[winner announced] - Forum Detective III

[SubCruiser]

Many thanks for the competition, was a pleasure for me (without the poor attendance).

The best competitor was:

place 1 with 20 correct answers
Dash-

My congratulation!

Please, if you want it, send me your postal address via PM.

[Dash-]

Wow! I wasnt sure I would win...the competition was fierce!! hahaha


Thanks Subcruiser for doing the contest...it was fun and interesting and I learned alot of new trivia to impress my friends with!

[SubCruiser]

task 1 - most distant war cemetry of Germany

Robinson Island, Chile (cruiser "Dresden", WW1)
also valid: Tatura, Australia <-- but that's a cemetry of war prisoners (Dash-, your answer was too late, needed more than 24 hrs)

task 2 - bird with most dense plumage

emperor pinguin with upp to 30.000 feathers

task 3 - NCIS episode

Sub Rosa, meaning: in secrecy

task 4 - the Austrian phone number

standard A (440 Hz)

task 5 - feature of Viking helmets

eye masks

task 6 - boats with uncommon propulsion

overhead wiring boats, trolley boats

task 7 - the river, longest of its continent

Onyx River, Antarctica

task 8 - a boat that looks like an island

Abraham Crijnsen, Netherlands

task 9 - the hidden U-boat base (Dash-, answer was too late)

Object 825 GTS, Balaklava, Krym

task 10 - the improvement after a murder

911 emergency call

task 11 -- PPW - WRY, 47 sec

shortest scheduled flight

task 12 - vertebrate with longest life span

Greenland Shark

task 13 - ethnic minority in southern Italy, roots at the "sons of the eagle"

Arbëresh (Shqiptarët are Albanian inhabitants, but the minority in Italy is called Arbëresh)

task 14 - mustard gas, dropped by Spanish army (French + German support)

Rif Berber republic (Morocco), Rif war, Napalm was used by Moroccan army

task 15 - the locomotive

Mikado, 1'D1' or 2-8-2

task 16 - land-locked countries enclosed by land-locked countries

Liechtenstein + Uzbekistan

task 17 - missed piece for a transmission, had to be delivered very quick

Lunik 3, first pictures from the far side of the moon, delivered by a Tu-104 was fax paper! (maybe misunderstanding: also delivered pictures I accepted)

task 18 - when and where a first mechanical vehicle, driven by manpower, was seen and reported

1504 Pirna bei Dresden"]Pirna near Dresden, Germany

task 19 - female singer with astronomical skills

Caroline Lucretia Herschel

task 20 - oldest European treaty that allows to use the territories of each other

Bavarian-Austrian salt treaty of 1829 (treaty of Windsor, 1373 is older and I'd have accepted it, too, but has not the territory-use-component)

task 21 - largest liner with speed record, renamed after 9 years (1 character of its name)

Augusta Victoria (Dash-, answer was too late!)

task 22 - iron leaning tower

Newjansk, Russia

task 23 - a state, governed by a foreign diarchy

Andorra

task 24 - secret command in Northern America

weather station Kurt, Canada

task 25 - longest 'tunnel'

Porkkala, Finland (Dash-, your answer was too late!)

task 26 - undefeated commander, dinosaur named after him, and his company

Erich von Lettow-Vorbeck + his Askaries

task 27 - Bible translator in resistance to church

Erasmus of Rotterdam

task 28 - name of mussel glue

byssus or mussel silk (Dash-, your answer was too late!)

task 29 - photo of U-boat base

Gadzhiyevo / Murmansk

task 30 - the weird creature

Periodical Cicada

task 31 - a ship, more than 3 times stopped, 2 times prepared to sink, but weathering 2 wars

Serpa Pinto


Dear Dash- you could have had 25 correct answers ^^ but you are the winner, either way.

[SubCruiser]

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[BB_Wolfberry]

Congratulations to the winners and thanks for participating

Some tough questions again indeed Thanks for hosting the event Subcruiser!

[Dash-]

We wish we all keep each other in good memory.
It was, Wolfberry often said it, a special relationship to this unique community. You made it easy for us to be your moderators, many thanks for it! The hours, days, yes weeks we liked to spend here with you. To help each other, to talk, to go hunting together.

We want to meet you again ! ! ! ! !

Many many thanks to you all say the silenthunteronline 'supervising' guys from the



Mod_Zaruk alias Chaos²9te

Mod_SubCruiser alias Klingsor

Ha! I always knew there was something suspicious about that Klingsor guy....hahaha

Great job everyone! Thanks for all your efforts and dedication!