Estimation game

[CTG]

Round 3

1, How many F1 pipsqueaks could catch pole position in Spa-Francochamps between 1992 and 2011?

However surprising it is, Michael Schumacher could win qualifications only once on his favorite track.

2011   Vettel
2010   Webber
2009   Fisichella
2008   Hamilton
2007   Raikkonen
2006        no race   
2005   Montoya
2004   Trulli
2003        no race   
2002   Schumacher
2001   Montoya
2000   Hakkinen
1999   Hakkinen
1998   Hakkinen
1997   Villeneuve
1996   Villeneuve
1995   Berger
1994   Barrichello
1993   Prost
1992   Mansell

So... 14 pole winners

14 - Zak McKracken
13 - Chulk
9 - Duplode
7 - Akoss Poo and Bonzai Joe
5 - Super Brian

2, When was Hewlett-Packard company founded? (year) - 1939

1941 - Chulk
1935 - Bonzai Joe
1946 - Zak McKracken
1927 - Akoss Poo
1905 - Duplode
1992 - Super Brian

3, Density of diamond at room temperature (g/cm3) - 3.52 g/cm³

3.3 - Zak McKracken (lucky anti-chemist )
3 - Chulk
4.1 - Akoss Poo
2.8 - Duplode
12.5 - Super Brian
18.82 - Bonzai Joe

4, Date of Leo Ramone's last login to Stunts Forum - 28th August 2007

1st March 2007 - Super Brian
16th February 2007 - Duplode
29th October 2006 - Akoss Poo
22nd May 2006 - Bonzai Joe
1st September 2003 - Zak McKracken
1st July 2003 - Chulk

5, How much did Alaska cost, when USA bought it from Russia? (US dollar) - 7,200,000 USD

6,000,000 - Duplode
10,000,000 - Chulk
2,500,000 - Zak McKracken
14,000,000 - Super Brian
200,000 - Bonzai Joe
1 - Akoss Poo

6, The most goal in a single match in the history of the Spanish La Liga (football) - Athletic Bilbao - Racing de Santander 9-5 (1933); so 14 goals

14 - Akoss Poo (who else)
13 - Chulk and Duplode
12 - Bonzai Joe
23 - Zak McKracken
109 - Super Brian

7, Top speed of the fastest helicopter ever (km/h) - 400.87 km/h

390 - Chulk
450 - Duplode
290 - Super Brian
720 - Zak McKracken
839 - Akoss Poo
925 - Bonzai Joe

8, Altitude difference between the highest points of Germany and Brasil - only 32 m! (BRA - 2994, GER - 2962)

400 - Chulk
700 - Akoss Poo
1100 - Bonzai Joe and Duplode
2400 - Super Brian
2510 - Zak McKracken

9, Racing length of Vuelta in 1935 (km) - 3411 km

3500 - Chulk
3900 - Super Brian
2200 - Zak McKracken
5123 - Akoss Poo
1540 - Bonzai Joe
1000 - Duplode

10, Power (in HP units) of the strongest street version Subaru Impreza (2.5 l, turbo-charged) - 304 hp

350 - Chulk
355 - Bonzai Joe and Zak McKracken (damned tight!)
384 - Akoss Poo
210 - Duplode
698 - Super Brian

11, The longest-reigning king of all time (years, days) - Sobhaza II, monarch of Swaziland between 1899 and 1982; 82 years 254 days

80 years 253 days - Super Brian
85 years - Akoss Poo
75 years 162 days - Chulk
71 years 100 days - Zak McKracken
70 years 47 days - Duplode
67 years 3 days - Bonzai Joe

12, GDP per capita of United Arab Emirates in 2010 (according to IMF, US dollar) - 57,884 USD (IMF uses a strange system)

28,500 - Zak McKracken
28,000 - Bonzai Joe
27,001 - Akoss Poo
22,000 - Duplode
60,000,000 - Chulk
340,000,000,000 - Super Brian (I guess Chulk and you thought on the whole nation's GDP)

13, When was the first episode of Knight Rider series released? - 26th September 1982

1st April 1982 - Zak McKracken
1983 - Akoss Poo
22nd August 1984 - Bonzai Joe
1st September 1984 - Chulk
1984 - Super Brian
25th July 1985 - Duplode

+1, The last 4 digits of my workplace phone number (try to cheat, muhahaha) - 5093

5114 - Chulk
5499 - Akoss Poo
6733 - Bonzai Joe
2911 - Super Brian
2744 - Zak McKracken
2534 - Duplode

Results of round 3

6 - Chulk
4 - Zak McKracken
2 - Super Brian
1 - Akoss Poo and Duplode
0 - Bonzai Joe (ouch)

Overall standings

13 - Chulk
9 - Akoss Poo
8 - Duplode
7 - Zak McKracken
3 - Bonzai Joe
2 - Super Brian

[Duplode]

Chulk is consistently good at this!

[Akoss Poo a.k.a. Zorromeister]

7, Top speed of the fastest helicopter ever (km/h) - 400.87 km/h

8, Altitude difference between the highest points of Germany and Brasil - only 32 m! (BRA - 2994, GER - 2962)

No, in Transport Tycoon Deluxe, the Guru X2 Helicopter top speed is 494 km/h. 

First I thought about tipping 0 m altitude difference, I could not decide whether the Brazilian Highlands' highest point or the Zugspitze is higher (I thought that must be close)... I knew that the latter's elevation is 2962 m above sea level, but I had no exact info about the other. I decided to have a highest tip which can be (could have been enough)... (Btw I checked it, the highest point of Brazil is not in the Brazilian Highlands...)

[CTG]

7, Top speed of the fastest helicopter ever (km/h) - 400.87 km/h

No, in Transport Tycoon Deluxe, the Guru X2 Helicopter top speed is 494 km/h. 

But even with that you won't get a point.

Who wants to be the next?

[Chulk]

Chulk is consistently good at this!

I'm just being lucky to know 2/3 per round and guess some others, for example

Round 3

2, When was Hewlett-Packard company founded? (year) - 1939
1941 - Chulk
1935 - Bonzai Joe
1946 - Zak McKracken
1927 - Akoss Poo
1905 - Duplode
1992 - Super Brian

I just knew it was bewtween WWI and WWII


3, Density of diamond at room temperature (g/cm3) - 3.52 g/cm³

3.3 - Zak McKracken (lucky anti-chemist )
3 - Chulk
4.1 - Akoss Poo
2.8 - Duplode
12.5 - Super Brian
18.82 - Bonzai Joe
Bet on 3 just because it was question 3, would have been a very locuky guess

6, The most goal in a single match in the history of the Spanish La Liga (football) - Athletic Bilbao - Racing de Santander 9-5 (1933); so 14 goals
14 - Akoss Poo (who else)
13 - Chulk and Duplode
12 - Bonzai Joe
23 - Zak McKracken
109 - Super Brian

I bet on that Athletic - Barcelona 12-1, as I think you did too.

7, Top speed of the fastest helicopter ever (km/h) - 400.87 km/h
390 - Chulk
450 - Duplode
290 - Super Brian
720 - Zak McKracken
839 - Akoss Poo
925 - Bonzai Joe

I took a guess a bit below 400 Km/h because I remembered reading in my brothers notes o talking to him (either one or both) about helicopters being limited to 400 Km/h because if they went faster, they went into stall. (He's an aeronautics engineer)

8, Altitude difference between the highest points of Germany and Brasil - only 32 m! (BRA - 2994, GER - 2962)
400 - Chulk
700 - Akoss Poo
1100 - Bonzai Joe and Duplode
2400 - Super Brian
2510 - Zak McKracken

Just thought lower Andes and lower Alpes would be close, just not THAT close!


9, Racing length of Vuelta in 1935 (km) - 3411 km
3500 - Chulk
3900 - Super Brian
2200 - Zak McKracken
5123 - Akoss Poo
1540 - Bonzai Joe
1000 - Duplode

Lucky guess

10, Power (in HP units) of the strongest street version Subaru Impreza (2.5 l, turbo-charged) - 304 hp
350 - Chulk
355 - Bonzai Joe and Zak McKracken (damned tight!)
384 - Akoss Poo
210 - Duplode
698 - Super Brian

I had a llittle idea from a friend in Subaru club here in Argentina that talks about cars every stallin second, but I thougt it has more HP than I guessed...

+1, The last 4 digits of my workplace phone number (try to cheat, muhahaha) - 5093
5114 - Chulk
5499 - Akoss Poo
6733 - Bonzai Joe
2911 - Super Brian
2744 - Zak McKracken
2534 - Duplode
I chose 5 for the first digit as a middle number, then just randomly chose the next 3 with a bar code from a chocolate I had at hand.

I'll think of 13 questions, but I will take a while so I'll take round 5.

[BonzaiJoe]

Ouch!

[CTG]

Dead one?

[Chulk]

Nope, here they are:

1: How many letters does the original full name of the USA city Los Angeles (California) have? (Not counting blank spaces)

2: After the Civil War the U.S. sued Great Britain for damages that were caused by them building ships for the Confederacy. They asked for $1 Billion but settled with less...
how much did they settle with?

3: How many muscles does a cat have in its ear? (in each of them, not the two together)

4: There is only one month in recorded history not to have a full moon, which was it? (Month, Year)
NEW QUESTION: How many National teams from OFC (Oceania) are affiliated to FIFA?

5: Deppest known place in the sea (in Km)

6: How long did the shortest war in history last? (in minutes)

7: How many holes does a GOLF ball have?

8: Date when the first execution using an electric chair happened.

9: Antarctica long distance country code phone number(3 digits)

10: As you know, the Earth is not exactly spherical. Diameter around the Ecuator is longer than diameter around the poles. Which is the difference between these two? (in Km.)

11: Tuvalu's area (in Km.2)

12: Number of teeth in a mosquito:

13: Average number between my girlfriend, my sister and my ID number (it's 8 digits but only tip on the last 4, rounded up, no decimals)

[CTG]

Google is my friend. Kidding.

[CTG]

4: There is only one month in recorded history not to have a full moon, which was it? (Month, Year)

Bad question. Several months in the history had no full moon (moon period: 29.5 days, February is shorter, so it happens in every 30-50 years or so)

[Usrin]

Question 11 is also not clear. (Does the area include sea surface, or it means only land area?)

[CTG]

Official: I won't participate in this game. I was weak and checked most of the answers in Google.

[BonzaiJoe]

Question 11 is also not clear. (Does the area include sea surface, or it means only land area?)

Usually it only means land area....

[BonzaiJoe]

Official: I won't participate in this game. I was weak and checked most of the answers in Google.

Thanks for the consideration.

[Akoss Poo a.k.a. Zorromeister]

The moon question is obviously wrong.

I checked and CTG is right, it is not such a rare event. It happened/will happen between 1900-2100 seven times: in 1934, 1961, 1999, 2018, 2037, 2067 and 2094 February. February without full moon is also possible in leap years, but it happens very rarely. Next leap year February without a full moon: in 2572.

Other 13 questions remain, or Chulk please give us another one.