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[Still Life]

wasnt it Louis Pasteur?

 

[elhefe]

yes

who where the soviet union dictators between stalin an mijail gorbachov??

 

[IronDuke]

Malenkov, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Andropov, and Chernenko

I may have missed one.

 

[Anonymous]

[!--QuoteBegin-elhefe+Aug 17 2004, 10:18 PM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(elhefe @ Aug 17 2004, 10:18 PM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]First Annual Dickinson Olympics

The Student Senate sponsored the Olympics to promote school spirit and to foster positive student-faculty relationships through academic and athletic events. Teams were comprised of 8-12 members (students, faculty, and staff) representing individual academic departments. The teams competed for various prizes and the Dickinson Olympics Trophy.

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Not quite the answer I was looking for...

 

[elhefe]

ok. gimme a 2º chance.... [!--emo&--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/tongue.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'tongue.gif\' /][!--endemo--]

 

[Anonymous]

ok then. This woman is competing (I've just copy+pasted the entire profile):

[!--QuoteBegin--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]The official website of the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games - Games of the XXVIII Olympiad

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Home > Schedule - Results > Equestrian > Participants

Equestrian
Participants
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Profile
Name: Helena WEINBERG
Gender: Female
Date of Birth: 31 DEC 1963
Height: 1.60 m / 5'3"
Profession:
Hobbies:
Other sports activities:
Olympic event:
Olympic qualification:
NOC code: GER
Place of birth: Sheffield, Gr Britain
Weight: 58 kg / 128 lbs
Marital status:
Started competing:
National coach:
Personal best:
Season best:
Olympic Solidarity:


General Interests
Occupation: Businesswoman and professional rider
MarStatus: Married
LangSpoken: German and English
Coach: Peter Weinberg (FEI 31/03/04)
AddInformation: When and where did you begin this sport?
She started in England at age five.
Most influential person in career
Her father. "He taught me never to give up." (FEI 31/03/04)

Superstitions / Rituals / Beliefs
She won't walk under ladders. (FEI 31/03/04)

Famous relatives
She is related to Bruce Dickinson, singer with the rock group Iron Maiden. (FEI 31/03/04)

Ambitions
To be successful and to train young riders. (FEI 31/03/04)
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Helena WEINBERG's maiden name was Dickinson - it's Bruce's sister [!--emo&--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/smile.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'smile.gif\' /][!--endemo--]

 

[Anonymous]

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[IronDuke]

At the 1976 Olympic games, who was the only athlete not to be given a gender examination prior to competeing?

 

[Onhell]

Gender examination?... never heard of that... making sure they ARE a man or woman depending on the sport...?

 

[SinisterMinisterX]

Exactly, Onhell. I can't remember the details, but there was once a medal-winner in a women's sport who later turned out to be a man. Every athlete has had to prove their gender ever since.

 

[Onhell]

yeah, it was Bender of Rubonia!!! "A country I didn't make uuuup!"

 

[StrangerInAStrangeLand]

Bender kicks ass.

 

[SinisterMinisterX]

[!--QuoteBegin-StrangerInAStrangeLand+Aug 25 2004, 03:35 PM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(StrangerInAStrangeLand @ Aug 25 2004, 03:35 PM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]Bender kicks ass.

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Correction: Bender kicks shiny metal ass.

 

[IronDuke]

nobody has the answer?

 

[SinisterMinisterX]

Wasn't it a horse in one of the equestrian events?

A butcher is 6' 1" tall and wears size 14 shoes. What does he weigh?

 

[LooseCannon]

Meat.

 

[IronDuke]

nope, SMX

try again

 

[syl]

[!--QuoteBegin-IronDuke+Aug 28 2004, 04:46 PM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(IronDuke @ Aug 28 2004, 04:46 PM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]nope, SMX

try again

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Wouldn't that be Princess Ann ? She took part in the Olympic games in 1976 as a rider.

 

[IronDuke]

Congrats syl! You got it!

Out of respect, Olympic officials took Ann,the Princess Royal, at her word when she claimed she was female.

 

[Anonymous]

How loud was the "Big Bang"? Question from Discovery Channel [!--emo&--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/smile.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'smile.gif\' /][!--endemo--]