The name Oz, as in "The Wizard of Oz," was thought up when the author and creator, L. Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N and O-Z, hence "Oz.

Please may I have another quest oh wonderful Oz/Sage?

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Don't tease the alligator till you've crossed the bridge, and then only if you never have to cross that bridge again.

Assigned Quests:

Sir Wolfman:

213. Brave Knight, I have desided to keep you in the sea realm for your next quest. Tell me which fish is the only one that can blink with both eyes. 300 exp.

Tangledrose

214. You, crusader, will search the animal kingdom and the anatomy of the feline. How many musles does a cat have in each ear? 300 exp.

Yeti

215. Travel back in time crusader to your younger years. Invision the characters Bert and Ernie from the PBS show "Seseme Street". Who were these characters named after? 200 exp.

Mamaja:

216. Crusader, we will now test yoooour memory (or knowledge) about memory. What is the memory span of a goldfish? 200 exp.

Sand

217. It is said that you should venture into everything with your eyes wide open. What is it impossible to do with your eyes open? 200 exp.

Have a heart to forgive and the stamina to complete your new quests, crusaders!

194. As you may have noticed, crusader, old Questmaster makes a statement of encouragement to his crusaders at the bottom of all assigned quests, Your quest will be a deed quest to search the archives of "The Quest". Return with the total count of these statements and how many are different. 100 exp.

Put your witt to the grindstone and sharpen it, crusaders!

Ok, Up to and including this quest(194) I got 76 different encouraging salutations that consist of 70 different phrases. When counting these sayings, I have only counted a statement as having been used more then once if the words used were semantically identical.

Hope this is the # u were after, if so I am ready for moe...

Oh goodness I'm back and only used up 2 of my nine lives. The answer is.......Cats have amazing hearing ability. A cat's ear has 30 muscles that control the outer ear (by comparison, human ears only have six muscles). These muscles rotate 180 degrees, so the cat can hear in all directions without moving its head.

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Karmaloupster

218. Quite a few inventions were discovered by accident. Your quest, crusader, will be to search the realm of science to discover what accident lead to the invention of the microwave. 100 exp

Safely search for the accident, crusader!

I have looked into it and have found out that the Microwave was actually invented due toa accident that occurred when someone was demonstrating the amazing qualities of the recent invention, the Vacuum Cleaner. The following excert recounts the story in full..

"It was during a radar-related research project around 1946 that Dr. Percy Spencer, a self-taught engineer with the Raytheon Corporation, noticed something very unusual. He was testing a new vacuum tube called a magnetron (we are searching for a picture of an actual 1946 magnetron), when he discovered that the candy bar in his pocket had melted. This intrigued Dr. Spencer, so he tried another experiment. This time he placed some popcorn kernels near the tube and, perhaps standing a little farther away, he watched with an inventive sparkle in his eye as the popcorn sputtered, cracked and popped all over his lab.
The next morning, Scientist Spencer decided to put the magnetron tube near an egg. Spencer was joined by a curious colleague, and they both watched as the egg began to tremor and quake. The rapid temperature rise within the egg was causing tremendous internal pressure. Evidently the curious colleague moved in for a closer look just as the egg exploded and splattered hot yoke all over his amazed face. The face of Spencer lit up with a logical scientific conclusion: the melted candy bar, the popcorn, and now the exploding egg, were all attributable to exposure to low-density microwave energy. Thus, if an egg can be cooked that quickly, why not other foods? Experimentation began......"

hope the story's straight..and if so ready for another thanks Taskmaster...

KL

Karmaloupster

219. Crusader, get your sea legs ready. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name requested? 100 exp.

Sail on to perfection, crusader!

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Don't tease the alligator till you've crossed the bridge, and then only if you never have to cross that bridge again.

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Don't tease the alligator till you've crossed the bridge, and then only if you never have to cross that bridge again.

In response to your Quest, not suprisingly for boating folk, the answer to what isthe most popular boat name requested? is not the SS Minnow which I think it should be but in fact is OBSESSION.

If this task has been completed, please bequeth me another Quest..

KL

Obsession

Sand

220. OK, crusader, get out your thermomater to complete this next quest. At what temperature is the reading for Farenheit and Centigrade the same? 100 exp.

Tangledrose

221. Your quest will return to the realm of movies, but not to the land of Hollywood. You will travel to an Island to discover it's name. On what Greek island is part of the movie 'Shirley Valentine' filmed? 200 exp.

Mamaja:

222. Travel to the land of inventions to answer this two part quest. A very early sewing machine inventor also invented a most useful small item in 1849.Who was he and what was it? 100 exp.

Karmaloupster

223. Take some time to do a lot of reading. While you are reading. be searching for the answer to your next quest. Which famous book was originally entitled "Something That Happened"? 100 exp.

Climb that hill, then slide back down with the answers, crusaders!

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God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.
Jewish proverb

KL

Karmaloupster

224. I am sending you into the scientific realm for two answers. What was the 'magic bullet' (in early medicine)and who discovered it? 200 exp.

Tangledrose

225. Crusader, not only will you travel to another country for your quest, but you will have to travel back in history. When you arrive, answer this riddle. I was born in Torun, Poland on Feb. 19th, in 1473, and challenged the beliefs of the day. Who am I? 200 exp

Raise your banners high crusaders!

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Born: 19 Feb 1473 in Torun, Poland
Died: 24 May 1543 in Frombork, Poland
He was an astronomer

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Lady Tangledrose

226. Travel to the realm that you feel will help you determine the answer to your next quest. What famous writer was born into nobility, fathered 13 children in the first 15 years of marriage and died at a railway station? 200 exp.

Keep moving up in rank, crusaders!

Karmaloupster

227. Have some fun on your next quest, crusader. Enter the pool hall. In the early 1880s, a New York firm offered a prize of $10,000 for a satisfactory subsitute for ivory in the manufacture of billiard balls. Who won the prize? 100 exp

If I have the facts straight here, may I grab another task....