Wikipedia:Wikifun/Round 11/Answers/Question 3

Part answer
So I have come up with the following:

1) Canada – 20 July 2005

2) 26 June 2004 – 6 July 2004

3)

4) The Han Empire annexed Nanyue, and extended its territory to Cochin China, Vietnam

5)

6) February 3, 1959

7) Universal Pictures

8) Stretch Arm Strong

-- Ianblair23 (talk) 11:55, 8 December 2005 (UTC)


 * I apologise, the answer to part 1 should be Spain - not Canada. Your answer to part 7 is wrong. Dmn 17:03, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

A Few More Parts
5, I suspect is Tatiana Romanova from From Russia with Love. 7 is Bally (found by googling Playboy and 6 Million Dollar Man on wikipedia)

Ferret-aaron 20:02, 9 December 2005 (UTC)


 * 5 is not Tatiana Romanova. Dmn 22:02, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Partial answers
-- ALoan (Talk) 15:20, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Spain on 30 June 2005 (from Same-sex marriage timeline)
 * 2) Ten days from Saturday 26 June 2004 to Tuesday 6 July 2004 (from Yash Johar and Thomas Klestil)
 * 3) Quick decisions?
 * 4) Nam Việt or Nanyue (modern Vietnam / Guangdong / Guangxi) (from 111 BC)
 * 5) P. D. Ouspensky? (second result on a Google search for "Russia London Istanbul")
 * 6) The Day the Music Died - 3 February 1959 (from Tommy Allsup)
 * 7) Bally (second result on from a Google search for "Playboy" and "The Six Million Dollar Man")
 * 8) A statue somewhere?  (John Barry is not much help)
 * 9) ejector seats? elephant?
 * 10) bos? (as in Bucephalus and boustrophedon)


 * All correct except 3, 8, 9 and 10. The correct answer for 8 has already been guessed correctly. Dmn 16:22, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Answers to previous rounds' question 3s
Spotted links from previous rounds in the WhatLinksHere of a couple of answers, then it was just a case of tracking down the previous answers and matching them up. Still not convinced by the round 6 one, though. - Lee  (talk)  18:11, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
 * the third country to legalise Same-sex marriage
 * Spain Round 2
 * the period between Yash Johar's and Thomas Klestil's deaths
 * &pi;2 (or 2 pies)??? Round 6 (Don't get this one. &pi;2=9.869...&#8776;10 days perhaps?)
 * quicker ways to organise promotions or resolutions
 * WP:RFA Round 5
 * a territory annexed in 111BC
 * Nam Việt Round 10
 * a Russian who ended up in London via Istanbul
 * P. D. Ouspensky Round 8
 * a day Tommy Allsup didn't die
 * February 3, 1959 Round 3
 * the distributors of Playboy and The Six Million Dollar Man
 * Bally Round 9
 * where John Barry has played the drums since 1992
 * Stretch Arm Strong Round 7
 * something not commonly found in automobiles.
 * Ten cylinder Engine Straight-10 Round 1
 * something that meant 'ox'
 * Aleph Round 4


 * Indeed I have messed up. Those dates are the answer to Wikifun Round 4, Question 4. I was wondering when somebody would peruse the WhatLinksHere. Well Done. Dmn 00:54, 13 December 2005 (UTC)