.048

Usrin 35.1
Zak 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 14
Zak 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 questions
2. Cax The Googlemaster 5
3. Duplode 3
4. Zak 0

[CTG]

USRIN! QUESTIONS!!!