"ethnic celebration" sorry I was under the impression Bar Mitzvah was a Jewish celebration, celebrated by all Jews not only ethnic Jews (people descendent from the Israeli tribes)
(yes I hate misplaced political correctness, and calling a Jewish celebration an ethnic celebration is misplaced in this context)


Retinol is also Vitamin A and is not a Carotene, furthermore both Alpha and Gamma Carotene are also are vitamin A, but less important.

How many times can you rest in Doomlord in a day?

3 <-------------
any times
1
9

3 is a correct number but so is 1

should be what is the maximum times u can rest

Mozart's sister's name was Maria Anna, but she was commonly known by what nickname?
Nannerl
Bernadette
Nannette
Bernice

?
??
???

Mozart sister's nickname!?!?!?

I'd really like to hear from the evaluator who passed this question to see and try to understand his reasoning...

I passed it since Nannerl is what she is known by. If it was asking the other way around it would be different since Maria Anna is not so commonly known. As for why passing the question as a whole, i considered it a valid classical music trivia.

I just got this question & I have absolutely no idea how it passed the evaluators.

How many litters in one galon?
4
5
6
2

If you start with poor spelling, it should read 'How many 'liters' in one 'gallon'?', and then there is the fact that the answer is 3.785 so technically there is no correct answer listed. The correct answer is actually 3 liters as there is not quite a fourth liter in there.

Quote: stekkos - 2010.09.01. 15:47:57

ok, I've finished musical highschool, together with gymnasium, and I've personally never heard of her. So, could you tell me what is she famous for?

(googled it with np, but that's for that other debate...)

Quote: Valkyrie - 2010.09.01. 20:11:43

And this is a beautiful example of a Moderator's "Special Knowledge" is (unfairly) more important than the general users' "Special Knowledge". Logically, there is no way this should have passed - but because you are very familiar with classical music, you have a natural bias to allow questions like these.

Who passed this piece of crap?

"X" is a punk band from California, what is the singers name?

It's basically un-Googleable, and I have never heard of this band.

Quote: MartinBV - 2010.09.01. 07:22:04

Get off your high horse. The question is a great one. Jews are an ethnic group - same as any other regional population with specific traits. "Ethnic" MUST be used in the question, because saying "Jewish celebration meaning son" basically invalidates the difficulty of the question.

Martin, your own personal bias', and your absurd levels of grammar policing are placing you at the level of a common Forum Troll. You make some good points fairly often, but they get lost in the drivel you tend to spout about every minor triviality that irks you even the slightest bit. Just tone it back *a little*, and you would be a valuable addition to this forum, instead of an annoying little zit that should be popped.

Found two others while searching one was Thoth the other was Yah.

Quote: Viridel - 2010.09.01. 20:38:17
Thanks for the nice and civil words.
If the "Aramaic and Hebrew" doesn't give away the fact that "ethnic" in this case is Jewish then I don't know what would.
As to the validity of calling it an ethnic celebration in the 1st place: not all Jews are ethnic Jews, and the celebration is a religious one.
Had the question been "... what religious celebration ..." it would have been correct, and a good question.

Quote: MartinBV - 2010.09.01. 22:07:17

The point is that there are SO MANY problems in the quiz - save the complaints for ones where there is a legitimate PROBLEM with the question... Not just an issue with a loose interpretation.

What is the only mammal that can not jump?
Giraffe
Badger
Rhinoceros
Elephant

Lots of mammals can not jump.

Please change this to "LAND" mammals

What color do people feel more relaxed in a rooms with ?
Red
pink
Green
Blue

I suppose the question works on a "I know what you mean" basis, or "All the words are there but not in the right order" basis. Grammar, spelling, sense. Please change this.

Who destroyed the Holy Temple in Jerusalem in 70 CE during the Siege of Jerusalem?
The Greeks.
The Chinese.
The Romans.
The Germans.

Please can we keep to BC and AD?

Quote: FriendlyCheese - 2010.09.02. 12:26:53

I wonder which mamals you mean... Whales, dolphins, seals, etc jump in the water.

oops

Thank you, that was one of my questions.

Quote: stekkos - 2010.09.02. 18:36:47

I doubt that elephant seals jump, even in the water.

Still, my feeling is even if there are 2 correct answers to a question, if only one of them is listed as an option, I'm fine with it.

This 1 needs to be cleared up.

Which of these is a planet?
Mercury
Titan
Pluto
Charon

until recently pluto & mercury were both planets. And I, for one, do not agree with the theory that pluto is a moon because of it's smaller size. Also, because I'm older than probably most players here, I remember this stuff.

Maybe rewording the question to something like 'as of 2009 which is of these is a planet?'

Maybe i'm just too old and shouldn't bother with this game. (48)