Editing the Question File, Round 2

[lolassault]

Which radiation belt around the Earth was named after an American physicist*(james) van allen belts

cut the (james) please. it makes the question difficult to answer.

[doom3x]

I'll take care of all the ones since my post about sending the corrections to Chal, either tonight, or tomorrow after work. Been a little behind lately but I'll get to 'em.

[defectivegnome]

"How many women have said "no" to Mr. Burns*130"
Not just a numeral, but really stupid and I have no idea where it's from

"A cat has how many muscles in each ear*32"
"The Earth experiences ---------- earthquakes a year.*50,000"
"How many minutes are there in a day*1440"

"Who hosted the 1997 Grammy Awards*helen degeneres"
Obviously Ellen

"What is haggis*sheep stomach"
I wonder if you can have a decent answer to this question for a triviabot. Haggis[/u] is sheep's lungs, liver, heart boiled in a sheep's stomach.

"What is or are the major languages in Indonesia*Indonesian and sudanese"
Shouldn't this be Sundanese[/u]?

"Semi-skimmed milk contains approximately how much fat*two %"
This is awesome

"What was the first cartoon to feature sound*steamboat willy"
Willie

"U.S. vice president al gore and oscar-winning actor _____ ___ _____ were roommates at Harvard*tommy lee"
I swear, because of triviahost, this trivia is right up there with the first video played by MTV as very trivial trivia.

[lolassault]

Aemil Lepidus is a _______ in Antony and Cleopatra*trimvir

triumvir, please.

Known as the house of whatthis junior line of the French dynasty of bourbonbegan its history by leading the revolt of the huguenots against the crown*conde

doom told me to post this one, so here it is.

[lolassault]

Fear of theatres*theatrophbia

theatrophObia, please.

[lolassault]

One year contains ---------- seconds?*31,557,600

This one is confusing. One year is either 365 days (31536000 seconds) or 366 (31622400 seconds). However, the number of days to acquire that number is 365.25. While it's true there aren't exactly 365 days in one earth year, there aren't exactly 365.25 either. Rounded off, its about 365.242199 days. Hence, I propose this one to be changed to

"How many seconds are in a non-leap calendar year?*31,536,000"

[dxlightning]

Or just change "one year" to "the average year"

[lolassault]

What is the tallest building in the world*sears tower

technically this is true if one considers the antennae. however, most people dont, and so the honor is usually accorded to taipei 101.

In chemistry, the halogens are a family of elements consisting of ________, chlorine, bromine and iodine.*flourine

the accepted correct spelling is "fluorine", at least in most scientific circles.

[lolassault]

Carlos This planet has an atmosphere that is 98 percent Helium*Mercury

Mercury's atmosphere is not 98% helium. Mercury does not really have an atmosphere, as its low gravity and proximity to the sun caused most of its atmosphere to dissipate long ago. Any gasses, particularly a very light one like helium, dissipate into space within a few weeks to months.
Also, googling "mercury atmosphere" gives "Helium 42%", which is quite clearly not 98%.

First person to type anything gets the point*(Sorry Laggers!)

That's just dumb.

Acronym Soup: BOS*big orange switch; boyfriend over shoulder

That's just dumber.

The proper name for 'mad cow disease'*bovine spongiform

should be "bovine spongiform encephalopathy".


@dx: eh, i would prefer "calendar" because "average" implies 365.242199 days, and also because most people think 365 days when they see a year.

[doom3x]

Ok guys. Finally got a spare moment, sat down, and went through all this latest set of corrections since my last one. Got 'em all. Tossed the more ludicrious questions, like the one about Mr. Burns, etc. Some, like (sorry laggers) I'd removed previously. Wrote out some more number answers, changed some answers to reflect what you've told me is accurate...i.e., Sundanese and Taipei 101. Next up?

[♦Whot♦]

Q: Science & Nature: What are meteors*falling stars

[rorschach]

Hm...
I don't know the actual questions, but...

1) The Elephant Man's real name is Joseph Merrick, not John Merrick, as many early biographies made a mistake of.

2) There's a question on Spider-man being one of the first comics to feature someone's death. The only problem I have with that question is that it's put in the wrong category: should be Marvel Comics, not DC Comics, as the question states.

Sorry, I used to be a comic nut, and things like that bother me.


EDIT EDIT:

Don't know if you got these:

"The more common title of the sovereign of the state of Vatican City."*John

Answer is: Pope
Guessed you missed this one?

"In 1864, who was massacred and sand creeks detention camp in colorado"*300

Look into this?

[dxlightning]

History: This Indian helped the English colony of jamestown to survive the harsh winters, and later cemented relations with the English when John rolfe married his daughter*powhatan (a.k.a. wahunsonacock)

Take away the parenthesis (and do the same for any question that has parenthesis in the answer)


Danke.

[lolassault]

A state ruled by a Prince*pricipality

principality, please.

[Prone]

Q: Art & Literature: Lotr: When bilbo first met him, what was gandalf's trademark color*Gandalf the grey

Ok, change the answer to just grey.

TheTriviaHost Q: Science & Nature: The first flying animals were the __________ that appeared over 200 million years ago. they were closer to flying reptiles than birds*pterosaurs

Is that even true? It's pterydactals (spelling?)