This or That - Round 39

[gk_891]

Trade schools

Great Chinese ladies artistic gymnast?

Ma Yanhong
Chen Cuiting
Yang Bo
Mo Huilan
Liu Xuan
Ling Jie
Zhang Nan
Cheng Fei
Yang Yilin
Yao Jinnan

 

[Buzz]

Chang Fei


Will Aliya Mustafina be at 100% for Rio 2016?

YES
or
NO

 

[gk_891]

I hope so. So YES.

Will Kohei Ichimura likely defend his all around title in Rio 2016?

Yes or No

 

[Buzz]

Yes


Will artificial gravity ever be a reality?
http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/ab...cial-gravity-be-created-in-space-intermediate

YES
or
NO

 

[gk_891]

Yes but probably not anytime soon

Best nut?

Peanuts
Pistachio nuts
Almonds
Cashews
Walnuts
Brazil nuts
Macadamia nuts
Candlenuts
Hazelnuts

 

[Buzz]

Cashews


Beef Maki
Shrimp tempura
Tempura fish roll
Rainbow roll
California roll
Dragon roll
Philadelphia roll
Vegetable maki

 

[gk_891]

California roll

Which French speaking country/territory outside of Europe would you visit for a lengthy vacation?

Haiti
Canada
Republic of Congo
French Guiana
Martinique
Democratic Republic of Congo
Morocco
Tunisia
Rwanda
Ivory Coast
Mali
Burkina Faso
Niger
Togo
Vanuatu
Madagascar
Guinea

 

[Buzz]

Martinique


Should FIFA be disbanded?

YES
or
NO

 

[Maofan7]

Yes

South African Virgin Scholarships - Yay or Nay?

 

[gk_891]

Nay

Sexiest Italian actress?

Sophia Loren
Silvana Mangano
Virna Lisi
Claudia Cardinale
Gina Lollobrigida
Monica Vitti
Stefania Sandrelli
Monica Bellucci

 

[Maofan7]

Monica Bellucci

Federico Fellini or Michelangelo Antonioni or Bernardo Bertolucci?

 

[gk_891]

Fellini

Jean Luc Goddard, Louis Malle, Francois Truffaut, or Jean Renoir

 

[Buzz]

Jean Renoir


Music just for cats:
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35529284

YAY
or
NAY

 

[gk_891]

Nay

Favourite German director?

Friedrich Murnau
Fritz Lang
Rainer Fassbinder
Werner Herzog
Volker Schlondorff
Wolfgang Petersen
Wim Wenders

 

[Maofan7]

Werner Herzog

Most remarkable of the following examples of surviving a plane crash?

Juliane Koepcke
Nicholas Alkemade
Alan Magee
Vesna Vulović

Wings of Hope - Werner Herzogs documentary on Juliane Koepcke

Miracles Still Happen - the film made about the Juliane Koepcke plane crash and her fight for survival

 

[Buzz]

Nicolas Alkemade


Should Google's self driving tech be considered a legal driver?
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35539028

YES
or
NO

 

[gk_891]

For the time being, no. But that can change of course.

Should Russia be forced to apologize and pay reparations for countries they had occupied and committed atrocities in (e.g. mass rapes, deportations to Siberia, etc)

Yes - it's way long overdue
No - it was the Soviet government who was responsible for these crimes, not the current Russian government

 

[Buzz]

No - that is a slippery slope


Will we be seeing space crafts with plasma engines in our lifetime?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...Hall-thrusters-power-deep-space-missions.html

YAY
or
NAY

 

[gk_891]

Probably NAY.

Who would've won the All Around gold medal in ladies artistic gymnastics if there was no boycott in 1984.

Natalia Yurchenko
Olga Mostepanova
Elena Shushunova
Maxi Gnauck
Ecaterina Szabo
Lavinia Agache
Mary Lou Retton
Boryana Stoyanova

 

[Maofan7]

Olga Mostepanova - on the basis that she won the Friendship Games (i.e alternate Olympics)

Should the discredited gymnastics code of points be replaced with the reinstatement of the 'perfect 10' system - Yes or No?

 

[Buzz]

Yes -


Is Bernie Sanders single payer national health care program promise doable?

YES
or
NO

 

[gk_891]

Haven't a clue! So I'll say no for the sake of saying no.

Greatest Soviet female artistic gymnast of all time?

Larisa Latynina
Ludmilla Tourischeva
Olga Korbut
Nelli Kim
Maria Filatova
Natalia Shaposhnikova
Elena Mukhina
Olga Mostepanova
Natalia Yurchenko
Elena Shushunova
Svetlana Boginskaya
Tatiana Gutsu

 

[Maofan7]

Larisa Latynina

Best King Kong film: 1933, 1976, or 2005?

 

[gk_891]

I hated all of them so I`ll go with the original

Most balletic floor routine in ladies artistic gymnastics during the 1980s?

Maria Filatova - 1980
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JAUfofkvdw

Natalia Ilienko - 1981
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwKnEDWwGZk

Olga Mostepanova - 1983
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rKbwNLnxxw

Irina Baraksanova - 1984
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XDcAPBhSTU

Svetlana Baitova - 1987
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2HDFIO2Cpg

Tatiana Tuzhikova - 1987
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCqsLhrS8Js

Olga Chudina - 1988
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNFmsutRi2U

 

[Buzz]

Olga Mostepanova


Gnocchi
Rigatoni
Linguine
Spaghetti
Fettuccine
Penne

 

[gk_891]

Gnocchi

Favourite spice?

Cumin
Coriander
Peppercorns
Fennel
Cinnamon
Cloves
Cardamom
Nutmeg
Star anise
Allspice
Fenugreek
Paprika
Turmeric
Mustard
Annato

 

[Buzz]

Turmeric


Ed Sheeran
Shawn Mendes
Bruno Mars
Justin Bieber
Drake
Macklemore

 

[Maofan7]

Ed Sheeran

Does the closure of The Independent signal the beginning of the end for printed newspapers and will all newspapers only be available online within 20 years - Yes or No?

 

[gk_891]

Probably yes

Salmon
Cod
Halibut
Mackerel
Herring
Tuna
Tilapia
Orange Roughy
Anchovies
Sardines
Mahimahi
Char
Haddock
Trout
Pollock

 

[Maofan7]

Cod

Red Meat or White Meat?