The "Anything" Quiz 2
 

The Anything Quiz is a quiz where basically "anything is a question". It could be a political question, an entertainment question, a math question, a sports question, a certain flower question, it could BE ANYTHING! You got to be the first person to response to get points.

For season 2 of the "Anything" Quiz there are NEW RULES!

Rules

1. Scoring System!

75 points to the 1st person to answer
50 points to the 2nd person to answer
25 points to everyone else that answers the question.

2. Only one question per week!

3. Scores from The Anything Quiz 1 will continue into Season 2

Let's Begin!

No. 123

What do you think of the 2007 F.I.R.S.T game?

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It's ok. It reminds me too much of 1997. But I do like how the rack moves and how the bonus points are scored.

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Crazy fun!

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It'll be fun, but hard for non-FIRST spectators to understand.

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Breathtaking. In the moment. A strategist's heaven.

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I rather like it. The Rack provides a great challenge with the spider legs moving around.

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I'm still in shock. But it will be interesting to see the solutions!

<...Freddy, I think you should start us all with fresh scores for the new season...>

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Scores as of Dec 14, 2006

Michelle Celio 75

trilogism 50

Noah Kleinberg 25

dhoizner 25

Hiteak 25

mocat1530 25

New Rule

Answers to questions must be 3 to 7 sentences.

No. 2

If you could be on any other team in FIRST for season, who would it be and why?

I would want to be on Team 395, 2Train Robotics.

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I wouldn't want to be on any team for the FIRST season. Yes all of the other teams are great, but I wouldn't want to have to rebuild the bonds that I have with my team. If the students don't get along how do you expect them to work together? Maybe I'm looking at it a little too seriously but that's just my opinion. But if I had to absolutely choose..I'd pick 229 because I really want to go to Clarkson University.

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I would love to be on 1511. I have worked with mentors and students there, it I have made tons of friends. Every FIRST event I've been to, I've met more and more people from them. They really work hard each year to build the robot and their flare team has tons of energy. They do tons around the community at the same time, and I would love to be part of that force.

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As a parent of Team 1511, Thanks Dan!
My choice would be one of the Delphi sponsored teams. I work for Delphi, and we don't sponsor any teams in this area, but I've watched and rooted for the Delphi teams for years! My favorites are 47, of course, and the TecknoKats of Kokomo (Team 45).

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FRC 1368 because the have a good arm built

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I wouldn't want to be on another team. Although our team isn't great almost everyone gets along. Us seniors as well as some juniors are all in the same classes together, so we all understand eachother and have created a good atmosphere in our robotics class. I wouldn't want to have to try and recreate that atmosphere.

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No. 3

What is your favorite regional and why?

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I have to go with my own regional (Florida Regional) because, I've never been to anyother one. Sure it has some downsides like how on Friday last year we had no power in the outdoor pits. But it has its fun time, I got to see all the Florida FIRST people that I've met though Chief Delphi, and you get to see some cool robots like 233. We also every year have teams from Puerto Rico attend our regional which is cool because not all of their students speak English.

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Out of regionals I've been to:

Probably the Buckeye regional in 2005. Simply because it was our first time there and everyone seemed to love us. Also, we have an incredible that spawned a new, unofficial motto for our team. "Go For Four!"

It relates to the four tetras we attempted to score at once after consistantly being able to score 3 at once.

Our coach denies the fact that the whole thing happened, yet it's wasn't a bad thing. It was a great thing. I just remember one of our pit mentors getting up saying "Well.. we've got work to do *laughs*"

Not to mention the fact that the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame is a perfect place to kill some time.

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FLR for me. It was where I first discovered FIRST. The energy and passion that I saw there was so amazing that I was able to convince my school to start a team. There is tons of room to dance and meet others there and you can get really close up to the field to watch the matches. It just happens to be about 10 minutes away from my home too, so I'm sure that adds into to it.

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I'm a fan of GTR (Greater Totonto Regional) because of its hugeness! It draws so many teams, and really steps up the level of competition. And yet it offers some of the greatest opportunities for gracious professionalism. And its fun to be able to say you went to a foreign country for your FIRST Competition.

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My favorite regional is the lonestar regional in Houston. Last year it was a lot of fun. We stayed in a ghetto motel where i thought we were gonna be murdered. The best part was finishing way at the bottom after qualifying and then being chosen to join one of the top 8 teams. Our alliance finished in 2nd place, the alliance would have won but our robot threw a chain.

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Florida regional

Because thats the only one I've been to

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Florida regional

Because thats the only one I've been to

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No. 4

What is your favorite movie and why?

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My favorite move would have to be supertroopers. The movie is so hilarious. It has a ton of quotes that stick in your mind. It is just one of those movies that is so funny you will laugh til it hurts.

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Goodwill Hunting tops my list of outstanding movies. In addition to a stellar cast including Robin Williams and Minnie Driver, it showcased the brilliance of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. Although these actors, Mr. Affleck in particular, are not normally regarded as Hollywood's best and brightest, this script was phenomenal. I'm still waiting on the sequel - Goodwill Hunting II: Hunting Season.

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I have way too many favorites to pick just one!!! But I'll give a nod to an old favorite "Matilda" It's the one based on a Roald Dahl book (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the BFG, James and the Giant Peach and many more) about a little girl who is a total misfit in her family, but learns that she has special powers. I never turn down a chance to watch it!

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My favorite movie would have to be the lord of the rings: the two towers. they had sweet graphics during the movie. they stayed with the plot line really well. it was also very successful in keeping everybody on the edge of their seats.

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Space Balls is probably my favorite movie. It is great, and all the spoofs of other movies make it even better. I laughed through most of the movie.

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Back to the Future 2 because it is a good movie. next it is also funny. And last it keeps me watching.

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Very hard to pick a favorite movie, I have tons of them. I would have to say it would be Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Its just overall funny, and the jokes have lasted so long in pop culture. Its hard for me to go a day without making a quote from it. I actually have the script on my pda so that whenever I have spar time, then I will actually read the script for fun

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No.5

Who is your favorite actor/actress?

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My favorite actor is Jim Carey. I love comedy films and his always seem to keep my attention. I tend to watch his movies over and over again until their not funny anymore, and then wait a long period of time and they're funny again, or maybe I'm just weird.

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I really like to watch Tom Hanks. I am in love with the Polar Express. I also liked him in Castaway, that movie makes me cry all of the time!

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Easily Gene Wilder. He is just so funny in all the movies I've seen him in, especially the Mel Brooks movies. "My name is Jim, but most people call me...Jim". He just has this great sense of humor all together and can actually sing. He hair also reminds me of what my hair is becoming, so it adds on to how much I like him.

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Will Ferrell is my favorite actor. I dont see how you could not like him. He is always hilarious. Saturday Night Live sucks without him.

p.s. can you show the current scores? thanks

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Scores as Feb 10,2007

Michelle Celio 300

Charger 07 150

Hiteak 150

mocat1530 100

KelliV 75

Boiler 50

Trilogism 50

InfernoX14 50

Noah Kleinberg 25

dhoizner 25

Merlin 25

ray maniac 25

Jeff 888 25

No. 6

If you could change one thing about the world, what would it be and why?

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If i could change one thing i would stop all of the wars and feuds. These wars are pointless and are resulting in so many unneccesary deaths. I just want to see what it would be like if everyone got along instead of shooting or blowing up each other.

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I would add in a ton more of FIRST teams in the world. With more teams will bring more students into science and engineering, which would eventually lead to greater and newer technologies. Newer technologies could eventually solve some of the world's worst problems and make life easier.

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I would put limits on deep-sea fishing. In turn, I would find a way to farm large saltwater fish to make them a replenishing food source. It has been argued that the large saltwater gamefish have declined by 90% due to human overfishing. It would truly be a tragedy to lose these beautiful, magnificent creatures like so many buffalo.

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I would change the amount of money it cost to enter the FRC ring. One reason is I want my middle school to have a team. And also the amount of fund rasing is outragious.

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I wouldn't change anything specifically FIRST-related, though it is an AMAZING organization. I think the much bigger problem is student apathy (and apathy, in general.) I would make it such that everyone would care enough to make the most of their life through education, though not specifically FIRST. Granted, FIRST would most likely experience a boost due to that change, but the more important thing is the change itself. If everyone actually cared about what was going on around them (no matter what was actually going on around them) we wouldn't see so many of the problems we do see.

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No. 7

What does your robot do?

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Edit: What does your robot intend to do?

1529's 2007 FRC entry, Lollipop, will have the ability to score ringers on any level of the rack. It can also pick up ringers that are lying flat on the ground, as well as any that are fed through the chute. A four-foot, 110 lb robot, Lollipop will be a liftee rather than a lifter. Its robust design also allows the drivers to adapt to a defensive style, if the game situation requires. The team believes the manipulator, after which the robot was named, is truly a one-of-a-kind device, the likes of which you will see on no other competitor this season.

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Our robot uses a sissor lift with measured levels. You can turn a rotary switch to go between levels for all the heights. Our robot also has a ramp that can hold 1 robot, maybe with another robot on top of that robot. Our claw works with the inner diameter of the tubes and opens to that 3 pich points hold the tube in place. It should all work by the end of tonight.

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Leviathan is 5 feet around 105 lbs and can reach all the spider legs. We used pneumatics to lift the arm and to open and close both of our hands. We plan on going out there and trying to score as much as possible and we can get up a ramp if we need to.

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our robot is 4 feet tall and puts ringers on all levels. Also it has a ramp for each alliance partner. Last it stays under weight.

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The Anything Quiz 2 is taking a break for the regional competition season. He will be returning with all new questions on April 1, 2007.

Good luck!

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April Fool's day...
Any significance?

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No 8

How did your team do this regional season?

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They did amazingly! They won the Chairman's award at FLR. The Robot needed some work at FLR but finished seeded 5th at Boston, where they won the Spirit award! Atlanta Bound!!!

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My team placed 33 out of 35 at the Finger Lakes Regional. WE won the imagery award for our Alice in Wonderland theme. The team did not get picked by any alliances, but we all had a great time, and were glad that our team could make it.

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My team won the Rookie All-Star and the Highest rookie seed at BAE in NH. We made it to the quarter finals there after placing mid 20s (I think?)

We won the Website award at UTC in CT, and seeded 14th (I think?)

Yay!

Jacob

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Team 932 Leviathan finished 11th after qualifying and ended up becoming the #8 alliance at the Inaugural Greater Kansas City Regional. Our robot Leviathan had some issues with the bearing that knocked us out. But we won the Engineering Inspiration Award so now we are going to ATL!!!

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We got 6th at Florida. We were 22nd I think at Palmetto. So over all I would say we did well.

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Who do you think is going to win at the Championship Event?

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I don't think it matters who wins the championship, every team is a good team. In the end, we all come out winners due to the experiences that we get at the championship. So, I think it will be us, the students who will win the championship. :)

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I have no clue who will win the Championship. I hope all of the teams that my friends are on do good. Personally, I would love to see the teams from the Fingerlakes regional do really well.

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I have no idea who will win. But I will congratulate who ever wins. but as Woodie would say its not about robots its about people.

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What was your favorite aspect of the Championship Event?

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Just being there was my favorite part. I was invited by team 1511 to join them there. I made tons of new friends and got to meet some for the first time in person. The web hug had to be my favorite overall part of the Championship event and getting to hang out with people i haven't seen in awhile.

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Well...since I watched it on the web only - my favorite part is seeing the robots in action and the total craziness in the stands and knowing that no matter where the teams are from, they are all willing to work together! I love watching the awards ceremony and hearing of the great successes and knowing that for every winner there was so many almosts. And I love how fired up yet exhausted the students come back home (I guess that applies to the mentors too.)

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Well i also watched by web cast so I would say that the bots in action. Also the way that the teams worked together. and last how a team from the area that i live in won 2nd.

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No.11

What items will be in the house of the future?

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A lot of robots. ;)

The house of the future will most likely have anything it takes to make a seamless transition from the world of work to the world of home. A trend we currently see is the integration of information technology into common appliances -- refrigerators with TV's and computers. I foresee that trend leading to the introduction of things that allow you to receive and send information at any time in any location in said house.

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I believe that there would be robot butlers or robots to do every other task. Super computers would be in all the rooms and would take up very little space. Every book ever published would be on a single disk and on another disc would be every movie and tv show in existence. Hopefully by then we would all have segways too or what ever Dean has cooking up next.

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The house would have a refrigerator in the armrest of all the chairs. also a self cleaning floor. A super computer in every room. and Last a place to store and charge your segway.


P.S. can you post the new scores

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The house of the future will be drastically different from the house of the present. It will feature technological advances unforeseen by humans. As an ever-changing, ever-adapting species, the lodgings will change as well.
That being said, I believe the house of the future will contain coffee cups, armchairs, and writing instruments.

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Everything will use either solar, wind, water, or some other renewable and environmentally friendly energy source. There wont be any cell phones or iPods sitting around because that stuff will all be chips implanted into your brain. And the segways will fly.

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Side Note:

I will have the new scores up in a week or so.

Good Luck

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No.12

If you were on GDC, what would be the 2008 game?

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Not a water game.

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I would make something with some sort of cube that you would manipulate to build a ramp or stairs to go up. There would also be balls at the same time that you could fill in the cubes for ether alliance sides. Some sort of bonus would be given for the height of how far the robot is from the ground on the ramp.

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A game in which your robot had to make music. Drums, or w/ the help of air compressors wood wind instruments. I guess compressors would be used for the brass too. That would be really cool to see a robot play the guitar. (there already are player pianos)

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I would make a 20 foot tall hanging bar. As well a square game peice. and last the robot could weigh 200lb

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No.13

What is your favorite regional?

Side not:

The news scores will be up before the Wednesday.

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Seeing as that I've only been to one regional, I'm going to have to stick with home base and say Florida. 1065 is looking at attending a different regional next year and I might just tag along so that could always change. I've always been a fan of Waterloo.

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Florida because it had nicer people than any other i have been to. Also next year it will have two fields. And last it is closest to my home.

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Finger Lakes is my favorite. It feels like a family reunion to me when being there. I get to see my FIRST family there and get to hang around with them for most of the regional. Plus its only 10 minutes at most away from me.

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No.14

If you had one dollar right now, what would you buy?

Scores as May 20,2007

1.Hiteak 525

2.Michelle Celio 450

3.Charger 07 275

Jeff 888 250

mocat1530 225

Boiler 175

taylorT 100

InfernoX14 75

KelliV 75

Trilogism 50

ray maniac 50

Cooley744 50

Noah Kleinberg 25

dhoizner 25

Merlin 25

Whytheheckme 25

Side note

To receive full points, your answer must have 3 sentences. If it isn't, you only will receive 5 points.

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I would buy myself some candy. A Butterfinger bar would be good right about now. If I had anything left over I would buy something to get rid of my headache.

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If I had one dollar I would give it away. I'm in a pretty generous mood right now. It's probably because of all the stuff I got because of graduation.

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A soda because I can. As well as I need a drink. A Coke sounds good.

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Buy < .3 gallons of gas :p

Jacob

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I would give it to the veteran who was giving out the red poppies today at the store. The wearing of poppies in honor America's war dead is traditionally done on Memorial Day and takes its origin from the poem "In Flanders Fields," written in 1915 by John McCrae. Veterans service organizations, such as the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW), as the VFW distributes poppies annually on Memorial Day and the week before. It is a tradition that I remember from when I was a little girl and I encourage all of us to continue!

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I would donate my dollar to Cynette. :) I would donate it to Cynette as a remembrance of my grandfather's service to our country and the red poppies my grandmother would give me in downtown St. Louis during his veteran years when he was so ill. We still have those poppies as keepsakes.

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No.16

What summer movie or movies are you going to see?

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I plan on seeing Knocked up. It looks like it'll be pretty funny. I'm not one to go see an action movie. (Spiderman...yuck!)

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I plan on seeing tons of movies this summer because alot of good ones are coming out. I hope to see Transformers at the midnight viewing with anyone who wants to go while wearing my "Robot in disguise" t-shirt. The next Harry Potter film is also on my list of movies to see, nut I dont think I will see that at midnight.

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I plan to see Oceans 13. I also want to see the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie. I already saw Delta Farce.

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I always start optimistically with a long list of movies that I want to see, but never make it. So I'll hope that on that hottest day of the summer when the AC can't keep up with the heat, that something good is playing. But I do really want to see the new Harry Potter movie.

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The only thing I actually plan to see is the new Harry Potter movie. (Of course, that plan has been there for quite some time now. :cool:) Beyond that, it would depend on what I can convince my friends to go see. I might go see Pirates III if I can persuade someone to go see it again.

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So far, I've already seen Spiderman 3 and Pirates 3. I plan to see Harry Potter (hopefully in IMAX). I want to see transformers, even though I know it will be a let down.

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I wish to see harry potter. because I've read the book. And I want to see how they understood the book.

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No.17

If you could design the Anything Quiz 2 logo, what would it look like?

10 bonus points if you provide a picture of the logo.

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It would be a question mark, with a 2 in the bottom of the mark, in the circle area. It wouldn't have any fancy things. Really plain and simple.

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It would be picture of Freedy as the Riddler from the Batman tv show. On his forhead would be a giant number 2. The words "The Anything Quiz" would be across his chest on his outfit.

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sorry Freddy, but I have to admit that I don't think the Anything Quiz needs a logo. Both Michelle ahd Dan have offered wonderful choices! So my choice will be the words Anything Quiz 2 written in invisible ink on invisible paper.

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My idea

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No.18

What are you doing this summer?

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This summer I'll be taking driver's ed and health class at school. I plan on working and hope to find work really soon. My family is planning to go down to Boston sometime in August and I might be going to the D.C. area where i have family who wants me to visit.

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This summer I'm taking the time to finally sit down and learn a lot about computers and programming, as well as reading (a lot.) Neither are things I would be able to do throughout the year. I'm also playing ultimate frisbee (w00t) regularly with a bunch of friends, though SC summer weather is all but pleasant.