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     Ashton Comedian Username: Ashton Post Number: 1014 Registered: 05-2008 Posted From: 76.191.100.11 Rating: N/A |
I decided to give a whirl with 20 questions. Based on the tips given on the site I asked the following general knowledge questions plus a few calculations. I stayed away from the more esoteric “what is the meaning of life” kind of questions as the site recommends. Anyway, here are the results. Please feel free to add to them. - Questions 1. What is the average height of a British male? 2. What will the population of the Earth be in 2010? 3. How many countries are there? 4. What is the largest aerospace company by turn over? 5. What is the GDP of the UK? 6. What is the GDP of France? 7. What is the GDP of the UK divided by the GDP of France? (This was used in a demonstration before the site went live) 8. Where is the nearest Tesco to me? (it knows my IP address so there is no reason it shouldn’t be able to do this if the hype is to be believed) 9. What is the average cost of a house in the UK? 10. What is the average house price in the UK? 11. Who is the current speaker of the House of Commons? 12. Who is Barack Obama? 13. What is Barack Obama’s occupation? 14. What is the 234th digit of pi? 15. What are the odds of flopping a royal flush in Texas Hold'em? 16. What is the distance between London and Leeds? 17. What is the seating capacity of the Albert Hall? 18. How many MPs sit in the House of Commons? 19. Where is Wolfram Alpha based? 20. Who is the current leader of Japan? - Answers 1. Came up with 5.3 feet which is not correct. 2. Could not decide what to do with the input. 3. Came up with an unclear 238 which contrasts the 195 number found elsewhere. 4. Could not decide what to do with the input. 5. $2.768 trillion. Correct. 6. $2.546 trillion. Correct. 7. $1.087 trillion. Correct. 8. Could not decide what to do with the input. 9. Could not decide what to do with the input. 10. Could not decide what to do with the input. 11. Could not decide what to do with the input. 12. Gave basic information including full name, place of birth and date of birth. 13. Could not decide what to do with the input. 14. Gave Pi to 234 places. 15. Could not decide what to do with the input. 16. 273km Correct. 17. Could not decide what to do with the input. 18. Could not decide what to do with the input. 19. Could not decide what to do with the input. 20. Could not decide what to do with the input. I also tried a few variations on these questions. For example on the last one I also tried “leader Japan” and just “Japan”. Neither of these gave me the answer I was looking for. Out of 20 questions I got six sort of satisfactory answers. Overall though I think I’d be better off with wikipedia and a calculator. Very disappointing. |
