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1781. hozzászólás - 2010.08.26. 13:00:16
someone said that slovenia is in south europe???

it's in the middle europe, geografically and politicaly!

rewrite the question plz
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1782. hozzászólás - 2010.08.26. 16:01:29 (Válasz D00ml0rd #1777 hozzászólására.)
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A brick weighs 2kg and half a brick, how much do 2 bricks weigh?

12kg
8kg
4kg
2kg

if 1 brick weights 2kg then half a brick weighs 1kg, therefore 2 bricks would weigh 6kg not 8.


And this one re-enters the problem queue for the 6th (and a half) time.


It doesn't say that a brick weighs 2kg, it says that that half a brick weighs 2kg, it really is simple: Put one brick on one side of a scale, then on the other side a 2kg weight and half a brick, and the scale is in balance. How much do you have to remove from each side to have a 2kg weight on one side? Correct! Half a brick!


it DOES say a brick weights 2kg...lol wakey wakey hand off snakey...

"A brick weighs 2kg and half a brick"

A brick weighs = 2kg AND (plus ) half a brick (1kg) = 3kg and 2 of them weigh 6kg not 8


In that case 2 bricks would be 4 kg, not 6.

But the fact remains that the equation is: Brick = 2kg + 1/2 Brick => Brick = 4kg => 2 Brick = 8kg
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1783. hozzászólás - 2010.08.26. 16:06:52
The Burj Khalifa (formerly Burj Dubai) is currently the ____ tallest building in the world.
1st *
4th
3rd
2nd

currently? This one needs a date, as higher buildings will most likely be built in the future.

Which one of the following is NOT a criminal association?
Mafia
Camorra
Illuminati
Andrangheta


That Illuminati is not a criminal association is debatable, and besides the name has been used buy many historical and fictional groups.

How long is a score?
20 years
100 years
50 years
5 years

Actually it's 20 seconds, no wait, 20 milimeters, no 20 inches, no 20 eggs...... a score is 20 and has nothing more to do with time than any other number.
Maybe I should ask "How long is 25?" and have the possible answers 20 years, 100 years, 25 years, 1 year.
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1784. hozzászólás - 2010.08.26. 16:22:52
How many skeletal muscles are there in a human body?
Over 470
Over 630
Over 900
Over something else

There are approximately 639 skeletal muscles according to wikipedia and because I've seen this question before, I knew to pick the 630, despite the over 470 being right anyway!

Please change all the 'overs' to around. Or change the numbers to exact (ie leave the correct as 639).

I'm sure I've seen someone complain about this already!!
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1785. hozzászólás - 2010.08.27. 04:14:51
If you are at the edge of a forest and begin walking in how far must you travel before you are actually leaving the forest?
1/2 way <--- marked as correct
1 mile
at the opposite edge of the forest
2 miles

This is a bad question since it never states you walk into the forest. If you are at the edge and you don't walk into the forest then you never leave it since you never left it. Please be more careful on the stuff that gets through.
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1786. hozzászólás - 2010.08.27. 05:03:38 (Válasz Spin #1785 hozzászólására.)
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If you are at the edge of a forest and begin walking in how far must you travel before you are actually leaving the forest?
1/2 way <--- marked as correct
1 mile
at the opposite edge of the forest
2 miles

This is a bad question since it never states you walk into the forest. If you are at the edge and you don't walk into the forest then you never leave it since you never left it. Please be more careful on the stuff that gets through.

It does say "if you begin walking in" but the answer marked as correct is wrong, as the question does not say "before you begin to leave the forest" but "before you are actually leaving the forest" and you are not leaving the forest till you pass out of it.
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1787. hozzászólás - 2010.08.27. 15:47:17
Where boils the water faster?
In a deep valley (below sea level)
Everywhere boils the same speed
On a high hill*
On the sea level

This question is very poor English, to the degree that it could be considered wrong. What is the speed of boiling water? Or if we say it's the time to raise the temperature from room temperature to boiling, then I'd say there are to many factors to answer it.


Which of these countries is now still communist?
Congo
South Korea
Russia
Vietnam *

This one needs as a minimum a date, governments of countries change all the time.


Which country is NOT a member of European Union?
England
Hungary
Romania
Turkey*

Well Turkey is trying to become a member of the EU, so this question needs a date.


This was the first film Jimmy Carter watched during his presidential tenure.
Fallen
All the President's Men*
Eddie and the cruisers
The horse whisperer

Fun tide-bit but not what I'd call a good question.
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1788. hozzászólás - 2010.08.27. 20:46:05
What kind of color is the ruby?
white
green
red
blue
A primary color? red is a "color" not a "kind of color"

Which bird family belongs to Apterygidae?
Rheas
Ostriches
Cassowaries
Kiwis

The family is Apterygidae, not Kiwi, which makes this question wrong. It should be: "Which bird belongs to the family Apterygidae?"

In what year was San Jose the Capital of California?
1850
1650
1950
1750

Actually it was the state capital in 1851 as well.
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Re: Quiz errors
1789. hozzászólás - 2010.08.27. 21:30:22
Seen this question already but phrased in a different way:

Which is the correct definition of "Tagalog"?

Nothing wrong with either of them, but the stated question is the better of the two I think so delete the other if you can find it.

In every instance I can think of, none of the four crows would be on the tree if I shot at one. I don't know what you're talking about with possoms, but the question is about crows. If you want to prove it, go outside and shoot at a tree, see what happens. I admit it's not a very good mind twister, but all the same, in my opinion I think it can remain in the database.

I think you were very unlucky with your question. I think it's good too, and I think things are evaluated on the basis that evaluators don't get a single question wrong (a good question). It's a guess, but when they hunt, they choose and answer and if they get it wrong, they choose an option as to why they got it wrong without the option to pass it through the system and reward you with the SE. If you resubmit then I think you'll have more luck with a better evaluator.

Yes, some things could do with change, but if you post your suggestions in the suggestions forum, there is a chance it will get changed and be improved.

EDIT:
Which mystical creature is NOT a combination of two real creatures?
Basilisk <-- Right
Chimera
Hippogriff
Centaur

Annoyingly, I didn't have time to answer (PLEASE CHANGE THIS SO THERE'S SOME KIND OF LOG!!) but the chimera is a combination of more than 2 (I think it's 3- goat, lion and serpent). Not hugely important, but a rephrasing to:

Which mystical creature is not based on a distinct combination of real creatures?

EDIT2:
What is the most accurate definition of the term "Reich"?
German Dominion
German Monarchy
German People
German State <-- right

Ambiguous much? I use dict.leo.org for my German translations and I would've said empire before checking it anyway. State is a strange word to use and relates more to governments than empires. To me, dominion is closer to Reich than state, but essentially they mean the same thing. The gray area makes this ambiguous so either change State to Empire and Dominion to Area or something. Preferably, just delete it as there's too little difference between the answers.
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Re: Quiz errors
1790. hozzászólás - 2010.08.28. 00:14:11 (Válasz Phalanxii #1789 hozzászólására.)
Idézet: Phalanxii - 2010.08.27. 21:30:22

I think you were very unlucky with your question. I think it's good too, and I think things are evaluated on the basis that evaluators don't get a single question wrong (a good question). It's a guess, but when they hunt, they choose and answer and if they get it wrong, they choose an option as to why they got it wrong without the option to pass it through the system and reward you with the SE. If you resubmit then I think you'll have more luck with a better evaluator.


DO NOT RESUBMIT the same exact questions over and over again unless you got a "misspelling" evaluation and it is corrected. That just gets annoying and most likely how some of the crap you post gets in. I can't tell you how many times I see questions I rejected show up in this quiz errors thread. Also, we have no idea what the answers are until after we evaluate the questions, so yes, we get questions wrong, especially when it is impossible to answer questions.
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1791. hozzászólás - 2010.08.28. 10:53:34
I have two questions that isn't wrong as such, but I'm surprised they made it through the evaluation process:

Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, and Wagner were all composers, but what else did they have in common?
Were 5 feet tall or less in stature. *
Borne on same day
Same university (didn't write down the name)
Wife had the same name (didn't note it)

I have tried to search this one, and as far as I can see I'd have to search for all four answers for each of the four composers to get this one right.
I would have classified this one as "uninteresting lexical knowledge"

The great majority of English "four-letter words" come from what language?
Gaelic
French
Anglo-Saxon *
Latin

As a non native English speaker I must say this one also belongs to the "uninteresting lexical knowledge" group, (or even specialist knowledge) and I have no idea how to manage the required research in 5 minutes. First I'd have to know what a "four-letter word" is, as it is not a word of four letters, but a profane word, and that it might be longer or shorter than 4 letters. Then I'd have to look them all up or find some research into the matter, which I have failed to do in more than 5 minutes.
And finally what is considered a "four-letter word" does change over time.
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1792. hozzászólás - 2010.08.28. 11:05:41
Ran into this one again:
What is couscous made from?
Rice
Maize
Wheat
Semolina * witch is wheat

So this question has two correct answers, please remove either Semolina or Wheat, as Semolina is made of Wheat.
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1793. hozzászólás - 2010.08.28. 19:09:18 (Válasz MartinBV #1775 hozzászólására.)
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A brick weighs 2kg and half a brick, how much do 2 bricks weigh?

12kg
8kg
4kg
2kg

if 1 brick weights 2kg then half a brick weighs 1kg, therefore 2 bricks would weigh 6kg not 8.


And this one re-enters the problem queue for the 6th (and a half) time.


It doesn't say that a brick weighs 2kg, it says that that half a brick weighs 2kg, it really is simple: Put one brick on one side of a scale, then on the other side a 2kg weight and half a brick, and the scale is in balance. How much do you have to remove from each side to have a 2kg weight on one side? Correct! Half a brick!


Listen, I don't give a shit how you justify it to yourself - people don't want this question in. To have this many complaints about it, yet it's still in the quiz just means that the Admins don't care.
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Re: Quiz errors
1794. hozzászólás - 2010.08.28. 19:11:21 (Válasz SageSenin #1781 hozzászólására.)
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someone said that slovenia is in south europe???

it's in the middle europe, geografically and politicaly!

rewrite the question plz


Wow are you wrong... Mega fail, and look at a map sometime.
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1795. hozzászólás - 2010.08.28. 19:52:13 (Válasz Viridel #1793 hozzászólására.)
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A brick weighs 2kg and half a brick, how much do 2 bricks weigh?

12kg
8kg
4kg
2kg

if 1 brick weights 2kg then half a brick weighs 1kg, therefore 2 bricks would weigh 6kg not 8.


And this one re-enters the problem queue for the 6th (and a half) time.


It doesn't say that a brick weighs 2kg, it says that that half a brick weighs 2kg, it really is simple: Put one brick on one side of a scale, then on the other side a 2kg weight and half a brick, and the scale is in balance. How much do you have to remove from each side to have a 2kg weight on one side? Correct! Half a brick!


Listen, I don't give a shit how you justify it to yourself - people don't want this question in. To have this many complaints about it, yet it's still in the quiz just means that the Admins don't care.

Do we take this one again?
I'd rather not, but please keep the language civil.
The fact still remains that the question is correct and a good one.
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1796. hozzászólás - 2010.08.28. 20:58:48 (Válasz MartinBV #1795 hozzászólására.)
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Idézet: Viridel - 2010.08.28. 19:09:18
Idézet: MartinBV - 2010.08.26. 05:50:32
Idézet: Viridel - 2010.08.26. 04:38:16
Idézet: daktarus - 2010.08.26. 04:25:52
A brick weighs 2kg and half a brick, how much do 2 bricks weigh?

12kg
8kg
4kg
2kg

if 1 brick weights 2kg then half a brick weighs 1kg, therefore 2 bricks would weigh 6kg not 8.


And this one re-enters the problem queue for the 6th (and a half) time.


It doesn't say that a brick weighs 2kg, it says that that half a brick weighs 2kg, it really is simple: Put one brick on one side of a scale, then on the other side a 2kg weight and half a brick, and the scale is in balance. How much do you have to remove from each side to have a 2kg weight on one side? Correct! Half a brick!


Listen, I don't give a shit how you justify it to yourself - people don't want this question in. To have this many complaints about it, yet it's still in the quiz just means that the Admins don't care.

Do we take this one again?
I'd rather not, but please keep the language civil.
The fact still remains that the question is correct and a good one.


Correct or not - it's NOT a good question. If it was a good question, there wouldn't have been so many complaints about it!
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1797. hozzászólás - 2010.08.28. 20:59:31
What character was Walt Disney's first creation?
Donald Duck
Mickey Mouse <-------------
Tinkerbell
Goofy

"Disney's first creation was a cartoon character that he named Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. This rabbit realized some popularity, but Walt Disney still kept up his search for the right character he wanted. And, it was in 1928, when Walt Disney took a five-day train trip with his wife Lillian, that he came up with the idea of a cartoon mouse "
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1798. hozzászólás - 2010.08.28. 22:53:54 (Válasz Viridel #1796 hozzászólására.)
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Idézet: MartinBV - 2010.08.28. 19:52:13
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Idézet: daktarus - 2010.08.26. 04:25:52
A brick weighs 2kg and half a brick, how much do 2 bricks weigh?

12kg
8kg
4kg
2kg

if 1 brick weights 2kg then half a brick weighs 1kg, therefore 2 bricks would weigh 6kg not 8.


And this one re-enters the problem queue for the 6th (and a half) time.


It doesn't say that a brick weighs 2kg, it says that that half a brick weighs 2kg, it really is simple: Put one brick on one side of a scale, then on the other side a 2kg weight and half a brick, and the scale is in balance. How much do you have to remove from each side to have a 2kg weight on one side? Correct! Half a brick!


Listen, I don't give a shit how you justify it to yourself - people don't want this question in. To have this many complaints about it, yet it's still in the quiz just means that the Admins don't care.

Do we take this one again?
I'd rather not, but please keep the language civil.
The fact still remains that the question is correct and a good one.


Correct or not - it's NOT a good question. If it was a good question, there wouldn't have been so many complaints about it!


at best it is ambiguous, which means it should have been rejected long time ago
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1799. hozzászólás - 2010.08.29. 03:37:17
Which one of these jumps is not in the Grand National steeplechase?


Standards - we don't need no stinkin' standards! And I love sports, but still think this one is retarded to have in the quiz.
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1800. hozzászólás - 2010.08.29. 09:49:04
What is this question asking?

Who obtained the Nobel prize for Chemistry?

V. Havel
A. G. Bell
A. Nobel
J. Heyrovsky *

Seems awfully ambiguous to me.
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