Who wrote ''Twilight''?

Peter Heg
J.K. Rowling
James Kelman
Stephanie Meyer <-- correct

The correct spelling of the author's name is "Stephenie".

What is the name of Led Zeppelin drummer who died 1980?

John Bonham <-- correct
Ian Paice
Keith Moon
Ginger Baker

The question needs rewriting in proper english sentence structure.

Who is Zinédine Yazid Zidane?

inventor
actor
retired football player <-- correct
toreador

Answers need to be formulated in proper english.

Moreover, since said football player may come back from retirement any time, it would be better to omit the 'retired' from the answer - and ask the question in the past tense.

What did Little Jack Horner pull out of his Christmas pie?

Coal
Plumb <-- correct
Cherry
File

I was confounded by this one.
In wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Jack_Horner) I read:
"Little Jack Horner" is a popular English language nursery rhyme.

Now, I can accept lots of english-culture peculiar stuff being asked in the quizzes, because of the english language proliferation; but we all learned english as a foreign language in a quite more advanced age than nursery.
We can't have known this particular nursery rhyme, and won't ever care to.

Useless question, very specific audience, please remove.

Why don't you just edit your previous post if you find another bad question and someone hasn't already posted?

I don't think Zidane is likely to come back to football "at any time". Maybe a few charity matches, but international and league football is pretty much out of the question. Moreover, asking the question in the past tense suggests he is dead!

Which of these medieval countries did not have a monarch?
France
England
Spain
Venice <-- right

Venice isn't a country and I don't think it ever was... It's always been a part of Italy.

Quote: adonies - 2010.12.08. 10:04:10

Native English speakers are too specific? Get real.

Venice was very much a country in its own right for many years.

The real problem is the spelling of 'Plumb' which should be 'plum'. If native English speakers can't even manage their native language perhaps we should change to French, Spanish, Mandarin...

Found a double, do we report these or just let them pass?

What symbol does element Copper have?
C
Cu
Co
Ca

What is the chemical symbol for Copper?
Pb
Cl
C
Cu

What was Dr. Dooms Real Name?

Franklin Richard
Hans Landa
Viktor von Fatalis *
Bridget von Hammersmark

His real name was Viktor Von Doom. I don'rt know where this name came from, when you do a google search the first 5 entries all say the same thing, Viktor Von Doom, of Latvia.

What is a Samurai?
A japanese Warrior


A minor complaint, but the nationality must be capitalized, while warrior might or might not - but certainly not at the "expense" of Japanese.

The barbs on a cat's tongue are for _?
scraping meat off of bones (marked right)
Grooming (marked wrong)

Both are right. It's the evaluators who are wrong.

Quote: Phalanxii - 2010.12.08. 14:48:11
Because each post is about a different question, so that my posts can be independently rated.

Quote: Phalanxii - 2010.12.08. 14:48:11
Not only an independent state, but also the biggest mediterranean power for hundreds of years. FYI, Italy wasn't a country until the 19th century.

Quote: ImLittleJon - 2010.12.08. 15:37:44
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language
Total speakers as First language: 309–400 million

That's only one fourth of the chinese (for example) native speakers, so let's start asking questions about chinese nursery rhymes as well, what do you think?

Who is known as the father of Sociology?

Max Weber
Auguste Comte <--- correct
Talcott Parsons
Karl Marx

According to wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociology) Comte and Marx were both at the start, but it is Émile Durkheim (1858–1917) that is recognized as the father or founder of the science.

The Jordinaires were the backing group of which singer?

Michael Jackson
Elvis Presley <--- correct
Tom Jones
Frank Sinatra

The group was actually named "The Jordanaires"

Which country invented gunpowder used in warfare and produced a variety of gunpowder weapons, including flamethrowers, rockets, bombs, and mines?

Spain
Persia
Japan
China <--- correct

The question needs rewritting as it is not grammatically correct ("...invented gunpowder used in warfare and produced..."). Probably should be "...invented gunpowder, used it in warfare, and produced...".

Before Titanic was released, what was the highest grossing movie in the United States?
Star Wars <-- right
Jaws
Jurassic Park
Independence Day

How are we supposed to find out for the united states only? Different sites say different things too...

Wikipedia say's it was Jurassic Park
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films#Timeline_of_highest-grossing_films

This one says it was Star Wars after having been re-released
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080731211417AA0UAOq

This one says it was star wars the first time round
http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/records/

This one says Jurassic Park, then Independance day
http://top--10.blogspot.com/2010/10/top-10-highest-earning-hollywood-movies.html

Either way, to be sure of the right answer, it takes more than 5 minutes to work it out.



EDIT: I don't think they have time to correct grammatical errors. These are the international servers and although I agree grammar and spelling should be correct, I prefer the developers to make new events instead of spending hours correcting grammar which might even be difficult for them (with English not being their first language). As long as they clear up the ones that are wrong, I'm happy.

Quote: adonies - 2010.12.09. 11:10:45

This is the English language version of Doomlord. If they make a Chinese language version, you go right ahead and ask about those Chinese nursery rhymes.

This one really made me laugh:

This really shows why "All/Non of the above" is a bad idea in this quiz system