[QUOTE=olivesmarch4th]
I’ll play, though I only barely grasp the scoring concept.
Who is it that said, ‘‘What does not kill me only makes me stronger’’?
Difficulty - 2
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GAH! May as well hazard an embarrassing, uneducated WAG: Was it Napoleon?
Since I obviously got this wrong, you would subtract your difficulty rating from your current score, then put the tally at the bottom of your next post. You are at negative 2, Sorry!
[QUOTE=SSG Schwartz]
In Texas Hold 'em poker, what is another name for the “Turn” card?
2 pts
SSG Schwartz
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River? gulp
Name a song from Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti album
Difficulty 2
[QUOTE=fachverwirrt]
This was fun last time. I was thinking of doing one of my own. Guess I’ll have to wait.
Alright, here we go…
Name the World Series winners since 2000 (1 point each).
Name 5 Supreme Court Justices (2 points each).
Name a Wagner Opera (3 points).
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Cubs. Yankees. Sox. Hrmm, hope at least one was right 
I don’t like it as much as you do. Sorry.
WOW! Opera, that’s a new one. Beats me.
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic]
Name a song from Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti album
Difficulty 2
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Hmmm… a tad before my time, but I do like Zepp. I’ll go with California, since it’s my favorite.
[QUOTE=SpectBrain]
on rereading that should have been a 9 inch diameter round pizza.
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Does that mean I got my math wrong. The radius of 9", would be 4.5… and I squared that giving me… 9*3.14
mama!
So, did I not figure that right?
OH, wait… I’m doing that wrong…
it should be 3.144.54.5
That gives me ~63.5" square.
I’ll still take the 8x8. 
Why is the logo for Sirius Sattelite Radio a dog? (3 points)
[QUOTE=cmyk]
Oh god, you’re playing with Olympic fire. Here goes.
96, Atlanta?
06, Greece?
84, NY? (man, this I am really not sure about)
2012, London
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Oooh, so close! 1984 was LA, not New York! And the '06 games were in Greece, but the city was Athens.
It’s kind of weird that you remembered '06. It wasn’t in a normal Olympics.
[QUOTE=garygnu]
Why is the logo for Sirius Sattelite Radio a dog? (3 points)
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Because of the constellation Canus Major (Canus = Dog) containing the star Sirius, for which the company took its name.
[QUOTE=cmyk]
Cubs. Yankees. Sox. Hrmm, hope at least one was right
I don’t like it as much as you do. Sorry.
WOW! Opera, that’s a new one. Beats me.
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So I guess that’s +2, -5 for a total of -3.
By the way, do you have a rule for these sorts of “x-points per right answer” type questions? It’s hard to figure out exactly how to score them. Or should we just not ask them?
[QUOTE=Pochacco]
Oooh, so close! 1984, was LA, not New York! And the '06 games were in Greece, but the city was Athens.
It’s kind of weird that you remembered '06. It wasn’t in a normal Olympics.
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Athens was '04. The '06 games (winter) were in Torino (Turin).
Who was the fattest U.S. President?
Difficulty 2
[QUOTE=Pochacco]
Oooh, so close! 1984, was LA, not New York! And the '06 games were in Greece, but the city was Athens.
It’s kind of weird that you remembered '06. It wasn’t in a normal Olympics.
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Maybe just give yourself 1 point for each one I got right. S’gotta count for something!
I wasn’t thinking, I should’ve put Athens (I really did know that), I only remembered that year/local since I thought it cool that the games be hosted by the country of their original inception.
Spirit and Opportunity, when capitalized and treated as a collective group refers to what? (I’m going to call this a three pointer)
[QUOTE=fachverwirrt]
Athens was '04. The '06 games (winter) were in Torino (Turin).
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It was Athens in 1906, not 2006.
Although, upon reflection, I suppose **cmyk ** meant the latter … .
(Difficulty 2)
Match the philosopher with the philosophy. In no particular order:
Descartes
Kant
Nietzsche
Existence is not a predicate
God is dead
I think; therefore, I am
[QUOTE=Pochacco]
It was Athens in 1906, not 2006.
Although, upon reflection, I suppose **cmyk ** meant the latter … .
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Huh, never heard of a 1906 Olympics. Even an “unofficial one”. Interesting.
[QUOTE=fachverwirrt]
By the way, do you have a rule for these sorts of “x-points per right answer” type questions? It’s hard to figure out exactly how to score them. Or should we just not ask them?
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It does make it complicated, and more risky for the players. I’d try to itemize the questions as much as possible. Or quantize it in such a way where if you say name 4 of the blankity-blanks, and I only name 3, it counts as 3 points.
The best and easiest way is to just have one possible answer to one question, and leave it at that.
[QUOTE=Pochacco]
It was Athens in 1906, not 2006.
Although, upon reflection, I suppose **cmyk ** meant the latter … .
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(yeh, shit. I did mean the latter… sorry! I thought it was a winter game.)
[QUOTE=DJ Motorbike]
Who was the fattest U.S. President?
Difficulty 2
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Teddy?