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QoD July 10, 2008

#1 Post by andrewjackson » Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:57 am

QoD July 10, 2008

2 points per correct answer, 10 points if you get all four correct. Answer with a Spoiler tag in one post in this thread before noon CDT on Friday, July 11.

No outside sources allowed. Just take your best guess.


1. The Huang He River is better known by what colorful name?

2. Howard Hughes was born in what U.S. state?

3. What do the letters in “http” in web addresses stand for?

4. What country is the home of the sport of hurling?


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Re: QoD July 10, 2008

#2 Post by MarleysGh0st » Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:04 am

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1. The Huang He River is better known by what colorful name?

The Yellow River


2. Howard Hughes was born in what U.S. state?

Uh oh, I don't think the movie went back to his birth. Iowa?

3. What do the letters in “http” in web addresses stand for?

Hyper Text Transport Protocol

4. What country is the home of the sport of hurling?

Hmmm, what exactly is hurling. Something like the caber toss is my guess, so I'll say Scotland.

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#3 Post by wintergreen48 » Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:12 am

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1. Yellow River

2. Texas

3. Hyper Text Transmitting Protocol

4. Canada

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Re: QoD July 10, 2008

#4 Post by sunflower » Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:23 am

After my inability to answer ANY yesterday, maybe I'll redeem myself a little today...

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1. The Huang He River is better known by what colorful name?
Yellow

2. Howard Hughes was born in what U.S. state?
Texas

3. What do the letters in “http” in web addresses stand for?
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
(Professor Scott should be so proud that I actually learned that and remember that from my one MIS class 10 years ago!)

4. What country is the home of the sport of hurling?
Not sure on this one...I feel like it might be England so I'll go with that

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#5 Post by tlynn78 » Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:30 am

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1. Yellow
2. Texas
3. Hypertext Transfer Protocol
4. Ireland or Scotland...I'll go Scotland.

t.


dangit, sorry, just noticed I forgot to spoilerize. Sorry.
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#6 Post by gsabc » Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:42 am

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1. Yellow
2. WAG: California
3. hypertext transfer protocol
4. Scotland (or any other country with a heavy drinking problem)
I just ordered chicken and an egg from Amazon. I'll let you know.

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Re: QoD July 10, 2008

#7 Post by NellyLunatic1980 » Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:09 am

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1. Yellow River
2. I'll pick a Midwestern state... Kansas
3. hypertext transfer protocol
4. Scotland?

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Re: QoD July 10, 2008

#8 Post by jarnon » Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:14 am

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1. Yellow River
2. Texas
3. hypertext transfer protocol
4. Mexico

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#9 Post by Rexer25 » Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:25 am

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1. Yellow
2. Iowa
3. HyperText Transfer Protocol
4. Ireland
Enough already. It's my fault! Get over it!

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#10 Post by jsuchard » Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:55 am

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1. Yellow River
2. Oklahoma?
3. Hypertext transfer protocol
4. Ireland
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Re: QoD July 10, 2008

#11 Post by AnnieCamaro » Thu Jul 10, 2008 11:22 am

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andrewjackson wrote:QoD July 10, 2008

1. The Huang He River is better known by what colorful name?
I thought it was called the Huang Ho, but maybe that's not a nice thing to call a river. Anyway, I'm pretty sure it's the Yellow River in China.

2. Howard Hughes was born in what U.S. state?
Texas?

3. What do the letters in “http” in web addresses stand for?
Hypertext transfer protocol

4. What country is the home of the sport of hurling?
Australia, I guess. None of my best girlfriends play that game, unless maybe Oprah does.
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#12 Post by LookingForHumorPoints » Thu Jul 10, 2008 11:46 am

QoD July 10, 2008

2 points per correct answer, 10 points if you get all four correct. Answer with a Spoiler tag in one post in this thread before noon CDT on Friday, July 11.

No outside sources allowed. Just take your best guess.


1. The Huang He River is better known by what colorful name?

The Reddish-Yellow River

2. Howard Hughes was born in what U.S. state?

Tasmania

3. What do the letters in “http” in web addresses stand for?

Here's the tasty porn

4. What country is the home of the sport of hurling?

Bulimia


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#13 Post by AnnieCamaro » Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:08 pm

Mr. Looking, that was very funny.

I've been wanting to tell you something that I learned by watching my best girlfriend's television show, though. You should apply your lipstick with a lighter touch. Miss Oprah says that will give you a more natural and youthful look.

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#14 Post by mrkelley23 » Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:32 pm

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1. Yellow
2. Illinois
3. HyperText Transfer Protocol
4. Scotland
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Re: QoD July 10, 2008

#15 Post by tanstaafl2 » Thu Jul 10, 2008 1:18 pm

andrewjackson wrote:QoD July 10, 2008

2 points per correct answer, 10 points if you get all four correct. Answer with a Spoiler tag in one post in this thread before noon CDT on Friday, July 11.

No outside sources allowed. Just take your best guess.
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1. The Huang He River is better known by what colorful name?
Yellow River

2. Howard Hughes was born in what U.S. state?
A lone neuron in one of the dusty corners of my brain is screaming Texas. Having no better option I will go with that.

3. What do the letters in “http” in web addresses stand for?
Hypertext something protocol. Have been cogitating on the something for awhile now but drawing a blank. Hypertext typing protocol?

4. What country is the home of the sport of hurling?
The mother land, Ireland. That probably includes both versions of this particular sport...
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#16 Post by NellyLunatic1980 » Thu Jul 10, 2008 1:24 pm

LookingForHumorPoints wrote:3. What do the letters in “http” in web addresses stand for?

Here's the tasty porn
That was the best answer I've seen all week. :lol:

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Re: QoD July 10, 2008

#17 Post by Here's Fanny! » Thu Jul 10, 2008 1:41 pm

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QoD July 10, 2008

2 points per correct answer, 10 points if you get all four correct. Answer with a Spoiler tag in one post in this thread before noon CDT on Friday, July 11.

No outside sources allowed. Just take your best guess.


1. The Huang He River is better known by what colorful name?

The Yellow River


2. Howard Hughes was born in what U.S. state?

Texas

3. What do the letters in “http” in web addresses stand for?

Hypertext transfer protocol

4. What country is the home of the sport of hurling?

Ireland, you know from all that Guinness and Harp. Ha!
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#18 Post by Here's Fanny! » Thu Jul 10, 2008 1:44 pm

LookingForHumorPoints wrote:QoD July 10, 2008

2 points per correct answer, 10 points if you get all four correct. Answer with a Spoiler tag in one post in this thread before noon CDT on Friday, July 11.

No outside sources allowed. Just take your best guess.


1. The Huang He River is better known by what colorful name?

The Reddish-Yellow River

2. Howard Hughes was born in what U.S. state?

Tasmania

3. What do the letters in “http” in web addresses stand for?

Here's the tasty porn

4. What country is the home of the sport of hurling?

Bulimia


LFHP
Pretty good today, Cesar (did you know his friends called him Butch, even though he was decidedly not?). We were going for the same joke on #4, but I think mine is superior if only because it might be correct. Ha!
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Re: QoD July 10, 2008

#19 Post by KillerTomato » Thu Jul 10, 2008 2:29 pm

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1. The Huang He River is better known by what colorful name?

Yellow

2. Howard Hughes was born in what U.S. state?

Nevada? Probably not.

3. What do the letters in “http” in web addresses stand for?

Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol

4. What country is the home of the sport of hurling?

Yet another answer I know from a recent Pub Trivia game. This one asked for one of the two national sports of Ireland. IIRC, rugby (or a variation of it) was the other.

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#20 Post by a1mamacat » Thu Jul 10, 2008 2:57 pm

andrewjackson wrote:QoD July 10, 2008

2 points per correct answer, 10 points if you get all four correct. Answer with a Spoiler tag in one post in this thread before noon CDT on Friday, July 11.

No outside sources allowed. Just take your best guess.


1. The Huang He River is better known by what colorful name?

2. Howard Hughes was born in what U.S. state?

3. What do the letters in “http” in web addresses stand for?

4. What country is the home of the sport of hurling?


You still have a couple of hours to answer the July 9 questions if you have not done so already.

SPOILER
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SPACE
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Re: QoD July 10, 2008

#21 Post by T_Bone0806 » Thu Jul 10, 2008 4:04 pm

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1-Yellow
2-Texas
3-HowTheTimePasses (while you're waiting for the dang site to load)
4-Canada?
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#22 Post by VAdame » Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:30 pm

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1 - Yellow River (by I.P. Freeley!)

2 - WAG - Texas?

3 - Hypertext Transfer Protocol

4 - Hurling? Scotland??

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#23 Post by kroxquo » Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:07 pm

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1. The Huang He River is better known by what colorful name?

Yellow

2. Howard Hughes was born in what U.S. state?

Colorado is sticking in my mind for some reason but i'm pretty sure it's not right

3. What do the letters in “http” in web addresses stand for?

Pass

4. What country is the home of the sport of hurling?

If I was really clever I'd come up with a joke about vomiting but nothing's coming. I'm pretty sure there's something Celtic about this so I'll say Ireland
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Re: QoD July 10, 2008

#24 Post by JBillyGirl » Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:25 pm

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1. The Huang He River is better known by what colorful name? -- the Yellow River

2. Howard Hughes was born in what U.S. state? -- California?

3. What do the letters in “http” in web addresses stand for? -- (crossing fingers) hypertext transfer protocol?

4. What country is the home of the sport of hurling? -- Scotland? (yeah, I know maybe it's not a "country" but it's the best I can think of)

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Re: QoD July 10, 2008

#25 Post by TheConfessor » Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:30 pm

Spoiler
andrewjackson wrote:QoD July 10, 2008

2 points per correct answer, 10 points if you get all four correct. Answer with a Spoiler tag in one post in this thread before noon CDT on Friday, July 11.

No outside sources allowed. Just take your best guess.


1. The Huang He River is better known by what colorful name?
YELLOW RIVER

2. Howard Hughes was born in what U.S. state?
TEXAS

3. What do the letters in “http” in web addresses stand for?
HYPERTEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL

4. What country is the home of the sport of hurling?
IRELAND


You still have a couple of hours to answer the July 9 questions if you have not done so already.

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