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Hell cloone - if this for £150K what would the £1M question be like??!!!!

Think they have all been Chechnyan rebels and I think most have been killed as well.

However luckily for me (although I didn't think that at the time) I was in Moscow a number of times between 2003 and 2006 and I think it was Maskhadov so I will go with A) and happily leave with £50K if its wrong

It's gone to orange!

They are all dead...












It wasn't Shamil Basayev, he was killed in 2005 and he wasn't president. His explosive-laden car hit a pothole. OR, (officially,) the Russians blew it up by remote control, depending on which side you believe.










It wasn't Dzhokhar Dudayev; the first President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria died back in 1996 after the Russians picked up signals from his satellite phone and launched a guided missile at him!










Akhmad Kadyrov switched sides and joined the Russians and became a pro-Moscow President of Chechnya, before being blown up in a football stadium in 2004.



All of which leaves Aslan Maskhadov, who was killed in a bunker during an attack in March 2005. Consequently, Putin awarded medals to those responsible.

But don't mess with the Chechens! Look what happened to a few traitors, turncoats and collaborators here: http://www.kavkaz.org.uk/eng/content/2004/03/12/2505.shtml






At the end of it all, you've answered correctly, and you're up to £150,000!

Don't go away, I'll be right back with Question 10!

woooooo £150,000 - will you post it first class so its here before Christmas please?

yes please , the sooner you get it the sooner i get my allowance x x lol

Emm.... y.. yeah, of course! But first we gotta see how much money you've won!

Q1 £500
Q2 £1,000
Q3 £2,000
Q4 £5,000
Q5 £10,000
Q6 £20,000
Q7 £50,000
Q8 £75,000
Q9 £150,000 <-----correct
Q10 £250,000 <-----next question
Q11 £500,000
Q12 £1 million


Here's Question 10.


---------£150,000---------
In Latin grammar, what case is used for a noun which is being addressed or spoken to, for example "Servant, come here" or "Well do ya, punk?" or "What's the frequency, Kenneth?"

A) Accusative B) Ablative
C) Vocative D) Dative

Edited at 19:39 Fri 19/12/08 (GMT)

omg - well I thought it would be same as french so a bit of a blow not to see imperative


oh the noun not the tense - ooops sorry



Has anyone on here learnt latin and offering to be my 'phone a friend'?

Edited at 19:44 Fri 19/12/08 (GMT)

Dont think its B or D - so we're down to A and C if that helps anyone?

My questions are the best, woohoo!

OK 30 mins with no one coming forward - i'll go ask the audience please cloone

Aaaargh! I'll have to go online! Okay, I'll do so immediately, stand by...!



Right, here are the audience figures, only five people bothered to attempt a guess:

A 1
B 1
C 2
D 1

Edited at 20:45 Fri 19/12/08 (GMT)

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Ok i'll go with C) vocative - final answer

It's right! You're up to £250,000!!!!!

The most famous use of the Latin vocative is the apocryphal valediction from Caesar (shouldn't his name be pronounced "Kaiser"?) to Brutus: "Et tu, Brute?" Brutus is being spoken to, and therefore, Latin grammar dictates that his name in the vocative be used. Brutus in the vocative is Brute. The closest thing in English to a vocative making itself distinct from the nominative is the particle "o" or "O" or "Oh":

O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? -- Galatians 3:1 (King James version).

The "foolish Galatians" are being addressed in this line, and therefore "O" is used. Modern English would insert "You" or drop the O completely.

We'll take a break! Join us in a bit, cos Chris is two questions away from a million!

thank you funky audience

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When we last left you, Chris had just answered a question on Grammatica Latina, or Latin grammar, for £250,000. But he had to use a second lifeline. He's just two away from the million and he has his phone-a-friend lifeline left.

Chris, take a look at Question 11 and see what you think. You can walk away now with ¼ ofa million, but if you get it wrong you lose 200k!!! Get it right and you're up to hall a mill. Have a look and see what you think.

---------£500,000---------

WHo was the first winner of the Acacadmy Award (Oscar) for Best Actor?

A) George Arliss B) Lionel Barrymore
C) Warner Baxter D) Emil Jannings

wooooooo one i know (i think lol) D) Emil Jannings

Is that your........ final answer?