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#26 Post by jsuchard » Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:01 pm

Shade wrote:2000
A Hollyhock is a type of what?
A. Bird
B. Flower
C. Evergreen Tree
D. Spice
Alrighty then. Now they're getting a bit harder.

I can eliminate Bird and Spice right away. I think Evergreen Tree is a distractor, because of the Xmas-related plant, Holly, which is a dark green. Is it an evergreen? But "hollyhock" is not "holly" anyway.

I will go with B. Flower, Final Answer.
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#27 Post by Shade » Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:02 pm

You are correct, and they are supposed to get harder.

4000
Arkham Asylum is an asylum for the criminally insane in the DC comic book/TV universe and appears in which of the following fictional cities?
A. Metropolis
B. Central City
C. Gotham City
D. Dakota City

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#28 Post by jsuchard » Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:05 pm

Shade wrote:4000
Arkham Asylum is an asylum for the criminally insane in the DC comic book/TV universe and appears in which of the following fictional cities?
A. Metropolis
B. Central City
C. Gotham City
D. Dakota City
Let's see...

We can eliminate B and D, leaving us with either the Superman- or Batman-related names for the fictionalized NYC.

In the latest Batman movie with Christian Bale, one of the bad guys worked as a doctor [there is the doctor connection again] in an asylum.

I will go with C. Gotham City, Final Answer
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#29 Post by Shade » Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:06 pm

Brilliant deduction :) And a correct one :D

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By definition, if you Defenestrate something you have just done what to an object?
A. Destroyed it completely
B. Ate it
C. Threw it out the window
D. Smashed it through glass

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#30 Post by PlacentiaSoccerMom » Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:08 pm

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#31 Post by jsuchard » Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:10 pm

Shade wrote:8000
By definition, if you Defenestrate something you have just done what to an object?
A. Destroyed it completely
B. Ate it
C. Threw it out the window
D. Smashed it through a glass
Good distractors on this one, but I know it cold.

In high school (1982) I played a game called "Killer", in which we pretended to be spies and to kill each other with plastic dart guns, etc. One way of killing another spy was to get three people together, along with the victim, in a 3rd story (or higher) room and say, "We are throwing you out of the window." This was death by defenestration.

Also, "das Fenster" is German for window. I knew those 3 years weren't wasted!

C. Threw it out the window, Final Answer
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#32 Post by Shade » Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:11 pm

You are correct, and my distractors are cleaver but your just too smart :)

16,000
Which of the following Michael Moore movies won an Academy Award for Documentary Feature?
A. Sicko
B. Bowling for Columbine
C. Fahrenheit 9/11
D. Roger & Me

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#33 Post by PlacentiaSoccerMom » Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:12 pm

Shade wrote:It's really freaky, I could never of guessed I'd get a doctor/toxicologist/Beetle owner :)
Who speaks German...

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#34 Post by Shade » Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:12 pm

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:
Shade wrote:It's really freaky, I could never of guessed I'd get a doctor/toxicologist/Beetle owner :)
Who speaks German...
That too! :)

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#35 Post by jsuchard » Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:15 pm

Shade wrote:16,000
Which of the following Michael Moore movies won an Academy Award for Documentary Feature?
A. Sicko
B. Bowling for Columbine
C. Fahrenheit 9/11
D. Roger & Me
Warning...Warning....Warning! Way out of the wheelhouse on this one.

I don't think it can be "Sicko" since it couldn't have yet been given an Oscar. But I don't recall any of the other three getting an Oscar [not that I was paying attention].

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#36 Post by Shade » Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:16 pm

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No problem, audience using your keyboard using A, B, C or D vote now :)

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#37 Post by PlacentiaSoccerMom » Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:16 pm

Well, since he asked...

Don't you remember his acceptance speech when he talked about the "fictional president" and got some people upset?

It's "Bowling for Columbine."

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#38 Post by jsuchard » Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:19 pm

I just checked, and there are only 4 people currently logged-in.

So there is me, and Julie, and our host (Shade), and only one other person.

This is cool. It's like two Phone-A-Friends!

I will go with B. Bowling for Columbine, Final Answer.
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#39 Post by Shade » Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:21 pm

voting using A, B, C or D doesn't usually invovle commentary but I'll allow it because you are probably the only one who is going to vote.

Yes, you are correct :)

25,000 (and for the 4th life line)
What is Ophiuchus?
A. The name of an Ancient City
B. The name of constellation
C. The name of a short lived computer software series
D. The name a part of the human body

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#40 Post by PlacentiaSoccerMom » Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:22 pm

Shade wrote:voting using A, B, C or D doesn't usually invovle commentary but I'll allow it because you are probably the only one who is going to vote.
Sorry about the commentary.

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#41 Post by Shade » Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:23 pm

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:
Shade wrote:voting using A, B, C or D doesn't usually invovle commentary but I'll allow it because you are probably the only one who is going to vote.
Sorry about the commentary.
It's alright :) I'm just happy to have and audience

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#42 Post by jsuchard » Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:25 pm

Shade wrote:25,000 (and for the 4th life line)
What is Ophiuchus?
A. The name of an Ancient City
B. The name of constellation
C. The name of a short lived computer software series
D. The name a part of the human body
Whoa! This is embarassing; never heard of it.

However, there is at least one answer choice that I am pretty sure it is not.

Let's burn the 50:50
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#43 Post by PlacentiaSoccerMom » Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:26 pm

Shade wrote:
PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:
Shade wrote:voting using A, B, C or D doesn't usually invovle commentary but I'll allow it because you are probably the only one who is going to vote.
Sorry about the commentary.
It's alright :) I'm just happy to have and audience
Jeff begged me to be online to "watch." ;)

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#44 Post by kayrharris » Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:26 pm

I just checked in and caught up on the thread. Looks like ya'll are having fun. Good job so far, Jeff. :D

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#45 Post by Shade » Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:26 pm

Computer please randomly take away two of the wrong answers.

50:50
25,000
What is Ophiuchus?

B. The name of a constellation

D. The name of a part of the human body

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#46 Post by Shade » Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:27 pm

kayrharris wrote:I just checked in and caught up on the thread. Looks like ya'll are having fun. Good job so far, Jeff. :D
I always have fun playing host, and Jeff is doing very well. I just wish I could play the contestant for once :D

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#47 Post by PlacentiaSoccerMom » Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:28 pm

Ok, Distiller is installed.

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#48 Post by kayrharris » Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:29 pm

Shade wrote:
kayrharris wrote:I just checked in and caught up on the thread. Looks like ya'll are having fun. Good job so far, Jeff. :D
I always have fun playing host, and Jeff is doing very well. I just wish I could play the contestant for once :D

You might talk someone into hosting for you and you could email the questions to them. I think it's been done before. You might look into that.

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#49 Post by jsuchard » Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:29 pm

Shade wrote:Computer please randomly take away two of the wrong answers.

50:50
25,000
What is Ophiuchus?

B. The name of constellation

D. The name a part of the human body
Ahah! That worked according to my evil plan [See "Evil Spock (to the left)]!

I have never heard of an "ophiuchus" as a body part, and I know most of them pretty well. The closest this gets to something I know is "omph", meaning related to the umbilicus...but there is no letter "m" in it.

Thus, I will go with B. The name of a Constellation, Final Answer.
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#50 Post by kayrharris » Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:30 pm

Check that....you can't play a game you when you wrote the questions....
so maybe someone will do some questions for you too.

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