Christian Zulus Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 Dear Jim,congratulation to your very quick and precise victory .Dear Christophe,many thanks for the update of the statistics .Best regards Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 Impressive statistics Christophe!! Must admit Kholostyakov has an erm uncommon set of awards...To move on to the next question....QUESTION:Who am I? What did I do?Who was the famous person now associated with me?Good luck!Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted September 17, 2007 Author Share Posted September 17, 2007 I have no idea who she might be... Others, anyone ? Cheers.Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted September 20, 2007 Author Share Posted September 20, 2007 He... Ho...!!!! Anyone ? Maybe a clue from Jim ? Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 Sure... here's a clue:She was a Russian beauty, however living outside Russia .....Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted September 22, 2007 Author Share Posted September 22, 2007 Could she be the famous actress Alla Nazimova ? Alla Nazimova (Russian: Алла Назимова), born Mariam Edez Adelaida Leventon (Мириам Эдес Аделаида Левентон; May 22, 1879 ? July 14, 1945) was a Russian/American theater and film actress, scriptwriter, and producer. After a beginning of career in moscow and St Petersburg, in 1905, she moved to New York City.She was associated with Rudolf Valentino, whose career she greatly contributed.Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 No Christophe.She was a beautiful Russian ... with a mission.Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted September 22, 2007 Author Share Posted September 22, 2007 Could she be Olga Chekhova,Hitler's Favourite Actress and a Soviet Spy ?Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 She could be olga Chekova .... but she isn't! But lets agree that she is indeed a soviet spy....Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 (edited) Who am I? Maria Konnenkova What did I do?Gathered information on US atomic bomb development programs.Who was the famous person now associated with me?Albert Einstein (who she "dated") http://www.sptimesrussia.com/index.php?act...mp;story_id=865 Edited September 22, 2007 by Ed_Haynes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 Well done Ed!Yup Yup Yup! Correct answer - Link and all I somehow thought she was obscure enough to avoid detection for a little bit longer. That places the ball in your court!Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted September 22, 2007 Author Share Posted September 22, 2007 Ed and Jim,Great Congrats to Ed!!!I'm more than happy Ed got this one...It will be a real challenge for the next one BTW, I'll we be in Eastern Siberia all of next week, without techical possibilities to answer...We'll see..Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 OK! I have had this one ready for a while, hoping I'd win some day!!Happiness is a Warm Gun (with apologies to John Lennon)Sorry, I have been writing exams for my students: A ten-part question.Identify the following "warm guns" as to country and medal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted September 22, 2007 Author Share Posted September 22, 2007 Hey Ed,That's a good one!!!Let's say what we'll get... Cheers.Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted September 22, 2007 Author Share Posted September 22, 2007 Who will be the winner ? the first one to ID the ten ?Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 All ten, no partial credit. 100% or nothing. Which means partial answers will just help the others. All are, I think, some place on the forum and all belong under our title.Yes, I am vicious. My students think so too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted September 22, 2007 Author Share Posted September 22, 2007 Quite fair, I think..Guys, let's go!!!!Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted September 23, 2007 Author Share Posted September 23, 2007 Tried to work a little bit on it... and habe ID 6 of them so far. Not an easy one, Ed... Cheers.Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Zulus Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Dear Ed,congratulations to your well deserved victory #6 .Many thanks for your excellent question, but I also stuck at just a bit more than 50 % of your question .All these 10 fragments of medals are 100 % communist awards ?Best regards Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 (edited) All these 10 fragments of medals are 100 % communist awards ?Yes, as I define things. Was it too hard? If needed, I'll change the rules this weekend. Edited September 25, 2007 by Ed_Haynes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 Nah not too hard. I stopped giving hints to my questions and only encourage the right answers when one is on track,Makes it more interesting to find the right answers - even if it takes a while.Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 Yeah, Jim, the problem is, I fear, that no one wants to offer guesses or partial answers at the very real risk of helping others. (How very non-Socialist? But, then, so is a contest??)Shall hint when I have any good reason to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 Well, to start:2 is the Medal for the Defense of Odessa.4 is the Jubilee Medal for 60 years of Armed Forces.8 is the Medal for Military Merit.10 is the Medal for 20 years of Red Army. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 I?m not a gun type at all, so I?ll risk myself with these answers.#1 Tokarev#3 Sniper rifle#4 AK-47#8 Mosin-Nagant#9 PPSh-41 (my favorite model)#10 Mosin-Nagant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Interesting answers, Soviet. As I neither know (nor especially care) about the identity of the guns, I had not even included this as an extra-credit option (though the thought had crossed my mind). The focus was and is on the medals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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