sorry for the vagueness of this, the ridiculousness of it caught me off guard. the question asked something along the lines of, "is there any actual income tax law anywhere in the united states?", and the given correct answer is "no, nowhere in the us, never has been."

i think that the 16th amendment, multiple constitutional provisions, wikipedia, and the fact that al capone was famously convicted on income tax evasion charges, all prove that this question is wrong.

Novelists are artists, so this one actually have two correct answers.

What's the name of Fall out boy's song?

Brown
Golden
Silver
Green

its not a wrong question but the song "golden" was on some obscure album released in 2007.

is this band at least a popular band? They have had half a dozen albums and for this question u have to go thru song list on 5 of them to find the answer.

Fair question if they only ever had 1 song, but they havent, is this band even relevant to anything? hey disbanded in 2009, they heavy metal and this song isnt even listed on wiki, u actually have to go to the fansite and go thru each album to find answer.

lol

Quote: Ronillar - 2010.08.15. 05:29:10
Lol, yes there are income tax laws in the US, googled it just for fun, and found that there is also an urban legend saying there isn't. What this is built on I do not know, but the sites I have found refer to a movie, claiming to be a documentary, called "Freedom to Fascism"

Quote: D00ml0rd - 2010.08.16. 05:52:05


Actually, they were one of the most radio-played bands in the 00's, with multiple multi-platinum albums, and multiple #1 singles. Were they relevant? Damn right. Heavy metal? Fail. Improve your reading skills.

That said, BAD question. If asking a question about FOB, stick with the #1 hits.

Who was the first Metallica's bass guitar player?
Mark Evans
Steve Harris
Cliff Burton
Jason Newsted


Really? This passed?

Which music artist claims the most sales (all time)?
Elvis Presley
The Beatles
I don't recall the other 2 answers...

The Beatles were marked as the right answer, but is this really true? Although some sources confirmed this, most put Elvis above them...
If the right answer is indeed so unclear, at least remove one of those two answers or change artist into band/group.

And doesn't such a question require a date? Nobody who can tell you for sure who will be on top in a few years...

Who won the Barclays Premier League season 2009?
Liverpool
Manchester United
Arsenal
Chelsea

Season 2009–10
Champions: Chelsea (group stage)
League: Manchester United (group stage)

Several issues here:
Season 2009 - is that the start of the season (2009-10), or when the season ended (2008-09)?
There are two winners every year (league champ & tournament champ)

Not a bad question... It's just the definition of "Ambiguous" - which is ironic that Mods would mark good Q's "Ambiguous", but not this one.

What colour is a lobster's blood?

Red
Yellow
Green
Blue <--------------

"Lobster blood is a clear fluid. When the animal is boiled, the blood turns to an opaque whitish gel. It has no discernible flavor and is perfectly safe to eat."

What is "vendace"?
butterfly
bird
insect
fish

Last time I looked, a butterfly was an insect.

dont have the exact wording of this but the other day i had question about

what part quentin tarentino played in resevoir dogs (mr brown)

today i had one

who played mr brown in resevoir dogs

Curious to know why this question is marked as "Bad question", no other explanation...

The two most recent expansion teams in Major League Baseball are?
Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Arizona Diamondbacks
New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox
Florida Marlins and Colorado Rockies
Pittsburgh Pirates and Seattle Mariners


???

I think I asked this in the wrong thread. I'll move it to the appropriate one.

So I choose to do an adventure.
First I use up 9 crystal points.
Then I lose 494 SE

Then I get the question:

Quiz: How many of Carl Lewis' Olympic gold medals were won in long jump competitions?

I put the answer as 4 but...


Wrong answer, the correct answer was: 3.

So which of these 4 times did not count? 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992? I keep adding them up and it always comes to 4!

I checked with the IOC (International Olympics Committee). This is the page I got:

http://www.olympic.org/en/content/All-Olympic-results-since-1896/?AthleteName=&Category=&Games=&Sport=1313725&Event=349877&MenGend er=true&WomenGender=false&MixedGender=false&TeamClassification=false&IndividualClassification=true&Continent=&Country=&Gol dMedal=true&SilverMedal=false&BronzeMedal=false&WorldRecord=false&OlympicRecord=false&TargetResults=true

4 (that's FOUR) lovely pictures of Carl Lewis against each of the FOUR gold medals for long jump he was awarded.

FOR CRYING OUT LOUD GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER!!!

There is no point having 'experts' to accept questions if they are NEVER checked. It takes seconds to check such a straightforward question. DO IT!! Or ask people, like those who post here, to do it for you. We care. We bother. You don't.

Now give me back my crystal points and SE. You can't? Then resign and let people who can do the job do it.

Viridel! I am Canadian too. Coincidence, Eh?

I live in the UK and have to tell you there is only ever one willer of the Premier League every year. I guess the Tournament you are talking about is the FA Cup which is open to any team in England, or the League Cup which is open to the 92 teams from the premiership, the Championship and the two lower divisions.

Apart from that, I agree with your points entirely!

Which animal has the leanest meat?
pork
chicken
tuna
turkey


Pork is an animal? Shouldn't it be Pig?

Quote: JohNed - 2010.08.18. 08:40:14

I'd say there is no time reference. Saying "recent" applies as of today but what about next season? What if teams move from one location to another or more teams are added? Then the answers given would be incorrect.

Hi TheLion,

thanks for answering my question. So if I had written the question as: As of 2010, the two most recent expansion teams... would it have been accepted as a good question?

I agree (in principle) with the concept of keeping questions that might not be correct in the future out of the database. However, I have seen several questions that violate this principle accepted as good questions. Today, I got one question that asked which one of these people have not received the Noble Peace Prize, the answer is Bill Clinton. Isn't it possible that he will receive it in the future, thus making the question invalid?

I had a question evaluated as good which asked "the center court of the US open tennis tournament is named after which former great tennis player". It is possible that a new stadium might be built, or the US open move to a new location, thus invalidating this question. Should there be greater emphasis on how this principle should be applied then? Or should the question evaluators be more lax in applying it? I heard that games like Trivia Pursuit expects their questions to be relevant for 5 years at most.

Quote: JohNed - 2010.08.18. 17:10:04

The answer is a definite maybe. Since MLB is only USA/Canada, you've got a bit of an uphill struggle to get any baseball questions approved. But without that "As of 2010", you've got no chance.

Quote: JohNed - 2010.08.18. 17:10:04

In theory, you post those to this thread, and the admins should delete them. In theory...

Thanks. I have moved the topic to the correct thread, but no one responded there. Instead, someone responded here. So I responded to their response. I'll stop talking about this now.

There was a question stating that:
1 dog year is the same as how many human years?
5
6
7
8

It's actually a seventh.

Better off rephrasing the question to:
How many dog years pass in one human year?
5
6
7
8