# Duck, Duck, Looser! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 10, 2000, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duck-duck-looser/12682 "2000-01-10T03:06:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Krispy\_Original](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ec9cab/32.png) [@Krispy\_Original](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krispy_Original)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2000, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duck-duck-looser/12682/21 "2000-01-11T07:59:00Z")
kellibelli, I don’t know whether that guy would have got the $1M question right even with another lifeline anyway…he seemed to me to think it was a trick question of some sort and I would not have had faith in the audience on that one. I would have walked away at that point too…for what it’s worth though…my guess on that last one _was_ Dutch… * * * Krispy Original – voted SDMB’s 19th most popular poster (1999) ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2000, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duck-duck-looser/12682/22 "2000-01-11T08:10:00Z")
Kripsy, the irony is, I wouldn’t have known the million dollar answer at all, had it not been for the SD (I’d have guessed German). But I had just read a topic today, posted on GQ, asking for a translation of a caption from the original book, and the consensus was that the language was Dutch. Of course I was SCREAMING at the tv, as though he could hear me 😃 And Kaje, just so you don’t feel alone, I did the exact same thing at a spelling bee once. I was in the 4th grade and it had come down to me and one other girl. My butchered word was ‘stomach’. I spelled it out, s - t - o - m - a - c - h —(insert semi-long pause)— e. _Sigh_ Oh well, we can’t win everything, right? * * * “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” - Anne Frank ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2000, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duck-duck-looser/12682/23 "2000-01-11T13:03:00Z")
I knew the Anne Frank question, but the Alexander the Great question had me completely stumped. I felt sorry for that poor slob that asked the audience to help him with the capital of Australia…I’d have been one of the idiots who advised him to pick Melbourne. ---
**Author:** ![ThereWolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4da419/32.png) [@ThereWolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThereWolf)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2000, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duck-duck-looser/12682/24 "2000-01-11T17:10:00Z")
manhattan, Thanks. I had forgotten kellibelli’s whereaboots. 🙂 Last night’s Australia question permanently solidifies the disdain held internationally for the U.S. educational system. I hope they don’t put the program in worldwide syndication; maybe no one will notice how ignorant 84% of the audience (and the contestant) were of geography. My wife quipped that the 16% that suggested the correct answer were probably vacationing in NYC from abroad. * * * Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball. ---
**Author:** ![boli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e99b99/32.png) [@boli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boli)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2000, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duck-duck-looser/12682/25 "2000-01-11T17:49:00Z")
Add another vote for “duck duck gray duck” (here in Iowa). I have to admit I stared blankly at the screen, because the way WE played it, you said “duck” as many times as you wanted. Therefore, the answer could’ve been either “duck” or “goose” (gray duck). ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2000, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duck-duck-looser/12682/26 "2000-01-11T19:07:00Z")
OK, so what **is** duck duck goose? Some kind of kid’s game? ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2000, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duck-duck-looser/12682/27 "2000-01-11T20:11:00Z")
Little Nemo, I admit that History is not my strong subject, but who else was impeached? Nixon resigned if I recall correctly. Just wondering… Enright3 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2000, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duck-duck-looser/12682/28 "2000-01-11T20:22:00Z")
Enright: Andrew Johnson was impeached. Arnold: Duck, Duck, Goose is a kid’s game. Don’t remember exactly how it’s played, unfortunately. * * * JMCJ **_Not Even Mentioned_ Most Popular Poster of the 20th Century Competition As overseen by Coldfire** ---
**Author:** ![Dizzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d78d45/32.png) [@Dizzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dizzy)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2000, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duck-duck-looser/12682/29 "2000-01-11T20:32:00Z")
Um, well Clinton was impeached… And duck, duck goose is a childrens’ game, in which children sit in a circle and the “it” child walks behind them, patting each head as she goes. she says, “Duck… duck… duck…” for each head she pats. Then she picks one child and says, “GOOSE!”. The picked child then must chase the “it” child around the circle once, and if he catches her, that child is still “it” If not, the “picked” child becomes it. Very fun-- if you are 6. * * * Dizzy _You people have been holding me back long enough! I’m going to clown college!_ ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2000, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duck-duck-looser/12682/30 "2000-01-11T20:35:00Z")
Or drunk, coed and naked. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2000, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duck-duck-looser/12682/31 "2000-01-11T21:03:00Z")
My college years were long ago. So when we were asked “Who is the only American president to have been impeached?” we correctly answered “Andrew Johnson”. The judge however insisted that the answer was “Andrew Jackson” and that her decision was final. I don’t watch quiz shows so I’m wondering; What did the contestant guess came after “duck, duck”? What was the Anne Frank question? Did he or she know Canberra was the capital of Australia? And what was the Alexander the Great question? ---
**Author:** ![Lucky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Lucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2000, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duck-duck-looser/12682/32 "2000-01-11T21:05:00Z")
Funnier than the “duck, duck, goose” question was when Regis didn’t know how to pronounce “Pythagorus”. Does he not review the material before the taping? I was LMAO. * * * “I should not take bribes and Minister Bal Bahadur KC should not do so either. But if clerks take a bribe of Rs 50-60 after a hard day’s work, it is not an issue.” ----Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, Current Prime Minister of Nepal ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2000, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duck-duck-looser/12682/33 "2000-01-11T22:00:00Z")
It’s nice to see you back Arnold. I missed seeing your postings over the holidays, as I enjoy reading them. To expand a bit on Dizzy’s “Duck, Duck, Goose” description; the object is for the “it” person, after having deemed someone a “goose” by tapping them on the head, to run the circle around the seated children and sit down in the spot having been vacated by the “goose” before the “goose” can tag them. If the “goose” tags them, they do remain the “it” person. If they can make it all the way around and sit down without being tagged, the “goose” becomes “it” and continues circling the group, tapping heads as “ducks” until he chooses a new “goose.” Little Nemo posted [quote] I don’t watch quiz shows so I’m wondering; What did the contestant guess came after “duck, duck”? What was the Anne Frank question? Did he or she know Canberra was the capital of Australia? And what was the Alexander the Great question? [quote] 1. The contestant polled the audience and correctly responded “goose.” 2. The Anne Frank question was, “In what language were the original diaries of Anne Frank published?” The contestant got hung up on the word “published,” feeling that that might not have been the same language AF had originally _written_ them in. He chose not to guess after phoning his mother and her saying she remembered AF having been hidden by a family in Holland, but believing the diaries had been published in German. After he threw in the towel, he said that if he had had to guess, he’d have guessed French (the choices were Dutch, English, French and German). The correct answer, of course, is Dutch. 3. No, the dingbat did not know the capitol of Australia, nor did the audience. 4. I don’t remember the exact question about Alexander the Great, but it was something like, “Who taught Alexander the Great?” Lucky posted [quote] Does he not review the material before the taping? [quote] No, he doesn’t review the material first. When the question pops up on the screen in front of him, that’s the first time he’s seen it. * * * “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” - Anne Frank ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2000, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duck-duck-looser/12682/34 "2000-01-11T22:47:00Z")
1. (Something along the lines of): “Which philosopher instructed Alexander the Great?” The choices were: A. Socrates B. Pythagoras (which Regis pronounced "PITH- a-gor-as) C. Aristotle D. Pluto The correct answer was C. ---
**Author:** ![Meow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Meow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meow)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2000, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duck-duck-looser/12682/35 "2000-01-11T22:56:00Z")
I seem to remember duck duck goose having a mush pot as well, the center of the circle. If the it kid didn’t make it around and was caught by the goose, they had to sit in the mush pot, is how I remember it, until someone else was caught. boy, who thinks these things up?? Meow! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2000, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duck-duck-looser/12682/36 "2000-01-12T03:54:00Z")
I am not ashamed to admit that I didn’t know the answer to Duck, Duck, question. And to guess and get it wrong on 100 $ question is stupid. He did the right thing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duck-duck-looser/12682.md?page=1)