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goodsamaritan 10-26-2006 01:13 AM

Trivia Game (No googling allowed)
 
Okay, let's see if we can get this to work.

Here's how it goes: Poster A asks a question, then people try to respond with the correct answer. The FIRST person to get the answer right then gets to ask their own question and the process starts again. In order to avoid confusion, no one can post a new question until the last question-asker verifies who got it right first by quoting their answer and saying "correct." Even if you are really sure you got the question right, don't ask a new question until the other guy verifies it because it could be a trick question.

For example:
Poster A: "Who invented the light bulb?"
Poster B: "George Washington"
Poster C: "Thomas Edison"
Poster A: "Poster C is correct."
Poster C: "Who hit the most home runs in baseball history?"

A couple more rules:
1. No googling, looking stuff up on wikipedia, or outside research of any kind is allowed. Obviously this will have to be enforced by the honor system. If you get satisafaction out of looking up an answer and pretending that you knew it, you are a tool.
2. Don't ask questions that you are not 100% sure of the answer.
3. Don't ask ridiculously obscure questions like "Who played Prison Guard #2 in Ernest Goes to Prison?"
4. Don't ask questions that have disputed or subjective answers. For example: "Who shot JFK?" It was most likely Lee Harvey Oswald, but there's a small chance it wasn't. Avoid disputed questions like that.
5. Don't ask a question and then go AWOL. There is a 1 hour time limit on all questions, so it shouldn't be hard.
6. If any question is not answered in 1 hour, the first question posted after exactly 1 hour since the previous question becomes the new question. For example, if someone posts a question at 2 am and it is not answered correctly by 3 am, the first question to be asked on or after 3 am is the new question. The timestamp on the post is the official clock for the purposes of this rule.
7. If someone answers a question correctly first, they have 15 minutes to come up with their own new question. If they fail to post a new question in 15 minutes, then the previous question-asker posts another question. If that guy does not post a question after another 15 minutes, then the guy before him posts another question, and so on.
8. Any obvious troll questions like "Who is the gayest poster in OOT?" will be ignored. It will be up to the previous questioner to ask a new question.
9. These rules may be amended by me as necessary to keep this thread running smoothly.

I'll get the ball rolling with a relatively easy question:

Under the current United States Constitution, what is the longest consecutive term that a person could possibly serve as President of the United States?

New001 10-26-2006 01:16 AM

Re: Trivia Game (No googling allowed)
 
10 years minus a day?

Tony_P 10-26-2006 01:16 AM

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10 years?

goodsamaritan 10-26-2006 01:17 AM

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10 years minus a day?

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It's either that or 10 years exactly, but that's good enough. So I'll say correct.

New001 10-26-2006 01:18 AM

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Sweet.

Who has led Italy's Serie A in goalscoring the past two seasons?

daryn 10-26-2006 01:20 AM

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toni?

New001 10-26-2006 01:21 AM

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Yep.

baumer 10-26-2006 01:21 AM

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kaka?

grando 10-26-2006 01:22 AM

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well done with the rules - this could be a topnotch game

daryn 10-26-2006 01:23 AM

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wow sick guess..

what is the capital of uzbekistan?

daryn 10-26-2006 01:24 AM

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yeah we're obviously on the honor system, .. it's a lot better if there's no cheating

goodsamaritan 10-26-2006 01:28 AM

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wow sick guess..

what is the capital of uzbekistan?

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Thats a tough one. I know the capitals of a lot of obscure African countries, but I don't know any of the former Soviet republics.

Tony_P 10-26-2006 01:29 AM

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daryn,

uzbekistan? wtf?

goodsamaritan 10-26-2006 01:30 AM

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daryn,

uzbekistan? wtf?

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I think it's a decent question. Challenging, but not impossible. I had a friend in HS who memorized every world capital. There's gotta be some geography nerd in OOT who will know it.

RiverFenix 10-26-2006 01:32 AM

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Tashkent

WordWhiz 10-26-2006 01:33 AM

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Tashkent.

Who composed 4:33?

grando 10-26-2006 01:33 AM

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Tashkent

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ship it

grando 10-26-2006 01:34 AM

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Tashkent.

Who composed 4:33?

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way to read the rules

RiverFenix 10-26-2006 01:35 AM

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A person who has ophidiophobia is afraid of what? This was a millionare question

Golden_Rhino 10-26-2006 01:38 AM

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snakes?

RiverFenix 10-26-2006 01:38 AM

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Golden_rhino is correct

I love trivia

goodsamaritan 10-26-2006 01:39 AM

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A person who has ophidiophobia is afraid of what? This was a millionare question

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I know your answer was right because I looked it up, but let's try to stick to the rules and not ask a new question until the previous guy verifies.

daryn 10-26-2006 01:40 AM

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waiting for GR

Golden_Rhino 10-26-2006 01:41 AM

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cool..

Who started the last game for the Packers before Favre took over??

Dan. 10-26-2006 01:47 AM

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I'm too young. Brett Favre is all I've ever known. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] Someone hurry up and answer this

THAY3R 10-26-2006 01:48 AM

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Mojkowski

THAY3R 10-26-2006 01:48 AM

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Some SKI, I know i'm right!

goodsamaritan 10-26-2006 01:50 AM

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Okay something I forgot before but may have been implied anyway: Questioners are allowed, but not required, to give hints after asking their question.

Also
Rule 10. One guess per person per question.
Rule 11. The questioner is the final arbiter of who answered the question right first. Even if Poster X says that Abraham Lincoln was the first president of the US and the questioner says he is right, Poster X gets to ask the next question. The game must go on!
Rule 12. Minor misspellings should not be grounds for deeming an answer incorrect. The questioner has the discretion to determine whether the spelling of an answer is "substantially similar" to the correct spelling.

IlliniLou 10-26-2006 01:54 AM

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Mike Tomcsak?

lippy 10-26-2006 01:56 AM

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Isn't it like Don Mazichowski? Something like that.

Dan. 10-26-2006 01:59 AM

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This thread sucks if questioners never return....

jedi 10-26-2006 02:00 AM

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cool..

Who started the last game for the Packers before Favre took over??

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I think the correct spelling is Don Majkowski. (could be Dan. Damn, I can't remember myself)

baumer 10-26-2006 02:00 AM

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UCF should get credit if that is the right answer, he was pretty damn close.

IlliniLou 10-26-2006 02:02 AM

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what the hell is the correct answer!?!?!?

my curiosity is killin me

IlliniLou 10-26-2006 02:10 AM

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This thread sucks if questioners never return....

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iversonian 10-26-2006 02:12 AM

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what the hell is the correct answer!?!?!?

my curiosity is killin me

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If you already submitted your official answer, then just go ahead and google it.

THAY3R 10-26-2006 02:16 AM

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This is stupid, sorry but I am tired and I guess I'm going to sleep.

I'm going to pretend I won and appoint dano to ask the next question.

goodsamaritan 10-26-2006 02:19 AM

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This is stupid, sorry but I am tired and I guess I'm going to sleep.

I'm going to pretend I won and appoint dano to ask the next question.

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You were right. From wikipedia:

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Despite the skepticism, Favre got the Packers' their first win of the 1992 season, stepping in for injured quarterback Don Majkowski and leading the Packers to a comeback win over the Cincinnati Bengals.

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Screw this. I know I'm gonna be up so I'll ask the next question.

Who is the on the front of a US $2 bill?

Golden_Rhino 10-26-2006 02:23 AM

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Sorry guys, Don Majkowski is the correct answer. I was writing an essay and lost track of time. I know, it was a d*ck move.

goodsamaritan 10-26-2006 02:24 AM

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Sorry guys, Don Majkowski is the correct answer. I was writing an essay and lost track of time. I know, it was a d*ck move.

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I'll let is slide this time...My question above will still stand.


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