FG Trivia

Post by **spot** » Sun May 09, 2010 11:53 am

Nobody would mind if you chose a set of topics and levels for the seven days of the week and constituted them in a second ForumGarden contest. Bear in mind though that each person participating in both would need a second login to the trivia site.

If you set one up, put the link into the thread here and we can echo it into our sigs.

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Sun May 09, 2010 12:07 pm

I guessed on all of them today and got 5-10 right. :wah:

Post by **spot** » Sun May 09, 2010 12:14 pm

CARLA;1308988 wrote: I guessed on all of them today and got 5-10 right. :wah:

You're a wretched heathen, Carla. The reason you had that earthquake is because you don't read your bible daily, everyone knows that.

I totally messed up one answer, I got the right tale but forgot how it went.

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Sun May 09, 2010 1:08 pm

:yh_rotfl I like that haven't been called a wreteched heathen in awhile.

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Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Sun May 09, 2010 2:40 pm

Bruv;1308704 wrote: What was that ?

Silly question - "which of four Heinlein book contained a scene in a nudist colony"?

I went for Glory Road as the first time that Oscar meets Star is on the Isle du Levant which is a nudist colony.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Sun May 09, 2010 3:44 pm

Bryn Mawr;1309002 wrote: Silly question - "which of four Heinlein book contained a scene in a nudist colony"?

I went for Glory Road as the first time that Oscar meets Star is on the Isle du Levant which is a nudist colony.

Doh .....you didn't know that ?

Who's Heinlen ?

What's a colony ?

Don't they mean "seen".....as 'seen' in a nudist colony.....I mean.

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Sun May 09, 2010 3:51 pm

Bruv;1309015 wrote: Doh .....you didn't know that ?

Who's Heinlen ?

What's a colony ?

Don't they mean "seen".....as 'seen' in a nudist colony.....I mean.

I knew it - whoever set the question didn't :wah:

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Sun May 09, 2010 4:37 pm

spot;1308983 wrote: Nobody would mind if you chose a set of topics and levels for the seven days of the week and constituted them in a second ForumGarden contest. Bear in mind though that each person participating in both would need a second login to the trivia site.

If you set one up, put the link into the thread here and we can echo it into our sigs.

Spot, that sounds very difficult for someone who is challenged as I am. I barely know how to turn my computer on. Maybe you could tutor me? Or maybe there is someone else that knows how to do it. Is there any such thing as a Jeopardy type game?

beowulf · Post by **beowulf** » Mon May 10, 2010 3:06 am

WOOHOO!!!!!!!!

first 10/10

*does happy dance*

still guessed on a few lol lol

Post by **spot** » Mon May 10, 2010 4:25 am

beowulf;1309072 wrote: WOOHOO!!!!!!!!

first 10/10

*does happy dance*

still guessed on a few lol lol

In 57 seconds, too! I don't think I've ever broken 56 seconds with any score, much less with a ten.

beowulf · Post by **beowulf** » Mon May 10, 2010 4:36 am

mondays always are the best day of the week for me......all down hill for the rest of the week....2's and 3's from now on :yh_rotfl

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Mon May 10, 2010 9:27 am

beowulf;1309072 wrote: WOOHOO!!!!!!!!

first 10/10

*does happy dance*

still guessed on a few lol lol

Good on ya! :-6

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Mon May 10, 2010 11:35 am

beowulf;1309075 wrote: mondays always are the best day of the week for me......all down hill for the rest of the week....2's and 3's from now on :yh_rotfl

Congrats - a great score and a fast time too.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Mon May 10, 2010 1:38 pm

Good going, beowulf.

beowulf · Post by **beowulf** » Mon May 10, 2010 2:36 pm

thanks guys....normal service will be resumed tomorrow :yh_rotfl

beowulf · Post by **beowulf** » Tue May 11, 2010 1:59 am

:-3:-3:-3

i just got 10/10 again

must have took a clever pill this morning

but what have these questions got to do with history?

"Cats" - Many felines dancing around a junkyard and telling about the many different members of their community. What is this musical's source material?

"Jocks" and "scungies" are indispensible items of clothing for all Aussies. They are both slang terms for underpants. When would the wearer be unconcerned if you could see their "scungies"

All your friends are wearing "wampums". They are all the rage and you need to be wearing what all the other cool kids are wearing. Where are you going to go shopping

This is the part of a car which covers the engine.

If you are very slow they may call you as slow as molasses in ...?

which word describes Noble in mind and soul?

Post by **spot** » Tue May 11, 2010 3:13 am

beowulf;1309331 wrote: :-3:-3:-3

i just got 10/10 again

must have took a clever pill this morning

I'll be round there soon confiscating them. It's a bit much when a chap scores a nine and finds himself at the bottom of the table.

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Tue May 11, 2010 4:25 am

History ?????? Who ever set these questions ???? I would hardly think that 3 questions on musicals and a question on Aussie slang for certain items of clothing is anything to do with history ffs! Still, I should complain - they are 4 that I got the right answer to (says a lot for me :yh_rotfl)

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Tue May 11, 2010 7:23 am

:yh_rotfl i'm getting faster as losing.

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Tue May 11, 2010 10:25 am

8/10. I'm not complaining, although I agree that the questions don't seem to be appropriate to the category. Today 4 were about show biz and one about spelling which contained a recipe!

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Tue May 11, 2010 1:10 pm

Oh, the history day is the usual mixed bag-from musicals to about 2 real historical questions.

beowulf · Post by **beowulf** » Wed May 12, 2010 1:32 am

5/10

bit much tho when 5 out of the 10 questions were about shakespere (and 2 more was about agatha christie!:rolleyes:) and 3 of them was about romeo and juliet!!!

and how i am supposed to know about authors who write in Bengali!!!!!!!:-5

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Wed May 12, 2010 7:01 am

6-10 back to being very slooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow.. :wah:

beowulf · Post by **beowulf** » Thu May 13, 2010 5:30 am

8/10.....think i had educated or downright grasping guesses on nearly all of them :yh_rotfl

Post by **spot** » Thu May 13, 2010 5:40 am

beowulf;1309811 wrote: 8/10.....think i had educated or downright grasping guesses on nearly all of them :yh_rotfl

You beat me by a mile.

The extent to which some of the answers in there are wrong is horrifying. At the moment, as I type, I have both linux and XP running in separate windows and I'm tabbing between them. The question, on the other hand, says:Can I have both Linux and Windows as operating systems on my computer?

Your Answer: Yes, I can run them simultaneously with no extra effort.

The correct answer was Yes, I just choose the one I want when I switch on..

Which makes perfect scores rather difficult to achieve...

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Thu May 13, 2010 7:32 am

spot;1309815 wrote: You beat me by a mile.

The extent to which some of the answers in there are wrong is horrifying. At the moment, as I type, I have both linux and XP running in separate windows and I'm tabbing between them. The question, on the other hand, says:Can I have both Linux and Windows as operating systems on my computer?

Your Answer: Yes, I can run them simultaneously with no extra effort.

The correct answer was Yes, I just choose the one I want when I switch on..

Which makes perfect scores rather difficult to achieve...

Yes, I've found that too. I had one last week that, with the information given, it was impossible to know the right answer. Logically, 2 of the answers could have been correct. Today should have been "Very difficult" there were three very technical questions about MRNA, the Periodic Table, Resistors.

beowulf · Post by **beowulf** » Fri May 14, 2010 1:08 am

5/10.....back to normal after short period of cleverness :yh_rotfl

stupid question of the day is....

What was the man's name that wandered the countryside with a horse-load of apple seeds?

:rolleyes:

Post by **spot** » Fri May 14, 2010 5:10 am

My word I'm getting thrashed hollow this week. Another 5.

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Fri May 14, 2010 7:24 am

I was doing good till the darn phone rang messed up my time and concentration...!! :rolleyes:

beowulf · Post by **beowulf** » Sat May 15, 2010 1:39 am

6/10

todays unknowable questions.........:yh_rotfl

Who was expelled from the Labour party in 1940?

Who was the first Jewish Justice?

Adams is sometimes said to be the father of what Institution, established in 1846?

Flown by Lincoln Ellsworth, this plane completed the first trans-Antarctic flight in November 1935.

For which of these countries is "bs" the internet domain extension?

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat May 15, 2010 6:59 am

I had some of those, it was a mixed group of questions today.

Post by **spot** » Sat May 15, 2010 7:15 am

chonsigirl;1310255 wrote: I had some of those, it was a mixed group of questions today.

You unspeakable brute, you've beaten me again. I feel like that chap in the Wacky Races. Drat, drat, and double drat! Muttley, do something!

beowulf · Post by **beowulf** » Sat May 15, 2010 7:21 am

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat May 15, 2010 7:46 am

:-6 Ah, the luck of the draw with the qustions this time, spot.

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Sat May 15, 2010 8:08 am

1. Which of the following is NOT a part of the first amendment? USA

2. Il Foglio is a newspaper in what country?

3. Eugene V. Debs ran for President 5 times as the candidate of which party?USA

4. When you make a plea for your own cause, your plea can be called a(n) _______________ ?

5. Suppose you are looking for the 'market square' somewhere, which of these signs would point out the right direction? (supposed to be multilingual ?)

6. Which VP resigned office, besides Agnew? USA

7. How long was David Rice Atchison an acting US president? USA

8. This prime minister was the first to be born in British Columbia. Port Alberni on Vancouver Island was the birthplace of this prime minister. (I wonder if any Canadians would know this ?)

9. John Howard was the prime minister of which country in 2005?

10. What building did the Empire State Building surpass as the tallest building in the world? USA

________________________________________________

I'm told there isn't American bias?????

Yep, I'm the strongest competitor again ! 2/10

I ask, is it worth carrying on doing this ? I wouldn't have thought so........

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Sat May 15, 2010 8:48 am

You are right, Gill. I wouldn't have known 3 of your US answers. For the first time I had questions slanted to the US--5 of them. I'm usually lucky to get one! I had 5 questions on US things and I second guessed 2 of my answers --wrong. Then I had 2 Korean, 1 Estonia, 1 NS Wales & 1 Polish.

beowulf · Post by **beowulf** » Sun May 16, 2010 1:33 am

3/10 pretty good for a sunday :yh_rotfl

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Sun May 16, 2010 11:25 am

Religious questions always just guess at most, not good at them...

beowulf · Post by **beowulf** » Mon May 17, 2010 1:59 am

8/10 in 88 seconds.................and i still come second!......:rolleyes:

Post by **spot** » Mon May 17, 2010 7:16 am

beowulf;1310564 wrote: 8/10 in 88 seconds.................and i still come second!......:rolleyes:

I, on the other hand, would appear to be bottom of the list. That was not a good day at all.

beowulf · Post by **beowulf** » Tue May 18, 2010 1:20 am

6/10 and today was history so why did i get 3 questions on musicals and 3 on slang/words?

John Kander and Fred Ebb wrote a few musicals together in their time; the most famous of which are "Cabaret" and "Chicago". Which of these four songs is not from either musical?

"I must say all the same that it's a shame that Phantom fellow isn't here!" What is the title of the song that contains this line?

A crass, uncultured person preoccupied with material things and devoid of transcendental values may be called by this name, which derives from an ancient Middle-Eastern civilization.

She'd sing, "As long as I can keep believing, I'll live" as I sang, "I wish you could tell what you don't want to tell." What musical is this from?

If "you're not within cooee", where are you?

She's out to lunch means what?

The study of the sounds of language is known as:

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Tue May 18, 2010 5:52 am

spot;1310610 wrote: I, on the other hand, would appear to be bottom of the list. That was not a good day at all.

You'll always be #1 on my list spocky.

Post by **spot** » Tue May 18, 2010 5:59 am

Nomad;1310837 wrote: You'll always be #1 on my list spocky.

Ah. Well. I got a ten today, didn't I.

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Tue May 18, 2010 11:35 am

spot;1310839 wrote: Ah. Well. I got a ten today, didn't I.

Oh sure! If you get easy questions you can get a 10. :wah:

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Tue May 18, 2010 12:24 pm

beowulf;1310792 wrote: 6/10 and today was history so why did i get 3 questions on musicals and 3 on slang/words?

John Kander and Fred Ebb wrote a few musicals together in their time; the most famous of which are "Cabaret" and "Chicago". Which of these four songs is not from either musical?

"I must say all the same that it's a shame that Phantom fellow isn't here!" What is the title of the song that contains this line?

A crass, uncultured person preoccupied with material things and devoid of transcendental values may be called by this name, which derives from an ancient Middle-Eastern civilization.

She'd sing, "As long as I can keep believing, I'll live" as I sang, "I wish you could tell what you don't want to tell." What musical is this from?

If "you're not within cooee", where are you?

She's out to lunch means what?

The study of the sounds of language is known as:

They sound like General Knowledge questions to me.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Tue May 18, 2010 12:52 pm

spot;1310839 wrote: Ah. Well. I got a ten today, didn't I.

There were 3 10s today, holey moley!

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Tue May 18, 2010 1:07 pm

chonsigirl;1310893 wrote: There were 3 10s today, holey moley!

Just curious...who's maggs?

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Tue May 18, 2010 1:24 pm

chonsigirl;1310893 wrote: There were 3 10s today, holey moley!

Did you find the questions easy today? Not that I'm complaining! Keep those musical questions and word origins coming instead of resistors, train schedules in England, periodic table, enzymes, what the diet is of monks in a remote monastery . . .etc. :yh_rotfl

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Tue May 18, 2010 1:41 pm

Musicals, Australian slang, couple of history questions.

beowulf · Post by **beowulf** » Wed May 19, 2010 1:16 am

5/10.....some easy, some rediculously unknowable

In 'Battleground', what was attacking Renshaw

Not chronological. What does the Clown say is in the basket which contains Cleopatra's asps?

What do Aragorn and Garion NOT have in common?

The third and final of the Three Kingdoms is called Shu. Who founded it?

What type of car were Donna and Tad Trenton trapped in Cujo? (guessed and got right)

Who arrives in Hrothgar's realm to battle the monster Grendel? and if i had got that one wrong i would have hung my head in shame