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brainbuster 3/20/12
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Author:  xtrain [ Tue Mar 20, 2012 10:08 pm ]
Post subject:  brainbuster 3/20/12
Just wanted to be the first to point out that the final clue, "Vonnegut," did not point to the correct answer, "Fahrenheit 451," which was written by Ray Bradbury. It's one more indication that Buzztime's energies are going to ridiculous things like "badges" while they're neglecting the Q&A part of the game. Dumb and dumber.
XT
Author:  -BO- [ Tue Mar 20, 2012 10:14 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: brainbuster 3/20/12
And then the very next question had the final clue of "longest answer". The answer was alliteration, which did have more letters than all the other choices. However when all choices appeared on the screen, there was another choice that due to character widths that was longer than alliteration, it just didn't have as many letters.

Just another reason why BB should not be after SD, the writers are obviously so exhausted after writing SD that they have no mental energy remaining to write an error-free game of BB. :lol:

BO
Author:  B O D [ Wed Mar 21, 2012 7:41 am ]
Post subject:  Re: brainbuster 3/20/12
Also in the "Fahrenheit 451" question one of the possible answers was "A Candle For Liebowitz.". Walter Miller, Jr. Is spinning in his grave.
Author:  RickM [ Fri Mar 23, 2012 3:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: brainbuster 3/20/12
xtrain wrote:
Just wanted to be the first to point out that the final clue, "Vonnegut," did not point to the correct answer, "Fahrenheit 451," which was written by Ray Bradbury. It's one more indication that Buzztime's energies are going to ridiculous things like "badges" while they're neglecting the Q&A part of the game. Dumb and dumber.
XT


I, for one, have never seen Bradbury & Vonnegut in the same room. Hmmmmm....

--Rick Magnus <g>
Author:  AARDVK [ Sat Mar 24, 2012 12:34 am ]
Post subject:  Re: brainbuster 3/20/12
I agree with all the previous posts. Here's how I think the "Vonnegut" clue came up. Apparently Kurt wrote a letter to a school board that was literally burning his books. He did not reference "Farenheit 451", but if you Google it, you'll find that some school districts teach his letter along with the book. So I think we got a question writer that was in one of those schools, and didn't realize that those of us who discovered both Bradbury's book and Vonnegut on our own wouldn't make the connection as it is really obscure.

Brooke/AARDVK
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