Q: How?
A: All you need to do is answer 11 simple questions, and an entirely fictitious and virtual suitcase with money is yours!
Q: Who's playing?
A: The entire MTGS community.
Q: How?
A: Uhm, didn't you already ask that? Well, here's how the game will work: I post a multiple-choice question. Anyone who reads the question, may post an answer. BUT BEWARE!! A single wrong answer will bring the MTGS community down in flames, with no earnings. So if you're posting, you'd better get it right. EDITING AND DELETING POSTS IS NOT ALLOWED. An edited or deleted post will automatically count as a wrong answer.
The game will end in one of three ways:
a. You answer the $1,000,000 question correctly. Wooohooo!
b. You get any of the questions wrong. You drop back to $0 (or $32,000, if the 32K question was answered correctly)
c. There are no answers posted for 24 consecutive hours. This is the equivalent of 'walking away with the money'
Q: Can't we, like, discuss an answer before we submit it?
A: Yes. But your post has to clearly state something like this: "This is a discussion post. This is not my final answer." Omit this, and I'll assume this is your answer.
Q: So let me get this straight... any jerk can disrupt our hard-earned $500,000 by hopping on this thread and deliberately posting the wrong answer to the last question?
A: In theory, yes. But since there are no jerks posting here on MTGS (are there!?), you should be ok.
Q: What if someone doesn't read the rules and just hurries with his post?
A: Can't help you with that. Well, actually I can. I will append a request to read the rules to each question. Good enough?
Q: Do we get any lifelines?
A: No. There are many of you, and I am but one person. Strength in numbers should be sufficient to overwhelm my puny intellect.
Q: Why 11 questions and not 15?
A: I want the skip the really silly initial questions.
Q: But we like the silly initial questions!
A: Then go make some up for yourself. Leave me out of it.
Let's begin!
In the popular cartoon show Sponge Bob Square Pants, who is Patrick?
a. Jellyfish
b. Starfish
c. Squid
d. Crab
Well, Hvirfilvindr hurried with the answer, taking only 1 minute to think ... but he was correct! But beware, in the future such haste can work against you.
For $8,000, which heavenly body or manmade object is closer to the Sun AT THIS TIME?
a. The Voyajer 1 space probe
b. Haley's comet
c. Amalthea
d. Pluto
Since Voyager went beyond Pluto many, many years ago...
And since Pluto is further away than Jupiter, of which Amalthea is a moon...
And since Jupiter is 5AU away from the Sun, and Haley's Comet is currently about 29AU, give or take, I'll say the answer is
"This is a discussion post. This is not my final answer."
ok well i think that a) is set in the 15th century, and b) set in 12th century, c) is 19th C and d)...well...i forget, so take this how you will, except i *think* the answer is c)...
Generaloberst (A) is actually the lowest rank. Reichmarshall (D) is the highest (but the only one at that time was Herman Goring and he surrendered May 8/9th) so D is out.
Fieldmarshal (C) and Marshal (B) I'm not sure of which is higher, but it's is one of these two. I know of at least one Fieldmarshal that was captured on May 6th, 1945 - Albert Kesselring.
Rommel (also a Fieldmarshal) never was captured, he was given a choice by Hitler to commit suicide after a failed attempt on Hitler by his own generals (Rommel wasn't in on it, but knew about it).
So it's B or C, and I'm leaning on C unless someone can find a Marshal that was captured.
[edit] Finding lots of conflicting info on the Marshal rank. I think it and the Fieldmarshal rank are the same or at least I have seen the used back and forth the describe the same person.
I found one other Fieldmarshal was captured before 1945. Friedrich Paulus surrendered to the Russian's in 1943, so I'm thinking it is C - Fieldmarshal.
I'll take the risk (and the shame if wrong) and add a...
Well done! The MTGS collective conscious were on the wrong track with Rommel, but Wurmlad set them straight. Here are the facts of the matter:
1. Rommel was never taken prisoner. His armies were vanquished, but he escaped North Africa on time.
2. The order of the ranks is Reichmarshal > Fieldmarshal > Generaloberst
3. There was no such rank as 'Marshal' in the German army. When the term was used, it was usually as a shorthand for Fieldmarshal.
3. Reichmarshal Goering was captured as part of the mass-capitulation of May 8.
4. Fieldmarshal Paulus became the highest-ranked German officer ever captured in January 31, 1943.
Couple of interesting tidbits: Hitler promoted Paulus to Fieldmarshal in the hope of 'encouraging' him to commit an honorable suicide. After Paulus was captured, the Nazis offered a prisoner exchange - Paulus for Stalin's son (who was taken prisoner in the same year). Stalin declined, on the grounds that his son was an officer of a lower rank.
So, 32K are guaranteed! Let's move on to the next question, for $64,000:
In the movie Ghost, which song did Patrick Swayze sing to Whoopi Goldberg in order to annoy her:
a. "Ninety-nine bottles of beer on the wall..."
b. "I am Henry the Eighth, I am..."
c. "Oh say can you see..."
d. "I see skies of blue, red roses too..."
Discussion post:
I'm confused - Patrick Swayze's character sings both a. and b. to Whoopi Goldberg's character doesn't he?
On the other hand, in her conversation with Molly Jensen later on, Oda Mae Brown tells her that the ghost kept her up by singing 'I'm Henry the Eighth I Am' and Molly replies that that how he got her to go out with him.
Well, shiver me timbers. I seem to have dropped the ball on this one somewhat. I considered (B) to be correct, but upon further research, both (A) and (B) are indeed correct. So I have to give the 64K to MTGS. Let us proceed to the next question, for $125,000:
This man was the Chess Champion of the World, the strongest chessplayer of his time, yet he never won the championship of his own country:
a. Alexander Alekhine
b. Jose Raul Capablanca
c. Bobby Fischer
d. Garry Kasparov
i dont know who the first guy is, im sure kasparov did in russia, i dunno about fisher tho, if hes american i dont think so, and capablanca beat russia im guessing as well. i tihnk c.
About Bobby Fischer; At the age of 13 he became the youngest national junior chess champion in the USA and at the age of 14 he became the youngest senior US Champion. In 1958, at the age of 15, he became the youngest Grandmaster in the history of chess.
I want to think the answer is Capablanca because he was born in Cuba and I don't think that Cuba had a "National Chess Championship" during his time. But...I can't seem to find anything that states Alekhine winning a national chapionship other than a Russian amateur championship. I don't know, but I'm pretty sure it is not C.
Just a friendly reminder that you still have 10 hours to place an answer. If your answer is right, you will gain $125,000 (plus a chance to go further), and if you answer wrongly you drop to $32,000. Not placing an answer within the next 10 hours means you walk away with $64,000.
Q: How?
A: All you need to do is answer 11 simple questions, and an entirely fictitious and virtual suitcase with money is yours!
Q: Who's playing?
A: The entire MTGS community.
Q: How?
A: Uhm, didn't you already ask that? Well, here's how the game will work: I post a multiple-choice question. Anyone who reads the question, may post an answer. BUT BEWARE!! A single wrong answer will bring the MTGS community down in flames, with no earnings. So if you're posting, you'd better get it right. EDITING AND DELETING POSTS IS NOT ALLOWED. An edited or deleted post will automatically count as a wrong answer.
The game will end in one of three ways:
a. You answer the $1,000,000 question correctly. Wooohooo!
b. You get any of the questions wrong. You drop back to $0 (or $32,000, if the 32K question was answered correctly)
c. There are no answers posted for 24 consecutive hours. This is the equivalent of 'walking away with the money'
Q: Can't we, like, discuss an answer before we submit it?
A: Yes. But your post has to clearly state something like this: "This is a discussion post. This is not my final answer." Omit this, and I'll assume this is your answer.
Q: So let me get this straight... any jerk can disrupt our hard-earned $500,000 by hopping on this thread and deliberately posting the wrong answer to the last question?
A: In theory, yes. But since there are no jerks posting here on MTGS (are there!?), you should be ok.
Q: What if someone doesn't read the rules and just hurries with his post?
A: Can't help you with that. Well, actually I can. I will append a request to read the rules to each question. Good enough?
Q: Do we get any lifelines?
A: No. There are many of you, and I am but one person. Strength in numbers should be sufficient to overwhelm my puny intellect.
Q: Why 11 questions and not 15?
A: I want the skip the really silly initial questions.
Q: But we like the silly initial questions!
A: Then go make some up for yourself. Leave me out of it.
Let's begin!
In the popular cartoon show Sponge Bob Square Pants, who is Patrick?
a. Jellyfish
b. Starfish
c. Squid
d. Crab
PLEASE READ THE RULES IN FULL BEFORE ANSWERING!
3CB and 4CB5CB!Question #2, for $2,000:
At the start of a backgammon game, how many playing pieces does each player have on the board?
a. 0
b. 10
c. 15
d. 16
PLEASE READ THE RULES IN FULL BEFORE ANSWERING!
(PS: in case there are multiple answers posted, only the first one will count)
For $4,000: In Greek mythology, who was the leader of the Argonauts?
a. Odysseus
b. Phyloctetes
c. Ayetes
d. Jason
PLEASE READ THE RULES IN FULL BEFORE ANSWERING!
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Official Elitist of [thread=40859][RBS][/thread]
For $8,000, which heavenly body or manmade object is closer to the Sun AT THIS TIME?
a. The Voyajer 1 space probe
b. Haley's comet
c. Amalthea
d. Pluto
PLEASE READ THE RULES IN FULL BEFORE ANSWERING!
And since Pluto is further away than Jupiter, of which Amalthea is a moon...
And since Jupiter is 5AU away from the Sun, and Haley's Comet is currently about 29AU, give or take, I'll say the answer is
C) Amalthea
For $16,000: The plot of which book takes place in a later time period:
a. The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
b. Ivanhoe
c. The Count of Monte-Christo
d. Robinson Crusoe
PLEASE READ THE RULES IN FULL BEFORE ANSWERING!
ok well i think that a) is set in the 15th century, and b) set in 12th century, c) is 19th C and d)...well...i forget, so take this how you will, except i *think* the answer is c)...
Your lifeline...
LG
-Greenie Mille-
Before the capitulation of Nazi Germany on May 8, 1945, what was the highest-ranked German officer ever taken as prisoner of war?
a. Generaloberst
b. Marshal
c. Fieldmarshal
d. Reichmarshal
EDIT: PLEASE READ THE RULES IN FULL BEFORE ANSWERING!
I BELIEVE that the answer is A, because Rommel surrendered in 1943. But I could be wrong...
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Think.
Since A is the highest among the ranks, and General Erwin Rommel surrendered in April of 1943, I would say A also....
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=519290
Generaloberst (A) is actually the lowest rank. Reichmarshall (D) is the highest (but the only one at that time was Herman Goring and he surrendered May 8/9th) so D is out.
Fieldmarshal (C) and Marshal (B) I'm not sure of which is higher, but it's is one of these two. I know of at least one Fieldmarshal that was captured on May 6th, 1945 - Albert Kesselring.
Rommel (also a Fieldmarshal) never was captured, he was given a choice by Hitler to commit suicide after a failed attempt on Hitler by his own generals (Rommel wasn't in on it, but knew about it).
So it's B or C, and I'm leaning on C unless someone can find a Marshal that was captured.
[edit] Finding lots of conflicting info on the Marshal rank. I think it and the Fieldmarshal rank are the same or at least I have seen the used back and forth the describe the same person.
I found one other Fieldmarshal was captured before 1945. Friedrich Paulus surrendered to the Russian's in 1943, so I'm thinking it is C - Fieldmarshal.
I'll take the risk (and the shame if wrong) and add a...
Final Answer C - Fieldmarshal
1. Rommel was never taken prisoner. His armies were vanquished, but he escaped North Africa on time.
2. The order of the ranks is Reichmarshal > Fieldmarshal > Generaloberst
3. There was no such rank as 'Marshal' in the German army. When the term was used, it was usually as a shorthand for Fieldmarshal.
3. Reichmarshal Goering was captured as part of the mass-capitulation of May 8.
4. Fieldmarshal Paulus became the highest-ranked German officer ever captured in January 31, 1943.
Couple of interesting tidbits: Hitler promoted Paulus to Fieldmarshal in the hope of 'encouraging' him to commit an honorable suicide. After Paulus was captured, the Nazis offered a prisoner exchange - Paulus for Stalin's son (who was taken prisoner in the same year). Stalin declined, on the grounds that his son was an officer of a lower rank.
So, 32K are guaranteed! Let's move on to the next question, for $64,000:
In the movie Ghost, which song did Patrick Swayze sing to Whoopi Goldberg in order to annoy her:
a. "Ninety-nine bottles of beer on the wall..."
b. "I am Henry the Eighth, I am..."
c. "Oh say can you see..."
d. "I see skies of blue, red roses too..."
PLEASE READ THE RULES IN FULL BEFORE POSTING!
I'm confused - Patrick Swayze's character sings both a. and b. to Whoopi Goldberg's character doesn't he?
On the other hand, in her conversation with Molly Jensen later on, Oda Mae Brown tells her that the ghost kept her up by singing 'I'm Henry the Eighth I Am' and Molly replies that that how he got her to go out with him.
NO NO NO! I'm pretty sure it's B!
3CB and 4CB5CB!This man was the Chess Champion of the World, the strongest chessplayer of his time, yet he never won the championship of his own country:
a. Alexander Alekhine
b. Jose Raul Capablanca
c. Bobby Fischer
d. Garry Kasparov
PLEASE READ THE RULES IN FULL BEFORE POSTING!
i dont know who the first guy is, im sure kasparov did in russia, i dunno about fisher tho, if hes american i dont think so, and capablanca beat russia im guessing as well. i tihnk c.
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About Bobby Fischer; At the age of 13 he became the youngest national junior chess champion in the USA and at the age of 14 he became the youngest senior US Champion. In 1958, at the age of 15, he became the youngest Grandmaster in the history of chess.
I want to think the answer is Capablanca because he was born in Cuba and I don't think that Cuba had a "National Chess Championship" during his time. But...I can't seem to find anything that states Alekhine winning a national chapionship other than a Russian amateur championship. I don't know, but I'm pretty sure it is not C.
a. Alexander Alekhine
b. Jose Raul Capablanca
c. Bobby Fischerd. Garry Kasparov
a is still a championship
i think b now. im almost positive kasparov won.
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