WWYT: Question 1 Answer and Scores!

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Spiderman

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Question 1: Name 5 "modern" wonders of the world.

PM your answers by Thursday, 4/26, by 7:00 AM EDT. Anyone can join in.
 
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Spiderman

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Well, it was interesting to see the answers. I was actually expecting a mix of natural wonders, like the Grand Canyon, along with man-made ones, but I guess the 'modern' part made everyone think of man-made.

So the answers given:


Eiffel Tower 3
Empire State Building 3
Panama Canal 3

Computer 2
English Channel Tunnel 2
Golden Gate Bridge 2
Great Wall of China 2

And single point answer: Aircraft, Automobile, Brooklyn Bridge, Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa, Cell Phone, Cloning, CN Tower, Coloseeum, Hoover Dam, Internet, Mt. Rushmore, Organ Transplants, Porcelain Tower of Nanjing, Space Travel, St. Louis Arch, Stonehenge, Suez Canal, Twinkies

Scores this round:

Ransac: 12 (5)
train: 11 (3)
BigBlue: 10 (2)
Mooseman: 10 (2)
DF: 6
Lythand: 6
Limited: 6

Overall Scores:

Ransac: 5
train: 3
BigBlue: 2
Mooseman: 2
 
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Spiderman

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All right, re-edited for DF :) That slacker.

It just bumped up Limited score for the round by 1, but the points given overall didn't change.
 
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Limited

Guest
Wow, I got one point.

Tough first question; I had no clue what to put (but the Eiffel Tower? Seriously?)
 
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Spiderman

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You didn't get a point. BigBlue and Mooseman shared the 2 point AND took the 1 point slot away by sharing...
 
Mooseman

Mooseman

Isengar Tussle
Limited said:
Bigblue, Mooseman, why are you being so mean to me?
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Because Spidey lets us.... :D
Limited said:
Tough first question; I had no clue what to put (but the Eiffel Tower? Seriously?)
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Are you diss'n the French? When it comes to raising things, they are the modern champs.....
 
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Limited

Guest
Well, the Eiffel Tower is an icon for sure.. but I'm just not really impressed by it. Suppose its a big deal though.
 
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Ransac

CPA Trash Man
There is a list of "The Seven Wonders of the Modern World" that I tried to recall. I could only remember for of them, so put Eiffel Tower on there as well. It's not technically on the list, but I figured people would answer it.

Ransac, cpa trash man
 
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Spiderman

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Ransac said:
Whoever voted for Twinkies is awesome.
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Then just call DF awesome :D

Lythand sent me a list when he gave me his guess of all the wonders:

The seven old Wonders of the world
Great Pyramid of Giza
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
Statue of Zeus at Olympia
Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus
Colossus of Rhodes
Lighthouse of Alexandria

The seven wonders of the Modern World are
Stonehenge
Colosseum
Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
Great Wall of China
Porcelain Tower of Nanjing
Hagia Sophia
Leaning Tower of Pisa

The 7 New wonders of the world are
Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge
Lakewood Church
International Space Station
Sydney Opera House
Taipai 101
Romania's Palace of the Parliament
South China Shopping Mall
 
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Ransac

CPA Trash Man
wikipedia.com said:
Modern lists
Modern wonders

The American Society of Civil Engineers compiled [this] list of wonders of the modern world

Channel Tunnel
CN Tower
Empire State Building
Golden Gate Bridge
Itaipu Dam
Delta Works
Panama Canal


Tourist travel wonders

* Great Pyramids of Giza
* Great Wall of China
* Taj Mahal
* Serengeti Migration
* Galapagos
* Grand Canyon
* Machu Picchu


Natural wonders

Similar to the other lists of wonders, there is no consensus on a list of seven natural wonders of the world, as there has been debate over how large the list should be. One of the many lists was compiled by CNN

* Grand Canyon
* Great Barrier Reef
* Harbor of Rio de Janeiro
* Mount Everest
* Polar Aurora
* Parícutin volcano
* Victoria Falls

Underwater wonders

* Palau
* Belize Barrier Reef
* Great Barrier Reef
* Deep-Sea Vents
* Galapagos Islands
* Lake Baikal
* Northern Red Sea
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Ransac, cpa trash man
 
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