I just typed a lot so I dont feel like typing anything nice here...
I always wanted to start a trivia thread, so I decided to rip off Piano Rock's thread from News.
Rules Heres how it goes, I post 4 questions, each worth a different amount of points: 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively. There is also a bonus point to anyone who can guess the connection between the three answers. You can only answer 1 question at a time plus the bonus question and you can only make one correct answer per set. If by the time I post a new set the bonus question is still in limbo, it goes away...forever. Now every 10 sets there will be a Super Awesome Funky Random Lightning Round. Its pretty self explainitory, answer question get point, but in the this round, you may answer up to five (5) questions each and thats all. Each question is worth 1 point. And lastly, know that these questions will only stay up for about 24 hours (give or take a 24 hours or two). To add to the randomnimity already eminating from this thread, whenever people post the same answer at the same time, not only does everyone get points, everyone gets points x the number of people. There are now four questions in a set, but the leader in points cannot answer the four point question. There is also a bonus five (5) point question in the Lightning Round and an extra bonus at the end of each set worth two (2) points. To expand on the previously mentioned new bonus, it will go into two catergories: the Bonus Bonus, which is somehow connected to the questions (you cannot answer both the Bonus and Bonus Bonus, only one) and an Ultimate Bonus, which everyone can answer and makes no sense whatsoever.
Scores 116 Extremeicon 47 Pibbly 36 Chimpanzee 22 Jobie 19 LeChuck 12 Museli 11 Lat-Nam 11 Liverpool 9 Dragonmago 7 Moss Elemental 6 Istanbul 5 DoyleDude11 5 Goblinboy 5 Darkasecas 4 Jon 4 Uncle Istvun 4 Caranthir 4 Canabiest 3 Help Im a Bug 3 Void Nothing 2 Eliminator 2 Elpadregrande 2 Bloodmage 2 Kingcobweb 1 Cybertaur1 1 Chrome Moxen 1 The Sizzle 1 Makkert 1 SorryGuy 1 Good&Evil
Set 30 Super Awesome Funky Lightning Round 1 What is Gugliemo Marconi best known for inventing? Radio Transmission, not the radio itself 2 What is neutral on the pH scale? 7 3 What book did Hemingway win a Nobel Prize for? The Old Man and the Sea 4 The mausoleum of Ho Chi Minh was modeled after what other world leader's tomb? Lenin 5 How many sylables are in a haiku in total? 17 6 Latitude is to the equator as longitude is to what? The Prime Meridian (Ive never heard of the Greenwich Meridian, but it has 'Meridian' in it so its acceptable) 7 A month or two ago, the NAACP criticized what athlete? Donovan Mcnabb 8 In economic terms, what does GDP stand for? Gross Domestic Product 9 Who devised the Pythagoreum Theorum? Pythagorus 10 What is MDCCLXVII in Arabic (aka the kind we use) numerals? 1767 11 What is the chemical equation for sugar? Sucrose, one of many variations of sugar, is C12H22O11
12 What is the first card in all of Magic, alphabetically speaking? "Ach, Hans Run" 13 Who is the creator of the Nintendo DS game Electroplankton? Toshio Iwai 14 In Norse Mythology, what is the home of the gods? Asgard 15 What was the first year that Jamaica had a bobsled team? 1988 16 Which LotR movie won the most Oscars? Return of the King 17 Which two videogame magazines recently both celebrated their 200th issue in the same month? Nintendo Power and EGM 18 The director of Neon Genesis Evangelion wrote the lyrics to what song on the End of Evangelion soundtrack? Komm, Susser Tod (Come, Sweet Death) 19 Which star of Seinfeld was not in the pilot? Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) 20 Where are the Nazca lines? (and dont say Nazca *shakes fist* I just want country) Peru 21 What other famous pharoh did the man who discovered King Tut discover? Hatesphut (definately butchered that name) 22 What player caught the play known as the 'Immaculate Reception'? Franco Harris 23 Name all of the periods of Picasso's work. Blue, Rose, African-Influenced, Analytic Cubism, Synthetic Cubism 24 What can Vitamin A deficiancy cause in children? Blindness 25 Chicago is known for what syle of pizza? Deep Dish
Ultra Ball Lightning Question 5 Points Mike Richter played for one NHL team his entire career [NY Rangers], but was traded to another team that he never actually played for. Name that team. The Rangers dealt him to the Edmonton Oilers the day before he became a free agent so that the Oilers would have the rights to his contract for a few hours before anyone else.
Round 31 1 What baseball player holds the record for consecutive games played?
2 Who led the American soldiers at the Battle of Little Bighorn?
3 Who ia the oldest active player in the MLB that has been an All Star game MVP?
4 What famous Sioux warrior was mistakenly killed by his brethren after changing into the uniform of a dead US soldier?
Double Bonus Not all of the questions are connected with each other, there are two questions for two different connections. List the connected questions and the reason why. Note: You may only do pair.
Next category Best non-mana producing land This is any land that cannot produce mana at all. This includes such cards as Bazaar of Baghdad, Maze of Ith, the Onslaught sac lands, and the very powerful Cathedral of Serra.
My vote is for Bazaar of Baghdad. It was close between this and Library of Alexandria, but in the end, the Bazaar's combo potential won me over.
Next category Best Gold Land I dont know if theres a technical term for City of Brass varients, either way, this category is any land that can tap for any color.
My vote is for Tendo Ice Bridge. It may only tap for any mana once, but Ive always felt that one turn of free mana should be able to keep your colors okay until you draw an appropriate land, then tap for colorless the rest of the game.
Time Spiral wins, and its deserves it I must say (even though I voted for Gush)
Next up is Best Tutor This category includes traditional tutors, the Wishes, and Rebels and the like, among others. If you want to know whether a card is okay, just type in 'search your' into Gatherer. Fetchlands and land are not allowed though.
My vote goes to none other than Survival of the Fittest. The fact that it can be reused over and over again (especially in combination with Squee) puts it ahead of cards like Demonic Tutor, Vampiric Tutor, and Academy Rector.
Wow, this is just as tough as the green creature vote.
Survival of the Fittest gets my vote. Oath is great, but too specific to be called the best. Rancor and Fastbond are also great, but no where near the sheer power of the previously mentioned cards.
*shrug* I dont really know why people are voting for the Birds when green hasd the likes of Wild Mongrel, River Boa, Quirion Dryad, Blastoderm, Ravenous Blaloth, Eternal Witness, Wall of Blossoms, and the new Dryad Sophisticate. Plus, Roefellos>BoP.
Eternal Witness gets my vote. Its a 2/1 body attached to arguably the most powerful ability ever.
Next category Best 'free' spell This includes alternate casting costs, the Urza block free spells, and the Shoals and anything I may have missed that has an option of being played at no cost. 0 cc spells dont count though.
The options that come to mind are Gush, FoW, Time Spiral, and Frantic Search. My vote goes to Gush. Its free instant card drawing and doesnt force you to discard anything as opposed to Frantic Search. Time Spiral is great, but even with the freeness it still costs six.
Thats not quite what I was looking for...the answer lies in one of the questions...*mysterious noises heard in background*
Well, the thing is...I cant read.
I always wanted to start a trivia thread, so I decided to rip off Piano Rock's thread from News.
Rules
Heres how it goes, I post 4 questions, each worth a different amount of points: 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively. There is also a bonus point to anyone who can guess the connection between the three answers. You can only answer 1 question at a time plus the bonus question and you can only make one correct answer per set. If by the time I post a new set the bonus question is still in limbo, it goes away...forever. Now every 10 sets there will be a Super Awesome Funky Random Lightning Round. Its pretty self explainitory, answer question get point, but in the this round, you may answer up to five (5) questions each and thats all. Each question is worth 1 point. And lastly, know that these questions will only stay up for about 24 hours (give or take a 24 hours or two). To add to the randomnimity already eminating from this thread, whenever people post the same answer at the same time, not only does everyone get points, everyone gets points x the number of people. There are now four questions in a set, but the leader in points cannot answer the four point question. There is also a bonus five (5) point question in the Lightning Round and an extra bonus at the end of each set worth two (2) points. To expand on the previously mentioned new bonus, it will go into two catergories: the Bonus Bonus, which is somehow connected to the questions (you cannot answer both the Bonus and Bonus Bonus, only one) and an Ultimate Bonus, which everyone can answer and makes no sense whatsoever.
Scores
116 Extremeicon
47 Pibbly
36 Chimpanzee
22 Jobie
19 LeChuck
12 Museli
11 Lat-Nam
11 Liverpool
9 Dragonmago
7 Moss Elemental
6 Istanbul
5 DoyleDude11
5 Goblinboy
5 Darkasecas
4 Jon
4 Uncle Istvun
4 Caranthir
4 Canabiest
3 Help Im a Bug
3 Void Nothing
2 Eliminator
2 Elpadregrande
2 Bloodmage
2 Kingcobweb
1 Cybertaur1
1 Chrome Moxen
1 The Sizzle
1 Makkert
1 SorryGuy
1 Good&Evil
Set 30 Super Awesome Funky Lightning Round
1 What is Gugliemo Marconi best known for inventing? Radio Transmission, not the radio itself
2 What is neutral on the pH scale? 7
3 What book did Hemingway win a Nobel Prize for? The Old Man and the Sea
4 The mausoleum of Ho Chi Minh was modeled after what other world leader's tomb? Lenin
5 How many sylables are in a haiku in total? 17
6 Latitude is to the equator as longitude is to what? The Prime Meridian (Ive never heard of the Greenwich Meridian, but it has 'Meridian' in it so its acceptable)
7 A month or two ago, the NAACP criticized what athlete? Donovan Mcnabb
8 In economic terms, what does GDP stand for? Gross Domestic Product
9 Who devised the Pythagoreum Theorum? Pythagorus
10 What is MDCCLXVII in Arabic (aka the kind we use) numerals? 1767
11 What is the chemical equation for sugar? Sucrose, one of many variations of sugar, is C12H22O11
12 What is the first card in all of Magic, alphabetically speaking? "Ach, Hans Run"
13 Who is the creator of the Nintendo DS game Electroplankton? Toshio Iwai
14 In Norse Mythology, what is the home of the gods? Asgard
15 What was the first year that Jamaica had a bobsled team? 1988
16 Which LotR movie won the most Oscars? Return of the King
17 Which two videogame magazines recently both celebrated their 200th issue in the same month? Nintendo Power and EGM
18 The director of Neon Genesis Evangelion wrote the lyrics to what song on the End of Evangelion soundtrack? Komm, Susser Tod (Come, Sweet Death)
19 Which star of Seinfeld was not in the pilot? Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus)
20 Where are the Nazca lines? (and dont say Nazca *shakes fist* I just want country) Peru
21 What other famous pharoh did the man who discovered King Tut discover? Hatesphut (definately butchered that name)
22 What player caught the play known as the 'Immaculate Reception'? Franco Harris
23 Name all of the periods of Picasso's work. Blue, Rose, African-Influenced, Analytic Cubism, Synthetic Cubism
24 What can Vitamin A deficiancy cause in children? Blindness
25 Chicago is known for what syle of pizza? Deep Dish
Ultra Ball Lightning Question 5 Points
Mike Richter played for one NHL team his entire career [NY Rangers], but was traded to another team that he never actually played for. Name that team.
The Rangers dealt him to the Edmonton Oilers the day before he became a free agent so that the Oilers would have the rights to his contract for a few hours before anyone else.
Round 31
1 What baseball player holds the record for consecutive games played?
2 Who led the American soldiers at the Battle of Little Bighorn?
3 Who ia the oldest active player in the MLB that has been an All Star game MVP?
4 What famous Sioux warrior was mistakenly killed by his brethren after changing into the uniform of a dead US soldier?
Double Bonus
Not all of the questions are connected with each other, there are two questions for two different connections. List the connected questions and the reason why. Note: You may only do pair.
Next category
Best non-mana producing land
This is any land that cannot produce mana at all. This includes such cards as Bazaar of Baghdad, Maze of Ith, the Onslaught sac lands, and the very powerful Cathedral of Serra.
My vote is for Bazaar of Baghdad. It was close between this and Library of Alexandria, but in the end, the Bazaar's combo potential won me over.
Ill vote for Undermine because its one of the best counters ever printed.
Next category
Best Gold Land
I dont know if theres a technical term for City of Brass varients, either way, this category is any land that can tap for any color.
My vote is for Tendo Ice Bridge. It may only tap for any mana once, but Ive always felt that one turn of free mana should be able to keep your colors okay until you draw an appropriate land, then tap for colorless the rest of the game.
There is no other way to say it.
Living Wish and Regrowth got nothing on all the free mana you want.
Next up is
Best Tutor
This category includes traditional tutors, the Wishes, and Rebels and the like, among others. If you want to know whether a card is okay, just type in 'search your' into Gatherer. Fetchlands and land are not allowed though.
My vote goes to none other than Survival of the Fittest. The fact that it can be reused over and over again (especially in combination with Squee) puts it ahead of cards like Demonic Tutor, Vampiric Tutor, and Academy Rector.
Survival of the Fittest gets my vote. Oath is great, but too specific to be called the best. Rancor and Fastbond are also great, but no where near the sheer power of the previously mentioned cards.
Argh, I fell asleep last night during Monty Python and missed the finale (I then woke up again at 3 AM to the sound of British people yelling).
Anywho, right now Im watching Pardon the Interruption.
Eternal Witness gets my vote. Its a 2/1 body attached to arguably the most powerful ability ever.
Next category
Best 'free' spell
This includes alternate casting costs, the Urza block free spells, and the Shoals and anything I may have missed that has an option of being played at no cost. 0 cc spells dont count though.
The options that come to mind are Gush, FoW, Time Spiral, and Frantic Search. My vote goes to Gush. Its free instant card drawing and doesnt force you to discard anything as opposed to Frantic Search. Time Spiral is great, but even with the freeness it still costs six.