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Borodino posted 11-16-98 09:52 PM ET
This is the first in a projected series of trivia quizes.
The first person to answer all sixteen questions in each quiz correctly will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to Hope, the PK capital. Spend five days and four nights in the largest domed city on Planet. Stay in the posh Demeter Hotel, tour the world-famous Garland Musuem of Earth, visit the lush Kellogg Zoological Gardens, hear the Hope Symphony Orchestra, and attend the Championship Game of the the AC Football League when the Peacekeeper Blue Hats play the undefeated Believer Crusaders!
[Please ignore all typos.]
Borodino posted 11-16-98 09:53 PM ET
Hint: all answers in this quiz begin with "PAT".
1) A terrace for outside eating or lounging
2) A head of a family, as in the Bible
3) To mend
4) An inventor's license
5) A benefactor
6) The ability to outlast hardship
7) A pastry filled with meat
8) The sound of rain
9) A national hero
10) A roving guard
11) An American general of WWII
12) Feelings of sympathy or pity
13) The upperclass of Rome
14) The study of disease
15) A green film on copper
16) A region of South America
Brother Greg posted 11-16-98 10:13 PM ET
Dang, I can get all but 15. But seeing as I am a PK anyway, I don't really need the trip do I?
Brother Greg.
Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey posted 11-16-98 10:18 PM ET
I can get a few...
1.)PATio
2.)??
3.)PATch
4.)PATent
5.)??
6.)??
7.)??
8.)??
9.)PATron
10.)??
11.)PATton
12-16)???????
Well, I got a few, I've never been one with words, I never needed to make my point with 'big' words. Simple is enough for me
Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general,
YYYH
SnowFire posted 11-16-98 10:29 PM ET
Without looking at YYYH's post, I can't get 6,7,9, 12, or 15. Hmm....
Spoe posted 11-16-98 10:30 PM ET
1) patio
2) patriarch
3) patch
4) patent
5) patron
6) patient
7) patty
8) patter
9) patriot
10) patrolman
11) Patton
12) pathos
13) patrician
14) pathology
15) patina
16) Patagonia
correct?
Spoe posted 11-16-98 10:32 PM ET
I would hope YYYH would get Patton.
Here's one in the same vein(starting with pat):
A synonym for "head".
talon54 posted 11-16-98 10:36 PM ET
How about You dont know Jack SMAC
The despotic Roman Emperor who discovered a healthy skin care product? (Combination of 2 names)
Arnelos posted 11-16-98 10:39 PM ET
damn Spoe, you got to it first
Q Cubed posted 11-16-98 10:42 PM ET
hey spoe: is it pate?
Spoe posted 11-16-98 10:43 PM ET
Indeed.
SnowFire posted 11-16-98 10:44 PM ET
I fell dumb for not getting 6,7,9 and 12, but I never heard of patina. Interesting...
SnowFire posted 11-16-98 10:52 PM ET
Here's some fairly easy ones:
17) A bone in the body.
18) A sequence that you can predict the next part, or what's on your tablecloth.
19) Claimed he banished the snakes from a certain island.
20) Buddy of Achilles.
Spoe posted 11-16-98 11:00 PM ET
17) patella(aka knee cap)
18) pattern
19) Patrick, Saint
20) Patroclus
Interesting bit of trivia: The term "Achilles� heel" was first used by a Dutch anatomist, Verheyden, in 1693 when he dissected his own amputated leg.
Spoe posted 11-16-98 11:03 PM ET
Here's a few more:
21) An Indian perfume/scent of incense.
22) The fold of skin connecting the fore and hind limgs on a flying squirrel.
23) Name derived from your father.
talon54 posted 11-17-98 01:51 AM ET
you get a pat on the back for all these
MikeH II posted 11-17-98 09:29 AM ET
24) The ex-butcher of Albert square.
DJ RRebel posted 11-17-98 10:40 AM ET
25> Jean-Luc Picard
26> Something you can get on the back !!!
Roland posted 11-17-98 10:46 AM ET
On 24): Pat Buchanan ? Patty Smith ?
CClark posted 11-17-98 12:38 PM ET
21) ???
22) ???
23) PATernal (?)
24) ???
25) PATrick Stewart
26) PAT
Brother Greg posted 11-19-98 08:42 PM ET
Roland, you're right on the land bridge.
And one of your guesses was right - AC/DC.
Tolls, yep, San Fran. Wrong on the happy bit tho. Bit of a play on words by me there (explain below).
Spoe, yes, and yes. Ayer's rock is the largest above ground "rock" or monolith known to the world. And a "blue" or a "stink" is indeed a fight.
Anyway, the answers (in full):
1. Captain Arthur Phillip.
2. Because they are the only two land based animals in Australia (I think it is the world actually) that are unable to walk backwards.
3. The great barrier reef is the largest corral reef in the world.
4. Ayers Rock is the largest known above ground rock, or monolith int he world.
5. (Damn, I was hoping someone could answer this, my memory's a bit vague on the names). The then governor general, sir Ninian Stephens, dismissed the government of Gough Whitlam, and Robert Menzies made that famous statement. In Australia, the Queen of England is the nominal head of state, and the Gov General her representative. One of the arguments for a Republic involve the Queen not being our ruler.
6. Harold Holt was an Australian Prime Minister. One day he went swimming at a beach in Victoria (Bell's, I think), when he disappeared. To "Do the Harold Holt" is Australian Rhyming Slang for "to do the bolt", in reference to Mr Holt. Australian Rhyming Slang is when we refer to things by words that rhyme with them. Like Rubber Duck is a truck. A Barry Crocker is a shocker.
7. General Douglas MacArthur. Can't believe none of the Americans got this one.
8. AC/DC
9. Craig Johnson. He won the FA cup with Liverpool.
10. Via he land bridge from Asia, thousands of years ago.
11. Brolly is slang for an umbrella.
12. Sheila is slang for a woman. A man is a "bloke".
13. Australia has a beer called "XXXX", pronounced Fourex. In America, Fourex (or something that sounds the same is a brand of condom. The theme song for the beer in Australia is "I can feel a fourex coming on". Rather ammusing, and a little shocking at first for our American friends when they first hear it.
14. A "blue" or a "stink" is slang for a fight.
15. King's Cross was originally called Queen's Cross. Which is rather ammusing, as it is now the home of Sydney's gay and lesbian communities, and our sex industry in Sydney (the place all the US sailors go when the ships come in ).
16. San Francisco.
17. They're both so "Happy" because they are the two cities with the largest gay and lesbian communities in the world. Bit of a play on words, in that "Gay" really means to be happy.
So, there you go, a little knowledge about Australia. If you want to know about our political system, go see the "Questions for Brother Greg" thread, where a few people wanted to know about our government and stuff.
I'll come up with some more later if anyone is interested.
Spoe posted 11-17-98 04:00 PM ET
27) The home of the author of the Book of Revelations.
CClark, 23, wrong.
Spoe posted 11-17-98 04:03 PM ET
24) Pat Butcher?
Tolls posted 11-20-98 07:51 AM ET
I knew that, Greg...just being subtle...
SnowFire posted 11-17-98 05:58 PM ET
21) ?
22)patagium (score one for my biology teacher!)
23) patrononomic?
24) Patmos.

A real easy one this is...
28) Microsoft calls them upgrades and charges you for them.
also try these..
29) The dialect of a region. (originally French)
30) The sytem that the Dutch used in New Holland to encourage rich people to move there.
Spoe posted 11-17-98 06:50 PM ET
Snowfire:
Correct on those three(though your 24 is actually 27 and its spelled patronymic).
21 is patchouli
28) patches
29) patois
30) ???
jonesEv posted 11-17-98 07:00 PM ET
31)Common prayer
DHE_X2 posted 11-17-98 07:05 PM ET
Hey! its PAT! its time for androginy(major sp.). Man, its like Berlin in the 20's....damn...
Spoe posted 11-17-98 07:10 PM ET
31) paternoster
jonesEv posted 11-17-98 07:29 PM ET
Trivia: A Tribute
Hint: these all begin with:
SPO
1)Lampoon
2)Cafeteria Hybrid
3)A means of reproduction
4)Advocate
5)Loot
6)A member of the intelligence community
7)Fecal matter
8)Hyper-rational officer
9)Intermittent
Kurn posted 11-17-98 08:04 PM ET
Wow! These things are kinda tough, I only got like 15 so far
Synthetic posted 11-17-98 08:14 PM ET
spoof
spork
spontaneous (asexual budding?)
spout (I'll spout at length that this is the correct answer, although it isn't)
spoils
spook
spoor
spock
spotty
Spoe posted 11-17-98 08:28 PM ET
10) My handle.
Ok, it's an easy one.
4) Spokesman
Spoe posted 11-17-98 08:38 PM ET
Here's a few beginning with PRO
1) The star closest to Earth aside from the Sun(ok, so it's a gimme).
2) Thinking ahead.
3) Chance.
4) A single celled creature.
5) Likely.
6) Where you take a will.
7) Reproduce.
8) In Roman politics, last year's consul if still a governor.
9) Supervisor.
10) Shield.
11) To obtain.
12) What the Morganites like.
13) A face seen from the side.
14) A teacher.
15) What relieves SMAC Addiction?
Ok, mostly vocabulary, but have a go.
jonesEv posted 11-17-98 08:38 PM ET
Actually, 3) is spore, spoe is right on 4), and 9) is sporadic
SnowFire posted 11-17-98 08:40 PM ET
3) spores
11) Dog name in famous text
12) Thread is on this
13) Two accented syllables
jonesEv posted 11-17-98 08:56 PM ET
1)Proxima Centauri
2)Prognosticate?
3)Probability
4)Prokaryote
5)Probable
6)Probate
7)Procreate
8)Proconsul(what's with all this roman stuff?
9)
10)Protect
11)Procure
12)Profits
13)Profile
14)Professor
15)Prodigious amounts of alcohol
btw anyone using a dictionary will be shot on sight. I had to think a while to get these
16)Wasteful, foolish
17)Swear (2)
18)World's first Bic man
19)Extend
20)Laborer
21)Walk
22)Measure of potency
23)agitation/________
24)Strongly advocate
25)Skill
26)Device for routing requests through non standard ports
jonesEv posted 11-17-98 09:02 PM ET
btw, use a prefix when answering puzzles, like:
SPO:
11)Spot
12)Spool
Spoe posted 11-17-98 09:16 PM ET
For PRO:
2) No(at least not what I was thinking of). Try this definition: anticipating future needs.
4) Works, but I was thinking of a different term.
15) No. Inside joke. ProSMAC(after Prozac), though I suppose your answer might work too.
Other than that, bang on.
Borodino posted 11-17-98 09:31 PM ET
I never anticipated this sort of response. It's getting kinda confusing seperating quiz from answer's [perhaps a seperate thread for answers is in order?]
Anyway, here's my next group:
1 - West African nation with capital at Libreville
2 - A fishing spear
3 - A collection of stars, nebulea, and dust
4 - A device used to measure electric current
5 - To choke, or alternately, a practical joke
6 - A long ship proppelled by oars
7 - French for "waiter"
8 - Nototrious Chinese group from the Cultural Revolution
9 - An outbuilding with a pointed roof
10 - Another term for gun caliber
11 - Buddha's real name
12 - An Isreali-held Palestinian territory bordering Egypt
13 - A periodical or newspaper
14 - A phase of matter able to attain the size and shape of its container
15 - A contest
16 - A measure of liquid measurement
jsorense posted 11-17-98 09:37 PM ET
Things that start with "ga" right?
jonesEv posted 11-17-98 09:45 PM ET
More PROs
27)Throwable object
28)Prevents 7)
29)Classic mafia racket/euphemism for 28)
30)Stalk
31)Prediction
32)Device used to herd cattle
33)A curse
34)Decent
35)Biblical destination
36)My Favorite food (this one's tough)
37)Amino acids can form these
38)Rations
39)Edible plants
40)A favored student
jonesEv posted 11-17-98 09:51 PM ET
GA:
1)Gambia
2)
3)Galaxy
4)
5)Garrote? (that's one hell of a joke)
6)Galleon
7)Gar�on (and its boy)
8)
9)Gazebo
10)Gauge
11)
12)Gaza
13)Gazette
14)Gas
15)Game
16)Gallon
jonesEv posted 11-17-98 10:05 PM ET
Its not hard to separate the answers ( they all begin with the same three letters for some strange reason). OK now I'm about to take this to another level:
Random Question�s:
1)Where is Khartoum?
2)What was the Green Revolution?
3)What US president suspended writs of habeus corpus?
4)What does the verb form of crone mean?
5)Name three uses of the term 'eight-ball'.
6)What does 'kung fu' mean literally?
7)Name two actors in 'Death Race 2000'.
Spoe posted 11-17-98 10:27 PM ET
Randoms:
1) Sudan
2)
3) George Washington(Whiskey Rebellion?)
4)
5) A ball on the table in billiards, in the phrase "behind the eight-ball", and a fortune telling toy
6)
7) Sylvester Stallone, David Carradine (run down some more nurses!)
Here's one, what is the Ngorongoro crater, where is it, and what is its significance?
Spoe posted 11-17-98 10:45 PM ET
Random:
3) Or was it Lincoln, US Civil War?
Spoe posted 11-17-98 10:46 PM ET
Random:
9) Which president(s) of the US have commanded armies in the field while in office?
Roland posted 11-18-98 05:30 AM ET
Random:
2) Increase in agriculture production due to new techniques
3) Uhm... one around 1800 if it is what I mean, but I'd have to look it up, so that doesn't count.
jonesEv posted 11-18-98 01:50 PM ET
3) was Lincoln
What's 'behind the eight-ball' mean?
jsorense posted 11-18-98 02:10 PM ET
Borodino's GA
1.
2. Gaff
3.
4. Gauge
5. Gag
6. Galley
7.
8. Gang of Four
9.
10.
11. Gary?
Spoe posted 11-18-98 03:17 PM ET
"behind the eight-ball" means to be in a tough position. Comes from the difficult situation of having one of your balls(no, no, get your minds out of the gutter) between the eight-ball and a pocket(the idea being to only sink the eight-ball _after_ all of your own) in pool.
Roland posted 11-18-98 03:35 PM ET
Spoe, that's DISGUSTING!
Trivia question: is the next great nation II a nexus or not ?
A bit more serious:
Roland Random Roman:
1) Which roman emperor renounced his christian faith ?
2) Which roman* emperor attempted the "renovatio imperii" and succeeded in part ?
3) Which roman emperor murdered his own son ?
* You could argue about the "roman" there, but IMO it is correct
jonesEv posted 11-18-98 05:14 PM ET
Regarding the PRO words:
My favaorite food is neither provolone nor is it proscuitto, nor propane, nor Pronto Pup hot dogs...
jonesEv posted 11-18-98 05:16 PM ET
And if no one post correct replies to the PRO set within twenty four hours, I'm posting answers.
jonesEv posted 11-18-98 05:20 PM ET
And a better clue for 18)PRO would be World's first fireman.
Spoe posted 11-18-98 07:23 PM ET
Here's a few off the top of my head.
PRO:
17) Profane
18) Prometheus
19) Project
27) Projectile
28) Prophylactic
29) Protection
31) Prognostication
32) Prod
35) Promised land
37) Proteins
38) Provisions
40) Prodigy
Roland: Yes.
SnowFire posted 11-18-98 10:42 PM ET
Off the top of my head, Eisenhower was CINC Europe; Grant was, well, duh; George Washington; Teddy Roosevelt; and some of the presidents in the time after Grant, when the Republican party's main strategy was to remind the country who won the war.
Spoe posted 11-18-98 10:52 PM ET
If you're answering my question about the presidents, I meant commanded an army in the field _while_ they were president, not before or after their term of office.
Brother Greg posted 11-18-98 11:52 PM ET
A question or two about Australia for you non-aussies (you poor sods):
1. Who was the first governor of Australia (some of the Poms should know this one I think)?
2. Why are the emu and the kangaroo featured on the Australian Coat of Arms?
3. What is the claim to fame of the Great Barrier Reef?
4. What is the claim to fame of Ayers Rock?
5. Who said "Well may we say God Save the Queen. Because nothing will save the governor general", and why?
6. What is the significance of the saying "to do the Harold Holt"?
7. Who was commander in chief of the Australian forces in the Pacific during WWII?
8. What is the highest selling Australian rock and roll band?
9. Who was the first Australian to play in the English 1st division (soccer), and what was his greatest achievement?
10. How did the aborigines get to Australia?
11. What's a "brolly"?
12. What's a "sheila"?
13. What Australian beer brand has a rather unfortunate (humerous) song to an American?
14. What is a "blue"?
15. What was the original name of "King's Cross", and what is so ironic about it?
I doubt that you'll be able too answer many of these, so I'll drop the answers in tomorrow. Hope you'll enjoy them.
Brother Greg.
Imran Siddiqui posted 11-19-98 02:01 AM ET
Um, Spoe, did any sitting President lead teh troops? If there is an answer, I'd say Washington in the Whiskey Rebellion, although I don't think that is right.
Anyway, Greg's questions
2.)An emu and a kangeroo can't walk backwards so it signifies Austrialia's unwilingness to back down
3.)largest barrier reef in the world
8.)Men at Work (?)
Imran Siddiqui
Patriot
Brother Greg posted 11-19-98 02:17 AM ET
Damn Imran, you weren't supposed to get #2, that was supposed to be a hard one.
Yeah, they're the only two ground based animals (can't remember if it is just in Australia, or the world) that are unable to walk backwards (or back down as you put it).
Damn, sounds just like me, doesn't it?
3. Almost. Just leave out the barrier part. Largest corral reef in the world.
8. Nope, try again.
Brother Greg the kangaroo.
Brother Greg posted 11-19-98 02:26 AM ET
Actually, another couple:
16. What is Sydney's sister city in the US?
17. Why are these two cities so happy?
Brother Greg.
Roland posted 11-19-98 06:21 AM ET
Greg, that are really tough questions.
8. INXS ? ACDC ?
10. Over the then land bridge between australia and asia, so via indonesia, in essential.
No one know the romans ?
Why is the first real nexus on this board so shamefully ignored ?
Tolls posted 11-19-98 09:32 AM ET
16. San Francisco..
17. Because they're both full of jolly people?
I used to live in Sydney...
8. I'll go with AC/DC on this one.
10. Either that or they paddled, but I seem to remember a land bridge came into it somewhere.
Spoe posted 11-19-98 05:11 PM ET
That's right, Washington went into the field during the Whisky Rebellion, with his headquarters at the Espy house in Bedford, PA.
Spoe posted 11-19-98 05:19 PM ET
Australia:
4) Ayer's rock is the largest monolith in the world.
14) A fight?
Brother Greg posted 11-19-98 08:44 PM ET
Roland, you're right on the land bridge.
And one of your guesses was right - AC/DC.
Tolls, yep, San Fran. Wrong on the happy bit tho. Bit of a play on words by me there (explain below).
Spoe, yes, and yes. Ayer's rock is the largest above ground "rock" or monolith known to the world. And a "blue" or a "stink" is indeed a fight.
Anyway, the answers (in full):
1. Captain Arthur Phillip.
2. Because they are the only two land based animals in Australia (I think it is the world actually) that are unable to walk backwards.
3. The great barrier reef is the largest corral reef in the world.
4. Ayers Rock is the largest known above ground rock, or monolith int he world.
5. (Damn, I was hoping someone could answer this, my memory's a bit vague on the names). The then governor general, sir Ninian Stephens, dismissed the government of Gough Whitlam, and Robert Menzies made that famous statement. In Australia, the Queen of England is the nominal head of state, and the Gov General her representative. One of the arguments for a Republic involve the Queen not being our ruler.
6. Harold Holt was an Australian Prime Minister. One day he went swimming at a beach in Victoria (Bell's, I think), when he disappeared. To "Do the Harold Holt" is Australian Rhyming Slang for "to do the bolt", in reference to Mr Holt. Australian Rhyming Slang is when we refer to things by words that rhyme with them. Like Rubber Duck is a truck. A Barry Crocker is a shocker.
7. General Douglas MacArthur. Can't believe none of the Americans got this one.
8. AC/DC
9. Craig Johnson. He won the FA cup with Liverpool.
10. Via he land bridge from Asia, thousands of years ago.
11. Brolly is slang for an umbrella.
12. Sheila is slang for a woman. A man is a "bloke".
13. Australia has a beer called "XXXX", pronounced Fourex. In America, Fourex (or something that sounds the same is a brand of condom. The theme song for the beer in Australia is "I can feel a fourex coming on". Rather ammusing, and a little shocking at first for our American friends when they first hear it.
14. A "blue" or a "stink" is slang for a fight.
15. King's Cross was originally called Queen's Cross. Which is rather ammusing, as it is now the home of Sydney's gay and lesbian communities, and our sex industry in Sydney (the place all the US sailors go when the ships come in ).
16. San Francisco.
17. They're both so "Happy" because they are the two cities with the largest gay and lesbian communities in the world. Bit of a play on words, in that "Gay" really means to be happy.
So, there you go, a little knowledge about Australia. If you want to know about our political system, go see the "Questions for Brother Greg" thread, where a few people wanted to know about our government and stuff.
I'll come up with some more later if anyone is interested.
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