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Post by Dr.Klitschko on Jan 22, 2007 10:07:15 GMT -8
"What is the lowest point in Germany?"
This Q should be removed because it gives a lake as the answer that even I as a native do not know. So i guess nobody else could figure that out besides if he recognizes the answer.
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Post by doom3x on Jan 22, 2007 14:31:20 GMT -8
Ok guys, went through and fixed everything I thought in need of fixing from the last set. Some notes:
Gnome, fixed or removed all the errors you pointed out, except the following-
William Jefferson Clinton (come up with some uniform standard for Presidents' names and I'll implement it throughout).
720 for the number of ways to arrange 6 objects (again, try to decide on what constitutes too long to be typed out for a number, and I'll try to implement it).
Assault-Removed the John Hilarius question...he's definitely not the Pope for those years, and it seems to be a bogus question, so it's chucked. Edwy was a real king of England in the 10th century, better known as Edwy the All-Fair.
Both mistakes pointed out by Irish have been corrected.
Dx, your request for standardization on Peary's name has been put into effect. When Chalupa updates it will always be Robert Peary, as far as I can tell. No more "Commander" or "Edwin" in there, just plain Robert Peary.
Last, but not least, Klitsch. Couldn't find any Lowest point in Germany question, so I may have already taken it out. If you didn't recognize the answer it probably wasn't a body of water, and I tried to remove all the lowest point answers that weren't easily recognizable bodies of water, so I'm hoping I got that one last time through. If you see it again after Feb. 1st or so, let me know.
Next up?
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Post by Compbasher on Jan 22, 2007 14:37:34 GMT -8
Whats the normal temperature of an adult human?*98f
Should be 98.6F
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Post by LostPeon™ on Jan 22, 2007 16:53:11 GMT -8
Whats the normal temperature of an adult human?*98f Should be 98.6F Or rather: What is the normal temperature of an adult human, in fahrenheit?*98.6 Oh, and Doom, shoot me a copy of the question file when you send it to Chalupa.
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Post by defectivegnome on Jan 22, 2007 18:33:26 GMT -8
William Jefferson Clinton (come up with some uniform standard for Presidents' names and I'll implement it throughout). As I said, I would think just as their best known would be fine, within reason. I just don't like the Clinton one because you rarely ever hear(d) anything other than "Bill Clinton". Most presidents are fine, just their first and last name. Only people I can really think of are JFK, FDR, and possibly Truman. Things like them might be best as first, middle initial, and then last name? What do you think? You're the American, but that's how I usually heard their names. Might be a few others I'm can't think of... Although, I'm not really sure if FDR should be D or Delano and I'm not sure if Truman usually has an S or not. The most important part is having the name be the same throughout the question file, really. Seven hundred (and) twenty isn't that bad. What I said was more about one thousand six hundred sixty six. Which is close to being too much. But then one hundred thousand isn't that bad. So I would think it's best to write them out, unless it's so specific that writing it out becomes too cumbersome. I leave 1666 up to you to decide. A few questions as well! "A blue moon*2nd full moon in 1 month" Second full moon in one month "How many eyes does a dornbeast have*69" I have no idea what's going on here. I think it's safe to delete it. "Give the name and location of the world's 11th most populous city*Mexico City" Of course, wikipedia has to make things difficult. Wikipedia has pages for both List of Metropolitan Areas by population[/u] and List of Cities by Population.[/u] I think list we (bot, trivia people, everyone else) go by is the metropolitan list, which is a lot closer to what one might expect (Tokyo is number one. Seoul is actually number two, and I believe the bot usually says Mexico City is since it's old.) So I guess the 11th most populous city would be Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Post by lolassault on Jan 22, 2007 18:54:21 GMT -8
in nautical terms what name is given to the upper edge of a ship's side*gunwhale
should it be "gunwale"? "gunwhale" is, i think, an acceptable spelling, but most (almost all) people who use the word use the first spelling, and it can be a tad confusing.
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Post by LostPeon™ on Jan 22, 2007 22:02:13 GMT -8
Idea:
Change all the "Currency & Flags: xxx:" to just "Currency: xxx"
As far as I can tell, none of them seem to have anything to do with flags, they're all related to currency.
If I'm wrong, correct me.
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Post by doom3x on Jan 22, 2007 22:09:44 GMT -8
Ok. I'll fix your correction tomorrow before or after work Comp, and the same for yours Gnome.
Lost-I think what happened was this...in my first revision a while back I tried to cut out as many long questions as possible (ones that went over the 230 or thereabouts character limit) and a lot, if not all, of the flag questions went over that limit. My guess is I unintentionally eliminated all of the flag ones, so I'll change the headings on them tomorrow too.
Gnome-As for the Presidents, I'll go with my judgment here. Bill Clinton will be Bill Clinton, but any President who I know best by a certain name, will wind up with that name. That sounds a bit arrogant, but I say Franklin D. Roosevelt, I say John F. Kennedy, I say Harry S. Truman, and I'll say William H. Harrison. The only others I can think of or Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, and George (H). W. Bush (for senior and/or junior). Beyond that, first/last name only I think. Let me know how that works for you.
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Post by defectivegnome on Jan 23, 2007 17:10:48 GMT -8
Gnome-As for the Presidents, I'll go with my judgment here. Bill Clinton will be Bill Clinton, but any President who I know best by a certain name, will wind up with that name. That sounds a bit arrogant, but I say Franklin D. Roosevelt, I say John F. Kennedy, I say Harry S. Truman, and I'll say William H. Harrison. The only others I can think of or Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, and George (H). W. Bush (for senior and/or junior). Beyond that, first/last name only I think. Let me know how that works for you. Maybe some other people can chime in with their opinions on this subject, if they care. Mostly sounds ok. I can't say anything about Harrison because I think the only time I've ever heard his name being said is from the simpsons (William Henry Harrison, "I died in thirty days!"). But I disagree with Richard M. Nixon. I think I've just heard Richard Nixon a lot more than M or Milhous. Errs! "Who ruled in Rome in 270ad - 275ad*aerelian" Aurelian "Who directed the Egyptian, doctor X, casablanca*curtiz" I really don't like just having last names. It's almost as bad as only having the first name. I'm not very familiar with Michael Curtiz, so if he's well known by just his last name, I'm ok with keeping it. "What famously happened on 7th December 1941*japanese attack on pearl harbour" British! Plus, maybe get rid of the japanese attack on part? "A wallaby is what kind of animal*kangaroo" Wikipedia says[/u] that wallaby's are a macropod that are too small to be considered a kangaroo. How about we just change this one to marsupial since it's so vague anyway? "In __ years. there are about 1 billion seconds*32" Thirty two and remove that period!
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Post by dxlightning on Jan 23, 2007 19:20:32 GMT -8
On the matter of the president's I'd say you should include the full middle names, not just how everyone knows them, and include (full name) in the question. This is trivia, so it shouldn't be common knowledge answers.
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Post by lolassault on Jan 23, 2007 20:25:39 GMT -8
Dry ice does not melt. it __________*evaporates
That's wrong, only liquids "evaporate", at least by the formal definition of the term. Solids "sublime".
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Post by doom3x on Jan 23, 2007 20:41:18 GMT -8
Ok guys, fixed all the errors from that last set.
Comp-Your error is fixed along the lines Lost suggested...the question now includes the (in Fahrenheit) part, and the answer is just 98.6.
Gunwhale is now gunwale throughout the text.
Gnome, made your corrections, and also, if you're interested...I removed all the "populous cities questions" from the file. If you want to, on your initiative, recompile that list based on Wikipedia's metropolitan list, and then submit it to me here, I'll re-add it. I'm fairly sure the list in the file is out of date even as is. Just copy paste them into the format as it was, but with the correct information. What do you think of Dx's suggestion concerning the Presidents?
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Post by defectivegnome on Jan 23, 2007 22:45:30 GMT -8
I disagree with it. What's Gerald Ford's middle name? If you don't know it now, you and all the regulars will pretty much have it memorized in a week... Well, maybe longer for Ford. But for a while the difficulty in the question will be knowing this person's middle name until we have it memorized like Gary Cooper being born in 1901. If someone wants to make questions that ask for the presidents middle names, then they can, but I don't see why that challenge should be added to the current questions. The whole point of changing the presidents names here is about making it easier and less frustrating.
There's no Teddy Roosevelts in the file, is there? I'll make a top 20 metropolitan area questions and post it in the new questions thread tomorrow or sometime.
"In ______'_ fantasia, the socerer's name is yensid" This isn't wrong. The clues were definitely hinting towards Disney. I'm just wondering about it. It was unanswerable and the third hint was blank, then it just went to the next question. People in the channel sometimes say it has to do with the apostrophe, but there are tons of questions with apostrophes that work fine. So is this a bot issue that just happens sometimes, like blank questions for SC players? Or is it something about this question and similar questions that break the bot? Maybe the question file here uses ` (thing with the tilde key) rather than a normal apostrophe and it causes problems. I really have no clue.
"In the movie 'star wars', what species is chewbacca.*wookie" Wookiee
"What's the smallest known planet in our solar system*pluto" I believe it's Mercury now that we've blown Pluto up to test our deathray, isn't it?
"All ________ children of Queen Anne died before she did*17"
"How many beats per second does a bumblebee flap its wings*160"
"How long is the Suez canal in kilometers*161.9" Is "One hundred sixty two" close enough?
"Authors: The Prince of Tides*Conroy" Pat Conroy
"Author: Deadly Rich, Ballerina, The Privileged Live*Stewart" Edward Stewart (He must suck, wiki has no mention of him)
"Who wrote this line of poetry "I wandered lonely as a cloud"*William" William Wordsworth
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Post by PhoenixFlare500 on Jan 24, 2007 15:29:28 GMT -8
Wookie is the correct spelling.
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Post by Compbasher on Jan 24, 2007 16:07:51 GMT -8
Whenever you got enough time, you should uniform the numbers into a format. Such as any number from 0 to x should be spelled out, whereas x would be the lowest high number to be put back into numerical format. I'll leave the numbers in question to you and the others, but it really needs to be done to reduce massive spammage of sorts on those questions.
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