Give and Take, a Trivia game

Sounds good to me. :thumb:

This was my answer key:

• 1858 Flying Eagle Cent
• $20 Double Eagle
• $10 National Bank Note Series of 1902 -- Third Charter Period (Red and Blue Seals)
Reverse vignette of F-613 through F-623a: Standing figure dividing two oceans
• Legal Tender Coin Note -- $1 Series of 1874-1917 (F-19 through F-39)

 

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entries- Krispy (5), cubenube (2), swish513, d.t.menace, wassappening, Duke Kavanaugh, lincolncent, chip, cman


Last question for the last entry.

Step one-take the melt value of the prizes for this contest using today's silver price (23.37). Round this amount to the nearest cent. (prizes are posted on post #170 if you missed it)

Step two-divide that number by the mathematical odds of Krispy winning this contest (if he doesn't get this 15th and last entry)

This answer is a 4 digit number, tell me something historic that happened in the US during that year.

 

LOL! Oh boy! I am featured in a contest question! LOL! Good luck everyone.

 

PM sent. Thanks for the chance(s)!!!

 

I have already got three PM's with answers, two of which are correct.
Using Coinflation.com I found that the value of a dime is 1.6905, value of a quarter is 4.2264
Total value being 5.9169 ($5.92)

If Krispy doesn't win this round then he has 5/15 entries or 1/3.

5.92 divided by 1/3 comes out to 17.76

The first PM I got was from swish513, he told me that Phi Beta Kappa was founded on Dec 5, 1776.
His question was also in the PM "What college sponsored them and how many members were there on that date?"

Answer was William and Mary, with 5 members.

 

I will use a random number generator,

Krispy gets numbers 1,2,3,4,5,
cubenube gets 6 and 7,
swish513 gets 8 and 9,
d.t.menace is 10,
wassappening is 11,
Duke Kavanaugh is 12,
lincolncent is 13,
chip is 14,
cman is 15.

 

as a side note, here was Krispy's answer (so everyone learns a few more facts)

The United States gains independence from Britain -- The Signing of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776​

But that's not all... 1776 in History ​

January 1
General George Washington hoists Continental Union Flag​

January 2
1st revolutionary flag displayed​

January 2
Austria ends interregation torture​

January 5
Assembly of New Hampshire adopts its 1st state constitution​

January 10
"Common Sense" by Thomas Paine, published​

January 16
Continental Congress approves enlistment of free blacks​

February 8
Wolfgang von Goethes' "Stella," premieres in Hamburg​

February 17
1st volume of Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of Roman Empire" published​

March 2
Americans begin shelling British troops in Boston​

March 3
U.S. commodore Esek Hopkins occupies Nassau Bahamas​

March 17
British forces evacuate Boston to Nova Scotia during Revolutionary War​

March 25
Continental Congress authorized a medal for George Washington​

April 1
Friedrich von Klinger's "Sturm und Drang," premieres in Leipzig​

April 3
Washington receives honorary Ll.D. degree from Harvard College​

April 12
Halifax resolution for independence adopted by North Carolina​

April 15
Duchess of Kingston found guilty of bigamy​

May 1
Adam Weishaupt founds secret society of Illuminati​

May 2
France and Spain agreed to give weapons to American rebels​

May 4
Rhode Island declares independence from England​

May 12
Turgot, French minister of Finance, resigns​

June 7
Richard Lee moves Declaration of Independence in Continental Congress​

June 10
Continental Congress appoints a committee to write a Declaration of Independence​

June 11
Continental Congress create a committee to draft Declaration of Independence​

June 12
Virginia adopts Declaration of Rights​

June 23
Final draft of Declaration of Independence submitted to U.S. Congress​

June 28
Charleston, South Carolina repulses British sea attack​

June 29
Mission Dolores founded by San Francisco Bay​

June 29
Virginia state constitution adopted and Patrick Henry made governor​

July 1
1st vote on Declaration of Independence​

July 2
Continental Congress resolves "these United Colonies are and of right ought to be Free and Independent States"​

July 4
Declaration of Independence - U.S. gains independence from Britain​

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July 6
Declaration of Independence announced on front page of "Pennsylvania Evening Gazette"​

July 8
John Nixon gave 1st public reading of Decleration of Independence in Philadelphia​

July 9
Declaration of Independence is read to George Washington's troops, New York​

July 12
Captain Cook departs with Resolution for 3rd trip to Pacific Ocean​

August 2
Formal signing of Declaration of Independence​

August 27
British defeat Americans in Battle of Long Island​

August 29
Americans withdraw from Manhattan to Westchester​

August 30
U.S. Army evacuates Long Island/falls back to Manhattan, New York City​

September 6
1st (failed) submarine attack (David Bushnell's "Turtle" attacks British sailboat "Eagle" in Bay of New York)​

September 6
Hurricane hits Martinique; 100 French and Dutch ships sinks; 600 die​

September 9
Continental Congress renames "United Colonies," "US"​

September 10
George Washington asks for a spy volunteer, Nathan Hale volunteers​

September 12
Nathan Hale leaves Harlem Heights Camp (127th St) for spy mission​

September 15
British forces capture Kip's Bay Manhattan during Revolution​

September 17
Presidio of San Francisco forms as a Spanish fort​

September 21
Nathan Hale, spied on British for American rebels, arrested​

September 24
1st St. Leger horesrace held at Doncaster​

September 24
St. Leger horse race run for 1st time​

October 9
Mission Dolores founded by San Francisco Bay​

October 11
Brigadier General Arnold's Lake Champlain fleet defeated by British​

October 12
British Brigade begins guarding Throgg Necks Road in Bronx​

October 18
Battle of Pelham: Col John Glover and Marblehead regiment meet British Forces in Bronx​

October 18
In a New York bar decorated with bird tail, customer orders "cock tail"​

October 28
Battle of White Plains; Washington retreats to NJ​

November 1
Mission San Juan Capistrano founded in California​

November 16
1st gun salute - for U.S. Andrea Doria at Ft. St. Eustatius​

November 16
British troops captured Fort Washington during American Revolution​

November 18
Hessians capture Ft. Lee, NJ​

November 28
Washington and his troops cross Delaware River​

November 30
Captain Cook begins 3rd and last trip to Pacific (South Sea)​

December 5
1st U.S. fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa (William and Mary College), forms​

December 8
George Washington's retreating army crosses Delaware River from New Jersey​

December 19
Thomas Paine published his 1st "American Crisis" essay, in which he wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls"​

December 23
Continental Congress negotiates a war loan of $181,500 from France​

December 23
Thomas Paine writes "These are the times that try men's souls"​

December 25
Washington crosses Delaware and surprises and defeats 1,400 Hessians​

December 26
Battle of Trenton-major British defeat​

December 26
George Washington defeats Hessians at Trenton​

December 31
Rhode Island establishes wage and price controls to curb inflation: Limit is 70 cents a day for carpenters, 42 cents for tailors​

 

And the winner is



Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:
10
Timestamp: 2010-10-21 03:36:17 UTC

 

Sent a PM after you posted this. Dang it! Missed it. And my calculator said 5.92/.33 (1/3) is 17.93.

 

message sent, likely in vain

edit: Woops, I didn't refresh this thread! I'd argue that the signing of the Declaration was technically an event done before we were established as a country... seeing as it was our first action. In that case I'd say that answer is debatable

0.33 and 1/3 are different in this case, the minute rounding generates unnecessary error; if you think of it as 5.92 divided by 1/3, it's the same as 5.92 times 3. That gives you the more precise answer of 17.76

 

Either way, Krispy was 2nd on the pm list so he didn't win the entry. And he didn't win the contest either! With his luck lately I was surprised when someone elses number came up. I am glad he was involved and sharing answers, the same goes for each of you.

 

So d.t. menace wins?

 

Thanks for the chance. I'm a bit surprised the effort didn't pay off myself. Oh well... I'll kill it next time! LOL!

 

im kinda sad this is over lol. I have to admit, I enjoyed coming to this thread every couple days and learning something new. it would be cool to have a thread like this in coinchat or something where it could be on-going; people could earn credits for right answers and it could just be a for fun thing.

 

CongratesMenace.

Krispy you'll get it next time

 

If someone else wants to run the contest for another 15 entries I will supply the prize. But... If I win then that person has to send me a random US coin or bill.
Anyone interested?

 

I think I need a break... the long, detail-oriented answers and minding the 24 hour clock rule plus the need for digging up reply questions and monitoring replies was a lot of work... but good educational work.

Congrats d.t.menace!

 

Woo-hoo I win! Neat contest camlov, thanks, you did a lot of work to put this on.:thumb:
PM sent.

 

congrats menace!

and thanks camlov2 for the contest!

 

Nice contest! Glad it went so well