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

spotes wrote:

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:

It seems that in the early days of the strip, they wore dark glasses but at some point they changed to just eyes. I agree about the trench coats, that shouldn't have been a choice. All in all, another poor question. :oops:

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

Showdown 15 November, Warmup Round (I think). A question about a device that has a toothed bar. "Rachet" was the given answer, but I think I have always seen it spelled as "ratchet."

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

ANON wrote:

Showdown 15 November, Warmup Round (I think). A question about a device that has a toothed bar. "Rachet" was the given answer, but I think I have always seen it spelled as "ratchet."

It seems as if both are acceptable, but ratchet is far more common. I've changed it to ratchet.

On that note, I'm going offline for several days, possibly weeks. Be assured that when I get back, I'll address any errors.

Falcon · **Posted:** Wed Nov 16, 2011 4:10 pm

There was a real groaner in Brainbuster last night. I could feel biologists all over North America cringing when the question came up "Which is not a member of the Fungi family?" Most today consider Fungi a kingdom, but even if you still think of them as plants, they form at least a division or superphylum containing hundreds, if not thousands of families. A simple, accurate way to word the question would be 'Which of these is not a fungus?", or "Which of these is not part of the group Fungi?", or, if you want to include the classification, "Which of these is not part of the kingdom Fungi?" Since the answer was mosses, another major group containing dozens or hundreds of families, 'part' is more suitable than 'member of', which suggests a species or at least a level of group that could fit within the group in the question.

If the question writers have trouble remembering the principal classification levels for living things (Kingdom - phylum -class - order - family - genus - species) or have trouble determining to which level a particular group name applies, it would be better to avoid the classification terms and use something general such as "A (mite) is not a kind of insect", or "A (mite) is not part of the group Insecta", although "A (mite) is not a part of the class Insecta" or "A (mite) is not a part of the insect class" would be more precise. As there are 1000s of insect families, "a (mite) is not a member of the insect family" would be another groaner.

Akbar71 · **Posted:** Mon Nov 21, 2011 2:21 am

Q2 of the altenate BT game Sunday, 11/20, 9:15 EST, asked in which game does each player get dealt seven cards. Of the choices, "RUMMY" is the only one that made sense, as some forms of rummy games begin with seven cards, but "RUMMY" is not a game in and of itself. It is a family of games. Arguably the most played is Gin Rummy, in which players are dealt ten cards. (Or ten to the dealer and eleven to the non-dealer.) Even in "Basic Rummy," or "Classic Rummy," the number of cards dealt depends on the number of players involved. "UNO" would be a far better choice for the correct answer, as I believe seven cards are dealt to each player irrespective of the total number of players.

Dante · **Posted:** Mon Nov 21, 2011 7:07 am

Akbar71 wrote:

Q2 of the altenate BT game Sunday, 11/20, 9:15 EST, asked in which game does each player get dealt seven cards. Of the choices, "RUMMY" is the only one that made sense, as some forms of rummy games begin with seven cards, but "RUMMY" is not a game in and of itself. It is a family of games. Arguably the most played is Gin Rummy, in which players are dealt ten cards. (Or ten to the dealer and eleven to the non-dealer.) Even in "Basic Rummy," or "Classic Rummy," the number of cards dealt depends on the number of players involved. "UNO" would be a far better choice for the correct answer, as I believe seven cards are dealt to each player irrespective of the total number of players.

I also find when playing basic rummy that the number of cards dealt is indirectly proportional to the amount of alcohol the dealer has consumed.

FrankC · **Posted:** Mon Nov 21, 2011 10:28 pm

Akbar71 wrote:

Q2 of the altenate BT game Sunday, 11/20, 9:15 EST, asked in which game does each player get dealt seven cards. Of the choices, "RUMMY" is the only one that made sense, as some forms of rummy games begin with seven cards, but "RUMMY" is not a game in and of itself. It is a family of games. Arguably the most played is Gin Rummy, in which players are dealt ten cards. (Or ten to the dealer and eleven to the non-dealer.) Even in "Basic Rummy," or "Classic Rummy," the number of cards dealt depends on the number of players involved. "UNO" would be a far better choice for the correct answer, as I believe seven cards are dealt to each player irrespective of the total number of players.

A game we called 500 Rummy in Chicago was plaid with 7 deal cards. It was my favorite card game long ago.

Akbar71 · **Posted:** Mon Nov 21, 2011 11:26 pm

FrankC wrote:

Akbar71 wrote:

Q2 of the altenate BT game Sunday, 11/20, 9:15 EST, asked in which game does each player get dealt seven cards. Of the choices, "RUMMY" is the only one that made sense, as some forms of rummy games begin with seven cards, but "RUMMY" is not a game in and of itself. It is a family of games. Arguably the most played is Gin Rummy, in which players are dealt ten cards. (Or ten to the dealer and eleven to the non-dealer.) Even in "Basic Rummy," or "Classic Rummy," the number of cards dealt depends on the number of players involved. "UNO" would be a far better choice for the correct answer, as I believe seven cards are dealt to each player irrespective of the total number of players.

A game we called 500 Rummy in Chicago was plaid with 7 deal cards. It was my favorite card game long ago.

And that's my point, to a degree; that's "500 RUMMY," not, "RUMMY." I believe 500 Rummy for two hands is played with a greater number of cards on the deal, in any event.

FrankC · **Posted:** Mon Nov 21, 2011 11:40 pm

Akbar71 wrote:

FrankC wrote:

Akbar71 wrote:

Q2 of the altenate BT game Sunday, 11/20, 9:15 EST, asked in which game does each player get dealt seven cards. Of the choices, "RUMMY" is the only one that made sense, as some forms of rummy games begin with seven cards, but "RUMMY" is not a game in and of itself. It is a family of games. Arguably the most played is Gin Rummy, in which players are dealt ten cards. (Or ten to the dealer and eleven to the non-dealer.) Even in "Basic Rummy," or "Classic Rummy," the number of cards dealt depends on the number of players involved. "UNO" would be a far better choice for the correct answer, as I believe seven cards are dealt to each player irrespective of the total number of players.

A game we called 500 Rummy in Chicago was plaid with 7 deal cards. It was my favorite card game long ago.

And that's my point, to a degree; that's "500 RUMMY," not, "RUMMY." I believe 500 Rummy for two hands is played with a greater number of cards on the deal, in any event.

Yes, after the deal you can accumulate more than 7 cards, but 7 cards are dealt at the start.

Akbar71 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 22, 2011 1:56 am

FrankC wrote:

Yes, after the deal you can accumulate more than 7 cards, but 7 cards are dealt at the start.

I understand that; I'm saying that when you play 500 two-handed, you begin with more than seven cards. More importantly, "500 Rummy" is its own discreet game in the family of rummy games. There is no game, "Rummy."

FrankC · **Posted:** Tue Nov 22, 2011 4:40 am

Akbar71 wrote:

FrankC wrote:

Yes, after the deal you can accumulate more than 7 cards, but 7 cards are dealt at the start.

I understand that; I'm saying that when you play 500 two-handed, you begin with more than seven cards. More importantly, "500 Rummy" is its own discreet game in the family of rummy games. There is no game, "Rummy."

Got it now. I never played two-handed 500 Rummy. Gin Rummy and Michigan Rummy I played two-handed.

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

In tonight's Playback, there was a question in the Tune-up round that was, while technically correct, a little bit nastier than usual for this round. The question regarding "Come On Eileen" had as answers: 1-ROWLAND and 2 DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS. Of course, the correct answer was 2, but one might be able to argue that 1 could also be correct as the lead singer's name is Kevin Rowland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexys_Midnight_Runners

Dante · **Posted:** Mon Nov 28, 2011 9:07 am

In the TV Cooking Stars game, there was a question which I believe asked about which Top Chef judge (I think it was question 14 or 15). Perhaps I read it incorrectly, but Gordon Ramsey is as far from a Top Chef judge as you can get, and there's pretty strong animosity between him and that program.

BTW, I don't complain about Topix games much, but that game was almost as bad as the Ghost Stories game from a few years back.

Akbar71 · **Posted:** Mon Nov 28, 2011 1:26 pm

One of the alternate BT games last night asked which is the smallest among "BROOK," "CREEK," "STREAM," and something else. The answer (I think) was supposedly "CREEK." I just spent a fruitless twenty minutes trying to find any definition or set of definitions that shows one of those three to be the smallest. The closest I have gotten is that many sources say a brook is a small stream, but they all say that a brook is also known as a creek or vice versa.

FrankC · **Posted:** Mon Nov 28, 2011 11:33 pm

Akbar71 wrote:

One of the alternate BT games last night asked which is the smallest among "BROOK," "CREEK," "STREAM," and something else. The answer (I think) was supposedly "CREEK." I just spent a fruitless twenty minutes trying to find any definition or set of definitions that shows one of those three to be the smallest. The closest I have gotten is that many sources say a brook is a small stream, but they all say that a brook is also known as a creek or vice versa.

I live on the banks of the mighty DuPage river. Here it 6 feet wide and 6 inches deep when it is not raining. I have seen streams and creeks that are far larger. There may be a scientific definition, but I have never found it either. From my experience and the way the words are used around here streams are the smallests and brook and creek are interchangeable.

By the way I have seen that question several times ove the past 11 years.

tiefly · **Joined:** Mon Jan 11, 2010 11:54 am **Posts:** 1665

FrankC wrote:

Akbar71 wrote:

One of the alternate BT games last night asked which is the smallest among "BROOK," "CREEK," "STREAM," and something else. The answer (I think) was supposedly "CREEK." I just spent a fruitless twenty minutes trying to find any definition or set of definitions that shows one of those three to be the smallest. The closest I have gotten is that many sources say a brook is a small stream, but they all say that a brook is also known as a creek or vice versa.

I live on the banks of the mighty DuPage river. Here it 6 feet wide and 6 inches deep when it is not raining. I have seen streams and creeks that are far larger. There may be a scientific definition, but I have never found it either. From my experience and the way the words are used around here streams are the smallests and brook and creek are interchangeable.

By the way I have seen that question several times ove the past 11 years.

I've bitched about that question since the old forums.

Where I'm at, a brook runs into a creek or stream.

Go figure.

Dante · **Posted:** Tue Nov 29, 2011 9:48 am

tiefly wrote:

FrankC wrote:

Akbar71 wrote:

One of the alternate BT games last night asked which is the smallest among "BROOK," "CREEK," "STREAM," and something else. The answer (I think) was supposedly "CREEK." I just spent a fruitless twenty minutes trying to find any definition or set of definitions that shows one of those three to be the smallest. The closest I have gotten is that many sources say a brook is a small stream, but they all say that a brook is also known as a creek or vice versa.

I live on the banks of the mighty DuPage river. Here it 6 feet wide and 6 inches deep when it is not raining. I have seen streams and creeks that are far larger. There may be a scientific definition, but I have never found it either. From my experience and the way the words are used around here streams are the smallests and brook and creek are interchangeable.

By the way I have seen that question several times ove the past 11 years.

I've bitched about that question since the old forums.

Where I'm at, a brook runs into a creek or stream.

Go figure.

Same here.

This questions reminds me a lot of that old "boulder" question, regarding a boulder actually being anything more than 10 inches across. Which inevitably led to drunken penis jokes, along with 0s on the board.

FrankC · **Posted:** Wed Nov 30, 2011 1:26 am

tiefly wrote:

FrankC wrote:

Akbar71 wrote:

One of the alternate BT games last night asked which is the smallest among "BROOK," "CREEK," "STREAM," and something else. The answer (I think) was supposedly "CREEK." I just spent a fruitless twenty minutes trying to find any definition or set of definitions that shows one of those three to be the smallest. The closest I have gotten is that many sources say a brook is a small stream, but they all say that a brook is also known as a creek or vice versa.

I live on the banks of the mighty DuPage river. Here it 6 feet wide and 6 inches deep when it is not raining. I have seen streams and creeks that are far larger. There may be a scientific definition, but I have never found it either. From my experience and the way the words are used around here streams are the smallests and brook and creek are interchangeable.

By the way I have seen that question several times ove the past 11 years.

I've bitched about that question since the old forums.

Where I'm at, a brook runs into a creek or stream.

Go figure.

I like your answer, but what about cricks?

tiefly · **Joined:** Mon Jan 11, 2010 11:54 am **Posts:** 1665

I get cricks in my neck from staring at the BT screen for too long on the weekends, Frank...EGADS!!!

Many a folk in these hills call creeks cricks. The also add an 'r' sound when speaking about the nation's capital, making it Warshington. Not sure why.

Dante · **Posted:** Wed Nov 30, 2011 9:35 am

tiefly wrote:

Many a folk in these hills call creeks cricks. The also add an 'r' sound when speaking about the nation's capital, making it Warshington. Not sure why.

Took me years to eliminate both of those things from my vocabulary. I also had it passed down that I used "gots" instead of "have" or 'has." I think it's just because we live too close to WV. :oops:

FrankC · **Posted:** Wed Nov 30, 2011 8:03 pm

Dante wrote:

tiefly wrote:

Many a folk in these hills call creeks cricks. The also add an 'r' sound when speaking about the nation's capital, making it Warshington. Not sure why.

Took me years to eliminate both of those things from my vocabulary. I also had it passed down that I used "gots" instead of "have" or 'has." I think it's just because we live too close to WV. :oops:

Hell, I am from Chicago and it was not until I was in my early 20's that I broke my self of saying gots. When I get excited I still may shout out "ain't got no" as in "He ain't got no brains.".

Dante · **Posted:** Thu Dec 01, 2011 1:32 pm

FrankC wrote:

Hell, I am from Chicago and it was not until I was in my early 20's that I broke my self of saying gots. When I get excited I still may shout out "ain't got no" as in "He ain't got no brains.".

I hadn't thought about that. I still say "ain't got" when I get excited. Going to have to add that to my "Incorrect Speaking" forum in my brain and see if my internal Tom will correct it for me

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

Last night (12/13) in the question about Babe Zaharias, the factoid stated she won the British Amateur Open or some such. There's no such thing as an "Amateur Open", the terms are contradictory. The tournament is called the "British Ladies Amateur".

BO

Botanist · **Posted:** Sat Dec 31, 2011 12:44 am

In a December 30th Countdown game, 10 PM central, there was a question about who the Lone Ranger was, and the answer was "cowboy." He was an ex-Texas Ranger who, after his comrades were murdered, went around fighting injustice. I don't know what you would call him exactly, but not a cowboy. (We ended up picking "superhero," even though we knew that that was not right, either.)

pengwn · **Posted:** Thu Jan 05, 2012 1:20 am

SIX tonight (Jan. 4) had a couple of typos, one minor and one major

Name the sport invented by James Naismith (Basketball, of course) in 1861. First round Games, I think

The correct answer to the very last question was Xavier CURGAT. Or maybe it was Crugat, or Cugrat. There was certainly an extra R, so we ruled him out on the misspell principle to serious bar score detriment

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