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by ten96lt » Tue Aug 31, 2010 4:51 pm
FannytheBull wrote:ten96lt wrote:MarleysGh0st wrote:
I'm not disagreeing about the pi question. There's a mnemonic for remembering the digits of pi--which I once memorized but have forgotten--but memorizing those digits is basically for the sake of saying you've memorized them. I doubt that ten96lt can name one actual instance where he needed to know that many digits of accuracy for a real life problem.
I was hoping for more specifics about the actual Agatha Christie question. Mini said all the choices are associated with her in one way or another, but none of them ring a bell with me.
The furthest I've memorized pi is 6 digits and the most numbers I've needed to use is 3 past the decimal, but I've seen competitions where people try to memorize that far and I've seen people that can go 50+ digits. In some math classrooms in school, I've see posters that show pi down to about 20 digits. The point is, it's an obscure piece of trivia that some people know, and a lot that don't which makes it a MDQ.
Wow, I really unleashed the mayhem with this post lol
And Bob, where's your MDQ for this thread?
You think this is mayhem? Exactly how long have you been around here?
Ha!
Long enough to demand a drawn Avatar from LB.
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by Pastor Fireball » Tue Aug 31, 2010 7:29 pm
ten96lt wrote:FannytheBull wrote:ten96lt wrote:
The furthest I've memorized pi is 6 digits and the most numbers I've needed to use is 3 past the decimal, but I've seen competitions where people try to memorize that far and I've seen people that can go 50+ digits. In some math classrooms in school, I've see posters that show pi down to about 20 digits. The point is, it's an obscure piece of trivia that some people know, and a lot that don't which makes it a MDQ.
Wow, I really unleashed the mayhem with this post lol
And Bob, where's your MDQ for this thread?
You think this is mayhem? Exactly how long have you been around here?
Ha!
Long enough to demand a drawn Avatar from LB.
Get in line, Pedro. You don't get one until Heels gets one.
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by FannytheBull » Tue Aug 31, 2010 7:34 pm
ten96lt wrote:FannytheBull wrote:ten96lt wrote:
The furthest I've memorized pi is 6 digits and the most numbers I've needed to use is 3 past the decimal, but I've seen competitions where people try to memorize that far and I've seen people that can go 50+ digits. In some math classrooms in school, I've see posters that show pi down to about 20 digits. The point is, it's an obscure piece of trivia that some people know, and a lot that don't which makes it a MDQ.
Wow, I really unleashed the mayhem with this post lol
And Bob, where's your MDQ for this thread?
You think this is mayhem? Exactly how long have you been around here?
Ha!
Long enough to demand a drawn Avatar from LB.
Now you've definitely been around long enough to realize that is the exact opposite way to get one.....
If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit......
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by FannytheBull » Tue Aug 31, 2010 7:35 pm
Pastor Fireball wrote:ten96lt wrote:FannytheBull wrote:
You think this is mayhem? Exactly how long have you been around here?
Ha!
Long enough to demand a drawn Avatar from LB.
Get in line, Pedro. You don't get one until Heels gets one.
Who died and made you the boss of ES?
I think the pecking order is now:
Everybody else in the known universe
ten96lt
heels
If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit......
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by Evil Squirrel » Tue Aug 31, 2010 7:37 pm
FannytheBull wrote:Pastor Fireball wrote:ten96lt wrote:
Long enough to demand a drawn Avatar from LB.
Get in line, Pedro. You don't get one until Heels gets one.
Who died and made you the boss of ES?
I think the pecking order is now:
Everybody else in the known universe
ten96lt
heels
Thanks Auntie Fanny!!!!
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by FannytheBull » Tue Aug 31, 2010 7:38 pm
Evil Squirrel wrote:FannytheBull wrote:Pastor Fireball wrote:
Get in line, Pedro. You don't get one until Heels gets one.
Who died and made you the boss of ES?
I think the pecking order is now:
Everybody else in the known universe
ten96lt
heels
Thanks Auntie Fanny!!!!
And while you're busy not drawing avatars for ten96 and heels, give Tulo back his mullet!
You look ridiculous.
Good grief.
If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit......
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by Pastor Fireball » Tue Aug 31, 2010 7:43 pm
FannytheBull wrote:Pastor Fireball wrote:ten96lt wrote:
Long enough to demand a drawn Avatar from LB.
Get in line, Pedro. You don't get one until Heels gets one.
Who died and made you the boss of ES?
Jesus did. End of discussion.
"[Drumpf's] name alone creates division and anger, whose words inspire dissension and hatred, and can't possibly 'Make America Great Again.'" --Kobe Bryant (1978-2020)
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by ulysses5019 » Tue Aug 31, 2010 7:51 pm
Pi trivia. Last week at one of the places I play bar trivia, there was a tie and the tiebreaker was determined by which team could give the most numbers (in order) of pi. I think the winning team got 5.
I believe in the usefulness of useless information.
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by FannytheBull » Tue Aug 31, 2010 7:51 pm
Pastor Fireball wrote:FannytheBull wrote:Pastor Fireball wrote:
Get in line, Pedro. You don't get one until Heels gets one.
Who died and made you the boss of ES?
Jesus did. End of discussion.
That must be in one of the lost books.....
"Oh, and one more thing before I go. Nelly's now the boss of ES, okay?"
If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit......
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by ten96lt » Tue Aug 31, 2010 8:37 pm
FannytheBull wrote:Pastor Fireball wrote:ten96lt wrote:
Long enough to demand a drawn Avatar from LB.
Get in line, Pedro. You don't get one until Heels gets one.
Who died and made you the boss of ES?
I think the pecking order is now:
Everybody else in the known universe
ten96lt
heels
So what happened to "The squeaky wheel gets the oil"?
And with all this talk about Pi, I think I'm going to go have a slice of banana cream right now.
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by clem21 » Tue Aug 31, 2010 10:17 pm
Who's the awesomest and greatest person in the world?
A: Someone other than Clem B:Someone else other than Clem
C:Boris Yeltsin D: Clem
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by heelsrule1988 » Tue Aug 31, 2010 11:15 pm
Which of these seemingly never-to-happen events will occur first?
A) I get an avatar (in the normal sense) from ES
B) The Cubs win the World Series
C) Millionaire gets smart contestants
D) LB catches a home run ball
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by TheConfessor » Tue Aug 31, 2010 11:51 pm
heelsrule1988 wrote:Which of these seemingly never-to-happen events will occur first?
A) I get an avatar (in the normal sense) from ES
B) The Cubs win the World Series
C) Millionaire gets smart contestants
D) LB catches a home run ball
This one's too easy. As usual, the correct answer is C. I personally know two Jeopardy TOC veterans who have been given tape dates for the new season. Maybe the new regime has a new casting philosophy this year. If not, at least two smart people slipped through the defenses.
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by heelsrule1988 » Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:01 am
Aren't you ineligible for this thread?
That's excellent, though... we all know how great Jeopardy players do on Millionaire. I have high hopes!
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by danangel » Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:07 am
My $1,000,000 question.....
Why on earth is Bristol Palin on Dancing with the Stars this season?
A. I don't watch Dancing with the stars, so who cares?
B. Snooki passed.
C. Levi passed.
D. Pizza Tree
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by Clem's Groupies » Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:00 am
clem21 wrote:Who's the awesomest and greatest person in the world?
A: Someone other than Clem B:Someone else other than Clem
C:Boris Yeltsin D: Clem
Ummmm....D: Clem!!! When do we get our money?!?!
We love clem!
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by littlebeast13 » Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:06 am
Clem's Groupies wrote:clem21 wrote:Who's the awesomest and greatest person in the world?
A: Someone other than Clem B:Someone else other than Clem
C:Boris Yeltsin D: Clem
Ummmm....D: Clem!!! When do we get our money?!?!
No, because the answer is Boris "Buy Me a Drink" Yeltsin...... duh!
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by Vague Mini » Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:16 am
I think it's easier to make questions now without the PaF who could Google it up in 30 seconds.
Okay, another "you know it or you don't" one:
Missouri got the nickname The Show Me State after an 1899 speech by whom?
A. Willard Vandiver
B. Lon Vest Stephens
C. Samuel Clemens
D. William Torrey Harris
Should I put the answer here, or let the Googlers do the very easy looking?
I made sure to put in people associated with MO in 1899. I saw the speech once when I was thumbing through a Bartlett's and had the "aha!" moment...
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Huh? What?
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by MarleysGh0st » Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:20 am
Vague Mini wrote:I think it's easier to make questions now without the PaF who could Google it up in 30 seconds.
Okay, another "you know it or you don't" one:
Missouri got the nickname The Show Me State after an 1899 speech by whom?
A. Willard VanDiver
B. Lon Vest Stephens
C. Samuel Clemens
D. William Torrey Harris
Should I put the answer here, or let the Googlers do the very easy looking?
I made sure to put in people associated with MO in 1899. I saw the speech once when I was thumbing through a Bartlett's and had the "aha!" moment...
Well, you said no PAF Googling!
I'll assume it's not Clemens, since his is the only name of the bunch that I recognize. So, I'll go with
B:Someone else other than Clem.
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by Samuel Clemens » Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:23 am
Vague Mini wrote:I think it's easier to make questions now without the PaF who could Google it up in 30 seconds.
Okay, another "you know it or you don't" one:
Missouri got the nickname The Show Me State after an 1899 speech by whom?
A. Willard Vandiver
B. Lon Vest Stephens
C. Samuel Clemens
D. William Torrey Harris
Should I put the answer here, or let the Googlers do the very easy looking?
I made sure to put in people associated with MO in 1899. I saw the speech once when I was thumbing through a Bartlett's and had the "aha!" moment...
I was busy traveling the world in 1899.... why, I wouldn't have been caught dead in Missouri.....
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by wintergreen48 » Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:40 am
Vague Mini wrote:I think it's easier to make questions now without the PaF who could Google it up in 30 seconds.
Okay, another "you know it or you don't" one:
Missouri got the nickname The Show Me State after an 1899 speech by whom?
A. Willard Vandiver
B. Lon Vest Stephens
C. Samuel Clemens
D. William Torrey Harris
Should I put the answer here, or let the Googlers do the very easy looking?
I made sure to put in people associated with MO in 1899. I saw the speech once when I was thumbing through a Bartlett's and had the "aha!" moment...
Isn't Missouri also known as the 'Puke State'?
http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/mo_intro.htmInnocent, naive and whimsical. And somewhat footloose and fancy-free.
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by Vague Mini » Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:42 am
Samuel Clemens wrote:Vague Mini wrote:I think it's easier to make questions now without the PaF who could Google it up in 30 seconds.
Okay, another "you know it or you don't" one:
Missouri got the nickname The Show Me State after an 1899 speech by whom?
A. Willard Vandiver
B. Lon Vest Stephens
C. Samuel Clemens
D. William Torrey Harris
Should I put the answer here, or let the Googlers do the very easy looking?
I made sure to put in people associated with MO in 1899. I saw the speech once when I was thumbing through a Bartlett's and had the "aha!" moment...
I was busy traveling the world in 1899.... why, I wouldn't have been caught dead in Missouri.....
The speech was made in Philadelphia. I even knew that!!!
Huh? What?
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by littlebeast13 » Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:45 am
Vague Mini wrote:Samuel Clemens wrote:Vague Mini wrote:I think it's easier to make questions now without the PaF who could Google it up in 30 seconds.
Okay, another "you know it or you don't" one:
Missouri got the nickname The Show Me State after an 1899 speech by whom?
A. Willard Vandiver
B. Lon Vest Stephens
C. Samuel Clemens
D. William Torrey Harris
Should I put the answer here, or let the Googlers do the very easy looking?
I made sure to put in people associated with MO in 1899. I saw the speech once when I was thumbing through a Bartlett's and had the "aha!" moment...
I was busy traveling the world in 1899.... why, I wouldn't have been caught dead in Missouri.....
The speech was made in Philadelphia. I even knew that!!!
Then you should have made the distractors people associated with Philadelphia!
WC Fields
Mike Schmidt
Bob78164
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by Phil Ken Sebbin » Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:47 am
littlebeast13 wrote:Vague Mini wrote:Samuel Clemens wrote:
I was busy traveling the world in 1899.... why, I wouldn't have been caught dead in Missouri.....
The speech was made in Philadelphia. I even knew that!!!
Then you should have made the distractors people associated with Philadelphia!
WC Fields
Mike Schmidt
Bob78164
lb13
I was thinking more like
Charles Barkley
Tom Hanks
Cream Cheese
But your distractors would work too.
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by littlebeast13 » Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:48 am
Phil Ken Sebbin wrote:littlebeast13 wrote:Vague Mini wrote:
The speech was made in Philadelphia. I even knew that!!!
Then you should have made the distractors people associated with Philadelphia!
WC Fields
Mike Schmidt
Bob78164
lb13
I was thinking more like
Charles Barkley
Tom Hanks
Cream Cheese
But your distractors would work too.
I forgot Santa Claus.....
lb13
