Hostrauser's Trivia Contest #10 - March, 2008

saxplyr7 · Post by **saxplyr7** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 4:28 pm

Hostrauser wrote:Correct Answer for Question #17: Panama City, Panama

Balboa is the guy in the statue.

Q#18 coming up.

Not a lot of responses recently. Guess I'll have to make the hints more obvious...

Well it was just hard seeing what he was holding or his face or something a little better. It was pretty obvious though that it was modern because of the car that was there (Chevy...?). Also the buildings were pretty modern. Knew it was a coastal capital (cuts it down a little), and...I think that's about all you can really pull out.

^_^ I dunno how much more obvious it could be. It is spring break too (well for us at least, and other cities) so some people are out of state, or just out and about on a daily basis hehe. Beach?

Hostrauser · Post by **Hostrauser** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 5:22 pm

Oh yeah, I forgot about Spring Break, probably because I don't get one.

Anyway...

TRIVIA QUESTION #18
Name this body of water:

Hint: Declared "the Eighth Wonder of the World" by President Theodore Roosevelt.

Chapagne · Post by **Chapagne** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 6:35 pm

Some of the pics have been very hard. That might be scaring people away. Spring Break too, yes, I agree. The clue for 17 was no help, unless you had first-hand knowledge of Panama City. I recognized the explorer was wearing Spanish garb, so after exhausting every Google search I could think of, I eventually broke down and started searching city by city in South and Central America. It wasn't the most entertaining way to find the answer.

Hostrauser · Post by **Hostrauser** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:01 pm

Okay, I'll try to make the hints a bit easier.

Double-value questions coming up soon.

saxplyr7 · Post by **saxplyr7** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:51 pm

Hostrauser wrote:Okay, I'll try to make the hints a bit easier.

Double-value questions coming up soon.

Or the pictures a bit more recognizable....That statue really hurt it. Maybe a face would've been nicer or something but hints work too either way

Can't wait for the double-value ones!

Hostrauser · Post by **Hostrauser** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:59 pm

Correct Answer for Question #18: Burney Falls, CA

Hostrauser · Post by **Hostrauser** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 11:08 pm

TRIVIA QUESTION #19
Name this World Capitol:

Hint: Adobe of Peace.

Hostrauser · Post by **Hostrauser** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:50 am

Oh yeah... As of Q#18

CURRENT SCORES
520 saxplyr7
470 Chapagne
390 Eric B
350 senza cervello
335 DMJUDGE
160 aandm
155 FluteOfTheNewWorld
125 Nreuest
105 SkyDog
60 The Aceman
30 wind-drummer
25 Brad
25 Jsaxm

Hostrauser · Post by **Hostrauser** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 2:20 pm

Correct Answer for Question #19: Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei

Brunei, a strict, Islamic country in SE Asia, is a dry country. Visitors can bring in "12 cans of beer" with them, but no citizen of the country is allowed to sell or drink alcohol.

Double-value questions all this week starting today...

Hostrauser · Post by **Hostrauser** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 2:24 pm

For round #3 (April) I am thinking about doing away with the hints and simply making every question multiple choice with five possible answers.

Sound good/bad?

saxplyr7 · Post by **saxplyr7** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 3:57 pm

Hostrauser wrote:For round #3 (April) I am thinking about doing away with the hints and simply making every question multiple choice with five possible answers.

Sound good/bad?

That would certainly attract more people and obviously limit down which it could be. Making it an easier guess to which it could be.
I like the hints better only because it actually makes you look for it instead of guess and check w/ google.

Hostrauser · Post by **Hostrauser** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:15 pm

saxplyr7 wrote:I like the hints better only because it actually makes you look for it instead of guess and check w/ google.

It seems like most do not like that aspect, however, as 11 out of 19 questions have received four answers or fewer...

Hostrauser · Post by **Hostrauser** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:17 pm

TRIVIA QUESTION #20
Name this American University:

Hint: Know your basketball offenses.

Note: point values for correct answers doubled.

saxplyr7 · Post by **saxplyr7** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:29 pm

Hostrauser wrote:
saxplyr7 wrote:I like the hints better only because it actually makes you look for it instead of guess and check w/ google.
It seems like most do not like that aspect, however, as 11 out of 19 questions have received four answers or fewer...

Haha probably because it's easier. But I'm fine either way.

I'll probably be most busy in April anyway with SAT's coming up more tests, and probably more Chamber related stuff. So actually looking at it, it would save me some time ^_^.

senza cervello · Post by **senza cervello** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 6:23 pm

Ehhh... I definitely understand being too busy, but I really like it the way it is now.