RC #5

[Jeff Probst]

Good evening Castaways, and welcome to this week's RC!

Since tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day, I have given you all the day off. However, that doesn't mean we cannot celebrate it here on Pigeon Island! Below you will find several questions regarding the upcoming holiday. Your job is to answer the questions correctly. The first Castaway to answer these 12 questions correctly will win Reward this week!

This week's Reward comes in two areas. First, you will win 10 Karma points added to your current total. In addition, you will send your self to Exile Island for the next two days. During that time, you will get to search for the II. This time, you will return in time for the next IC, which will be held on Tuesday. Therefore, you miss nothing in the game by going to Exile Island, and you get to search for the II!

Please PM me with your answers. This RC is due by 1:00 PM tomorrow. At that time, I will tabulate the results and post them. If someone submits correctly early, then I will post results early. If nobody answers correctly by the deadline, then the highest number of correct answers will win. If there is a tie, the faster answer will win. I will only accept your first response, so choose carefully before submitting.

Here are the questions:

1. When is the feast day of St. Patrick?
2. What do people in Ireland wear on St. Patrick's Day? Be specific.
3. How long is Dublin's St. Patrick's Day festival?
4. In what year was St. Patrick born?
5. About how many Americans have Irish ancestry?
6. What is the name of the city in Indiana containing the word "shamrock?"
7. What is the symbol of Ireland?
8. What colors are depicted in Ireland's flag?
9. What is the origin of the word "leprechaun?"
10. What is the most number of leaves ever found on a clover?
11. About how many three-leaf clovers are there for every four-leaf clover?
12. What does each leaf of a four-leaf clover symbolize?

Survivors ready? Go!

[Shii-ann]

When do we find out the results?

[Kathleen]

probably today

[Jen]

I think host will post them in just a bit.

[Shii-ann]

2 hours later, hmmm..... LOL j/k!

[Jen]

Sorry guys, we don't have the PM's or we'd say who won. Jeff will post later I'm sure.

[Jeff Probst]

Sorry for being late! Here are the results.

Donna answered 8 questions correctly, submitting her answer at 7:29 PM yesterday.
Erica answered 10 questions correctly, submitting her answer at 7:26 PM yesterday.
Jesse answered 9 questions correctly, submitting his answer at 7:54 PM yesterday.
Kathleen answered 6 questions correctly, submitting her answer at 7:14 PM yesterday.
Kevin did submit an answer.
Michelle answered 7 questions correctly, submitting her answer at 10:52 PM yesterday.
Shii-Ann answered 9 questions correctly, submitting her answer at 7:18 PM yesterday.

Therefore, Erica has won Reward! She will spend the next 26 hours at Exile Island. In addition, she will receive 10 Karma points added to her current total.

[Jeff Probst]

Here are the answers:

1. March 17
2. In Ireland on St. Patrick's Day, people traditionally wear a small bunch of shamrocks on their jackets or caps. Children wear orange, white and green badges, and women and girls wear green ribbons in their hair.
3. March 15-19 (5 days)
4. 385
5. 34 million
6. Shamrock Lakes
7. Harp
8. Green, orange, and white
9. It could be from the Irish Gaelic word "leipreachan," which means "a kind of aqueous sprite." Or, it could be from "leath bhrogan," which means "shoemaker." (Either answer is acceptable.)
10. 14
11. 10,000
12. The first is for hope, the second for faith, the third for love, and the fourth for luck.

[Donna]

Congrats Erica!

[Kevin]

Congrats Erica, Sorry I wasn't around here on Sunday my bad

[Shii-ann]

Congrats Erica.

[Kathleen]

congrats

[Michelle]

Jeff you got question ten wrong the most ever a clover has had is 18 outlets which means that it had 18 leaves.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-leaf_clover

Clovers can have more than four leaflets. The most leaflets ever recorded is eighteen.[2] It has been estimated that there are approximately 10,000 three-leaf clovers for every four-leaf clover. [3]

[Shii-ann]

Yeah, that's right, which means I had 10 right then, the same as Erica, or if she got that wrong then more. What do we do now? This doesn't seem right.

Here is the link to the info.

www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/natural_world/plant_world/clover_-_most_leaves.aspx

[Jeff Probst]

Erica also had 18 for that answer, bumping her total to 11, which still makes her the winner.