Trivial Pursuit Errors...
...so he throws fudge at her !
Trivial Pursuit game, I may be entitled to a "Reward" ?????
Is this true, and if so I would like any
info anyone might have either posted or mailed to me.
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Dave Tong - You'll miss me when I'm gone
> A friend told me that if I find an error in a
> Trivial Pursuit game, I may be entitled to a "Reward" ?????
> Is this true, and if so I would like any
> info anyone might have either posted or mailed to me.
I seriously doubt it. I bought my wife GENUS III for Christmas,
and we found two errors (well, typos) in the first game we played.
One of them, the word "Bloody" was written as "Bloddy" which isn't
that much of a problem.
In the other, the name of a painter Juan summat was written as Joan!
Seeing as you were supposed to guess his nationality, it makes quite a difference.
We had a major dispute over a third question: which 3 continents have never
hosted the Olympic Games. Well, when I was a kid, thre were only six continents:
Europe, Asia, America, Africa, Austral(as)ia and Antarctica.
According to TP there are now seven:
America has been divided into North America and South America.
Dave
PS: If there is a reward I want my share!
qx0...@inet.d48.lilly.com
Typos don't bother me nearly so much as outright factual errors. The original
Genus Edition listed Julius Caesar as the first Roman Emperor. He was not.
His grand-nephew Gaius Octavianus (aka "Augustus") was. Julius was the last
Dictator (then an official office, not an insult as it is today) of the Roman
Republic. The Empire as such was founded by Augustus after Julius was long
dead.
Kurt Bray
Paul Andrew Tibbits
guy i am thinking of, he is a painter from spain. more specifically, from
catalunya. catalunya has its own language (catalan), and joan is the
correct spelling of juan in that language. recently it has become more
common and accepted to use the catalan spelling instead of the spanish
spelling. another example is juan miro, which these days is often spelled
joan miro.
-- paul
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sources perpetuate is that "The Great Wall of China" is the only man-made
structure visable from outer space. While it's VERY long it is not nearly wide
enough to be seen from that distance. It's comparable to trying to see a
sstring a block long from atop the Empire State Bldg.
I understand the astronauts like to joke about it but the myth goes on and
on and probably always will. It's probably in alt.urban.folklore by now.!!!
T o m m
Doctor Demento
: Well, when I was a kid, thre were only six continents:
: Europe, Asia, America, Africa, Austral(as)ia and Antarctica.
: According to TP there are now seven:
: America has been divided into North America and South America.
They always taught us 7 - North and South America being differentiated.
Kevin
: Dave
: PS: If there is a reward I want my share!
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qx0...@inet.d48.lilly.com wrote:
>
> Typos don't bother me nearly so much as outright factual errors. The original
> Genus Edition listed Julius Caesar as the first Roman Emperor. He was not.
Another one was the question "What boat did Shirley Temple sing about in
'Bright Eyes'?" The answer was the Good Ship Lollipop... but, as anyone
who has seen that movie knows, the Good Ship Lollipop was actually an
airplane.
This error was corrected in later editions.
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Leslie E. Frates
> Another one was the question "What boat did Shirley Temple sing about in
> 'Bright Eyes'?" The answer was the Good Ship Lollipop... but, as anyone
> who has seen that movie knows, the Good Ship Lollipop was actually an
> airplane.
>
> This error was corrected in later editions.
>
Lollipop" while a passenger in an airplane. The "ship" itself is
actually her pillow on her bed.
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Peter Murray
ric...@flowbee.interaccess.com (...so he throws fudge at her !) wrote:
>A friend told me that if I find an error in a
>Trivial Pursuit game, I may be entitled to a "Reward" ?????
>Is this true, and if so I would like any
>info anyone might have either posted or mailed to me.
I'd never heard this, but as long as people are pointing out errors,
the Baby Boomers edition which I've got hidden away somewhere and
can't be bothered looking for has at least two errors (one of which
isn't too much of a problem):
1) Which TV series began with the words "Anything can happen in the next
half hour!"?
In the real world, the answer is "Stingray", but the answer is given
as "Thunderbirds". Since that was a one-hour show (including adverts)
the answer doesn't make that much sense anyway!
2) What was the name of Bertie Wooster's butler.
Well, Bertie didn't employ a butler! He did have a very famous valet,
but no butler! This doesn't stop people getting the answer though, and
just irritates pedants like me :-) .
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Pa Patricick Triccia Valennzz
>> Is this true, and if so I would like any
>> info anyone might have either posted or mailed to me.
>
>I seriously doubt it. I bought my wife GENUS III for Christmas,
>and we found two errors (well, typos) in the first game we played.
>
>One of them, the word "Bloody" was written as "Bloddy" which isn't
>that much of a problem.
>
continents: Europe, Asia, America, Africa, Australia, Antartica and Oceania.
Very interrrresting!!!!
Patrick Valenzuela
The World Renowned Jason Boskey
>On the subject of the continents, when I was little I learned that there were 7
>continents: Europe, Asia, America, Africa, Australia, Antartica and Oceania.
>Very interrrresting!!!!
Now, that's odd, because I was taught Europe, North America, South America
Asia, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica. Never heard of Oceania as a
continent.
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Peter Murray
pe...@table76.demon.co.uk (Peter Murray) wrote:
>I'd never heard this, but as long as people are pointing out errors,
>the Baby Boomers edition which I've got hidden away somewhere and
>can't be bothered looking for has at least two errors (one of which
>isn't too much of a problem):
Just remembered the third error:
3) In what century was Star Trek set?
21st.
Anyone remember the second episode "Where no man has gone before"? The one
in which they were trying to find a starship that had passed that way
two centuries earlier? Must've been a Victorian one! (The answer should
be 23rd, BTW.)
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rpo...@kean.ucs.mun.ca
>> Typos don't bother me nearly so much as outright factual errors. The original
>> Genus Edition listed Julius Caesar as the first Roman Emperor. He was not.
> 'Bright Eyes'?" The answer was the Good Ship Lollipop... but, as anyone
> who has seen that movie knows, the Good Ship Lollipop was actually an
> airplane.
>
> This error was corrected in later editions.
What about the bra inventor? Was it really Otto Titsling? Although
its in the first edition, I'm not sure it is factual.
Rp
Betty Christophy
>In article <AB34DC4E...@table76.demon.co.uk>,
>pe...@table76.demon.co.uk (Peter Murray) wrote:
>
>>I'd never heard this, but as long as people are pointing out errors,
>>the Baby Boomers edition which I've got hidden away somewhere and
>>can't be bothered looking for has at least two errors (one of which
>>isn't too much of a problem):
>
>Just remembered the third error:
>3) In what century was Star Trek set?
> 21st.
>
>Anyone remember the second episode "Where no man has gone before"? The one
>in which they were trying to find a starship that had passed that way
>two centuries earlier? Must've been a Victorian one! (The answer should
>be 23rd, BTW.)
Which reminds me of my pet peeve about the Genus edition. The question
is "Who is the Captain of the Enterprise?" It doesn't specify which
Enterprise or even which TV show. There are at least 5 correct answers
to that question the way it is phrased.
Betty
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In article <640...@hpwrce.mayfield.hp.com>, alst...@hpwrce.mayfield.hp.com (Dennis Alstrand) writes:
>While the Great Wall can't be seen (if it could, places like the Rose
>Bowl definately could be seen), I've heard that nothing man made can
>be seen from space. I know you specified structure, and this isn't, but
>I understand that general lighting from the Northeastern US seabord can
>be seen from space. While it isn't one specific light that's seen, it's always
>seemed to me that it should fall under the category of "Man-made, visible
>from space". And yet, I never hear this mentioned. Any opinions out thar?
You arent reading the right sources! Cecil Adams, while debunking the
Great Wall Myth in one of his _Straight Dope_ books, mentions that
the average city could be visible from space.
ObTrivia: Trivial Pursuit also believes that Otto Titzling invented
the bra. Anyone want to sell them the Brooklyn Bridge?
Steve Biederman
> > >
> > One of the biggest myths that Trivial Pursuit,L.M.Boyd and many other
> > sources perpetuate is that "The Great Wall of China" is the only man-made
> > structure visable from outer space. While it's VERY long it is not nearly wide
> > enough to be seen from that distance. It's comparable to trying to see a
> > sstring a block long from atop the Empire State Bldg.
>
> Bowl definately could be seen), I've heard that nothing man made can
> be seen from space. I know you specified structure, and this isn't, but
> I understand that general lighting from the Northeastern US seabord can
> be seen from space. While it isn't one specific light that's seen, it's always
> seemed to me that it should fall under the category of "Man-made, visible
> from space". And yet, I never hear this mentioned. Any opinions out thar?
Along the same lines, at least some lakes formed by man-made dams,
such as Lake Powell, are without any doubt visible from space. I
wonder approximately how many such lakes ARE large enough to be
clearly visible?
Peter Murray
chris...@vms.csd.mu.edu (Betty Christophy) wrote:
>Which reminds me of my pet peeve about the Genus edition. The question
>is "Who is the Captain of the Enterprise?" It doesn't specify which
>Enterprise or even which TV show. There are at least 5 correct answers
>to that question the way it is phrased.
Pike, Kirk, Spock, Garrett, Picard and maybe even April - and that assumes
the question refers to Star Trek!
As I recall, the Genus edition came out years before TNG, so Garrett and
Picard probably don't count, but the other four do.
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Andrew Raphael
>I seem to remember Oceania including most of the islands in the Pacific.
Yes, that's right. It's in the soc.culture.australian FAQ too.
Australia is the continent & the nation. Australiasia=Oz+NZ.
Oceania=Oz+NZ+Melanesia+Polynesia.
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