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01-28-2009 , 04:27 PM

#26

Parallax

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Originally Posted by Ponder

I like how the person pulling dumbass out on the internet almost always prove themselves to be one.

Stop making ATL look bad.

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01-28-2009 , 06:28 PM

#27

diddy!

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Originally Posted by accobra_kid

Here are last nights questions:

Oh ****. I'm off my game. F U pot for killing my esoteric knowledge databanks. Maybe I'll get better questions though tonight.

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01-28-2009 , 09:42 PM

#28

SoloAJ

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You guys are nuts. I'd say I knew like..five of those.

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01-28-2009 , 10:35 PM

#29

g-bebe

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just took the C/M test, and it seemed WAY easier than the East one. mind you, on the C/M one I got anywhere from 10-15 right for sure, and probably no more than 20 total. scanning through that East one, I would have been lucky to get 10 total. will take tomorrows if possible!

edit: okay on closer inspection, probably did the same on both C/M and E.

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01-29-2009 , 02:35 AM

#30

jt082005

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I took the C/M one and did alright I think. The 15 seconds got me though. When I just went through the East one I think I got about 22 give or take 1 or 2

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01-29-2009 , 04:07 AM

#31

BigPoppa

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I did pretty well on the test that got posted (missed 7-10 of them depending on whether Lake Erie, Mars, and Esperanto were correct answers).

My ex-gf was on Jeopardy a couple months ago, but finished a close second.

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01-29-2009 , 10:32 AM

#32

diddy!

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Originally Posted by Wednesday Night's Questions

1)MONTHS OF THE YEAR
Each year, it's Black History Month

2)RECENT MOVIES
"Slumdog Millionaire" is set in this city

3)ROYALTY
This British queen outlived her husband by 39 years.

4)LITERARY GENRES
An epistolary novel is written in the form of these.

5)DRAMA
This group played a major role in early Greek comedy but later only appeared between acts.

6)BIG BUSINESS
Murex, Conch, and Clam were names of early tankers owned by this company.

7)FAMILIAR PHRASES
A farewell performance is this bird's "song".

8)ANIMALS IN LITERATURE
The villains in "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" are this type of animal.

9)SIMPLE SCIENCE
It's the type of electrical current that only travels one way.

10)GOLF LINGO
It's the term for shooting a 3 on a par-5 hole.

11)U.S. STATES
It's the third-largest state in the U.S. in area.

12)MILITARY HISTORY
This ship sunk December 7th, 1941 was designated a National Landmark in 1989.

13)BACK TO BACH
A group of 6 chamberworks from 1721 is known as these concertos.

14)PATRIOTIC SONGS
"The Fruited Plain" appears in this 1893 song.

15)CELEBRITIES
In 2008 this young actress confirmed her couplehood with Samantha Ronson.

16)VOCABULARY
It's a lady's dressing table, or a synonym for conceit.

17)ASTRONOMERS
Ptolemy's model was accepted for over 1000 years, until this Polish thinker came along in the 1500's.

18)RELIGIOUS LEADERS
He served as the Archbishop of Krakow in the 1960's.

19)AMERICAN NOVELS
This Upton Sinclair book was instrumental in the passage of the Pure Food & Drug Act

20)THE ART WORLD
He died in 1890 having sold 1 painting; in 1990 his Portrait of Dr. Gachet sold for $82.5 million

21)BODIES OF WATER
Over a mile deep and 25 million years old, it's the deepest and oldest lake on earth.

22)THE INTERNET
The Mozilla Foundation released this open-source web browser in 2004.

23)BESTSELLERS
Completes the title of Elizabeth Gilbert's tale of a 3-country journey, "Eat, Pray ..."

24)THE 20TH CENTURY
Country in whose civil war the International Brigades fought in the 1930's.

25)'B' IN GEOLOGY
Formed from cooling lava, it's the most abundant volcanic rock.

26)ARCHITECTURE
Many Gothic cathedrals used an arched support called a "flying" this.

27)COLLEGE LATIN
3-word Latin phrase for the highest honors granted on graduation.

28)AMERICAN POEMS
Plural title of Joyce Kilmer's work that admits, "Poems are made by fools like me."

29)TV THEMES
It's "where everybody knows your name".

30)THE METRIC SYSTEM
1 inch equals 2.54 of these.

31)THE GRAMMYS
The 2007 classical crossover Grammy went to "Love Supreme: the Legacy of" this 1960's Jazz sax man.

32)BRITISH AUTHORS
His "Tom Jones" is one of the first great British novels.

33)19th C. PRESIDENTS
In 1823 he declared the America's off-limits for European colonization.

34)HISPANIC AMERICANS
This governor of New Mexico ran for president in 2008.

35)U.S. CITIES
It forms a Metropolitan Statistical Area along with Cambridge & Quincy.

36)SHORT STORIES
Nick Adams is the protagonist in many of the short stories in this author's "In Our Time".

37)THE ELEMENTS
This element makes up about 78% of normal dry air by volume.

38)STATE BIRDS
The male of this state bird of Maryland is black, white & orange.

39)PLACES IN THE BIBLE
In Exodus 19 "The Lord descended upon" this mount "in fire".

40)STARTS & ENDS WITH 'T'
Object in which you'd brew your oolong.

41)WORLD LEADERS
This Venezuelan president likes to call his country a Bolivarian Republic.

42)20TH CENTURY LIT
T.S. Eliot's verse drama "Murder in the Cathedral" deals with the death of this man.

43)LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY
This general, who took the Alamo, was made President of Mexico 11 times between 1833 and 1855.

44)WALL STREET WOES
This investment bank, swallowed up in 2008, had an appropriately non-bullish word in its name.

45)BUZZWORDS
This "bump" made Time Magazine's top 10 buzzwords of 2008.

46)PHYSICS
Term first used by James Watt for a unit equivalent to 550 foot-pounds of work per second.

47)STATES OF THE UNION
It's "The Yellowhammer State".

48)POETS
"The Tyger" is a famous lyric by this author-illustrator.

49)HANDICRAFTS
"Knit one" is commonly followed by this action "two".

50)THE MUSIC SCENE
This British band released "In Rainbows" as a name-your-own-price digital download.

Looks liked 28-29 right and 21-22 wrong. Still did much better than I was expecting based on the previous night's questions.

Oh, and for whoever wants to know the questions/answers after tomorrow night's test: Jeopardy Board

Last edited by diddy!; 01-29-2009 at 10:34 AM. Reason: Apparently can't count tic marks

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01-29-2009 , 11:18 AM

#33

miajag

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wow, Wednesday is much easier than Tuesday imo

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01-29-2009 , 11:20 AM

#34

ambler

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Originally Posted by diddyeinstein

I took this live and it's 33 right, 17 wrong here. Unbelievably, I choked on #15 and the time ran out.

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01-29-2009 , 11:46 AM

#35

diddy!

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Originally Posted by ambler

Unbelievably, I choked on #15 and the time ran out.

lol. I choked on the last one. Could think of Coldplay songs, but not the name of the damn group.

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01-29-2009 , 08:57 PM

#36

accobra_kid

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Ok, it looks like tonight is my night since I had to miss both Tuesday and Wednesday's tests. It goes at 8:00 p.m. PST (11:00 p.m. EST), so for those of you who still want in, tonight is your last chance!

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01-29-2009 , 11:06 PM

#37

SoloAJ

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On the Wednesday night ones I think I got 15 right and could have guessed at a couple but wouldn't have been very sure. Man alive, I'm ignorant to weird pop culture facts and history.

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01-30-2009 , 12:14 AM

#38

thegreatchris

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I got smoked. I'd guess 30-35 correct, but nowhere near enough to qualify.

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01-30-2009 , 12:17 AM

#39

accobra_kid

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30 to 35 is strong, probably not enough to qualify, agreed.

I just finished... probably in the 20-25 range if a few of my guesses come through. We'll see when the list of ?'s comes out.

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01-30-2009 , 12:18 AM

#40

wheelflush

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i failed. forgot all about it. the questions so far haven't given me much confidence anyway

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01-30-2009 , 12:18 AM

#41

lennytheduck

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Second test seemed a lot easier but I only got 4 more correct. I know nothing about politics.

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01-30-2009 , 11:02 AM

#42

accobra_kid

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Originally Posted by Thursday's Questions

1. U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENTS
The Fermi Award is given annually by this U.S. cabinet department

2. POPULAR TV
Carlos didn't know of Gabrielle fooling around with the gardener in season 1 of this series

3. HISTORIC FIRSTS
In 1844 this American famously transmitted the line "What hath God wrought"

4. POETS
19th century poet who wrote "O Captain! My Captain!"

5. OPERA
This Bizet title character works in a cigarette factory

6. FOOD
Stilton is a blue one

7. RHYME TIME
An autumn cotillion

8. FICTIONAL SLEUTHS
Jane is the first name of this Agatha Christie amateur detective

9. SUBATOMIC SCIENCE
An atomic number is equal to the number of these in an atom's nucleus

10. MOVIE MONSTERS
During an electrical storm in this 1931 horror film, a monster comes "alive"

11. FOREIGN PORTS
Casablanca is a seaport of this country

12. WARS
These wars were fought between Rome & Carthage from 264 to 146 B.C.

13. PHILOSOPHERS
This student of Plato wrote "Physics" & "Metaphysics"

14. LEGAL TERMS
If you died intestate you didn't leave one of these behind

15. SINGERS
The son of the legendary Julio Iglesias, he released his "Greatest Hits" in 2008

16. PREFIXES
"One"; or, the pre-1958 way to listen to recorded music

17. MATH TERMS
A function's domain is the set of possible values of x; this is the set of possible values of y

18. UNIVERSITIES
Named for a philanthropist, it's the State University of New Jersey

19. NONFICTION
"Team of Rivals" by Doris Kearns Goodwin is about this U.S. president's cabinet

20. PAINTERS
A 1931 cow's skull is a masterpiece of this painter who spent her later years in New Mexico

21. MOUNTAINS
Mount Rainier is the highest peak in this range

22. THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
The 2008 winner was peacemaker Martti Ahtisaari, former president of this country

23. BELOVED BOOKS
The land of Oz & its wonderful wizard were created by this author

24. EXPLORERS
Ferdinand Magellan was an explorer from this country

25. ASTRONOMY
It's the second planet from the Sun

26. THE NEWSPAPER BUSINESS
As of 2008 the co. that bears the name of this Chicago newspaper also owned the L.A. Times

27. STARTS WITH 'G'
It's a derogatory slang term for someone who marries for money

28. SHAKESPEARE'S HAMLET
He's Laertes' advice-dispensing father

29. SPORTS TEAMS
This NFL team went undefeated in the 2007 regular season

30. WORLD CURRENCY
The note worth 100 of these units bears a picture of the Bolshoi Theater

31. BIBLICAL PEOPLE
In the Old Testament book named for this successor to Moses, he sends spies into Canaan

32. 20th CENTURY NOVELS
This Ayn Rand novel tells the story of a visionary, untameable architect

33. HISTORIC FRENCHMEN
P.M. from 1624 to 1642, this cardinal helped make France dominant in Europe

34. FAITH
The Quakers are more formally known as the Society of these

35. WORLD CAPITALS
Asuncion is this country's capital

36. AUTHORS
"The Executioner's Song" is one of the major works by this American writer who died in 2007

37. MEDICINE
An affliction for centuries, this nutritional disorder is also called vitamin C deficiency

38. DOGS
Going by AKC registrations, this long-haired cutie is the most popular terrier

39. BALLET
"The Rite of Spring" is a ballet from this Russian composer

40. ANTONYMS
It's the antonym of "dystopian", a word applied to "Brave New World" & "1984"

41. AROUND THE SOUTH
This, not Atlanta, is Georgia's "Mother City"

42. AMERICAN THEATRE
It's the last name shared by Willy & Biff in "Death of a Salesman"

43. THE 1990s
The target of criticism in the 2008 campaign, this 3-nation treaty went into effect Jan. 1, 1994

44. OY VEY!
The USA's worst commercial nuclear accident took place in this state

45. BEFORE & AFTER
Late menswear designer turned immigration station

46. MINERALS
Used in dusting powder, this 4-letter mineral is the softest on the Mohs hardness scale

47. TURKEY (THE COUNTRY)
East of the Dardanelles, this Turkish strait leads into the Black Sea

48. CHARACTERS IN BOOKS
His desperate flight through the Paris sewers is a highlight of "Les Miserables"

49. AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS
Barack Obama nominated him to be the first African-American attorney general

50. ACTRESSES
She starred in director Baz Luhrmann's films "Moulin Rouge!" & "Australia"

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01-30-2009 , 11:14 AM

#43

accobra_kid

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Looks like I got 20/50 on Thursday night's test. Very sad to admit that I missed questions 25 (Mars), 30 (ruppies) and 38 (____), which was surprising and disappointing.

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01-30-2009 , 11:21 AM

#44

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Got 40/50 for the West Coast test. Mind blanked (I was pretty drunk) on Stravinsky, Bosporous, Polonius and put Ralph Ellis Island. Didn't know Marple, Lincoln, Joshua, Punic Wars, Finland. And I put Longfellow instead of Whitman because I suck.

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01-30-2009 , 01:55 PM

#45

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I took it last night, got 20-21. My roomate took it too (jeopardy wizard), I'm going to fwd this to him and see how many he got.

The timing was HARD for me. There are so many of them (Especially the "O Captain!" which is like the most famous part of Dead Poet's Society) that I could've gotten if I had a minute or so, but that's the nature of the beast, I guess.

I just did the weds one for fun and only got 18. Man, I suck.

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01-30-2009 , 02:31 PM

#46

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Thursday would have been the worst for me, easily. Glad I did the tuesday night one.

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01-30-2009 , 02:33 PM

#47

wheelflush

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i would have scored 36.
think wrong, think long. i crossed out the right answer 3 times.
i crossed out a wrong answer only one time, but i still got it wrong.

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01-30-2009 , 02:56 PM

#48

Blarg

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Just did Accobra's. Real fast, but I only got 31.

Some of this stuff irritated me, like the one about the quakers for example, because it was just on the tip of my tongue and I blew it. Minor league disappointed on the Hamlet and the mountain range one, and a couple more.

Also, I'm going to whine about the pop culture and sports stuff being included. Never did like that trend in Jeopardy.

And I'm pissed that I spaced on the Obama question.

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01-30-2009 , 07:10 PM

#49

g-bebe

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a true Jeopardy champion is well versed in the realms of sports and pop culture.

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01-30-2009 , 09:29 PM

#50

Blarg

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Modern ones, yeah. Used to be less pop culture in the show though, and I liked that better. I can identify with actually wanting to have some of that knowledge and finding it useful or interesting. Whatever is going down in pop culture from one year to the next is usually completely disposable and very soon to be forgotten.

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