Trivial Pursuit: Wrong Answers
DOYLE60
I had a question that seemed to state that "Sahara" means "Wilderness" in
Arabic. I've always heard that one shouldn't say "the Sahara desert" because
it is reduntant; Sahara means desert in Arabic. Anyway, isn't "wilderness" the
opposite of "desert"? Maybe I misheard the question. I don't have the wording
but it ran something like: What place with 3.3 million square miles was named
after the word "wilderness" in Arabic. I answered, due to my definition of
Sahara, Africa. Foolish me!
Matt
Danny Kodicek
"DOYLE60" <doy...@aol.com> wrote in message
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My favourite Trivial Pursuit question of all time (and I promise this one is
genuinely in there) was something along these lines (I can't remember one of
the names involved):
Q: Who took his name from Mrs Augusta Elton and Long John Silver?
A:.
Y
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U
W
O
N
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T
B
E
L
I
E
V
E
T
H
I
S
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No one.
Danny
Eytan Zweig
>
> I had a question that seemed to state that "Sahara" means "Wilderness" in
> Arabic. I've always heard that one shouldn't say "the Sahara desert"
because
> it is reduntant; Sahara means desert in Arabic. Anyway, isn't
"wilderness" the
> opposite of "desert"?
In what sense is "wilderness" the opposite of desert? The American Heritage
dictionary defines "wilderness" as:
An unsettled, uncultivated region left in its natural condition, especially:
1.. A large wild tract of land covered with dense vegetation or forests.
2.. An extensive area, such as a desert or ocean, that is barren or empty;
a waste.
3.. A piece of land set aside to grow wild.
Note (b) specifically mentions "desert" as a prototypical wilderness. And
when you live in north/central Africa, probably when you think of a large
uncultivated area, the Sahara would come to mind.
And note that "sahara" doesn't have to have the exact denotation as either
"desert" or "wilderness" to be translated into either - it just has to be
close enough in meaning to mean either. If it actually means "large
unpopulated land tract" or something, it can apply to both.
(note - I don't speak any North African Arabic, and very little of other
dialects, so I'm just guessing above)
Eytan
DOYLE60
are virtual opposites.
I wouldn't define a desert as: "A large wild tract of land covered with dense
vegetation or forests." And though a desert may not need sand, that is the
most common image of a desert, void of dense vegetation.
But you are right, it does depend on this Arabic word and what it technically
means. Perhaps it means both in a way.
Matt
Peter Morris
Two wrong answers that I've heard of:
Q) What is Lieut. Columbo's first Name?
A) Frank.
In fact, there is no official correct answer to this, it has never been
given in the
series. Only one person has actually asked him directly (on screen) and the
reply was "Lieutenant". The makers of the show have deliberately kept his
name a secret.
The answer "Frank" comes from people who have freeze-framed where
Columbo flashes his badge, and have tried to read his signature. Even then
there is
disagreement about what it says. Some see 'Frank', others see 'Phillip' It
looks like
'lieut.' to me.
Q) Which company publishes comics including Batman, Spiderman, and
Superman?
A) Marvel.
Two of those listed are from DC
mensanator
> Is there a place on the web for incorrect Trivial Pursuit cards?
Don't know. There are definitely wrong answers. I've heard that errors
are deliberately made so that they can prove copyright violation. Of
course, part of the fun of Trivial Pursuit is winning through
intimidation. If you can't win through knowledge, then bluff your
opponents into thinking the card is wrong by throwing temper tantrums
until they see it your way (or at least get them to give you a new
question).
Here's an example of a wrong answer from the original game:
Q: what event disrupted the 25th anniversary of the UN?
A: Kruschev banging on the podium with his shoe.
Wait a minute! The UN was founded in 1946. The 25th anniversary was
1971. The question should have said 15th not 25th! The only disruption
I knew about was the Kruschev incident, but I discounted it since the
numbers didn't fit. Those bastards, I'm not going to sit here and get
this question wrong _because_ I knew the right answer!!! Either I get
it right or gimme another question!
My personal best is winning the game on two turns. Got all six wedges
on the first turn before anyone else even got started. Got tripped up
on the last question, so it took another turn to complete (having
watched the masterful play in which I got 20+ consecutive questions
right, my opponents knew my weaknesses and were able to spoil my
perfect game).
s
> Is there a place on the web for incorrect Trivial Pursuit cards?
>
http://www.trivialpursuit.com/contact.shtml
Worked for me. They said they would correct the problem I found:
Q. How many stars does a United States Army Lieutenant General wear?
A. Four
Nope. Three.
That's my contribution to the world, a fixed trivial pursuit question.....
-S
GerardS
|
| Q. How many stars does a United States Army Lieutenant General wear?
| A. Four
|
| Nope. Three.
|
| That's my contribution to the world, a fixed trivial pursuit question.....
Shouldn't that be six, three on each collar (or epaulets)? _______Gerard S.
Dan Tilque
> Two wrong answers that I've heard of:
>
> Q) What is Lieut. Columbo's first Name?
> A) Frank.
>
> Q) Which company publishes comics including Batman,
> Spiderman, and Superman?
> A) Marvel.
Another is
Q) What planet did Percival Lowell discover?
A) Pluto
Real answer: none. Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto.
--
Dan Tilque
s
well, if you're playing by those rules I suppose you'd have to count the
stars on the hat, etc.
Mark Brader
> > Two wrong answers that I've heard of:
> > Q) What is Lieut. Columbo's first Name?
> > A) Frank.
> > Q) Which company publishes comics including Batman,
> > Spiderman, and Superman?
> > A) Marvel.
Dan Tilque:
> Another is:
> Q) What planet did Percival Lowell discover?
> A) Pluto
Another (not exact wording):
Q) What does the British expression "dual carriageway" mean?
A) Two-lane highway.
Real answer: Divided highway, i.e. a road with a median.
--
Mark Brader "Could you please continue the petty bickering?
Toronto I find it most intriguing."
m...@vex.net -- Data ("Haven", ST:TNG, Tracy Torme)
Gareth Owen
> Another (not exact wording):
> Q) What does the British expression "dual carriageway" mean?
> A) Two-lane highway.
>
> Real answer: Divided highway, i.e. a road with a median.
No. Their answer is right.
Dual carriageways[0] have two lanes in each directions.
They also have medians (or at least I've never seen one without) but not all
roads with medians are dual carriageways.
ObWrongTrivialPursuitAnswer :-
Q : What were "The Doors" called prior to "The Doors"
A : Rick And The Rowers
Real Answer : Rick And The Ravens
(I'd imagine this was just a transcription error)
PS : This weeks Pub Quiz coming Real Soon Now (tm)
[0] Or -- if you believe the sign outside the Queen Of Hearts, Fallowfield,
Manchester -- "Duel Carriageways"
--
Gareth Owen
"He cut his finger and I think it's the one he flicks his hair back with.
He might even have broken a nail." -- Peter Taylor on Rob Savage's fitness
Nicolas J. Fleet
Q: What is the region of Ottawa's night life called?
A: Hull
While Hull is the Ottawa region on the Quebec provincial border,
anyone from Ottawa will tell its nightlife is in "The [Byward]
Market".
Dan Tilque
> m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) writes:
>
>> Another (not exact wording):
>> Q) What does the British expression "dual carriageway" mean?
>> A) Two-lane highway.
>>
>> Real answer: Divided highway, i.e. a road with a median.
>
> No. Their answer is right.
> Dual carriageways[0] have two lanes in each directions.
> They also have medians (or at least I've never seen one
> without) but not all roads with medians are dual carriageways.
But a two-lane highway (at least in Leftpondia) means a two lane
road with one lane in each direction and no median. It will
usually be distinguished from the typical country road by wider
shoulders and higher standards of construction.
What the real answer should be is limited access highway. That
is, one with no traffic lights and on- and off-ramps. Opposing
traffic will be divided by something, usually a median but it
could just be Jersey barriers.
> [0] Or -- if you believe the sign outside the Queen Of Hearts,
> Fallowfield, Manchester -- "Duel Carriageways"
Well, it's about time they channeled off that road rage...
--
Dan Tilque
Duane Cahill
A. The Moops
(incredulous that nobody has referenced this yet)
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Mark Brader
>>> Another (not exact wording):
>>> Q) What does the British expression "dual carriageway" mean?
>>> A) Two-lane highway.
>>>
>>> Real answer: Divided highway, i.e. a road with a median.
Gareth Owen:
>> No. Their answer is right.
Not.
>> Dual carriageways... have two lanes in each directions.
First, some of them have more than two.
Second, even if "two-lane highway" means a four-lane highway, as Gareth
implies (and admittedly there are people who use the term that way),
this is irrelevant. The question is what "dual carriageway" means.
"Carriageway" is a useful British word with no Leftpondian equivalent,
but the meaning is a contiguous set of lanes separated from other lanes.
"Median" is the Leftpondian term for the thing that separates them.
>> They also have medians (or at least I've never seen one
>> without) but not all roads with medians are dual carriageways.
Well, I don't know what Gareth thinks "median" means, but this seems
to be wrong by definition. At least if we're talking about roads with
a single median. (A few roads have four carriageways and hence three
medians.)
Dan Tilque:
> What the real answer should be is limited access highway. That
> is, one with no traffic lights and on- and off-ramps.
Also wrong. The British term for *that* is motorway. Dual carriageways
need not be motorways; in other words, not all divided highways have
on- and off-ramps and are free of traffic lights.
> Opposing traffic will be divided by something, usually a median
> but it could just be Jersey barriers.
As I use the term, a Jersey barrier (one of those quasi-portable
concrete divider things) would consitute a median.
--
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My text in this article is in the public domain.
Stephan Bird
says...
> What the real answer should be is limited access highway. That
> is, one with no traffic lights and on- and off-ramps. Opposing
> traffic will be divided by something, usually a median but it
> could just be Jersey barriers.
Not necessarily, I know of several "dual carriageways" with traffic
lights on them - havoc at rush hour... I assume you mean a comma or
something, between "lights" and "and" in the penultimate sentence, that
I've quoted, else it makes very little sense. Limited access highways, as
you call them, would seem only to correlate to motorways (in the British
sense)
Stephan
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Martin Round
"Gareth Owen" <use...@gwowen.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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> m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) writes:
>
> > Another (not exact wording):
> > Q) What does the British expression "dual carriageway" mean?
> > A) Two-lane highway.
> >
> > Real answer: Divided highway, i.e. a road with a median.
>
> No. Their answer is right.
> Dual carriageways[0] have two lanes in each directions.
> They also have medians (or at least I've never seen one without) but not
all
> roads with medians are dual carriageways.
Wrong.
I was born and have always lived in the UK.
1. Dual carriageways can have more than two lanes in each direction (often
three).
2. It's rare, but there are some with only one lane in each direction, at
least for part of their length.
3. They almost always have what we call a 'central reservation' but
sometimes there is just a crash barrier (armco) separating the carriageways.
4. Many have traffic lights, roundabouts (traffic islands) and simple
junctions where traffic must cross the lanes to leave or join.
5. There are some dual carriageways without traffic lights, roundabouts or
opposing traffic.
6. Motorways are specially designated dual carriageways. They never have
roundabouts or opposing traffic, certain classes of vehicles and learner
drivers are prohibited from using them.
There is one road (the Aston expressway near Birmingham) that has a total of
seven lanes and no central reservation or central barriers. The British
still call it a dual carriageway.
Usually there are three lanes flowing in each direction, and the centre lane
is vacant. At times of heavy traffic flow into or out of Birmingham, the
lanes are reallocated to 4 lanes in one direction and two in the other.
There are 'traffic lights' (signals) on gantries above the roadway
indicating lane usage. One vacant lane is always kept between the two
sides, though this can be used by the emergency services.
So to sum up, 'dual carriageway' refers to any road where there is some kind
of barrier or separation between traffic flowing in opposite directions.
Most Britons would understand 'two lane highway' to mean a road with only
one lane in each direction and no separation (other than white paint)
between the lanes.
Martin.
Max
ask if the Moops thing is for real, or was that just something the
scriptwriters thought up for a Seinfeld episode? Whichever case, it
still makes me laugh.
Eric Nielsen
What if they won the Bronze Star?
Bob Pease
"Max" <maxcham...@REMOVETHESECAPSsatx.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Since I do not have access to a Trivial Pursuit game, I just have to
> ask if the Moops thing is for real, or was that just something the
> scriptwriters thought up for a Seinfeld episode? Whichever case, it
> still makes me laugh.
>
>
> On Wed, 5 Feb 2003 15:36:45 -0500, "Duane Cahill"
> <duane...@NOTTHIScomcast.net> wrote:
>
> >Q. Who invaded Spain in the 8th century?
> >
> >A. The Moops
> >
> >(incredulous that nobody has referenced this yet)
> >
Didn't Trivial Pursuit take advantage of the Seinfeld notoriety by
advertising
"Moop Free" editions..
Even if it was a gag, It was a lot of good free advertising!!!
RJP
Dan Tilque
>>>> Q. How many stars does a United States Army Lieutenant
>>>> General wear? A. Four
>>>>
>>>> Nope. Three.
>>>>
>>>> That's my contribution to the world, a fixed trivial pursuit
>>>> question.....
>>>
>>> Shouldn't that be six, three on each collar (or epaulets)?
>>
>> well, if you're playing by those rules I suppose you'd have
>> to count the stars on the hat, etc.
>
> What if they won the Bronze Star?
Then it would depend on which uniform they're wearing, as the
actual star-shaped medal is only worn on the formal uniform.[1]
For other uniforms, either the ribbon or no decoration at all is
worn. My father was awarded the Bronze Star and I never saw him
wear the actual medal.
--
Dan Tilque
[1] In the US Air Force, but I'm fairly sure this applies to the
other services too.
Gareth Owen
> "Carriageway" is a useful British word with no Leftpondian equivalent,
> but the meaning is a contiguous set of lanes separated from other lanes.
A dual carriageway is a road with two lanes running in each direction (i.e. A
four-lane highway in your terminology, a two-lane highway as I use the term).
Thats it. Really.
This is a dual carriageway with a fairly extensive "median":
http://images.freefoto.com/2032/14/2032_14_1_web.jpg
And heres one without:
http://members.tripod.com/nlpearce/pic4.jpg
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Gareth Owen
circular reasoning: see reasoning, circular
Gareth Owen
> Since I do not have access to a Trivial Pursuit game, I just have to
> ask if the Moops thing is for real
Its real, but its not Trivial Pursuit. Allow me to quote "Mike The News Guy"
source of all knowledge on alt.tv.seinfeld
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THE REAL STORY
================
The game that contains the REAL misprinted Moors/Moops card is the home
edition of the Jeopardy game from the early 1970's.
Double Jeopardy, game #16, the $100 answer and question:
A: Only after she defeated them could Isabella consider Columbus' requests.
Q: Who are the Moops?
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http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=3bf3d436.1414142%40news.sprint.ca&rnum=2
> Whichever case, it still makes me laugh.
I'm sorry, the card says "Moops" (Thats from "The Bubble Boy")
Duncan Booth
Have you read your highway code any time recently? I think you should go
back and read it again, especially if you have any idea of driving in the
UK.
The first photograph is, as you say a dual carriageway. The speed limit on
unrestricted dual carriageways is 70mph. Your second photograph shows a
four lane single carriageway. The speed limit on this road (assuming there
are no further restrictions) is 60mph.
See http://www.highwaycode.gov.uk/11.shtml and note that paragraph 115
talks about single carriageways with four or more lanes. The following
paragraphs talk about two and three lane dual carriageways.
http://www.highwaycode.gov.uk/09.shtml paragraph 103 has the information
about speed limits for single and dual carriageways.
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Matthew Russotto
Gareth Owen <use...@gwowen.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) writes:
>
>> Another (not exact wording):
>> Q) What does the British expression "dual carriageway" mean?
>> A) Two-lane highway.
>>
>> Real answer: Divided highway, i.e. a road with a median.
>
>No. Their answer is right.
>Dual carriageways[0] have two lanes in each directions.
>They also have medians (or at least I've never seen one without) but not all
>roads with medians are dual carriageways.
A two-lane highway in American dialect has one lane each way, so it's
still wrong. It should be "A four-lane divided highway"
--
Matthew T. Russotto mrus...@speakeasy.net
"Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in pursuit
of justice is no virtue." But extreme restriction of liberty in pursuit of
a modicum of security is a very expensive vice.
Matthew Russotto
Duncan Booth <dun...@rcp.co.uk> wrote:
>
>The first photograph is, as you say a dual carriageway. The speed limit on
>unrestricted dual carriageways is 70mph. Your second photograph shows a
>four lane single carriageway. The speed limit on this road (assuming there
>are no further restrictions) is 60mph.
Of course, the highway code doesn't always match common parlance. The
Pennsylvania name for the thing you call a carriageway is a "roadway",
but few use the term in that way.
Nick Wedd
<mensa...@aol.com> writes
>doy...@aol.com (DOYLE60) wrote in message
>news:<20030204095153...@mb-mv.aol.com>...
>> Is there a place on the web for incorrect Trivial Pursuit cards?
>
>Don't know. There are definitely wrong answers. I've heard that errors
>are deliberately made so that they can prove copyright violation. Of
>course, part of the fun of Trivial Pursuit is winning through
>intimidation. If you can't win through knowledge, then bluff your
>opponents into thinking the card is wrong by throwing temper tantrums
>until they see it your way (or at least get them to give you a new
>question).
If you think the objective in Trivial Pursuit is to give the correct
answer, the game breaks down in endless arguments. We always play that
the objective is to guess the answer printed on the back of the card. So
bluff is useless.
Nick
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Question was
How old was Mike Tyson when he became youngest world champion
Answered 20yrs old
They said 22 years old which is wronnnngggggggggggggggg dammit. And of course my wife picked 22 yrs
Brian Christiansen
many times Hawkeye from MASH saluted someone. The answer was "1," which
is incorrect. This site:
http://joshualattanzi.blogspot.com/2009/08/salutes-of-hawkeye.html lists
15 times that Hawkeye saluted someone.
Even if most of these could be argued to be that they were done
mockingly, like the article says, the form (not the intent) is what is
important. Even if one just counts "real salutes," ones done not
mockingly, there are at least 3: 1) Saluting radar when he gets his
purple heart, 2) Saluting radar when he leaves, and 3) Saluting Col.
potter at the end of the series.
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got to every couple of months to empty out, and anything sent to it will
not be seen for probably several months, if it is seen at all. The
reason I say this is that things have been sent to that account, things
that I will probably not see.
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