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Fun Stuff => Competitions & Quizzes => Topic started by: Wizzo on February 24, 2008, 08:40:01 AM
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The lovely Mrs Wiz has taken me away on a short break to help me overcome my birthday blues and I think this is a great excuse for a mini competition.
I have been whisked off to a European capital city, but which one?
You all have one guess to answer the following question: which European city will I be celebrating my birthday in?
The winner will be the first to post the correct city, if nobody gets it correct then the nearest city wins.
The prize will be an F1 goody bag.
The winner will be announced when I return on Wednesday.
Good luck all.
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Prauge (spelling might be off)
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Munich....
Rom
P.S. I have just realised that I guessed wrong..... I obviously meant Germany, so therefore it would actually be Berlin that I am thinking of..... I am prepared to accept my wrong answer as locked in..... BTW Have fun Wiz
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I reckon you are in Ljubljana. Happy Birthday Wiz :crazy:
Neil.P
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Venice :good:
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Amsterdam
Have fun.
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Paris
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pleaides chaser, rom, Venice and Munich aren't capital cities (the capitals in their countries are Rome and Berlin respectively).
I'm going to guess Lisbon.
Enjoy yourself, Wiz and Mrs Wiz!
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Thanks Ali, I had already corrected my guess by modifying it.
Have a good one
Rom
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A nice romantic break in Rome, a beautiful city. :yahoo:
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sorry Ali didnt realise capital cities, i'll have another go then
cardiff
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Dublin!
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Madrid (Say hi to Ferd!)
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Hi guys,
I was having a great time away until yesterday, when I was found guilty in court of stealing womens underwear and 'mincing' around town calling myself Shirley!
Oh well, I was bound to get caught one day! Hopefully I can avoid my sentance and will be back as 'normal' tomorrow.
:-)
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How unique. Most of the departures have been from F1 to NASCAR, not "drag" racing! :crazy:
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Hi Guys,
You'll be pleased to know that I have safely returned from my Birthday break in.........(drum roll)..........Edinburgh!!!!
The distance between the lovely Edinburgh and your guesses are all listed below:
Lisbon = 1220m
Rome = 1197m
Madrid = 1073m
Ljubljana = 1023m
Venice = 989m
Prague = 834m
Berlin = 708m
Paris = 541m
Amsterdam = 411m
Cardiff = 307m
Dublin = 217m :yahoo:
This means that Chameleon has won himself an F1 goody bag for his efforts. Well done Cham, please PM me with your postal address and I'll get your prize off to you ASAP.
Well done to all who entered, the next competition will be along very shortly indeed so, keep 'em peeled.
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Isn't Scotland technically just a territory? >:D
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Well done Cham, bet it's a good goody bag too. :good:
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Well done Chammy......
Rom
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Wow, I'm amazed! I never win competitions. Thanks guys and especially thank you to the Wizard! Not bad, considering I didn't even guess correctly... :D
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Isn't Scotland technically just a territory?
Not for much longer.
As we speak there are Englishment voting to switch sides. We are finally getting Berwick back. And that is only the start.
FREEEEEEEEDOM
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Plus I was thrown off by the 'European Capital'...I always get in trouble when I link Europe to any of my British friends..."We're not European!! We're British/English/Scottish/Irish/Welsch!"
Good one Cham.
Berwick? Newcastle next? All the power to you...after all, I'm a Scot(t) too.
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Well done, Cham! It never occurred to me that the destination might not involve a border control - that was a cleverly-worded competition ;)
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Congrats, Cammy! :good:
Wizzo's prizes are always first rate. Enjoy!
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The weather threw me off,I thought Wiz
would have gone to some warmer weather
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Ah yes, my competitions are never quite as easy as they seem. I was fairly sure no one would get the correct answer hence my closest city wins idea.
I should probably point out that when I was found guilty for stealing womens underwear, it was in a fake court in the Edinburgh Dungeons, (they decided to pick on me). Its worrying that none of you seemed to be fazed by this and all took it as fact! :crazy:
Well done again to Cham and I'll get your prize off to you in the next few days. I'm sure the others would be interested in what you receive.
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Is he getting the underwear you stole? >:D
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I'm surprised that no-one has contested the result - isn't it amazing that Dublin is closer to Edinburgh than Cardiff? No doubt the Wiz is correct in his calculations but I admit I was slightly surprised when I saw that. And I call myself a geographer...
Another interesting fact: England is on the same latitude as Labrador. I've flown above Labrador many times and I can tell you the place is a bleak wilderness of ice, rock and stunted trees. We have a lot to thank the Gulf Stream for.
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My prize has arrived and I am stunned - this is really far more than I deserve. Thank you, oh gracious Wizard, and nyah, nyah, nyahnyanya to all those who didn't quite win! I was opening all the mysterious packages and boxes and exclaiming with delight at each one - like a kid at Christmas, I was.
Let me detail the contents before anyone asks:
All came inside an Orange Arrows aluminium case, dinky little thing and bound to be of much use. There was an Orange Arrows windcheater jacket, a Michael Schumacher (who?) set of fountain pen and ballpoint, a Renault flag, Renault keyring and tiny Renault FM radio. Each one of them would have made a superb prize in itself but all together like this, they have humbled me completely.
It is impossible to describe my pleasure in these items - I have never owned any F1 gear of any kind (the last GP I attended was long before they had thought of such things). Now, suddenly, I am rich. It has been said before but I say it again, loudly, as a proclamation indeed: Thank you, Wizard. The Wiz is the Biz!
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When I say goody bag, I mean goody bag. :D
Glad you finally received it Cham after our beloved postal services finally got their acts together.
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Glad you like the prize, Chameleon! :) :yahoo: