Hostrauser's Trivia Contest #10 - March, 2008

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Post by Chapagne » Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:18 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?
Bad. It would make it too easy, unless the objects in the pictures are incredibly obscure.
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Post by saxplyr7 » Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:57 pm

Chapagne wrote:
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?
Bad. It would make it too easy, unless the objects in the pictures are incredibly obscure.
Which is what I was trying to get to. ^_^.
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Post by DMJUDGE » Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:04 am

I think if we made it multiple choice it would be easier to guess the correct answer. However, I probably would not find as much enjoyment in finding the right answer (or dismay at the wrong one.)
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Post by Hostrauser » Tue Mar 25, 2008 3:28 pm

Correct Answer for Question #20: Princeton University

Originators of the famous "Princeton Offense" in basketball. Also the originators of a football helmet design that was borrowed and made ultra-famous by the University of Michigan.

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Post by Chapagne » Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:31 pm

Originators of the famous "Princeton Offense" in basketball.
Ah. I was looking up the names of every foul in the game, plus any university that had been sanctioned recently...curse you homonyms! :?
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Post by Hostrauser » Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:33 pm

TRIVIA QUESTION #21
Name this body of water:
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Hint: Its name means "olive" and it's near the "white house."

Note: point values for correct answers doubled.

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Post by Hostrauser » Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:55 pm

Correct Answer for Question #21: Ouzoud Falls, Morocco

"Ouzoud" means "olive" in Berber and refers to the olive trees that proliferate the area. And the falls are located east of the city of "white house," aka "Casablanca" in Morocco.

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Post by Hostrauser » Wed Mar 26, 2008 3:35 pm

TRIVIA QUESTION #22
Name this World Capitol:
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Hint #1: Consistent with a unique quirk of this nation's language, the city is spelled with silent letters at the beginning and end of its name.

Hint #2: A recent (21st century) movie used this nation's name as the title.

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Post by senza cervello » Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:00 pm

Oh, everyone knows it's Disturbia. :wink:
The o_O emoticon gives me the heebee jeebees.

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Post by Hostrauser » Thu Mar 27, 2008 5:47 pm

Correct Answer for Question #22: Antananarivo, Madagascar

Believe it or not, the "An" and "o" are silent. The city is pronounced TAN-an-ah-reeve.

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Post by Hostrauser » Thu Mar 27, 2008 5:49 pm

TRIVIA QUESTION #23
Name this American University:
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Hint #1: Named for a fur trader.

Hint #2: Okay, not really a hint, but I had a fling with a really hot co-ed from this school once. :cool:

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Post by fieldshowqueen » Thu Mar 27, 2008 7:52 pm

Hostrauser wrote: Hint #2: Okay, not really a hint, but I had a fling with a really hot co-ed from this school once. :cool:
In the snow? brrrrrrr :hum:
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Post by Hostrauser » Fri Mar 28, 2008 8:38 am

Hah, no it was during the summer, no snow.

Actually, you know what? There was snow. Glacier National Park has snow-capped mountains year round.

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Hint #3: Big Sky

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Post by Hostrauser » Fri Mar 28, 2008 4:33 pm

Correct Answer for Question #23: Weber State University

Did my Glacier National Park anecdote throw a couple of you? :cool: That wasn't part of the hint, so use with caution. She worked at Yellowstone over the summer and we drove up to Glacier for a few days.

Final question coming up. It will be up all weekend.

At this time I am not planning on running the game in April. There just isn't enough participation: 15 of 23 questions so far this round have received four or fewer responses.

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Post by Hostrauser » Fri Mar 28, 2008 4:38 pm

TRIVIA QUESTION #24
Name this body of water:
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Hint: In the big book of rivers, it's on the first page.

Note: point values for correct answers tripled.

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