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Post by [ Wiz ] on May 13, 2005 14:23:44 GMT -5
Nope, sorry...it's Bill Gates' Son "William H Gates" who is has a net worth of around $60billion
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Post by KoNeko on May 13, 2005 20:58:50 GMT -5
I heard the guy that invented Ikea is up somewhere in that list as well and that his wealth surpassed Bill Gates' because he was frugal with his spendings and stuff. Like he would only fly economy class and not first class and stuff.
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Post by hermoine on May 15, 2005 2:07:44 GMT -5
Nope, sorry...it's Bill Gates' Son "William H Gates" who is has a net worth of around $60billion No kidding!! I had read Forbes's list for 2004 and I was sure it was Bill Gates senior. They must have got it wrong too then. Unless the junior's fortune mounted only now.
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Post by [ Wiz ] on May 23, 2005 12:31:14 GMT -5
Sorry.........do I post another question now . Well here it is anyway: Which country has the highest rate of reproduction?
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Post by KoNeko on May 25, 2005 0:12:08 GMT -5
Well, I know it's not China...
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Post by hermoine on May 25, 2005 1:25:54 GMT -5
Yeah sorry Wiz, I forgot to write that you had to do another question.
Peru?
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Post by [ Wiz ] on May 25, 2005 2:41:11 GMT -5
Nope! Ko...you wanna guess?
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Post by KoNeko on May 25, 2005 5:31:44 GMT -5
I'm going to take a punt and guess that it is somewhere in Africa... I'm be more specific once I've had a think about it (I'm at work at the moment).
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Post by [ Wiz ] on May 26, 2005 13:09:31 GMT -5
Sorry Ko....it is China. Incredibly if all of Chinas population walked past you in a line...it would never stop due to how fast the rate of reproduction is.LOL, it looks like I'm gonna end up being quizmaster here
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Post by hermoine on May 26, 2005 15:21:20 GMT -5
Wasn't the childbirth control supposed to be in regulating-process or something?
Hehe, seems like it Wiz. You get to ask again!
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Post by KoNeko on May 27, 2005 6:03:24 GMT -5
Yeah, China has the one-child policy and as a result the male to female ratio over there is like 9:1 or something! So actually their CURRENT rate of reproduction isn't that great, because they don't have that many kids; it's just because the population of China is so big already (it's like 1/4 of the world's population) they could just keep popping out kids.
So it's not because they're FAST on reproducing, but the sheer number of populus is enough to keep that line non-stop. But per capita the highest reproduction rate is somewhere in Africa, I'd put my money on Niger or something.
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Post by [ Wiz ] on May 27, 2005 12:42:31 GMT -5
Oh very well very well, but in a way I am right so I get to ask the next question anyway . Which country located next to Malaysia is one of the smallest countries in the world? (Yet it's "ruler" ranks in one of the top 10 richest people of the world)
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Post by KoNeko on May 27, 2005 21:11:52 GMT -5
Well, maybe you should consider rewording your questions so there is a specific answer. Your last two were sort of ambiguous, which is probably why people didn't get them.
Again, "one of the smallest countries" is ambiguous, and how are you measuring the riches of these top 10 people? If I had to take a stab, I'd say Brunei, but that's pending clarification.
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Post by [ Wiz ] on May 28, 2005 4:17:28 GMT -5
Grrr, stop the moaning. But it's the right answer *applause echoes around the room*.
Your turn Ko (at last)
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Post by hermoine on May 28, 2005 5:32:49 GMT -5
This is not the kidnapping remember? Besides, if I really feel like it, I can moan till eternity.
I barely know where Malaysia is, so much for the islands near it. At first I was deeply inclined to say Malta, or Comino(smaller than Malta; might I say that Malta appears to be the size of an ant or smaller on the globe. Or I could just say Filflett or something, which is even smaller than all the islands mentioned and non-mentioned in our Archipelago.
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