# SDMB Trivia

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-trivia/77705>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 23, 2001, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-trivia/77705 "2001-08-23T12:47:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-trivia/77705/21 "2001-08-23T18:08:42Z")

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Where is user10k? I havn’t seen much by him in a long time.

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**Author:** ![Syzygy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Syzygy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syzygy)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-trivia/77705/22 "2001-08-23T18:39:37Z")

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1. **Don’t poke the bear, Dad!** is my favorite.

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**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-trivia/77705/23 "2001-08-23T19:05:05Z")

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“3. A number of Dopers have changed their names. Give me ten.”

ssskuggiii “Deep Indigo Shadows” or something like that, Cyni “Portnoy”, Portnoy “Mr. Cynical”, Mr. Cynical “Manservant Hecubus”, MaxTorque “Max Torque”, CKDextHavn “C K Dext Haven”, msrobyn “MsRobyn”, Jodih “Jodi”, Stoidela “Stoid”, spritle “Holden MacRoyne”, holden macroyne “Spritle”, mojo57(?) “The Mermaid”, drainthelizard “Lizard”, threebunnymama “bunnymama”

“4. Dopers love animals. Give me 20 poster names with animals.”

bunnygirl, red\_dragon, threebunnymama (now known as bunymama), brachyrhynchos, falcon2, scylla (mythical beast), fenris (mythical beast), . . .

“7. Give me 3 “Daves”.”

Weirddave, David B, DaveWandsuoenumber.

“8. Give me a poster with no letters in their name.”

“:-)” and " " are both posters here, though " " is now FormerlyKnownasBlank.

“9. Give me 3 posters with more than 12 letters in their name.”

Qadgop the Mercotan, The Infraggable Krunk, MagicalSilverKey

1. In what order did the moderators first become such?

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**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-trivia/77705/24 "2001-08-23T19:56:16Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by screech-owl \*  
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> > [@](#):
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> > \*Originally posted by bunnymom \*  
> > **4.Bunnymom, BunnyGirl, Mamahen, Mamapotamus, Chickenhead, screech owl, Colibri(thats a hummingbord, isnt it?), Duck Duck Goose, Lizard, RTFirefly, Bad News Baboon, Zebra. Well, thats 12 of us anyway.**
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> Off the top of my head -
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> maidenunicorn  
> Giraffe  
> OpalCat  
> Falcon  
> Thunderowl (posted once)  
> BlinkingDuck  
> Corvus (first half of American crow)  
> brachyrinchus (2nd half of American crow)  
> Kestrel  
> Tgyr (close enough!)  
> Fairy Princess Kitty  
> brother rat  
> beagledave  
> Wolverine  
> Jack Batty  
> Danielinthewolvesden  
> Spider Woman  
> DeathLlama  
> imthecowgodmoo  
> iamthewalrus(:3=  
> Catrandom  
> Shadowfox  
> TheLoadedDog  
> Talkinsquirrel  
> porcupine  
> Tequila Mockingbird  
> Turbo Dog  
> Ivorybill \*\*

_Ahem_  
I’ll just be standing over here in the corner…sulking…unnoticed by all others…

\<sniff\>

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**Author:** ![red\_dragon60](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@red\_dragon60](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/red_dragon60)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-trivia/77705/25 "2001-08-23T20:18:41Z")

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Actually, for #5 I was thinking of a certain Muse of memory…

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**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-trivia/77705/26 "2001-08-23T20:27:30Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Darwin’s Finch \*  
> \*\*_Ahem_  
> I’ll just be standing over here in the corner…sulking…unnoticed by all others…  
> \<sniff\> \*\*

I’m with ya, hon. ☹

-BK (you know, like a BABY BOBCAT???)

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-trivia/77705/27 "2001-08-24T00:45:40Z")

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> \*Originally posted by red\_dragon60 \*  
> \*\*Actually, for #5 I was thinking of a certain Muse of memory… \*\*

Oh. Mnemnosene. (Insert usual spelling disclaimer here)

Don’t we have a Calliope here, too? Wasn’t that the name of a muse of music or something?

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**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-trivia/77705/28 "2001-08-24T01:01:28Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by bobkitty \*  
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> > [@](#):
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> > \*Originally posted by Darwin’s Finch \*  
> > \*\*_Ahem_  
> > I’ll just be standing over here in the corner…sulking…unnoticed by all others…  
> > \<sniff\> \*\*
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> I’m with ya, hon. ☹
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> -BK (you know, like a BABY BOBCAT???) \*\*

The very cool **Ice Wolf**. sheesh.

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**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-trivia/77705/29 "2001-08-24T01:02:48Z")

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For the Muse question, I was thinking of Digital Muse.

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**Author:** ![Protesilaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-trivia/77705/30 "2001-08-24T02:02:46Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Smeghead \*  
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> > [@](#):
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> > \*Originally posted by red\_dragon60 \*  
> > \*\*Actually, for #5 I was thinking of a certain Muse of memory… \*\*
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> Oh. Mnemnosene. (Insert usual spelling disclaimer here)
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> Don’t we have a Calliope here, too? Wasn’t that the name of a muse of music or something? \*\*

I thought there might be, but I couldn’t find one. I could have sworn we had a Terpsichore here also.

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**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-trivia/77705/31 "2001-08-24T03:04:09Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by TheLoadedDog \*  
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> > [@](#):
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> > \*Originally posted by bobkitty \*  
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> > > [@](#):
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> > > \*Originally posted by Darwin’s Finch \*  
> > > \*\*_Ahem_  
> > > I’ll just be standing over here in the corner…sulking…unnoticed by all others…  
> > > \<sniff\> \*\*
> > 
> > I’m with ya, hon. ☹
> > 
> > -BK (you know, like a BABY BOBCAT???) \*\*
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> The very cool **Ice Wolf**. sheesh. \*\*

And, unless I missed him, I didn’t see **Crunchy Frog** listed in this context, either!

Say…does **Duck Duck Goose** count as two choices? Three maybe?

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**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-trivia/77705/32 "2001-08-24T03:19:07Z")

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For #2, there’s also the GHF board.

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**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-trivia/77705/33 "2001-08-24T03:26:41Z")

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For fun, name all of the posters with “girl” or some derivation thereof in their name.

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**Author:** ![Dave\_Stewart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Dave\_Stewart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Stewart)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-trivia/77705/34 "2001-08-24T06:59:22Z")

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What’s with all the hidden forums? Administration?

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**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-trivia/77705/35 "2001-08-24T13:45:40Z")

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I’m guessing they will be just what they say they are: archives (read-only, at that.)

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-trivia/77705/36 "2001-08-24T13:55:44Z")

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I qualify for 2 of the catagories.

Who can guess which, & give full supporting info?

Longtime Dopers?

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**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-trivia/77705/37 "2001-08-24T14:14:50Z")

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Name longer than 12 characters (#9) and I’m guessing you changed your name (#3), but I’ve not any evidence.

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**Author:** ![red\_dragon60](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@red\_dragon60](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/red_dragon60)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-trivia/77705/38 "2001-08-24T19:32:49Z")

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Still haven’t got the Dragon one answered yet…

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**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-trivia/77705/39 "2001-08-24T19:48:54Z")

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**red\_dragon60**  
**RainbowDragon**  
**dragongirl**  
**Dragon Ash**

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**Author:** ![mblackwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mblackwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mblackwell)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-trivia/77705/40 "2001-08-24T20:07:18Z")

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Dragon Phoenix.

Another question, how many posters have “monster” or a derivation there of in thier name?

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