Hozzászólások - Gemini

I'm no expert here, so perhaps someone else can chime in, but I just had:

Which of these sport disciplines doesn't have the rule called "offside" ?

the correct answer listed was: Beach football (beach soccer)

Having never heard of it as an organized sport I started reading a little and from what I have seen, there as still "offside" calls made in it.

According to tradition the forbidden fruit in the garden of Eden was an apple, but what does the bible say?
It says it was a fig.
It says it was a pomegranate.
It says it was an apple.
It doesn't specify it.

Doesn't this depend on which version of the bible you are reading?

What is the Largest city in the United States?
San Diego
Houston
New York <---
Washington D.C

Would be a good idea to say by population, because there are other cities larger using different standards.

What is the only fish that can swim up a waterfall?
Salmon <--
Trout
Tuna
Eel

They are not the ONLY fish

Which is NOT a manufacturer of cell phones?
Dell <----
Motorola
Nokia
Siemens

I think they all manufacture cell phones

Which is not a musical group?
Cake
Meatballz <--
Korn
Red Hot Chili Peppers

These questions are way too ambiguous. Here's one band that proves the question wrong:
http://snebtor.chiguiro.org/portafolio/index.php?/artprojects/the-meatballz/
http://www.myspace.com/themeatballz

I'm guessing this question is what you had:
What colour is missing from the following list - blue, red, violet, yellow, green, orange?
I vote for removal since who knows what list the questioner is asking about.

Thanks Martin. It seems so obvious now. I was stuck trying to think of how Hamlet had anything to do with dogs.


Here's some more questions I have comments about:

Chickens lay their eggs usually every...
Midnight
Afternoon
Morning
Mid day

Chickens can lay their eggs at ANY time, but most commonly during daylight hours.


Which is not a type of cellular phone technology?
CDMA
3G
TDMA
3D <--

3D cell phones are being sold in some countries and will be in more soon.


What was Steven Spielberg's first studio movie?
Sugarland Express <--
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Jaws
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestria
(this was the first studio theatrical release. He did some made for tv studio movies before this)


In which European country is smoking Cannabis legal?
Germany
England
Holland
France
WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is not LEGAL it is DECRIMINALIZED. There is a difference.


How tall was Robert Pershing Wadlow, the tallest man in the world according to Guinness? - 2,72 m
Not wrong, but why ask the hight of an american in meters.


Which language is not tonal?
Vietnamese
Thai
Korean <---
Mandarin Chinese

All are tonal. Korean is a simpler form. Non-tonal languages include Swahili, Mongolian and Malay.


When did Teddy Roosevelt become president?
1901
1902
1900
1899
[only one year apart in dates and it uses his nickname. Make it just a bad question.]


What language did England's King George I speak almost exclusively?
German <---
French
English
Spanish
(he spoke both fluent German and French, good Latin, and some Italian and Dutch)

What state is misspelled on the Liberty Bell?
New York
Pennsylvania <---
Delaware
New Jersey

It's not "misspelled" The fact is that the spelling on the bell, the original Constitution, maps of the day, etc. all spell it as "Pensylvania" Language and spelling constantly evolve. That is just how it was commonly spelled when it was made. It's not "wrong."

Can someone explain this to me. The question makes no sense.

If Shakespeare's Hamlet were a breed of dog, which breed would he be?
Great Dane
German Sheppard
English Bulldog
Irish Wolfhound

pork/pig = beaf/ ______ ?


which is white colored ?
Milk
Blood
Orange juice
Water


Which of these has something to do with music?
stone'n'whirl
rock'n'roll
boulder'n'circle
gem'n'ramble


There's multiple versions of the dumb questions, "Which of the following fiction character is not human?" and multiple versions of "Which of the following fiction hero is not human?"


What is Fibula?
An elastic cord
A nutritional component
A long bone
A type of cancer


What is more useful when it is broken?
A balloon
A code
A chain
An egg


In fact, while I'm at it, let's add these to the list too:
What is Bumblebee Bat? - mammal
What is a vicuña? - Mammal
What is a pekari? - Mammal
What is called Quetzal? - a bird
What is a wombat? - Mammal
What is a pangolin? - Mammal
What is a jerboa? - A rodent
What is a copperhead? - Snake
What is a Shoebill? - bird
What is a "yabby"? - an Australian crustacean
What is "vendace"? - fish
What is the Hoatzin? - bird
What is Aye-aye? - Mammal
What is "mackerel"? - fish
What is Tritium? - A Hydrogen isotope
What is buckram? - A coarse open-weave fabric
What is a petroglyph? - a rock carving
What is Mauna Loa ? - Volcano in the Hawaiian Islands
What is an astrolabe? - An astronomical instrument
What is a Schooner? - A type of sailing vessel
What is a Barbican? - A fortified outpost or gateway, such as an outer defense to a city or castle.
What is a Yagi ? - A type of radio antennae
What is a 'balangay'? - A type of watercraft
What is a Seax? - A big knife.
What is a psaltery ? - A musical instrument
What is Star Carr? - A Mesolithic site in England
What is photon? - the basic unit of light
What is a mämmi? - Finnish dessert
What is Python? - A user-friendly programming language.
What is a Mohawk? - A Hairstyle
What is Mishna? - Jewish law
What is Maraskino? - Croatian liqueur
What is Calvados ? - A dry apple brandy
What is Yakisoba? - Stirfry
What is Seaborgium? - Chemical element
What is a Snickerdoodle? - A cinnamon coated cookie
What is Bruce Lee related to? - Martial Arts
What kind of animal is gnu? - antelope
What kind of animal is a sloth? - mammal

which company introduced the first personal computer ?
IBM <---
Apple
commodore
*one other popular brand*

This question has no easy answer, but ignores a lot of computer history.
Sphere 1 (1975) has been called the first true Personal Computer by Byte (magazine) in its commemoration issues (every 5 years). Before that, the personal computers were marketed and sold as an electronic kit. Another contender for the title, according to the Computer History Museum, is the Kenbak-1 (first sold in 1971). The Xerox Alto (1973) was the first to use a mouse, the desktop metaphor, and a GUI. There was a Micral in 1973 that, if memory serves, was the first commercial non-assembly computer. IBM would be one of the last in a long list of personal computer milestones.

What purpose did Malamutes have in World War 2?
Gaurd Dogs
Search & Rescue <---
*2 other choices*

Guard is spelled wrong and the question is ambiguous. All the breed history sites say, "During World War II, Malamutes were inducted into the army for the purpose of guarding installations in their native Alaska." Trying to find more info, I come across wikipedia (hardly reliable) lists, "...in World War II primarily as search and rescue dogs in Greenland, although also used as freighting and packing dogs in Europe"

I hate these "fear of" questions. They are completely useless information and a way to laugh about the RARE people with honest phobias. There are tons of them in the database already and now we are starting to repeat.

What is Taphephobia?
and now. . .
Taphephobia is the fear of being ?

Which language is not tonal?
Vietnamese
Thai
Korean <---
Mandarin Chinese

Wrong, all are tonal. Korean is a simpler form. Non-tonal languages include Swahili, Mongolian and Malay.

Who was the first British £1 million footballer (transfer fee)?
Trevor Brooking
Trevor Francis
Bryan Robson
Jimmy Greaves

Don't know and don't care about football, but found this while trying to find the answer. . .
While Trevor Francis is often recognised as the first million pound player, the actual transfer fee for the player was £999,999 - £1 short of the million mark

Who is the king of nascar raceing?
Richard petty
Jeff Gordan
Dale earheart
Kyle Bush


Spelling and subjective. Even google lists several names.

How many American -in active duty- Presidents were killed by assasination?

spelling: assassination
We also don't say a president is "in active duty" we would say "while in office"

The gold rush in California started in what year?
1894
1849 <--
1749
1794

WRONG! None of the above: 1848

How many books Terry Goodkind's "Sword of Truth" series consists of?
9
7
11 <---
13

WRONG!!! 12 published and one more set for this fall.
Debt of Bones
Wizard's First Rule
Stone of Tears
Blood of the Fold
Temple of the Winds
Soul of the Fire
Faith of the Fallen
The Pillars of Creation
Naked Empire
Chainfire
Phantom
Confessor
The Omen Machine

There is also this question floating around the quiz too:
Terry Goodkind wrote an 11 book saga called the Sword of...