FG Trivia

Post by **Betty Boop** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 4:25 am

FG;1465418 wrote: I have absolutely no idea how to set up a new game, I was probably sampling whiskey when I did the original. I would also bet money that you have a higher proportion of 10-scores than anyone else in there, when you show up.

Did you just see theia's impersonation of Super Mario, flying into the lead at the beginning of lap 1?

You don't half tell porky pies! You and bryn are the 10 scorers.

Pleased to see that Theia beat you!

theia · Post by **theia** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 4:46 am

Betty Boop;1465419 wrote: You don't half tell porky pies! You and bryn are the 10 scorers.

Pleased to see that Theia beat you!

Shame that I misheard three of spot's answers...bad phone line

Post by **Betty Boop** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 4:50 am

theia;1465421 wrote: Shame that I misheard three of spot's answers...bad phone line

He does that on purpose, Bryn has a far better connection at the moment

Post by **LarsMac** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 6:13 am

You should set up a link to it on the home page, and maybe on the landing for "New Posts"

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 2:41 pm

LarsMac;1465424 wrote: You should set up a link to it on the home page, and maybe on the landing for "New Posts"

I agree! Maybe that way I won't forget about it, as I always seem to after a while.

theia · Post by **theia** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 1:28 am

Getting me coat

Post by **spot** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 1:31 am

theia;1465462 wrote: Getting me coat

You're top of the leader board!!

theia · Post by **theia** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 1:35 am

spot;1465464 wrote: You're top of the leader board!!

No comment

Post by **Betty Boop** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 4:04 am

theia;1465462 wrote: Getting me coat

My favourite day and I did badly! Phone rang in the middle and then I had to answer questions whilst having a conversation with a friend :wah:

theia · Post by **theia** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 4:53 am

Betty Boop;1465479 wrote: My favourite day and I did badly! Phone rang in the middle and then I had to answer questions whilst having a conversation with a friend :wah:

Science and technology? Favourite?? My heart sinks when I see that topic.

FG-administator · Post by **FG-administator** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 4:14 pm

We've had nine players so far today, that's quite encouraging. Well done all.

Post by **Betty Boop** » Fri Oct 03, 2014 1:33 am

theia;1465480 wrote: Science and technology? Favourite?? My heart sinks when I see that topic.

My heart sank today!!

theia · Post by **theia** » Fri Oct 03, 2014 6:17 am

Betty Boop;1465538 wrote: My heart sank today!!

Mine didn't and I scored 3

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Fri Oct 03, 2014 7:45 am

I don't want to talk about it.

Post by **Betty Boop** » Fri Oct 03, 2014 8:36 am

Gosh, I was sure I was at the bottom of the board with my score :wah:

FourPart · Post by **FourPart** » Fri Oct 03, 2014 5:57 pm

I can't even find this Trivia thing.

Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Sat Oct 04, 2014 2:35 am

FourPart;1465618 wrote: I can't even find this Trivia thing.

Forumgarden Trivia - Daily Trivia Game

You should find it here but don't hold me responsible for the pain and suffering it brings. Here, you will find some of the most appalling questions ever asked

Post by **spot** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 7:42 am

I see theia's won twice in the last five days and the boopster once, that's three out of five wins for Cornwall. And one for New York, and I haven't a clue where FG's Dear Leader is at the moment.

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 7:47 am

spot;1465772 wrote: I see theia's won twice in the last five days and the boopster once, that's three out of five wins for Cornwall. And one for New York, and I haven't a clue where FG's Dear Leader is at the moment.

Two points ahead of you?

Just back from six weeks in sunny Crete and shivering in the rain.

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 7:52 am

Bryn Mawr;1465773 wrote:

Just back from six weeks in sunny Crete and shivering in the rain.

Hope you had a marvelous holiday Bryn, but you were gone 6 weeks & your own brother didn't know? Makes me wonder.

I'm not casual enough to be a Brit. Wish I were. Is it too late to learn?

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 7:55 am

AnneBoleyn;1465774 wrote: Hope you had a marvelous holiday Bryn, but you were gone 6 weeks & your own brother didn't know? Makes me wonder.

I'm not casual enough to be a Brit. Wish I were. Is it too late to learn?

Well I checked my e-mails each day so it's not as if I was out of touch

Post by **spot** » Fri Oct 10, 2014 12:42 am

Lordy I'm getting well thrashed this month.

theia · Post by **theia** » Fri Oct 10, 2014 4:47 am

spot;1465955 wrote: Lordy I'm getting well thrashed this month.

Ever since I found out that we all have a different set of questions, I can't see it as a competition.

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Fri Oct 10, 2014 6:46 am

I need a daily reminder, or I forget to play. And theia, good point.

Post by **Betty Boop** » Fri Oct 10, 2014 9:13 am

I don't want to talk about it.

Off down the garden to eat worms...

theia · Post by **theia** » Fri Oct 10, 2014 9:48 am

Betty Boop;1465969 wrote: I don't want to talk about it.

Off down the garden to eat worms...

I'm gradually following you, day by day

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Fri Oct 10, 2014 1:03 pm

No Betty, no!

eta----Hours later, just saw your "score". Put those worms on a bun with mustard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Post by **spot** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 12:50 am

I guessed on eight today and had seven of those wrong. Statistics didn't give its helping hand.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 3:14 am

spot;1466020 wrote: I guessed on eight today and had seven of those wrong. Statistics didn't give its helping hand.

I am a better guesser than you.

FG-administator · Post by **FG-administator** » Mon Dec 01, 2014 5:39 am

Larsmac whipped the hide off the rest of the pack across November, we stood no chance.

Today, fortunately, is another brand new month. Dive in one and all, the award for December is up for grabs.

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Mon Dec 01, 2014 8:56 am

FG;1468530 wrote: Larsmac whipped the hide off the rest of the pack across November, we stood no chance.

Today, fortunately, is another brand new month. Dive in one and all, the award for December is up for grabs.

I'm not a competitive person "FG". I enjoy winning, of course, but that's not why I play.

Post by **LarsMac** » Mon Dec 01, 2014 9:08 am

Me too.

I was in second place a lot, last month. That seems to add up to a lot of points.

theia · Post by **theia** » Mon Dec 01, 2014 2:32 pm

I'm merely playing to make up the numbers

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Mon Dec 01, 2014 2:47 pm

theia;1468541 wrote: I'm merely playing to make up the numbers

Yeah.......me too........I am swotting up on Broadway Musicals for the *cough* History questions and American Presidents/Adverts/TV Soaps for the General Knowledge ones......but I'm not bitter..........I'm not honestly.

theia · Post by **theia** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 12:09 am

Bruv;1468543 wrote: Yeah.......me too........I am swotting up on Broadway Musicals for the *cough* History questions and American Presidents/Adverts/TV Soaps for the General Knowledge ones......but I'm not bitter..........I'm not honestly.

I'm not bitter either. My selfless part is to the fore as it wouldn't be much of a game if the likes of you and I didn't partake, to make the others look better.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 6:22 am

theia;1468567 wrote: I'm not bitter either. My selfless part is to the fore as it wouldn't be much of a game if the likes of you and I didn't partake, to make the others look better.

I resemble that remark, I fluked a ten or two on occasion.

Post by **LarsMac** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 8:00 am

I find that I do a lot better with the quiz if I take shortly after I awake and before I start working. If I wait til I have started work, it seems that the phone rings, or someone wants to chat right after I start the thing.

Or I just start over-thinking the questions.

theia · Post by **theia** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 8:08 am

Bruv;1468570 wrote: I resemble that remark, I fluked a ten or two on occasion.

That's exactly it, Bruv. "Fluked". I have too.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 10:12 am

theia;1468578 wrote: That's exactly it, Bruv. "Fluked". I have too.

I fluked a seven on the day everybody got full marks........I like to be different.

Post by **LarsMac** » Sat Dec 20, 2014 5:18 pm

I will be hit and miss the rest of the year as we wander about the South until mid January.

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Sun Dec 21, 2014 3:28 am

LarsMac;1469770 wrote: I will be hit and miss the rest of the year as we wander about the South until mid January.

Well, when you hit would you mind not hitting the top each time

Enjoy your travels and have a great Christmas :-6

Post by **spot** » Sun May 31, 2015 10:37 am

For those not aware of the calendar, tomorrow marks a new Trivia contest at Forumgarden Trivia - Daily Trivia Game (it being Monday 1st June) and all the scores will have been zeroed. Those tempted will find there's more players early on in the month. At the moment we're averaging six or seven players each day. Everyone, member here or not, is very welcome.

Bookmarking (or Favoriting) the link makes it easier to get back to regularly, especially if you have a Bookmark or Favorites toolbar.

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 8:12 am

Are we still getting a different set of questions? If so, I see no point in playing a game which has questions about meaningless things (to me), that I know nothing about and will not retain the knowledge afterward. It's not a competition. I can just as soon pick a subject and see how well I do in an area in which I may have a clue.

Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 8:27 am

ZAP;1480065 wrote: Are we still getting a different set of questions? If so, I see no point in playing a game which has questions about meaningless things (to me), that I know nothing about and will not retain the knowledge afterward. It's not a competition. I can just as soon pick a subject and see how well I do in an area in which I may have a clue.

I have to say, it was pretty much that, that stopped me playing. I struggled a good bit with a lot of the stuff and quite frankly some of the questions were hideously specialist or plain ludicrously daft.

As for the scoring, well....

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 8:38 am

Snowfire;1480066 wrote: I have to say, it was pretty much that, that stopped me playing. I struggled a good bit with a lot of the stuff and quite frankly some of the questions were hideously specialist or plain ludicrously daft.

As for the scoring, well....

Exactly my thoughts. I don't mind missing questions about facts that I may have known or could have known the answers to, but about things that I could not have known without being a specialist or having lived in a particular country? One of my daughters is a brilliant microbiologist and she missed one of the obscure questions when she was visiting me. Better to learn something which I will retain or may be interesting to me. Who cares about the birthdates or middle names of people I don't know or the schedules of companies I never heard of and never will?

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 8:55 am

Sample question........3rd one of 10

"And finally, as we leave the city by the main road, the sea to our left and snow capped mountains in front, what is the name of my maternal Aunties third child "

Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 9:16 am

Bruv;1480069 wrote: Sample question........3rd one of 10

"And finally, as we leave the city by the main road, the sea to our left and snow capped mountains in front, what is the name of my maternal Aunties third child "

I might have got that one by guessing. I guessed quite a lot of them over the years.

Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 9:21 am

I know I keep on about it but this is one that got to me a while back. I have no idea whatsoever what the question means and the answer didnt make sense either.

7. What would be the aorist of a stem that ends in a labial stop, like pi, beta, or phi? What is the correct first aorist of "graphO," "write"?

Your Answer: egrase

The correct answer was egrapse.

The stem is graph- To form the aorist, add a sigma and a weak aorist personal ending. A labial stop plus a sigma gives a psi. Hence, "egrapse."

Post by **spot** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 9:41 am

I think perhaps the concept of "trivia" may have eluded some of you? It's not an IQ test, nor is it an exam.

Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 9:55 am

spot;1480074 wrote: I think perhaps the concept of "trivia" may have eluded some of you? It's not an IQ test, nor is it an exam.

I get what "Trivia" means but there has to be both a logic to the question so that an educated guess might help one get the answer and not be so extraordinarily bizarre.

I'm thinking along the lines of...."What was the model number of the engine the USAF used in their Starfighters during the 60's ?" There are probably only a few hundred people in the world who would know the answer to that. "Who won the FA cup in 1964 ?" is trivial but guessable at least.

The question and subsequent answer I posted above is a mystery to all but maybe you and God's English Master from University and then you probably both scratched your heads and wasted valuable time.

Its West Ham in case the question ever crops up