Quote: Thetus - 2010.06.20. 11:25:04

After a heated discussion with someone (in real life) I have been shown that I am in fact....

Wrong.

I was misreading it...as well as over complicating the scenario.

Yup, I said it. I was wrong.

As for the Fantasia question,....personally, when it comes to movies; I always use the year the movie was released, to avoid this exact complaint.

You never know when someone might decide to do a remake.
(Friday the 13th, Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, 12 Angry Men, 3:10 to Yuma, Bangkok Dangerous, Death at a Funeral.....just to name a few)

I can only advise others to do the same.

That's what I'm talking about. Making remakes, sequels or other stuff is very popular now.

And another error:
I was asked about a min character in J.D.Sallinger's "The Catcher in the Rye" and the correct one was Hayden Caulfield. OMG, it's so f***ing wrong. His name was Holden. I want to ask our evaluators if they check the question (answers) in other categories than spelling or existing in database. You should start checking if they are correct itself. They don't have to be evaluated in a second. You can do it by days or even weeks, but do it well.

There should be "main character".

Quote: Viridel - 2010.06.19. 22:43:47

Sorry if I have offended you, but that still doesn't make "A brick weighs 2kg and half a brick" bad English or a paradox, its a simple equation disguised as a riddle, Banned has admitted it, why don't you as well.

And no I do not "bitch and moan" about every little language issue, if I did I would be posting 2-3 times as many errors. And if you are going to complain about the errors I have posted, do me a favour and use real examples. Only one of the three "examples" you give is something I did post, and in that case I disagree with you. It might be understandable, but it's still not correct.

who made the first video game?

there are more than one correct answer to this question.......who made the first video game played on a TV, who made the first COMPUTER game, who made the first coin operated video game...etc etc

and this question passed?

Who is buried in Grant's Tomb?
your answer: Grant

Right answer: Nobody is. It's a tomb. You can't be buried in a tomb. But Ulysses S. Grant is in it.

Who was David Gemmel's "LEGEND"?
Jon Shannow
Waylander the Slayer
Dakeyras
Druss


WAY too obscure... Even on the Wiki page, the answer to this is in the last paragraph.

As a follow-up... How does this pass, yet a question about the X-Men is rejected for being too "special knowledge"?

I just had a question that was something along lines of what role was Arnold Swharzengger cast in The Terminator (circa 1884)

The Terminator was one of the possible answers and thats what i selected but it was given as wrong with correct answer being Kyle Reese.

The IMDB site gives this for the star lineup.


Arnold Schwarzenegger ... The Terminator

Michael Biehn ... Kyle Reese

Now i missed out on answer 20 questions correct quiz.

ALSO would it be possible to show the full question and answers when an answer is given wrong, the amount of times i have incorrect questions is rediculous but as i dont copy each question before i answer (assuming i know the answer) i dont copy it before hitting answer button.

Also are these questions we report ever actually corrected?

I just got a question "Samuel Adams was famous for?"

founding father
beer
all the above <-- Marked correct
signing the declaration of independence

This question is wrong. Samuel Adams was a malter, and produced malts used in beers, I think the writer mistook the Boston made beer that uses this name and assumed more than they should have. It needs to be changed at the very least, or deleted, I would settle for changed though.

In the poem, the Odyssey, Charbdis is a? Spelling mistake should be "Charybdis"

Not sure if this is wrong, but I have no clue as to why it should be either. As far as my knowledge of English grammar, all are valid. If there is some literary reference it has escaped me. Could someone please explain this one?


This question needs a bit more detail. (I found a site that claimed a remake is under way.)



This is both right and wrong, what Aristotle actually said was "man by nature is a political animal" but the word normally translated as political has a broader meaning than the English word political, so it could be translated as social.

In what year was George Washington born?
1732
1730
1731
1729

Don't you think that the answers are too close?

I had so many times an information that my question is already a part of a database. What a surprise - I just got this one:

How long does it takes for light from Sun to reach Earth ?
12.33 min
instantly
5.33 min
8.33 min

A little time ago I had to answer almost the same question - something like 'Approximately how long does it take the sun light to rech Earth?' (with different answers). How is it possible that evaluators accepted 2 questions that asked the same thing?

OMG, a second ago I was asked about these Nazi leaders uniting jewish in camps. Someone wrote before about this question. I see that posting informations about quiz errors is nonsense.

What country has the largest coastline in the world?


ON INTERNET I FOUND: Although Canada may seem the greatest, the answer is actually Russia. (Look at a large scale map).

Just had this question:

What are Titans?

The possible answers were all Fathers of ...
The correct answer was to be found in the Greek mythology, but it could as well have been found elsewhere, so this question should include this information. And a minor issue is that the question should be in past tense.

Quote: D00ml0rd - 2010.06.21. 05:07:50


First.... 1884 was probably supposed to be 1984.
So, I agree that the question should be shown again with the answer in a database under the "Quiz" tab, like our Previous Battles.

Second...Arnold was originally cast as Kyle Reese, Lance Henrikson was originally cast as The Terminator.
Shortly after screen tests (where actors read lines so the Production Crew can get a feel of how the movie will progress)

James Cameron (the director) decided to recast the two actors in the roles we now know of them to play.

Michael Biehn (who did play Kyle Reese) was rejected after his first audition, but after Arnold and Lance had been recast, Biehn was brought back for a second audition and given the part.

All of this information, can be found at IMDB.

A few more inaccurate Quiz Questions:



Two answers are correct, even if one is misspelled.



So, the others ARE totally deaf?






Technically, the line is actually "After all, tomorrow is another day."
(Source: American Book Review Link: http://americanbookreview.org/PDF/100_Best_Last_Lines_from_Novels.pdf)

Sorry if this came before but i didnt wanna read 69 pages sorry. The question was about Slobodan Milosevic, and there was a answer war criminal and Serbian president, and they are both correct

Quote: dodo888 - 2010.06.22. 00:18:34

That might be a "Grey Area"...

Personally, I agree with you; that there are 2 answers given, and it needs to be amended.