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The Star Dot Star Competition
Copyright © 1999 *.* Star Dot Star, The Magazine
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Due to technical problems the deadline is being extended as of today, 5 September until 30 September! In
addition because Corel has contributed a North American version of the prize, we're extending the contest to readers
in North America as well!
Corel Corporation, Publishers of WordPerfect, CorelDraw etc provided us with a copy of WordPerfect Office 2000
Voice Powered Enterprise Edition for the winner if a European or the Professional Edition if the winner is from
the US or Canada. This is the WordPerfect Office suite including WordPerfect9 with Philips FreeSpeech 2000(European)
or Dragon Natural Speaking (if N American) and Trelix for Web publishing; Quattro Pro 9 for spreadsheets; Corel
Presentations 9; and the Corel Central 9 Personal Information Manager.
This fully registerable package.
And all you have to do is be the first person with the most correct answers to the following questions received
by me by 12:01 am GMT on 30 Sept 1999. In case of ties, a random draw will be conducted.
Good luck. Now here are the questions. When you've finished, click the submit button.
First Name:
Last Name:
E-mail Address (one address only):
1. True or
False - Anne Wiggworth-Smythe is Star Dot Star's political columnist.
2. "Oy" is Yiddish for
3. "Oi!" is British for
4. The Times is the name of a newspaper in New York
or London (only one is correct)
5. Who Said: "He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if
he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself."
6. Who Said: "I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could
change."
7. Who Said: "The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations."
8. Who or what was Orpheus?
9. What was Marshal Tito's birth name?
10. Who was "The Liberator of Cuba" (from Spain)?
11. Who was the founder of Copenhagen, Denmark?
12. Who directed the 1922 movie, "Orphans of the Storm"?
13. What is a group of peacocks called?
14. What is the young of wild fowl called?
15. Who led the Magyars into their present homeland in 890 AD and whose family was that country's royalty until
1301?
16. In what year was the first talking movie in colour released?
17. What is considered the oldest sport?
18. Who invented toilet paper?
19. What venomous snake is native only to Martinique?
20. What is the national cake of Bavaria?
Bonus Question: What actress retired at age 36 at the height of her career and what was her birth name?