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561. hozzászólás - 2011.04.06. 04:28:15
"It was love at first sight" begins which 1961 novel?

More detail than it should ask for
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562. hozzászólás - 2011.04.09. 04:05:31
color of a banana?

You used both green and yellow as answers. A banana can be either, depending on its ripeness
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563. hozzászólás - 2011.04.14. 04:21:29
What military force called "God of war"?
aviation
tanks
infantry
artillery

First, the question is not a full sentence. I can't figure out what you are asking. I'm even more clueless after seeing the answer.
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564. hozzászólás - 2011.04.18. 16:27:38
In which two European countries is caraway often used to to flavour breads and pastries ?
Slowenien and Croatia
Germany and Austria
Luxemurg and France
Albania and Serbia

There are more than 2 European countries that use caraway, especially on rye bread.
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565. hozzászólás - 2011.04.20. 13:18:02
Who took part in the 'War of Currents' in the 1880s?
Japan and China
Farmers
Physicists
Oceanographers

Although many titles could be applied to Edison or Westinghouse, I would not include physicist among them.
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566. hozzászólás - 2011.04.22. 06:15:53
What continent was the last Volkswagen Beetle rolled out in, (1987)?

I found a lot of different dates, up to 2003, and even a report saying they will produce them again in 2012.
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567. hozzászólás - 2011.04.22. 22:38:02
What was the first city to reach a population of one million?
Beijing
Rome
London
New York

I marked as a spelling error because I wasn't sure how to handle this one and didn't want to penalize the player. Rome is widely believed to be the first, but London is the first with documented fact.
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568. hozzászólás - 2011.04.28. 12:32:32
How do very busy people usually start their day?

Based on what? There is no universal answer
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569. hozzászólás - 2011.05.01. 00:31:55
Which of these is most commonly associated with the phrase "Crime of the Century"?
The kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh's son
The Columbine shootings
The Great Train Robbery of 1963
Jeffrey Dahmer's serial killings

Almost all of these could be considered a "crime of the century"
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570. hozzászólás - 2011.05.01. 15:24:59
Who is the actor that played Thor in the 2011 movie Thor?

I debated on this one. In the end, I marked it as a spelling error since you are asking about a movie that is only out in Australia. Give it a little more time to be more widely distributed to the international market and I would not have thought twice about accepting this question
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571. hozzászólás - 2011.05.01. 16:39:36 (Válasz ChaoticGemini #569 hozzászólására.)
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Which of these is most commonly associated with the phrase "Crime of the Century"?
The kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh's son
The Columbine shootings
The Great Train Robbery of 1963
Jeffrey Dahmer's serial killings

Almost all of these could be considered a "crime of the century"


Yes, but only one of the choices was consistently referred to as "The Crime of the Century" in the media coverage of its time. Only one of them appears on wikipedia's disambiguation page for "Crime of the Century". Only one of them had a movie made about it titled "Crime of the Century". It wouldn't be an interesting question if the wrong answers were so obviously wrong that they couldn't even be considered.
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572. hozzászólás - 2011.05.01. 18:30:17 (Válasz ImLittleJon #571 hozzászólására.)
I understand your point, but it is a matter of opinion and perspective to the events that make it notorious.
The very first item on the wiki page you refer to sates it's "a popular idiom to describe sensational criminal cases."

The Columbine shootings were called the crime of the century in several media reports. I actually wrote an editorial at the time about my fellow media making that opinion early on in news stories. By contrast, I was recently at museum with an entire wing on Lindbergh. They had more newspaper press plates, clippings and reproductions than could possibly be read in a day, but I do not recall a single one (out of several countries papers on display in which I, at least, read the headlines) dubbing it the "crime of the century." The only place I say the phrase was on one of the newsreels they had playing, but that kind of sensationalism is common in newsreels.

Time magazine did a special on the "crimes of the century" in which they came up with 25 items that could be considered and every one of your choices are on their list.
In addition to the 1996 made-for-TV Lindbergh movie you cite, there is also a 1946 American crime drama, a 1979 film based loosely on the Jonestown massacre, and a 1933 thriller.
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573. hozzászólás - 2011.05.02. 02:35:52
William Horwood's book "Duncton Wood" tells about what sort of animal?
Hedgehogs
Badgers
Rabbits
Foxes

Everything I find says it's about moles.
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574. hozzászólás - 2011.05.03. 02:27:26
Beverly Hills, 90210 was a famous TV drama series. What does the"90210" refer to?

In the US, where the show takes place, it is called a "zip code"
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575. hozzászólás - 2011.05.05. 16:22:05
Who was the first woman to appear on a US postage stamp?
Eleanor Roosevelt
Pocahontas
Queen Isabella I of Spain
Martha Washington

The question itself leads to ambiguity. The US Philatelic Society claims the Statue of Liberty (1873). Isabella was on a stamp with Columbus (1893). Martha Washington is often cited as an answer since she was the first real woman to have her own stamp (1902).
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576. hozzászólás - 2011.05.06. 00:16:44 (Válasz ChaoticGemini #575 hozzászólására.)
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Who was the first woman to appear on a US postage stamp?
Eleanor Roosevelt
Pocahontas
Queen Isabella I of Spain
Martha Washington

The question itself leads to ambiguity. The US Philatelic Society claims the Statue of Liberty (1873). Isabella was on a stamp with Columbus (1893). Martha Washington is often cited as an answer since she was the first real woman to have her own stamp (1902).


Who can ensure the statue is a woman? Have you ever seen him/her naked?
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577. hozzászólás - 2011.05.06. 03:07:31 (Válasz Ishq Dj #576 hozzászólására.)
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Who can ensure the statue is a woman? Have you ever seen him/her naked?


Um, she is referred to as Lady Liberty.
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578. hozzászólás - 2011.05.06. 15:15:54 (Válasz ChaoticGemini #575 hozzászólására.)
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Who was the first woman to appear on a US postage stamp?
Eleanor Roosevelt
Pocahontas
Queen Isabella I of Spain
Martha Washington

The question itself leads to ambiguity. The US Philatelic Society claims the Statue of Liberty (1873). Isabella was on a stamp with Columbus (1893). Martha Washington is often cited as an answer since she was the first real woman to have her own stamp (1902).


Not my question, but I have to disagree. The Statue of Liberty is a statue of a woman, not a woman, and it's not one of the choices anyway. And the question is phrased so as to eliminate any ambiguity with the Isabella/Martha thing. It asks who appears, so Isabella qualifies. Seems cut and dried to me.
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579. hozzászólás - 2011.05.07. 08:05:28 (Válasz ImLittleJon #578 hozzászólására.)
I would agree with you little Jon, but when the philatelic society, that knows and cares more than we do, disagrees with us, it makes the question worthy of a rewrite.
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580. hozzászólás - 2011.05.07. 08:07:48
Hawaii is moving 4 inches closer to where EVERY YEAR?

Can you lay off the caps-lock in the question and answers? Net-etiquette equates it to yelling since it annoying/difficult to read.
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