Quote: TheLion - 2010.12.21. 16:39:03

This issue has been posted a few times by different users, but nobody has posted the reason that it happens... So I'll do that now - and everyone can refer back to this post in the future!!!

It'll often happen if you answer the question too close to the 5:00 time limit. Most of the time the in-game flash countdown runs slower than real time (by how much depends on the speed of your computer, and how many programs / browser windows you have running), but the page won't re-initialize on your computer until your FLASH timer runs out, even if the ACTUAL 5:00 has elapsed (as per the Doomlord server, which is not flash-based, and therefore is 99.999999999999999% accurate).

What I've learned is if it's in the last 30 seconds of the countdown, refresh the page (usually F5) to get the Flash timer to reset to the Doomlord timer - because if you answer too late, then the question has already rolled over to the next one, and you have a 75% chance of getting that one wrong AS WELL. The time lost in refreshing the page may cost you a chance at the current question, but its better than getting two wrong.

Quote: Viridel - 2010.12.21. 21:29:09
This is one of the reasons why this can happen, another is that you accidentally click twice on the submit button, or you hit it again, thinking that you did not hit it the 1st time, to avoid this refresh as Vidriel said.
And supposedly there is also a bug in Internet Explorer that causes a double click to be sent. (I don't use IE, so I can't confirm this one)

Pure water has a slight blue colour, but small quantities of water does seem clear to the human eye.

The gold rush in California start in what year?

1894
1794
1849 <--- marked as correct
1749

Actually, all references I found point to January 1848. This question must be corrected.

Also it needs some grammar correction.

In what year did the gold rush start in California?

or

The gold rush in California started in?

What is the dot about the letter i called?

(or something like that)

Answers are Tittle (marked as correct) and there is also a choice of "Dot". That is ambiguous as a Tittle is defined as the dot above the letters such as "i" and "j". If tittle = dot, then there are really two correct answers, even the questions calls it a dot...

Never heard of a tittle myself, we have always called it a dot.

Quote: MartinBV - 2010.12.21. 22:06:38

QI would agree - minus 10 points for clear as I recall

The vast majority of the African slaves were to be employed in the?
coffee and sugar plantations in the Caribbean and South America. <-- right
gold and silver mines of the New World.
colonial armies of the European conquerors.
cotton plantations of British North America.

There is a question similar to this already but I also think it's ambiguous, the answers are all fairly similar and slaves were sent to work in mines, coffee, sugar and cotton plantations. Does it require specific knowledge on the slave trade? I had no idea where the majority were sent and it wasn't easy for me to find either...

Not only that, but clear isn't even a colour.... A solution can be clear with a coloured tint so if anything it should say colourless (but still be wrong)

Quote: Phalanxii - 2010.12.23. 00:39:45

Reminds me of the stupid Lobster Blood question. Everywhere I read that it's clear with a hint of blue, yet guess what the correct answer is - blue! Yet here we have clear with a hint of blue, and the answer is ------- Clear!!!

The Hammurabi's Code was published on clay tablets and on a stone monument, anyone else see two possible answers here?

All sources I have found agree that the Greyhound is the fasted breed of domesticated dogs. But no two sources I have found agree on which is the fastest canine, some sources say it's the Maned Wolf, som that it's the African Wild Dog, but the top speeds mentioned are so close that it's hard to tell.

This is wrong. Pisces was the previous age. The next age is Capricorn.

The "age" order is the exact zodiac, but in reverse order.

What does rakia stands for?
Celtic Dance
Serbian national drink <-- right
Hungarian instrument
Muslim food

'Stands for' suggests it is an acronym which is incredibly misleading, but otherwise it's a good question

I think we have enough questions about which year it is according to the Chinese Calendar/zodiac/horoscope..... found these three so far:
What's the animal for 2010 in the Chinese calendar?
According to the chinese zodiac 2010 is the year of the?
2010 is the year of the _____ in chinese horoscope.


Both Commodore and Apple launched personal computers before IBM, but IBM invented the term PC for Personal Computer.
The Commodore PET was launched in 1977, while the IBM PC was launched in 1981. The Commodore PET is widely recognized as the 1st true Personal computer. It wasn't a PC though, as that term originally denoted an IBM compatible Personal Computer.

This question is so badly formulated that it's actually ambiguous, all the mentioned countries has and most likely still do produce compass.

What is 'MACE' ?
A spiked hand held weapon
All the other three <-------
A nutmeg flavoured spice
A tear 'gas' used in some self defence sprays

All the other 3 is not valid answer (taken it means all of the above, I really am not sure:D)

This person came to fame as Robin Hood and William Tell. He is....
Lorne Greene
Errol Flynn <- played both Robin Hood and William Tell
Richard Greene <- Marked as correct.
Richard Todd <- played robin hood

IMDb only lists Richard Greene as playing Robin Hood, not William Tell. Though he might have played William Tell I have not been able to find any reference to it.

There's a Monopoly question about which city the board game made "famous" and the correct answer is marked as London - I've never even played that version here in the USA - Atlantic City is the version that is famous here and according to Wikipedia...

Waddington's version, their first board game, with locations from London substituted for the original Atlantic City ones, was first produced in 1936

I am also certain London was "famous" long before Monopoly...

well, it`s not only serbian, many balkan countries have rakia as national drink
(montenegro, croatia, bosnia and hercegovina, macedonia...)

Quote: TheLion - 2010.12.27. 16:50:37

I thought it was casinos that made atlantic city famous:)