162. Raskolnikov - 5/30/2002 2:56:43 PM
(snaps out of it)
163. theDiva - 5/30/2002 2:56:57 PM
Very impressive, Daniel.
164. theDiva - 5/30/2002 2:57:29 PM
hahahahah
165. Indiana Jones - 5/30/2002 3:16:15 PM
So that means the winner of me and anomiene has to play the winner of Rask and CalGal?
This is like the winner of Spartacus vs. Antoninus gets crucified.
Unless the General has opted for "Obscure Biblical Passages" as a primary question source.
166. ivan osokin - 5/30/2002 3:20:07 PM
PelleNillson's Analysis:
"I note that ivan sounds very pessimistic re his chances against me. Over here this is known as a Finnish prediction, You downplay your own abilities in order to appear all the more triumphant and praiseworthy after the game is won."
actually, it's really the "Dutch Prediction" (i am from manhattan, after all)...the one that says that i'm truly below sea-level and will easily be flooded despite the dikes. don't worry. if i win, i'll gloat like all get out.
167. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 3:41:12 PM
Indy
That's your draw.
REMEMBER - TONITE - 11:00 PM EASTERN STANDARD TIME - THE RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE --
RASKOLNIKOV VERSUS CALGAL
TO DETERMINE THE FIRST CARCASS OF "21"
168. PelleNilsson - 5/30/2002 3:41:30 PM
Daniel constructs a table! One is tempted to quote Dr Johnson: "It is like watching a dog walk on its hind legs: it is ugly, but one marvels that it can be done at all".
169. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 3:41:37 PM
BE THERE!
170. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 3:41:55 PM
171. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 3:42:11 PM
Or, rather, be here.
172. Ms. No - 5/30/2002 3:42:24 PM
toycheck
173. PelleNilsson - 5/30/2002 3:42:49 PM
Toys?
174. theDiva - 5/30/2002 3:42:52 PM
Anyway, I'm wondering whether the moderator can be bribed.
175. Ms. No - 5/30/2002 3:43:44 PM
Only if you take out yer dentures, Granny.
176. Ms. No - 5/30/2002 3:44:38 PM
okay, sorry that was tres grody, but I couldn't stop myself in time.
177. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 3:53:42 PM
Diva
The moderator cannot be bribed, even if you were to show up at his door clad in nothing but the sweetest bee honey and a Carmen Miranda fruit hat, whispering "Mi, oh, mi pobre salamanca senor, tu muy guapo y mucho kick ass."
Hypothetically.
178. Indiana Jones - 5/30/2002 3:57:04 PM
Translation: All bribes must be offered via email.
179. theDiva - 5/30/2002 4:01:40 PM
Daniel
would black lace help?
180. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 4:08:22 PM
Hypothetically, it wouldn't hurt.
181. ivan osokin - 5/30/2002 4:11:29 PM
hey...if people are gonna start blowing the judges, how about the contestants too? i mean, i'd be willing to "take a dive" for the right price ;)
182. theDiva - 5/30/2002 4:17:00 PM
You mean you and Pelle? Geesh, that's deep.
183. betty - 5/30/2002 4:18:55 PM
Daniel,
i'll give you twice your asking price if you say yes to ivan's offer...I've been waiting years for this moment...SAY YES!
184. Indiana Jones - 5/30/2002 4:19:17 PM
The "take a dive" part has me totally confused as to who's going be doing what.
185. ivan osokin - 5/30/2002 4:24:36 PM
i guess the boxing metaphor wasn't clear. take a dive...fake being knocked out...hitting the canvas.
diva...deep, eh?
betty...keep dreaming.
indy...me, taking a dive (though it won't be necessary...i can say i did, though, to heal my wounded ego).
186. theDiva - 5/30/2002 4:24:54 PM
given Ivan's place of origin, I assume he is employing verbal shorthand for the NY metro colloquialism for cunnilingus, aka 'muff diving'.
187. theDiva - 5/30/2002 4:25:24 PM
oops. Crosspost, and boy was I wrong.
(blushing furiously)
188. ivan osokin - 5/30/2002 4:26:41 PM
ha hahaa...
diva, nice catch. yes, if my opponent was someone capable of receiving a performance of cunning linguistics (i.e., having the muff to dive into) then yes...sure...if they wanna let me win. after all, that fedora has my name on it.
189. betty - 5/30/2002 4:27:31 PM
damn it! you had me very excited.
190. PelleNilsson - 5/30/2002 4:29:00 PM
Well, ivan, if you present yourself with your limbs and vital parts sleek and shining from yak butter I may consider letting you lose gracefully.
191. theDiva - 5/30/2002 4:35:26 PM
sorry, betty. Youse will just have to work that out between you, heh heh.
(yak butter?)
192. ivan osokin - 5/30/2002 4:36:30 PM
hahaha...pellenilsson...do ye think me some kind of tibetan wrestler?
which reminds me of the one phrase i know in tibetan...a phrase that is possibly the most useless of any tibetan phrase (umlauts excluded cuz i can't figure out how to use them here):
"Poh-la, yak yo-ray." which means "In Tibet, there are yaks."
when would you EVER need to say that to a Tibetan?
sorry...the yak butter got me thinking of bhutan, mustang and ladakh and all those places i wish i could visit.
193. theDiva - 5/30/2002 4:53:43 PM
only in the Mote will you get snappin' and yak talk in the same thread.
194. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 10:00:51 PM
Rask, Cal
At 11:00 pm , confirm your presence by a post. I will then post a greeting and announce the start of the game.
Then I will post Question #1.
The correct answer must be given in two minutes (based on the time stamp). Once a correct answer is given, I will then award the point(i.e., "Point Cal" or "Point Rask").
If no correct answer is given, I will so inform you and post the correct answer.
My next post will be the next question.
And so on and so on.
See you shortly.
195. Raskolnikov - 5/30/2002 10:09:19 PM
Two more questions:
1) How picky will you be on spelling? Should we spend time making sure we spell "Hakeem Olajuwan" correctly, or is a phoenetic guess good enough?
2) Will the next question follow immediately after a correct answer, or will you wait for the two minutes to expire? (Potentially one person could be spending two minutes looking up an answer to a question, while that question gets answered, and several more get asked. Either option is justifiable, it would just be helpful to know in advance.
196. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 10:33:08 PM
1) Not picky. It is not a spelling bee.
2) It will follow a reasonable time after I award a point
So.
195. Daniel Sickles -5/31/02 3:09:19 AM
Question 1: At Cold Harbor, who commanded the Union forces?
196. CalGal - 5/31/02 3:10:19 AM
Grant
197. Raskolnikov - 5/31/02 3:10:44 AM
Grant
198. Daniel Sickles -5/31/02 3:11:14 AM
Point CalGal.
199 Daniel Sickles - 5/31/02 3:12:48 AM
Question 2 - In Hawaii, aloha means what?
197. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 10:55:16 PM
I am here early.
Remember, also, you get one post per question.
198. CalGal - 5/30/2002 10:56:06 PM
So if both people make incorrect answers, there is no second response?
199. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 10:57:07 PM
Exactly. We'll move to the next question.
Since you two are the virgins of "21", any other questions?
200. Raskolnikov - 5/30/2002 10:58:22 PM
I am here.
201. CalGal - 5/30/2002 10:58:22 PM
I'm as ready as I'll be.
202. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 10:59:11 PM
Okay, Let's play "21".
My next post will be question no. 1
203. Raskolnikov - 5/30/2002 10:59:23 PM
Good luck Cal
204. CalGal - 5/30/2002 10:59:47 PM
You too.
205. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:00:30 PM
1. Name the designer related to the star of "Joe Dirt"?
206. Raskolnikov - 5/30/2002 11:02:09 PM
kate spade
207. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:02:48 PM
Point Rask.
208. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:04:36 PM
2. Name a country that borders Nicaragua
209. Raskolnikov - 5/30/2002 11:04:54 PM
honduras
210. CalGal - 5/30/2002 11:05:10 PM
Honduras
211. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:05:45 PM
Point Rask
212. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:07:07 PM
3. Who was cast as Captain Willard before Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now?
213. Raskolnikov - 5/30/2002 11:07:30 PM
Keitel
214. CalGal - 5/30/2002 11:07:51 PM
Keitel
215. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:08:18 PM
Point Rask
216. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:09:31 PM
4. The ancient city of Constantinople is now known as?
217. CalGal - 5/30/2002 11:09:45 PM
Istanbul
218. Raskolnikov - 5/30/2002 11:09:49 PM
istanbul
219. CalGal - 5/30/2002 11:10:23 PM
Actually, I have no idea. I just know the song, and I no longer believe in Rask's slow connection time. (g)
220. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:10:36 PM
Point Cal
221. Raskolnikov - 5/30/2002 11:11:04 PM
crusin on 26k
222. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:11:27 PM
Who said, "We should seek by all means in our power to avoid war, by analyzing possible causes, by trying to remove them, by discussion in a
spirit of collaboration and good will. I cannot believe that such a program would be rejected by the people of this country, even if it does mean the establishment of personal contact with the dictators"?
223. Raskolnikov - 5/30/2002 11:12:21 PM
chamberlain
224. CalGal - 5/30/2002 11:12:24 PM
atlee
225. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:12:46 PM
Point Rask.
226. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:13:46 PM
6. In Greek mythology, who killed the Minotaur?
227. Raskolnikov - 5/30/2002 11:14:03 PM
theseus
228. CalGal - 5/30/2002 11:14:07 PM
Theseus
229. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:14:59 PM
Point Rask.
230. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:16:24 PM
7. eskwelahan is a word of what language beginning with the letter "T"?
231. Raskolnikov - 5/30/2002 11:17:34 PM
indonesian?
232. CalGal - 5/30/2002 11:18:07 PM
Tagalog
233. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:18:54 PM
Point CalGal
234. Raskolnikov - 5/30/2002 11:19:04 PM
fuck. Misread T as I
235. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:19:41 PM
8. Who was known as the "coachman of Europe"?
236. CalGal - 5/30/2002 11:20:10 PM
metternich
237. Raskolnikov - 5/30/2002 11:20:21 PM
Metternich
238. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:20:53 PM
Point CalGal
239. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:21:42 PM
9. Charles Frohman was aboard what ship when it sank?
240. CalGal - 5/30/2002 11:22:06 PM
lusitania
241. Raskolnikov - 5/30/2002 11:22:22 PM
lusitania
242. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:22:48 PM
Point CalGal
243. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:23:41 PM
10. Name the largest tribe in Rwanda?
244. CalGal - 5/30/2002 11:24:14 PM
hutu
245. Raskolnikov - 5/30/2002 11:24:18 PM
hutu
246. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:24:46 PM
Point Calgal (5 to 5)
247. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:25:26 PM
11. How many ribs do female humans have?
248. CalGal - 5/30/2002 11:25:53 PM
12?
249. CalGal - 5/30/2002 11:26:24 PM
Ack, you said ribs. I answered in pairs.
250. Raskolnikov - 5/30/2002 11:26:46 PM
14?
251. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:27:19 PM
No point awarded (the correct answer is 24)
252. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:28:22 PM
12. Name the lead pornographic movie actress who starred in "Behind the Green Door"?
253. CalGal - 5/30/2002 11:28:49 PM
Linda Lovelace?
254. Raskolnikov - 5/30/2002 11:29:06 PM
chambers
255. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:29:50 PM
Point Rask
256. CalGal - 5/30/2002 11:29:59 PM
Deep Throat, Green Doors, whatever.
257. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:30:34 PM
13. Who won the best supporting actor Oscar awarded in 2002?
258. CalGal - 5/30/2002 11:30:54 PM
Jim Broadbent
259. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:31:30 PM
Point CalGal
260. Raskolnikov - 5/30/2002 11:31:43 PM
braodbent
261. CalGal - 5/30/2002 11:31:54 PM
Did Rask get kicked off?
262. Raskolnikov - 5/30/2002 11:32:01 PM
spaced it.
263. CalGal - 5/30/2002 11:32:13 PM
Oh, there you are.
264. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:32:47 PM
14. Who was the Secretary General of the United Nations during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
265. Raskolnikov - 5/30/2002 11:33:52 PM
hammerskjold
266. CalGal - 5/30/2002 11:34:18 PM
Thant
267. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:35:04 PM
Point CalGal
268. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:35:42 PM
15. Name the Roman emperor who succeeded Tiberius?
269. Raskolnikov - 5/30/2002 11:35:56 PM
caligula
270. CalGal - 5/30/2002 11:36:04 PM
Caligula
271. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:36:38 PM
Point Rask (7 to 7)
272. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:37:46 PM
16. Name the Most Valuable Player from the 2002 Super Bowl.
273. CalGal - 5/30/2002 11:38:56 PM
Warner
274. Raskolnikov - 5/30/2002 11:39:36 PM
brady
275. CalGal - 5/30/2002 11:40:16 PM
The minute I typed it in I remembered the Pats. Arggh.
276. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:40:24 PM
Point Rask (by 10 seconds)
277. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:41:04 PM
17. What is the Japanese name of the fish delicacy that contains deadly poison in its organs?
278. Raskolnikov - 5/30/2002 11:41:18 PM
fugu!
279. CalGal - 5/30/2002 11:41:32 PM
fugu
280. Raskolnikov - 5/30/2002 11:41:39 PM
I hope the Simpsons are correct...
281. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:42:14 PM
Point Rask (Doh!)
282. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:42:44 PM
18. Name five female members currently in the United States Senate?
283. CalGal - 5/30/2002 11:43:58 PM
Murray
Boxer
Feinstein
Mikulski
Landrieu
284. Raskolnikov - 5/30/2002 11:44:02 PM
feinstein, boxer, clinton, carnahan, hutchinson
285. CalGal - 5/30/2002 11:44:50 PM
Ha! I can't believe what pressure does to me. Two years out of date!
286. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:45:58 PM
Point CalGal (Rask 9, Cal 8, three questions remaining)
287. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:47:10 PM
19. Name the first British prime minister.
288. Raskolnikov - 5/30/2002 11:48:04 PM
walpole?
289. CalGal - 5/30/2002 11:48:14 PM
I wasn't right.
Walpole.
290. CalGal - 5/30/2002 11:48:51 PM
And taking the ten seconds to post that cost me another point. Argh.
291. Raskolnikov - 5/30/2002 11:49:32 PM
I think your senate answers were right
292. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:49:59 PM
Point Rask (Cal, you were correct on question no. 18; Rask 10, Cal 8; two questions remaining)
293. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:50:56 PM
20. Name the protagonist of All Quiet on the Western Front?
294. CalGal - 5/30/2002 11:51:02 PM
Thanks for the distraction, Daniel. Rask, quit bribing him.
295. CalGal - 5/30/2002 11:51:36 PM
Paul
296. Raskolnikov - 5/30/2002 11:51:55 PM
paul baumer
297. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:52:26 PM
Point CalGal
(Rask 10; CalGal 9)
298. Raskolnikov - 5/30/2002 11:52:35 PM
ooh. judgment call.
299. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:53:02 PM
Judgment made. Point CalGal.
300. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:54:47 PM
21. Name a vice president who served under Franklin Delano Roosevelt who was NOT Truman?
301. Raskolnikov - 5/30/2002 11:55:22 PM
wallace
302. CalGal - 5/30/2002 11:55:26 PM
Garner
303. Daniel Sickles - 5/30/2002 11:57:37 PM
Point and Match - Rask
Rask 11
CalGal 9
I don't know about you, but I'm frazzled.
Great, great match.
304. Raskolnikov - 5/30/2002 11:58:15 PM
woof.
Nice, nice game Cal. I am also frazzled.
305. Raskolnikov - 5/30/2002 11:59:40 PM
btw, I wasn't questioning judgment on Western Front, just commenting that a judgment was going to be needed, as first names are usually not sufficient, but this doesn't always follow for fictional characters.
306. CalGal - 5/30/2002 11:59:54 PM
That was fun!
Minor quibbles:
I think answering ribs in pairs should have been accepted.
Second, I really was confused when you said I had that point and wasted time rereading my answers.
I've mulled the "Paul" answer, and I think that's okay, but Rask might not.
Great game, Rask. I think we were four seconds apart about 3 times.
307. Raskolnikov - 5/31/2002 12:00:48 AM
Nice moderating. Thanks for doing this, Mr Sickles. Writing questions is hard work.
308. CalGal - 5/31/2002 12:01:32 AM
But I think we should have a losers round!
309. Raskolnikov - 5/31/2002 12:03:43 AM
Quick tips:
1) For players: Save all appeals and discussion until there is a break in the game.
2) For moderator: There needs to be a break in the game. I recommend a pause at 10, and 20 questions. That way you can settle any appeals before the final question. It was grueling to do that for an hour straight.
310. Daniel Sickles - 5/31/2002 12:03:55 AM
Quibbles heard and hopefully, my game will get better. I'll try and chat less with the contestants, but given how close it was, I thought it best that you knew that the point you questioned was for certain yours. Similarly, I thought I had to let Rask know that he could not rely on the possibility of the "paul" point.
Again, great match, all.
Saying Goodnite, this is Dan Sickles for "21"!
311. Raskolnikov - 5/31/2002 12:05:47 AM
"I think answering ribs in pairs should have been accepted."
I personally would have taken it, given that your clarification on "pairs" came before the answer was given.
But I wouldn't have taken "Paul".
However, both were judgment calls under the discretion of the moderator. Neither were critical to the outcome of the game, either.
312. Raskolnikov - 5/31/2002 12:07:12 AM
And I think we were 4 seconds apart more than three times. As such, I kept cursing myself over every keyboard fumble, knowing it could cost me the game.
Damn close game.
313. Raskolnikov - 5/31/2002 12:12:41 AM
This might not be the right thread for it, but why can't I increase font sizes? When I try enlarge text, it enlarges some of the text, but not the text of the posts. That Tagalog question cost me (I saw a philippines link, but couldn't think of a PH language that started with I), and I would like to be able to avoid this in the future.
314. CalGal - 5/31/2002 12:14:36 AM
I had a great time and if I hadn't wasted time on fussing the senator answer, I would have gotten Walpole earlier and there's a good chance we'd have been tied. Given that you are trivia champeen of the universe, I feel I acquitted myself honorably.
You're right about questioning things; I should have done that. And I agree about the break.
The answers that haunt me are Bradley and Chambers. Football and porn, I knew them both if I'd let myself think a bit longer, and how often would that happen on those subject?
315. CalGal - 5/31/2002 12:15:49 AM
I don't know. It's probably something to do with the style sheets. Is your font that small?
316. CalGal - 5/31/2002 12:20:14 AM
Oh, and Daniel, you might want to put a link to the beginning of the game so that people can read back.
317. Raskolnikov - 5/31/2002 12:20:55 AM
Not horribly small. We just moved, and have a bad computer set-up. I am reading what looks like 12 point font from three feet away. I'll play around with it and see what I can do.
For what its worth, 5 questions had a 4 second time difference on response. Another 5 were under 15 seconds.
318. Raskolnikov - 5/31/2002 12:22:53 AM
The Tagalog one burns me, and I can't believe I spaced Jim Broadbent. I almost spaced henry wallace. I kept wanting to call him wallace- simpson.
319. CalGal - 5/31/2002 12:31:07 AM
You were so long on Broadbent I figured there must have been a power outage and you were gone for the evening.
That's pretty good on the time differences. We were close on most of them.
I had trouble getting into the rhythm of the game at first. You scored three unanswered points twice. I went four and would have been five had I answered the rib question properly, but never got a run going apart from that. The middle game was my strong point.
320. PelleNilsson - 5/31/2002 1:51:12 AM
Nice game. Both contestants were impressive.
321. betty - 5/31/2002 7:41:47 AM
Can I forfeit now or do I have to be humiliated?
322. theDiva - 5/31/2002 7:41:50 AM
good stuff! I like this.
323. betty - 5/31/2002 7:44:28 AM
Daniel,
more questions on Anarchism, Feminist theory, weaving, crochet and all questions should be able to be answered with a simpsons reference.
324. zojak quafeth - 5/31/2002 7:56:31 AM
Wow. Nice, nice game Rask and Cal.
And good job Mr. Sickles.
And looking at the questions along with how quickly rask and cal answered, I must say that I would have goten SMOKED that round.
I think I'm either gonna need some life lines or maybe some special questions like "what year did zojak's parents emigrate from Greece to Canada?" "How tall is zojak?" etc.
325. ivan osokin - 5/31/2002 8:02:18 AM
nice going cal and raskolnikov (speaks the humble razumihin)...
i would have been trounced so well you all would have wondered if i was actually playing at all.
i wish i had a better grasp of trivia and such...spent too much time seeking out the arcane and missed all those straightforward thingys.
btw: the porn question was too easy ;)
326. ivan osokin - 5/31/2002 8:03:23 AM
zojak:
can i guess?
parents emigrated: 1966
zojak's height: 5'8"
327. bubbaette - 5/31/2002 8:06:23 AM
Betty, muh dear, I doan know about you, but I may as well concede right now.
328. zojak quafeth - 5/31/2002 8:25:05 AM
Ivan,
Nice try, but two years too late and five inches too short.
Does this mean I start with 2 points?
329. DocBrown - 5/31/2002 10:05:15 AM
I watched most of the match live last night, and I must say it was very exciting!
This game was a real inspiraton, Mr. Sickles. Based on the subject matters selected so far, I will probably be eliminated in the first round. After I'm out, could you use a hand composing questions?
330. Raskolnikov - 5/31/2002 11:03:59 AM
The match was tough, but it looked more intimidating than it was. I know that about half of my answers were based on research on the net rather than firm knowledge. I can't speak for Cal Gal with any certainty, but based on response times, I would estimate that it was about the same for her. For me, if you see an answer less than 30 seconds after being asked, I knew it right off. If it took more than that, I was probably scrambling furiously to find the answer (although on a few I was banging my head against the wall trying to come up with answers that I just couldn't remember instantly).
331. CalGal - 5/31/2002 11:47:17 AM
I didn't know all that many instantly. I knew a lot of them nearly, but wanted to confirm with research. Two of the ones I thought I knew I should have confirmed.
Some were a combination. For example, I googled that foreign word, the results came up with a Catholic translation of something and several Philipino websites and because I knew there was a language called Tagalog I got it.
I almost guessed Hammerskold for the UN job and I knew there was some other famous UN secretary, so I decided to risk the time to look it up. "UN Secretary" "missile crisis". The moment I saw the letter U I went "Oh yeah, the Burmese joke in 13 days!"
Oddly enough, it was the movie lookups that took too much time--IMDB is incredibly slow these days. Had it not been slow I probably would have taken the time to look up Behind the Green Door on the same principle as I did for the UN secretary. There isn't just one porn star known to the general public, there are two. I can't remember if I came in ahead of Rask on that one.
I really, really should have taken more time on the Superbowl question. I had the time to take; Rask was slower on that one. I did a bad google.
332. Raskolnikov - 5/31/2002 11:59:52 AM
That was the exact strategy I followed on Tagalog, only I misread the fucking question. I even thought: "damn, my guess would be Tagalog, but that doesn't start with an 'I'".
I had a bad Google on Hammerskjold. I knew he was SG in the early sixties, but I couldn't remember when he died. My hit mislead me, but I was zeroing in on him, not U Thant.
I just went to Superbowl.com for the MVP.
333. CalGal - 5/31/2002 12:26:51 PM
Some strategies--if you've already thought of these I apologize if they are too obvious.
Set your posts per page to a low amount. I used 5. This is particularly important if you have a slow connection time.
Hit the video button often while waiting for the next question. Remember that it's not just time to answer, it's time to seeing the question.
Have an open Google window obviously, and while you're waiting for the next question, clear the search box and make sure the cursor is right there in the window. Then if you need it you can click on that browser and start typing.
Don't go into a link if you don't need to. A Google results list will often give you the answer if you code your search right.
Build your searches wisely.
334. Ms. No - 5/31/2002 12:36:42 PM
I am so gonna die.
Nice match guys! Very impressive and even reading it "canned" this morning I got very tense.
335. Raskolnikov - 5/31/2002 12:44:55 PM
I also had 5 posts per page (in practice I probably could have gotten away with three, as spectators were kind enough not to clutter the page).
I had two other windows open: Google and Britannica. But I never used the latter -having the IMDB up would have been more helpful.
336. CalGal - 5/31/2002 12:52:45 PM
Yes, had I to do it over again I would have had IMDB open and ready to go.
337. Daniel Sickles - 5/31/2002 2:57:09 PM
Okay, who is next?
338. theDiva - 5/31/2002 3:05:46 PM
I'd volunteer, but I haven't seen Connor in days. Where the heck is that grump?
339. zojak quafeth - 5/31/2002 3:06:26 PM
Well, you did the top bracket first, should you go to the bottom next?
If not, I'll go. Come on snowowl.
let's get ready to ruuuuuuuuuummmmmbbbbbllllleeee!
340. betty - 5/31/2002 3:08:20 PM
I'm ready when ever bubba is.
341. Daniel Sickles - 5/31/2002 3:08:35 PM
Remaining First Round Matchups
Indy v. anomiene
Alistair v. the Diva
bubbaette v. betty
zojak v. snowowl
Pelle v. ivan
Ms.No v. HollyW
DocBrown v. LauraC
Anybody?
342. bubbaette - 5/31/2002 3:15:12 PM
sounds like Betty and I can offer a little light entertainment anytime.
343. theDiva - 5/31/2002 3:17:23 PM
Categories:
Great ButtWaxers of the 90s
Decorating Your Front Yard With Heavy Equipment
Fashion Tips
344. betty - 5/31/2002 3:20:35 PM
right now, I'm ready, let's go!
345. betty - 5/31/2002 3:21:56 PM
You ain't nuthin! I'm gonna whoop your ass!
346. bubbaette - 5/31/2002 3:22:57 PM
I like those, Diva. Don't forget:
The history of the MuuMuu
Practical canning
and the ever popular
What are you wearing?
347. theDiva - 5/31/2002 3:23:44 PM
hahahahaha
How about
Refrigerator Box Inhabitants I Have Loved
348. bubbaette - 5/31/2002 3:24:11 PM
Betty, honey, I got more ass than you can get a handle on. In fact, whuppin my ass is more than a full time job. You think you woman enough?
Come on bitch.
349. betty - 5/31/2002 3:24:24 PM
How to get on the Jerry Springer show...
when your cousin's your uncle...
350. betty - 5/31/2002 3:25:11 PM
who you think you are, sleeping with my man and taking pictures and sending it into Penthouse...
351. betty - 5/31/2002 3:25:34 PM
The art of the Mullet
352. bubbaette - 5/31/2002 3:25:38 PM
Whutz that stain?
Edible or inedible?
353. bubbaette - 5/31/2002 3:27:10 PM
Trailer Beautiful
Care and Feeding of Varmints and critters
354. betty - 5/31/2002 3:28:17 PM
who needs to go camping, I ain't got no electricity right here at home...
355. theDiva - 5/31/2002 3:29:05 PM
youse are killin me here
356. betty - 5/31/2002 3:29:14 PM
how to get cigarettes with food stamps
357. bubbaette - 5/31/2002 3:29:38 PM
Florescent foodstuff
Soap Operas
358. theDiva - 5/31/2002 3:30:05 PM
21 ways with Dinty Moore
359. Daniel Sickles - 5/31/2002 3:30:17 PM
Betty and Bubbaette.
Monday June 3, 2002
11:00 pm
Does it work for you, or is it past your bedtimes?
360. bubbaette - 5/31/2002 3:31:03 PM
Dip and Chaw
361. betty - 5/31/2002 3:31:18 PM
Daniel
that's fine for me. sofi is usually in bed by then.
362. bubbaette - 5/31/2002 3:31:51 PM
I think I can stay up that late. (Jes doan tell my ol man.)
363. betty - 5/31/2002 3:32:03 PM
if it ain't got no formaldahide I ain't eaten it.
364. betty - 5/31/2002 3:32:43 PM
Deviled Eggs and Potted Meat
365. bubbaette - 5/31/2002 3:34:22 PM
International Foods: Vienna Sausages and beyond.
366. betty - 5/31/2002 3:35:33 PM
hehehehehhehehe!
he!
he!
367. Daniel Sickles - 5/31/2002 3:36:22 PM
Monday, June 3, 2002
LET'S GET READY TO RUMBELEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
Betty the Bombardier versus Bubbaette the Bruiser
Four tits and 6 teeth between 'em.
Don't bring your dog, your wallet, or your social security check.
368. bubbaette - 5/31/2002 3:36:31 PM
Well ladies, it's time for me to bust outta this hyear puke hole. I gotta get home and get training for our match.
(Say yer prayers Betty, cause I'm gonna open up a can of whupass on you)
369. betty - 5/31/2002 3:37:02 PM
101 things to do with ground beef
370. betty - 5/31/2002 3:37:50 PM
101 things to do with Ground Bubba
371. betty - 5/31/2002 3:38:22 PM
you're gonna be so ugly when I get done with you that even your daddy won't sleep with you!
372. theDiva - 5/31/2002 3:43:02 PM
(wiping tears from her eyes)
373. HollyW - 6/1/2002 10:23:16 PM
I'm busting a gut here.
21 ways with Dinty Moore
I know I'll think of this one the next time I'm in the supermarket and will start snarfing so loud everyone will stare.
Great round, Cal and Rask. That was awesome! I would've had to Google the whole damn thing...except I would've got Chambers right. Which shows you what lofty pursuits I typically engage *my* brain cells with.
374. bubbaette - 6/3/2002 10:08:40 PM
Anybody home?
375. Snowowl - 6/3/2002 10:16:47 PM
The spectators are waiting, breathless with anticipation.
376. bubbaette - 6/3/2002 10:20:57 PM
Anticipating my total humiliation, huh?
377. betty - 6/3/2002 10:33:14 PM
Oh yeah! Yer going down!
378. betty - 6/3/2002 10:34:20 PM
Where's Daniel...I don't think i can wait any longer.
379. betty - 6/3/2002 10:35:52 PM
Who was the best man at Henri Bergson's wedding?
It was proust....bet you didn't know that!
380. Snowowl - 6/3/2002 10:36:07 PM
I don't care who wins, as long as I see rivers of blood.
381. betty - 6/3/2002 10:36:32 PM
(flexing my muscles)
382. bubbaette - 6/3/2002 10:37:58 PM
Oh yeah! Yer going down!
That's what my darlin said. He was wrong too.
383. betty - 6/3/2002 10:39:05 PM
The largest liter of hamsters was 26!
In Lousiana.
In 1974!
You better bring it, bubba!
384. bubbaette - 6/3/2002 10:40:02 PM
How many "ootsies" in a tootsie pop?
385. betty - 6/3/2002 10:40:45 PM
acupuncture was developed in 2700 BCE
you think you got the skills????
386. bubbaette - 6/3/2002 10:41:39 PM
Who put the "Ram" in the Rama Lama Ding Dong?
387. betty - 6/3/2002 10:43:18 PM
the Dalai Lama's ding dong.
388. bubbaette - 6/3/2002 10:44:14 PM
Follow up: How long is the Dali Lama's Ding Dong?
Bonus: Who wrote the book o love?
389. betty - 6/3/2002 10:44:33 PM
Y.A Tittle was NFL player of the year in 1962 AND '63!
i GOT IT bEATCH!
390. betty - 6/3/2002 10:45:16 PM
i TIBET IT'S PRETTY BIG!
391. bubbaette - 6/3/2002 10:46:57 PM
You're good.
For a waterhead.
392. betty - 6/3/2002 10:47:21 PM
Vatsyayana wrote the book of love by the way...or at least the Kama Sutra!
393. betty - 6/3/2002 10:48:14 PM
that's a pretty good insult for a lame-oid!
394. bubbaette - 6/3/2002 10:48:52 PM
Guess I shoulda learned to use a search engine before now.
395. betty - 6/3/2002 10:49:02 PM
Note the lameness of my insult was intentional
396. Daniel Sickles - 6/3/2002 10:49:45 PM
Are we ready to play "21"?
397. betty - 6/3/2002 10:49:58 PM
hey, hey, none of this search engine crap, it's all coming out of my head...a fountain of trivia i tell ya.
398. bubbaette - 6/3/2002 10:50:12 PM
I'm more in the mood for 10.5.
399. betty - 6/3/2002 10:50:37 PM
Where you been? whatya think we been doing, picking our asses
400. bubbaette - 6/3/2002 10:51:30 PM
You think if I coulda picked my ass I woulda picked this one?
Sheesh.
401. betty - 6/3/2002 10:51:34 PM
Umm, yes, daniel I'm ready to play 21
402. Daniel Sickles - 6/3/2002 10:51:43 PM
Pickin' your asses?
Please. Stop with the potty mouth.
You're making the host hot.
Okay. My next post will be question no. 1.
403. Daniel Sickles - 6/3/2002 10:52:28 PM
1) Name two countries that border Egypt by land
404. betty - 6/3/2002 10:53:08 PM
Algeria and Sudan
405. bubbaette - 6/3/2002 10:53:30 PM
Jordan and Kuwiat
406. betty - 6/3/2002 10:53:59 PM
shit!
407. betty - 6/3/2002 10:54:23 PM
sudan and libya
408. Daniel Sickles - 6/3/2002 10:55:01 PM
No point awarded.
409. Daniel Sickles - 6/3/2002 10:56:18 PM
2) Name an island to where Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled.
410. bubbaette - 6/3/2002 10:56:41 PM
Elba
411. betty - 6/3/2002 10:57:06 PM
Elba
412. Daniel Sickles - 6/3/2002 10:57:31 PM
Point Bubba
413. Daniel Sickles - 6/3/2002 10:58:32 PM
3) Name the actor who played Count Dracula and dated Whoopie Goldberg?
414. betty - 6/3/2002 10:58:51 PM
Ted Danson
415. bubbaette - 6/3/2002 11:00:51 PM
no idear
416. Daniel Sickles - 6/3/2002 11:01:34 PM
No point awarded
417. betty - 6/3/2002 11:02:04 PM
we are on a roll!
418. Daniel Sickles - 6/3/2002 11:02:19 PM
4) Name one of the two protagonists in A Separate Peace
419. betty - 6/3/2002 11:03:24 PM
Finnney and Gener
420. betty - 6/3/2002 11:03:49 PM
drop the n and the r
421. Daniel Sickles - 6/3/2002 11:03:56 PM
Point betty
422. bubbaette - 6/3/2002 11:04:08 PM
Gene and Finney
423. bubbaette - 6/3/2002 11:05:11 PM
All y'all get off the net, my modem's slow
424. Daniel Sickles - 6/3/2002 11:05:28 PM
5) Name two of the three primary ingredients of a "Manhattan" cocktail.
425. betty - 6/3/2002 11:05:40 PM
yeah yeah
426. bubbaette - 6/3/2002 11:06:10 PM
Vermouth, gin and a cherry
427. betty - 6/3/2002 11:06:46 PM
whiskey and Vermouth
428. Daniel Sickles - 6/3/2002 11:07:33 PM
Point betty
429. bubbaette - 6/3/2002 11:07:54 PM
Dang.
430. Daniel Sickles - 6/3/2002 11:08:57 PM
6) Golf holes 11, 12 and 13 at Augusta National, home of The Masters, are referred to as what?
431. betty - 6/3/2002 11:09:54 PM
Amen corner
432. Daniel Sickles - 6/3/2002 11:10:14 PM
Point betty
433. Daniel Sickles - 6/3/2002 11:11:16 PM
7) What African land mammal has the strongest jaws in the animal kingdom?
434. bubbaette - 6/3/2002 11:11:33 PM
White dogwood, golden bell and azalea
435. betty - 6/3/2002 11:11:56 PM
spotted hyena
436. bubbaette - 6/3/2002 11:12:12 PM
hyena
437. Daniel Sickles - 6/3/2002 11:12:25 PM
Point betty
438. betty - 6/3/2002 11:12:32 PM
you a little slow bub?
439. Daniel Sickles - 6/3/2002 11:13:59 PM
8) Name the least populated American state.
440. bubbaette - 6/3/2002 11:14:18 PM
alaska
441. betty - 6/3/2002 11:14:52 PM
Wyoming
442. Daniel Sickles - 6/3/2002 11:15:07 PM
Point betty
443. Daniel Sickles - 6/3/2002 11:16:24 PM
9) What is the most common antibiotic used to treat inhalation anthrax?
444. bubbaette - 6/3/2002 11:16:58 PM
cipro
445. betty - 6/3/2002 11:17:37 PM
ciprofloxacin
446. Daniel Sickles - 6/3/2002 11:18:46 PM
Point bubba
447. Daniel Sickles - 6/3/2002 11:20:01 PM
11) What countries are the signatories to the 1977 Panama Canal Treaty?
448. betty - 6/3/2002 11:20:57 PM
Panama and US
449. bubbaette - 6/3/2002 11:21:12 PM
U.S. and Panama
450. Daniel Sickles - 6/3/2002 11:21:41 PM
Point Betty
451. Daniel Sickles - 6/3/2002 11:22:09 PM
11) Who is the current King of Spain?
452. betty - 6/3/2002 11:22:54 PM
Juan Carlos?
453. bubbaette - 6/3/2002 11:23:23 PM
Phillip II
454. betty - 6/3/2002 11:24:01 PM
?= 1
455. Daniel Sickles - 6/3/2002 11:24:10 PM
Point Betty
At the 11 question mark
Betty 7
Bubba 2
You may chatter or kibbitz.
I will then post a warning.
My next post will be question 12.
456. bubbaette - 6/3/2002 11:24:43 PM
You go girl.
457. betty - 6/3/2002 11:24:47 PM
obviously my computer is faste rthan yours bubba
458. bubbaette - 6/3/2002 11:25:09 PM
speed don't help when my answers are wrong
459. betty - 6/3/2002 11:25:21 PM
but my spelling and typing still suck!
460. bubbaette - 6/3/2002 11:25:42 PM
But my wind-up modem is moving mighty slow.
461. Daniel Sickles - 6/3/2002 11:26:00 PM
Okay. Get ready. Next post is question 12.
462. betty - 6/3/2002 11:26:12 PM
figures a government girl would get cipro!
463. bubbaette - 6/3/2002 11:26:18 PM
I think I'll be taking a long hiatus from the Mote.
464. Daniel Sickles - 6/3/2002 11:27:11 PM
12) Name the cover model for Vogue and Cosmopolitan who died of AIDS (first
name acceptable)?
465. betty - 6/3/2002 11:27:25 PM
Gia
466. bubbaette - 6/3/2002 11:28:10 PM
Naomi? Sheila? Bridget?
467. Daniel Sickles - 6/3/2002 11:28:37 PM
Point betty
468. betty - 6/3/2002 11:29:05 PM
Courtney? Brit'ney
469. Daniel Sickles - 6/3/2002 11:29:52 PM
13) Name the members of the United States Supreme Court confirmed during the Clinton Administration?
470. betty - 6/3/2002 11:31:01 PM
Ginsburg, Breyer
471. bubbaette - 6/3/2002 11:31:50 PM
Ginsburg and Breyer
472. Daniel Sickles - 6/3/2002 11:31:50 PM
Point betty
473. Daniel Sickles - 6/3/2002 11:32:43 PM
15) Other than abstinence, what is the most commonly used form of contraception for women worldwide?
474. bubbaette - 6/3/2002 11:33:27 PM
pill
475. betty - 6/3/2002 11:34:54 PM
rhythm
476. Daniel Sickles - 6/3/2002 11:35:25 PM
No point awarded
477. betty - 6/3/2002 11:35:53 PM
was it sterilization?
478. bubbaette - 6/3/2002 11:36:11 PM
headache?
479. betty - 6/3/2002 11:36:56 PM
ugly partner?
480. Daniel Sickles - 6/3/2002 11:36:59 PM
15) Who said "I've seen many politicians paralyzed in the legs as myself, but I've seen more of them who were paralyzed in the head"?
481. betty - 6/3/2002 11:37:28 PM
FDR
482. bubbaette - 6/3/2002 11:37:35 PM
FDR
483. Daniel Sickles - 6/3/2002 11:37:54 PM
No point awarded
484. Daniel Sickles - 6/3/2002 11:39:47 PM
The match goes to betty
Betty 9
Bubba 2
Questions passed 4
I have six remaining questions. Do you want to finish out the round?
And yes, betty, sterilization was the answer, though headache and ugly partner have been my greatest handicaps.
485. bubbaette - 6/3/2002 11:40:28 PM
Nah -- I conceed. Congrats, Betty
486. betty - 6/3/2002 11:40:30 PM
it's up to bubba...but I'm feeling like the lakers!
487. betty - 6/3/2002 11:41:24 PM
well, I am astonished...i suspect bubba would have whooped my ass if this was at 7 in the morning
488. betty - 6/3/2002 11:42:08 PM
does this mean i have to play Rask?
489. bubbaette - 6/3/2002 11:42:39 PM
I dunno, I'm feeling pretty lame. But it's taking up to a minute for me to refresh, which pretty much limits my use of a search engine.
490. Daniel Sickles - 6/3/2002 11:43:16 PM
Good match, guys. As always, a blast (bubba, I'll be in touch - I need a refill on the hot stuff, if you know what I mean).
Until next time, this is Dan Sickles for "21". Good nite everybody.
491. betty - 6/3/2002 11:43:24 PM
well, geesh, you sure do know how to make a winner feel like a loser.
492. bubbaette - 6/3/2002 11:43:31 PM
I think you play alistair
493. betty - 6/3/2002 11:44:22 PM
It's the Marmite...I'm telling you, that stuff is an amazing motivater!
494. CalGal - 6/3/2002 11:44:50 PM
Betty, do you have cable or DSL, or just a fast connection?
495. bubbaette - 6/3/2002 11:44:54 PM
No prob, Daniel. My jalapenos are coming in to beat the band.
496. Daniel Sickles - 6/3/2002 11:45:25 PM
Bubba
Lame?
I'll tell you lame.
Hosting, with a smug demeanor, while, in point of fact, I fear the pit.
Live a day in my shame, toots.
I'll show you lame.
Or maybe that's lame'?
Either way, adios.
497. bubbaette - 6/3/2002 11:45:54 PM
Really, good job Betty.
498. betty - 6/3/2002 11:47:19 PM
Cal,
No, I just knew all the answers...luck of the draw i guess...well Ok there were a couple I wasn't sure about, I had to look up the amen corner for instance.
(DSL)
499. Snowowl - 6/3/2002 11:48:03 PM
Good fun, ladies. Congrats to Betty and commiserations to Bubs. I'm going to be hampered with a slow connection as well when my turn comes.
500. CalGal - 6/3/2002 11:48:40 PM
I wasn't doubting your knowledge at all; you clearly knew some of the answers. It was the response time that had me asking.
501. Daniel Sickles - 6/3/2002 11:48:42 PM
Snow
While I have you?
What times are best for you in terms of a match?
502. betty - 6/3/2002 11:48:49 PM
bubba,
that's sporting of you...if we played without google you would beat my ass darling, you and everyone here knows it.
503. Snowowl - 6/3/2002 11:50:09 PM
Around this time or a little later, Daniel.
504. Snowowl - 6/3/2002 11:50:14 PM
Around this time or a little later, Daniel.
505. bubbaette - 6/3/2002 11:50:54 PM
Betty
That's kind of you. Now if the questions had been on Virginia Government, maybe.
Anyhow, I'm off to the showers.
Night all.
506. CalGal - 6/3/2002 11:52:41 PM
clearly knew some of the answers
Ack. Clearly knew them without looking them up, I mean. It's just in at least one case I saw your post come in at under 30 seconds after the question, which seemed like it had to be DSL, or a lucky refresh.
I think if people have DSL or cable, the other participant might decide that doing it at work might be a better idea.
507. CalGal - 6/3/2002 11:53:31 PM
Oh, and good game to both of you! I forgot the niceties, I was thinking of speed strategies.
508. betty - 6/3/2002 11:54:52 PM
Yeah, I'm gonna go get myu congratulatory fuck...everybody have a nice night.
509. Daniel Sickles - 6/3/2002 11:57:54 PM
betty
Hey.
That's the host's job.
Snow
I'll email zojak and see if an 11:45 pm est start time works for him this week. I'm good tomorrow and Thursday.
Nite all.
510. zojak quafeth - 6/4/2002 7:09:07 AM
Thursday at 11:45 works fine.
A little earlier would work a little better because I'm a very pretty man and need my beauty rest. But if necessary I'll just look a little disheveled on Friday.
511. theDiva - 6/4/2002 8:05:42 AM
"492. bubbaette - 6/3/02 11:43:31 PM
I think you play alistair"
geesh. Throwin in the towel on me already.
Great match, ladies. Sickles, this was a really great idea.
512. bubbaette - 6/4/2002 9:07:36 AM
I'm sorry Diva -- what an asshole I am! (And not a very bright one at that.)
513. theDiva - 6/4/2002 9:10:11 AM
oh stop, it's okay. The match was great, youse were funny as hell to boot. I think Daniel purposely tilted them questions so you'd lose, thus rendering you vulnerable to his charms. He's a slick piece o bidness, that one.
514. bubbaette - 6/4/2002 9:22:18 AM
He already knows that I'll always carry a torch for him, despite his cruel toying with my affections.
515. theDiva - 6/4/2002 9:27:55 AM
I know what you mean, hun. He just whips that mojo on ya and BOOM. Yer plumb ruint for other men.
516. bubbaette - 6/4/2002 9:36:21 AM
And speaking of plumb ruint, you should see how he left my shed!
517. theDiva - 6/4/2002 10:04:27 AM
porkpie hats EVERYWHERE
518. bubbaette - 6/4/2002 10:09:51 AM
Not to mention the sterno and empty Thunderbird bottles.
519. Daniel Sickles - 6/5/2002 11:15:27 AM
Match 3 - zojak v. Snowowl - TONITE at 11:45 pm EST
520. PelleNilsson - 6/5/2002 2:34:38 PM
Daniel
ivan and I discussed possible times of convergence in another thread. It looks like the only possibility is between noon and 3 pm (game time) on a Saturday.
I realise that's inconvenient for you, being the time you have the habitual three-martini lunch with the fat-cat clients but what do you say?
521. ivan osokin - 6/5/2002 2:37:25 PM
PelandDan:
it could also be anytime after 5:30pm EST weeknights...that makes it pretty late for you PelleN, right? would that be 11:30pm?
522. PelleNilsson - 6/5/2002 2:47:07 PM
Yes, I'm reluctant to play that late but let's see what Mr Sickles says about a Saturday game.
523. zojak quafeth - 6/5/2002 2:53:23 PM
Mmmmmm, mmmmm.
I've never had snowowl for dinner before.
I'll be there.
:)
524. Snowowl - 6/5/2002 8:47:05 PM
You might find me a trifle indigestible, zojak. I'm a fairly tough old bird.
525. Daniel Sickles - 6/5/2002 11:25:21 PM
Well, it is almost meal time for someone.
Players.
Check in.
526. Snowowl - 6/5/2002 11:27:17 PM
Don't we still have 20 minutes?
527. zojak quafeth - 6/5/2002 11:27:50 PM
Zojak here, waiting to either choke on the indigestible owl or choke on the questions. :)
528. Daniel Sickles - 6/5/2002 11:28:00 PM
15.
I'm early.
take your time.
529. zojak quafeth - 6/5/2002 11:29:57 PM
now how many lifelines do we get again?
530. Daniel Sickles - 6/5/2002 11:30:27 PM
You can phone as many friends as you have.
531. zojak quafeth - 6/5/2002 11:31:28 PM
at this hour?
532. Daniel Sickles - 6/5/2002 11:38:42 PM
Okay
When I get one more post from zojak and Snow, I will post the intro and then on to the first question.
533. zojak quafeth - 6/5/2002 11:43:51 PM
OK. Got my water, got my chips. My keyboard is gonna be a mess with these doritos when this is over.
Ready when you are Snow and host.
534. Daniel Sickles - 6/5/2002 11:46:20 PM
Snow?
535. zojak quafeth - 6/5/2002 11:47:00 PM
Did owl fly the coop?
536. Snowowl - 6/5/2002 11:47:10 PM
I'm sorry, got a surprise phone call. Ready to go like a lamb to the slaughter any time.
537. Snowowl - 6/5/2002 11:47:53 PM
Grief, that took 2 minutes to post!!!
538. Daniel Sickles - 6/5/2002 11:47:59 PM
Okay . . .
Let's play
21.
539. Daniel Sickles - 6/5/2002 11:49:46 PM
1) Chad is bordered to the north by what country?
540. zojak quafeth - 6/5/2002 11:50:07 PM
libya
541. Snowowl - 6/5/2002 11:50:19 PM
Libya
542. Daniel Sickles - 6/5/2002 11:50:54 PM
point zojak
543. zojak quafeth - 6/5/2002 11:51:26 PM
whew. close.
544. Daniel Sickles - 6/5/2002 11:51:34 PM
2) Who won the Oscar for Best Actor in Shine?
545. zojak quafeth - 6/5/2002 11:52:03 PM
Geoffrey Rush
546. Snowowl - 6/5/2002 11:52:10 PM
Jeffrey Rush
547. Daniel Sickles - 6/5/2002 11:52:36 PM
Point zojak
548. Snowowl - 6/5/2002 11:52:38 PM
Dang!! I'm pedalling as fast as I can too.
549. Daniel Sickles - 6/5/2002 11:53:25 PM
3) In Greek mythology, who is "the Gorgon"?
550. zojak quafeth - 6/5/2002 11:54:15 PM
Medusa
551. Snowowl - 6/5/2002 11:54:24 PM
Medusa is the most famous. 3 sisters.
552. Daniel Sickles - 6/5/2002 11:54:36 PM
Point zojak
553. Daniel Sickles - 6/5/2002 11:55:13 PM
4) Winston Churchill was captured while serving as a correspondent in what war?
554. zojak quafeth - 6/5/2002 11:55:30 PM
I forgot that there were three.
555. Snowowl - 6/5/2002 11:55:32 PM
Boer
556. zojak quafeth - 6/5/2002 11:55:46 PM
Doh. Boer
557. Daniel Sickles - 6/5/2002 11:55:56 PM
Point Snow
558. Snowowl - 6/5/2002 11:56:00 PM
Yeah, I reckon I should have got that point, Zojak.
559. zojak quafeth - 6/5/2002 11:56:24 PM
yeppers
560. Daniel Sickles - 6/5/2002 11:57:23 PM
We will have a break at 11 questions to hear appeals. Next post will be the next question.
561. Daniel Sickles - 6/5/2002 11:58:22 PM
5) What is the name for the study of motion, forces and energy?
562. zojak quafeth - 6/5/2002 11:58:31 PM
physics
563. Snowowl - 6/5/2002 11:58:47 PM
kinetics
564. Snowowl - 6/5/2002 11:58:55 PM
mechanics
565. Daniel Sickles - 6/5/2002 11:59:27 PM
Point zojak
566. Daniel Sickles - 6/6/2002 12:00:17 AM
6) The hottest temperature ever recorded on earth was recorded where?
567. zojak quafeth - 6/6/2002 12:00:37 AM
death valley
568. Snowowl - 6/6/2002 12:00:59 AM
grief, the question and answer posted at the same time!!!
569. zojak quafeth - 6/6/2002 12:01:11 AM
...or in a freakin volcano somewhere....
570. Daniel Sickles - 6/6/2002 12:01:36 AM
Point zojak
571. Snowowl - 6/6/2002 12:01:45 AM
Libya
572. zojak quafeth - 6/6/2002 12:01:52 AM
I love cable. :)
573. Daniel Sickles - 6/6/2002 12:02:16 AM
7) The McDonald's in New Dehli makes its hamburgers with what meat?
574. zojak quafeth - 6/6/2002 12:02:25 AM
lol
575. Snowowl - 6/6/2002 12:03:33 AM
lamb
576. zojak quafeth - 6/6/2002 12:03:55 AM
We, at McDonald's have specially developed a range of 100% pure vegetarian food to offer those of you who are vegetarians, a choice. In fact, even the mayonnaise used in the items is eggless. Taking in to account the Indian palate, we have prepared the choicest of products using spices favored by you.
577. Snowowl - 6/6/2002 12:04:41 AM
LOL
578. zojak quafeth - 6/6/2002 12:04:51 AM
chicken?
579. Daniel Sickles - 6/6/2002 12:05:57 AM
Point Snow
580. Snowowl - 6/6/2002 12:06:20 AM
Has the quizmaster choked on his lamburger?
581. Daniel Sickles - 6/6/2002 12:06:43 AM
8) Who of these individuals died at a younger age? Mozart, James Dean, or Buddy Holly
582. zojak quafeth - 6/6/2002 12:06:56 AM
hahaha
583. zojak quafeth - 6/6/2002 12:07:17 AM
Buddy holly
584. Snowowl - 6/6/2002 12:07:37 AM
Buddy Holly
585. zojak quafeth - 6/6/2002 12:07:44 AM
...crosses fingers...
586. Daniel Sickles - 6/6/2002 12:07:44 AM
Point Zojak
587. Snowowl - 6/6/2002 12:07:51 AM
Buddy Holly
588. Snowowl - 6/6/2002 12:08:45 AM
I guess we both guessed.
589. zojak quafeth - 6/6/2002 12:09:09 AM
I know I did.
590. Daniel Sickles - 6/6/2002 12:09:32 AM
10) Who led the slaughtering and what people got slaughtered at Cuzco?
591. Snowowl - 6/6/2002 12:10:19 AM
Pizarro and the Aztecs
592. zojak quafeth - 6/6/2002 12:10:30 AM
Pizzarro slaughtered the Incans.
593. Daniel Sickles - 6/6/2002 12:10:58 AM
Point zojak
594. Snowowl - 6/6/2002 12:11:11 AM
Dang, I tossed a coin, Aztecs or Incas...my bad.
595. Daniel Sickles - 6/6/2002 12:11:46 AM
10) For whom is Bolivia named?
596. Snowowl - 6/6/2002 12:12:20 AM
Bolivar
597. zojak quafeth - 6/6/2002 12:12:45 AM
Simon Bolivar
598. Snowowl - 6/6/2002 12:12:51 AM
Juan if first name is required.
599. Daniel Sickles - 6/6/2002 12:12:55 AM
Point Snow
600. Snowowl - 6/6/2002 12:13:14 AM
No, Simon...rofl.
601. Daniel Sickles - 6/6/2002 12:13:53 AM
11) Ghost-faced, Big free-tailed, and California leaf-nosed are types of what animal?
602. zojak quafeth - 6/6/2002 12:14:19 AM
bats
603. Snowowl - 6/6/2002 12:14:42 AM
Bat
604. Snowowl - 6/6/2002 12:15:27 AM
Argh, I've had a butt kicking!!
605. zojak quafeth - 6/6/2002 12:15:34 AM
I did a biology research project on the ugly little suckers in college. Swept up more guano than I care to recall.
606. Daniel Sickles - 6/6/2002 12:15:56 AM
Point zojak
Okay - 11 point mark.
Zojak, before making a judgment call, did I read you to agree that Snow should have gotten the Gorgon question?
If you so agree, Snow will be awarded the point. If not, I'll have to use my judgment.
And God knows no one wants that.
607. Snowowl - 6/6/2002 12:17:32 AM
Nah, it's okay. I'm beaten by speed every time anyway.
608. zojak quafeth - 6/6/2002 12:18:28 AM
Well you said "the Gorgon" but there were three of them. If you're looking for one, it's me. If you're looking for a complete answer, snow got it. I didn't get confused over the question because i forgot all about the other 2. Since snow remebered, it may have been a little unfair.
I'd give the point to snow if I were you.
609. Daniel Sickles - 6/6/2002 12:19:07 AM
Snow
I strive for integrity here on "21". I'll have no Quiz Show scandal. (g)
610. Snowowl - 6/6/2002 12:19:15 AM
Actually, I would like to know your source for the hottest temp on earth. I know the hottest recorded in the US was in Death Valley, but all the sources I've seen say the hottest recorded on the globe was in Libya.
611. Daniel Sickles - 6/6/2002 12:20:36 AM
I've checked the dictionary and I think the point should go to Snow. I apologize for the loose question.
Okay.
zojak 7
Snow 4
Second half, coming up in less than a minute.
612. zojak quafeth - 6/6/2002 12:21:48 AM
I just guessed death valley. I just did an ask jeeves on it though.
613. zojak quafeth - 6/6/2002 12:22:58 AM
Ask Jeeves says Libya. My Comptons says death valley. My comptons is 1991. The temp in Libya was recorded in 1992.
614. zojak quafeth - 6/6/2002 12:23:21 AM
That point should go to snow too.
615. Snowowl - 6/6/2002 12:23:59 AM
You're being extremely gentlemanly, Zo. Maybe you've decided you don't like the taste of old Owl.
616. Daniel Sickles - 6/6/2002 12:24:10 AM
Damn.
Snow may be correct on Libya, but there is an issue.
We will play and address if necessary at the end of the match. As it stands, my questions suck, and Zojak is up 7 to 4, with Death Valley at issue.
Next post is the next question.
617. zojak quafeth - 6/6/2002 12:24:27 AM
Also got this answer:
Weather wise, the hottest places on earth are the Dallol Depression in Ethiopia and Death Valley in California.
618. zojak quafeth - 6/6/2002 12:25:10 AM
Owl is fine. It's the damn feathers.
619. Daniel Sickles - 6/6/2002 12:25:21 AM
12) Name two victims of Jack the Ripper?
620. Snowowl - 6/6/2002 12:25:56 AM
Liz Stride and Annie Chapman
621. zojak quafeth - 6/6/2002 12:26:06 AM
Mary Ann Nichols
Annie Chapman
622. Daniel Sickles - 6/6/2002 12:26:40 AM
Point Snow
623. Daniel Sickles - 6/6/2002 12:27:43 AM
14) Name the best-selling author of Skipping Christmas and A Painted House.
624. zojak quafeth - 6/6/2002 12:27:57 AM
grisham
625. Snowowl - 6/6/2002 12:28:47 AM
John Grisham
626. Daniel Sickles - 6/6/2002 12:28:49 AM
Point zojak
627. Daniel Sickles - 6/6/2002 12:29:54 AM
14) Name three former husbands of Elizabeth Taylor
628. zojak quafeth - 6/6/2002 12:30:34 AM
John Warner
richard burton
larry fortensky
629. Snowowl - 6/6/2002 12:30:59 AM
Eddie Fisher, Richard Burton, Larry Fortenski
630. Daniel Sickles - 6/6/2002 12:31:00 AM
Point zojak
631. Snowowl - 6/6/2002 12:31:51 AM
Oh fudge!!
632. Daniel Sickles - 6/6/2002 12:32:13 AM
15) Name the feuding families in Romeo and Juliet, and the members of those families who died at the hands of others in the play.
633. Snowowl - 6/6/2002 12:32:40 AM
Capulets, Montagues.
634. Snowowl - 6/6/2002 12:33:22 AM
Thibault and
635. Snowowl - 6/6/2002 12:34:09 AM
Mercutio
636. Snowowl - 6/6/2002 12:34:52 AM
Scratch that.
637. zojak quafeth - 6/6/2002 12:35:04 AM
capulets and montagues
mercutio
thibault
638. Snowowl - 6/6/2002 12:35:22 AM
Paris, Tybalt and Paris
639. zojak quafeth - 6/6/2002 12:35:57 AM
tybalt that is
640. Daniel Sickles - 6/6/2002 12:36:12 AM
No point awarded (Snowowl had excessive posts; the correct answer must be in one post; zojak was past the two minute time limit)
641. Daniel Sickles - 6/6/2002 12:37:39 AM
16) Who took over Gianni Versace's fashion company after his death in 1997?
642. zojak quafeth - 6/6/2002 12:37:59 AM
donatella
643. Snowowl - 6/6/2002 12:38:29 AM
His sisters
644. Snowowl - 6/6/2002 12:38:42 AM
His sisters
645. Daniel Sickles - 6/6/2002 12:39:11 AM
Point zojak
646. Daniel Sickles - 6/6/2002 12:40:14 AM
17) Jacques Chirac just defeated who for the French presidency?
647. Snowowl - 6/6/2002 12:40:45 AM
Le Pen
648. zojak quafeth - 6/6/2002 12:41:10 AM
Jean-Marie Le Pen
649. Daniel Sickles - 6/6/2002 12:41:54 AM
Point Snow
650. Daniel Sickles - 6/6/2002 12:43:47 AM
18) Who said ""Whoopie! Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that's a long one for me."
651. zojak quafeth - 6/6/2002 12:44:28 AM
Charles P. "Pete" Conrad
652. Snowowl - 6/6/2002 12:44:28 AM
Buzz Aldrin
653. Snowowl - 6/6/2002 12:46:38 AM
Looks like game, set and match to Zojak!
654. Daniel Sickles - 6/6/2002 12:47:15 AM
Point zojak
655. zojak quafeth - 6/6/2002 12:48:11 AM
Great game Snow. I got lucky with some science questions right off the bat.
656. zojak quafeth - 6/6/2002 12:48:39 AM
...and a fast modem.
657. Daniel Sickles - 6/6/2002 12:48:39 AM
Keep Playing
There is a disputed question and right now, it stands
zojak 11
Snow 6
with three to play
658. zojak quafeth - 6/6/2002 12:49:16 AM
lets go then. Was wondering where you went.
659. Daniel Sickles - 6/6/2002 12:50:20 AM
19) Who killed Gianni Versace?
660. zojak quafeth - 6/6/2002 12:50:45 AM
andrew kunanan
661. Snowowl - 6/6/2002 12:51:13 AM
Cunanan
662. Daniel Sickles - 6/6/2002 12:51:57 AM
Point - and game - zojak
663. Snowowl - 6/6/2002 12:52:09 AM
That's the end then. Thanks for the good game, Zojak, and the fun questions, Dan.
664. zojak quafeth - 6/6/2002 12:52:50 AM
yes thanks dan and snow.
665. Snowowl - 6/6/2002 12:53:22 AM
I think we would have been a bit more evenly matched if I had a faster connection. I actually knew most of the answers, but my connection is just too slow to compete.
It was great fun though.
Dan, the questions seemed somewhat easier than the last couple of rounds.
666. Daniel Sickles - 6/6/2002 12:53:38 AM
Apologies for the equivocal questions folks. I'm getting hazy in old age. And great game. Hard fought.
I'm Dan Sickles saying . . . . goood night, here on "21"!
Good night everybody!
667. Snowowl - 6/6/2002 12:55:07 AM
Oh, and I forgot. Congratulations, Zojak, and good luck for the next round.
668. CalGal - 6/6/2002 12:55:53 AM
I've been mulling how to get past the connection problems. The best I can think of is a handicap.
669. zojak quafeth - 6/6/2002 12:57:22 AM
Snow. I agree that some of the questions seemed easier than previous rounds.
I think it's a little better that way though so it's not just a research contest.
The problem really is evening out connection speed though.
I don't know what speed mofdem you have but we were a few seconds apart several times.
It's tough to balance this stuff.
Thanks for the game Dan.
670. CalGal - 6/6/2002 12:57:48 AM
Congrats to Zojak. Snow, you cuddabina contender.
Libya had the hottest temperature ever recorded, in 1922--from what I've read. But it was never officially recorded. Death Valley is just two degrees behind.
671. Daniel Sickles - 6/6/2002 11:09:13 AM
Pelle/Ivan
A Saturday will be fine.
672. PelleNilsson - 6/6/2002 11:28:24 AM
When one browses through the competition one gets the impression that Snowowl was severely handicapped by her longer access time.
However, a closer look shows that out of the 19 questions contested Zojak was right on 16 and won 7 on time, while Snowowl scored 14 winning 4 on time.
673. CalGal - 6/6/2002 11:53:37 AM
Yes, but if Snow won them on time it means that Zojak didn't know the answer and had to look it up. If Zojak won on time--especially when he was posting 20 seconds after the question--it means that Snow hadn't even seen it yet.
674. bubbaette - 6/6/2002 11:56:18 AM
Good game, yall.
Daniel -- send me your address for the hot stuff.
675. Raskolnikov - 6/6/2002 12:51:24 PM
I found that if I knew the answer off the top of my head, I could get an answer posted within 20-25 seconds, even with a 26k connection speed. However, I am in the states. If I recall correctly, Snowowl is overseas (New Zealand), and in every Internet speed trivia game I have played, distance of that magnitude had a significant difference in response time, which might explain that Snowowl's fast responses were usually in the 30-40 second range, with a few exceptions.
But there isn't really an easy way around this. Handicaps for connection speed don't really work because net lag is erratic (Snowowl did get a couple responses in at around 20 seconds).
The best way is to set questions at the right difficulty level. If too easy, it is a speed race on response time. If too difficult, it is a speed race on research. If at the right level, the person who knows the answer will have a substantial advantage over a person who doesn't.
For what it is worth, I thought the difficulty level was set very well in this match. But when you have two people that are fairly evenly matched in ability (as these two seemed to be), even question difficult won't be able to discriminate.
It was a very nice set of questions, except for the two that posed problems, and Daniel handled them well.
A question tip: Avoid ambiguity in the level of detail needed for an answer. For example, instead of "where was the highest temperature ever recorded?", ask "In what country (or state, or national park) was the highest temperature ever recorded?" For the former question "the USA", and "California" both would have been correct (assuming the answer is indeed Death Valley - my answer would actually have been "the Sahara Desert. I don't know if this was correct, but it would have posed problems involving level of detail needed if the answer wanted was Libya".
676. Raskolnikov - 6/6/2002 12:55:32 PM
"Yes, but if Snow won them on time it means that Zojak didn't know the answer and had to look it up. If Zojak won on time--especially when he was posting 20 seconds after the question--it means that Snow hadn't even seen it yet."
However, I don't think we really know this. It isn't a clear line between "knowing the answer" and "having to look it up". Sometimes the thinking goes "the answer is on the tip of my tongue. What the fuck is that guy's name? Shit. Fuck. I know this! Oh yeah, Eugene Debs!" I know this happened to me several times in our game, and it is perfectly possible that several of the differences on time were due to one person having instant recall while the other had a temporary brain freeze.
677. Raskolnikov - 6/6/2002 12:56:18 PM
That was indeed a very nice game, more competitive than what was indicated by the final score. Well played.
678. Daniel Sickles - 6/6/2002 1:04:42 PM
Rask
Thanks for the advice. I'll incorporate for the next match.
Speaking of --
I can do pelle and ivan at noon Saturday, EST.
679. PelleNilsson - 6/6/2002 1:08:54 PM
I can be done at noon but I think ivan mentioned 12.30. Let's see what he says.
680. zojak quafeth - 6/6/2002 1:15:06 PM
Cal -
Yes, but if Snow won them on time it means that Zojak didn't know the answer and had to look it up. If Zojak won on time--especially when he was posting 20 seconds after the question--it means that Snow hadn't even seen it yet.
Kiss my ass.
I knew the answers to several of those off the top of my head. I don't know how many snow had to look up, and you don't know how many i did.
I didn't even see question numbrer 4 until after snow had posted an answer, because I was chatting, hence the "doh."
Why don't you just leave it at it was a good match. there's no way to ensure that everyone's speed is the same, but don't be a little bitch and imply that I won only because i had a faster connection.
681. betty - 6/6/2002 1:18:02 PM
ivan is away until later today but i think noon is safe, schedule tenatively.
682. CalGal - 6/6/2002 1:24:41 PM
Zojak,
I already congratulated you. If you can't handle discussion of relative advantage without feeling defensive, I suggest you just stop reading the thread for a while.
683. CalGal - 6/6/2002 1:26:17 PM
Rask,
There is nothing wrong with looking things up. What I was pointing out is that if both contestants know the answer, it's a matter of speed. The difference between cable and 33k connection is pretty substantial.
It's not surprising that you--or Snow--could get a question answered 20 seconds after it was asked once or twice. That means that your slow connection happened to hit the database right after the question was asked. But if it hit the database right before the question was asked, then the handicap is substantial. On 21 questions, it's going to hit right after the question was asked a lot more often than right before. Remember, it's not just the time to post, it's the time to see the question.
Although that brings up a possibility. Daniel could post the question right on the 2.5 minute mark.
684. zojak quafeth - 6/6/2002 1:26:59 PM
Calgal,
If you can't talk without ASSuming half of your conclusions, I suggest you just start thinking for a while.
685. betty - 6/6/2002 2:06:04 PM
shouldn't people who are too dumb or too poor to get DSL or cable knowing that it will benefit them in some dumb ass on-line game be penalized for their stupidity or lack of resources?
686. CalGal - 6/6/2002 2:13:45 PM
Betty, are you saying that Bubba, Rask, and Snow are too dumb, or too poor?
Zojak--and Betty, for that matter: I am not maligning your honor or your intelligence. Nor am I implying that you wouldn't have won otherwise. I have not attacked you, and it seems to me there are other threads where you can be nasty and childish without disrupting conversations. Find one, please.
687. betty - 6/6/2002 2:20:41 PM
Cal,
I don't think Rask, bubba or Snow would take my post as saying either, but you can all you like.
688. betty - 6/6/2002 3:31:18 PM
since we don't allow the general public to post on this thread shouldn't players be kicked off once they have been disqualified?
689. zojak quafeth - 6/6/2002 3:47:20 PM
Cal - Take your own advice. To others on this thread, I apologize. I just got tired of the thoughtless, yet authoritatively shat, crap.
The game is about fun and I again thank sickles for taking the time to run it.
690. Raskolnikov - 6/6/2002 6:30:12 PM
"Although that brings up a possibility. Daniel could post the question right on the 2.5 minute mark."
This is potentially workable, but would be a pain in the ass for the moderator.
691. Raskolnikov - 6/6/2002 6:33:07 PM
"shouldn't people who are too dumb or too poor to get DSL or cable knowing that it will benefit them in some dumb ass on-line game be penalized for their stupidity or lack of resources?"
I agree with Cal, this is insulting.
Not that I expect the game to be handicapped for slower connections in any case. Many is the sport, or game, where better equipment buys an advantage. C'est la vie.
692. betty - 6/6/2002 6:39:20 PM
I agree with Cal, this is insulting
yes, satire can seem that way. perhaps the "dumb ass on-line game" should have tipped you off that I think this entire conversation is stupid.
693. CalGal - 6/6/2002 6:39:46 PM
I didn't think anyone did expect it to be handicapped, nor did I think that the victories were lesser because of bandwidth. It was just a problem I was mulling, particularly in the case of cable vs. speed under 40K, and if one could compensate for it.
Again, the aspect I was focusing on wasn't speed to answer or speed of search--where technique and knowledge play a part--but time to seeing the question. Although Snow lost a lot of sympathy points when she confessed that she didn't set her posts per page to 5. I mean, whaddyagunnado?
694. ivan osokin - 6/6/2002 7:15:52 PM
hi...
just a quick note to say that 12:00pm, EST works for me this saturday...afterwards, the family and i will be heading to the indian cultural center here for a festival, and so regardless of my impending defeat, i will be jovial as the possibility of Galub Jamun will overpower my desire for a fedora.
695. bubbaette - 6/6/2002 10:39:46 PM
Honest -- my slow connection was nerve wracking, but that's not what cost me the game. Betty knew more of the answers than I did. I could have had a lightening fast connection and Betty still would have won.
696. Snowowl - 6/7/2002 3:13:14 AM
I expected to be beaten on speed - the fun for me was in the questions themselves.
As it happened I thought that was a reasonably easy set of questions - I knew most of the answers - guessed one (wrongly), made an error on another but realised too late what I'd done as I'd already clicked on post, and googled for another. If I my connection had been faster it would have been a lot closer match I think. Zojak was a tremendous opponent and a thoroughly good sport.
I was a little disconcerted when a question I knew I'd got right was not awarded to me and of course while I moaned and whined about it to myself I slowed myself up even further. That's not a criticism of Daniel. He's the quizmaster and his judgement is what counts.
Daniel,
I asked earlier but did not see an answer to my question as to what we are to do with our contributions to the prize packet. If we are to send them to you, initially, would you let me know as mine will take a while to get there and I'd like to get it away as soon as possible. If we send directly to the eventual winner they'll just have to wait for a while before my package gets there.
697. betty - 6/7/2002 11:23:14 AM
bubba,
you are too freaking generous girl!
Snow,
mail to that corner of the world has been unbelievalby slow lately...i trade crochet squares with a woman in Australia and it takes us 2weeks to a month to get each other's envelopes. We ain't even talking packages here, and! we send them first class. Unreal!
698. Daniel Sickles - 6/8/2002 11:15:38 AM
I see ivan and pelle are here.
Whenever you want to start, check in.
699. Daniel Sickles - 6/8/2002 11:16:55 AM
ALL
When the whole thing is wrapped up, I'll email you with my address (Snow, I'll email you a little early to give you a head-start on your mailing)
700. ivan osokin - 6/8/2002 11:18:15 AM
just thought i'd pop in and say hello and that i'm about to do an occult ritual to invoke the assistance of a horde of hunchbacked demons, who i will trap inside a massive triangle, and they will have to give me the right answers or else i will dispatch them into the hoary abyss of unimaginable, 4th dimensional hells.
confidentially, i think the demons are gonna be quaking in their slimewrinkly skins as they cringe at my ineptness and anticipate what life will be like inside a fiery torus.
back in a little while...
Ivan OAFsokin
701. ivan osokin - 6/8/2002 11:19:28 AM
oh...i'm not ready yet. i'll be back in a short while, however. sorry...life things.
702. ivan osokin - 6/8/2002 11:32:18 AM
okay...well, i'm here
703. ivan osokin - 6/8/2002 11:50:13 AM
helloooooo? vie gehts? zdrastvuy? shalom? hola? ciao?
704. Daniel Sickles - 6/8/2002 11:51:26 AM
When pelle reports, we'll get started.
705. ivan osokin - 6/8/2002 11:53:06 AM
ganz gut
706. PelleNilsson - 6/8/2002 11:55:01 AM
I' around, enveloped in scrolls of ancient lore and wisdom.
707. Daniel Sickles - 6/8/2002 11:57:25 AM
Okay. Let's get ready to play . . . 21.
Next post is question no. 1.
708. Daniel Sickles - 6/8/2002 11:58:24 AM
1) In the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas", how many maids are "A-milking"?
709. ivan osokin - 6/8/2002 11:58:41 AM
8
710. PelleNilsson - 6/8/2002 11:59:05 AM
Seven
711. Daniel Sickles - 6/8/2002 11:59:10 AM
Point ivan
712. Daniel Sickles - 6/8/2002 12:00:42 PM
2) Who was denounced on the floor of the United States Senate as "Hollywood's apostle of degradation"?
713. ivan osokin - 6/8/2002 12:01:05 PM
ingrid bergman
714. PelleNilsson - 6/8/2002 12:01:14 PM
No idea
715. Daniel Sickles - 6/8/2002 12:01:49 PM
Point Ivan
716. ivan osokin - 6/8/2002 12:01:53 PM
I want to be the apostle of degradation, dammit
717. Daniel Sickles - 6/8/2002 12:02:38 PM
3) The breed of Doberman Pinchser was developed in what country?
718. ivan osokin - 6/8/2002 12:02:56 PM
germany
719. PelleNilsson - 6/8/2002 12:03:22 PM
Belgium
720. Daniel Sickles - 6/8/2002 12:03:29 PM
Point ivan
721. Daniel Sickles - 6/8/2002 12:04:29 PM
4) To whom did Seutonius refer when he wrote, "He left memoirs too of his deeds in the Gallic war and in the civil strife with Pompeius; for the author of the Alexandrian, African, and Hispanic Wars is unknown; some think it was Oppius, others Hirtius, who also supplied the final book of the Gallic War".
722. PelleNilsson - 6/8/2002 12:05:15 PM
Caesar
723. ivan osokin - 6/8/2002 12:05:22 PM
julius caesar
724. Daniel Sickles - 6/8/2002 12:06:08 PM
Point Pelle (to head off an objection, I had determined early that "Caesar" would suffice)
725. Daniel Sickles - 6/8/2002 12:07:41 PM
5) In what European country did former United States Senator and presidential candidate Robert Dole receive the wounds that disabled his arm?
726. PelleNilsson - 6/8/2002 12:08:17 PM
France
727. ivan osokin - 6/8/2002 12:08:27 PM
france
728. Daniel Sickles - 6/8/2002 12:09:02 PM
No point awarded
729. Daniel Sickles - 6/8/2002 12:09:25 PM
6) In 1997, China began construction of the world's largest dam to harness the waters of what river?
730. PelleNilsson - 6/8/2002 12:09:58 PM
The Yellow River
731. ivan osokin - 6/8/2002 12:10:14 PM
yangtze
732. Daniel Sickles - 6/8/2002 12:11:53 PM
Point ivan
733. Daniel Sickles - 6/8/2002 12:12:19 PM
7) Wobbegong, Lemon and Horn are types of what fish?
734. PelleNilsson - 6/8/2002 12:12:42 PM
Poosible objection. Isn't Yang-tze-kian the Yellow River?
735. ivan osokin - 6/8/2002 12:12:47 PM
shark
736. PelleNilsson - 6/8/2002 12:14:29 PM
I didn't see the last question because of the objection I had.
737. Daniel Sickles - 6/8/2002 12:14:32 PM
Point ivan
(We'll take up the objection at the mid-way)
738. PelleNilsson - 6/8/2002 12:15:14 PM
I object to being shut out of a question.
739. Daniel Sickles - 6/8/2002 12:16:19 PM
8) Who said "I used to say of him that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men" and to whom the speaker refer?
740. ivan osokin - 6/8/2002 12:16:52 PM
napoleon
741. ivan osokin - 6/8/2002 12:17:08 PM
bonaparte
742. PelleNilsson - 6/8/2002 12:17:09 PM
Patton
743. Daniel Sickles - 6/8/2002 12:17:44 PM
No point awarded
744. Daniel Sickles - 6/8/2002 12:18:56 PM
9) Norman Mailer's The Naked and the Dead was written after Mailer's experiences in what war?
745. ivan osokin - 6/8/2002 12:19:18 PM
WWII
746. PelleNilsson - 6/8/2002 12:19:33 PM
Korean war
747. Daniel Sickles - 6/8/2002 12:19:59 PM
Point ivan
748. Daniel Sickles - 6/8/2002 12:21:09 PM
10) What dance is a fusion of carimbo' and merengue?
749. PelleNilsson - 6/8/2002 12:21:49 PM
No contest
750. ivan osokin - 6/8/2002 12:21:51 PM
carimbo
751. ivan osokin - 6/8/2002 12:22:09 PM
crap! OOOPS!
752. Daniel Sickles - 6/8/2002 12:22:39 PM
No point awarded
753. Daniel Sickles - 6/8/2002 12:23:33 PM
11) What body of water separates Sweden and Finland?
754. PelleNilsson - 6/8/2002 12:24:03 PM
The Baltic Sea
755. ivan osokin - 6/8/2002 12:24:19 PM
oresond
756. PelleNilsson - 6/8/2002 12:24:41 PM
Consolation question?
757. ivan osokin - 6/8/2002 12:24:46 PM
sheesh....how do you spell sweden?
758. Daniel Sickles - 6/8/2002 12:27:16 PM
No point awarded
Ivan 6
Pelle 1
Okay, objections
1) On Yellow and Yangtze, I have them as separate. If you have a different source, I'm all ears. Here is mine: The Yellow River is the northernmost of the major Chinese rivers. Directly to the south is the Yangtze River; south of the Yangtze is the West River; south of the West River is the Red River, much of which passes through modern-day Vietnam
2) Missing the shark question. That's on you, lest I'd get everybody who chatters wanting similar courtesies.
759. Daniel Sickles - 6/8/2002 12:28:29 PM
(and I have the Gulf of Bothnia as the correct answer to 11), but I will research and explain)
760. Daniel Sickles - 6/8/2002 12:30:13 PM
Okay, the Gulf of Bothnia is part of the Baltic. Point Pelle.
Ivan 6
Pelle 2
(Yellow/Yangtze controversy outstanding)
761. PelleNilsson - 6/8/2002 12:32:15 PM
Daniel
OK the the Yangtze decision.
I don't agree that the shark question is on me. I did not chatter, I voiced an objection. If you want objections to be stated at certain points in the game you should say so at the start.
I object to the no points awarded on the last question. That body of water is called the Baltic Sea and nothing else. Maybe your source has the Gulf of Finland. That's just plain wrong.
762. Daniel Sickles - 6/8/2002 12:34:45 PM
Pelle
1) My source is the CIA factbook, which designates the body as the Gulf of Bothnia. Regardless, see my previous post.
2) Yangtze decision Okayed.
3) I'm afraid my position stands on sharks.
Next post -- next question and resumption of the game
ivan 6
Pelle 2
763. Daniel Sickles - 6/8/2002 12:36:08 PM
12) Name an attendee at the Wansee Conference in 1942.
764. ivan osokin - 6/8/2002 12:36:42 PM
dr. meyer
765. PelleNilsson - 6/8/2002 12:36:50 PM
Kaltenbrunner
766. Daniel Sickles - 6/8/2002 12:37:59 PM
point ivan
767. PelleNilsson - 6/8/2002 12:38:31 PM
correction: Heydrich
768. Daniel Sickles - 6/8/2002 12:39:28 PM
13) Who said: " Just because we have won victory, we must never relax our vigilance against the frenzied plots for revenge by the imperialists and their running dogs. Whoever relaxes vigilance will disarm himself politically and land himself in a passive position."
769. PelleNilsson - 6/8/2002 12:40:13 PM
Stalin
770. ivan osokin - 6/8/2002 12:40:23 PM
chairman mao
771. Daniel Sickles - 6/8/2002 12:40:50 PM
Point ivan
772. Daniel Sickles - 6/8/2002 12:41:35 PM
14) Who authored the play containing the line "Hell is other people"?
773. ivan osokin - 6/8/2002 12:42:32 PM
sartre
774. PelleNilsson - 6/8/2002 12:42:49 PM
Nolo contendere
775. Daniel Sickles - 6/8/2002 12:42:59 PM
Point ivan
776. Daniel Sickles - 6/8/2002 12:44:24 PM
15) Name two of the three ingredients to the "White Russian" cocktail.
777. ivan osokin - 6/8/2002 12:44:41 PM
kahlua and cream
778. PelleNilsson - 6/8/2002 12:46:21 PM
Kahlua and milk
779. Daniel Sickles - 6/8/2002 12:47:10 PM
Point - and match - Ivan
Ivan 10
Pelle 2
Not answered 3
Fine game, gentlemen. Apologies again for confusion. But I'm beginning to think that my incompetence is a special charm of "21".
780. Daniel Sickles - 6/8/2002 12:48:05 PM
(and cream or milk would have been acceptable)
781. ivan osokin - 6/8/2002 12:50:03 PM
Thank you so much Daniel and Pelle for a great game. I enjoyed the continental flair, and the demons are all breathing sulphury sighs of relief.
782. PelleNilsson - 6/8/2002 12:51:17 PM
Congratulations ivan! You trounced me good which was no surprise.
Daniel
I didn't know the answer to the shark question so your decision doesn't matter one way or the other. But for future games you may consider stating up front that objections will be received and adjucated after question 11.
783. PelleNilsson - 6/8/2002 12:53:58 PM
adjudicated
784. ivan osokin - 6/8/2002 12:54:08 PM
thanks again. i must now be off...the indian festival and music and sweets galore awaits!
785. CalGal - 6/8/2002 2:02:22 PM
Pelle, I believe that Daniel has mentioned that? That's why there is a break at question 11, which wasn't there in the first game.
Congrats to Ivan, well-played.
786. Indiana Jones - 6/10/2002 1:27:48 PM
This is probably a good weekend for me to play. Sometime after 1 p.m. ET Friday would be best.
787. Daniel Sickles - 6/11/2002 12:50:27 PM
Okay, half way through the first round --
Rask, betty, zojak, ivan
Still need to schedule
Indiana v. anomieme
alistair v. Diva
Ms. No v. HollyW
Doc Brown v. Laura C
ano - how does your Friday look?
788. Ms. No - 6/11/2002 1:32:55 PM
I am soooo gonna die.
Can I delope?
789. theDiva - 6/11/2002 1:47:11 PM
don't you dare.
790. Ms. No - 6/11/2002 2:16:29 PM
but...but...I'm delicate! I can't take the pressure! I'll hyperventillate!! I could get a rash!!!
791. theDiva - 6/11/2002 2:44:57 PM
(cracks whip)
horseshit.
If I can do it, you certainly can.
Now shape up.
(cracks whip.)
792. Ms. No - 6/12/2002 1:19:26 PM
To All Hosts:
I regret to inform you that the privelege of changing thread titles at will is now revoked until further notice. Most of you this will not affect at all so I apologize for the interruption to your thread.
793. Daniel Sickles - 6/12/2002 1:20:23 PM
Did I get in under the wire?
794. Ms. No - 6/12/2002 1:36:18 PM
What? Now you want to limbo? Quick! Somebody alert theDiva!
795. Daniel Sickles - 6/12/2002 1:41:18 PM
Announcements
a. unless, I hear from them on this thread in the next 24 hours, betty and ivan have withdrawn from the competition
b. so, we have 14 participants, not 16, and two have made it to the second round
1. Raskolnikov
2. zojak
I still need to schedule.
3. Indiana v. anomieme
4. alistair v. Diva
5. Ms. No v. HollyW
6. Doc Brown v. Laura C
If no one has objection, for slots 7 and 8, I propose
7. CalGal v. Snowowl
8. bubbaette v. Pelle
d. When we get to 8, I will the re-draw matchups out of a hat.
e. I am adding a prize to the kitty on behalf of the 4 vanquished players who have been given a second chance: Michael Beschloss' Reaching For Glory and a porno tape (details to follow) to make up for ivan's contribution.
796. Raskolnikov - 6/12/2002 2:09:25 PM
Daniel: I don't think that is quite fair to those who will lose the next 4 matches, who won't get a second chance solely because they didn't play one of the first four games. A few alternatives present themselves:
1) Wait until all other first round games are done, and then select the two single elimination players for round two who had the highest scores in round 1.
2) Randomly select 2 out of the 8.
3) Randomly choose the match-ups for round two, with two players lucky enough to get forfeits (this might not be the only time people back out of the tournament, so you might want to make it easy on yourself by just calling it a forfeit when it happens).
4) Use moderator judgment on which two of the 8 players eliminated from the first round played the best, and can be advanced to the next round in place of ivan and betty.
What happened to ivan and betty anyway?
797. theDiva - 6/12/2002 2:11:50 PM
WRT schedules, I am going to be extremely busy for the next couple of weeks. Most likely I will be able to play on a Saturday morning...how does that look for our esteemed host and my worthy opponent?
798. Daniel Sickles - 6/12/2002 2:11:59 PM
Rask
Great idea. Okay
1. I'm going to finish the first round matches
Indiana v. anomieme
alistair v. Diva
Ms. No v. HollyW
Doc Brown v. Laura C
2. I'm going to pick two names out of a hat from the vanquished 8.
betty and ivan got in a huff and split the scene.
799. Daniel Sickles - 6/12/2002 2:12:51 PM
Diva
Saturday morning works for me. What is alistair's email again. I lost it.
800. theDiva - 6/12/2002 2:15:16 PM
Saturday the 29th all right with you? Not sure about Connor's address, I will have to look and then send it to you.
801. PelleNilsson - 6/12/2002 2:18:17 PM
Diva may not have his current address:
alistairconnor@wanadoo.fr
802. theDiva - 6/12/2002 2:21:11 PM
Such aspersions to cast upon me, Pelle! Of course I do.
You, sir, may bite me. HMPH.
803. PelleNilsson - 6/12/2002 2:52:00 PM
Thank you. No taste of old bird there!
804. theDiva - 6/12/2002 2:58:10 PM
hahahahaha
805. ivan osokin - 6/12/2002 3:30:14 PM
Danzigles:
i responded to your email, but i guess i have to chime in here to get recognized. i would still like to continue being in 21 (although i love asscracks a lot more than numbers). hopefully, i can go up against someone who's not as civil as PelleNilsson (no fun beating someone so gentlemanly).
and btw dan: my ploy worked. currently, i'm en flagrante delicto with a hippie chick i picked up at the food co-op, wowing her with my harmonic convergence spiel, impressing her with my love of everyone, and getting her totally hot and bothered my knowledge of soy-based products.
806. betty - 6/12/2002 3:31:51 PM
Daniel,
ivan and I have both e-mailed you to let you know that we will play, have you not received them?
My leaving had something to do with nothing that you know about and has been more or less resolved.
I will play, if only because I am rather sure that i will win it all, being motivated by the marmite as I am.
807. betty - 6/12/2002 3:35:16 PM
x-post
808. Daniel Sickles - 6/12/2002 3:47:49 PM
betty
I apologize. I hadn't received your email and when ivan sent me one which seemed equivocal, I was blocked from responding. I presumed, and I hate presumption.
Excellent.
Game on.
Finalists thus far
Rask
betty
ivan
zojak
(ivan, I couldn't be happier for you, and frankly, I'm jealous - lately, I've been reduced to hanging out at the mall with a bag of Sour Patch Kids)
809. Raskolnikov - 6/12/2002 3:56:33 PM
Lucky you. My restraining order won't let anywhere near the mall.
810. PelleNilsson - 6/12/2002 4:33:51 PM
Easy there, Ivan. You are ruining my reputation as a hard-hitting, yet petulant, Eurocentric intellectual snob.
811. ivan osokin - 6/12/2002 4:57:51 PM
PelleNilsson:
i'd take the chidings of a eurocentric intellectual anytime over the fox-news-informed parroting of americocentric non-intellectuals anyday.
besides...someday i hope to be on the other side of the pond as well...away from this 3,000 mile long strip mall, firing range, and tv soundstage.
812. theDiva - 6/12/2002 5:00:30 PM
aaaaahhhh...I knew youse weren't goin nowhere. I seen more than one pissed-off Sicilian in my day.
813. anomieme - 6/12/2002 7:33:33 PM
Daniel,
I'm back a day or two later than expected, but I'm here and ready to go. Any time after 5PM PST is good for me.
Indiana: Sorry for any delay and I look forward to being some small impediment to your first round passage. I'm in a good position since it will be no shame to lose to someone of your obvious talents, and win or lose, I'm in excellent company.
I hope to read back some at work tomorrow.
And now...a good night's sleep.
814. bubbaette - 6/12/2002 9:45:41 PM
I'm glad that Ivan and Betty are back, but must confess that I was hoping for the chance to kick Pelle's dour butt and redeem myself.
815. ivan osokin - 6/12/2002 9:57:13 PM
i had to come back...i didn't want cal to have another chance ;b
816. bubbaette - 6/12/2002 9:59:14 PM
sawright. The dour swede probly would have kicked my ample ass, and then where would I be?
817. Indiana Jones - 6/13/2002 8:32:24 AM
Argh. I was hoping for a) a win by forfeit in the first round; and b) a reshuffling of the deck in the second round so as to avoid Rask. What a world, what a world.
Gentle anomieme, I do love thee so that I will shortly send thy soul to heaven, if heaven will take the present at our hands.
818. Daniel Sickles - 6/13/2002 10:09:49 AM
Indy, anomieme
How about tonight?
819. Indiana Jones - 6/13/2002 10:49:20 AM
After 10 p.m. EST I could do it.
820. Indiana Jones - 6/13/2002 10:49:33 AM
EDT, I mean.
821. anomieme - 6/13/2002 7:52:52 PM
Daniel, Indy,
10 PM EDT tonight is good for me. I'll check back about 930 to see if it's a go.
822. anomieme - 6/13/2002 9:36:37 PM
Present and accounted for. Awaiting further instructions...
823. Indiana Jones - 6/13/2002 9:43:28 PM
Let's get ready to rummmbbbbllle!!!
824. Indiana Jones - 6/13/2002 9:43:47 PM
Is biting an opponent's ear allowed?
825. Indiana Jones - 6/13/2002 9:44:46 PM
How about biting the round card girl's ass?
826. anomieme - 6/13/2002 9:46:00 PM
I'll give your ears but a gentle boxing this round. Ha!
827. Indiana Jones - 6/13/2002 9:46:05 PM
I want godless cliff!
Bring him on!
828. Indiana Jones - 6/13/2002 9:50:41 PM
It's go time!
829. bubbaette - 6/13/2002 9:51:12 PM
I'm ready to be entertained.
830. Indiana Jones - 6/13/2002 9:52:06 PM
Just wait until I strip down to my trunks, bub.
That's tonight's real entertainment.
Just sit back and watch me try to work up a sweat.
831. bubbaette - 6/13/2002 9:52:13 PM
But be quick about it -- it's past my bedtime.
832. Indiana Jones - 6/13/2002 9:53:21 PM
Who wants to be my corner girl?
Hunh?
833. Indiana Jones - 6/13/2002 9:54:45 PM
Where's that pint-sized Vince Mcmahon, anyway?
It's unwise to keep Indy "The Total Package" Jones waiting.
834. bubbaette - 6/13/2002 9:57:09 PM
Who wants to be my corner girl?
Would she be the one to stuff q-tips up yer schnoz and wipe the blood out of your eyes?
835. Indiana Jones - 6/13/2002 9:58:51 PM
Hey now...
Naw, she'll be towelling off my barrel chest and blowing kisses to me when I enter my victory strut between punches.
836. Indiana Jones - 6/13/2002 10:02:02 PM
Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy, the pipes are calling...
837. bubbaette - 6/13/2002 10:02:16 PM
Speaking of unmitigated hooey, where's the fearless quizmeister?
838. anomieme - 6/13/2002 10:02:32 PM
I see my opponent is a carnivorous, ear-biting, half-clothed, banter-baiting ruffian, verfy much like one of the fighters in the recent Memphis match.
I,OTOH, will stay fully clothed, calm and cool, and celibate throughout this minor enterprise.
Excuse me, while I freshen up just a bit.
839. bubbaette - 6/13/2002 10:03:37 PM
She's got a fierce uppercut, I hear.
840. Indiana Jones - 6/13/2002 10:04:28 PM
"Celibate"?
Don't try to intimidate me with your 50 cent words and hard to spell name, buster.
You wanna piece of me? You wanna piece of me?
841. bubbaette - 6/13/2002 10:06:24 PM
Save yer strength. All that bluster might leave you winded.
842. anomieme - 6/13/2002 10:06:40 PM
I might want a piece of your "corner" girls after they clean up your puddles, mate.
Winner gets the wenches!
843. Indiana Jones - 6/13/2002 10:06:41 PM
eevybody tinks I'm an animal.
But lemme tell ya, when Gus & I was trainin it was da happiest time of my life.
Cept mebbe when I got dat booty contest winner alone in da hotel room.
844. bubbaette - 6/13/2002 10:09:13 PM
speaking of beauty contest winners, where's Daniel?
845. Indiana Jones - 6/13/2002 10:10:26 PM
Somebody check the local whorehouses and pronto.
I've got endorsements to go to.
846. anomieme - 6/13/2002 10:12:07 PM
I couldn't reply today until about 730PM EDT, so maybe he didn't know it was a go.
Shame to get Indy Tyson all worked up like this for nothing. Think of the children.
847. Indiana Jones - 6/13/2002 10:13:17 PM
The children?
Think of Sickles.
I think I'll have to tear his heart out and eat it.
848. bubbaette - 6/13/2002 10:14:13 PM
Shame to get Indy Tyson all worked up like this for nothing.
Don't worry -- he'll just go beat the hell out of some innocent passer-by.
849. bubbaette - 6/13/2002 10:16:54 PM
I think y'all done been stood up.
850. anomieme - 6/13/2002 10:17:07 PM
Well that's the fear. Tyson wanted to eat Lewis's children. No telling what our own Indy might do.
851. Indiana Jones - 6/13/2002 10:18:21 PM
If the General doesn't show up by 30 after, I say we call it a night. Agreed?
852. Raskolnikov - 6/13/2002 10:18:36 PM
I'll keep things going with some warm up questions.
A) This one legged man was the first person in American history to successfully plea insanity to murder, several years prior to ineptly setting up a salient in the Peach Orchard at Gettysburg. First and last name required.
853. bubbaette - 6/13/2002 10:18:58 PM
Me, I think it's all hype to jack up the purse.
854. Indiana Jones - 6/13/2002 10:19:12 PM
George Pickett
855. anomieme - 6/13/2002 10:20:10 PM
Whatsay Indy? IK'll hang around til about 1030 or so.
I can't post during the day, but take it as read that I'm available tomorrow. Same time, same place.
Or...early Saturday morning.
Otherwise, not til next week.
856. Raskolnikov - 6/13/2002 10:20:40 PM
Hints: Northern General, shares a name with a member of the Mote community.
857. Indiana Jones - 6/13/2002 10:21:19 PM
Yes, I'll be available tomorrow evening too, same time. If for any reason I won't be, I'll post here and email the host.
858. bubbaette - 6/13/2002 10:21:31 PM
Daniel Sickles?
859. Raskolnikov - 6/13/2002 10:22:53 PM
Points to Bubba!
860. anomieme - 6/13/2002 10:23:02 PM
Charfles Graham
861. Indiana Jones - 6/13/2002 10:23:34 PM
The insanity defense should have given it away.
862. bubbaette - 6/13/2002 10:23:58 PM
Woo hoo! I am the champion.
Now I'm off to bed, taking my championship belt with me.
night y'all.
863. anomieme - 6/13/2002 10:24:17 PM
without the fat-fingered f in Charles
Indy: That's a plan.
864. Indiana Jones - 6/13/2002 10:24:26 PM
Does that mean Rask is now the corner girl?
865. Raskolnikov - 6/13/2002 10:25:37 PM
Next question: This Roman general wrote a bunch of self-congratulatory missive to the Senate collectively known as "Commentaries on the Gallic War"
866. Indiana Jones - 6/13/2002 10:26:21 PM
julius caesar
867. anomieme - 6/13/2002 10:26:21 PM
Boy am I slow. Thanks for the practice, Rask.
(Bluffing)
868. Indiana Jones - 6/13/2002 10:26:49 PM
There seems to be a pattern to these answers.
869. Indiana Jones - 6/13/2002 10:27:06 PM
My next guess...
Francis Urquhart.
871. Indiana Jones - 6/13/2002 10:29:30 PM
10:30?
872. Raskolnikov - 6/13/2002 10:29:30 PM
No fair anticipating. Correct on Caesar.
873. ivan osokin - 6/13/2002 10:30:58 PM
rask...are you referring to "Belli Galloi"?
and anyways...this was already in my match with pelle. he said caesar, i said julius caesar...i would have contested, but sickles anticipated and said 'caesar' would be accepted.
874. anomieme - 6/13/2002 10:31:50 PM
Okay. I'm back here tomorrow.
875. Indiana Jones - 6/13/2002 10:32:02 PM
Okey-dokey. I'm checking out. See y'all tomorrow, I reckon.
876. Raskolnikov - 6/13/2002 10:34:31 PM
"rask...are you referring to "Belli Galloi"?"
Probably. I knew he had a Caesar question, but I forget which one it was. I would have skipped it, but dammit, I had a theme going.
877. ivan osokin - 6/13/2002 10:35:52 PM
Bellum Gallicum...i meant.
878. Daniel Sickles - 6/14/2002 10:41:18 AM
My apologies. I misunderstood availability.
I have a better idea.
I am available for the following slots:
(tonight) June 14th -10:00 to 11:00 pm, EST
(Monday) June 17th - 10:00 to 11:00 pm, EST
(Wednesday) June 19th - 11:00 pm to midnite, EST
Indiana v. anomieme
alistair v. Diva
Ms. No v. HollyW
Doc Brown v. Laura C
Give me your availability and i'll announce matches.
Thanks, and apologies again.
879. Indiana Jones - 6/14/2002 10:49:19 AM
I'll be available tonight, not the other two slots.
880. Ms. No - 6/14/2002 12:43:12 PM
I'm waiting for the internet to be re-connected at home. I've got an install date of June 17th, but I won't know until then if it's a go. Better say the 19th just to be on the safe side.
881. Daniel Sickles - 6/14/2002 8:56:51 PM
An, Indy
I'll check in at 10:30 pm tonight. If you're here, it's GO TIME!
882. anomieme - 6/14/2002 9:40:28 PM
I'll be here....
883. Indiana Jones - 6/14/2002 9:52:08 PM
I'm hyeah & ready to pound somebody til dey wish dey was dead.
884. Indiana Jones - 6/14/2002 10:06:45 PM
Incidently da Tyson House connection sucks on Friday nights cause my bitches download hip-hop all fuckin night.
885. Indiana Jones - 6/14/2002 10:07:12 PM
Fuckin napster central....
886. Indiana Jones - 6/14/2002 10:16:57 PM
anomieme poses with two of tonight's ring girls before Iron Indiana Jones gets a hold of him. 
Yeah, baby! You'd better enjoy it while you can.
887. anomieme - 6/14/2002 10:25:48 PM
Brit Babes too! Makes it almost worth the whoopass.
888. anomieme - 6/14/2002 10:26:17 PM
post
889. Daniel Sickles - 6/14/2002 10:27:09 PM
Players . . . check in
Reminders
1) 2 minute time limit per question
2) Objections/break after 11 questions
3) Only one post per question
890. anomieme - 6/14/2002 10:27:46 PM
Did I warn you I was the 7th toughest kid in eighth grade?
And I almost graduated too. You don't know what you're in for tonight.
891. Indiana Jones - 6/14/2002 10:27:54 PM
Me & Elizabeth Hurley are here. She's sitting in my lap as a handicap.
892. anomieme - 6/14/2002 10:28:44 PM
Course that was a long time ago...
893. Daniel Sickles - 6/14/2002 10:28:50 PM
Okay - in approximately one minute, I will post the first question.
Let's get ready to play . . . . 21!
894. anomieme - 6/14/2002 10:29:29 PM
Thanks for the review, Daniel.
Ready when you are
895. Daniel Sickles - 6/14/2002 10:30:34 PM
1. Identify the song title and group:
Talk in song from tongues of lilting grace
Sounds caress my ear
And not a word I heard could I relate
The story was quite clear
Ooh, baby, I been blind
Oh, yeah, mama, there ain't no denyin'
Oh, ooh yes, I been blind
Mama, mama, ain't no denyin', no denyin'
All I see turns to brown
As the sun burns the ground
And my eyes fill with sand
As I scan this razor line
Can I find, can I find where I've been
Oh, pilot of the storm who leaves no trace
Like sorts inside a dream
Leave the path the led me to that place
Yellow desert stream
Like Shangri-la beneath the summer moon
I will return again
As the dust that floats finds you
Will move and search Kashmir
896. Indiana Jones - 6/14/2002 10:31:28 PM
Kashmir--Led Zeppelin
897. Daniel Sickles - 6/14/2002 10:31:47 PM
Point Jones
898. anomieme - 6/14/2002 10:31:51 PM
not a clue
899. Daniel Sickles - 6/14/2002 10:32:48 PM
2. The four-masted passenger schooner Fantome disappeared trying to outrun a hurricane in what century?
900. Indiana Jones - 6/14/2002 10:33:18 PM
20th
901. anomieme - 6/14/2002 10:33:27 PM
18th
902. Daniel Sickles - 6/14/2002 10:34:04 PM
Point Jones
903. Daniel Sickles - 6/14/2002 10:34:47 PM
3. What calamity befell the inhabitants of Montserrat in 1995?
904. Indiana Jones - 6/14/2002 10:35:14 PM
volcano?
905. anomieme - 6/14/2002 10:35:25 PM
earthquake
906. Daniel Sickles - 6/14/2002 10:35:59 PM
Point Jones
907. Daniel Sickles - 6/14/2002 10:36:55 PM
4. What is the staple food for a polar bear?
908. Indiana Jones - 6/14/2002 10:37:24 PM
meat (seal meat?)
909. anomieme - 6/14/2002 10:37:31 PM
seal
910. Daniel Sickles - 6/14/2002 10:38:58 PM
Point anomieme (the answer is "seals"; Indy - you hedged with two answers -remember, keep playing and bitch at me at the break)
911. anomieme - 6/14/2002 10:39:42 PM
at last
912. Daniel Sickles - 6/14/2002 10:40:33 PM
5. What and who sits off of The Phillipines and on the bridge in Star Trek?
913. Indiana Jones - 6/14/2002 10:41:12 PM
uhura
914. anomieme - 6/14/2002 10:41:54 PM
Ahura
915. Daniel Sickles - 6/14/2002 10:42:14 PM
No point awarded
916. Daniel Sickles - 6/14/2002 10:43:12 PM
6. Who penned a character searching for the "zipless fuck"?
917. Indiana Jones - 6/14/2002 10:43:41 PM
Erica Jong
918. anomieme - 6/14/2002 10:43:47 PM
Vonnegut
919. Daniel Sickles - 6/14/2002 10:44:26 PM
Point Jones
920. Daniel Sickles - 6/14/2002 10:45:33 PM
7. When Hephaestus cracked open Zeus' head to alleviate the chief god's headache, who popped out?
921. Indiana Jones - 6/14/2002 10:45:48 PM
Athena
922. Daniel Sickles - 6/14/2002 10:46:31 PM
Point Jones
923. anomieme - 6/14/2002 10:46:33 PM
Athene
924. Daniel Sickles - 6/14/2002 10:48:14 PM
8. Who was a Romanian politican and winner of the French Open?
925. Indiana Jones - 6/14/2002 10:48:31 PM
Nastase
926. Daniel Sickles - 6/14/2002 10:49:04 PM
Point Jones
927. anomieme - 6/14/2002 10:49:30 PM
pass
928. Daniel Sickles - 6/14/2002 10:50:10 PM
11. Who said "Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even when there is no river."
929. anomieme - 6/14/2002 10:50:48 PM
Will Rogers
930. Indiana Jones - 6/14/2002 10:50:54 PM
Kruschev
931. Daniel Sickles - 6/14/2002 10:51:17 PM
Point Jones
932. Daniel Sickles - 6/14/2002 10:52:21 PM
10. Name two plays by Oscar Wilde.
933. Indiana Jones - 6/14/2002 10:53:09 PM
Importance of Being Earnest
Lady Windermere's Fan
934. Daniel Sickles - 6/14/2002 10:53:40 PM
Point Jones
935. anomieme - 6/14/2002 10:53:48 PM
The importance of Being Earnest
Shit! A Friggen one-word title I can't remember
936. Daniel Sickles - 6/14/2002 10:55:13 PM
3. The formula "X = A * R squared" will help you determine the ___________ of a ______________.
937. Indiana Jones - 6/14/2002 10:55:59 PM
area of a circle?
938. anomieme - 6/14/2002 10:57:03 PM
pass
939. Daniel Sickles - 6/14/2002 10:58:17 PM
No point awarded
BREAK
Indiana Jones 8
anomieme 1
Challenges?
940. anomieme - 6/14/2002 10:58:57 PM
None for me. It's a slow painful death...
941. anomieme - 6/14/2002 11:00:00 PM
I am truly grateful for the polor bear question.
Ha!
942. Indiana Jones - 6/14/2002 11:00:08 PM
I don't have a challenge, but the reason I put "meat" and then "seal meat" was in case the answer needed to be more specific (a la jeopardy). In the interest of speed, I just kept typing rather than backup.
I wasn't trying to get in two answers, Ass Crack.
943. Indiana Jones - 6/14/2002 11:01:03 PM
What was the answer to Uhura?
944. anomieme - 6/14/2002 11:01:12 PM
...and I'm still grateful.
945. anomieme - 6/14/2002 11:02:11 PM
Not that I need an excuse to lose so badly, but it's taking me about 15 to 20 seconds to refresh the window each time.
946. Daniel Sickles - 6/14/2002 11:02:18 PM
That's Ass Crack Whore to you.
The answer was Sulu.
Okay, in a minute, question 12.
947. Daniel Sickles - 6/14/2002 11:04:38 PM
12. According to Elton John, Saturday Night is alright for doing what?
948. Indiana Jones - 6/14/2002 11:04:54 PM
for a fight
949. anomieme - 6/14/2002 11:05:02 PM
fighting
950. Daniel Sickles - 6/14/2002 11:05:47 PM
Point anomieme (close call)
951. Daniel Sickles - 6/14/2002 11:07:10 PM
13. What did Abba sing and Wellington win?
952. Indiana Jones - 6/14/2002 11:07:22 PM
waterloo
953. anomieme - 6/14/2002 11:07:50 PM
Normandy
954. anomieme - 6/14/2002 11:08:16 PM
of course!
955. Daniel Sickles - 6/14/2002 11:08:21 PM
Point Jones
956. Daniel Sickles - 6/14/2002 11:09:45 PM
14. If you've got Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, what organ ails you?
957. anomieme - 6/14/2002 11:10:13 PM
brain
958. Indiana Jones - 6/14/2002 11:10:31 PM
brain
959. Daniel Sickles - 6/14/2002 11:11:31 PM
Point anomieme
960. Daniel Sickles - 6/14/2002 11:12:49 PM
15. What is the primary ingredient of traditional meat loaf?
961. Indiana Jones - 6/14/2002 11:13:07 PM
ground beef
962. anomieme - 6/14/2002 11:13:14 PM
beef
963. Daniel Sickles - 6/14/2002 11:14:30 PM
Point - and match - Jones.
Well played. Anomieme, you looked like you took a chest shot early, but it was game struggle. Very nice.
964. anomieme - 6/14/2002 11:15:23 PM
Thanks, Daniel.
And Congrats Indy!
965. Indiana Jones - 6/14/2002 11:17:29 PM
Good game, anomieme. Good sportsmanship, too.
Goodnight everybody.
966. anomieme - 6/14/2002 11:17:45 PM
The beer's on me, and I hope you go all the way.
Goodnight, and have a pleasant tomorrow.
967. Daniel Sickles - 6/14/2002 11:18:29 PM
Three more first round matches
alistair v. Diva
Ms. No v. HollyW
Doc Brown v. Laura C
Available times
(Monday) June 17th - 10:00 to 11:00 pm, EST
(Wednesday) June 19th - 11:00 pm to midnite, EST
Sign up now!
968. Raskolnikov - 6/15/2002 11:22:25 AM
What was the answer to that A*pi r^2 question? It looked sort of like the formula for a cylindar (pi r^2 * height), but other than that, I didn't recognize it.
969. alistairConnor - 6/17/2002 7:51:56 AM
I posted this in the wrong thread under the wrong name, so that's probably why I didn't get an answer...
alistair v. Diva
Ms. No v. HollyW
Doc Brown v. Laura C
Available times
(Monday) June 17th - 10:00 to 11:00 pm, EST
(Wednesday) June 19th - 11:00 pm to midnite, EST
Objection yer honor. That's prime sleeping time in my part of the world, and sleep is sacred.
Anything between about 7pm and 1am EST is unthinkable. Any other time, pretty much any date.
970. alistairConnor - 6/17/2002 7:54:41 AM
I haven't been following very well, but it seems we have to chip in to the prize pool.
I was going to suggest a signed campampaign poster from my recent run for French parliament. A great talking point when pinned to the back of the toilet door. I could add to that, several kilos of surplus campaign leaflets, which might find useful employ in the same location.
Alternative, or supplement : a couple of bottles of organic French wine.
971. zojak quafeth - 6/17/2002 8:06:40 AM
What was the answer to that A*pi r^2 question?
I think it's the circumference of a circle.
972. zojak quafeth - 6/17/2002 8:07:31 AM
By the way, nice match. And good questions.
Although now I've got Zeppelin running thru my head.
973. theDiva - 6/17/2002 8:09:54 AM
I can't do those dates and times, either.
Will Saturday morning, the 29th, be too late? I don't want to hold things up. During bidness hours it's just impossible.
974. theDiva - 6/17/2002 8:10:26 AM
oops, yes, nice match.
975. alistairConnor - 6/17/2002 8:13:37 AM
Saturday morning your time would be during my younger daughter Keri's republican baptism party. Sunday morning? Any other morning?
976. theDiva - 6/17/2002 8:16:07 AM
Well, we certainly wouldn't want to interfere with that. Family first.
Mornings during the week are impossible. This weekend I will be out of town...but Sunday morning, the 30th, is dandy for me.
977. Indiana Jones - 6/17/2002 8:38:58 AM
Maybe my browser isn't reproducing some odd characters correctly, but the formula question appears to me as:
X = A * R squared
No actual pi in it. Still, it has a somewhat general appearance to
area = pi * radius squared
which is the formula for the area of a circle.
The circumference of a circle is
circumference = pi * diameter
or
circumference = pi * 2 * radius
My guess of area of a circle wasn't counted, though, so I have no idea what the General had in mind.
978. alistairConnor - 6/17/2002 8:52:49 AM
Sunday morning, the 30th works for me. We'll have to see what the boss says.
It will be after lunch my time. On balance, the booze factor probably works in my favour.
979. Daniel Sickles - 6/17/2002 9:03:13 AM
There is no too late. I'll periodicallt post slots, and if they gte filled, great.
We do it when it is convenient. No rush.
Diva, alistair - Sunday morning, June 30th, works for me - 8:30 am?
980. Daniel Sickles - 6/17/2002 9:04:33 AM
Indiana
You got the formula correct. I made the same error as zojak.
(hint - probably not too many more math questions to worry about)
981. PelleNilsson - 6/17/2002 9:05:02 AM
I was puzzled by that question too.
982. theDiva - 6/17/2002 9:13:12 AM
Sunday the 30th, 8:30 a.m., then. I'll have a quadruple shot latte just to even things out.
983. Daniel Sickles - 6/20/2002 12:38:19 PM
Those who have moved on to the second round
rask
Indy
betty
ivan
zojak
Scheduled matches
Diva/alistair, June 30, 2002, 8:30 am EST
Open slots
Monday, June 24, 2002, 10:00 pm to 11:00 pm EST
To be Scheduled
Doc Brown v. LauraC
MsNo v. HollyW
984. theDiva - 6/20/2002 12:41:48 PM
I'm gonna lay the smaque-down on his Kiwi butt.
985. DocBrown - 6/20/2002 2:14:34 PM
I have a very busy schedule, but will try to accomodate any timeslot that is least convenient for my worthy opponent.
986. DocBrown - 6/20/2002 2:18:14 PM
PROTEST!
Now is an unfair time to announce that you won't have a lot of math questions. Some of us *like* math questions.
987. alistairConnor - 6/21/2002 10:00:57 AM
I will protest if there are more than seven jazz questions.
988. theDiva - 6/26/2002 8:35:11 AM
Wuss.
989. Indiana Jones - 6/26/2002 8:57:18 AM
Take it to the Inferno.
(Just wanted to see my name on top of another thread. Now, off to a meeting.)
990. theDiva - 6/26/2002 12:47:04 PM
bite me.
991. theDiva - 6/28/2002 4:46:11 PM
T minus 38 hours and counting.....
992. Ms. No - 6/28/2002 5:40:22 PM
Good luck to you both!
Mr. Sickles,
I'm happy to announce that I'm back online at home and free to entertain your scheduling requests. I don't have any set appointments for particular evenings so it might be best to find out Holly's availability first.
993. theDiva - 6/28/2002 5:41:06 PM
I'm gonna need it.
994. HollyW - 6/28/2002 11:06:04 PM
Hey, Ms. No!
I'm more flexible than not. The sooner I face my certain humiliation (#1, I've no clue how to open a second window so Googling won't happen; #2, I used to regularly flunk Current Events quizzes in high school EVEN WHILE I read the paper every day and knew vaguely that something was going on, somewhere, but who? and how do you spell that?)...the quicker I can wipe the sniffles on my sleeve and carry on with life.
995. CalGal - 6/28/2002 11:07:58 PM
You have no clue how to open a second window? Are you on IE? Control N. Are you on Netscape? File->New Window. (Same as in IE, but it's quicker to type Control N).
Then you might want to set your posts per page to 5, to take less time to load.
996. HollyW - 6/28/2002 11:13:51 PM
'Kay, thanks. That could help.
But did I mention...
#3, I suck at surfing the Net. I can't find a thing.
Ooooo, this will be a good wake-up kick in my ass! The Proverbial Learning Experience.
(Maybe Daniel can just dumb down the questions, huh...)
997. CalGal - 6/28/2002 11:17:02 PM
Is your home page set to google? That's a good thing for this because you can just click Home when you're done with a search, for the next one.
998. PelleNilsson - 6/29/2002 3:25:05 AM
Following ..
999. PelleNilsson - 6/29/2002 3:25:24 AM
Indy's ...
1000. PelleNilsson - 6/29/2002 3:25:43 AM
lead.
1001. alistairConnor - 6/30/2002 7:14:42 AM
Hello hello...
What time is it over there?
1002. alistairConnor - 6/30/2002 7:16:32 AM
Back in an hour. If I've got that right.
1003. theDiva - 6/30/2002 8:06:44 AM
Hi honey
It's about 8:05.
1004. theDiva - 6/30/2002 8:29:22 AM
time check?
1005. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 8:30:08 AM
Players check in.
1006. theDiva - 6/30/2002 8:30:35 AM
I'm way ahead of you, babycakes.
1007. theDiva - 6/30/2002 8:32:16 AM
connor???? ohhhhh, connnnnooooorrrrr?????
1008. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 8:33:01 AM
Cold feet?
1009. theDiva - 6/30/2002 8:33:37 AM
I doubt it, I have never been able to intimidate him. He's probably changing a diaper.
1010. theDiva - 6/30/2002 8:34:39 AM
maybe he forgot his password, ha ha.
1011. alistairConnor - 6/30/2002 8:35:35 AM
I'm here my dear.
Just served coffee to the guests.
1012. theDiva - 6/30/2002 8:35:51 AM
SMOOCH!
1013. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 8:36:38 AM
Okay.
Break after 11 questions
Save your objections/queries until then
First question coming up in two minutes
1014. theDiva - 6/30/2002 8:36:55 AM
okey doke.
1015. alistairConnor - 6/30/2002 8:37:10 AM
What an idea, playing this game while the World Cup final's on.
I wasn't going to watch it anyway.
That was a hell of a party yesterday.
(I'm getting my excuse in first)
1016. theDiva - 6/30/2002 8:37:29 AM
hahahahaha
1017. theDiva - 6/30/2002 8:37:55 AM
lemme see if I can come up with a good one.
er, the dog ate my T-1 connection.
1018. alistairConnor - 6/30/2002 8:38:17 AM
You know who your real friends are, they turn up in the morning to help clean up.
And eat the leftovers for lunch.
1019. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 8:38:52 AM
1) After overdosing, which member of the band The Byrds was momentarily revived by an ice cube suppository?
1020. alistairConnor - 6/30/2002 8:39:23 AM
Pass.
1021. theDiva - 6/30/2002 8:39:23 AM
Gram parsons
1022. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 8:40:05 AM
Point Diva.
1023. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 8:41:14 AM
2) Name the author:
I love to hunt. Prowling the streets looking for fair game -- tasty meat. The wemon of Queens are prettyist of all. It must be the water they drink. I live for the hunt -- my life. Blood for papa.Mr. Borrelli, sir, I don't want to kill anymore. No sur, no more but I must, 'honour thy father.'I want to make love to the world. I love people. I don't belong on earth. Return me to yahoos.To the people of Queens, I love you. And I want to wish all of you a happy Easter.
1024. theDiva - 6/30/2002 8:41:46 AM
Son of Sam.
1025. alistairConnor - 6/30/2002 8:41:53 AM
Burroughs
1026. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 8:42:13 AM
Point Diva
1027. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 8:43:09 AM
3) In what continent are you most likely to find a chinchilla?
1028. alistairConnor - 6/30/2002 8:43:31 AM
South america
1029. theDiva - 6/30/2002 8:43:48 AM
South America
1030. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 8:44:32 AM
Point alistair
1031. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 8:45:32 AM
4) What item near and dear to Native Americans sold for approximately 100 pounds in Massachusetts, circa 1723.
1032. theDiva - 6/30/2002 8:46:29 AM
pass
1033. alistairConnor - 6/30/2002 8:48:27 AM
pass
sorry, had a connection problem
1034. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 8:48:54 AM
No point awarded.
1035. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 8:49:46 AM
5) In 1828, what custom did the British outlaw in India?
1036. alistairConnor - 6/30/2002 8:50:05 AM
Suttee
1037. theDiva - 6/30/2002 8:50:11 AM
slavery
1038. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 8:50:40 AM
Point alistair
1039. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 8:51:56 AM
6) Who killed Skiier Vladimir Sabich, who was the crooner who was the killer's ex-husband, and what was Sabich's nickname (your answer must be in one post).
1040. theDiva - 6/30/2002 8:52:30 AM
Claudine Longet, Andy williams, spider sabich
1041. alistairConnor - 6/30/2002 8:53:18 AM
Claudine Longet, Andy Williams. ???
1042. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 8:53:20 AM
point Diva
1043. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 8:54:39 AM
7) What meat is the staple of the original Shepherd's pie?
1044. theDiva - 6/30/2002 8:54:59 AM
mutton
1045. alistairConnor - 6/30/2002 8:55:12 AM
ground beef
1046. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 8:55:47 AM
No point awarded
1047. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 8:56:50 AM
8) She authored Adam Bede and Middlemarch.
1048. theDiva - 6/30/2002 8:57:12 AM
George Eliot
1049. alistairConnor - 6/30/2002 8:57:21 AM
Jane Austen
1050. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 8:57:43 AM
Point Diva
1051. alistairConnor - 6/30/2002 8:57:54 AM
(Are you thinking of George Sand?)
1052. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 8:58:55 AM
9) Name the Black Panther who did a 9 year prison stint, and name the collection of essays he wrote while he was in prison?
1053. alistairConnor - 6/30/2002 8:59:20 AM
pass
1054. theDiva - 6/30/2002 8:59:24 AM
Eldridge Cleaver, Soul On Ice
1055. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 8:59:49 AM
Point Diva
1056. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 9:00:40 AM
10) Distal, middle and proximal phalanges can be found on what appendage?
1057. alistairConnor - 6/30/2002 9:01:04 AM
finger
1058. theDiva - 6/30/2002 9:01:07 AM
the hand.
1059. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 9:01:57 AM
Point alistair
1060. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 9:03:18 AM
11) What country is immediately to the north of the Strait of Hormuz?
1061. alistairConnor - 6/30/2002 9:03:33 AM
Iran
1062. theDiva - 6/30/2002 9:03:40 AM
Oman
1063. theDiva - 6/30/2002 9:03:52 AM
fuque.
1064. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 9:05:04 AM
Point alistair
At the break
Diva 5
alistair 4
Objections, questions?
1065. alistairConnor - 6/30/2002 9:05:58 AM
Pass.
1066. theDiva - 6/30/2002 9:06:11 AM
I'd like to appeal the Shepherd's pie question, I believe that dish was originally made with old sheep.
1067. theDiva - 6/30/2002 9:06:42 AM
and why the hell did I say Oman when I meant Iran? Jaysus.
1068. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 9:07:30 AM
Diva
Objection noted. My sources tell me "lamb."
I will deliver a verdict at the end of the game, as necessary.
Next question up in one minute.
1069. theDiva - 6/30/2002 9:08:15 AM
thank you.
1070. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 9:08:59 AM
12) Name the speaker: WHAT AM I DOING HERE, a question which vast forces of reaction, otherwise known as the devil, the Republican Party, the petrochemical industry, Dick and Lynn Cheney, call them what you will, vast and nearly-ineluctably persuasive and pervasive forces of reaction will seek to answer for you: you are here to consume and to surrender. You are here to comply, to be in agreement. You are not, these agents of sin and of Satan will tell you, here to do anything, or rather you are not here to ask what to do, or why. The only action, the only agency permissible is the secret compact of compliance you are expected to make with an order so vast it is nearly invisible, the secret surrender you are expected to have made of your own specificity in the name of an anti-human unjust anti-egalitarian anti-democratic ideology that masks its brutality in the guise of an Individualism that enforces conformity and a Freedom that exists within a desperately circumscribed arena of economic terror, scarcity and selfishness.
1071. alistairConnor - 6/30/2002 9:09:31 AM
uummm... Chomsky.
1072. theDiva - 6/30/2002 9:09:40 AM
Tony Kushner
1073. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 9:10:09 AM
Point Diva
1074. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 9:11:30 AM
13) Name the Trench that contains the deepest spot in the earth's oceans?
1075. theDiva - 6/30/2002 9:11:48 AM
Marianas Trench
1076. alistairConnor - 6/30/2002 9:11:51 AM
Marianas
1077. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 9:12:24 AM
Point Diva
1078. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 9:13:03 AM
14) What sovereign nation is situated in between Spain and France?
1079. alistairConnor - 6/30/2002 9:13:26 AM
Andorra
1080. theDiva - 6/30/2002 9:13:39 AM
Andorra
1081. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 9:14:21 AM
Point alistair
1082. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 9:15:24 AM
15) Name two Samuel L. Jackson films and two Francois Truffaut films.
1083. theDiva - 6/30/2002 9:16:02 AM
Rules of Engagement, Jungle Fever, Jules and Jim, Day for Night
1084. alistairConnor - 6/30/2002 9:16:03 AM
Dunno
Dernier metro, Vivement dimanche
1085. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 9:16:39 AM
Point Diva
1086. theDiva - 6/30/2002 9:16:42 AM
oh, and in French he posts.
1087. alistairConnor - 6/30/2002 9:17:24 AM
Them's the names of the films dear.
1088. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 9:17:39 AM
16) On which ship did Charles Darwin travel when he began to develop his theory of evolution?
1089. theDiva - 6/30/2002 9:17:41 AM
just messing with ya, honey.
1090. alistairConnor - 6/30/2002 9:17:56 AM
La nuit américaine if I wanted to be pedantic.
1091. alistairConnor - 6/30/2002 9:18:09 AM
Beagle
1092. theDiva - 6/30/2002 9:18:11 AM
the Cambridge
1093. theDiva - 6/30/2002 9:18:36 AM
quit makin me laugh
1094. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 9:18:59 AM
Point alistair
1095. alistairConnor - 6/30/2002 9:19:38 AM
Make 'em laugh and you're halfway there
1096. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 9:20:47 AM
17) In March 1976, President Ford asked Congress for $135 million to do what?
1097. theDiva - 6/30/2002 9:21:54 AM
I think to get us out of Cambodia.
1098. alistairConnor - 6/30/2002 9:21:55 AM
pass
1099. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 9:22:33 AM
No point awarded
1100. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 9:23:22 AM
18) True of False. Sir Thomas Crapper invented the toilet.
1101. alistairConnor - 6/30/2002 9:23:47 AM
false
1102. theDiva - 6/30/2002 9:23:54 AM
True
1103. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 9:24:13 AM
Point alistair
1104. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 9:25:05 AM
18) What dynasty was between the Yuan and Qing?
1105. alistairConnor - 6/30/2002 9:25:34 AM
Ming
1106. theDiva - 6/30/2002 9:25:44 AM
Manchu
1107. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 9:25:56 AM
point alistair
1108. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 9:27:51 AM
19) Congressman Daniel Sickles shot the son of the composer of what song?
1109. alistairConnor - 6/30/2002 9:28:33 AM
Pass
1110. theDiva - 6/30/2002 9:28:39 AM
US NAtional Anthem
1111. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 9:30:09 AM
Point Diva
Diva 9
alistair 8
2 questions remaining
1112. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 9:31:15 AM
20) Who composed "Wellington's Sieg" (aka, "Battle Symphony")?
1113. alistairConnor - 6/30/2002 9:31:36 AM
pass
1114. theDiva - 6/30/2002 9:31:48 AM
Ludwig von Beethoven
1115. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 9:32:54 AM
Point -and game (and wow! what a game) to Diva
Diva 10
alistair 8
1116. theDiva - 6/30/2002 9:33:33 AM
My God.
I will now accept my congratulatory footrubs.
1117. alistairConnor - 6/30/2002 9:33:35 AM
I coulda been a contender.
But you wouldn't have known what questions to ask.
1118. theDiva - 6/30/2002 9:33:57 AM
Thanks, fellas, that was lots of fun.
1119. alistairConnor - 6/30/2002 9:35:50 AM
Consider you feet massaged.
OK, so is the first round over?
1120. theDiva - 6/30/2002 9:36:11 AM
okay, so what was the $135M for?
1121. theDiva - 6/30/2002 9:37:31 AM
no, I think Ms. No and Holly have to play their round.
1122. PelleNilsson - 6/30/2002 9:37:38 AM
Congratulations Diva. And Alistir was also not bad.
A well-fought innings.
1123. betty - 6/30/2002 9:37:51 AM
wow, that was an amazingly competitive game...I almost feel bad that I'm gonna have to kick Diva's ass in the next round.
Oh well, I'm over it. :-)
1124. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 9:38:59 AM
So far, the following have made it to the second round
zojak
Rask
Diva
betty
ivan
Indy
Still need matches for
Ms. No v. HollyW
DocBrown v. LauraC
I'm available Monday, July 1, 2002, after 10:30 am EST
1125. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 9:40:15 AM
$135 million to vaccinate against swine flu.
1126. theDiva - 6/30/2002 9:40:44 AM
thanks, gang.
Betty, I have no doubt that you will clean my clock, however I will give it a good fight.
1127. theDiva - 6/30/2002 9:41:36 AM
Daniel
I can't believe I missed that!! So what's the scoop on the Shepherd's pie, not that I want the point.
Betty
Mutton is the meat of a fully grown sheep.
1128. betty - 6/30/2002 9:42:52 AM
Oh please, diva....
congratulations by the way, that was a wonderful game by AC too.
and thank Sickles as always.
1129. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 9:44:55 AM
Diva
I don't know. Since I don't have to decide the issue, I'm not going to.
Very Solomonesque of me.
"Baby? What baby?"
1130. theDiva - 6/30/2002 9:45:15 AM
no, seriously, you're still producing brain cells whereas mine are dying at an alarming rate.
1131. theDiva - 6/30/2002 9:45:57 AM
hahahahaha
yeah, that's you, Solomonesque. Bearded and berobed.
1132. betty - 6/30/2002 9:46:17 AM
Well, now that that's over I can go play outside before it gets devastatingly hot.
1133. Daniel Sickles - 6/30/2002 9:46:54 AM
To a t.
Adios, mi pelicula omelletta.
1134. theDiva - 6/30/2002 9:47:14 AM
yeah, I've got to get some work done.
Thanks again, everyone. See youse tomorrow.
1135. CalGal - 6/30/2002 11:32:09 AM
Wow, great game! Congrats to both of you.
1136. HollyW - 6/30/2002 10:44:55 PM
That was a great game. All these games have been enjoyable to read through.
I'm working 3-11pm on Monday, I won't be home until who knows when, midnight at the earliest (I'm EDT). That may be too late.
1137. zojak quafeth - 6/30/2002 11:31:29 PM
Hello all.
Very nice game.
OK, I better go pull out a couple of encylclopedias for round 2.
1138. bubbaette - 7/1/2002 8:29:14 AM
Good game, Alistair and Diva.
1139. Ms. No - 7/1/2002 11:46:43 AM
Wow! Great game!
I will be available as soon as I finish reading the entire Encyclopedia Britannica.
Holly, you are going to kick my ass. I just want you to be prepared for a ridiculously easy victory. I know nothing but how to run my mouth.
I'm available evenings by 9pm EST all this week...I think. Oh, well, not on the 4th. I could do it in the morning that day but only MY morning which would be well into beer-thirty for Mr. Sickles on the East Coast so the 4th is out I suppose.
1140. DocBrown - 7/6/2002 9:44:22 AM
Pardon my absence, I just got back from Seattle.
Have we heard from Laura C?
1141. Daniel Sickles - 7/8/2002 11:03:49 AM
Laura C, Doc
Per my emails, here are open dates for your match
Monday, July 15, 2002 - 10:00 pm to 11:30 pm EST
Tuesday, July 16, 2002 - 10:00 pm to 11:30 pm EST
Monday, July 22, 2002 - 10:00 pm to 11:30 pm EST
If they don't work, no big deal. We can do another day. Let me know.
1142. HollyW - 7/11/2002 12:21:46 AM
Daniel, Ms. No,
I can do either Monday. Let me know. I've never given my email here...it's msratchedrn@hotmail.com.
My contribution to the prize pool will be a kitchen witch and something ridiculous from the shop of Laurie Cabot, the Official Witch of Salem, Massachusetts. How's that for regional flavor?
1143. Ms. No - 7/11/2002 12:54:38 AM
Either Monday is also fine with me. I'm not likely to be any smarter in 10 days than I will be in 3. :-)
1144. Daniel Sickles - 7/16/2002 12:02:11 PM
Ms. No, Holly
Monday. 7/22/02, 11:00 pm EST. Be there.
1145. HollyW - 7/16/2002 2:22:11 PM
Gotcha.
1146. Ms. No - 7/16/2002 4:28:44 PM
Right-e-o!
1147. Ms. No - 7/22/2002 12:31:03 PM
oh, shit. That's tonight, huh?
Can I delope?
1148. HollyW - 7/22/2002 10:46:55 PM
Nope.
Don't worry, you'll mop up the floor with me. I
1) Have consistently gotten two correct answers in each of the previous Twenty-One games, except for the CalGal-Rask game. For that game I got one
2) Even with hand-holding, I have not been able to open a second window
3) I'm newly pregnant, so not only do I have an early case of placenta brain, I will probably fall asleep at halftime
..so take heart, Ms. No! (And note how cleverly I managed to relate my expectant state to this thread. Shameless, shameless!)
1149. Daniel Sickles - 7/22/2002 10:50:36 PM
Ha ha ha ha.
MsNo. Check in.
1150. bubbaette - 7/22/2002 10:54:42 PM
Is Ms. No a no show? Say it ain't so.
1151. Ms. No - 7/22/2002 10:57:13 PM
Nah, I'm here.
Can I pee first?
1152. Daniel Sickles - 7/22/2002 10:58:27 PM
Sure. Just pee in yer chair, you pervert.
You have 5 minutes.
1153. HollyW - 7/22/2002 10:58:41 PM
The nerves got you, eh?
1154. Ms. No - 7/22/2002 10:58:42 PM
I'm back
1155. Ms. No - 7/22/2002 10:59:18 PM
Now can I vomit?
I'm thinking a full body purge might help.
1156. HollyW - 7/22/2002 10:59:37 PM
High colonic?
1157. Daniel Sickles - 7/22/2002 10:59:38 PM
Okay.
Everybody's back. In 1 minute, question no. 1
1158. HollyW - 7/22/2002 11:00:11 PM
Eeek!
1159. bubbaette - 7/22/2002 11:00:12 PM
Dang
Thought I might get a second chance to show my inabilities.
1160. Daniel Sickles - 7/22/2002 11:01:47 PM
1) In J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, Harry and Hermione and Ron attend what school?
1161. Ms. No - 7/22/2002 11:02:13 PM
Hogwarts
1162. HollyW - 7/22/2002 11:02:16 PM
Dont know.
1163. Daniel Sickles - 7/22/2002 11:02:56 PM
Point Ms No
1164. Daniel Sickles - 7/22/2002 11:04:18 PM
2) Name the speaker: Now, Bob, I have found over the years that we see and we hear and we imagine a lot of things in the form of attacks and shots ... Take the best military man you have, though, and just tell him that I've been watching and listening to these stories for 30 years before the Armed Services Committee, and we are always sure we've been attacked. Then, in a day or two, we are not so damned sure. And then in a day or two more, we're sure it didn't happen at all!"
1165. Ms. No - 7/22/2002 11:05:14 PM
LBJ
1166. Daniel Sickles - 7/22/2002 11:05:39 PM
Point MsNo
1167. Daniel Sickles - 7/22/2002 11:07:15 PM
3) Name the founder of Mormonism (he shares a name with a University of Maryland grad/NBA player).
1168. Ms. No - 7/22/2002 11:07:28 PM
John Smith
1169. HollyW - 7/22/2002 11:07:54 PM
Brigham Young
1170. Ms. No - 7/22/2002 11:08:16 PM
fuckety
1171. Ms. No - 7/22/2002 11:08:33 PM
fuckety Joseph
1172. HollyW - 7/22/2002 11:08:37 PM
No, I think you're right...
1173. Daniel Sickles - 7/22/2002 11:08:42 PM
No point awarded
1174. Ms. No - 7/22/2002 11:08:50 PM
fuckety joseph
1175. Ms. No - 7/22/2002 11:09:18 PM
arrows arrows arrows
sheesh
1176. HollyW - 7/22/2002 11:09:34 PM
And I am very wrong. Again! Yeeeeeah! I'm on a roll now!
1177. Daniel Sickles - 7/22/2002 11:09:48 PM
4) What is the mainstay of the blue whale's diet?
1178. Ms. No - 7/22/2002 11:10:26 PM
krill
1179. HollyW - 7/22/2002 11:10:30 PM
Krill?
1180. Daniel Sickles - 7/22/2002 11:10:59 PM
Point MsNo
1181. HollyW - 7/22/2002 11:11:58 PM
Finally.
1182. Daniel Sickles - 7/22/2002 11:12:10 PM
5) Who just won the British Open yesterday?
1183. Ms. No - 7/22/2002 11:12:39 PM
Ernie Els
1184. Daniel Sickles - 7/22/2002 11:13:06 PM
Point Ms No
1185. Daniel Sickles - 7/22/2002 11:14:34 PM
6) Who had the misfortune of shooting his jaw almost clean off in a botched suicide attempt, and shortly thereafter, having his head cut clean off by the guillotine?
1186. Ms. No - 7/22/2002 11:16:12 PM
Robespierre
1187. Daniel Sickles - 7/22/2002 11:16:35 PM
Point Ms No
1188. HollyW - 7/22/2002 11:16:56 PM
I am still here, by the way.
1189. Daniel Sickles - 7/22/2002 11:17:21 PM
7) Name a dessert you ignite.
1190. Ms. No - 7/22/2002 11:17:40 PM
I think the sweat on my hands is going to short out my mouse.
1191. Ms. No - 7/22/2002 11:18:07 PM
cherries jubiliee?
1192. Daniel Sickles - 7/22/2002 11:18:36 PM
Point Ms No
1193. HollyW - 7/22/2002 11:18:42 PM
creme brule.
1194. HollyW - 7/22/2002 11:19:37 PM
Sweating? Goodness, you should be lightly chuckling to yourself.
1195. Daniel Sickles - 7/22/2002 11:19:56 PM
8) Name the record recently crowned by VH-1 as the greatest rock album of all time?
1196. Ms. No - 7/22/2002 11:20:34 PM
yeah, I'm about to giggle like the guy in the white jacket with the reeeely long sleeves.
1197. Ms. No - 7/22/2002 11:21:11 PM
Revolver
1198. Daniel Sickles - 7/22/2002 11:21:46 PM
Point Ms No
1199. HollyW - 7/22/2002 11:22:38 PM
It's always the Beatles. I don't completely get that.
I'm trying, I swear, but my head goes blank. Sorry.
1200. Daniel Sickles - 7/22/2002 11:23:45 PM
9) Anne Heche and Johnny Depp starred in what film together?
1201. Ms. No - 7/22/2002 11:24:10 PM
I'm highly caffienated
1202. Ms. No - 7/22/2002 11:25:02 PM
Donny Brasco
1203. Daniel Sickles - 7/22/2002 11:25:28 PM
Point MsNo
1204. HollyW - 7/22/2002 11:26:07 PM
Damn. I've been meaning to see it for years.
1205. Ms. No - 7/22/2002 11:26:33 PM
Good but depressing
1206. Daniel Sickles - 7/22/2002 11:27:46 PM
10) Tunisia lies in between what two countries?
1207. Ms. No - 7/22/2002 11:28:56 PM
Algeria & Libya
1208. Daniel Sickles - 7/22/2002 11:30:15 PM
11) What animal is most often associated with outbreaks of tularemia?
1209. Ms. No - 7/22/2002 11:30:58 PM
rabbits
1210. Daniel Sickles - 7/22/2002 11:31:20 PM
Point Ms No
1211. HollyW - 7/22/2002 11:31:27 PM
Rabbits. You beat me.
1212. Ms. No - 7/22/2002 11:32:29 PM
all I can think of now is Anya on Buffy singing "Bunnies!!! Giant ferocious vicious Bunnies!"
1213. Daniel Sickles - 7/22/2002 11:33:21 PM
12) Who said "Sic semper tyrannis" and what had he done prior to saying it?
1214. Ms. No - 7/22/2002 11:34:34 PM
John Wilkes Booth after he shot Lincoln?
1215. HollyW - 7/22/2002 11:35:16 PM
Yep. I just Googled it.
1216. Ms. No - 7/22/2002 11:36:27 PM
Yeah, I Googled and saw the name and assumed
1217. HollyW - 7/22/2002 11:37:00 PM
Do we even need a halftime?
Ms. No 10
Holly 0
1218. Ms. No - 7/22/2002 11:37:32 PM
Are you on DSL?
1219. HollyW - 7/22/2002 11:37:55 PM
Arky should be in my slot, dammit. She's always up late.
1220. Daniel Sickles - 7/22/2002 11:38:24 PM
Point - and game - Ms No.
Holly, if it were a fight, I would have stopped it. But if it is any consolation, I think I'm in love with you.
1221. Ms. No - 7/22/2002 11:39:05 PM
She's been fighting that bronchial infection the last couple weeks.
1222. Ms. No - 7/22/2002 11:40:44 PM
Good game, Holly. To be perfectly honest I got lucky in preparation and I have a very fast connection. I knew maybe 4 of those answers without looking and one of them was the frickin' Mormon that I got wrong anyway.
1223. CalGal - 7/22/2002 11:40:49 PM
I thought you meant Holly and was going to say no, she's pregnant!
Nice game, Ms No.
1224. HollyW - 7/22/2002 11:40:53 PM
I hope I succumb with good humor, anyway.
I knew I was sunk. I have no head for names or specifics, only generalities. That's why I stay off of most of the threads here. I imagine I would just slow things down for everyone.
I hope you had some fun, Ms. No. You missed only ONE! That is impressive, for any of these matches.
1225. Daniel Sickles - 7/22/2002 11:43:01 PM
For Twenty-One, this is Daniel Sickles saying . . . Good Night!
1226. HollyW - 7/22/2002 11:43:12 PM
I have cable. The computer is slow tonight. God knows what my husband has been doing to it lately.
I Googled some, and the answer was always there when I got back. Sigh.
1227. Ms. No - 7/22/2002 11:43:35 PM
Thanks, but I just counted and I knew 3 and a half answers (half for the Smith)
I'm building a shrine to Google.
1228. HollyW - 7/22/2002 11:44:23 PM
Thanks, Daniel! It was deeply humiliating, but fun anyhow. Maybe I should carry that thought over to the Sex thread.
1229. Ms. No - 7/22/2002 11:44:50 PM
Thanks, Sickels! G'night!
1230. Ms. No - 7/22/2002 11:45:48 PM
hahaha, now who's the pervert?
1231. theDiva - 7/23/2002 7:30:49 AM
Good match, congrats Ms No!
1232. Daniel Sickles - 7/23/2002 1:01:35 PM
Okay.
Last match of the first round is LauraC v. Doc Brown.
How about July 29, 2002 at 11:00 pm ET?
1233. betty - 7/23/2002 1:34:29 PM
Congrats Ms. No...I knew you was bluffing.
1234. Ms. No - 7/23/2002 1:51:03 PM
If I was really cool I'd just keep quiet and agree, but, honestly, I got lucky on my searches. I counted on the likelihood that I would know, at most 3 real answers, so I was prepared to search for everything.
1235. DocBrown - 7/24/2002 9:05:36 AM
I can be available July 29 at 11:00 PM ET. I know all the right answers to every question. Any incorrect answers are obviously the result of bugs, hackers, and sunspot activity.
1236. Daniel Sickles - 7/24/2002 11:51:06 AM
Anyone got any info on LauraC? She no return my email
1237. theDiva - 7/24/2002 11:52:20 AM
I suspect foul play.
1238. zojak quafeth - 7/25/2002 9:53:19 AM
give it a week. If she still no return you email, give the win to docbrown and let's move on to round 2.
1239. Laura C - 7/25/2002 10:20:57 AM
I haven't gotten an email, but I hear Yahoo's been unreliable lately.
I can do Monday at 11 pm ET. I will try to lose quickly and with a modicum of grace.
1240. Daniel Sickles - 7/25/2002 1:13:15 PM
We are on.
1241. Daniel Sickles - 7/29/2002 10:50:45 PM
I'm locked and loaded. Check in when ready.
1242. DocBrown - 7/29/2002 11:00:03 PM
Hey Ridley, 'ya got any Beemins?
1243. Daniel Sickles - 7/29/2002 11:01:21 PM
Think I got me a stick.
1244. DocBrown - 7/29/2002 11:02:14 PM
Well loan me some, I'll pay 'ya back later.
1245. Daniel Sickles - 7/29/2002 11:05:11 PM
Fair enough.
1246. Daniel Sickles - 7/29/2002 11:07:49 PM
Laura's like every date I've ever had.
Non-existent.
1247. Daniel Sickles - 7/29/2002 11:08:51 PM
We'll give her until 11:15 pm and then try and reschedule. She's probably stuck on the highway.
1248. DocBrown - 7/29/2002 11:10:13 PM
Well, I'm ready. Ask me anything, as long as it's about care and feeding of DeLoreans.
1249. DocBrown - 7/29/2002 11:12:19 PM
This actually turns out to be a bad night for me. I am at a disadvantage because my wife is out of town.
1250. DocBrown - 7/29/2002 11:13:30 PM
Wife out of town
+ Doc Brown
= Doc Brown happily indulging in junk food and beer.
1251. Daniel Sickles - 7/29/2002 11:13:43 PM
Doc
Damn. Sorry to be keeping from the Cheetah III.
1252. DocBrown - 7/29/2002 11:17:29 PM
I'm more of a Cougar XR-7 guy myself.
1253. Daniel Sickles - 7/29/2002 11:18:49 PM
Me, I like the Mach 5
Okay, Chuck, back to your Pop Tarts, Schlitz and cable porn.
We'll get back with Laura when we can.
1254. DocBrown - 7/29/2002 11:20:55 PM
A-Okay.
This is Whiskey-Kilo Two-Eight signing off.
1255. Daniel Sickles - 7/29/2002 11:22:14 PM
And out.
1256. Laura C - 7/30/2002 9:25:13 AM
My apologies - had a power outage in my apartment last night, knocking out my computer and the reminder I had thoughtfully set for myself. I will spare you the details of fuses and such, and forfeit.
1257. Indiana Jones - 7/30/2002 9:31:36 AM
Nay.
1258. betty - 7/30/2002 11:05:34 AM
Oh no, that won't do...(my post in the Cafe was a joke...who the hell could get that worked up over marmite?)
1259. theDiva - 7/30/2002 11:41:12 AM
oh, no, Miss Laura, you gotta suffer like the rest of us.
1260. Laura C - 7/30/2002 1:36:57 PM
Eek!
Oh, I suffer. It was HOT last night.
I will forfeit or take a shot; just let me know which.
1261. DocBrown - 7/30/2002 11:27:08 PM
Sorry, Laura C. You missed a golden opportunity.
My wife will be back as of tomorrow. Looks like you'll be facing Doc Brown on fresh spinach salad and banana-orange-mango smoothies instead Pop Tarts and Schlitz.
Good luck.
1262. ivan osokin - 8/5/2002 1:33:11 PM
so is there a scheduled time/date for this long-awaited final match of the first round? i'm anxious to see who gets to be the next to drink from the can of whoop-ass.
and have the remaining matches been decided yet (i.e., who's facing off against who?)?
1263. Indiana Jones - 8/12/2002 12:51:28 PM
I'm going to be absent from the Mote for a while. If this game gets going again, Daniel, please notify me via email.
Thanks in advance.
1264. Daniel Sickles - 8/16/2002 10:53:50 AM
Will do.
21 is on hiatus for the summer. The re-runs are on the sidebar.
1265. DocBrown - 8/22/2002 11:17:28 AM
In that case I might need to rethink the prize I offered. It's a summertime thing. Still, the game might end next spring, making my prize appropriate again.
1266. Daniel Sickles - 9/3/2002 11:28:59 AM
Summer's over.
Doc and Laura C - How does Monday, 9/9 work?
1267. DocBrown - 9/11/2002 3:41:03 PM
Dan,
Sorry I didn't check in sooner. I can be ready any time.
1268. theDiva - 9/19/2002 2:51:08 PM
bump
1269. theDiva - 9/19/2002 3:03:22 PM
Sickles my dear,
per request:
"404. judithathome - 9/19/02 2:59:07 PM
Diva, while you're bumping 21, ask Sickles when he's gonna finish this thing!"
1270. Daniel Sickles - 9/20/2002 11:12:58 AM
No rush.
Laura C seems to have fallen off the edge of the earth
September 24, 2002
September 25, 2002
I'm available at 10:00 to 11:00 pm EST
1) Doc? Does that work for you?
2) Laura C's slot is open effective noon tomorrow, EST.
First come, first served.
1271. theDiva - 9/20/2002 11:29:46 AM
well, I ain't playin him, but Judith might want to since she been talkin smack and all.
1272. DocBrown - 9/21/2002 2:40:17 PM
The 10:00 timeslot is better for me thatn 11 anyway. By very strange coincidence, you might catch me with my wife out of town again. I'll be stocking up on Schlitz tonight.
1273. DocBrown - 9/24/2002 5:03:20 PM
So what's the deal?
Will there be a clash of the trivia titans tonight or not?
This afternoon my wife left on another business trip. It's Schlitz time.
1274. Daniel Sickles - 9/24/2002 6:32:37 PM
Doc
I can't get no one to take you on. This place is jexster's ghost town, I'm afraid.
I'll try again next week.
Enjoy the solitude and ths suds.
1275. DocBrown - 9/25/2002 8:38:11 AM
Hokay.
1276. bubbaette - 9/25/2002 9:01:25 AM
Judith said she'd play doc.
1277. theDiva - 9/25/2002 9:13:42 AM
Judith
Judith
Judith
Judith
Judith
Judith
1278. DocBrown - 9/28/2002 10:28:31 PM
Umm, Diva?
That looks an awful lot like cheering.
1279. bubbaette - 9/28/2002 10:31:00 PM
Diva's a generally cheerful person.
1280. DocBrown - 9/28/2002 11:50:36 PM
Oh, I'm not worried about her disposition. It's her dispassion that concerns me.
1281. judithathome - 9/29/2002 9:03:39 AM
For my ante, I'll thrown in a CD of Willie Nelson's called Stars & Guitars featuring Willie and other artists doing some of his music so the country overload won't be too much and some Texas chili fixin's and recipes.
1282. DocBrown - 9/30/2002 8:43:19 AM
I like Texas chili anyway.
So when is it going to be?
1283. judithathome - 10/1/2002 2:06:31 PM
I can do this anytime this week or next...I thought my modem was kaput but some wizard fixed it over the phone!
1284. DocBrown - 10/1/2002 4:05:37 PM
I'm pretty flexible, too. Monday through Thursday preferred. Not during Junkyard Wars if possible.
1285. Daniel Sickles - 10/1/2002 5:03:48 PM
Doc, juditha
Monday, October 7, 2002 - 11:00 pm EST?
1286. judithathome - 10/1/2002 5:11:10 PM
Fine by me.
1287. bubbaette - 10/1/2002 8:19:15 PM
Doc
Have you seen Monster Garage? Mike loves that show.
1288. DocBrown - 10/1/2002 10:14:16 PM
Just a couple of minutes. My evenings have been very busy with the project I'm discussing in "Notices and Queries."
It does look like a great show. I plan to become a fan.
1289. DocBrown - 10/1/2002 10:14:53 PM
Daniel, it's gotta be 11?
Okay. I'm there.
1290. Daniel Sickles - 10/7/2002 5:41:16 PM
Doc, Juditha
See you tonight.
1291. Daniel Sickles - 10/7/2002 5:50:06 PM
Whoops.
Juidtha's modem is busted.
Game delayed.
1292. theDiva - 10/8/2002 7:47:24 AM
aw geez.
1293. DocBrown - 10/8/2002 2:02:40 PM
This is incredible. I'm certain that the next time the match is scheduled the problem will be on my end. My computer will get struck by lightning or something.
1294. theDiva - 10/8/2002 2:05:16 PM
how do we know you aren't sabotaging your opponents? Hmmmm?????
1295. judithathome - 10/15/2002 3:23:16 PM
Sorry for the delay but at least I got the busted modem and the kidney stone out of the way at the same time.
1296. DocBrown - 10/19/2002 12:16:02 PM
Welcome back to cyberspace, Judith.
I hope you're feeling okay.
1297. judithathome - 10/24/2002 12:53:23 PM
Okay, I think I'm back on now for good. Right after my last message, the connection went out again and didn't get fixed til yesterday.
I told these guys three weeks ago that I thought it was squirrels chewing on the lines and they all pooh-poohed it...well, guess what it was? Yep....squirrels.
1298. judithathome - 10/27/2002 9:44:27 AM
Sickles, I just sent you an e-mail...
1299. judithathome - 10/27/2002 10:38:07 AM
I could do the match this week on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday nights. After that, I'm gone for 10 days so do whatever...
1300. judithathome - 10/30/2002 11:27:12 AM
Ulgine has offered to take my place in the match-up with Doc Brown.
1301. Daniel Sickles - 11/2/2002 4:40:49 PM
Sorry 'bout the delay.
I'm out of pocket until the week of the 11th, but can preside over the last first round match (Juditha v. Doc) the evening of the 11th, 12th or 14th.
Doc and Juditha - pick a date and we can do it at 10:00 pm to 11:30 pm EST.
1302. Daniel Sickles - 11/2/2002 4:41:46 PM
Sorry 'bout the delay.
I'm out of pocket until the week of the 11th, but can preside over the last first round match (Juditha v. Doc) the evening of the 11th, 12th or 14th.
Doc and Juditha - pick a date and we can do it at 10:00 pm to 11:30 pm EST.
1303. DocBrown - 11/4/2002 2:46:06 PM
I'm slightly biased toward Monday, November 11th (Independence Day in Poland should be lucky for me) and away from Wednesday, November 13th (I watch both Full Metal Challenge and Junkyard Wars on Wednesday evenings). But I could deal with any of them.
1304. judithathome - 11/8/2002 8:28:42 PM
Monday is fine with me...pick a time and post it here. I'm good to go!
1305. DocBrown - 11/9/2002 12:56:18 PM
How about it, Daniel?
1306. Daniel Sickles - 11/11/2002 5:31:37 PM
I'll see youse guys tonight at 11:00 pm, EST.
1307. judithathome - 11/11/2002 5:33:21 PM
See ya'!
1308. Ms. No - 11/11/2002 5:53:10 PM
Best of luck to you both!
1309. judithathome - 11/11/2002 10:57:05 PM
I'm here.
Already had my laughs from Moe & Larry in Politics.
1310. Daniel Sickles - 11/11/2002 11:02:43 PM
Doc?
1311. Daniel Sickles - 11/11/2002 11:15:25 PM
Hmmmm
Maybe I confirmed a little late.
I'll pick an alternate and post the new date tomorrow.
1312. judithathome - 11/11/2002 11:16:28 PM
How long do we wait?
I can check in here any night this week (up to the weekend) at 11pm EST if Doc doesn't show tonight and if you can get in touch with him to set up a specific night.
1313. judithathome - 11/11/2002 11:17:13 PM
Well...whatever.
1314. theDiva - 11/12/2002 7:51:24 AM
*SOB*
1315. DocBrown - 11/15/2002 2:56:39 PM
Unbelievable!
I checked in Monday night before I hit the sack and my message was still the last one in the thread. I didn't dream I'd miss the game.
Well, I'm here now, and I'll check periodically over the weekend.
Actually, as frustrating as it is, it's also a little amusing. Imagine the letdown if I get blown out in the first eleven questions! The pressure is on, and I'm ready! I don't know the meaning of performance anxiety!
1316. judithathome - 11/15/2002 3:02:39 PM
Well, I'd just like to get my public humiliation over with....
1317. DocBrown - 11/21/2002 8:07:28 PM
. . . the pressure builds . . .
1318. judithathome - 11/21/2002 9:50:34 PM
I think he's skipped out on us, Doc.
1319. Daniel Sickles - 11/22/2002 11:56:29 AM
Actually, no. I'm just juicing ratings (okay, okay - I forgot my Mote password)
I can do Sunday, 11/24 at 11:00 EST
OR
Monday, 12/2 at 10:00 EST
1320. judithathome - 11/22/2002 12:02:45 PM
Set it up with Doc and let me know...either is fine with me.
E-mail us both when it's finally decided, just in case... if that's not too much to ask.
1321. judithathome - 11/22/2002 12:03:14 PM
er...please. (Didn't mean to sound so snippy.)
1322. theDiva - 11/22/2002 12:07:08 PM
yeah, let's get this party started!! I can hardly wait to claim the Marmite! I'm gonna sham-slam-bam that Betty!
1323. DocBrown - 11/22/2002 2:32:50 PM
Both slots are a tad late, but I'm more inclined toward Monday at 10.
Are we on, Dan? Please confirm before Monday.
1324. judithathome - 11/22/2002 2:46:06 PM
Monday at 10pm EST works well for me, too. (That's a week from this coming Monday, right?)
1325. Daniel Sickles - 12/2/2002 10:17:46 AM
Tonite.
10 pm EST
DocBrown v. Ulgine Barrows.
1326. betty - 12/2/2002 3:48:39 PM
Look at that little thing, 5'2" in 6" heels, thinking she can sham-slam-bam me.
(That's my Marmite, don't make me stab your hand with my fork!)
1327. Ulgine Barrows - 12/2/2002 8:53:42 PM
Ha ha. Yo marmite!
1328. DocBrown - 12/2/2002 9:41:23 PM
Did someone say marmite? Is it breakfast time already?
1329. Ulgine Barrows - 12/2/2002 9:56:25 PM
hi DocBrown! Here's wishing you good luck and a good game for us all.
1330. DocBrown - 12/2/2002 9:57:09 PM
Assuming this thing happens tonight, here's an interesting tidbit:
I first showed up to play this round in [b]July[/b]. Now it's December, and I live in Cleveland. Quite a difference. My keyboard is chilly.
So that I may roll up my sleeves and go apeshit on the keyboard, I've got a small electric heater running next to me. In my 82 year old house, this leaves the very real possibility that I'll blow a fuse at any moment. Total darkness. Complete computer crash. Instant defeat.
Can it get any more suspensful?
1331. Daniel Sickles - 12/2/2002 9:57:19 PM
Check in, punks.
Remember.
1. I'll post the question
2. One of you will post the answer.
3. I'll post an award of the point.
4. In about 60 seconds, I'll post the next question.
5. They'll be a break at the tenth question.
6. If you have objections, hold them until then.
1332. DocBrown - 12/2/2002 9:58:29 PM
Good luck to you too, Ulgine.
May winner of this round go on to total victory!
1333. Ulgine Barrows - 12/2/2002 9:59:02 PM
I'm all atwitter, and ready to play.
1334. Daniel Sickles - 12/2/2002 9:59:35 PM
Okay. Next post is question #1.
1335. Daniel Sickles - 12/2/2002 10:00:27 PM
1) Who fathered Elizabeth Hurley's new baby?
1336. Ulgine Barrows - 12/2/2002 10:01:45 PM
Bing
1337. Daniel Sickles - 12/2/2002 10:02:08 PM
Point Ulgine.
1338. Daniel Sickles - 12/2/2002 10:03:19 PM
2) Name the writer:
I saw askant the armies; And I saw, as in noiseless dreams, hundreds of battle-flags;
Borne through the smoke of the battles, and pierc'd with
missiles, I saw them,
And carried hither and yon through the smoke, and torn and bloody;
And at last but a few shreds left on the staffs, (and all in
silence) And the staffs all splinter'd and broken.
1339. DocBrown - 12/2/2002 10:04:13 PM
Walt Whitman
1340. Ulgine Barrows - 12/2/2002 10:04:38 PM
Walt Whitman
1341. Daniel Sickles - 12/2/2002 10:04:49 PM
Point Doc.
1342. Ulgine Barrows - 12/2/2002 10:05:01 PM
Uh...Doc did your fuse blow?
1343. Daniel Sickles - 12/2/2002 10:06:40 PM
3) He taught Beethoven, Schubert and Liszt.
1344. Ulgine Barrows - 12/2/2002 10:07:28 PM
Alfred Brendel
1345. DocBrown - 12/2/2002 10:07:57 PM
SALIERI
1346. Daniel Sickles - 12/2/2002 10:09:24 PM
Point Doc.
1347. Daniel Sickles - 12/2/2002 10:10:28 PM
4) The movement of organisms away from the sunlight is known as what?
1348. Ulgine Barrows - 12/2/2002 10:10:43 PM
Fuse is fine, I see.
1349. DocBrown - 12/2/2002 10:12:18 PM
Negative phototaxis?
1350. Daniel Sickles - 12/2/2002 10:12:36 PM
Point Doc.
1351. Daniel Sickles - 12/2/2002 10:13:48 PM
5) What is the first name of the male protagonist of The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
1352. DocBrown - 12/2/2002 10:14:45 PM
Tomas
1353. Ulgine Barrows - 12/2/2002 10:15:12 PM
Tomas
1354. Daniel Sickles - 12/2/2002 10:15:44 PM
Point Doc.
1355. Daniel Sickles - 12/2/2002 10:17:12 PM
6) In the Bible, when Lot's wife looked back, what was she looking at and what did she turn into?
1356. DocBrown - 12/2/2002 10:17:45 PM
the destruction of Soddom and Gomorrah, a pillar of salt
1357. Ulgine Barrows - 12/2/2002 10:17:53 PM
she turned into a pillar of salt looking at Soddam
1358. Daniel Sickles - 12/2/2002 10:19:49 PM
Point Ulgine.
1359. DocBrown - 12/2/2002 10:20:31 PM
That's life in the big city.
1360. Ulgine Barrows - 12/2/2002 10:20:31 PM
I object!
1361. Daniel Sickles - 12/2/2002 10:21:03 PM
Excuse me. Point Doc.
1362. DocBrown - 12/2/2002 10:21:13 PM
Why are you objecting?
Save it for the break.
1363. Daniel Sickles - 12/2/2002 10:23:15 PM
8) What musical duo gave us "Muskrat, muskrat, candlelight, doing the tango, doin' it right"?
1364. DocBrown - 12/2/2002 10:23:52 PM
Captain and Taniel
1365. Ulgine Barrows - 12/2/2002 10:23:53 PM
Captain & Tennille
1366. Daniel Sickles - 12/2/2002 10:24:29 PM
Point Doc.
1367. DocBrown - 12/2/2002 10:25:04 PM
One group I never bothered to learn to spell correctly.
1368. Daniel Sickles - 12/2/2002 10:26:01 PM
9) Name a movie in which John Wayne's character dies?
1369. Ulgine Barrows - 12/2/2002 10:26:49 PM
True Grit
1370. DocBrown - 12/2/2002 10:28:33 PM
The Alamo
1371. Daniel Sickles - 12/2/2002 10:29:44 PM
Point Doc.
1372. Daniel Sickles - 12/2/2002 10:31:19 PM
9) If you are riding the Marrakesh Express you are in what country, and if you are listening to "Marrakesh Express", to what duo are you listening?
1373. Ulgine Barrows - 12/2/2002 10:32:16 PM
Morrocco
1374. DocBrown - 12/2/2002 10:34:36 PM
Morocco and . . . Duo? I thought it was Crosby, Stills & Nash
1375. Ulgine Barrows - 12/2/2002 10:35:46 PM
yes, there's no due so a blank answer is correct!
Heh.
1376. Ulgine Barrows - 12/2/2002 10:36:02 PM
duo, that is
1377. DocBrown - 12/2/2002 10:36:15 PM
We've had two question #9s.
1378. Daniel Sickles - 12/2/2002 10:36:38 PM
No point awarded because I'm a dumb ass. Wait for the "new and improved" question 9.
1379. DocBrown - 12/2/2002 10:37:20 PM
So we get three of 'em?
1380. Ulgine Barrows - 12/2/2002 10:37:42 PM
Hell yes. Bring em on
1381. DocBrown - 12/2/2002 10:37:54 PM
Question 9s, that is.
1382. Daniel Sickles - 12/2/2002 10:38:18 PM
9) The weightiest ingredient in fudge is what?
1383. Ulgine Barrows - 12/2/2002 10:38:56 PM
butter
but i don't have your recipe
1384. DocBrown - 12/2/2002 10:38:58 PM
Butter is "weighty".
1385. Ulgine Barrows - 12/2/2002 10:39:43 PM
you might use marshmallow fluff
1386. DocBrown - 12/2/2002 10:39:58 PM
Ulgine is right. It could be chocolate fudge, peanut butter fudge, or Plutonium fudge.
1387. Daniel Sickles - 12/2/2002 10:40:36 PM
No point awarded.
1389. Ulgine Barrows - 12/2/2002 10:41:19 PM
peevish brownies!
1390. Daniel Sickles - 12/2/2002 10:41:57 PM
12) This philosopher composed a lengthy work on the rearing of children, though he abandoned all of his illegitimate children to orphanages.
1391. Ulgine Barrows - 12/2/2002 10:43:44 PM
Epicurious
1392. Ulgine Barrows - 12/2/2002 10:44:17 PM
ooops
1393. DocBrown - 12/2/2002 10:44:20 PM
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
1394. Daniel Sickles - 12/2/2002 10:47:47 PM
Okay.
That was a ragged first half.
My apologies. I'm out of practice. The lot mis-tally was my bad; I screed up on the song; and fudge was stupid.
I'm at Doc 7 - Ulgine 1.
Any objections, other than to my crappy moderation?
1395. Daniel Sickles - 12/2/2002 10:49:01 PM
Shit.
Point Doc.
Doc 8 - Ulgine 1
Please confirm my count as I recount.
1396. Ulgine Barrows - 12/2/2002 10:49:21 PM
Yes! I object to it all!
No, I'm having fun. And you?
Although I am quibbling about the better half regarding True Grit. I was going to put Iwo Jima.
1397. DocBrown - 12/2/2002 10:50:09 PM
It's your game, Daniel. For the record, I think you're doing a fine job. The questions and answers will be here for Moties to view for a long time. If you're satisfied, I'm satisfied.
1398. Ulgine Barrows - 12/2/2002 10:50:27 PM
Well wait a few minutes, I am not used to this 5 per page stuff.
1399. Daniel Sickles - 12/2/2002 10:51:30 PM
Two minutes until the next question.
1400. DocBrown - 12/2/2002 10:51:34 PM
I say press on!
1401. Daniel Sickles - 12/2/2002 10:53:36 PM
10) Also known as a "sea cow," this mammal usually spends up to eight hours a day grazing on seagrasses and other aquatic plants.
1402. Ulgine Barrows - 12/2/2002 10:54:08 PM
manatee
1403. DocBrown - 12/2/2002 10:54:47 PM
manatee
1404. Daniel Sickles - 12/2/2002 10:54:49 PM
Point Ulgine.
1405. Daniel Sickles - 12/2/2002 10:56:01 PM
11) Name the speaker: One man with courage makes a majority.
1406. DocBrown - 12/2/2002 10:56:33 PM
Andrew Jackson
1407. Ulgine Barrows - 12/2/2002 10:56:49 PM
Andrew Jackson
1408. Daniel Sickles - 12/2/2002 10:58:45 PM
Point Doc.
1409. Daniel Sickles - 12/2/2002 10:59:56 PM
15) Name the four surving members of The Beatles and The Who and identify who would play bass
1410. Ulgine Barrows - 12/2/2002 11:01:42 PM
Harrison (bass) Mc Cartnery Daltey Entwhistle (bass)
1411. DocBrown - 12/2/2002 11:03:44 PM
Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr
Pete Townsend & Roger Daltry
I guess McCartney would play bass
1412. Daniel Sickles - 12/2/2002 11:04:20 PM
Point Doc.
1413. Daniel Sickles - 12/2/2002 11:05:25 PM
13) He's a barbarian, a late night host, and precedes Doyle.
1414. DocBrown - 12/2/2002 11:05:57 PM
Conan
1415. Ulgine Barrows - 12/2/2002 11:06:37 PM
well I missed that one too!
1416. Daniel Sickles - 12/2/2002 11:09:20 PM
Point - and match - Doc.
Doc 11
Ulgine 2
Good match all. Again. Apologies for the lame handling.
Ulgine, thanks for jumping in. As runner-up, you'll get 21: The Board Game.
Until next time . ..
1417. Ulgine Barrows - 12/2/2002 11:10:12 PM
Thanks Daniel, that was fun. Congrats, Doc, well done!
1418. DocBrown - 12/2/2002 11:12:31 PM
Thanks Ulgine. You're a great sport.
Thanks, Daniel. This game's gotta be a lot of work. Those were some fun questions!
(Negative phototaxis indeed.)
I'd like to thank my wife for this victory. She gave me my cable modem.
1419. Ulgine Barrows - 12/3/2002 12:30:14 AM
OK, husband has been put to sleep due to my mysterious powers and I still say we should have put Iwo Jima. Yes, we should have, and he agreed with me eventually and promised me all sorts of things but still no cable modem. winky
Mr Sickles, again I say it was a fun game, if you didn't much like this one in particular, well one thing I learned from sports is, there is always the next game.
Negative phototaxis. Y'all crack me right up. How you ever found that one, DocBrown.... you've got mysterious powers of your own.
Tell ya what, I am most disgusted that I spelled Tennille correctly yet got the grand ole rock n rollers question wrong and misspelled my beloved Beatle's names, I KNOW all of the lyrics of Pete Townsend's Empty Glass. I'm singing along to them now, but it was a blank-out moment. I crumbled under the fun. Thanks again.
1420. theDiva - 12/3/2002 8:57:52 AM
great match! Glad to see the thing still alive.
And betty needs to look out or I'll bite her ankles.
(then again, she might like that.)
1421. DocBrown - 12/3/2002 9:20:44 AM
Negative phototaxis. Y'all crack me right up. How you ever found that one, DocBrown.... you've got mysterious powers of your own.
No mystery. I'm here right now looking at all the questions. Then it's just a simple matter of hopping in the DeLorean and giving myself the answers last night.
Google? Where we're going we don't need Google!
1422. Ms. No - 12/3/2002 12:59:47 PM
Great match! Congratulations Doc!
1423. betty - 12/3/2002 1:34:40 PM
Congrats Doc!
Diva, you're so short you can't ride the tilt-a-whirl!
1424. theDiva - 12/3/2002 2:09:01 PM
nuh-uh.
I'm so short I can play handball off the curb.
1425. judithathome - 12/6/2002 10:12:31 AM
Jeez, where are my manners! Congrats to Doc Brown!! It probably would've been a clean sweep had I played. Good game, Ulgine and Doc!
1426. Ulgine Barrows - 12/7/2002 12:20:25 AM
Jeez, where are my manners! Congrats to Doc Brown!! It probably
would've been a clean sweep had I played. Good game, Ulgine and Doc!
Eh? Am I misunderstanding? Judith, if you wanted things delayed, you should have said. Postponement was always an option, wasn't it?
1427. judithathome - 12/7/2002 12:35:05 AM
Jesus, I was complimenting you two on a good game. Sometimes a compliment is just a compliment, ya know?
I meant that Doc would have wiped the board with me, Ulgine. You did great! I am thankful I was spared the humilation of not even knowing how to spell the Captain's singing partner!
1428. Ulgine Barrows - 12/7/2002 1:07:14 AM
Lyin, cheatin, hurtin, that's all you seem to do....
Judith, it was your breaking line 'Jeez, where are my manners!'
I believe I said I was out of line asking you for the spot. That was your chance to tell me NO. You did not. Fuck off forever on this particular point, in other respects I am always,
Yours, Ulgine
1429. Ulgine Barrows - 12/7/2002 1:16:59 AM
I think I am being a butthead beyond reason, judithathome. Sorry. Rings, pearls, I'll give you all, but not any hat of mine.
1430. Daniel Sickles - 12/7/2002 3:18:00 PM
NEXT ROUND
Rask v. Indy
Diva v. betty
zojak v. ivan
Ms. No v. DocBrown
NEXT SLOT AVAILABLE
MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 10:30 pm, EST
The first two combatants to post availability get the slot.
Reminder of the rules (I seem to have forgotten rule no. 3 in the Doc/Ulgine battle)
1. First to post correct answer gets the point
2. It's a one-shot deal - you post the wrong answer, you're done.
3. 2 minutes per question - no point awarded after 2 minutes elapses without a correct answer provided
1431. theDiva - 12/7/2002 3:24:25 PM
I'm not available Monday. I can play next Saturday morning between 9 and 10 a.m.
1432. Raskolnikov - 12/9/2002 10:44:24 AM
Dan: I recommend posting a series of times over the next couple weeks that you will be available. Participants can then say which times they can make, and matches can be set.
I could make it tonight if Indy is around.
1433. DocBrown - 12/11/2002 9:45:52 AM
I'll volunteer to go any Monday or Tuesday evening.
1434. Ms. No - 12/11/2002 1:51:30 PM
Tuesdays are out for me, but Mondays work fine.
Wanna try for the 16th?
1435. Daniel Sickles - 12/11/2002 2:26:25 PM
Monday, December 16, 2002
10:30 pm EST
DocBrown v. MsNo
1436. Ms. No - 12/11/2002 2:38:11 PM
Oh whee. I can start getting nervous again, now.
1437. DocBrown - 12/11/2002 3:46:07 PM
Holy Mackrel! I get to have two matches in a row?
I feel so special.
1438. theDiva - 12/11/2002 3:48:24 PM
better lay in a supply of Blatz and PopTarts, bucko. My li'l Sis is gon' tan yore hide.
1439. DocBrown - 12/12/2002 10:28:43 AM
I'll probably be drinking an Elliot Ness. Yes, we Clevelanders have a beer named after the legendary warrior of Prohibition.
And since it's Decmeber and I'm in Cleveland, my hide could use a good tanning. I can't wait.
1440. Ms. No - 12/12/2002 11:52:46 AM
Hey, wait, I may have to charge you for that, Doc.
1441. theDiva - 12/12/2002 12:23:03 PM
preverts.
1442. DocBrown - 12/13/2002 2:41:17 PM
Voyeur.
1443. theDiva - 12/13/2002 3:03:20 PM
nice butt.
1444. DocBrown - 12/13/2002 3:20:31 PM
Thanks. Nice gams.
1445. theDiva - 12/13/2002 3:34:41 PM
and they ain't even my best feature.
1446. Ulgine Barrows - 12/13/2002 5:08:07 PM
Your cheekbones are great, aren't they?
1447. alistairconnor - 12/14/2002 6:58:35 AM
I think I've only watched one match live, but it's fun to watch the replays too. Just like the Louis Vuitton Cup.
1448. DocBrown - 12/16/2002 10:21:31 PM
I have arrived.
1449. Ms. No - 12/16/2002 10:24:34 PM
Hiya, Doc!
1450. DocBrown - 12/16/2002 10:25:22 PM
Hiya, Ms. No!
Time to dance.
1451. Ms. No - 12/16/2002 10:27:27 PM
Tango or two-step?
1452. DocBrown - 12/16/2002 10:28:40 PM
Tango, of course. Are you familiar with the works of Tom Lehrer?
1453. Ms. No - 12/16/2002 10:29:23 PM
Ah, the beloved Masochism Tango! My favorite!
1454. Ms. No - 12/16/2002 10:29:44 PM
I should warn you my hands are verrrrry chilly right about now.
1455. DocBrown - 12/16/2002 10:30:14 PM
Ah, a most worthy opponent indeed!
1456. Ms. No - 12/16/2002 10:31:45 PM
I'll try to make it interesting for you.
1457. Daniel Sickles - 12/16/2002 10:32:07 PM
Reminder of the rules
1. First to post correct answer gets the point
2. It's a one-shot deal - you post the wrong answer, you're done.
3. 2 minutes per question - no point awarded after 2 minutes elapses without a correct answer provided
Game starts in 3 minutes
1458. Daniel Sickles - 12/16/2002 10:32:33 PM
Reminder of the rules
1. First to post correct answer gets the point
2. It's a one-shot deal - you post the wrong answer, you're done.
3. 2 minutes per question - no point awarded after 2 minutes elapses without a correct answer provided
Game starts in 3 minutes
1459. DocBrown - 12/16/2002 10:33:16 PM
And I, you.
Incidentally, my hands are nice and toasty warm. I just took a hot bath, while reading a classic English novel. No electric heater, no fuse blowing.
1460. Ms. No - 12/16/2002 10:34:17 PM
I just clipped my nails.
1461. DocBrown - 12/16/2002 10:35:02 PM
That makes you cold?
1462. Ms. No - 12/16/2002 10:35:33 PM
No, cuts down on typing time
1463. Daniel Sickles - 12/16/2002 10:35:56 PM
1) What is the dominant religion of Malta?
1464. Ms. No - 12/16/2002 10:36:35 PM
Russian Orthodox
1465. DocBrown - 12/16/2002 10:36:48 PM
Roman Catholic
1466. Daniel Sickles - 12/16/2002 10:38:06 PM
Point Doc
1467. Daniel Sickles - 12/16/2002 10:39:09 PM
2) Name the U. S. state that is home to the single mine disaster that took the most lives.
1468. Ms. No - 12/16/2002 10:39:44 PM
West Virginia
1469. Daniel Sickles - 12/16/2002 10:40:12 PM
Point Ms. No
1470. Daniel Sickles - 12/16/2002 10:41:34 PM
3) Who deemed lesbians "the lavender menace"?
1471. DocBrown - 12/16/2002 10:41:41 PM
West Virginia
1472. DocBrown - 12/16/2002 10:42:26 PM
Karla Jay
1473. Ms. No - 12/16/2002 10:42:27 PM
Karla Jay
1474. Ms. No - 12/16/2002 10:43:34 PM
I think we're both wrong on that one
1475. Daniel Sickles - 12/16/2002 10:43:45 PM
No point awarded
1476. Daniel Sickles - 12/16/2002 10:45:03 PM
4) Who developed a mathematical Theory of the electron, and won a Nobel Prize for it in 1902?
1477. DocBrown - 12/16/2002 10:45:41 PM
Lorentz
1478. Daniel Sickles - 12/16/2002 10:46:05 PM
Point Doc
1479. Ms. No - 12/16/2002 10:46:07 PM
Hendrik Antoon Lorentz & Pieter Zeeman
1480. Daniel Sickles - 12/16/2002 10:48:55 PM
5) Name the American general who took over for William Westmoreland during the Vietnam War.
1481. DocBrown - 12/16/2002 10:51:05 PM
Abrams
1482. Daniel Sickles - 12/16/2002 10:51:38 PM
No point awarded on time
1483. Daniel Sickles - 12/16/2002 10:52:37 PM
6) Who was George Harrison's greatest influence with regard to his playing the sitar?
1484. Ms. No - 12/16/2002 10:53:01 PM
Ravi SHankar
1485. Daniel Sickles - 12/16/2002 10:53:38 PM
Point MsNo
1486. Daniel Sickles - 12/16/2002 10:55:02 PM
7) What is the branch of science that deals with viruses?
1487. Ms. No - 12/16/2002 10:55:27 PM
virology
1488. Daniel Sickles - 12/16/2002 10:55:52 PM
Point Ms No
1489. Daniel Sickles - 12/16/2002 10:57:16 PM
8) Of the four "major" tournaments in golf, which one did Tiger Woods win first?
1490. Ms. No - 12/16/2002 10:58:38 PM
THe Masters
1491. DocBrown - 12/16/2002 10:59:00 PM
The Masters
1492. Daniel Sickles - 12/16/2002 10:59:03 PM
Point Ms No
1493. Daniel Sickles - 12/16/2002 11:00:32 PM
9) Which Shakespeare character said this:
Give me another horse! Bind up my wounds!
Have mercy, Jesu! Soft! I did but dream.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me!
The lights burn blue. It is now dead midnight.
Cold fearful drops stand on my trembling flesh.
What do I fear? Myself? There's none else by.
1494. Ms. No - 12/16/2002 11:01:08 PM
Richard III
1495. DocBrown - 12/16/2002 11:01:38 PM
King Richard III
1496. Daniel Sickles - 12/16/2002 11:02:31 PM
Point Ms No
1497. Daniel Sickles - 12/16/2002 11:03:31 PM
10) Name one skill Karen Carpenter and John Bonham had in common?
1498. Ms. No - 12/16/2002 11:04:23 PM
Drumming
1499. Daniel Sickles - 12/16/2002 11:04:46 PM
Point Ms No
1500. DocBrown - 12/16/2002 11:05:51 PM
Karen Carpenter and John Bonham were musicians (drums?)
1501. Daniel Sickles - 12/16/2002 11:06:00 PM
11) Leon Trotsky was killed with what weapon?
1502. Ms. No - 12/16/2002 11:06:33 PM
ice-axe
1503. DocBrown - 12/16/2002 11:06:42 PM
pickax through the back of his skull
1504. Daniel Sickles - 12/16/2002 11:08:19 PM
Point Ms No
Break time
Ms No 7
Doc Brown 2
Any issues?
1505. Ms. No - 12/16/2002 11:09:05 PM
Plenty, but none at all having to do with this game.
1506. Daniel Sickles - 12/16/2002 11:09:34 PM
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
1507. Daniel Sickles - 12/16/2002 11:10:00 PM
Okay
two minutes and then question 12
1508. DocBrown - 12/16/2002 11:10:04 PM
No issues, although I want to know about that mine disaster. I'm pretty familiar with both West Virginia and mines, and I had to guess.
1509. Ms. No - 12/16/2002 11:11:01 PM
Oh, the lavender menace thing was Betty Friedan. I've lost my Feminazi card not knowing that right off.
1510. DocBrown - 12/16/2002 11:11:41 PM
And if there's one more pop music question, I'm doomed.
1511. Daniel Sickles - 12/16/2002 11:11:57 PM
12) Tom Hanks has been nominated for the Best Actor Osacr 5 times. Name three of those five films.
1512. Ms. No - 12/16/2002 11:12:12 PM
Type in Mine Disasters at Google and there'll be a site that comes up. Probably has details if you read it which I didn't I just figured the first place mentioned would be the worst and West Virginia made lots of sense
1513. Ms. No - 12/16/2002 11:12:40 PM
Philidelphia Story
The Green Mile
Castaway
1514. Ms. No - 12/16/2002 11:13:30 PM
fuckety, it's Philadelphia not P Story.
1515. Daniel Sickles - 12/16/2002 11:16:07 PM
No point awarded
1516. DocBrown - 12/16/2002 11:16:26 PM
Philadelphia, Forest Gump, Castaway
1517. DocBrown - 12/16/2002 11:16:57 PM
My computer just crashed. I'm rebooting.
1518. Ms. No - 12/16/2002 11:17:20 PM
No prob.
1519. Daniel Sickles - 12/16/2002 11:17:21 PM
13) Waterford crystal comes from what country?
1520. DocBrown - 12/16/2002 11:17:49 PM
Ireland
1521. Ms. No - 12/16/2002 11:18:04 PM
Ireland, but we'll have to scratch it and wait for Doc.
1522. Daniel Sickles - 12/16/2002 11:18:24 PM
Hold Game
Question 13 is void
Doc, post when you are ready
1523. Ms. No - 12/16/2002 11:18:31 PM
ha!
1524. DocBrown - 12/16/2002 11:18:39 PM
I'm here, but my machine's not 100%. Don't wait.
1525. DocBrown - 12/16/2002 11:19:03 PM
Hey, why is it void?
1526. Daniel Sickles - 12/16/2002 11:19:25 PM
Wow. He was ready and i think I should award him the point.
Judgment call. But that is my judgment.
Question 14 coming in 1 minute.
1527. Ms. No - 12/16/2002 11:19:54 PM
That's fine by me.
1528. DocBrown - 12/16/2002 11:20:20 PM
Everythijng is in a giant font, but I'm getting by.
I have no idea what's happening. I'll discuss later.
1529. Daniel Sickles - 12/16/2002 11:21:34 PM
14) Who painted "The Scream"?
1530. Ms. No - 12/16/2002 11:21:55 PM
Edvarch Munch
1531. DocBrown - 12/16/2002 11:22:17 PM
Munch
1532. Daniel Sickles - 12/16/2002 11:22:52 PM
Pointr Ms No
1533. Daniel Sickles - 12/16/2002 11:24:01 PM
15) Prior to Waterloo, how many times had Napolean and Wellington met on the field of battle?
1534. Ms. No - 12/16/2002 11:24:55 PM
None
1535. Daniel Sickles - 12/16/2002 11:25:17 PM
Point Ms No
1536. DocBrown - 12/16/2002 11:25:38 PM
Zero
1537. Daniel Sickles - 12/16/2002 11:26:46 PM
16) The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving.
Who said it?
1538. Ms. No - 12/16/2002 11:27:22 PM
Ulysses S. Grant
1539. DocBrown - 12/16/2002 11:27:32 PM
General Ulysses S. Grant
1540. DocBrown - 12/16/2002 11:28:36 PM
The game's gotta be over by now. Daniel you sure you want to use up all your questions?
1541. Daniel Sickles - 12/16/2002 11:29:06 PM
Point - and match - Ms No
10 to 3 (6 questions remaining)
Fine match, folks.
ms No. Welcome to THE FINAL FOUR!
1542. Ms. No - 12/16/2002 11:29:47 PM
Good game, Doc!
Now I'm going to go pass out.
1543. Ms. No - 12/16/2002 11:30:09 PM
Thank you again for being such a masterful host, Mr. Sickles!
1544. judithathome - 12/16/2002 11:30:10 PM
Great game, guys! Congrats, MsNo!!
1545. DocBrown - 12/16/2002 11:30:18 PM
Excellent work, Mrs. No!
You are certainly champion material. Best of luck in your pursuit of the final championship!
1546. Daniel Sickles - 12/16/2002 11:32:28 PM
Coming up --
Rask v. Indy
Diva v. betty
zojak v. ivan
This is Dan Sickles for "21" saying 'Good night everybody'!
1547. DocBrown - 12/16/2002 11:34:27 PM
BTW, As I was typing in the Tom Hanks answer I got hit by a barrage of popups, then suddenly my machine did a complete power down. I have no explanation. I opened the browser as it was still rebooting, and at this moment I am facing a screen with GIGANTIC fonts. Only a few lines of text fit on the screen at once.
But I make no excuses. Mrs. No was the better player by far, and would have won even if I had two computers with dedicated DSL lines. Future opponents beware, she's a powerhouse!
1548. Ms. No - 12/16/2002 11:37:04 PM
She's a nervous wreck whose edge is massive amounts of caffeine, but I thank you for the compliment!
1549. Ms. No - 12/16/2002 11:38:06 PM
You need to resize your desktop it sounds like. I'm currently getting "screen shudder". The display jiggles every few seconds like trolls are stomping around inside.
1550. Ulgine Barrows - 12/17/2002 12:51:35 AM
Nice tango, you two. Mr. Sickles, well done, as well.
1551. theDiva - 12/17/2002 9:01:32 AM
hot diggity, what a match! Great stuff, guys.
1552. betty - 12/17/2002 1:31:59 PM
Congrats Ms. No!!!
1553. judithathome - 1/3/2003 6:57:53 PM
So...when is the next match?
1554. theDiva - 1/22/2003 1:55:04 PM
bump
bump
ba-dum
bump
I am available for a match this Saturday morning, if Betty and Sickles are interested.
1555. betty - 1/22/2003 4:54:30 PM
saturday. sure. if that's alright with he who changes names.
1556. Daniel Sickles - 1/24/2003 8:10:20 PM
Saturday morning?
Are you people high?
Okay . . . but NEXT Saturday morning.
February 1, 2003 - 9:00 am.
betty v. Diva (if their schedules permit)
1557. theDiva - 1/25/2003 11:00:50 AM
Sickles, if 9 is too early, what about after lunch?
1558. betty - 1/25/2003 1:18:24 PM
Diva, Sickles...
earlier is better for me. Ivan has a class after lunch on Saturdays and that means i'd be doing the quiz with my little Weed girl running around. Of course I'd still womp Diva's skinny little ass...
1559. theDiva - 1/25/2003 2:18:37 PM
Obviously you haven't seen my current ass.
1560. bubbaette - 1/25/2003 3:58:19 PM
Diva ain't got no ass compared to me, but Betty still whomped mine. The girl is an ass whomping machine. Not that Diva can't hold her own. Let the ass whomping commence.
1561. theDiva - 1/25/2003 4:29:51 PM
Bubb!
(sniffle)
1562. ivan osokin - 1/25/2003 6:03:12 PM
let me know what dates and times are available. i'll see which works best and go with it.
y'know, if betty and i can become the last finalists in the championship, we could just screw each other and see who comes out on top ;)
1563. theDiva - 1/29/2003 9:12:10 AM
Sickles.....oooooohhh Siiiiicklesssss.....
1564. alistairConnor - 1/29/2003 10:31:34 AM
Well Diva, you certainly "held your own" against me... and whomped mine!
Hey... If I said you had a beautiful ass... would you hold it against me?
1565. theDiva - 1/29/2003 12:05:05 PM
prevert.
1566. theDiva - 1/30/2003 2:19:57 PM
Darlings, I'm sorry. Something has come up (no, not Connor) and I won't be able to play on Saturday. Maybe next week?
1567. judithathome - 2/13/2003 2:09:07 PM
So is this game just over or what?
1568. DocBrown - 2/25/2003 8:39:33 AM
I hope not.
1569. theDiva - 3/12/2003 1:33:53 PM
bump ba da bump bump
1570. DocBrown - 3/14/2003 9:33:49 AM
Two bits!
So Sickles has been gone for almost two months now. Maybe we ought to invent our own questions.
1571. theDiva - 3/14/2003 9:37:52 AM
what he needs is a good heinie waxing.
1572. DocBrown - 3/14/2003 9:41:19 AM
Well DUH!
Who doesn't need a good heinie waxing? But if you start on Sickles, you'd better bring enough wax for the rest of us.
1573. theDiva - 3/14/2003 9:43:33 AM
Uh-uh. I'm a one-heinie woman.
1574. Ulgine Barrows - 3/15/2003 12:43:33 AM
I have lots of questions, Mr. Sickles, shall I give it a whirl?
1575. Daniel Sickles - 3/17/2003 2:50:05 PM
Ulgine
I am out of pocket until early April. Your offer to assist is greatly appreciated. I will get back on the stick in April, so any matches you can conduct prior would be great.
Here is where we stand.
Rask v. Indy
Diva v. betty
zojak v. ivan
Ms. No v. DocBrown
Gracias.
1576. theDiva - 3/17/2003 2:57:58 PM
I just love it when he speaks Spanish.
1577. Ulgine Barrows - 3/24/2003 4:39:22 AM
Early April. My favorite time of year - I'm an April Fool.
The next match will be 27 March PM, Rask v. Indy , speak up if there are scheduling objections. Exact time will be announced after I see replies.
I just love it when he speaks Spanish, too.
1578. Indiana Jones - 3/25/2003 8:59:26 AM
I cannot participate this week.
1579. Ulgine Barrows - 3/25/2003 4:52:59 PM
Thanks for the reply, anybody else?
1580. Ms. No - 3/25/2003 5:35:34 PM
Well, Doc and I already went.
I think betty can be reached through her email link as host of the Sex thread and Rask is pretty diligent about checking his as well --- linked in TV & Movies.
1581. betty - 3/25/2003 6:59:09 PM
e-mail is best way to get me or ivan, you can e-mail to me for ivan.
1582. Ulgine Barrows - 3/26/2003 3:44:07 PM
Of the matches Mr. Sickles mentioned,
Rask v. Indy
Diva v. betty
zojak v. ivan
Ms. No v. DocBrown
That last pair have already played. Indy can't make it this week, so it doesn't matter what Rask says. I'll hazard a guess that if Diva and betty aren't jumping on a game before Sickles gets back, zojak and ivan won't, either, even if I email them.
Sickles, I will email you my list of questions, perhaps you can use 'em.
MOROCCAN CARROTS
(Serves 4)
1583. Ms. No - 5/8/2003 12:41:59 PM
Due to his busy schedule Host Daniel Sickles is retiring from active duty here at Twenty One. He will be sorely missed.....except maybe by the custodian responsible for cleaning the Llama droppings out of the dressing room every night,
We have two options at this point:
- Find another host
- Retire the thread without a winner
I see that Ulgine Barrows has expressed some interest in posing questions. Perhaps she might host?
In the meantime I'll leave Mr. Sickles name on the marquis so that we can shamelessly use his dubious star-power to attract audience members.
1584. Daniel Sickles - 5/8/2003 8:05:30 PM
Oh, well, if the people demand it . . . (yes, Chris, I'm flighty)
I'm happy to do it, and I'm thrilled if Ulgine will assist, but I'd like a check in from all remaining contestants, who are:
Rask v. Indy
Diva v. betty
zojak v. ivan
Ms. No v. DocBrown
1585. Indiana Jones - 5/9/2003 8:19:46 AM
May 27 - May 31 would be a good window for me, if Rask is going to be around then.
1586. theDiva - 5/9/2003 8:27:39 AM
Saturday mornings or weekday evenings after 7 are best for me.
1587. zojak quafeth - 5/9/2003 11:38:26 AM
I'm in. But out of town The week of the 25th.
1588. Ms. No - 5/9/2003 11:58:17 AM
Sickles you wouldn't be a celebrity if you weren't prone to fickleness. I'll have Elrod re-install the llamas. Glad to have you!
1589. Raskolnikov - 5/14/2003 5:09:01 PM
Indy's window should work for me. Some evening after 9:30 EST would probably be best.
1590. DocBrown - 6/4/2003 10:07:55 AM
Daniel, I'm already out of it. Technically, Mrs. No is the current leader, since she's the only one to win a second round victory.
1591. Daniel Sickles - 6/4/2003 10:20:41 AM
Doc
Ivan and betty have not checked in. I'll give them another week. Then, I'll get creative with the six remaining.
1592. Ulgine Barrows - 6/5/2003 11:37:11 AM
Sickles, I emailed some questions. Did you get them? Hope they're of use.
1593. Indiana Jones - 6/5/2003 1:05:45 PM
Ulgine: Did you cc me on that email?
charles_vandoren@resourceful.com
1594. Ulgine Barrows - 6/5/2003 3:54:47 PM
No.... wait, I can just put 'em here!
#1. Who was the host of Quiz Show?
1595. ivan osokin - 6/25/2003 12:36:48 AM
hey...i'm still alive. absent from the mote, yes. but i'll be in for 21. i want that goddamned hat!
1596. Ulgine Barrows - 6/25/2003 1:26:59 AM
Don't get your hopes up. I think this thread will be retired without a winner. C'est la vie.
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