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Stamp Trivia Quiz #3 - Sunday Sept. 16, 9.30pm AEST! (i.e. Sydney Time)

MargoZ came up with an impromptu Trivia night one evening in July, and despite being unadvertised in any way, and held pretty late at night, it got quite a rapid following, and a good time was had by all.

She has suggested we might have a more specific and more widely advertised one. We did that July 22, and dozens of members worldwide joined in - from NZ, Canada, USA, Europe, Asia and all over Australia, and we had a great night - and a great win by Pertinax - who we hope is back to REGAIN his glittering crown. Full details and all questions from that night are here:

http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=1913

And as you can see we had many dozens of members on line during it as logged carefully all through by BoB - we set all all time posting record in an hour - over 800 posts!

http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=1973

MargoZ is a librarian and she dug out another bunch of 30 great stamp related questions for night #2 on August 12.

That night was won strongly by jrg

Again a huge success with 639 posts and over 4,000 page views so far. Read all about that one here:

http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=2239

Nothing too hard or complicated in these we stress. Perfect for even newer or younger collectors to join in with. You can even submit questions of your own!

What we do is post the questions in a regulated manner on this thread come Sunday evening, to allow more member banter between questions. The first Member to answer it correctly gets a point. Discussion on it can swirl if someone disputes the answer we have!

A question like:

"What is the world's most valuable stamp"

as an example, has no DEFINITE answer as the prime contender has not been on the market for decades, and the owner is locked up in Jail for Murder. (So we will not be asking that question!)

The most expensive stamp ever sold from Britain or Australia for example is far easier to be precise on.

So, if the question posted is:

"What year were the very first triangular stamps issued?"

Whomever's post CORRECTLY answers it first wins that point.

Yes you can look these things up in catalogues etc if you wish of course. Some questions might need that. Like:

"What year were the first stamps from Nepal issued?"

I would know that unless I looked it up, therefore EVERY member has a pretty even chance unless you collect Nepal actively!

WHERE??

Right here on this very thread.

WHEN??

Eastern Australia - 21:30 AEST - Sunday 16th September - (i.e. Sydney Time)

Which is we understand - but please double check our figures here, is - www.timeanddate.com/worldclock

New Zealand - 23.30 - Sunday
London/Europe - 12:30 - Sunday
Southeast Asia/Malaysia 19:30 - Sunday
USA/Canada Eastern - 07:30 - Sunday

We chose this time being Sunday when most folks are about, and it allows VERY easy participation for all Australians and Kiwis, and is even better for all Europeans and Asians, and for our band of America/Canadian regulars is not TOO tough to get up for, before your morning summer jog!

When the AFL/NRL football finals are over we may look at a midday Sunday time slot for October.

THE PRIZE .. well we got very creative here.

The winner will get an EXCLUSIVE user handle designator no other member has, and a 10 carat flashing white diamond designator replacing their current red, blue or gold star etc. You keep this until we have the next Trivia Night. It will look like this:

John Doe
Stampboards reigning
TRIVIA NIGHT King!


Joined: 30 May 2007
Posts: 6
Location: Australia


Indeed we set up a fake member thread showing EXACTLY how it will look on a Member handle here:

http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=1911

So if Fred Smith wins who now has 12 posts they can have us change you over to this. If Billy Brown with 1000 posts wins - same deal.

You may of course opt NOT to change what you now have, if you like your Red star or Gold star etc - your choice entirely.

There are few rules basically .. just turn up at your computer on the time shown, and we are good to go. The few rules are:

1. Glen Stephens will recuse himself but be present to act as adjudicator if things get deadlocked over an answer, and be the final word, so the questions can move on.

2. David Benson is an FIP Accredited Senior Stamp Judge, and has kindly offered to again double check the final questions, and has also recused himself from competing. David helped out last quiz with adjudicating protests as the quiz went along, and won hands down by all reports.

3. Members playing **MUST* have at least 2 posts to their name to participate. So for the ARMY of you who have joined, made just one "welcome" post and got your tacky yellow "Newbie" star still, this is a perfect chance to make another post ot two to get that ugly "TOTAL NEWBIE" hairshirt off your back!

Likewise if you have friends or buddies at the local stamp club who have NOT signed up yet, this is the perfect time to jog their memory and forward this email on to them please, or give them a call.

Also we have a LOT of Members I have not seen post for weeks - often months ..... come and join us in this one.

We now have well over 1,300 members worldwide and about 65,000 posts, and over 800,000 page views - and this is in a few short months of starting from ZERO. We really have a fun little on-line "Community" in place here, and please come and join in the club. We will have around 100,000 posts by year end.

All you need is a bowl of nibbles and a glass (or three) of something nice to get your grey cells working. And in most of Australia right now ..... a good HEATER set to maximum!

Cheating ... sorry, "further research on questions" is permitted. (Heck how can we stop you?!) But speed is the going to be the key here I'd say - same as last time.

How long will it take.. well we know for CERTAIN! Questions will be posted at almost exactly 3 minute intervals - Glen Stephens has a stop watch all set up. Each new question will have the answer to previous one, to save you refreshing as much as game 1. There is a 6 minute "Loo" break after Question 15.

If we get 30 or 40 members logged in again it will be a TON of fun I think, and we will do it again monthly or so if this one works out again. We might change future ones to the person who get the right answer asks the next question, but can't answer of course, so that will really keep it interesting!

Thanks again to MargoZ for suggesting it, and writing the questions, and see you all Sunday evening for ozzies -- and in your own time zone for everyone else!

Over to the Members... this is YOUR board and whether this works of not is squarely in your lap.

See you this Sunday evening AEST for STAMP TRIVIA NIGHT NUMBER THREE!

Add your comments and suggestions to this thread by all means!

So to all reading this - by all means email a few questions you'd like Margo to consider adding - simply email to margaret@stampboards.com - she DOES ask that you add a URL link to the source of somewhere kosher to VERIFY your answer, as that is helpful for members to learn from, and helps stop bickering as to veracity of answers!


Glen Stephens

UPDATE- 17th Sept:Complete list of Questions and Answers

CheersMargo

Here is the full list of Q and As- I will also add to the start of the thread for easy locating.

Thanks to everyone for their kind words, for the questions submitted and for a lot of fun.

I'll go and put the stilettoes up now for another month!

Samo Sloga Srbina Spasava to everyone

Cheers
Margo


QUESTION 1
In what year was the first postmark introduced (commonly called the 'Bishop Mark' by collectors) ?

Answer 1661
The first type of British postmark was introduced in 1661, at the London Chief Office, when Henry Bishop was Postmaster General (June 1660 to April 1663.)

When refuting charges of delays in the post, he claimed:
"A stamp is invented, that is putt upon every letter shewing the day of the moneth that every letter comes to this office, so that no letter Carryer may dare to detayne a letter from post to post ; which, before, was usual."

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/pda/A1082558?s_id=3

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QUESTION 2
The large NSW Government Railway Parcel stamps generally received black cancels, often with numbers within them to differentiate cancelling offices.

The official term used in all notices to describe these cancelers, right until the Railway Parcel stamps ceased being used was:

A. Obliterators

B. Killer Cancels

C. Knockers

D. Hammers

E. Date-stampers

F. Defacing Grills


Answer C
As outlined by Railways Stamp expert Tony Presgrave ("pres") on stampboards.com this week:

"The official term used for these cancelers was "Knockers", used in all notices and in use as long as the stamps lasted."

Source and Photos of these cancels are at - http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?p=63804#63804

(No infantile puerile jokes on the answer please - Glen has already beaten you to it on that thread!)

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QUESTION 3

On September 12, 2007 the USA issued a 41c letter rate stamp to publicise a part of the legal and justice system. What specifically does it publicise?


Answer JURY DUTY

The wording on the stamp says "JURY DUTY - Serve with Pride - USA 41c"

Source: Photo of stamp and discussion is at - http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=2572

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QUESTION 4
Which Islamic middle eastern country was the first to portray a human figure on a stamp?


Answer PERSIA

Early Middle Eastern stamps, like Islamic coins before them, observed conservative Islamic tradition by rarely portraying human figures. Arabesque designs, calligraphy, or a crescent and star served as symbols instead.

In 1876, Persia broke with tradition by showing its ruler on a stamp; the Ottomans did the same in 1913. Egypt, Iraq, and Transjordan followed during the 1920s; then Afghanistan, Syria, and Lebanon during the 1940s. Saudi Arabia, more isolated and conservative, waited until the 1960s

Source: http://www.answers.com/topic/postage-st ... technology


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QUESTION 5
The Australian stamp society which is very prominent on this board will hold its annual "Fisher's Ghost" Stamp Fair on Sunday November 4.

What is the name of that Society - and to be correct you must type the COMPLETE name of the Society .. hint it has FOUR words.



Answer Campbelltown District Philatelic Society

Campbelltown is an historic outer suburb of Sydney Australia.
Source and further info more info on the Fair is here

http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=1226


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QUESTION 6
What state of the USA can claim to have the last remaining regular mule train delivery of USPS official mail?



Answer ARIZONA

Life in the community of Supai, Arizona, literally survives on its mail.

The sign on the only café in town reads "No Fries 'Til Mail."
Arguably the most remote mail route in the country, the Supai route is the last mule train delivery in the United States. The route brings everything from food to furniture to the Havasupai Indian Reservation, consisting of about 500 tribal members who live deep below the south rim of the Grand Canyon.

The only way in and out of Supai is an eight-mile trek by foot, mule, or horseback. The mule train makes the six to eight-hour trip five days a week, even through wind and rain. During a typical week, 16 to 20 tons of mail are delivered.

Source: http://www.usps.com/postalhistory/unusu ... ethods.htm

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QUESTION 7
Which of the following firms have printed GB "Machin" definitives?

A. De La Rue
B. Harrison and Sons
C. Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.
D. John Waddington PLC
E. Perkins, Bacon & Petch
F. All Of The Above


Answer A,B,C,D

Harrison and Sons printed the first Machins in 1967 by photogravure and have printed at least some of the low values ever since. De La Rue & Co. purchased Harrison and Sons in 1997 and renamed it De La Rue Security Print, and with the new name it is still printing Machins. De La Rue & Co. printed many British stamps starting in 1855, but never Machins until it purchased Harrison and Sons.

Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. printed the high value Machins from 1969 to 1977 using recess printing.

Waddington printed low value Machins by lithography in the early 1980's. Waddington bought out the House of Questa, another Machin printer, in 1987, and the combined firm has used the Questa name for its stamp printing operations.
Questa was in turn bought in 1996 by MDC Communications Corporation, a Canadian company. In 2002, Questa was purchased by De La Rue.


Source and more details http://www.gbstamps.com/machins/quiz.html

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QUESTION 8
Which countries formed the alliance for the "Five volcanoes of the confederation" stamps ?



Answer
Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Salvador

They were issued in many different guises between 1882 and 1909.

Source http://www.iomoon.com/costarica2.html

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QUESTION 9
A popular brand of clear stamp mounts were sold aggressively around 1980 that eliminated using stamp hinges on mint stamps.

These proved to be a disaster, ruining gum, and very often ruining the stamps placed inside them. There was a long discussion on this brand on stampboards this week. Many members knew of them, and cringed at the reminder.

These mounts were sold (mostly in North America) branded as:

A. Hawid Mounts

B. Minkus Mounts

C. Crystal Mounts

D. Showgard Mounts

E. Hagner Mounts

F. Dennison Mounts

G. Prinz Mounts

H. Harris mounts


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Answer C - Crystal Mounts

Source photos and discussion: http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=2503

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QUESTION 10
In which century was the first female to hold the position of "Postmaster General" within the British Isles.

A. 15th Century
B. 16th Century
C. 17th century
D. 18th Century
E. 19th Century
F. 20th Century
G. 21st Century

BONUS POINT -- Name the female.


Answer
C - Katherine Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield held the position from 1664-1667

The King's letters to his subjects are known to have been carried by relays of couriers as long ago as the 15th century. In 1510, Sir Brian Tuke was appointed as "Master of the King's Post".

In 1609 it was decreed that letters could only be carried and delivered by persons authorised by the "Postmaster General".
1660 saw the establishment of the General Letter Office, this would later become the General Post Office (GPO).

The title of "Postmaster General" was abolished under the Post Office Act of 1969. A new public authority governed by a chairman was established under the name of the "Post Office." The position of "Postmaster General" was replaced with "Minister of Posts and Telecommunications".

Source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kin ... er_General
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_ ... esterfield

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QUESTION 11
What is the highest price obtained at auction for an Australasian duty/revenue stamp ?

A. Less than $A100
B. $A100 to $A1,000
C. $A1,000 to $A10,000
D. $A10,000 to $A15,000
E. $A15,000 to $A20,000



Answer D

The stamp was auctioned in the September 1, 2007 auction by Prestige Philately in Melbourne. It is a South Australia 1902 KEVII 1d Stamp Duty stamp with inverted centre. The central King's head vignette and the value panel is inverted.

At least 7 are recorded, which in the "scarce" Revenue orbit is a rather large number usually. Often items with only a couple of copies known to exist still change hands for rather modest 3 figure sums, when compared to their "postage stamp" cousins. A large part sheet of this stamp is rumored to exist.

The estimate was $A4,000. The Buyer bid $A10,000 which with all the ubiquitous auction add-ons, and GST saw it invoiced to him for $A11,650.

Source, and photo of the stamp at http://www.glenstephens.com/snoctober07.html


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QUESTION 12
In which month of which year were the first stamps issued inscribed "Deutsche Bundespost" ?


Answer 28th JULY 1950.
(The 1949 issues used different inscription wordings.)
Source Michel catalogue

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QUESTION 13
In 1968, China issued a stamp with the theme: "The entire nation is red" and withdrew it on the day of issue (creating a rarity, as a few were sold) because of an embarrassing mistake.

"Officially" (i.e. according to China Post), what mistake caused this stamp to be withdrawn?

A. It was issued in the wrong denomination
B. The map of China was geographically incorrect
C. Taiwan was not printed in red
D. Chairman Mao did not like his portrait on the stamp
E. The stamp was meant to be horizontal, and not vertical.



Answer B
Source http://www.cpi.com.cn/cpi-e/valuable/xinzhongguo/4.asp

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QUESTION 14
In 1968, China issued a stamp with the theme "The entire nation is red" and withdrew it on the day of issue (creating a rarity, as only a few were sold) because of an embarrassing mistake.

Following up from the previous question, what is generally believed by collectors (and Chinese!) to be REAL reason that caused this stamp to be withdrawn?

A. It was issued in the wrong denomination
B. The map of China was geographically incorrect
C. The island of Taiwan was not printed in red
D. Chairman Mao did not like his portrait on the stamp
E. The stamp was meant to be horizontal, and not vertical.


Answer C
Source and photo- http://www.danstopicals.com/errors127.htm
Note: Current Yang catalogue value is $US18,000 mint, and $US7,000 used

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QUESTION 15
In 1970 Australia Post issued an Australian Antarctic Territory definitive presentation pack, with descriptive text sheet in the Japanese language even though Japan does not use our Antarctic postal service. Why?



Answer
The Japanese text was used as the presentation packs were on sale at the 1970 Expo in Osaka Japan.

Source "The Australasian Stamp Catalogue" (Seven Seas Stamps)

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QUESTION 16
What is the cost of mailing a standard 20 kilo (44lb) heavy carton (i.e. a wine carton type size) within any metropolitan area in Australia ?

A. $A4.70
B. $A6.70
C. $A8.70
D. $A10.70
E. $A12.70
F. Higher than this.


Answer B - $6.70 - within a 50 km radius - a great deal cheaper than petrol would cost!

Source: http://www1.auspost.com.au/pac/aus_parcel.asp


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QUESTION 17
The Serbian coat of arms, featured on a number of Serbian stamps, is a shield with a cross with a Cyrillic letter "S" in each corner. The letters stand for Samo Sloga Srbina Spasava

This translates as?

A BONUS POINT awarded for the most imaginative or outrageous answer!


Answer
Only Serbia can save itself

Source http://www.linns.com/howto/refresher/sy ... course.asp


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QUESTION 18
Most collectors know Great Britain issued the first postage stamp in 1840.

What country was second? (For the pedants, this question excludes local and state stamps!)



Answer BRAZIL
Brazil in 1843, USA in 1847

Source http://www.firstissues.org/ficc/catalog/catalog01.shtml

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QUESTION 19
Edwin A. Arnold is generally accepted as the artist of the kangaroo used as the central artwork in the famous Australian Kangaroo and Map series issued from 1913 onwards.
What pseudonym did he use in entering the design competition ?

Hint: that pseudonym is still widely used by specialists in the description of the stamp


Answer BALDY - the Kangaroo is known as "Baldy's Roo"
Interestingly, Arnold, the great Kangaroo designer, was British - and submitted his design from Annerley, England where he lived.

Source http://www.linns.com/howto/refresher/au ... se.asp?uID

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QUESTION 20
If you posted a letter from Singapore in 1854, what country's name would have appeared on the stamps you purchased at the Post Office?



Answer INDIA

Singapore was part of the Straits Settlement which was administered by the British East India Company, and used un-overprinted INDIA stamps.

Source http://www.spm.org.sg/museum/collection.html


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QUESTION 21
NZ dealer member Warwick Delamore from Auckland City Stamps has shared with members some striking looking modern inverted centre stamps his company recently sold for $50,000, with RPSNZ Certificate.

In what year were they issued?


Answer 2004

2004 - for the Olympic Games

Source photos and discussion - http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?p=63818 [i]

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QUESTION 22
[i]Which country issued a stamp in year 2000 with perforations in the symbolic shape of a heart, as well as normal rectangular edge perforations?


Answer SOUTH KOREA

Source, and photo of the stamp is at - http://www.pennfamily.org/KSS-USA/20000420-2060.htm


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QUESTION 23
In what year were the world's first Personalised Stamps issued and sold? (i.e. you could order your photo on a valid postage stamp.)


Answer MARCH 1999 - issued at the huge "Australia 99" International, and copied now by most major countries.

Source and photos - http://www.glenstephens.com/linnsMarch22-99.html -
http://www.glenstephens.com/mugshot.html

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QUESTION 24
Monetary inflation in Germany in the early 1920s caused increasingly higher values to be printed on stamps. In the currency value of the time, what was the highest number of marks printed on a German stamp?


Answer 50 billion marks

The highest value was reached in 1923 during the infamous Weimar Republic period of history, and was for 50 billion (50,000,000,000) marks.

Source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperinflation
http://ingrimayne.com/econ/EconomicCata ... ation.html [i]

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QUESTION 25
[i]In what year were Australia's first triangular shaped stamps issued?

For a Bonus Point : how many stamps were in a complete sheet ?


Answer 2nd NOVEMBER 1994
(20 STAMPS)

Source The Australasian Stamp Catalogue (Seven Seas Stamps)

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QUESTION 26
Which natural geological feature (sometimes regarded as the Eighth Natural Wonder Of The World) near Rotorua was depicted on an 1898 New Zealand stamp, and destroyed by an eruption of Mount Tarawera ?


Answer The White and Pink Terraces

Source http://stamps.nzpost.co.nz/Cultures/en- ... tenary.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_and_White_Terraces

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QUESTION 27
The first widely-used aniline chemical dye was mauvine, discovered by Perkin in 1856.

What was the main industrial raw material used to make aniline dyes?


Answer COAL TAR

Aniline, a fluid originally derived from indigo, is today obtained from coal tar and yields many different dyes. It is aromatic, colourless and volatile. It is only slightly soluble in water but is readily dissolved in alcohol or ether.

The philatelic term 'Aniline colour' is used in two senses.
Specifically it refers to a water soluble dye in the red colour group. This is usually referred to as 'Aniline scarlet'. The dye in this case totally soaks the paper with the colour showing through on the back of the stamp.

Under ultra violet rays the stamp gives off a brilliant gold or flame coloured fluorescence. Aniline dyes were developed by Sir William Henry Perkin in 1856. At this time he was a chemistry student and he succeeded in making an artificial mauve dye whilst trying to synthesize quinine.

Perkin called the colour 'mauvine' and it was used for the printing of the 1881 Great Britain penny lilac.

Source http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/enc ... dia9.html#

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QUESTION 28
In what year was the first postage stamp issued by Mexico?

For a BONUS POINT - who was depicted on these stamps?


Answer 1st AUGUST 1856.
(Miguel Hidalgo)

There were five values; ½ real, 1r, 2r, 4r, and 8r, all with the same design depicting patriot Miguel Hidalgo. The stamps also had district overprints with the names of district post offices applied to each stamp.

As an anti-theft measure; the stamps were printed in Mexico City, and overprinted at the offices after receipt and before selling to postal customers. Un-overprinted stamps were presumed to have been stolen before reaching the offices, and were not considered valid.

Source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postage_st ... _of_Mexico


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QUESTION 29

One prominent stampboards member has reported a previously little-known (and possibly ... gasp ... fictional) emergency cancel practice as follows:

"In the US, a postal clerk who couldn't find the postmark hammer was authorized to dip his/her nose onto the ink-pad and use the nose to postmark stamps. Emergency nose-print postmarks like Peter's are enthusiastically collected.

Specialists can identify the individual postal clerk from the fine details of the nose-print, sort of like fingerprinting."
Name (or shame!) this member.


Answer Greg Ioannou

Source - http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.ph ... ency#19452

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QUESTION 30
[i]One of Israel's best known stamps, and one of the priciest issues with "Tab" - is the large and impressive Menorah issue of 1952.
What face value is shown on this stamp?


Answer 1000pr
Source all catalogues.


...and that's all, folks !!

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OMG ... Margo will need go find another Volcano question.

Email her some of your iomoon ... that do not involve Volcanoes maybe!

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No -- the deal is that she will only use one question per member. so then at best it gives you a 3% edge from 30 questions .. that is unless someone really quick beats you to answering even that one as no member will know where their question is among the 30 -- or even if it is going to be used at all.

If Margo gets emailed a bunch of questions from a bunch of members it is a great leveler, and will add to the variety a lot I feel.

So to all reading this - by all means email a few questions you'd like Margo to consider adding - simply email to margaret@stampboards.com - she DOES ask that you add a URL link to the source of somewhere kosher to VERIFY your answer, as that is helpful for members to learn from, and helps stop bickering as to veracity of answers!

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Looking forward to another good night of humour, bantering and comeradie. Win or no win, who cares, but taking part is the best part of it all. Will be there after the evening Church service.

Cheers
Andrew

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I have checked my diary, and find that I can spare an hour or two on Sunday evening. I have checked my wine celler also, abd can also spare a bottle or two.

I think I can manage to attend.

Thanks again Margot, should be a lot of fun. Again.
Norm

Some nuts and coffee would suit me. And I must not forget the box of tissue papers to wipe the sweaty hands and the tears of sheer joy and laughter that will definitely be there. Looking forward to the third stamp trivia.

And a million thanks to Margot for sourcing all those questions and for Glen for letting this take place and all members who will be there to make this another good night to remember.

Andrew

Andrew, my problem is I never remember it. I have to go back the next morning, read the entire thread to see what I posted and check whether or not somebody is going to sue me.

Norm

For anybody who has not been involved in some of these quizes, and has not read the threads, here is the sort of stupidity that we get up to. From the first quiz:



And some of the answers:

"Damian was a victim"

"Don't Poke Queen Vic"

"Please butt your cigarette before using the urinal"

It is a helluva a lot of fun and a lot of banter between questions, and quite frenetic at times, but please all, join in - the best 70-90 minutes you will ever have in your stamping life. And you can rack up 40-50 posts without even realising it.

Norm

Norm,

These are the things and the moments I treasure most. Maybe one day we may have enough to make a classic "novel" on "What happened on Stamp Trivia Night - Unforgetable Answers to Unforgetable Questions - Memoirs of Stamphaholics Not-so Anonymous"

Might be able to make some money out of this!

Andrew

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Or read post #1 where links to the earlier quizzes are given

And what 'copyright problems' could we have??!!! All public domain.

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IO

I have that Satellite link we were talking about up and running 100% for Sunday night. The IP jamming for all other competitors is working just fine. So, I reckon it is all done and dusted and you can look forward to seeing that nice diamond next to your Avatar come next Monday. $50 should do it ok for a mate.... good luck, see you Sunday














Oh damn, wrong Board, wrong Forum,
Geesh sorry mate how do I delete this before the others get here

Ahhhhggg that's right you can't delete my post can you.....PANIC.......

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Maybe a one page article in Stamp News showing some of the better questions and answers, some of the funnier answers and a little bit of the controversy over certain questions would be of interest to the general readership of Stamp News.

Somebody skilled in litratuure would be able to put one together from the three threads (counting this one as of about Tuesday) I am sure (not me, obviously).

Kevin? Glen? Is this idea worth some work?

Norm

Strange chat sessions in full swing on Sundays at midnight. So called philatelists {maybe misspelt} (phalatelists-good Mensa word) claim to be having fun during a quiz session.What were they really up to :?:

An idea for Kevin's heading in October's Stamp News.

Brian

Brian

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Only 30 hours to go

Just a reminder about how it all works:

Rules of engagement are:

1. Questions will be posted at almost exactly 3 minute intervals - Glen has a stop watch all set up. Each new question will have the answer to previous one, to save you refreshing

2. There will be NO reply from me as to whether the answers posted at correct. In 3 minutes you will all know who was correct.

3. Incomplete and "fairly close" answers will not count.

4. Absolutely NO editing of your post may take place. Remember if you edit anything it shows a time code of when you edited that you cannot erase. If you make a mistake just make a new post.

5. There will be NO deductions this quiz for a wrong answer. (but there may be bonus points for the most improbable)

6. Glen will keep a running tally of correct answers, and I will post the winner at end of quiz.

7. We will have a Loo break- coffee break - open a new bottle of wine break for SIX MINUTES after question 15 is posted. i.e. between question 15 there is a 6 minute break in total, not the usual 3 minutes.

8. Banter is encouraged. Tell anyone with a silly answer they are wrong. Or argue the fine points of the question - or whatever. Read up in advance on previous trivia to get a "feel" for it:
http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=1913

9. Refreshing pages: Glen has just changed the default for tonight only to 100 replies per page view to ensure all members have less page changes but keep an eye on the little page numbers lower right.

10. MOST IMPORTANT- to avoid 600 emails on the night ... before you start playing make a quick post to this thread. While are in the 'Post a reply' screen make sure the 'Notify me when a reply is posted' box is UNTICKED.


Over to the members - see you at 9.30pm AEST on Sunday!

Ask any questions you have NOW please, and remember as always I accept ALL currencies and PayPal

Well worth a thought.

MargoZ has spent MANY more hours than folks might believe checking the answers AND sourcing the veracity links to all 30 questions.

Then I look over them and make any suggestions, and then when they are done, David Benson also spends time reading each checking each one, and adding input he sees fit, so we have it down to a VERY close scrutiny before they are posted up.

For the record David told MargoZ these were "pretty easy" so that make inspire folks.

But what David regards as easy and what most others here might regard as easy, could be 2 very different animals!

David could probably tell you off the top of his head the 28 denominations and colours and designs in the 4th definitive set issued by Turkey for the occupation of Greece Cyprus on 1935 or whatever.

It might be make a 2 page spread possible for Stamp News one day .. I'll talk to Kev.

Some clubs certainty do and have used some or all of these - Campbelltown NSW is one I can recall for sure. As long as Society acknowledges the provenance of the questions, we are happy for them to be used gratis anywhere.

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I'm REALLY looking forward to joining in the fun this time!!

The last 2 trivia nights I missed to family commitments.......... but this time I'll be able to really show how little I've learnt in the last 3 years since I started collecting!!

Looks like that bottle of Margaret River red is the mandatory common item near everyones computer!

Browny.

With all due respect to MargoZ- Too late for me.
Besides I have to watch Aust. in the 20/20 match when the
alarm goes off an hour later.
Here's an alternative challenge for KG V tragics:-

1st question: My friend is quite excited because he found a Hobart postmark on a stamp that supposedly wasn't distributed in Tasmania. What is the BW no?

The prize: well who who needs a flashing star, when you can bamboozle us with the next question?

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Sounds like ACSC 121 to me.

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Looking for used pre-decimal OS/NSW and G/NSW state perfins, and NWPI KGV overprints.

That brings to mind a quote by Sir Winston Churchill :

Madam, I believe we have established what you ARE, all we need to is agree upon is the PRICE ...

Glen

Notice how I'm NT buying into this one ?

Glen,

the question shouldn't be whether I can recall the various face values of the 4th definitive set issued by Turkey for the occupation of Greece Cyprus of 1935 but whether I can recognise the difference between the genuine overprints which were handstamped in Melbourne the capital of Greece, Cyprus & the fake handstamps which are seen 99% of the time,

David B.

David, I think members will be delighted to hear MargoZ has resisted her urge to add any such questions - or discussion of the fake and genuine handstamps.

The questions really are wide ranging as you know, and I think most of our members will have fun answering them in a few hours time.

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Glen, I agree,

Let the show begin,

and hows this for changing the subject,

Last night I asked Lance Skinner at the APF dinner if he liked 20/20 cricket and he replied in the affirmative, I was so shocked I could hardly finish the dessert,

and another change of subject, there is a strong rumour that the new president of the APF is a member here,

and another change of subject,

It has been confirmed that the boys in Blue have been contacted about the fake OS perfs. & fake cancels which are being sold on Ebay.Australia.


David B.

jrg
I'm honoured that the reigning trivia night king- who already has a flashing star (sorry diamond) would attempt my alternative quiz.
BW 121 is an answer, since it was never placed on general post office sale anywhere.
It's not the answer I had in mind, which was on general sale except in Tasmania.
Good luck in the real thing tonight!

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David - good on Lance. Thought he might be a little too 'trad' for that.

Well next Prez of APF being a member here is indeed good to hear .. hope he mentions it publicly here.

Yes the NSW Police have been active on this for several months. And on several fronts. I've even seen a letter from the Police Minister on it already.

One member here has a successful Court judgement about the fake stuff he bought on ebay, and that has also been passed onto Police, so they now have something court based to enforce.

All members might take the time to exercise caution when buying Oz material on ebay and read this, as it is still occurring big time. We had another "hydra head" closed down by ebay in recent weeks.

http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=873&start=0

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So Glen - Question no. 31 - What was the price

Brian

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Final countdown before we begin and time to acknowledge the generous assistance of a number of members who contributed questions for this round (only one used per member so that they can still participate without undue advantage).
Many thanks to:
Brian31stamps
David Benson
Erich
Geoff Sherringham
Glen
Iomoon
Mikebatwine
David Benson has also very kindly reviewed all questions as well.
Cheers
Margo

Please send me the questions a couple minutes before everyone else because I have dial-up. Thanks.
Ben

Looks like I logged on just in time for the start.
Pant pant pant sweat sweat sweat.
Just trying to cool down from all that rushing back from Church.

Nice try Ben
How about I send you the ANSWERS a little after the others?

Sorry Andrew - all your prayers won't help

Brian

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And it's starting to build:

Registered Users: apptec, Bodysurfer, brian31stamps, chambo, crosscrescent, fromdownunder, iomoon, kiwisteven, MargoZ, palsy2001, RolyRJ, scurralous.

However, my PC is running like the turning circle on Titanic at present, so I do not think that I represent a danger to anyone (not that I ever do).

Don't start yet, Margot, I've got a bottle of Red to decant.

Norm

Putting my dinner on hold.

I need the answers early because I have to enter them in binary.
Thanks.

Good evening all from West Australia!

Isn't it Goooodddd Mooorrrnnniinnnggg Vietnam?

Norm

Try the stamp thread and you might win

Brian

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