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Dante · **Posted:** Fri Nov 04, 2011 1:01 pm

diablo2112 wrote:

Dante wrote:

In Sci-Files last week there was a question along the lines of "Which of these awards is given for/in Science Fiction?"

The correct answer was Hugos, obviously.

As I recall, the correct answer was "Nebulas". This is also correct, of course (though I think the award is known in the singular, as "nebula"). Hugo wasn't a choice.

Hrm. I think you're right.

TomD · **Joined:** Thu Jan 14, 2010 10:55 am **Posts:** 172

spotes wrote:

TomD wrote:

spotes wrote:

There's a question in the database about Patton.
It asks about which place his most impressive victories were fought.
The desired answer is France.
The only problem is that Italy is also a choice,
Given that Patton commanded in Sicily, a part of Italy, in 1943, the player is now required to make a choice as to which one he thinks is more impressive to the question writer.
Subjectivity once again rears its fiendish head...

You're right. It has been fixed.

Wow! Eight minutes!
Is that a new personal best, TD?

Got lucky. Just happened to log in at the right time.

TomD · **Joined:** Thu Jan 14, 2010 10:55 am **Posts:** 172

tarheelinlax wrote:

Final question in Six on 11/3 about Twilight characters Bella Swan and Edward Cullen had an answer of "Stephenie Meyers". Usually a misspelled answer is a good indication to stay away from that answer, but not in this case.

Correct name and answer is "Stephenie Meyer". (The odd spelling of Stephenie was actually correct in this case)

Christina
HEELAX/COGNAC

Yes, we got the hard part right and messed up the easy one. It has been fixed.

QBB · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2010 1:22 am **Posts:** 68

In tonight's Six game, there was a question in the Matching Round that read: "NATCH the river to its city". S/B MATCH.

zog741 · **Posted:** Thu Nov 10, 2011 12:46 am

Should have posted this last night, but doing it now. Wanted to verify this with others who played last night...

I forgot some of the details, but there was a question last night on Glory Daze. I think it was the 6th question. The final clue was a reference to "James", but two of the choices had that name in it; one (#3) was as a first name, the other (#5) was as a middle.

-- RWM

TomD · **Joined:** Thu Jan 14, 2010 10:55 am **Posts:** 172

QBB wrote:

In tonight's Six game, there was a question in the Matching Round that read: "NATCH the river to its city". S/B MATCH.

Correct. It has been fixed.

TomD · **Joined:** Thu Jan 14, 2010 10:55 am **Posts:** 172

zog741 wrote:

Should have posted this last night, but doing it now. Wanted to verify this with others who played last night...

I forgot some of the details, but there was a question last night on Glory Daze. I think it was the 6th question. The final clue was a reference to "James", but two of the choices had that name in it; one (#3) was as a first name, the other (#5) was as a middle.

-- RWM

Correct. The answer was James Coburn but another choice was Edward James Olmos. You had a 50/50 chance.

liljol · **Joined:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 8:41 pm **Posts:** 2497

Well, after a lil hiatus, time for yet another lil factoid nitpick...

BT Trivia, 3:15 Pacific, Q10 - factoid started as "AN ECOMONY". :cry:

-BO- · **Joined:** Wed Mar 10, 2010 3:20 pm **Posts:** 2303

liljol wrote:

Well, after a lil hiatus, time for yet another lil factoid nitpick...

BT Trivia, 3:15 Pacific, Q10 - factoid started as "AN ECOMONY". :cry:

Perhaps after you drink some coffee you won't be this grumpy.

Perhaps. :roll:

TomD · **Joined:** Thu Jan 14, 2010 10:55 am **Posts:** 172

liljol wrote:

Well, after a lil hiatus, time for yet another lil factoid nitpick...

BT Trivia, 3:15 Pacific, Q10 - factoid started as "AN ECOMONY". :cry:

You are correct once again!

liljol · **Joined:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 8:41 pm **Posts:** 2497

-BO- wrote:

liljol wrote:

Well, after a lil hiatus, time for yet another lil factoid nitpick...

BT Trivia, 3:15 Pacific, Q10 - factoid started as "AN ECOMONY". :cry:

Perhaps after you drink some coffee you won't be this grumpy.

Perhaps. :roll:

Well, hell, grumpy young bastard, it's way more than a lil too early for O'Doul's. :lol:

Rhino · **Joined:** Wed Jan 13, 2010 6:40 pm **Posts:** 633

Strange for me to be TV nitpicking but last night a BT filler against Sci-Files contained the question "what was Daphne's last name on Frasier?" While the correct answer is not difficult to work out one of the distractors was "Crane", a name she had for 22.2% of the show's run.

Akbar71 · **Posted:** Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:51 pm

Rhino wrote:

Strange for me to be TV nitpicking but last night a BT filler against Sci-Files contained the question "what was Daphne's last name on Frasier?" While the correct answer is not difficult to work out one of the distractors was "Crane", a name she had for 22.2% of the show's run.

Who are you and how did you get RHINO's password?

Mods?!? MODS!?!

ANON · **Joined:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 8:59 pm **Posts:** 2291

Akbar71 wrote:

Rhino wrote:

Strange for me to be TV nitpicking but last night a BT filler against Sci-Files contained the question "what was Daphne's last name on Frasier?" While the correct answer is not difficult to work out one of the distractors was "Crane", a name she had for 22.2% of the show's run.

Who are you and how did you get RHINO's password?

Mods?!? MODS!?!

Hey, Daphne was British. Maybe it's knowledge that arose from his cultural DNA.

Rhino · **Joined:** Wed Jan 13, 2010 6:40 pm **Posts:** 633

Hey now - there are half a dozen or so TV shows I watch(ed) routinely.

It was more the pseudo-intellectual snobbery than the English tart that made Frasier one of them incidentally

TomD · **Joined:** Thu Jan 14, 2010 10:55 am **Posts:** 172

Rhino wrote:

Strange for me to be TV nitpicking but last night a BT filler against Sci-Files contained the question "what was Daphne's last name on Frasier?" While the correct answer is not difficult to work out one of the distractors was "Crane", a name she had for 22.2% of the show's run.

You are quite right. It has been fixed.

focus · **Joined:** Thu Jan 28, 2010 9:41 pm **Posts:** 159

Don't know if you'll be able to find this question in database with my partial information, but a BT question the other day asked which Johnny Cash event occurred first? BT answer was San Quentin prison, even though Folsom prison was a choice. From all research I've ever seen, Folsom prison performance came first...

TomD · **Joined:** Thu Jan 14, 2010 10:55 am **Posts:** 172

focus wrote:

Don't know if you'll be able to find this question in database with my partial information, but a BT question the other day asked which Johnny Cash event occurred first? BT answer was San Quentin prison, even though Folsom prison was a choice. From all research I've ever seen, Folsom prison performance came first...

My research says that his first concert was at Huntsville, Texas, in 1957. He then did one at San Quentin in 1958. Folsom wasn't until later. If we're talking about the recordings of concerts, Folsom was first in 1968 and San Quentin came in 1969. Either way, the question has been removed since it could be a bit confusing.

Akbar71 · **Posted:** Sat Nov 12, 2011 6:44 pm

In the 1:15 p.m. EST BT, Q4 was, "Which game uses pieces called 'counters?'" The answer is Bingo, which is correct, but one of the distractors is Cribbage. Many people refer to the Cribbage spilikins as counters and many boards include game counters. Might want to consider a different distractor.

liljol · **Joined:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 8:41 pm **Posts:** 2497

Well, after taking a lil peek at the Wiki entry for cribbage, methinks TomD might not budge on this one.

Akbar71 · **Posted:** Sat Nov 12, 2011 10:17 pm

liljol wrote:

Well, after taking a lil peek at the Wiki entry for cribbage, methinks TomD might not budge on this one.

Yeah- that's why I wrote, "might." That said, I don't think Wiki plays cribbage with as many different people as I, and I assure you some folks call the pegs 'counters.'

-BO- · **Joined:** Wed Mar 10, 2010 3:20 pm **Posts:** 2303

Akbar71 wrote:

Yeah- that's why I wrote, "might." That said, I don't think Wiki plays cribbage with as many different people as I, and I assure you some folks call the pegs 'counters.'

Yes, but that doesn't make it correct. Many folks call Sydney the capital of Australia.

FrankC · **Posted:** Sun Nov 13, 2011 12:34 am

-BO- wrote:

Akbar71 wrote:

Yeah- that's why I wrote, "might." That said, I don't think Wiki plays cribbage with as many different people as I, and I assure you some folks call the pegs 'counters.'

Yes, but that doesn't make it correct. Many folks call Sydney the capital of Australia.

And a shuttlecock is not a birdie.

TomD · **Joined:** Thu Jan 14, 2010 10:55 am **Posts:** 172

Akbar71 wrote:

In the 1:15 p.m. EST BT, Q4 was, "Which game uses pieces called 'counters?'" The answer is Bingo, which is correct, but one of the distractors is Cribbage. Many people refer to the Cribbage spilikins as counters and many boards include game counters. Might want to consider a different distractor.

I agree. Cribbage has been changed to...Candyland!

spotes · **Joined:** Mon Jan 11, 2010 11:27 pm **Posts:** 1558

There was a question which asked what items were always worn by the spies in Spy vs. Spy, or something to that effect.
The desired answer was "Dark Glasses".
I did not remember them wearing glasses. So I looked and found dozens of images online that give no impression of glasses whatsoever. I think those are simply their eyes.
Further complicating matters, my pre-call of "trenchcoats" was on the list. I could be wrong, but I believe those long coats they wear could be construed as cartoonish trenchcoats.
That's a sign of great art; its ability to garner mass appeal and yet still retain individual meaning. :mrgreen:

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