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Old 23-March-2008, 09:18 AM
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Hint: it's in the Cyclops Episode.
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Old 23-March-2008, 03:48 PM
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I think I have just gone blind reading it !

Nationalgymnasiummuseumsantoriumandsuspensoriumsor dinaryprivatdocentgeneralhistoryspecialproffessord octor.

Now my hand is cramped typing that, better be right, please, please, please.
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Old 23-March-2008, 04:17 PM
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I think I have just gone blind reading it !

Nationalgymnasiummuseumsantoriumandsuspensoriumsor dinaryprivatdocentgeneralhistoryspecialproffessord octor.

Now my hand is cramped typing that, better be right, please, please, please.
That's the one! you're up, chrissy.


(You left out an a - but let's not quibble.)
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Old 23-March-2008, 08:23 PM
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sorry about that I went word blind I think, after reading that chapter.

An easy one for you all;

In 1994 what happened to an Island around Polynesia?
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Old 24-March-2008, 12:58 PM
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Have your pick:
10 Feb Vanuatu becomes a member of UNESCO
1 Oct Te Beretitenti becomes president of Kiribati
15 Dec Palau becomes a member of UNO
That what you meant?
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Old 24-March-2008, 07:38 PM
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No none of the above.
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Old 27-March-2008, 08:07 PM
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a clue : it has something to do with Kiribati !
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Old 27-March-2008, 08:34 PM
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Something to do with moving the international date line further east ?
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Old 27-March-2008, 09:29 PM
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yup your go
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Old 28-March-2008, 02:03 PM
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Which country has highest death rate per 1,000's population ?
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Old 28-March-2008, 02:10 PM
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Angola
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Old 28-March-2008, 02:13 PM
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No, thats the 2nd, try again
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Old 28-March-2008, 02:31 PM
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http://www.quia.com/rd/8205.html?AP_rand=1286712121 =Angola
This is per 1000.
Angola = 192.50
Afghanistan = 165.96
Sierra Leone = 145.24
Mozambique = 137.08
China = 5.1 road accident deaths for every 10,000 per year.
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Old 28-March-2008, 02:42 PM
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http://www.quia.com/rd/8205.html?AP_rand=1286712121 =Angola
This is per 1000.
Angola = 192.50
Afghanistan = 165.96
Sierra Leone = 145.24
Mozambique = 137.08
China = 5.1 road accident deaths for every 10,000 per year.
Countries with the Highest Death Rates in the World
Rank Country Death rate(deaths/1,000 population)
1 Botswana 28.92
2 Angola 25.86
3 Lesotho 24.79
4 Zimbabwe 23.30
5 Swaziland 23.06
6 Malawi 23.01
7 Niger 21.51
8 Afghanistan 21.12
9 Sierra Leone 20.62
10 Mozambique 20.60
11 Zambia 20.54
12 South Africa 20.40
13 Central African Republic 19.99
14 Djibouti 19.42
15 Mali 19.12
16 Burkina Faso 18.79
17 Liberia 17.86
18 Namibia 17.63
19 Burundi 17.61
20 Nigeria 17.39
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Old 29-March-2008, 01:11 AM
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on my link i gave Botswana was 6th in mortality ratings!
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Old 29-March-2008, 01:14 AM
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oh! and thats just infant mortality. You haven't specified what ratings!
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Old 03-April-2008, 04:56 PM
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I didn't specify....

You can have a go.......

Busy for next 24hrs........
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Old 03-April-2008, 07:55 PM
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Ok thanks Sean.


Which river pours some 14.4 billion cubic yards (11 billions cu m) of water into it's delta each year? and where does it disappear to in the south?
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Which river pours some 14.4 billion cubic yards (11 billions cu m) of water into it's delta each year? and where does it disappear to in the south?
The Okavango in Africa. It disappears into the Kalahari desert. A tip of the hat to the resident geography expert. Ty.
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Old 03-April-2008, 10:19 PM
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that's correct Mak your go.
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Old 04-April-2008, 08:21 PM
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Thank you, chrissy.

He referred to this work as "a cosmic landscape".
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