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Old 07-August-2004, 05:22 PM
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Wally's and Parrothead's leaving off the units on question number 7 did not hurt them, but it would have had they had the right number.

There is one answer on which everyone agrees, so it seems that it has to be right, but it's not by Jove!
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Old 07-August-2004, 05:30 PM
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4th try!

ToSeek, SeanF, Eroica, and myself all have 1, 3, 6-8 as the same, so I am guessing those are the right answers. Focus on 2, 4-5. :-k

1. 1960
2. 23.5
3. Subaru
4. Leapday
5. Kuiper Belt (my first choice)
6. Sun
7. 86164.10
8. 1610
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Old 07-August-2004, 05:58 PM
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Third revision:

1. 1960
2. 28.57 degrees
3. Subaru
4. April 1
5. Kuiper Belt
6. Sun
7. 86164.10 sec
8. 1990 AD
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Old 07-August-2004, 06:06 PM
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Since posting the quiz, I have given three hints, two of them about the same question

(Since it is so precise, I'm going to insist on the units in question 7. Also, ToSeek, you bolded number 8, but you also changed number 1, right?)
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Old 07-August-2004, 06:08 PM
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Third revision:

1. 1960
2. 28.57 degrees
3. Subaru
4. April 1
5. Kuiper Belt
6. Sun
7. 86164.10 sec
8. 1990 AD
Dang, you are throwing in a possible wrench! Where's my Milli? 8-[
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Also, ToSeek, you bolded number 8, but you also changed number 1, right?)
Yes. Thanks for catching that.

Fourth revision:

1. 1960
2. 28.57 degrees
3. Subaru
4. April 1
5. Planet around Gliese 876
6. Sun
7. 86164.10 sec
8. 1865
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Old 07-August-2004, 06:32 PM
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Fifth revision:

1. 1960
2. 28.57 degrees
3. Subaru
4. April 1
5. Mongo
6. Sun
7. 86164.10 sec
8. 1865
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Old 07-August-2004, 08:00 PM
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ToSeek is good!

5th try! - Milli is killing me!

1. 1960
2. 28.5
3. Subaru
4. April 1 (I have no idea how you got this!)
5. Planet X (or a 10th Planet in our Solar System)
6. Sun
7. 86164.10
8. 1865 (So what was in 1610?)
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Old 07-August-2004, 09:01 PM
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I guess if you count my explanation about question 4 as a hint, then I have given four hints. (You left off the units, again)
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Old 07-August-2004, 09:22 PM
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6th try (dubbed the process of elimination)! Oh yeah, I got your unit!

1. 1960 AD
2. 28.5 degrees
3. Subaru
4. April 1
5. Planet X (or a 10th Planet in our Solar System)
6. Sun
7. 86164.10 secs
8. 1865 AD
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5th try! - Milli is killing me!

1. 1960
2. 28.5
3. Subaru
4. April 1 (I have no idea how you got this!)
I played around with Starry Night until I saw the Milky Way hugging the horizon.

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5. Planet X (or a 10th Planet in our Solar System)
This is wrong, but I haven't a clue what's right. Quaoar isn't.

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6. Sun
7. 86164.10
8. 1865 (So what was in 1610?)
1610 - Io the moon discovered
1865 - Io the asteroid discovered

All we really have to do now is figure out which answer milli wants for #5, but I don't have any good ideas yet.
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Old 07-August-2004, 11:20 PM
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Maybe I'll give another hint if there's no movement.
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What about Varuna?
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Sixth revision:

1. 1960
2. 28.57 degrees
3. Subaru
4. April 1
5. Jupiter (based on the order in which they're currently lined up in the night sky)
6. Sun
7. 86164.10 sec
8. 1865
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Old 07-August-2004, 11:28 PM
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Seventh revision:

1. 1960
2. 28.57 degrees
3. Subaru
4. April 1
5. Mercury (something to do with temperature?)
6. Sun
7. 86164.10 sec
8. 1865
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7th try!

1. 1960 AD
2. 28.5 degrees
3. Subaru
4. April 1
5. Neptune #-o [Pluto and Neptune paths change positions. Pluto is 8 right now, so Neptune comes next!]
6. Sun
7. 86164.10 secs
8. 1865 AD
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Old 08-August-2004, 12:20 AM
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no change

you guys are probably going to hate me for this one, it's going to take some thinking outside the box--not that Neptune wasn't. I think it might have been the same reasoning as gritmonger, although Pluto went back to number nine a few years ago
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Old 08-August-2004, 12:23 AM
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8th try!

1. 1960 AD
2. 28.5 degrees
3. Subaru
4. April 1
5. Taurus [Astrology!]
6. Sun
7. 86164.10 secs
8. 1865 AD
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Old 08-August-2004, 12:31 AM
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you guys are probably going to hate me for this one
Going to?
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Old 08-August-2004, 12:34 AM
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LOL. OK, OK, if no one has guessed it by noon (EDT) on Monday, I'll post the answer to number five. And the winner will be whoever can explain why it is the answer.
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