The Billion to One Challenge (thread II)

[John]

:) OK Folks....... GO!

[piggy]

is it a uk site

[Fadetoblack]

Does it involve Hitler?

[John]

FTB - No
Piggy - No

[markwales]

Hmmm..

Is it a media related site? tv, film, news etc

[piggy]

is it an individuals

[John]

Mark - Nope, not a media related site of any sort.

[John]

is it an individuals

In terms of "is it one person's site" ?? - No

[Fadetoblack]

is it a sporting site?

[markwales]

Is the site 'about' one person

[John]

Nope, not sports related.

[John]

Is the site 'about' one person

Nope

[piggy]

is it music related

[John]

No, not music related.

[markwales]

Is it an education based site?

[piggy]

does it sell anything

[John]

No, not education based...

Keep guessing :D

[John]

does it sell anything

No, not in terms of products or e-commerce.

That should narrow things down slightly.

[Fadetoblack]

Is it a tourist related site?

[John]

Is it a tourist related site?

Nope, but depending how you look at it, you may be a really, really thin hairline fracture closer to the topic. Really thin.

[piggy]

is it about a form of transport

[Fadetoblack]

some kind of time share thing?

[John]

Sorry guys, Piggy and FTB, no and no.

[piggy]

is it animal related

[John]

Hitler-related - No
UK site - No
Media site - No
Individual/One person-related - No
Sports - No
Music - No
Education - No
Selling - No
Tourist - No - but see post #20 for stupidly vague info
Transport - No
Shares - No

Think about what else there is..... :)

Clue needed?

[John]

It isn't animal related but again, that's a hairline fracture closer.

[piggy]

vegtable:D

[John]

vegtable:D

:laugh No

[piggy]

i wonder what my next guess will be:laugh

[Fadetoblack]

Is it a company that looks after animals when you go on holidays<<<<best guess ever.

[John]

Someone's using their initiative! Sorry Darren, no.

[piggy]

about the enviroment

[John]

about the enviroment

Wooooohoooooo!!!!

Go baby. :D

Yes!

[piggy]

global warming

[John]

Nope, not global warming

[piggy]

wilderness

[John]

No, not wilderness...

[piggy]

recycling

[John]

Nope.....

Has everyone else gone to sleep?!

[mathare]

Just catching up...

Is it sports related? :wink :laugh

[piggy]

do they want to save something

[mathare]

Is it to do with the oceans?

[John]

Yes it's sports-related... well done! :laugh :laugh :geek :D

Yes, they want to save something... :)

[piggy]

energy

[John]

Is it to do with the oceans?

You're on the right track.

[markwales]

Hmmm...

Anything to do with animals?

[John]

Not energy

[mathare]

Save water?

[mathare]

US-based?

[John]

Keep up Mark! :D

For the second time (!) no, not animals. :)

[piggy]

coral reefs

[John]

Water is very much linked, yes.

And they're based in the US, yes.

[John]

Coral reefs, no

[mathare]

A national organisation concerned with this thing for the whole of the US?

[markwales]

Environmental sport in the ocean?

Diving (Deep Sea)

[piggy]

fishing

[John]

Again Mat you're on the right track... :)

[John]

Environmental sport in the ocean? - No

Diving (Deep Sea) - No

Fishing - No

[mathare]

Is the water fresh (as opposed to salt water)?

[mathare]

Are they trying to clean up water rather than save it?

[John]

Is the water fresh (as opposed to salt water)?

No, but saying yes isn't a correct answer from me either

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Are they trying to clean up water rather than save it?

Yes! I guess "clean up" would be one way to describe it.

[John]

Parent

Hitler-related - No
UK site - No
Media site - No
Individual/One person-related - No
Sports - No
Music - No
Education - No
Selling - No
Tourist - No - but see post #20 for stupidly vague info
Transport - No
Shares - No
Vegetables No
Animals - No
Environment - Yes

Sub 1 of parent

Global warming - No
Wilderness - No
Recycling - No
Saving something - Yes

Sub 2 of parent 1

Energy - No
Save water - Yes, US-based - Yes

Sub 3 of parent 2

Coral reefs - No
National organisation concerned with the whole of this thing for the US - On the right track
Environmental oceanic sport - No
Fishing - No
Is the water fresh? - Yes
Are they trying to clean up the water rather than save it? - Yes

[markwales]

Is the site to do with RAIN? or weather

[mathare]

Is the water in liquid form?

[mathare]

Acid rain? Cleaning up the atmosphere to stop acid rain over the US?

[John]

Is the site to do with RAIN? or weather

Neither

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Is the water in liquid form?

Yes

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Acid rain? Cleaning up the atmosphere to stop acid rain over the US?

No

[mathare]

Is the water within mainland USA or offshore?

[markwales]

lakes?

Great Lakes?

[John]

Mainland USA, mainly... 95%

[John]

You're closer with lakes but not the Great Lakes

[markwales]

Rivers?

River Mississippi?

[John]

Rivers - YES!

Not the Mississippi though.

[markwales]

Hmmmm

Colorado river?

[John]

It's not anything to do with Colorado River, no

[vegyjones]

River Phoenix

[John]

Not the River Pheonix, no

[markwales]

Is it about a specific river?

If not - is it an american river association?

[John]

Yes, it is about one specific river. :)

[mathare]

River Phoenix:laugh Not much point trying to save him though is there?

[mathare]

Yes, it is about one specific river. :)Oh bugger, there are probably about as many rivers in the US as there are universities :yikes:

Hudson River?

[John]

Oh bugger, there are probably about as many rivers in the US as there are universities :yikes:

Hudson River?

What is the :censored: chance of you saying "Hudson River?" after that statement!! :D

Yes! The Hudson River....... :geek

[vegyjones]

Is it an West Coast River?

[markwales]

Is it about a well known river?

[vegyjones]

Save the Hudson River . com ?

[markwales]

www.clearwater.org

[John]

Saving water, rather than cleaning it
Associated with one river in particular
US-based - Hudson River

[vegyjones]

don't :pss in the hudson river . com

[John]

www.clearwater.org (http://www.clearwater.org)

Nice try, but no.

[mathare]

OK, onto the URL then...

Is it a .org site?

[John]

OK, onto the URL then...

Is it a .org site?

Yep

[markwales]

Is it a one word URL?

[John]

Is it a one word URL?

No

[John]

You can't be very far away now surely... :)

[mathare]

Is the URL hyphenated?

[John]

Is the URL hyphenated?

Nope.

What kind of activities would a .org website be doing in order to "clean up" water in the Hudson River?

[mathare]

www.swimforcleanwater.org?

EDIT: Corrected URL

[John]

www.swimforcleanwater.org? (http://www.swimforcleanwater.org?)

EDIT: Corrected URL

No

[mathare]

Is it a charity/fundraising organisation?

[markwales]

www.scenichudson.org (going to bed now)

[John]

Is it a charity/fundraising organisation?

Yes, it is supported mainly by public sponsorships and donations.

[vegyjones]

www.hudsonwatch.org

[John]

www.scenichudson.org (http://www.scenichudson.org) (going to bed now)

Nope but that's a good guess.

G'night Marko, thanks for playing! :)

[vegyjones]

www.cleanupge.org

[John]

www.hudsonwatch.org (http://www.hudsonwatch.org)

Nope...

[John]

www.cleanupge.org (http://www.cleanupge.org)

And nope...

Good guesses though Vegy.

[John]

What kind of activities would a .org website be doing in order to "clean up" water in the Hudson River?

Has anyone thought about this then? How would an organisation go about cleaning a river?

[vegyjones]

www.hrwa.org

[John]

Nope... sorry Veg.

The URL is two words.

[vegyjones]

www.riverproject.org

[John]

River Project, good guess, but no.

River is one of the words of the URL.

There can't be that many now... :D

[vegyjones]

God dammit, I thought that was the one! :D

[John]

You're SO SO close....!!!!!

[vegyjones]

www.riverkeeper.org

[John]

www.riverkeeper.org (http://www.riverkeeper.org)

:smileybigtmouth: Boy's a genius!!! :D :D :D :icon_win:


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Well done Vegy! :D :D :D

[John]

Bout bloody time n'all! :D

[vegyjones]

Woo! :D

And well done... good use of the gold toothed smiley! :wink :laugh

[mathare]

Has anyone thought about this then? How would an organisation go about cleaning a river?How was this supposed to help us John? What's important about that s?

[vegyjones]

I think he was just stressing his anti-amercanisation of the word :D

[John]

Yeah, sorry I should have made that clear. I was basically emphasising the English way, as Vegy said. :)

[Yoda]

Anyone playing out?

yoda

[John]

We should do one of these again, they were good fun! :)