Um…bump…we only have 40 responses. WTF.
Problem is two-fold:
- People aren’t supposed to read this far in the thread without answering first, so they don’t see your note about more responses
AND
- After this many responses, those of us who know about this “game” think the game is closed. So they either skip by it or read through, only to find that they’ve ruined it by reading the thread.
OR
- Neither of the above.
If you don’t get more responses you might want to just close it out at 40.
Yeah, I was afraid of that. Hopefully, over the next few TF threads, people will figure out what the deal is. I tried to say in the OP not to assume that the game’s over if there have been more than 50 responses, since people tend to chatter a lot in the thread, but I guess a lot of people are just skipping the thread entirely. We may end up having to cut it off at 40, as you say.
There’s also no particular reason why things need to add to 100. You could just say “all entires in the next 48/72 hours will be accepted”, and just use however many there are as the total. (And there’s also really no need to have it be 2 points per, instead of 1 point per… keep the scoring as simple as possible.)
Also, it is the holiday season, and there are those who aren’t around right now who might otherwise contribute to the game. I’d just be patient with this one until the holidays (and the hangovers) are done with, or we reach 50 responses, whichever comes first.
I’ve mostly been having 2 points per, out of 1000 points, because it keeps scores relatively consistent across games. I’m starting to get the idea that it’s time to cut this one loose, though, so I’m going to start calculating scores after dinner tonight. Any entries that slip in before I post the final scores will be counted.
Tough to see if the game is still on if you can’t read the thread…
- Cockney
- Watts riot, Los Angeles, CA–1965
- California
- France
- Cricket
- MS-DOS
- Superfreak by Rick James
- Simpsons Movie
- William Shakespeare
- Halo 3
The Responses!
1. Name an English dialect spoken somewhere in the British Isles.
Cockney 29
Scottish 4
Liverpool 2
2. What was the most destructive riot in living memory?
Watts 1965 (LA) 18
LA 1992 (Rodney King) 18
12th Street 1967 (Detroit) 2
Brixton 2
3. Which area is most prone to natural disasters?
Southeast Asia 7
California 7
Florida 4
Gulf Coast 4
Bangladesh 3
Pacific Rim 3
Indonesia 2
Coastal 2
4. Name a country occupied by Germany during World War II.
Poland 19
France 18
Austria 2
5. What is the most popular pastime in Australia?
Rugby 11
Drinking/beer 9
Cricket 7
Surfing 5
Football (Aussie rules) 2
6.Name an operating system besides Windows, Mac OS and Linux.
DOS 15
Unix 11
OS/2 6
Amiga 2
7. Which 1970s song has been sampled the most in hip-hop music?
Pass 13
Funky Drummer 3
Superfreak 3
Jungle Boogie 3
Under Pressure 2
Impeach the President 2
8. What was the best movie of 2007?
No Country for Old Men 6
Simpsons 6
Ratatouille 5
Harry Potter 4
Pass 4
300 2
Sweeney Todd 2
9. Name one of the top five most popular writers whose work is in the public domain.
Shakespeare 27
Dickens 4
Twain 3
Austen 2
10. Which video game holds the record for most opening-day sales?
Halo 3: 25
Halo: 5
GTA: San Andreas 2
(Ok, pretend I’m shouting these answers out off the top of my head, ok?)
- Cockney!
- LA Riots (90’s?)
- Bangladesh
- Being a criminal!
- SuSe!
- Pass
- Harry Potter!
- Shakespeare!
- World of Warcraft!
- Cockney
- Los Angeles/Rodney King riots (1990?)
- Pacific islands
- France
- cricket
- DOS
- Voulez vous couche avec moi - whatever the hell the name of that song is.
- 3:10 to Yuma
- Saul of Tarsus/St. Paul
- Halo 3
Hmm… I probably ought to look at the timestamps on these threads before I post answers.
Diomedes wins again with 356 points!
- Diomedes 356
- MaxTheVool 344
- coffinjumper 330
- Tamex 324
- ArizonaTeach 324
- Lsura 312
- Captain Carrot 310
- Frosted Glass 310
- Mangetout 306
- Sternvogel 304
- elucidator 302
- cmkeller 302
- Onomatopoeia 296
- Mindfield 290
- This’ll Do 278
- iamthewalrus(:3= 272
- Really Not All That Bright 270
- Roland Orzabal 264
- Diogenes the Cynic 262
- Spoons 260
- grimpixie 258
- ivylass 254
- 5 time champ 254
- Enginerd 248
- Interrobang!? 244
- Fetchund 238
- Paintcharge 230
- Yeticus Rex 212
- ShibbOleth 212
- Gala Matrix Fire 210
- Clockwork Jackal 204
- Mahna Mahna 194
- freckafree 190
- Purgatory Creek 184
- Hostile Dialect 182
- Dolores Reborn 176
- Panurge 176
- Justin Credible 158
- Fretful Porpentine 156
- Bricker 154
- jasonh300 152
- Struan 114
Well, at least I’m in the top half. 
Wait, is “pass” worth points?
Yep.
ETA: It blew all the other answers out of the water on the 70s song question.
Damn! I thought passing was just a non-answer. I had no idea what to put there. Shoulda passed.
I don’t think “pass” should be worth points, myself.
w00t! 3rd. Best I’ve placed in anything since the local competition with showtunes lyrics.
Hey! 36th. Last time I was 49th I think. With this kind of progress I’ll be stealing the show in a few more rounds.
Bah. I knew Liverpudlian was going to screw me, but I couldn’t help myself. I’ll know enough next time to ‘pass’ on the hard answers–unless we agree that it’s not point-worthy, of course.
Hooray! I’ve played in three of these, and come in first, second and first. Truly, I know the simplistic and most obvious answers to everything!
As far as passing goes, I think it’s valid for the trivia version of this game: it’s a guess that the question is esoteric enough that people jsut won’t know what to put. If a player ‘passed’ on most of these questions, they’d get no points at all.
Mind if I start up one of these next, Hostile?