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Name an English dialect spoken somewhere in the British Isles.
Cockney -
What was the most destructive riot in living memory? (ETA: Please include both location and general date–usually a decade is good enough.)
Watts Riots ca 1965 -
Which area is most prone to natural disasters?
California -
Name a country occupied by Germany during World War II.
France -
What is the most popular pastime in Australia?
drinking beer -
Name an operating system besides Windows, Mac OS, and Linux.
OS/2 -
Which 1970s song has been sampled the most in hip-hop music?
Under Pressure by Queen -
What was the best movie of 2007?
300 -
Name one of the top five most popular writers whose work is in the public domain.
William Shakespeare -
Which video game holds the record for most opening-day sales?
**Halo **
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Name an English dialect spoken somewhere in the British Isles.
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What was the most destructive riot in living memory? (ETA: Please include both location and general date–usually a decade is good enough.)
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Which area is most prone to natural disasters?
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Name a country occupied by Germany during World War II.
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What is the most popular pastime in Australia?
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Name an operating system besides Windows, Mac OS, and Linux.
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Which 1970s song has been sampled the most in hip-hop music?
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What was the best movie of 2007?
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Name one of the top five most popular writers whose work is in the public domain.
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Which video game holds the record for most opening-day sales?
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Pikie (Brad Pitt in “Snatch”)
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Watts L.A. late 70’s
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Indonesia
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France
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Cricket
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OS-2
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Under Pressure by Queen & Bowie
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No Country for Old Men
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Shakespeare
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Halo-3
Ha! I honestly didn’t think of those. I was thinking more of earthquakes (the Pacific “Ring of Fire”) and typhoons and such. But hey, Godzilla and company? Why not? 
- Cockney
- Watts Riots, Los Angeles, 1965
- (is this U.S. or worldwide?) Gulf Coast, for the U.S.
- Poland
- Beer
- Unix
- pass
- Ratatouille
- William Shakespeare
- pass
1: Irish
2: LA 1992
3: South-East Asia
4: France
5: Consumption of alcohol
6: Amiga Workbench
7: Funky Drummer
8: Eastern Promises
9: William Shakespeare
10: Super Mario Galaxy
OK, I wrote a Python program to calculate the scores, and I did a hell of a lot of debugging, but it just spat out the list of responses, calculated my score so far, and died. Hopefully I’ll get it working by the time the game ends.
Anyway, here is the list of responses so far:
- Name an English dialect spoken somewhere in the British Isles.
Cockney 22
Scottish 3
Liverpool/Scouse 2
No score yet:
Irish
British
Yorkshire
Cant*
Geordie
- “Pikey” is an ethnic slur. You meant “cant” or “gamin”, which is a language, not a dialect.
- What was the most destructive riot in living memory?
I’m having trouble with this one. Someone said “Brixton, 1950s” but the only info on a Brixton riot I could find was about one that happened in 1981. Someone else just said “Brixton”, so I don’t know whether to combine those scores or not. Can any of the Queen’s people help me out here?
LA/Rodney King 15
LA/Watts 13
Detroit/12th Street 2
- Which area is most prone to natural disasters?
Southeast Asia 7
California 5
Gulf Coast 3
Southeast USA 2
Pacific Rim 2
Indonesia 2
Bangladesh 2
Florida 2
No score yet:
Caribbean
Indian Subcontinent
India
Japan
Thailand
Coastal areas
Southern California
- Name a country occupied by Germany during World War II.
Poland 18
France 12
No score yet:
Yugoslavia
Austria
- What is the most popular pastime in Australia?
Rugby 10
Beer 6
Cricket 5
Surfing 3
Drinking 2
(Yikes…)
No score yet:
Knife contest
Hiking
Football (Aussie)
BBQ
Knifey spoony (WTF?)
Crocodile wrestling
- Name an operating system besides Windows, Mac OS and Linux.
DOS 12
Unix 8
OS/2 5
Amiga 2
No score yet:
Firefox (nope…)
BeOS (I was hoping this one would have some points)
Pass
VMS
CP/M
- Which 1970s song has been sampled the most in hip-hop music?
Pass 12
Under Pressure 2
Funky Drummer 2
Impeach the President 2
Lots without scores…
- What was the best movie of 2007?
Simpsons 5
No Country for Old Men 4
Ratatouille 4
Harry Potter 3
Sweeney Todd 2
300 2
Lots of unique ones here too…
- Name one of the top five most popular writers whose work is in the public domain.
Shakespeare 21
Dickens 4
Austen 2
Twain 2
No score yet:
Doyle
Shakespeare, Dickens, Hemingway, Poe, Faulkner
Shelley
- Which video game holds the record for most opening-day sales?
Halo 3 (correct answer, BTW) 18
GTA: San Andreas 2
And lots of unique ones.
- Cockney
- Rodney King LA riots in the '90s
- Pacific Rim
- France
- Cricket
- DOS
- Jungle Boogie
- Atonement
- Shakespeare
- Halo 3
Its a Simpsons joke that plays off of the Crocodile Dundee exchange “Thats not a knife. This is a knife.”
Ha! Knifey spooney! I just saw that. Brilliant.
Frosted Glass:
In a similar vein, the Onion’s “atlas” Our Dumb World has a spot in Australia marked as the “Paul Hogan Institute for Knife Identification.” Brilliant stuff in there (though they were so thorough in other parts of the world, it was a little disappointing that they omitted a few Pacific Island nations entirely. Burnout, I guess).
They are one and the same - I have no idea where the 50’s came from…
Grim
- Cockney
- Watts 60’s
- Florida coast
- France
- Rugby
- Unix
- Pass
- Gone Baby Gone
- Shakespeare
- Halo 3
- Cockney
- Watts Riots
- Bangladesh
- France
- Drinking (Rugby, if that doesn’t count…)
- DOS (duh!)
- El Passo
- An Inconvenient Truth
- Shakespeare
- Halo 3
- Scottish
- Watts (late 60s?)
- California
- France
- Surfing
- Unix
- Superfreak
- No Country for Old Men
- Shakespeare
- Halo
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The Rules, in case you are new to this: DON’T READ THE THREAD BEFORE YOU POST!
- Name an English dialect spoken somewhere in the British Isles. Cockney
- What was the most destructive riot in living memory? (ETA: Please include both location and general date–usually a decade is good enough.) Watts 1960s
- Which area is most prone to natural disasters? Coastal
- Name a country occupied by Germany during World War II. France
- What is the most popular pastime in Australia? Football…Australian Rules
- Name an operating system besides Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. Win 32
- Which 1970s song has been sampled the most in hip-hop music? Jungle Boogie
- What was the best movie of 2007? Ratatouille
- Name one of the top five most popular writers whose work is in the public domain. ** Edgar Allan Poe**
- Which video game holds the record for most opening-day sales? Halo 3
- Name an English dialect spoken somewhere in the British Isles. Cockney
- What was the most destructive riot in living memory? (ETA: Please include both location and general date–usually a decade is good enough.) Watts 1960s
- Which area is most prone to natural disasters? Coastal
- Name a country occupied by Germany during World War II. France
- What is the most popular pastime in Australia? Football…Australian Rules
- Name an operating system besides Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. Win 32
- Which 1970s song has been sampled the most in hip-hop music? Jungle Boogie
- What was the best movie of 2007? Ratatouille
- Name one of the top five most popular writers whose work is in the public domain. ** Edgar Allan Poe**
- Which video game holds the record for most opening-day sales? Halo 3
- Cockney
- 1992 Los Angeles riot triggered by acquittal of police in Rodney King beating
- Florida (hurricanes)
- Poland
- Surfing
- Unix
- Jungle Boogie (I admit to using Wiki to arrive at this answer)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Shakespeare
- Halo 3
Sorry, I’ve only heard the word in relation to that movie. No offense intended.
OK, guys, we need 11 more.
- Cockney
- LA, following the Rodney King incident (circa 1990)
- Central America
- Austria
- Rooting.
- O/S2 Warp
- *Funky Drummer * - James Brown
- No Country for Old Men
- Mark Twain
- Halo3