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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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 Posted - 09/08/2009 : 21:14:39
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What on Earth? #50: "Futuristic" Island
This exercise marks the 50th in the series. (After this, a new contest of the same sort will commence.)
The winner overall of this series of 50 may choose any combination of prizes, priced under a total value of $25, from the Skeptic Friends Network Gift Shop. I will pay for this and have it delivered to the winner.
Originally built as a harbor defense fortress in the mid-1800's, this large artificial island is now the site of a cargo handling facility, as well as (in my opinion) one of the most absurdly-named communities on earth. This community was originally planned to have a population of over 100,000, but fell far short of this goal.
Once again, for two points for each of these three questions:
1. What's the name of the island?
2. What's the silly, unrealistic sci-fi name that has been given to the community there?
Extra credit question:
3. What leader originally oversaw the construction of this island?
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
Edited by - HalfMooner on 09/08/2009 22:34:52
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bngbuck
SFN Addict
USA
2437 Posts |
Posted - 09/08/2009 : 23:54:19 [Permalink]
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1. Odaiba Island
2. Tokyo Teleport Town
3. The Tokugawa shogunate - Tokugawa
The Tokugawa shogunate, was a feudalism regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2009 : 00:18:11 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by bngbuck
1. Odaiba Island
2. Tokyo Teleport Town
3. The Tokugawa shogunate - Tokugawa
The Tokugawa shogunate, was a feudalism regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family
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Correct, correct, and correct enough for three points, doubled! Congratulations, Bill! You really showed a spurt of extra strength in the final lap. Please email me with your prize selection, and mailing details.
The name I was looking for was that of a man who more personally had the island made than did the Shogun. That man was Egawa Hidetatsu Tarozaemon. But of course, neither Egawa nor the Tokugawa Shogun exactly got their fingernails dirty with the work. Probably a commoner named something like Ichiro Ito got a lot more up close and personal with the work. But that the Tokugawa Shogunate made the island is a legitimate answer.
Final results for this series of 50:
- bngbuck, 38 points
- Dave W., 22 points
- tw101356, 22 points
- lorddix, 9 points
- Hal, 7 points
- Moakley, 4 points
- Steinhenge, 4 points
- Hawks, 3 points
- Simon, 3 points
- astropin, 1 point
- Dude, 1 point
- Filthy, 1 point
(Ties above are listed in alphabetical order.)
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
| Edited by - HalfMooner on 09/09/2009 00:21:56 |
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bngbuck
SFN Addict
USA
2437 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2009 : 00:18:48 [Permalink]
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Addendum
The leader you may be looking for was Egawa Hidetatsu, a 19th Century Daikan in charge of several Shogunal domains. |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2009 : 00:21:11 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by bngbuck
Addendum
The leader you may be looking for was Egawa Hidetatsu, a 19th Century Daikan in charge of several Shogunal domains.
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Thank you. That came in right after my posting, but your original answer was good enough, anyway.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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bngbuck
SFN Addict
USA
2437 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2009 : 00:29:10 [Permalink]
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Mooner.....
My last post was made before I read your last response - I was still reading the fascinating history of that strange place. As to the $25.00 prize, I have a better idea. Donate $25.00 to SFN via PayPal and I will match it with my $25.00 donation.
Also, with anybody that beats me in the next contest.
I am sorry that I missed many of the games while I was out of town, but I was too damn busy to sit down with the laptop! |
| Edited by - bngbuck on 09/09/2009 00:32:12 |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2009 : 04:45:10 [Permalink]
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Bill, that was a wonderful and generous idea, thank you. I have now made a $25.00 payment to SFN via PayPal. For confirmation, you may email atomic (at) skepticfriends (dot) org.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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bngbuck
SFN Addict
USA
2437 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2009 : 10:13:52 [Permalink]
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Mooner.....
Atomic said: "Thanks for the two bits, but where's Buck's Buggati?"
I'm just sayin'.
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Simon
SFN Regular
USA
1992 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2009 : 10:50:31 [Permalink]
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I, for one, welcome our new Googling overlord.
Congratulation on your masterful victory Bngbuck! |
Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there – on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
Carl Sagan - 1996 |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
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bngbuck
SFN Addict
USA
2437 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2009 : 12:45:20 [Permalink]
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Simon.....
Worship is at noon and 3:00 AM weekdays, and nonstop on weekends.
I will bless you as soon as I finish will all the rest.
By the way, Google had nothing to do with it. I carry most of that stuff around in my head. Mooner pays me to blurt out the rest of it just so folks will pay attention to him! |
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Simon
SFN Regular
USA
1992 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2009 : 14:57:04 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by bngbuck
Simon.....
Worship is at noon and 3:00 AM weekdays, and nonstop on weekends.
I will bless you as soon as I finish will all the rest.
By the way, Google had nothing to do with it. I carry most of that stuff around in my head. Mooner pays me to blurt out the rest of it just so folks will pay attention to him!
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3 AM!
No; I need my beauty sleep, and, hence, will have to stick to the old time religion...
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Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there – on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
Carl Sagan - 1996 |
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WoE: "Futuristic" Island
