Quiz 2010-1, Phase A…..
Are you ready?…… This Quiz (2010-1) will continue through as many Phases (A-B-C, etc.) as needed until some Community member acquires 100 points….. A new Phase will be Posted every other Friday (next Phase 23APR10)…… REMEMBER! – No Internet until the Quiz-master gives the go ahead!….. PD Bob is watching, and, is he ever pissed because I won’t let him participate, so-o-o, I wouldn’t CHEAT if I were you, unless you don’t mind having your utilities shut off and your identity mismanaged, etc…..
Since we’ve all become quite “Listless”, Quiz 2010-1 will be about naming things under a specific heading (aka – List)…… Each correct answer is worth One (1) Point, Smart-Ass answers vary in worth, and, wrong answers will cost you nothing, UNLESS, it’s so far off the subject that it’s apparent you’re guessing, which will cost you Minus One (-1) Point…. Okay, let’s get this thing started:
1. Name the BIRDS that CANNOT fly (14 total)…..
2. Name the BOY SCOUT MERIT BADGES (121 – Twenty (20) correct answer MAXIMUM per person)…..
3. Name the TYPES of PUZZLES (17 total)……
4. Name the SEVEN DWARFS (7 total)…..
5. Name the SEVEN WONDERS of the NATURAL WORLD (7 total)….
6. Name the SIX FLAGS over TEXAS (6 total)……
That’s It!….. Go for it!….. Remember, FIRST correct answers win, so, check the comments before you submit your answers to make sure someone hasn’t beaten you to them…… GOOD LUCK, QUIZZERS!…..
April 9th, 2010 at 2:57 pm
Okay, here are a few:
1: Emu, Ostrich, Penguin, Kiwi
3 (Really?!—only 17 kinds?): Crossword, jigsaw
4: Sleepy, Doc, … I’m pretty sure all the rest I can think of are Smurfs…
April 9th, 2010 at 3:06 pm
Zook strikes first with all correct answers – That’s Eight (8) Points for Zook and One (1) Extra Point for being FIRST!….. Nine (9) Points Total…. Good to hear from you, Zook…..
1. Now has 10 remaining…..
3. Now has 15 remaining…..
4. Now has 5 remaining…….
2,5, and 6 remain untouched….. Come on Quizzettes!!!!!
April 9th, 2010 at 3:14 pm
birds that can’t fly
Penguins
chickens
ostrich
kiwi
boy scout merit badges
Swimming
Camping
Physical Exercise
Art
Craft
Friendly Neighbor
Types of puzzles
Jigsaw puzzle
crossword puzzle
Riddle
the seven dwarfs
Dopey
Sleepy
Sneezy
The Seven wonders of the natural world
Grand Canyon
Niagara falls
Sis Flags over Texas
Texas state flag
The good old stars and strips
April 9th, 2010 at 3:16 pm
? Can I use the Library?
April 9th, 2010 at 3:55 pm
Robo, in order to make it fair to everyone, the Quiz-Master rules that you CANNOT use ANY external reference materials outside your home along with no Internet, UNTIL, Quiz-Master MR opens the quiz phase up….. This makes it fair to those of the community still punching the clock, BUT, remember, you clock punchers CANNOT use reference material lying around your office either….. PDB is watching -OO-…..
Let’s see how many points you got……
1. Unfortunately, chickens can fly, and Zook beat you to the other answers – so big -0- for #1….
2. You get Three (3) Points outright, and I’m giving Two (2) more by interpretation – Physical Exercise is Personal Fitness and Friendly Neighbor is Citizenship in the Community…. No Points for Craft – too vague….. Five (5) Points total for #2…..
3. You get One (1) Point for Riddle….. Zook beat you to the other two…. One (1) Point total for #3…..
4. You get Two (2) Points for Sneezy and Dopey…. Zook beat you to Sleepy…… Two (2) Points total for #4…..
5. You get One (1) Point for the Grand Canyon….. Niagara Falls in NOT one of the Seven….. One (1) Point total for #5…..
6. You get One (1) Point for United States…. Texas state flag is not one of them….. One (1) Point for #6…..
Robo now takes the lead with Ten (10) Points……
1. 10 remaining
2. 116 remaining
3. 14 remaining
4. 3 remaining
5. 6 remaining
6. 5 remaining
Go,Go, Pick those brains…….
April 9th, 2010 at 4:27 pm
Grumpy is one of the dwarfs
Puzzles
Logic puzzles
Wood block puzzles
Picture puzzles
Merit badges
Basket weaving
soapbox cars
Woodblock cars (those little ones)
Hiking
Outdoors man ship
Camp Fire making
Hunting
Gunman ship (gun safety)
Flags over texas
the lone star (that maybe the state flag?)
April 10th, 2010 at 10:09 am
My turn:
1. dodo (You dodo!)
2. (not) Peeing in the wind
4. Happy (Come On Get)
5. Great Barrier Reef, Amazon, Victoria Falls, Mt. Everest
6. Republic of Texas, Mexico
April 10th, 2010 at 11:18 am
Ah-h-h, Robo returns, and, Jek checks in – Co-o-o-l….
Let’s go through them by the numbers:
1. Jek comes up with One (1) Point for being, no naming, the Dodo bird…..
2. Robo you get One (1) Point for Basket Weaving (Basketry), One (1) Point for Woodblock cars (Model Design & Building), One (1) Point for Hiking, One Half (1/2) Point each for Outdoorsmanship and Campfire making (both would be Wilderness Survival), One (1) Point for Gunmanship (Rifle Shooting), Hunting is not there (PDB said it was because you not supposed to shoot his trained bunnies), for a total of Five (5) Points for #2…. Jek, on the other hand, took the Smart-Ass route at his own risk, but, since I’m showing so much leniency in the answers on this question, I’m giving Jek One (1) Point for his Peeing/not Peeing answer under the heading of Personal Management….. Jek has a total of One (1) Point for #2
#3 Robo gets One (1) Point for Logic Puzzles (Logical Puzzle)…. Wood Block is not there, and, Picture Puzzles would be Zigsaw Puzzles and has already been submitted…. One (1) Point total for Robo…..
4. Robo and Jek each get One (1) Point for Grumpy and Happy…. That leaves only one (1) Dwarf….
5. Jek gets Three (3) Points for Great Barrier Reef, Victoria Falls, and Mt. Everest… The Amazon is not one of the Seven…..
6. Sorry, Robo, No state flags…. Jek picks up Two (2) Points for Republic of Texas, and Mexico…..
Robo gets Seven (7) Points bringing his total to Seventeen (17) and retains the lead….. Jek gets started in the Quiz with Eight (8) Points, and, is now in third place behind Zook with Nine (9) Points….
1. 9 remaining – 2. 111 remaining – 3. 13 remaining – 4. 1 remaining – 5. 3 remaining – 6. 3 remaining
April 10th, 2010 at 2:31 pm
Wait up. I was gone.
2. First aid, Life saving/swimming, Sex education and the proper use of the condom. ( Jek’s answer was either a typo or wrong. Should read “into” the wind. I think he should get the point anyway. We know what he meant.) Also knots, cooking, short wave and telegraph, wig wag, community service, collections as in collecting something. I had a match book collection, or was that the cub scouts. Seems I remember arrow head making and leather work too. How about forestry, or bugs, worms, and anything boys find gross. I think there is one for government….a lot of eagle scouts in congress, bless their straight little hearts.
3.Sudoko, Go
These are all answers I remember from when I was in the scouts and may have changed. Yes, I was in the scouts until I was kicked out after years of service. It left a scar and I dont like to think about it.
5. Nile River, Victoria Falls, Amazon River, Mt. Everest and the Himalayas, Sahara Desert , Lake Baikal,
April 10th, 2010 at 2:46 pm
2. sailing, if they didn’t, they should have had one for fishing (fly) and fly tying.
April 10th, 2010 at 5:21 pm
Anon: Thanks for the typo correction.
5. low points on earth: Death Valley, The Dead Sea
6. More flags for ya: French (pre-Louisiana purchase), Spanish, and Confederate. The theme park has six other flags: The Log Ride, Tilt-a-Hurl, Sprocket Launcher, Great Space Coaster, Texas Toast, Texas Tea
April 10th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
4. Smiley!
April 10th, 2010 at 6:05 pm
Let’s make a stab at #2. I don’t think these have been mentioned:
Whittling
Orienteering
Religion
Canoeing
Pottery
Sewing
Woodworking
Sailing
Spelunking
Scuba Diving
April 10th, 2010 at 6:12 pm
NEW RULE: I’ve decided I don’t want someone to win this first quiz series on the first phase, so, I’m limiting everyone to Twenty (20) correct answers on #2 – Boy Scout Merit Badges……
Anon checks in and Jek returns – let’s see what they’ve got:
2. Anon comes in with a whopping Fifteen (15) Points with the following answers (with latitude as indicated): First Aid, Life Saving, Sex Education (Public Health), Cooking, Short Wave (Radio), Telegraph (Communications), Community Service (Family Life), Collections, Leather work, Forestry, Bugs/worms (Insect Study), Government (Citizenship in the Nation), Sailing (Small-Boat Sailing), Fishing, Fly Fishing….. Yep, 15!…. Any others you gave were not on the list….. PD Bob wants to know how you get kicked out of the Boy Scouts?……
3. Sudoku’s too specific, and, I never heard of Go…. No Points here, Anon…..
5. Anon, Victoria Falls and Mt. Everest have already been submitted, and, all the others are not on the list – No Points….. Jek, Death Valley and the Dead Sea are not on the list – No Points…..
6. Jek comes in strong and finishes out #6 with Three (3) Points and an extra One (1) Point for finishing out a Question with Confederate (Confederate States of America), France, and Spain – Four (4) Points total for Jek….. So, there’s ride flags instead of country flags over the theme park…eh? I guess it’s politically incorrect to flag the Confederate flag…. What a World we live in…. PD Bob’s headed for Six Flags with a Dixie flag in his 3 ft. long “General Lee” Charger he bought at Wal-Mart with the intention of “Rebel Rousing”…..
…..And the totals are: Anon starts off with Fifteen (15) Points, which puts him in 2nd place behind Robo at Seventeen (17)…. Jek remains in 3rd place with Twelve (12) Points, and Zook drops to 4th Place with Nine (9) Points…..
1. 9 remaining – 2. 96 remaining – 3. 13 remaining – 4. 1 remaining – 5. 3 remaining – 6. 0 remaining (finished by Jek)
Need some more Quiz-zo’s – Where’s Sunn, HuskeySooner, J.J., and the rest of the Community?…. It’s your Community Duty to participate!……
April 10th, 2010 at 6:34 pm
Zook and Jek dropped in while I was grading Jek and Anon….. So, Let’s see what they are up to……
2. Zook comes in with Six (6) Points – Whittling (Wood Carving), Orienteering (What the Hell is that?), Canoeing, Pottery, Spelunking (Climbing), and Woodworking (Wood Work)….. Anon already got Sailing – Sewing (No Sissy’s) and Scuba Diving are not there, and, I guess Religion is a No-No in the Boy Scouts….
4. Nope, Jek, It’s not Smiley (face)……
Zook moves up to a 2nd place tie with Anon at Fifteen (15) Points, and Robo in 1st place with Seventeen (17) Points…… Poor Jek is bringing up the rear with Twelve (12) Points….
1. 9 remaining – 2. 90 remaining – 3. 13 remaining – 4. 1 remaining – 5. 3 remaining – 6. Completed
April 10th, 2010 at 11:01 pm
Didnt we already name the seven little people??
Doc. Dopey, Sleepy, Happy, Grumpy , Sneezy, …….oops, I just remembered the missing one but cant remember the name.
I’m sure “The Proper Use of Condoms” is there. Look under “Being Prepared”.
MR, tell PDB that the memories of being kicked out of the Scouts is still too painful……standing there at attention while the troop number was ripped from my shirt. I’m still in counseling.
April 10th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
the drawf is drippy, droppy something like that
no idea on the birds
merit badges
star gazing (the little pionts of lite in the sky not the actors)
whittling if noone bet me to it
map reading compus usage
civics nameing the states etc.
stained glass
bow and arrow making
archery
snow skying
water skying
pet care
horse rideing
gardening
farming
ranching
varyuse crafts
April 11th, 2010 at 12:06 am
sorry about the spelling and about the sudden end to the last post gizmo jumped on the keyboard and submitted the comment for me and I don’t seem to be able to edit it now.
to continue
merit badges various crafts
art painting
water color
wood burning
string art
finger painting
tie die
penmanship
pottery
music playing
team work
reading
writing
model rockets (that’s two one for building and one for flying)
model boats (that’s two also building and floating)
well I don’t know how many that is total for me but I’m going to stop there on the merit badges for know.
Types pf puzzles
3D wood block puzzles (take-apart puzzle)
math puzzles
mazes
April 11th, 2010 at 4:00 am
1. Plymouth Superbird, Pontiac Firebird, Ford Thunderbird — though some people have tried to make them fly
4. Pokey
April 11th, 2010 at 8:25 am
2. Weather
April 11th, 2010 at 11:21 am
5. Crater Lake (a bit of a stretch, but an awesome place)
April 11th, 2010 at 12:14 pm
So, Anon, Robo, and Jek check-in again, and, HuskeySooner gets on board and scores……
1. Ha, Ha, Jek, Smart-Ass answers X 3…. The question is, “Should humor be allowed in the Quiz Zone?”….. Yeah, but, you only get One (1) Point for your effort…..
2. Anon I already gave you credit for that under Public Health (maybe they had the condom thing in Eagle Scouts) – No Points….. Robo overloaded the system with Twelve (12) correct answers, but, since he already had Ten (10) Points on #2, he only gets Ten (10) Points which maxes him out at Twenty (20) points for #2 as stated in the new rule in Comment #14…. Correct answers by Robo were: Star Gazing (Space Exploration), Archery, Snow Skiing (Snow Sports), Water Skiing, Pet Care (Pets), Horse Riding (Horsemanship), Gardening, Farming (Farm Mechanics), Art Painting (Painting), String Art (Sculpture), Music Playing (Music), Reading….. All others were either not on the list or already submitted….. HuskeySooner gets One (1) Point for Weather…..
3. Robo gets Two (2) Points for Math Puzzles (Mathematical Puzzle) and Mazes (Maze)….. No 3D puzzles listed – 2D only…..
4. Anon, seems you have a memory block concerning Dwarfs, and, Jek, it’s not Pokey – That’s PacMan (I’m pretty sure that’s a SA answer, but, I’ll let it pass) – No Points…..
Robo extends his 1st Place lead to Twenty-Nine (29) Points, Zook and Anon are tied for 2nd Place with Fifteen (15) Points each, Jek now has Thirteen (13) Points in 3rd Place, and HS checks-in with One (1) Point and Last Place…..
1. 9 remaining – 2. 78 remaining – 3. 11 remaining – 4. 1 remaining – 5. 3 remaining – 6. Completed…..
Anon, PD Bob said if you need some help with revenge or counseling concerning those scarf-wearing Yo-Yo’s, He’s got a plan…..
April 11th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
Sorry, Jek, Crater Lake is not listed in #5 – No Points…..
April 11th, 2010 at 1:21 pm
#5 the Nile
volcanoes pompeii, vesuvius, Mount Saint Helen’s
dwarf mopey
types of puzzles
Anagrams
code breaking
April 11th, 2010 at 4:38 pm
1. Turkey, Roadrunner (should have though RR when I was in car-land)
3. word search, magic square
April 11th, 2010 at 6:06 pm
how about the Namib desert
the skeleton coast
Tibetan Plato
the yellow river (yak sea in china)
the arctic ice sheet
the antarctic ice sheet
the red sea
the Andes
the great lakes
is wheezy a dwarf
April 11th, 2010 at 6:18 pm
Back for more…eh?….. Okay, here we go…..
1. Apparently, Jek, both Turkeys and Roadrunners (Beep-Beep) can fly – No Points
3. Jek picks up Two (2) Points for Word Search (Word Puzzle) and Magic Square (Magic Square Puzzle)….. Robo picks up One (1) Point for Anagram….. Sorry, Robo, Code Breaking could be anything…..
4. No go, Robo, on the seventh Dwarf being Mopey. – No Points….
5. Again, No go, Robo, the Nile isn’t on the list as is none of the Volcanoes you named – No Points……
Robo increases his commanding lead to Thirty (30) Points, while Jek, still in 3rd Place, is slowly edging up on Anon and Zook (both at Fifteen (15) Points) with his Fourteen (14) Points…… HS is holding steady at One (1) Point….. Go-o-o, HS!…….
1. 9 remaining – 2. 78 remaining – 3. 8 remaining – 4. 1 remaining – 5. 3 remaining – 6. Completed…..
April 11th, 2010 at 6:37 pm
the last dwarf’s name begins with a B and ends with an L. I had to ask someone who was in the house at the time…..a resource. Is this within the rules?
1. Snipe
2. semaphore, mechanics, something about fire fighting or fire safety, flightless and flighted birds, electronics ( missed that one Jek), Fragging the troop leader.
5. Great Lakes, The Great Gray-Green Greasy Lim Po Po River, The Congo River ( I cant believe there’s not one river on the list), Yukon River, Mississippi River, that big river in China, the Ganges, arctic , antarctic ( north and south poles), Gobi Desert, Red Woods (sequoia forest),
Turkeys can fly Jek. You must be thinking of those frozen logs in the
market. They bounce.
April 12th, 2010 at 2:09 am
the Dwarf is very shy and timid some would even call him “Bashful”
Is a booby flightless? how about demoiselle? Grebe? Osprey the marine version barely flies how about the real one?
April 12th, 2010 at 9:59 am
Birds:
Ah: I missed that we’re counting extinct birds (dodos). In that case, how about the moa?
Puzzles:
Chess puzzles, bridge puzzles, those-metal-puzzles-you-try-to-get-some-piece-off-of, those-puzzles-with-the-square-pieces-you-try-to-slide-so-the-numbers-are-in-order, the Rubic’s Cube
Wonders:
Let’s try: Kilimanjaro, Kilauea, the Erg Oriental (there has to be some desert on the list!), Yangtze River, the Roth Ice Shelf
April 12th, 2010 at 10:31 am
Are we guessing now, Quizzettes?….. I’m going to give out some clues tomorrow (Tuesday 13APR10 – Noon CDT), and will open up the resource gates on Friday 16APR10 – 2 pm CDT….. Any super accurate answers prior to then will be questioned and investigated by PD Bob…..
Okay, let’s see where we’re going:
1. I don’t think snipes exist, Anon – No Points….. Robo, none of your birds are on the list……
2. Anon Picks up Four (4) Points with: Mechanics (Auto Mechanics), Fire Safety, Birds (Bird Study), and Electronics…. Talk to PDB about fragging the Troop Leader……
4. Anon, you shouldn’t have given such a obvious clue – Unless the person lives in your home you can’t use a transient body as a resource….. Robo picks up One (1) Point for Bashful, but, since I am fairly sure he got it from Anon’s clue, I’m giving One (1) Point to Anon for finishing out #3…..
5. Anon and Robo, Sorry, But, none of your guesses hit the mark…..
Let’s total up: 1st place: Robo 31 Points, 2nd Place: Anon 20 Points, 3rd Place: Zook 15 Points, 4th Place: Jek 14 Points, 5th Place: HS 1 Point……
1. 9 remaining – 2. 74 remaining – 3. 8 remaining – 4. Completed – 5. 3 remaining – 6. Completed…..
April 12th, 2010 at 10:53 am
Zook’s answers came in while I was composing the above summary…..
1. Zook gets One (1) Point for Moa……
3. Zook gets Two (2) Points for: Those Metal Puzzles (Chinese Puzzle) and Numbers In Order (Number Puzzle)….. I have to back up and give Robo One Point for Code-Breaking (Cryptogram)…..
5. Sorry Zook, none of those are on the list…..
Let’s total up: 1st place: Robo 32 Points, 2nd Place: Anon 20 Points, 3rd Place: Zook 18 Points, 4th Place: Jek 14 Points, 5th Place: HS 1 Point……
1. 8 remaining – 2. 74 remaining – 3. 5 remaining – 4. Completed – 5. 3 remaining – 6. Completed…..
April 12th, 2010 at 1:14 pm
Another puzzle: rebus.
And more badge tries: animal husbandry, archeology, bead working, bicycling, journalism, kayaking, model airplanes, mountaineering, printmaking, rafting, rowing, science (physics, chemistry, biology, geology, botany, zoology), snorkeling, tracking
April 12th, 2010 at 4:27 pm
Zook comes back with a vengeance!…. Lets look:
2. Zook racks up Ten (10) Points with: Animal Husbandry (Animal Science), Archeology, Bicycling (Cycling), Journalism, Rowing, Chemistry, Geology, Botany (Nature), Zoology (Veterinary Medicine), and Snorkeling (Oceanography)…… Good run, Zook…..
3. Zook scores One (1) Point with Rebus…..
Zook moves into 2nd Place and is knocking on Robo’s door!…..
Let’s total up: 1st place: Robo 32 Points, 2nd Place: Zook 29 Points, 3rd Place: Anon 20 Points, 4th Place: Jek 14 Points, 5th Place: HS 1 Point……
1. 8 remaining – 2. 60 remaining – 3. 4 remaining – 4. Completed – 5. 3 remaining – 6. Completed…..
April 12th, 2010 at 11:06 pm
Ah, give the point for Bashful to Robo. He won it fair.
April 13th, 2010 at 1:12 am
Leave it like it is anon gave me the idea. 1 point each is fine.
brain teasers, minute mysteries
April 13th, 2010 at 9:43 am
Anon, I did give One (1) Point to each of you, so, don’t be “Bashful” and accept it!……
3. I’m assuming, Robo, that brain teasers and minute mysteries are Guizes at the Puzzles question?….. Sorry, both misses…..
Clues at Noon CDT – Today…..
April 13th, 2010 at 12:03 pm
Ready for clues, Magoos?….. Hopefully these will help….
1. BIRDS – 8 remaining – Two begin with “C” and have 9 letters each, One starts with “D” and has 8 letters, One starts with “G” and “A”/two words, one starts with “K” and has 6 letters, one starts with “N” and has 5 letters, and the last two start with “R” and have 4 letters each…. Happy Bird hunting!…..
2. MERIT BADGES – 60 remaining – REMEMBER the 20 answer maximum?… Robo is maxed at 20, Anon is at 19 – 1 left, Zook is at 16 – 4 left, Jek and HS are at 1 – 19 left… Here’s your chance Jek and HS to play catch-up…. Think of some skilled and high-end careers everyone is familar with, and, a couple of specific collections, and, some physical areas some of you partake in to stay in shape or unwind…. Too Much, I hope not…..
3. PUZZLES – 4 left – One begins with “A” and is 8 letters, one begins with “P” and is 10 letters long, one begins with “T” and is 7 letters long, and the last one begins with “W” and “S”/two words….. Puzzled yet?……
4. DWARFS – Completed
5. WONDERS – One is a Bay, One is in the Sky, and the last one is a Volcano…. Skybay Volcano?…. I don’t think so (Ha)….
6. SIX FLAGS – Completed
REMEMBER – NO OUTSIDE RESOURCES YET!…. PDB is WATCHING and WAITING TO POUNCE (His tongue is dripping on the keyboard and he’s geared-up and ready-to-go), so I wouldn’t recommend fudging at this stage…. FIRST IN – WINS!….
April 13th, 2010 at 12:12 pm
one in the sky must be northern lights
April 13th, 2010 at 12:14 pm
Word Search?
April 13th, 2010 at 1:16 pm
A couple more puzzles
word square
word scramble
word scrabble
abstract
acoustic
adaptive
additive
advanced
accursed
April 13th, 2010 at 1:56 pm
5. Bay of Fundy (sp?) , the big tide place, Mt. Vesuvius, Yep, northern lights.
2. Stamp collecting
Flightless birds? How far back are we going? There’s a bunch. They didn’t have feathers and ran around on the ground, called dinosaurs.
April 13th, 2010 at 2:44 pm
Merit Badges:
I saw this one on the interwebs this morning—but I wasn’t looking for it: geocaching. See: http://www.mcwetboy.net/maproom/2010/04/boy_scouts_geoc.php
Puzzles:
Acrostic
Tangram
Wonders:
In the sky? The aurora? Does it matter which one?
April 13th, 2010 at 2:56 pm
Robo and Anon must have nothing else to do…… Maybe I should set a limit per quiz for the amount of entries you can submit?….. N-a-a-h, not yet anyway……
1. Don’t ask me, Anon, I don’t recognize any of the Birds that left on the list, but, Dinos are not on it….. Maybe too general – No Points….
2. Anon picks-up his final One (1) Point on #2, maxing him out at 20 points total with Stamp Collecting…. So the rest of the 59 remaining points are for Zook (4), Jek (19), and HS (19)…. Come and Get it….
3. Robo gets One (1) Point for Word Square….. He’s very, very close with Acoustic, but, we’re not building a Studio, it’s puzzles we’re after, and, looking at his list, I think he’s went to the Dic-shun-hairy, so, I can’t give him a point under the Guize of mis-spelling…..
5. Robo chomps down One (1) Point for Northern Lights….. Sorry, he beat you with the answer, Anon, and, your other Guizes are not on the list…..
Let’s total up: 1st place: Robo 34 Points, 2nd Place: Zook 29 Points, 3rd Place: Anon 21 Points, 4th Place: Jek 14 Points, 5th Place: HS 1 Point……
1. 8 remaining – 2. 59 remaining – 3. 3 remaining – 4. Completed – 5. 2 remaining – 6. Completed…..
April 13th, 2010 at 3:05 pm
Again, Zook checks-in while I’m totaling up Robo and Anon…..
2. Geocaching not on my list, Zook….. Must be a new one…. Anyways, I couldn’t have given you points for it because you found it on the Internet….. PD Bob was ready to turn out your lights – I had to thump him on the ear in order to make him understand that you said you got it by accident….
3. Zook gets Two (2) Points for Acrostic (that’s the one I was looking for, Robo) and Tangram….. Good going, Zook…..
5. Sorry, Zook, Robo got the correct answer with Northern Lights
Let’s total up again: 1st place: Robo 34 Points, 2nd Place: Zook 31 Points, 3rd Place: Anon 21 Points, 4th Place: Jek 14 Points, 5th Place: HS 1 Point……
1. 8 remaining – 2. 59 remaining – 3. 1 remaining – 4. Completed – 5. 2 remaining – 6. Completed…..
April 13th, 2010 at 3:46 pm
You should require that we stop using the internet for the duration of the quiz. This would make the competition more fair while also demonstrating commitment.
Of course, once I lose my job I’ll have to complete the quiz from my new home: Jek’s couch.
Hmm… It will also make it hard to fill out the quiz. Details… details…
April 13th, 2010 at 4:37 pm
1. Rhea and cassowary. I’ve never seen Big Bird fly either.
April 13th, 2010 at 4:43 pm
Looks like it’s time to study the globe bays and volcanoes
Pompei
bay of bordeaux
bay of Bengal
Hudson bay
April 14th, 2010 at 3:40 am
some more guises
puzzles
pentameter
pentaploid
birds
rail
rook
Great Akua
caracara
kakapo
between a dictionary and insomnia this is what you get
April 14th, 2010 at 8:45 am
Seems like everyone’s doing fairly well without the Internet, and, I’m going to hold off on giving the go ahead for right now….. Zook, PD Bob said he has a nice little bunk for you in his bunker complex….. It’s in Oklahoma, but, he has interconnecting tunnels to Seattle…..
The Twins – Anon and Robo – are at it again…. Let’s see what they’re up to:
1. Anon picks-up Two (2) Points with Rhea and Cassowary….. Robo collects Three (3) Points with Rail, Great Akua (Great Auk), and Kakapo…. Big Bird flies – He uses airplanes…..
3. Sorry, Robo, not the 10 letter “P” puzzle we’re looking for….
5. Also no-go on your bay/volcano list – No Points……
Let’s total up: 1st place: Robo 37 Points, 2nd Place: Zook 31 Points, 3rd Place: Anon 23 Points, 4th Place: Jek 14 Points, 5th Place: HS 1 Point……
1. 3 remaining – 2. 59 remaining – 3. 1 remaining – 4. Completed – 5. 2 remaining – 6. Completed…..
April 14th, 2010 at 10:00 pm
Chiming in again…
2. Engineering, Tennis, Golf, Law, Justice, Computers, Transportation, running, jogging, genealogy, hockey (field and ice), lacrosse, birding, ecology, poetry, public speaking, soccer, baseball, football, basketball, weight lifting, medicine, accounting, diving (not scuba), volleyball, insect collecting
5. Mt. Fugi, Mt. Kilimanjaro, Baffin Bay, Chesapeake Bay, and one from the Final Frontier: Botany Bay
And Zook, you’re welcome on our couch, as long as your cello has fresh strings.
April 15th, 2010 at 10:15 am
This is comment 52. MR is Cleaning the HQ. Buyers are on the way(hope and pray they’re buyers – probably just looky-loos). MR says Jek hit a bunch of merit badges. Comment 53 anyone. (we are covering new ground with every comment now). MR promises the grade latter tonight.
Botany Bay? how about Bay of Pigs.
April 15th, 2010 at 10:33 am
Mt Pinatubo
birds dromumis probably mispeled
April 15th, 2010 at 11:41 am
Okay, I’m resorting to my Princeton Encyclopedia of Birds. That looks kosher. Or it would be but for the bacon I wrapped it in.
Despite the fact (objective and true) that there are only three left, I find four. Lousy Princeton schmucks must have one of them wrong:
- Falkland Steamer Duck. (“This is one of three steamer-duck species to have lost the use of wings for flight.”) I can only assume these go well with clams.
- Galapagos Cormorant. The heaviest of the cormorants. Despite their weight problem, their “breeding may be almost continuous”. Good for them.
- Kagu. Though “flightless because of its reduced wing musculature” it can “glide when escaping downhill”. I guess it’s the bird equivalent of a downhill skier.
- Stephens Island Wren. These guys are apparently extinct like our moa and dodo friends: “…discovered in 1894 when a lighthouse-keeper’s cat carried in 15 birds; the cat probably destroyed the whole population.” Sylvester would be proud.
Having proved three equal to four, fatally upsetting the structure of the universe, I choose to spend my remaining days waiting for Armageddon in the bunker: a bunker just sounds cooler than a couch.
April 15th, 2010 at 3:28 pm
As a bird enthusiast, many thanks to Zook for insights into the life and lives of flightless birds…esp. the naughty bits. You really have the Princeton Encyclopedia of Birds? Is there such a thing? Do Boobies screw themselves Blue? We’ll talk.
April 15th, 2010 at 5:01 pm
This is comment #56 and counting!… MR again holds the most comments per Post beating Jek’s airline Post – Nee-Ner-Na-Nu-Ha-a!!…
I’ve been busy today prepping the old mobile MR HQ for sale, but, I’m taking time to see what kind of damage you Guizers have done:
1. Robo gets One (1) Point for Dromumis (Dinornis) – You even “mispeled” misspelled, Robo! – Sorry, No Points for being consistent…. Zook pick-up One (1) Point for Galapagos Cormorant (Cormorant)…. That’s it – Is there a school you can send those Princeton snobs to?…. Maybe MR Ramblin’ University….. PDB is already building you a bunk and digging out some extra space for a bookshelf to put your Princeton Encyclopedia in, although, he said it might make better kindling than enlightenment….. That leaves only One (1) flightless bird beginning with “N” – 5 Letters total – ending with “U”….. Do I have to fill-in the other 3 letters?…..
2. Jek digs-out Eleven (11) Points with Engineering, Golf, Law, Computers, Transportation (Truck Transportation), Genealogy, Ecology (Enviromental Science), Public Speaking, Medicine, Accounting (American Business), Baseball, Football, etc. (Sports)….. Couple of hints – Who plays all those Sports, and, What does Jek and Tarn do a lot of (Out in the open air and vertical, Dirty Minds)?…..
5. No Guizes right….. Hints – The Bay is actually a Harbor and is 3 words (not including Harbor) and the Volcano starts with “P” – 9 letters total – ends with “N”….
Anon, do Boobie Birds really turn blue?……
Let’s total up: 1st place: Robo 38 Points, 2nd Place: Zook 32 Points, 3rd Place: Jek 25 Points, 4th Place: Anon 23 Points, 5th Place: HS 1 Point…… Jek moves up to 3rd Place!…..
1. 1 remaining – 2. 48 remaining – 3. 1 remaining – 4. Completed – 5. 2 remaining – 6. Completed…..
April 15th, 2010 at 5:50 pm
MR,
Yes, the feet…… Blue Footed Boobies. Worth 10 points?
April 15th, 2010 at 6:34 pm
2. (duh) backpacking, boot cleaning, bootlace tying, packing said backpack, treating water, 10-essentials, bird calls, signals, pack-it-in/pack-it-out, don’t trample on the cute flowers, don’t mess with Texas, don’t don’t don’t!
April 16th, 2010 at 9:26 am
Anon, when we have a Blue Footed Boobies Quiz you’ll get your 10 Points……
2. Jek, no matter how hard I try, I can only give you One (1) Point for Backpacking….. Everything else you listed goes with BP, EXCEPT, don’t mess with Texas – I’m sorry, if you’re from Oklahoma – You MUST mess with Texas! (If you would have listed Boot Licking, I might have passed you another Point)….. Still lots of professions, hobbies, and, weird stuff left….. Jek, you still have 7 Points available, Zook has 4 left, and, HS has a big 19 left on #2……
Let’s total up before the Internet Phase: 1st place: Robo 38 Points, 2nd Place: Zook 32 Points, 3rd Place: Jek 26 Points, 4th Place: Anon 23 Points, 5th Place: HS 1 Point……
1. 1 remaining – 2. 47 remaining – 3. 1 remaining – 4. Completed – 5. 2 remaining – 6. Completed…..
NOTICE: AS OF 2:00 P.M. CDT (NOON PDT) YOU MAY USE ANY REFERENCE YOU CAN GET YOUR HANDS ON!…. DON’T JUMP THE GUN – PD BOB IS WATCHING……..
April 16th, 2010 at 10:07 am
Shouldn’t we just end the quiz at 2pm? I like the idea of questions without answers. That’s life.
April 16th, 2010 at 12:48 pm
Zook agreed with you, Jek, in an earlier comment, and, I’m leaning toward that conclusion also….. I think it’s more interesting when you don’t have instant answers and to open it up to the Internet sort of takes away from the hard-earned answers when it was a closed Quiz….. Since I am the Quiz-O-Master, Head Dog (No, that’s PD Bob), Big Cheese, Top of the Food Chain of Quizzes/Guizes, I hearby declare Quiz 2010-1, Phase A will officially end at 2:00 pm CDT, at which time I will list all the unnamed answers and give the standings update……
So, if you have any more Guizes anyone, get ‘em in before the 2 pm cutoff…… The Quiz-O-Master has spoken…….
April 16th, 2010 at 2:10 pm
Quiz 2010-1, Phase A is now officially over!…. A great response, although, we’re still missing a few community members….. Quiz 2010-1, Phase B will be Posted on Friday – 23APR10 – 2:00 pm CDT – Same rules including the “NO-INTERNET” Rule…. Let me know if you think friends and/or Public Libraries should be included and I’ll Post the Official Notification and Rules on Monday – 19APR10 for Phase “B”…..
Here are the “Current Standings”:
1st place: Robo 38 Points, 2nd Place: Zook 32 Points, 3rd Place: Jek 26 Points, 4th Place: Anon 23 Points, 5th Place: HS 1 Point……
Here are the unnamed answers:
1. Nanou
2. American Cultures, American Heritage, American Labor, Architecture, Astronomy, Athletics, Atomic Energy, Aviation, Bugling, Cinematography, Citizenship in the World, Coin Collecting, Crime Prevention, Dentistry, Disabilities Awareness, Dog Care, Drafting, Electricy, Emergency Prepareness, Energy, Entrepreneurship, Fish and Wildlife Management, Graphic Arts, Home Repair, Indian Lore, Landscape Architecture, Mammal Study, Metal Work, Motor Boating, Photography, Pioneering, Plant Science, Plumbing, Pulp and Paper, Railroading, Reptile and Amphibian Study, Safety, Salesmanship, Scholarship, Shotgun Shooting, Skating, Soil and Water Conservation, Surveying, Textile, Theater, Traffic Safety, and Whitewater…. Whew, that’s a Bunch!…
3. Palindrome
4. Completed
5. Harbor of Rio De Janeiro and Paricutin Volcano
6. Completed
That’s it, Quizzers – Thanks for the Fish…… Any Comments?…..
April 16th, 2010 at 5:06 pm
PLUMBING?!!!!!!!!
Friends, libraries, books, friends of friends, are cool. Even stumbling across an answer on TV should count. ( rule x: accidental answer contamination) Internet too easy.
April 16th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
Where in the World – Would the World, be without Plumbing, Anon?…..
I tend to agree with you, Anon, But, I want to expand the “NO Internet” Rule to any electronic retrieval device that has a search engine (i.e. Library computer search engines, etc) – Just good ‘ol Brains, books, friends, TV, etc., as long as your Bean Brain is the search engine……
April 16th, 2010 at 9:47 pm
Really? Those are 2 of the 7 natural wonders? Please. I want my money back.
April 16th, 2010 at 11:59 pm
How about a couple of days of what ever you have in your house expect Internet. Then for 1/2 points open up Libraries friends and other non Electron means.
Without plumbing there would be no hot and cold running water unless you count the “p” running down the leg of the person running to the out house in a blizzard.
April 17th, 2010 at 2:12 am
Hey Robo. It seems like there is a loophole there. You can go to the library. Check out a book. Bring it to your house. Then use it.
My understanding is anything in your house goes, except internet. That includes other people (who are also not using the internet, only their heads). Maybe MR can clarify.
April 17th, 2010 at 12:57 pm
I realize MR that you are not responsible for picking the 7 natural wonders. Maybe you can get PDBob on the case. Doesn’t he right what as gone wrong? Or am I getting him confused with Quantum Leap?
April 17th, 2010 at 1:14 pm
And what about “accidental answer contamination”? Say you’re walking down the street, outside you home, and a Bazooka Bubble Gum wrapper blows up at your feet. You stoop to pick it up. You read the cartoon and Bazooka Joe names the seven wonders of the world……….what then,huh?
Or,
Some weird person in a white robe is yelling,”The end of the world is near. See the seven wonders now.” and then names the wonders.
April 17th, 2010 at 2:33 pm
I’m just chiming in with the .5 point idea if you’re to lazy to look threw the dictionary for 6 hours when you can’t fall to sleep then maybe for 1/2 points you can turn off your brain and turn on your computer.
We need pics of the seven wonders and if they are not available then maybe we need new wonders.
I like the rules the way they are after all I’m in the lead.
April 17th, 2010 at 3:25 pm
I agree with Jek that the last two “Wonders” make me wonder, but, I’m holding to my reference source as the Final Word on the Answers….. It doesn’t give the details of the who, how, or why – Just the lists, and, I’m not revealing the source (Duh)…..
As far as Anon’s, “Accidental Answer Contamination”, well, things happen – maybe not the way Anon describes – What Planet are you from anyway, and how long did it take you to think up, “Accidental Answer Contamination”??….. I don’t think it was by accident….. I guess that was “AAC” you used when you gave Robo the answer to “Bashful” – Starts with a B and ends with an L – That’s givin’ it all away (Ha)…..
Like I stated in Comment #64 – No Internet and no electronic retrieval devices that have a search engine (i.e. Library computer search engines, etc) – Just good ‘ol Brains, books, friends, TV, etc., as long as your Bean Brain is the search engine…… So-o-o, I guess if a White-Robed Looney is spouting answers on the street corner and throwing bubble gum wrappers at you with good intel on them – it’s fair game….. Further definition of Friends: Someone you’ve known for some period of time – No using the phone book to call-up some university Professor and/or dialing random numbers and polling people with simple questions such as, “For a free trip to Slapout, Oklahoma, name the 7 wonders of the World….. Use COMMON SENSE – I think we all know when we’re cheating and/or stepping over the line….
It’s all in good fun and Friendship anyway, BUT, It’s always GREAT to be able to say, “I’m the BEST” – so, it is a competition, But, Friendly, you bunch of Fudge-rs – PD Bob is Watching and he’s off right now inspecting the 7 Wonders as per Jek’s request….. I just hope we don’t have another Volcano eruption due to his meddling……
April 18th, 2010 at 10:34 am
Well as long as PD Bob brings back Pics then I guess another eruption in the harbor of Rio De Janeiro is worth it. Maybe he can get some Pics of the tsunami that eruption would cause at Paricutin Volcano. Note Janeiro and Parcutin are not even in spell check makes one wonder.