That list has a few wrong…“tortilla” should be “tamale”, “Canterbury Cathedral” should be “Chaucer” (they asked for the author (I think)), and I THINK because the category was “Homophones”, they’d accept either “brewed” or “brood”. I don’t even remember what the question for #17 was off the top of my head.
Several in that list are definitely wrong; I count 36 that I got also.
I know they don’t give out results, but do they say how may is a passing score?
37 … I didn’t remember answering “brood”, but I had brewed…
What was the Billy Elliot question?
A quick count gives me about 37 right. So I may actually qualify this time.
“The Sun King” is a literal translation of the French epithet they gave in the question, but I assumed they were looking for his actual name, Louis XIV.
Also, I put “Lord’s Prayer”. “Paternoster” is technically correct, but it’s just the Latin for the beginning words they gave in the question.
They don’t say, but a pretty solid theory among fans is that it’s 35 or higher.
I believe on #1, they wanted the name of the king, not the English translation of his title. So that would be Louis XIV. Also, I believe #31 is The Lord’s Prayer. Pater Noster is just a Latin translation of Our Father.
Or what jayjay said.
The Billy Elliot question asked about a musical with the music of Elton John where a boy goes from boxing to ballet.
Ah, that makes sense.
So, corrections that make sense:
- Louis XIV
- Jaws
- Angels and Demons
- Providence
- tamale
- Luther Burbank
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- calf
- Fort Sumter
- The Scream
- Roswell
- Top Chef
- Saudi Arabia
- iPhone
- Macbeth
- pink eye
- haberdashery
- Delilah
- Siberia
- Gothic
- Krakatoa
- The Edge
- rock salt
- Toronto
- Nashville
- The Shipping News
- brood/brewed
- Mozart
- The Battle Hymn of the Republic
- PETA
- Lord’s Prayer
- Zagat
- Florida
- porcupine
- Mitch Mcconell
- Chaucer
- Welfare
- shiatsu
- Canberra
- Billy Elliot
- Trousseau
- Friday
- Arabic
- Colin Firth
- Mir
- energy
- Colorado
- Nixon
- Andrew Jackson
- Bob Dylan Thomas
Something like “Elton John scored his journey from boxing to ballet” under the category “Theater”.
ETA: Or what Nuveena said. ![]()
I’m down to 34, then.
If that list is right, I got 44 (assuming they count fla for Florida and brewed for brood/brewed). I had no idea on Burbank and Fort Sumter. I blanked on Krakatoa and rock salt (duh). I said Mitch Daniels instead of Mitch McConnell (seeing the category too late), and I said Rio Grande instead of Colorado.
I hope they give me credit for my McConnell answer. I had entered McConnell, panicked because I saw the “M.M.” in quotes in the category name (despite the last name rule), went back to type “Mitch”, and got as far as having “mitmcconnell” entered when it advanced to the next question.
I also think I stupidly typed “louis xvi” instead of “louis xiv”. I think I’m at 37 without either of those though. Time to cross fingers.
Did the same. Always get those two mixed up. Ah well. Only got around half out of 50, judging by the better numbers others got, I won’t have to worry about being contacted. ![]()
I do wonder how they grade though. Is it better to have a wrong answer or no answer? Only worth asking because a wrong answer on the show hurts you, whereas a non-answer is neutral.
They count the same.
Holy spit.
I got 41 right, if they are liberal with spelling.
- Worst I’ve ever done. Damn. I could’ve used the ego boost that just doing well on the test would’ve given me.
Oh, and this is how the opera question went for me exactly.
Marriage of Figaro? Moz [backspace][backspace][backspace] it wouldn’t be that. has to be someone actually Italian Ver[backspace][backspace][backspace] Ros DING (time’s up)
Always go with your gut!