# Questions Only thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 22, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667 "2020-06-22T15:07:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 219
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4362 "2022-09-29T15:34:13Z")
You didn’t penalize me for doubting you, did you? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4363 "2022-09-29T16:55:13Z")
Why would he? ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4364 "2022-09-29T17:03:55Z")
Don’t you think it’s reasonable to ask about the point-awarding system? ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4365 "2022-09-29T17:26:54Z")
Do you think that life after death is a viable concept for the working classes, bearing in mind Marx’s dictum that religion is merely a panacea to paper over the cracks of a decaying society ? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4366 "2022-09-29T17:58:32Z")
_Must_ we drag Marxism into this? ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4367 "2022-09-29T18:27:12Z")
Now that he’s aware of the tally sheet, does it seem like **pjd** is just trolling for points with that question? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4368 "2022-09-29T19:12:52Z")
Should we establish a panel of judges amongst ourselves to decide if **pjd** ’s question was worth any points? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4369 "2022-09-29T19:42:05Z")
Any volunteers? ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4370 "2022-09-29T19:43:12Z")
What are the qualifications? Where would a potentially interested person send a resume? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4371 "2022-09-29T19:44:47Z")
Does anyone else feel that qualified members of the panel should have a degree in Tibetan Poetry? ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4372 "2022-09-29T19:46:03Z")
Don’t you think that seems self-evident? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4373 "2022-09-29T19:48:06Z")
Are there any other minimum judge qualifications we should establish? Like maybe criteria that would _disqualify_ one from being a judge? ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4374 "2022-09-29T20:10:58Z")
What about a degree in Vogon poetry? ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4375 "2022-09-29T22:03:33Z")
We can’t have anybody whose I.Q. is above 99 can we? Oh, and PJD, would you believe that your question, above, gets you 10.5 points? ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4376 "2022-09-29T23:11:48Z")
What good is half a point? ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4377 "2022-09-29T23:18:05Z")
Do get extra points if you get them in the right order ? ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4378 "2022-09-30T04:03:30Z")
Does .25 points for each of you do it for you? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4379 "2022-09-30T12:25:20Z")
Is it just me or does anyone else find that to be quite unsatisfactory? ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4380 "2022-09-30T12:28:48Z")
Who else thinks that points should be awarded in multiples of pi? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4381 "2022-09-30T12:35:59Z")
If we started awarding points based on pi, where would that end? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=218) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=220)