What was Rembrandt's full name?

Harmenszoon van Rijn Rembrandt
Harold van Rijm Rembrandt
Amsterdam van Rijn Rembrandt
Ivan van Rijn Rembrandt

All wrong as his name was Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn.

How many more?

Just had the question: "Who wrote the Symposium?"

Four answers and the 'correct' answer was Plato. However, one of the other answers was Xenophon, who also wrote a Symposium.

Please find better people to check these questions!!

What is it called when you knock down all of the pins in bowling?
Strike (marked correct)
Split
Gutter
Spare

Both strike and spare are correct since the question doesn't state whether they are all knocked down in one shot or if you can use two balls either way they are all knocked down might one to clarify this.

Just had this question:

[b]Who discovered oxygen?
Joseph Priestly
Issac Newton
Issac Asimov
Michael Faraday[/b]

With the correct answer being acknowledged as Joseph Priestly.

In actual fact:

Oxygen was independently discovered by Carl Wilhelm Scheele, in Uppsala, in 1773 or earlier, and Joseph Priestley in Wiltshire, in 1774, but Priestley is often given priority because his publication came out in print first.

So there is no error, the agreed fact is that Priestley is regognized as the first, even if it is by a detail. Furthermore, the question asks who discovered, not who was the first to discover.

Quote: Spin - 2010.05.03. 14:18:18

Good point Spin.

actually there are spelling mistakes in the answers: Issac should be Isaac.

Which former republic of Yugoslavia is the only member of EU?
Macedonia
Serbia
Slovenia
Croatia

- answer is gonna change, in 2010 Croatia is finishing negotiations and will become full member, also Serbia will follow, although not so soon. Question needs a year or to be removed

What is colour of sulphur dioxide?

It is a colourless gas so it has no colour. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


delete this question pls

What is the name of best serbian tennis player?
Nenad Zimonjic
Nikola Tesla
Novak Djokovic
Rafael Nadal

I don't understand... best by who's opinion? Special! Delete!

Which of the these Soccer teams is not from London?
Arsenal
Aston Villa
Chelsea
Tottenham Hotspur

Football... "Do not ask ones that demand lexical knowledge (like dates) or that is known only by a special group (e.g. Magic the Gathering, comics etc.)." Football fans are special enough? Delete please!

Quote: Boar - 2010.05.04. 18:08:19


Sports questions are just as legitimate as literature questions, mythology questions or any myriad of other major topics in the quiz. This is something that the Mods have had trouble accepting, mostly thanks to narrow-minded people like yourself.

As for soccer/football specifically, I would suggest that more people have played the sport than have heard of Stephen King or owned/read a bible - so just because YOU don't like a topic (as I hate literature and inventor questions), that does not cancel out their legitimacy.

"Where was 'Reog (Ponorogo)' originated from?"

"Who was Uriel Sebree (1848-1922) ?"


These aren't "Special Knowledge" but Sidney Crosby is???

What a load of bullshit.

How many countries are in the Arabian peninsula?

answers included 10 and 6.

6 given as correct answer.

"The peninsula's constituent countries are Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Yemen and Saudi Arabia. The northern part of the peninsula is the Syrian Desert, which also includes northeastern Jordan, southeastern Syria, and western Iraq."

The answer should be 7 (complete countries) or 10 (if part countries are included).

I bought it and it is costly, but I use it for hanging only. What am I?
a pair of earrings (correct)
a picture
window blinds
a car

still a silly question. A car can be used for 'hanging' only, as can a picture.

Quote: FriendlyCheese - 2010.05.05. 13:43:49

It's worse than that. The question is "What am I?", not "What is it?". So the answer to the question should be the thing that does the buying and the using, not the thing that is bought and used. So the correct answer should be a person or something.

What does a Hybrid vehicle run on?
Ions
electricity
methane
gas and electricity (marked correct)

The correct answer to this question is: "A combination of two or more fuels" today most hybrid cars run on a combination of electricity and gasoline (gas can be ambiguous) or diesel.
Note: I have pointed this one out before.

A compact disc is made of the material?
silver
polyester
silicon
polycarbonate (marked as correct)

A compact disk is made up of 3 or more layers, the standard being 3: polycarbonate substrate, a reflective metalized layer, and a protective lacquer coating. Furthermore Polycarbonate is a polyester.



Which of the following have not had Moose introduced?
Scotland
New Zealand
Newfoundand
Japan

I would call this a specialized knowledge question.

One of the questions is about ORCA, and as corerect answer is marked, that orca is whale, but if you look at wickipedia, it says: The killer whale (Orcinus orca), commonly referred to as the orca – and, less commonly, blackfish – is the largest species of the oceanic dolphin family.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetacea
Suborder: Odontoceti
Family: Delphinidae
Genus: Orcinus
Species: O. orca

The book series "Chibi Vampire" was written by?
Takagi Yuukihiro
Ueno Katsuragi
Yuna Kagesaki
Tanaka Shiroko

LOL! Someone didn't read the description of the special quiz question... COMIC or MANGA, whatewer... Its special, only a special group can know that XXX. Delete please!

Who wrote the poem "Annabel Lee"?

Ernest Hamingway

Should be Hemingway with an e.

In the movie "The Stand" how did the trashcan man get his name?
He went around town stealing trashcans.
He lived in a dumpster.
He set fires in trashcans when he was a child.
He went around town turning trashcans upside down.


I don't care what the right answer it - how the hell does a Mod pass this in the first place?