tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post5214672524428505856..comments2024-01-08T14:21:37.465-08:00Comments on Infinite Art Tournament: Decathlon Event #9 / Thursday Quiz XXXVIIMichael5000http://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-25759987958281337212008-05-17T19:40:00.000-07:002008-05-17T19:40:00.000-07:00Mrs.5000 rocks.Mrs.5000 rocks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-45505798578592273872008-05-16T17:48:00.000-07:002008-05-16T17:48:00.000-07:00Whoops, too late.Whoops, too late.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-68609821270555428252008-05-16T11:26:00.000-07:002008-05-16T11:26:00.000-07:00D'oh!Stoopid scrolling down deficit disorder I hav...D'oh!<BR/>Stoopid scrolling down deficit disorder I have....<BR/><BR/>For what it's worth, I woulda had one of the two I left off correct....DrSchnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13428753570121627382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-57967143129292795402008-05-16T09:25:00.000-07:002008-05-16T09:25:00.000-07:00That's the truth Dan!!!That's the truth Dan!!!Rebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12835352917180439099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-26604216968172729202008-05-16T06:54:00.000-07:002008-05-16T06:54:00.000-07:00Thank god for participation points.Thank god for participation points.Dan Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13981886295607717368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-36217733286913709772008-05-15T23:19:00.000-07:002008-05-15T23:19:00.000-07:00And the top ten contenders, with two events (up to...<B>And the top ten contenders, with two events (up to 2200 points) still in play:<BR/><BR/>Mrs.5000 6500<BR/>Phineas 6000<BR/>la gringissima 4900<BR/>Cartophiliac 4900<BR/>drschnell 4000<BR/>Rebel 3700<BR/>Fingers 3600<BR/>Karmasartre 3400<BR/>Elizabeth 3100<BR/>dan 3000<BR/><BR/>Don't give up hope, people! Her lead is slipping!</B>Michael5000https://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-65546800881216786452008-05-15T23:14:00.000-07:002008-05-15T23:14:00.000-07:00...and nichim! Geez, it was a MASSIVE tie for Fif...<B>...and nichim! Geez, it was a MASSIVE tie for Fifth...</B>Michael5000https://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-43600385632113688682008-05-15T23:12:00.000-07:002008-05-15T23:12:00.000-07:00...and Rebel! Rebel also was in that tie for Fift...<B>...and Rebel! Rebel also was in that tie for Fifth.</B>Michael5000https://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-25408038495508121392008-05-15T23:06:00.000-07:002008-05-15T23:06:00.000-07:00A huge day for Cartophiliac. He hit first and hit...<B><BR/>A huge day for Cartophiliac. He hit first and hit hard, racking up both the TQXXXVII Gold Star and First Place in the Decathlon event. With four Gold Stars in his trophy case, Cartophiliac finally breaks the record for most Gold Stars first set by Blythe all the way back at TQXI.<BR/><BR/>He also joins Becky as the second person ever to claim the rare Big Purple Asterisk for identifying a significant factual error in the quiz (the problem was corrected by the time most people got to it).<BR/><BR/><BR/>Phineas, like Carto, was 12/12 for TQ purposes, and takes the Silver Star. One point back, he takes second in the Decathlon Event.<BR/><BR/>La Gringissima, with 11/12, takes the Blue Star, her second. <BR/><BR/>With no Star this week, but sharing Third Place in Decathlon scoring with La Gringissima, is Mrs.5000.<BR/><BR/>DrSchnell, despite an incomplete entry, managed to pull enough answers together to tie for the Fifth-Place spot with two other contestents, Critical Bill and Boo.</B>Michael5000https://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-27514191502502339942008-05-15T22:50:00.000-07:002008-05-15T22:50:00.000-07:00OK, here goes:1. True2. I made 'em all up.3. Those...<B> OK, here goes:<BR/><BR/>1. True<BR/><BR/>2. I made 'em all up.<BR/><BR/>3. Those are all 10th Century events rather than 2nd Century events.<BR/><BR/>4. True<BR/><BR/>5. Those are all 3rd Century BCE events, not Fifth Century AD events.<BR/><BR/>6. True<BR/><BR/>7. Those are from a bunch of different centuries.<BR/><BR/>8. True<BR/><BR/>9. True<BR/><BR/>10. I just made those up.<BR/><BR/>11. Those came from a bunch of different centuries too.<BR/><BR/>12. True.<BR/></B>Michael5000https://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-81227669135636935552008-05-15T21:45:00.000-07:002008-05-15T21:45:00.000-07:00I almost left for my half hour walk at 9:30pm! Wou...I almost left for my half hour walk at 9:30pm! Would've missed the deadline. Not that I'm not just here for the participation points...history is my worst subject. I'm making all of this up.<BR/><BR/>1. No. Wasn't it the Goths? But maybe the Gauls sacked Rome, too. Maybe it was the fashionable thing to do.<BR/><BR/>2. No. I was not taught that China ever fell (completely) to Japan. Jin Dynasty existed alright, but not sure it was Japanese. But hey, I wouldn't be surprised if the history books just omitted that part. Or maybe I forgot. No, wait, maybe they were called the 'barbarian pirates', or something like that.<BR/><BR/>3. No. I think the Byzantine Empire reached its height a little later. But I'm probably wrong on that too. I just don't retain history.<BR/><BR/>4. Yes. <BR/><BR/>5. OK, sure, yes.<BR/><BR/>6. Yes.<BR/><BR/>7. OK, sure.<BR/><BR/>8. OK, yes.<BR/><BR/>9. Oh heck, yes.<BR/><BR/>10. If I say yes enough times, I'm bound to get a few of them right, so, yes.<BR/><BR/>11. Yes.<BR/><BR/>12. Yes.fingerstothebonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410312376236327398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-90348210834711664272008-05-15T21:22:00.000-07:002008-05-15T21:22:00.000-07:00holy crap.1. yes2. yes3. no4. yes5. no6. no7. no8....holy crap.<BR/><BR/>1. yes<BR/>2. yes<BR/>3. no<BR/>4. yes<BR/>5. no<BR/>6. no<BR/>7. no<BR/>8. yes<BR/>9. no<BR/>10. yes<BR/>11. no<BR/>12. yesDan Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13981886295607717368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-60913603253097087372008-05-15T18:53:00.000-07:002008-05-15T18:53:00.000-07:001. Is2. Isn't sounds later but I don't know when3....1. Is<BR/>2. Isn't sounds later but I don't know when<BR/>3. Isn't sounds earlier<BR/>4. No clue gonna say Isn't and made up<BR/>5. Is<BR/>6. Is<BR/>7. Isn't possibly later?<BR/>8. Isn't earlier sounding<BR/>9. Is?<BR/>10. Isn't maybe made up <BR/>11. Isn't sounds earlier<BR/>12. Is<BR/><BR/><BR/>This was hard. I liked it though and definitely am coming back to see the answers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-77811176952133957162008-05-15T18:37:00.000-07:002008-05-15T18:37:00.000-07:00@karma: Sentence corrected<B>@karma: Sentence corrected</B>Michael5000https://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-4862886421717328632008-05-15T17:58:00.000-07:002008-05-15T17:58:00.000-07:00Is there a word missing in the second part of the ...Is there a word missing in the second part of the second line in #5? or partial word? Thanks. Not that it'll help.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-91367202716050291192008-05-15T16:47:00.000-07:002008-05-15T16:47:00.000-07:00Phineas... I don't think you're taking it seriousl...Phineas... I don't think you're taking it seriously ENOUGH! ;) =P<BR/><BR/>1. sounds good - Is<BR/>2. Is not... I think you made this stuff up.<BR/>3. is not - different centuries like Erik the red was a few centuries later I think.<BR/>4. Is not? I question the whole Maize thing... it's a native grain and I think it would have been cultivated not long after people got there. <BR/>5. Is..possibly.<BR/>6. Sure why not.<BR/>7. oooh.... I going to guess no... I think all of that happened a bit later.<BR/>8. Is?<BR/>9. is<BR/>10. Nope... siltification? war of attrition? I think you made this stuff up.<BR/>11. In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue... and yup, the Inca fell to the Spanish. The rest sounds about right. - Is.<BR/>12. hmmm... tough... I think no. I think you're picking things from different centuries. European settlement of N. America sounds about right, but I think the Qing dynasty was earlier.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Dude, this one was really difficult. I'm not really confident about any of them.Rebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12835352917180439099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-55090587886306513722008-05-15T15:10:00.000-07:002008-05-15T15:10:00.000-07:00Phineas to Ms. Finn last night: "He hasn't done an...Phineas to Ms. Finn last night: "He hasn't done any flags yet. There are two days left. He's got to do flags. I'm going brush up on world flags and come to bed in a half hour or so." <BR/><BR/>Ms. Finn: "You're taking this decathlon thing a bit too seriously, aren't you?"McGuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14300113373059468207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-23589235779103470962008-05-15T15:02:00.000-07:002008-05-15T15:02:00.000-07:00Schnell....you're two questions shy of a load.Schnell....you're two questions shy of a load.McGuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14300113373059468207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-501105142147456712008-05-15T15:01:00.000-07:002008-05-15T15:01:00.000-07:00What a great quiz. But I don’t think it was “Extra...What a great quiz. <BR/><BR/>But I don’t think it was “Extra Hard”. With four clues contributing to the Is / Isn’t decision, it was easier than usual. For me, by having a Chinese reference (or Chinese invaders or visitors) in nearly every question, it creates a baseline to work from and covered other gaps, uncertainties and confusion nicely. <BR/>1. Yes<BR/>2. No – made up<BR/>3. No – mixed up centuries<BR/>4. Yes – Ms. Finn is buying a new set of Romance of the Three Kingdoms for my B-day this month. Yeah. <BR/>5. Nope – all should be BC<BR/>6. Uh-oh – no China reference. Don’t know from Axum and Sassanids. Since Islam sounds exactly right, gonna go Yes here. <BR/>7. Nope – mixed up. Thanks for returning to form with Marco. <BR/>8. Toughest one. Real but unfamiliar. Make or break guess = yes. <BR/>9. Yep. Genghis, Mongols, Magna <BR/>10. Unreal. War of Attrition. Hah.<BR/>11. Nope – Incas later. Not enough years between 1492 and 1499. Off by a century or few each direction<BR/>12. Yessir. Qing Dynasty.McGuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14300113373059468207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-40086474958804047642008-05-15T13:48:00.000-07:002008-05-15T13:48:00.000-07:001.yes2. No (Romans never conquered W. Africa, Japa...1.yes<BR/>2. No (Romans never conquered W. Africa, Japan never conquered China, No cities in indigenous Aussieland, smallpox didn't do that in Britain, it did to the new world centuries later<BR/>3. No. Byzantine was later (8th century?) Mayans fell later (14th century? It was pre-Spaniards anyway, I think), China did that in some other century. Let's say the 8th, just for kicks. Erik the Red did that some other time. Let's say the 14th century.<BR/>4. No. Roman empire fragmented into two sections, not three. Don't think that ever happened to the Chinese at all. Maize cultivation happened earlier in N. America? <BR/>5. Sure, why not?<BR/>6. Yes<BR/>7. No - all of these in 11th century.<BR/>8. Yes<BR/>9. "How many boards could the Mongols horde if the Mongol hordes got bored?" Um, I mean yes.<BR/>10. No. I'd say you're making all this crap up.DrSchnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13428753570121627382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-4431625163229806612008-05-15T13:15:00.000-07:002008-05-15T13:15:00.000-07:00Oh my. You know, there's a lot of incentive to com...Oh my. You know, there's a lot of incentive to come up with "yes" answers, because then you can stop thinking about it and move on. But I suppose that's defeatist thinking. . . <BR/><BR/>1 Yes<BR/>2 No. Wicked concoctions. <BR/>3 No. The second century seems too early for all of these. I'm saying they're, oh, sixth century. <BR/>4 Yes<BR/>5 No. I'm going to put them all earlier, say second century B.C.<BR/>6 Yes<BR/>7 No. All different centuries, I think. <BR/>Moors in Spain-8th <BR/>Normans in England-11th<BR/>Marco Polo in China-12th<BR/>Charlemagne-9th <BR/>8 Yes<BR/>9 No. And God help me, I think they're all different. <BR/>Genghis Khan-11th <BR/>Magna Carta-15th<BR/>Fourth Crusade-14th<BR/>Constantinople-3rd<BR/>10 No. Wild prevarications.<BR/>11 Yes<BR/>12 Yes <BR/>Well, I'm quite worn out now. . . don't quite have energy. . . for dispirited comments. . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-63251424018250396732008-05-15T09:16:00.000-07:002008-05-15T09:16:00.000-07:001. Sure, why not2. No way3. Classic Mayan downfall...1. Sure, why not<BR/>2. No way<BR/>3. Classic Mayan downfall was later I think, so I'll say no.<BR/>4. Yeah, ok.<BR/>5. Yeah.<BR/>6. No<BR/>7. Yeah.<BR/>8. No.<BR/>9. Yeah.<BR/>10. No.<BR/>11. No. Incas not conquered until 15something, Crusades at an earlier date.<BR/>12. Yeah.<BR/><BR/>Obviously I am doomed to repeat history.Nichimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07359298496725231902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-67999393854355112532008-05-15T08:43:00.000-07:002008-05-15T08:43:00.000-07:001. Is2. Isn't3. Isn't4. Is5. Is6. Isn't7. Isn't8. ...1. Is<BR/>2. Isn't<BR/>3. Isn't<BR/>4. Is<BR/>5. Is<BR/>6. Isn't<BR/>7. Isn't<BR/>8. Is<BR/>9. Is<BR/>10. Isn't<BR/>11. Isn't<BR/>12. Is<BR/><BR/>InsidiousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-56880775879233410562008-05-15T07:12:00.000-07:002008-05-15T07:12:00.000-07:00Just glanced at cartophiliac and la gringissima's ...Just glanced at cartophiliac and la gringissima's answers.<BR/><BR/>Sigh.<BR/><BR/>I am constantly amazed at my own ignorance. Back to the books ...Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12772824060632731065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-45844510103986406852008-05-15T06:56:00.000-07:002008-05-15T06:56:00.000-07:001. Is.2. Isn't.3. Isn't - s/b 900s I think.4. Is.5...1. Is.<BR/>2. Isn't.<BR/>3. Isn't - s/b 900s I think.<BR/>4. Is.<BR/>5. Is.<BR/>6. Isn't.<BR/>7. Is.<BR/>8. Isn't.<BR/>9. Is.<BR/>10. Isn't.<BR/>11. Is.<BR/>12. Is.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12772824060632731065noreply@blogger.com