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what was the nickname given to Operation: Overlord in 1944?
VJ-Day
VE-Day
X-Day
D-Day <----- marked as correct

Whilst D-Day is now often used to recall this operation, the use of "D-Day" and "H-Hour" were commonplace during operations in WWII and so this was never a nickname given to the operation but merely operational protocol. It's use as the phrase remebering the landings came later.

Idézet: Gemini - 2011.07.05. 04:26:00

Totally agree! Grimms did not create Cinderella at all!

What is the person who studies trees called?
Arborist
Ichthyologists
Zoologist
Botanist

So what does a dendrologist do?

Idézet: stekkos - 2011.06.26. 09:01:28

Idézet: eukar - 2011.06.25. 21:56:57

Oh dear! You seem to be confused between the smell of alcohol and the smell of drinks containing alcohol (or the smell of those who have consumed alcohol).

Alcohol is colourless and odorless. Drinks containing alcohol contain many different characteristics that include all those smells of which you are speaking. In a bottle of wine, for example, there may be alcohol of 15%, water content of 84.5% and just 0.5% of the things that give the wine its colur, smell and flavour.

If the question asked what water smelled of, what would you say? Would you say 'oranges' because it smells of orange when cordial is added? NO!

The question asked about alcohol, not about alcoholic drinks.

Which country's flag is called - "Union Jack"?
Australia
Great Britain
The USA
Canada

Not strictly true! The flag of the UK is the "Union Flag". It is only referred to as the "Union Jack" when it is flown at sea.

What is the aroma of the alcohol?
bouquet <------ given as correct
sweetness
tannin
body

Strictly speaking the answer is 'nothing' as alcohol has little or no smell. In wine terminology the answer is 'nose' unless it is an aged wine in which case 'bouquet' is correct.

And again!

49/50 due to bad question.

Asked for answer about graticule. The dictionary says this is the drawing of lines of longitude and latitude. They can appear on maps AND on globes so I answered "All of them". Very cross when the answer was given merely as maps.

What chance altering my score to 50/50? That is worlds 1 and 3!

Grrrrrrrrrrrr

49/50 on the quiz olympics again due to a bad question.

Asked for the pH of Distilled water.

I gave 6 as the answer as many many sites say that it starts at 7 but, within 24 hrs, soon drops to 6 and even lower. Therefore I was as correct as those who gave the answer as 7.

What chance altering my score to 50/50?

stekkos you are a star!

If yesterday was today what is tomorrow?
the day after tomorrow
yesterday
tomorrow
today

This is still here? There are so many ways to interpret this question.

Assuming today is Monday, then yesterday is Sunday. From Sundays perspective, tomorrow (Tuesday) is the day after tomorrow BUT we are living today so our perspective is from today therefore IF yesterday is today (Meaning today becomes Sunday) then tomorrow must be Monday which means that tomorrow = today.

What does Lucifer literally mean?
ruler of death
evil holder
demon
morning star

No it does not!

Lucifer LITERALLY means Light bearer or light carrier. Therefore none of these are correct.

Morning star = Oriens Astrum

From these 4 choices what can a man do standing up, a woman sitting down and a dog on three legs?
shake hands <---------- given as correct
swim
beg
disco

I hate this question. Firstly, a dog cannot shake hands as it has paws and not hands. Also, all three can beg in that position and can 'disco', despite that not being a verb (I assume it means dance). Tell me they can't and I'll show you wheelchair dancing!

So, if we have to accept dogs shaking hands, there are 3 possible correct answers.

Who wasn't a child from King William III of the Netherlands and Queen Sophie ?

Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria
Willem Alexander Karel Hendrik Frederik
Willem Nicolaas Alexander Frederik Karel Hendrik
Willem Frederik Maurits Alexander Hendrik Karel

I thought we were getting rid of 'negative' questions? This is very hard to find through googling and is very specialised.

Idézet: stekkos - 2011.06.19. 13:54:24

Yes it does. My apologies. I misread!

How many kings of England have there been?
62 <---- marked as correct
69
33
108

This is so disputable! Please remove it! It depends on where you start counting. It looks from the answer that queens have been included also.

Although they sometimes scroll by quickly, what is the display of moving text on the bottom of a TV screen or the end of a movie called?

a runner
a spider
a billboard
a crawler <------------- marked as correct

This is crazy! They are called CREDITS! At a pinch End Captions.

The sandwich is named after a British?
Earl
Lord
Prince
Baron

Careful here as I believe he was first Lord of the admiralty at the time as well as an earl

What do you have activated when the number of action points is restricted to 400 instead of 250?
Otherworldly Powers
A pet
Nothing
Premium Membership

No correct answer given! The answer is 'Acceleration' which can be gained without having Premium Membership, I think.

How can you know the System time in Doomlord?
You need to duel and and look at the time stamp on the duel details.
It is the same time as your local time.
It is displaied at the bottom of the page.
There is no way to know it.

"displaied" should be spelled "displayed"

"Sic semper tyrannis", Virginia banner is also available. In ancient times, according to legend, who told them?

Galba said, when Nero dead
Cleisthenes said, when Hippias of Athens dead
Brutus said, while Julius Caesar was killed
The Sanhedrin leader said, when Jesus was crucified

Obviously not English as a first language. I am fascinated to discover what this question actually means.