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741. post - 2010.03.21. 13:14:07
Who wrote the series, 'The wheel of time'?
J. R. R. Tolkien
Robert Jordan
J. K. Rowling
Edgar Allan Poe

The correct answer is: non of the above, the author is James Oliver Rigney, Jr, under the pen name or pseudonym Robert Jordan.
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742. post - 2010.03.21. 14:14:57
Who starred in the John Carpenter film, "They Live"?
Pretty Piper Laurie
The Pie-eyed Piper
Rowdy Roddy Piper
Raunchy Peter Piper

1st I think the possible answers here are a bit to similar.
2nd non of the above are actually correct, Roddy Piper did star in the film but not under the name "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
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743. post - 2010.03.21. 15:28:30
The building in Dallas that has a ball of lights at the top is called what?
Union Tower
Ball Tower
Dallas Tower
Sky Tower


This building is called the REunion Tower...

http://www.reuniontower.com/

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744. post - 2010.03.22. 05:56:27 (Reply to post #741 of MartinBV.)
Quote: MartinBV - 2010.03.21. 13:14:07
Who wrote the series, 'The wheel of time'?
J. R. R. Tolkien
Robert Jordan
J. K. Rowling
Edgar Allan Poe

The correct answer is: non of the above, the author is James Oliver Rigney, Jr, under the pen name or pseudonym Robert Jordan.


And so the answer is correct. Is not asking the real name of the author, only who wrote it.
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745. post - 2010.03.22. 06:06:50 (Reply to post #740 of Jazaray.)
Quote: Jazaray - 2010.03.21. 10:57:59
I found another one! Unfortunately, I didn't copy the question It was:

What do we call evergreen?

and two of the answers were:

trees with needles
trees with leaves that stay green (or something like that)

And the trees with leaves that stay green, was marked correct. I'm sorry but (most) Evergreen trees, are trees with needles. Or, at the very least, I would say that it is trees that have leaves/needles that fall off and are replaced quickly, or something to that effect. I do know that they are not trees with leaves that stay green however.


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Jazaray, evergreen are trees that never stay a part of the year without leaves. Most have needles but not all. The rest of the trees change color of their leaves before they drop them for the winter, in contrast with evergreen trees which you will never see them switching color as awhole. Some leaves are dropped but the tree remains green overall. So there is no error to the question.


On a side note, keep reporting the spelling errors you find, you have quite an eye for them, i hope the admin fixes them
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746. post - 2010.03.22. 08:46:31
PLease help me find a spelling mistake:

Which mythic monster did a greek hero Meleagros killed?

Caledonian Boar
Medusa
Minotaur
Nemean Lion
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747. post - 2010.03.22. 09:36:49 (Reply to post #746 of Hrus.)
There are a few...

Which mythic monster did the Greek hero Meleagros kill?
Calydonian Boar
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748. post - 2010.03.22. 11:20:36
I recently had a question that was kind of like this:

What land has more types of whiskey then days in the year?

They put the answer as: Scotland

There is only one problem in Scotland whisky doesn't have an "e" in it.

Only in the US and Ireland do they spell whiskey with an "e". Ireland is one of the answers which is the answer I put for that reason.
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749. post - 2010.03.22. 12:37:49
Why do you yawn?
Because your head is numb
Because it feels good
Because your brain needs oxygen <--- Marked as Correct
Because your body just does it

This answer is wrong, and has been proven such, more over, there can be no correct answer to this question as Science still only has theories as to why one yawns.

http://library.thinkquest.org/C0126536/main.php?currentchap=6&currentsect=yawn.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yawning

Two links showing statments contrary to the theory.
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750. post - 2010.03.22. 13:53:36
What make of car was the 'Capri' ?

...

What Prime Minister lead England thru the blitz?


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How long is the river Amur ?

The correct answer is 4444 but this is wrong . Its length is 2,824 km
This post was modified by Jerko at 2010.03.22. 14:25:04
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751. post - 2010.03.22. 18:14:24 (Reply to post #722 of Viridel.)
Quote: Viridel - 2010.03.19. 18:36:01
Mods - "Badminton" is still a banned word. Please either un-ban it, or explain the reasoning.


Glad to see the game admins pay such good attention to the forums...

"Badminton" is still a banned word. Please either un-ban it, or explain the reasoning.
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752. post - 2010.03.22. 18:21:16
When I joined this site it ask me questions, and got all the questions right and it said i was going to start with a upper body protection with the gems on it, and i started, and no armour, and starting loseing hitpoint right away
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753. post - 2010.03.22. 18:21:31
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754. post - 2010.03.22. 19:32:12
Ive come across 2 questions I believe should be deleted.
1st How many days did it take god to create the earth. Not realy a fact is it?
2nd What shape is a stop sign. the answer was hexagonal. where I live they are round.
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755. post - 2010.03.22. 20:03:08
"which state is not part of great britain? answers...Scotland, Wales, Ireland, England"

I think you will find these are all "countries" and not "states".
Being welsh by nationality and living in england with an irish mother, I find this question slightly insulting
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756. post - 2010.03.22. 21:24:08
Which of these is a capital city:

Budapest
New York
and two others that I forgot

They have the correct answer as New York.

New York is not a capital city, the capital of New York is Albany.


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757. post - 2010.03.22. 21:29:37 (Reply to post #754 of Skapunkno1.)
Quote: Skapunkno1 - 2010.03.22. 19:32:12
Ive come across 2 questions I believe should be deleted.
1st How many days did it take god to create the earth. Not realy a fact is it?
2nd What shape is a stop sign. the answer was hexagonal. where I live they are round.
regards.


While is may not necessarily be considered a "fact" it IS common knowledge. Honestly, it should be changed to "According to the Bible..etc.. "

Over here, Stop Signs are octagons. That should probably be changed to something like "In *this country* what shape are stop signs" (I have no idea what country they are talking about) Or deleted altogether as too specific.

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758. post - 2010.03.23. 03:23:35 (Reply to post #752 of Gyginrage.)
Quote: Gyginrage - 2010.03.22. 18:21:16
When I joined this site it ask me questions, and got all the questions right and it said i was going to start with a upper body protection with the gems on it, and i started, and no armour, and starting loseing hitpoint right away



This happend to me aswell. Not sure it is a quiz error but an error none the less.
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759. post - 2010.03.23. 04:03:23 (Reply to post #750 of Jerko.)
Quote: Jerko - 2010.03.22. 13:53:36
What make of car was the 'Capri' ?


What is wrong with this question? Cars are classified by make and model.

Quote: Jerko - 2010.03.22. 13:53:36
What Prime Minister lead England thru the blitz?


Although annoying, "thru" has been adopted by several dictionaries as acceptable for "through" I recall reading it in a news article last fall.
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760. post - 2010.03.23. 07:05:47
I just got this question

what was the time Usain Bolt ran to win the 2008 Olympics in the 100m?

I don't remember all of the times. two of them where

9.68
9.58 <-- marked correct by the writer of the question.

to which the wiki site for Usain Bolt has it as 9.68 for the olympics, and he ran a 9.58 in berlin in 2009 to beat his record so the question is wrong please change the answer thanks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usain_Bolt
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