Miners’ Days 123 “Mining Trivia” Results

This year’s trivia had a mining theme. 5 contestants have sent in answers.

  • Peng got 5/5 and the bonus question correct. He will earn the Seeker of Knowledge medal along with 4 million credits.
  • Big_Iron and Radar got 5/5 correct. They will each earn the Seeker of Knowledge medal along with 3 million credits.
  • GrimGriz got 3/5 correct and Nessos (after being so keen to send in answers without consulting further sources) got 2/5 correct. They will each receive the Keval’s Thanks award and 1 million credits.

All credit prizes can be obtained at Quantar Core Station or will be transferred inflight.
Congratulations to all pilots and thanks for your participation!

This years questions and answers were as follows:

  1. Who is the winner of the Roidmania!-event in 121?
    -> Andanwen
    (http://jumpgate-tri.org/)
  2. Which components are needed to produce Quantar’s best size-2 mining laser?
    -> Iron, carbon, magnetics and laser components
    (https://tridatabank.wordpress.com/2015/12/18/banker/)
  3. How many units of ore (exact number) does a pilot have to sell in one go to receive the Miner’s Heart medal for the 8th Skill Star level?
    -> 12.8
    (https://tridatabank.wordpress.com/category/medals-awards/)
    (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pDYEQukjfCvPSfuiUPt4vUrEv7Yx_K1W4GZOvSg22cQ/edit?usp=sharing)
    (or calculate: 8 x 8 x 0.2)
  4. For the 117 Miners’ Days the Tahirs have decided not to run any space-based events. A famous Quantar factional squad that opposes Hyperial on every front launched a mission to find non-common roids in Quantar space that have not been listed before. How many new asteroid locations were identified?
    -> 18
    (https://tripilotlog.wordpress.com/2017/09/02/the-brotherhoods-rockhunter-contest/)
    (https://tripilotlog.wordpress.com/2017/09/06/rockhunter-mission-results/)
  5. According to the Refining Charts of a recently passed Quantar Hero, which chemical element do you gain most when refinining radioactive ore?
    -> Cobalt (28 %)
    Bonus question: How long did he spend on mining and mapping?
    -> 10 years
    (https://jgnewsnet.wordpress.com/2022/10/24/quantar-announces-passing-of-a-hero/)
    (https://jglibrary.wordpress.com/2018/10/27/yasars-mining-notes/)

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