Comments on: Seven strange things you didn’t want to know

By: Descartes

Descartes — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:10:56 +0000

I was never into the whole running thing, as it seems like a lot of pain to me. I did ride a few centuries though, which is a hundred miles on a bicycle. I would like to see the London Marathon sometime though, I don't mind watching people running, I just don't like the idea of doing it myself. Descartes's last blog post..The London Eye a.k.a. The Millennium Wheel

By: David Rogers

David Rogers — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:25:59 +0000

Thanks for all the advice on this thread. Part of me still likes the thought of doing another marathon. Tonight I had a brisk 30 minute walk when I got home. Got to start somewhere.

By: Training for Chicago Marathon

Training for Chicago Marathon — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:44:11 +0000

David,

1. It’s never late to realize your problem and get back to right track.
2. Dieting is not a way or will never be a way for me to get into shape but over diet is a serious issue. You should cut short all that which increases your appetite.
3. You are a runner so try once more you can run and get back to shape in no more than a year. I know a guy from Chicago who went out of shape and got back to track when he was 55 and he is maintaining a perfect BMI at 65 as well.

I did couple of marathons and this year i am doing SFO and NY marathon as well, I am looking forward to schedule for London Marathon. You can get an explicit report on London Marathon so that we all runners can get benefited.

San

By: Do you believe the answers? | How to Have Great Self Confidence

Do you believe the answers? | How to Have Great Self Confidence — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 11:04:28 +0000

[...] I said I’d post the answers to the quiz I set within the Seven Strange Things post. Congratulations to Amy for getting the answers nearly all correct – as I explain below I [...]

By: David Rogers

David Rogers — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 07:23:23 +0000

Amy – you’re virtually there, and I will declare you the winner. I’m off to work, so haven’t time to go into detail now. 24 is not correct, but its hard to find the answer on the Internet. But to satisfy your interest in trivia, you may want to find a more accurate answer!

By: AmyL

AmyL — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:12:46 +0000

Never say die!!! It's 24, lol. I answered how many neck vertebrae, but the question was asking for the whole spine. Okay, I can let this one go now. No, I'm not insane about trivia. Not me, uh-uh, nohow. AmyL's last blog post..Sentinel: City of Destiny - We Have a Winner!

By: AmyL

AmyL — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:01:26 +0000

Ummmmm, hmmmm. Well, I have discovered that I spelled Antonio Rebollo’s name wrong, so I’ll correct that one. I think I know which other one is wrong, but I haven’t been able to find the answer so I guess I’ll have to be stuck at 6 and 1.

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By: David

David — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:12:04 +0000

You’ve certainly cleared the ambiguity (with question 7)! If I say anymore it will help someone else.
You have now got 6 correct answers and one wrong.

By: AmyL

AmyL — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:43:34 +0000

Hm. Well, if I have to guess, the ambiguous answer is #6. The explosion of Mt. Krakatoa in 1883 is the loudest sound ever recorded, it was heard in Alice Springs 3000 miles away. Then I’m thinking that the wrong answer is #7 but I’m not sure. Without You was originally recorded by Badfinger, then covered by Nilsson. Mariah Carey apparently reworked it a bit when she recorded the song. Some sites give her credit for writing it, but others credit Harry Nilsson. When you follow up the Nilsson links, it shows that Badfinger artists Pete Ham and Tom Evans wrote and recorded it in 1970. Nilsson’s version came out in 1971. Carey came out with hers last year.

Okay now that I’m thinking perhaps you think #4 didn’t answer, so I’ll take a shot at that one again. Rosebud is the name of the sled in Citizen Kane that he was so fond of and was also the original name of what we now know as The Brownies (young Girl Scouts).

That’s the best I can do. If I’ve still got one wrong (since I haven’t actually changed any answers, then that’s likely) hopefully someone will notice and point it out.

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By: David Rogers

David Rogers — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:00:00 +0000

Thanks Amy – I didn’t think anyone was going to have a go!
You have got 5 totally correct, 1 wrong.
You have also given an ambiguous answer that is nearly correct, but basically doesn’t answer the question asked!

You can re submit as many times as you want, when you’ve worked which are wrong.
David