Estimation game

[Friker]

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770000 Friker (? If we had a mountain that high, we could launch satellites by dropping them from the top.)
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It was meant to be 7700. Probably a typo during rewriting. (Still, it's quite off.)

[CTG]

First of all: I'm on destuntsization (and ignoring forum for a while), but this topic is a "civil" one, so...

Secondly: more personal questions were added, so Crykoss Poo: SHUT UP about cheating!

Round 9
Deadline: 17th January 2012, midnight

1, Profit of Heineken International in 2011 (EUR)

2, Number of PDF files stored on my computer

3, Distance between the graves of Arthur Rimbaud and Edgar Allan Poe

4, When I arrive at home in the evening, how many eggs will be in the fridge?

5, Lactose content of the largest available Viagra pill (mg)

6, I will enter the Stunts chat on 18th January to roll a dice. How many tries will I need to get '6'?

7, A bottle volume unit - used for champagne - was named after Nebuchadnezzar. How many litres does it mean?

8, How many days passed between the first goals of Alessandro Del Piero in Juventus (only Serie A counts) and in the national team of Italy?

9,  Number of months since 2004 when Duplode sent more ZSC messageboard posts alone than Zak, Akoss Poo and Krys Toff together

10, Total weight of coins in my piggy bank (g; calculated on 30th December 2012)

11, Result of Melange XGT-88 'Top Gear' lap (for Poo: unknown specialist of the car, 5 minutes RH on Default's classic line)

12, Ranking of the Moon on the list of heaviest objects in the solar system

13, Speed of the fastest airplane shown by flightradar24.com at the deadline of this round (only passanger and cargo planes, no air force)

+1, Ratio of females on my MSN partnerlist (%)

[CTG]

2 days left!

[Friker]

2 days left!

I do not participate this time.

[CTG]

It seems I scored an own goal with the Viagra question, no info in the EMEA database.

(still searching for the data)

[Duplode]

It seems I scored an own goal with the Viagra question, no info in the EMEA database.

(still searching for the data)

Submit a pill for analysis? 

A remarkably good set of questions this time, BTW.

[CTG]

For Chulk's question: that's a piggy bank.

[Chulk]

For Chulk's question: that's a piggy bank.

oh... so I guess I tipped a little too few.

[CTG]

Results: tomorrow.

[CTG]

Round 9

1, Profit of Heineken International in 2011 (EUR)
Correct answer: 1,430,000,000 EUR

430,000,000 - Akoss Poo
237,000,000 - Usrin
60,000,000 - Duplode
1,600,000 - Zak McKracken
20,000,000,000 - Chulk

2, Number of PDF files stored on my computer
Correct answer: 1086

1324 - Usrin
473 - Duplode
323 - Akoss Poo
250 - Chulk
88 - Zak McKracken

3, Distance between the graves of Arthur Rimbaud and Edgar Allan Poe
Correct answer: 6250 kms (Charleville, FRA and Baltimore, USA), surprisingly bad tips

740 - Duplode
509 - Usrin
440 - Akoss Poo
50 - Zak McKracken
0.5 - Chulk

4, When I arrive at home in the evening, how many eggs will be in the fridge?
Correct answer: 10 (full box), triple draw at the top!

6 - Duplode, Usrin, Zak McKracken
5 - Chulk
17 - Akoss Poo

5, Lactose content of the largest available Viagra pill (mg)
Correct answer: finally I've found it... 3.7 mg lactose in the 100 mg pill

0.5 - Chulk
14 - Zak McKracken
28 - Usrin
40 - Akoss Poo
80 - Duplode

6, I will enter the Stunts chat on 18th January to roll a dice. How many tries will I need to get '6'?
Correct answer: first roll, see the attached picture; triple draw again, LOL

3 - Akoss Poo, Usrin, Zak McKracken
5 - Duplode
8 - Chulk

7, A bottle volume unit - used for champagne - was named after Nebuchadnezzar. How many litres does it mean?
Correct answer: 15 litres

15 - Chulk
12 - Usrin
3.6 - Zak McKracken
1.6 - Duplode
1.16 - Akoss Poo

8, How many days passed between the first goals of Alessandro Del Piero in Juventus (only Serie A counts) and in the national team of Italy?
Correct answer: 19th September 1993 (Juventus-Reggiana 4-0); 15th November 1995 (Italy-lithuahuahuania 4-0); so 788 days

769 - Usrin
700 - Chulk
317 - Duplode
146 - Akoss Poo (such a weak one from the Juventus / Italy fan? )
44 - Zak McKracken

9,  Number of months since 2004 when Duplode sent more ZSC messageboard posts alone than Zak, Akoss Poo and Krys Toff together
Correct answer: 37 (2007: 1; 2008: 6; 2009: 6; 2010: 5; 2011: 10; 2012: 9)

38 - Akoss Poo
32 - Usrin
42 - Duplode
44 - Zak McKracken
15 - Chulk

10, Total weight of coins in my piggy bank (g; calculated on 30th December 2012)
Correct answer: 1675 g (205 pieces of 50 / 100 / 200 HUF coins)

1400 - Zak McKracken
1324 - Akoss Poo
889 - Duplode
491 - Usrin
450 - Chulk

11, Result of Melange XGT-88 'Top Gear' lap (for Poo: unknown specialist of the car, 5 minutes RH on Default's classic line)
Correct answer: 1:0x.xx, I mustn't tell before publishing the video, but it's quite close to the IMSA cars (and you can easily predict it from the rankings )

1:07.30 - Akoss Poo
1:11.10 - Chulk
59.05 - Usrin
58.00 - Zak McKracken
1:15.05 - Duplode (naaaaaaaaaaaaah, Stig hates you because of that prediction)

12, Ranking of the Moon on the list of heaviest objects in the solar system
Correct answer: 14th, see the TOP20 below (expressed in 10^21 kg units)

1,989,100,000 - Sun
1,898,600 - Jupiter
568,460 - Saturn
102,430 - Neptune
86,832 - Uranus
5,973.6 - Earth
4,868.5 - Venus
641.9 - Mars
330.2 - Mercury
148.2 - Ganymede (satellite of Jupiter)
134.5 - Titan (satellite of Saturn)
107.6 - Callisto (satellite of Jupiter)
89.3 - Io (satellite of Jupiter)
73.5 - Moon
48 - Europa (satellite of Jupiter)
21.5 - Triton (satellite of Neptune)
16.7 - Eris (dwarf planet)
13.105 - Pluto
4.006 - Haumea (dwarf planet)
3.526 - Titania (satellite of Uranus)

14 - Zak McKracken
15 - Duplode & Usrin
22 - Akoss Poo
27 - Chulk

13, Speed of the fastest airplane shown by flightradar24.com at the deadline of this round (only passanger and cargo planes, no air force)
Correct answer: 1163 kmh (BEL502; Brussels Airlines, New York JFK - Brussels, Airbus A330-301; coordinates: 44.524 / -66.757)

1008 - Zak McKracken
1340 - Akoss Poo
925 - Usrin
840 - Duplode
600 - Chulk

+1, Ratio of females on my MSN partnerlist (%)
Correct answer: 68.75 % (11 from 16)

72 - Usrin
62 - Duplode
85 - Chulk & Zak McKracken
90.9 - Akoss Poo


Results of round 9
5 - Usrin & Zak McKracken
4 - Akoss Poo
2 - Chulk & Duplode


Overall standings
29 - Chulk
22 - Zak McKracken
19 - Akoss Poo
19 - Usrin
18 - Duplode
14 - Bonzai Joe
5 - CTG
3 - Argammon
2 - Super Brian
1 - Friker

(results of round 8 were corrected as we used 1-1 point for draws instead of 0.5-0.5)

[zaqrack]

wow!  So now Usrin or I should set the questions?

[Chulk]

wow!  So now Usrin or I should set the questions?

7/7?

[CTG]

Rock-paper-scissors?

[zaqrack]

I will set all questions now then Usrin can come

[zaqrack]

Questions, round 10. Deadline: February 5, 2012, midnight China Standard time.

1.   Number of Nintendo Wii machines sold worldwide until 2011 December 31.

2.   Highest number of fingers and toes a person was ever born with (sum of fingers + toes).

3.   Cigarettes per year per person consumed in average within the adult population of Albania.

4.   Average weight of babies born (live) in Ireland in 2010 (in grams).

5.   Electricity consumed in our Shanghai apartment during November 2012, in kWh.

6.   Price of 1kg of all-purpose wheat flour (cheapest brand) in the supermarket nearest our home, in Chinese Yuan.

7.   Number of Lamborghini LM002s ever produced.

8.   World uranium production in 2010, in tons.

9.   Travel time of the fastest train going from Beijing to Changsha in minutes.

10.   Height difference between the tallest and smallest United States resident film actors ever lived, in centimeters.

11.   Transistor count of an Intel Core-i7 quad processor.

12.   Maximum net load of a standard 20' international shipping container in kilograms.

13.   In which year was the first known electric passenger train introduced.

+1   Fastest speed achieved by a human powered bicycle on flat surface, unpaced, in km/h.