google race - lap 2
After the first lap, Abbi Flint is clearly out in front with a score of one prize draw ticket....
It was Thomas Jefferson (who, frankly, was a bit of a clever clogs) and James Garfield who could do the writing in Greek and Latin simultaneously - of course, leaving one unresolved question...why would you want to?
Anyway - back to the race - Abbi's question for lap 2:
Who (or what) was the enemy of the Moomins?
Come on everybody...don't miss your chance
It was Thomas Jefferson (who, frankly, was a bit of a clever clogs) and James Garfield who could do the writing in Greek and Latin simultaneously - of course, leaving one unresolved question...why would you want to?
Anyway - back to the race - Abbi's question for lap 2:
Who (or what) was the enemy of the Moomins?
Come on everybody...don't miss your chance
posted by Louise @ 1:09 PM
16 Comments:
At 1:54 PM,
smodge said…
it could be any of Stinky, the Nibblings (chewing off peoples noses is a fine way of passing the time of day), or perhaps Emma the bitter stage rat?
Do they actually have one particular enemy? there are a few ghosty characters who don't seem very nice, but aren't really enemies..
At 2:04 PM,
smodge said…
google terms
moomin and enemy - not in quotes.
Next questions (assuming I am right) What was the name of the boat designed to get trapped in the arctic ice in order to find out how the ice cap moves? Extra points for the explorer associated with the experiment.
I do like this game..
At 4:26 PM,
Louise said…
Looks like Abbi is gonna leave you to stew on whether you have the answer right or not...it does make you wonder how pastel coloured hippo creatures could develop such a huge enemy base? perhaps it is the eyelashes?
btw very much enjoying the offering of extra credit :-)
At 4:32 PM,
Anonymous said…
Having been niggled all afternoon, and consequently distracted, I had a further search and while I still found no conclusive evidence of a moomin "enemy" per-sei, the Groke or the Hemlens could also be seen as likely candidates.
Look - if I mention all the characters - do I win?
At 4:47 PM,
Anonymous said…
I think you loose a mark Smodge (whoever you are) for using 'and' in your Google search without quotes. I think this game is falling into disrepute and I can tell our US colleagues that we're all having a knees up here and getting absolutely no work done.
At 4:50 PM,
Anonymous said…
the moomins freak me out. In a big way. I'd managed to forget all about them for a decade until the moomin magnet appeared one day near Jane's desk (thanks to Sara Pates I think), and tat now lives on the magneto wall. You could line all the moomins up in front of a grassy knoll for me, and being 6 ft (not 5ft 3 as stated by the author of a previous post), I'm sure I'd be able to pick them off....... :-) and don't get me started on button moon......
At 9:08 PM,
Louise said…
OK people you need to pull yourselves together.
Who would have thought that the wheels would come off the AI-mobile whilst still only on lap 2! See what happens when autonomy meets information literacy....
I think the Moomin debate is set to rage on and on and on but in the meantime I think we should hand the batton on and pick up Helen's ship question ready for lap 3 - on yer marks, get set, go!!!
At 9:22 AM,
Abbi said…
Ha! Glad to have called so much consternation whilst I was at meetings all afternoon.
Anyone who had watched the Moomins could tell you that whilst there were a selection of 'baddies' in Moomin Valley - no-one was as evil as the Groke.
"The Groke is the terror of everyone, the unmentionable horror".
Well done Helen!
At 9:26 AM,
Anonymous said…
Actually Andrew... I used
moomin enemy
I just put the and in there to make it make sense to you..
I tried using "enemy of the moomins" and "moomin enemy" and "moomins enemy", all of which yielded nowt.
Don't diss button moon Richard, you're heading into dangerous territory.. why next it will be Pipkins, and that will never do!
At 12:08 PM,
Anonymous said…
By the google terms "boat trapped" "arctic ice", the answer would be Tara, the vessel previously known as Seamaster associated with Sir Peter Blake. Am I right, Helen? If so, the next question keeps the nautical theme: Who was the lookout in the crow's nest on the Titanic who first spotted the iceberg?
At 1:43 PM,
Anonymous said…
no, I'm thats not right stu..
The clue is in "designed to be". The ice squeezed the boat up so that it would sit on top of the ice. The explorer in question hoped that the ice flows would take his ship over the north pole.
At 4:25 PM,
Abbi said…
Ok how about
The ship called "Fram" designed by a Norwegian team led by Fritjof Nansen (as a response to the fact that sea ice had trapped previous expeditions)
Terms used: north pole boat trapped ice
It was the second item.
Am I right? If so I shall have to think of another question (I promise it won't be moomin related for Richard's sanity)
At 4:29 PM,
Anonymous said…
Well done Abigail, that is correct!! He noticed that debris from other expeditions like probably the failed franklin one had turned up in unlikely places and set about to find out exactly how the ice moved. He also had a crack at the pole attempt too, but failed.
At 9:58 AM,
Abbi said…
OK an easy one this time.
Why do Australians call English people 'poms'?
At 10:14 AM,
Abbi said…
That'll do for me Juliun - accepted as the most likely etymology of the word.
Your question?
At 3:31 AM,
Louise said…
The close of the educause event calls an official close to the race - with regard to the prize draw at least - please feel free to continue playing if you are not just in it for the lone-star prize. The following names were entered into the draw - Abbi, Helen, Abbi, Juliun, Anne - see details in full posting above
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