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Re: Quiz errors
1141. post - 2010.05.20. 08:03:12
The question is: Babies are born without which body part? and the answer is : kneecaps

BUT LOOK WHAT I FOUND:
That babies do not have knee caps at birth is not exactly true. All of us are born with knee caps. The knee caps of human beings actually form at the foetal stage, during the fourth month actually. However, at that point and until later, the knee caps are not ossified; they are made of cartilage. The growth centres around the knee caps form only a little prior to birth, and, in some cases, just after birth.

The kneecaps are there, only not ossified, as mentioned earlier. The ossification happens much later, when the child is around three years old, in the case of females, and four to five years in the case of males. etc...
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1142. post - 2010.05.20. 18:28:34 (Reply to post #1141 of vajenka.)
Its the same with teeth. The teeth are there, just not visible. Still you say a baby has no teeth. Literally thats wrong. But taken in a more general way it still applies. So, ofcourse you are correct and thank you for that nice detail Still the question is good enough to stay.
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1143. post - 2010.05.20. 22:10:23
What NFL championship game was first dubbed "Super Bowl"?

who cares?! how about we drop these stupid questions and leave only those with an answer "that is NOT known only by a special group". no one outside USA cares about your football (actually the whole world calls football what you call soccer, but ok.. ). also please drop the what x nationality player won some obscure event in year <= 1950.
This post was modified by Inv_ at 2010.05.20. 22:10:50
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1144. post - 2010.05.20. 23:15:48
Where did the nintendo 64 derived its name from?

It was the 64th nintendo product
The games are maximum 64Mb <-----------------------------
There are 64 games for this console
Its was created in 1964

other than the obvious typos ("Where did the nintendo 64 "derived" and "its was created")

the nintendo 64 never had 64 meg of ram...
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1145. post - 2010.05.21. 09:27:48 (Reply to post #1143 of Inv_.)
Quote: Inv_ - 2010.05.20. 22:10:23
What NFL championship game was first dubbed "Super Bowl"?

who cares?! how about we drop these stupid questions and leave only those with an answer "that is NOT known only by a special group". no one outside USA cares about your football (actually the whole world calls football what you call soccer, but ok.. ). also please drop the what x nationality player won some obscure event in year <= 1950.


And very few people in North America care about your "International" Football. The Super Bowl is the single most watched event in the world. According to the Doomlord forum -> Doomlord Game Forums -> Story -> Doomlord players all over the world thread, it appears that between 40 and 50% of the players are of North American origin. I see very few North American saying "get that European shit out of the quiz", yet it is an unfortunately common viewpoint that North American topics (especially sports) don't belong at all. There is already a notable European bias in the questions, so having someone suggest that the bias should be accentuated even further is very discouraging, considering this is supposed to be a WORLD server.

I don't care one bit that there are Euro based questions in the quiz - but I do care greatly the questions from both sides of the ocean are not evaluated equally.
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1146. post - 2010.05.21. 09:35:01
following question: What was the profession of the Wright brothers?

the right answer is that they build an airplane, but the author of the questions says the right answer is that they are bicycle makers....
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1147. post - 2010.05.21. 11:57:45 (Reply to post #1140 of Nemesis 666.)
True, true.
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1148. post - 2010.05.21. 12:05:56 (Reply to post #1146 of Plutoratte.)
The author is right.
Wright brothers opened a repair and sales shop "Wright Cycle Company" (Wright Cycle Exchange at first) about the year of 1896, so we can surely say, that their profession was making bicycles.
Next time try wikipedia.
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1149. post - 2010.05.21. 13:45:47
Prior to the 2010 Winter Olympics, which country had not won a gold [u]metal[/u] while hosting the olympics?

Sweden
Norway
Japan
Canada

please check the spelling errors in this question as i have many rejected questions of mine rejected on errors much less than this one
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1150. post - 2010.05.21. 14:20:28
just got this question

Who Invented the battery?

Bruno Abakanowicz
Thomas Edison
Anatoly Alexandrov **
Alessandro Volta

this is incorrect... he might have invented the MODERN battery, but batteries have been around since the ancient Egyptian times 4300 years ago. They were clay pots filled with vinegar using a copper cylincer with an iron rod in it.
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1151. post - 2010.05.21. 17:19:20
What is a square?

* An object that has 4 sides of equal length
A goat
A 12 sided object
The type of person that evaluates these questions

It's funny, but non of them precise, because rhombus also has 4 sides of equal length. The difference between them is that square has four 90 degree angles or right angles.
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1152. post - 2010.05.21. 17:34:42
Question:
How many sides does a pyramid have?
the correct answer is marked at 5.

The question needs to be more specific.
A square based pyramid has 5 sides.
A triangle based pyramid has 4 sides.
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1153. post - 2010.05.21. 19:30:23 (Reply to post #1152 of Dedhed.)
Quote: Dedhed - 2010.05.21. 17:34:42
k I don't remember the exact wording of the question...

How many sides does a pyramid have?
the correct answer is marked at 5.

But I don't think it specified if it is a square based pyramid or a triangle based pyramid.
A square based pyramid has 5 sides but a triangle shaped pyramid has only 4.

Has anyone else had this question? Did it specify?


Already had the question, already complained about it. Admins are as active as usual, obviously
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1154. post - 2010.05.21. 19:36:43
Who is not a Basketball Player:
Michael Jordan
Charles Barkley
Nick van Axel
Jeff van Gundy

Gundy is given as the right answer, and it is since he's only coached and never played (professional, at least). However, who is Nick van Axel??? There used to be a player named Nick van Exel - but no Axel.


Beyond that, why go so obscure? Who is going to know Exel -or- Gundy amongst general users? Swap Axel with John Stockton and Gundy with Mark Cuban, and the question is a LOT more viable. Here's a North American Sport question that should NOT have made it in - both for being obscure and for being wrong.
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1155. post - 2010.05.21. 19:38:36
Another name for the Bible is?
God's Book
New Testament
Old Testament
Good Book


Stupid-ass question.
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1156. post - 2010.05.21. 19:39:34
Who wrote the magic of Recluse series?
L.E. Modesitt Jr
Terry Goodkind
William Shatner
Robert Jordan

Another stupid-ass question... Enough Literature already!!!
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1157. post - 2010.05.21. 19:58:25 (Reply to post #1155 of Viridel.)
Quote: Viridel - 2010.05.21. 19:38:36
Another name for the Bible is?
God's Book
New Testament
Old Testament
Good Book
.


Wow. I have rejected this question several times for ambiguous answers. Sad to see the writer just kept submitting it and finally got it in.
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1158. post - 2010.05.21. 21:53:55 (Reply to post #1157 of ChaoticGemini.)
I dont know who let it in, but is not ambiguous. Good Book is the only answer. The rest do not refer to the bible, only parts of it
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1159. post - 2010.05.21. 23:17:33 (Reply to post #1158 of stekkos.)
Quote: stekkos - 2010.05.21. 21:53:55
I dont know who let it in, but is not ambiguous. Good Book is the only answer. The rest do not refer to the bible, only parts of it


Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the Bible the New Testament - the Old Testament is the Torah?

Therefore, another name for the BIBLE is New Testament.

It's just not a good question.
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1160. post - 2010.05.21. 23:19:17
Which one isn't a Mervyn Peake's novel?
Letters from a Lost Uncle
Mr Pye
Polar City Nightmare
Titus Groan


a) Weren't "NOT" questions being usually rejected unless the answer was evident?
b) Who the hell is Mervyn Peake?

Why are Sporting questions "Special Group", but these obscure writers keep getting approved?
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