I'm liking these open-ended questions... I'll let them run for 4 days, then pick the best answer, and they'll get three (3) points. Actually, I'm thinking that I'll award points for different things, like best answer, funniest answer, etc, and see where that takes me.
Anyways, on to the scores.
Kyu the Holy Knight got questions 14 and 21 right.
SorryGuy, despite posting answers to 8 questions, unfortunately did not get a single question right (unless the smell of America is, in fact, feet).
ChromeMoxen - ...balls?
AlphaInsidious got 24 right. I'm going to ignore the democracy, for now.
Scores:
----------------- Kyu the Holy Knight - 4 extremeicon - 4
Chimpanzee - 2
Istanbul - 2 AlphaInsidious - 1
SorryGuy - 1 Chrome Moxen - ???
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The questions left: 9. What was the first animal to be ejected from a supersonic jet? (Bonus point: when was it?) NOT a donkey 11. What is the most destructive disease in human history? NOT the bubonic plague, the flu, polio, smallpox, influenza, thyphoid fever, AIDS, or the common cold 12. What gives freshly mowed grass its smell? NOT coumarin, chlorophyll, or dew 16. What is the official state dance of Utah? NOT the lap dance (creative, though) 17. What is the most widely used herb in the world? NOT basil 18. How big would the Earth be if it had nothing between its atoms? NOT nonexistant. 19. What is a merrythought? 20. What was the legal capacity of the bar in Cheers? 22. How many baseball gloves can be made from a single cowhide? 23. What was Thomas Jefferson doing when he wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence? NOT his job (well, he was, but in addition to that, he was also...?) 25. (Open-ended question - current until Thursday night) What odor best defines America?
ExtremeIcon got 16 and 19 right.
I don't believe poverty is a disease, nor is tobacco the most widely used herb in the world (according to my source).
Chrome Moxen is surprisingly close on 23.
----------------- extremeicon - 6
Kyu the Holy Knight - 4
Chimpanzee - 2
Istanbul - 2
AlphaInsidious - 1
SorryGuy - 1 Chrome Moxen - ???
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The questions left: 9. What was the first animal to be ejected from a supersonic jet? (Bonus point: when was it?) NOT a donkey, cow 11. What is the most destructive disease in human history? NOT the bubonic plague, the flu, polio, smallpox, influenza, thyphoid fever, AIDS, or the common cold, Dutch elm disease, poverty, death 12. What gives freshly mowed grass its smell? NOT coumarin, chlorophyll, or dew 17. What is the most widely used herb in the world? NOT basil, tea, tobacco, cinnamon 18. How big would the Earth be if it had nothing between its atoms? NOT nonexistant, existant (that's not exactly a size) 20. What was the legal capacity of the bar in Cheers? NOT 4 22. How many baseball gloves can be made from a single cowhide? NOT 1/2 23. What was Thomas Jefferson doing when he wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence? NOT his job (well, he was, but in addition to that, he was also...?), smoking 25. (Open-ended question - current until Thursday night) What odor best defines America?
Let's give you some more questions, shall we? 26. How long is a billion seconds? (More math!) 27. What is the single most-ordered item in American restaurants? 28. What color is a spider's blood? 29. What is the oldest form of surgery on Earth? 30. What's an erythrophobe? 31. What's the only muscle attached at one end? 32. What is the heel of a sock called? 33. How many dogs were hanged for witchcraft during the Salem witch trials? 34. How many Shakespearean characters smoke? 35. What was the first thing filmed with a movie camera about?
Mr Bloody Minded got 31.8 years correct, as well as numbers 30 and 32.
extremeicon got 29, 31, and 33 right.
As of yet, there is no number 37, but 4 is wrong for both 33 and 34.
The questions left: 9. What was the first animal to be ejected from a supersonic jet? (Bonus point: when was it?) NOT a donkey, cow 11. What is the most destructive disease in human history? NOT the bubonic plague, the flu, polio, smallpox, influenza, thyphoid fever, AIDS, or the common cold, Dutch elm disease, poverty, death 12. What gives freshly mowed grass its smell? NOT coumarin, chlorophyll, dew, Green Leaf Volatiles 17. What is the most widely used herb in the world? NOT basil, tea, tobacco, cinnamon, cilantro (coriander) 18. How big would the Earth be if it had nothing between its atoms? NOT nonexistant, existant (that's not exactly a size), 4 cm (give me a relative size, as in as big as a ________) 20. What was the legal capacity of the bar in Cheers? NOT 4 22. How many baseball gloves can be made from a single cowhide? NOT 1/2 23. What was Thomas Jefferson doing when he wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence? NOT his job (well, he was, but in addition to that, he was also...?), smoking, chewing tobacco 25. (Open-ended question - current until Thursday night) What odor best defines America?
Let's give you some more questions, shall we? 27. What is the single most-ordered item in American restaurants? NOT salad 28. What color is a spider's blood? NOT blue 34. How many Shakespearean characters smoke? NOT four 35. What was the first thing filmed with a movie camera about?
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New rule: When a question gets more than 7 wrong answers, the point value doubles. The next 7 double it as well, and on and on FOREVER! Open-ended questions don't count.
I’ll give Mr Bloody Minded the size of a pool ball (the actual thing says the size of a baseball, but it’s close enough).
extremeicon got parsley! Yay.
FINALLY pli2100hours gets the disease question! It was doubled, so he gets 2 points.
Oh, and one more thing. There's a new type of question: the multiple choice. Everyone who answers correctly will get a fraction of a point (1/2, 1/3, etc. depending on how many choices there were), but everyone who answers wrong will lose this point. Ok? ----------------- extremeicon - 10 Mr Bloody Minded - 4
Kyu the Holy Knight - 4 pli2100hours - 2 Chimpanzee - 2 Istanbul - 2
AlphaInsidious - 1
SorryGuy - 1
Chrome Moxen - ???
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The questions left: 9. What was the first animal to be ejected from a supersonic jet? (Bonus point: when was it?) NOT a donkey, cow, pig 12. What gives freshly mowed grass its smell? NOT coumarin, chlorophyll, dew, Green Leaf Volatiles, Actinomycetes 20. What was the legal capacity of the bar in Cheers? NOT 4, 60 22. How many baseball gloves can be made from a single cowhide? NOT ½, 3 23. What was Thomas Jefferson doing when he wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence? NOT his job (well, he was, but in addition to that, he was also...?), smoking, chewing tobacco 25. (Open-ended question - current until Thursday night) What odor best defines America?
Let's give you some more questions, shall we? 27. What is the single most-ordered item in American restaurants? NOT salad, coffee, hamburger 28. What color is a spider's blood? NOT blue, yellow, green 34. How many Shakespearean characters smoke? NOT four, seven, seventeen, 35. What was the first thing filmed with a movie camera about?
NOT The Great Train Robbery (though that may have been the first feature film). More questions! Woohoo! 36. How much do the Statue of Liberty's fingernails weigh each, on average? 37. What is another name for a roll of coins wrapped in paper? 38. Who said "We hang the petty thieves, but appoint the great ones to public office."? 39. What is the Mona Lisa missing? 40. In Venice, Venetian blinds are known as...? (1/2 point) A. American blinds B. Persian blinds C. Blinds D. Venetian blinds
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9) rat 1962
25) a combination of sweat, beer and gasoline that people get after sitting on the couch watching T.V. for three days without shower or bathroom break.
27)Pepsi
28) white
34) zero,none
Chimpanzee got Mona Lisa’s eyebrows right,
Binary got 36 and 38 right,
AlphaInsidious guesses B… was he right? Was he wrong? We’ll find out tomorrow!
Hvirfilvindr got the grass smell right! It’s hexanol. Very good.
Phyrexian Pooh guessed Yogi the BEAR… it was a bear, so he gets the point.
Beefybot got number 34 right. None of Shakespeare’s characters smoke.
extremeicon got 27 right! It’s French fries! Unfortunately, number 34 was already answered…
----------------- extremeicon - 11
Mr Bloody Minded - 4
Kyu the Holy Knight - 4
pli2100hours - 2 Chimpanzee - 3 Binary - 2
Istanbul - 2 Beefybot - 1 Hvirfilvindr - 1 Phyrexian Pooh - 1
AlphaInsidious - 1...?
SorryGuy - 1
Chrome Moxen - ???
-----------------
The questions left:
20. What was the legal capacity of the bar in Cheers?
NOT 4, 60, 196
22. How many baseball gloves can be made from a single cowhide?
NOT ½, 3
23. What was Thomas Jefferson doing when he wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence?
NOT his job (well, he was, but in addition to that, he was also...?), smoking, chewing tobacco, complaining about the horseflies across the street
25. (Open-ended question - current until Thursday night) What odor best defines America?
28. What color is a spider's blood?
NOT blue, yellow, green, black, white, orange
35. What was the first thing filmed with a movie camera about?
NOT The Great Train Robbery (though that may have been the first feature film).
37. What is another name for a roll of coins wrapped in paper?
40. In Venice, Venetian blinds are known as...? (1/2 point - good until whenever I post on Wednesday)
A. American blinds
B. Persian blinds
C. Blinds
D. Venetian blinds
41. What is the first vertebra of your neck called (Bonus: why?)
42. What state has the most lighthouses (Bonus: why is this slightly odd?)
43. How many self-portraits did Rembrandt paint?
44. What is the longest railway on Earth?
45. What do you call a group of unicorns?
btw: isnt the answer to question 11 the black death?? It did kill 1/3 of the european population and that was only in europe..
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Anyways, on to the scores.
Kyu the Holy Knight got questions 14 and 21 right.
SorryGuy, despite posting answers to 8 questions, unfortunately did not get a single question right (unless the smell of America is, in fact, feet).
ChromeMoxen - ...balls?
AlphaInsidious got 24 right. I'm going to ignore the democracy, for now.
Scores:
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Kyu the Holy Knight - 4
extremeicon - 4
Chimpanzee - 2
Istanbul - 2
AlphaInsidious - 1
SorryGuy - 1
Chrome Moxen - ???
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The questions left:
9. What was the first animal to be ejected from a supersonic jet? (Bonus point: when was it?)
NOT a donkey
11. What is the most destructive disease in human history?
NOT the bubonic plague, the flu, polio, smallpox, influenza, thyphoid fever, AIDS, or the common cold
12. What gives freshly mowed grass its smell?
NOT coumarin, chlorophyll, or dew
16. What is the official state dance of Utah?
NOT the lap dance (creative, though)
17. What is the most widely used herb in the world?
NOT basil
18. How big would the Earth be if it had nothing between its atoms?
NOT nonexistant.
19. What is a merrythought?
20. What was the legal capacity of the bar in Cheers?
22. How many baseball gloves can be made from a single cowhide?
23. What was Thomas Jefferson doing when he wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence?
NOT his job (well, he was, but in addition to that, he was also...?)
25. (Open-ended question - current until Thursday night) What odor best defines America?
16. square dancing?
17. tea
19. the wishbone
25. the ripe stench of decadence
17. Tabacco
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11. death?
12. lawn mowers?
16. normal dance?
17. cinnamon
18. existant
19. thinking merryly
20. 4
22. 1/2
23. smoking
25. balls
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I don't believe poverty is a disease, nor is tobacco the most widely used herb in the world (according to my source).
Chrome Moxen is surprisingly close on 23.
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extremeicon - 6
Kyu the Holy Knight - 4
Chimpanzee - 2
Istanbul - 2
AlphaInsidious - 1
SorryGuy - 1
Chrome Moxen - ???
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The questions left:
9. What was the first animal to be ejected from a supersonic jet? (Bonus point: when was it?)
NOT a donkey, cow
11. What is the most destructive disease in human history?
NOT the bubonic plague, the flu, polio, smallpox, influenza, thyphoid fever, AIDS, or the common cold, Dutch elm disease, poverty, death
12. What gives freshly mowed grass its smell?
NOT coumarin, chlorophyll, or dew
17. What is the most widely used herb in the world?
NOT basil, tea, tobacco, cinnamon
18. How big would the Earth be if it had nothing between its atoms?
NOT nonexistant, existant (that's not exactly a size)
20. What was the legal capacity of the bar in Cheers?
NOT 4
22. How many baseball gloves can be made from a single cowhide?
NOT 1/2
23. What was Thomas Jefferson doing when he wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence?
NOT his job (well, he was, but in addition to that, he was also...?), smoking
25. (Open-ended question - current until Thursday night) What odor best defines America?
Let's give you some more questions, shall we?
26. How long is a billion seconds? (More math!)
27. What is the single most-ordered item in American restaurants?
28. What color is a spider's blood?
29. What is the oldest form of surgery on Earth?
30. What's an erythrophobe?
31. What's the only muscle attached at one end?
32. What is the heel of a sock called?
33. How many dogs were hanged for witchcraft during the Salem witch trials?
34. How many Shakespearean characters smoke?
35. What was the first thing filmed with a movie camera about?
Knock yourselves out.
23. chewing tobacco?
27. salad
29. Trepanation (the removal of the bone from the cranial vault)
31. the tongue
33. two
extremeicon got 29, 31, and 33 right.
As of yet, there is no number 37, but 4 is wrong for both 33 and 34.
Scores:
-----------------
extremeicon - 9
Kyu the Holy Knight - 4
Mr Bloody Minded - 3
Chimpanzee - 2
Istanbul - 2
AlphaInsidious - 1
SorryGuy - 1
Chrome Moxen - ???
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The questions left:
9. What was the first animal to be ejected from a supersonic jet? (Bonus point: when was it?)
NOT a donkey, cow
11. What is the most destructive disease in human history?
NOT the bubonic plague, the flu, polio, smallpox, influenza, thyphoid fever, AIDS, or the common cold, Dutch elm disease, poverty, death
12. What gives freshly mowed grass its smell?
NOT coumarin, chlorophyll, dew, Green Leaf Volatiles
17. What is the most widely used herb in the world?
NOT basil, tea, tobacco, cinnamon, cilantro (coriander)
18. How big would the Earth be if it had nothing between its atoms?
NOT nonexistant, existant (that's not exactly a size), 4 cm (give me a relative size, as in as big as a ________)
20. What was the legal capacity of the bar in Cheers?
NOT 4
22. How many baseball gloves can be made from a single cowhide?
NOT 1/2
23. What was Thomas Jefferson doing when he wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence?
NOT his job (well, he was, but in addition to that, he was also...?), smoking, chewing tobacco
25. (Open-ended question - current until Thursday night) What odor best defines America?
Let's give you some more questions, shall we?
27. What is the single most-ordered item in American restaurants?
NOT salad
28. What color is a spider's blood?
NOT blue
34. How many Shakespearean characters smoke?
NOT four
35. What was the first thing filmed with a movie camera about?
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18. golfball?
27. hamburger?
28. yellow?
28. Green
34. 17
35. The Great Train Robbery
12) Actinomycetes AKA bacteria
"I would kill everyone in this room for a drop of sweet beer." - Homer Simpson
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New rule: When a question gets more than 7 wrong answers, the point value doubles. The next 7 double it as well, and on and on FOREVER! Open-ended questions don't count.
I’ll give Mr Bloody Minded the size of a pool ball (the actual thing says the size of a baseball, but it’s close enough).
extremeicon got parsley! Yay.
FINALLY pli2100hours gets the disease question! It was doubled, so he gets 2 points.
Oh, and one more thing. There's a new type of question: the multiple choice. Everyone who answers correctly will get a fraction of a point (1/2, 1/3, etc. depending on how many choices there were), but everyone who answers wrong will lose this point. Ok?
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extremeicon - 10
Mr Bloody Minded - 4
Kyu the Holy Knight - 4
pli2100hours - 2
Chimpanzee - 2
Istanbul - 2
AlphaInsidious - 1
SorryGuy - 1
Chrome Moxen - ???
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The questions left:
9. What was the first animal to be ejected from a supersonic jet? (Bonus point: when was it?)
NOT a donkey, cow, pig
12. What gives freshly mowed grass its smell?
NOT coumarin, chlorophyll, dew, Green Leaf Volatiles, Actinomycetes
20. What was the legal capacity of the bar in Cheers?
NOT 4, 60
22. How many baseball gloves can be made from a single cowhide?
NOT ½, 3
23. What was Thomas Jefferson doing when he wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence?
NOT his job (well, he was, but in addition to that, he was also...?), smoking, chewing tobacco
25. (Open-ended question - current until Thursday night) What odor best defines America?
Let's give you some more questions, shall we?
27. What is the single most-ordered item in American restaurants?
NOT salad, coffee, hamburger
28. What color is a spider's blood?
NOT blue, yellow, green
34. How many Shakespearean characters smoke?
NOT four, seven, seventeen,
35. What was the first thing filmed with a movie camera about?
NOT The Great Train Robbery (though that may have been the first feature film).
More questions! Woohoo!
36. How much do the Statue of Liberty's fingernails weigh each, on average?
37. What is another name for a roll of coins wrapped in paper?
38. Who said "We hang the petty thieves, but appoint the great ones to public office."?
39. What is the Mona Lisa missing?
40. In Venice, Venetian blinds are known as...? (1/2 point)
A. American blinds
B. Persian blinds
C. Blinds
D. Venetian blinds
Good luck.
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40) B
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20. 196
23) Complaining about horseflies across the street?
"I would kill everyone in this room for a drop of sweet beer." - Homer Simpson
Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. - Ernest Hemingway
25) a combination of sweat, beer and gasoline that people get after sitting on the couch watching T.V. for three days without shower or bathroom break.
27)Pepsi
28) white
34) zero,none
28. orange?
34. none?
Binary got 36 and 38 right,
AlphaInsidious guesses B… was he right? Was he wrong? We’ll find out tomorrow!
Hvirfilvindr got the grass smell right! It’s hexanol. Very good.
Phyrexian Pooh guessed Yogi the BEAR… it was a bear, so he gets the point.
Beefybot got number 34 right. None of Shakespeare’s characters smoke.
extremeicon got 27 right! It’s French fries! Unfortunately, number 34 was already answered…
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extremeicon - 11
Mr Bloody Minded - 4
Kyu the Holy Knight - 4
pli2100hours - 2
Chimpanzee - 3
Binary - 2
Istanbul - 2
Beefybot - 1
Hvirfilvindr - 1
Phyrexian Pooh - 1
AlphaInsidious - 1...?
SorryGuy - 1
Chrome Moxen - ???
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The questions left:
20. What was the legal capacity of the bar in Cheers?
NOT 4, 60, 196
22. How many baseball gloves can be made from a single cowhide?
NOT ½, 3
23. What was Thomas Jefferson doing when he wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence?
NOT his job (well, he was, but in addition to that, he was also...?), smoking, chewing tobacco, complaining about the horseflies across the street
25. (Open-ended question - current until Thursday night) What odor best defines America?
28. What color is a spider's blood?
NOT blue, yellow, green, black, white, orange
35. What was the first thing filmed with a movie camera about?
NOT The Great Train Robbery (though that may have been the first feature film).
37. What is another name for a roll of coins wrapped in paper?
40. In Venice, Venetian blinds are known as...? (1/2 point - good until whenever I post on Wednesday)
A. American blinds
B. Persian blinds
C. Blinds
D. Venetian blinds
41. What is the first vertebra of your neck called (Bonus: why?)
42. What state has the most lighthouses (Bonus: why is this slightly odd?)
43. How many self-portraits did Rembrandt paint?
44. What is the longest railway on Earth?
45. What do you call a group of unicorns?
btw: isnt the answer to question 11 the black death?? It did kill 1/3 of the european population and that was only in europe..
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43. between 50 and 60
44. the Trans-Siberian Railroad
45. a blessing