brian@digi-g.UUCP (Merlyn Leroy <Brian Westley>) (12/03/84)
References: <Q: what causes the funny one-liners on Usenet?> Here is another wrong answer in vanilla Trivial Pursuit: "On the fifth day of Christmas, what did my true love give to me?" Their answer: Five golden rings The real answer: Five golden rings, four calling birds, three french hens, two turtledoves, and a partridge in a pear tree! In "Peanuts" Linus even calculated the totals (40 golden rings, 36 calling birds, 30 french hens, 22 turtledoves, 12 partridges in pear trees, etc.) This would be a good trick question if the answer was right, since most people would simply answer five golden rings, forgetting the rest. Merlyn Leroy "No funny quotes"
de@moscom.UUCP (01/02/85)
In Baby Boomer, I got the following question: Who resign as Israel's president on xx/xx/1963? Answer: David Ben-Gurion. And here all along I thought he was the Prime Minister -:))).
ag5@pucc-k (Henry Mensch) (01/05/85)
<<>> >In Baby Boomer, I got the following question: >Question: Who resign as Israel's president on xx/xx/1963? >Answer: David Ben-Gurion. >And here all along I thought he was the Prime Minister -:))). Funny; in the Genus edition they offer the question "Who was the first Prime Minister of Israel?" with the seemingly correct answer. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry C. Mensch | User Confuser | Purdue University User Services {ihnp4|decvax|ucbvax|purdue|uiucdcs|cbosgd|harpo}!pur-ee!pucc-i!ag5 ------------------------------------------------------------------- "If you can't be good, be careful. If you can't be careful, give me a call..."
stewart@ihldt.UUCP (R. J. Stewart) (01/07/85)
The other night I was playing TP and got the question: What is the least frequently used letter in English? The answer given was 'Q'. According to my (3) references on cryptanalysis, however, the true answer is 'Z'. What do people generally do in cases like this? Bob Stewart ihldt!stewart
kfl@hoxna.UUCP (Kenton Lee) (01/09/85)
xxx Here's another TP Genus error. I don't know if it was mentioned here before. The question was something like "who invented the point count system for contract bridge?". The answer given is the obvious one: Charles Goren. Goren did not invent the system, however, he standardized it, taught it, and published the best descriptions of it. In his book "Bridge is My Game", he denies having invented the system.
shaprkg@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Bob Shapiro) (01/10/85)
In article <431@hoxna.UUCP> kfl@hoxna.UUCP (Kenton Lee) writes: >xxx >Here's another TP Genus error. I don't know if it was mentioned >here before. The question was something like "who invented the >point count system for contract bridge?". The answer given is the >obvious one: Charles Goren. Goren did not invent the system, >however, he standardized it, taught it, and published the best >descriptions of it. In his book "Bridge is My Game", he denies >having invented the system. I believe the point count was invented by Bryant McCampbell in 1915 and publicized by Milton Work. Normally , however, most experts give Milton Work as the originator of the point count. (From The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge)
myeksie@uokvax.UUCP (01/10/85)
Another TP error that I haven't seen mentioned here before. It is a geography question in the Genus edition that was asked to me. The question goes something like 'What U.S. state has the lowest highest elevation at 60 feet?' (Their answer is Delaware.) I replied that this was impossible since the answer was Florida with a max elevation around 300 feet. Since they wouldn't believe me I went and got my trusty Almanac which proved me right. Delaware does, however, have the lowest AVERAGE elevation at 60 feet according to the Almanac. And they doubted someone who once lived in the Diamond State. (The only reason I knew this was because I was curious to know if there was a state with a lower higher elevation than Delaware's ~405 feet - just Florida). The Delaware Dean (a.k.a uokvax!myeksie)
rjw@ptsfc.UUCP (Rod Williams) (01/11/85)
>In Baby Boomer, I got the following question: > >Question: Who resign as Israel's president on xx/xx/1963? >Answer: David Ben-Gurion. > >And here all along I thought he was the Prime Minister -:))). David Ben-Gurion was indeed Israel's first Prime Minister but if my memory serves me, he was later dragged out of retirement to serve as President (titular head of state, but mostly a ceremonial position). L'chaim, -- Rod Williams dual!ptsfa!ptsfc!rjw
t2@fluke.UUCP (Tom Thompson) (01/14/85)
> Another TP error that I haven't seen mentioned here before. It > is a geography question in the Genus edition that was asked to me. > The question goes something like 'What U.S. state has the lowest > highest elevation at 60 feet?' (Their answer is Delaware.) > > I replied that this was impossible since the answer was Florida > with a max elevation around 300 feet. Since they wouldn't believe > me I went and got my trusty Almanac which proved me right. > Delaware does, however, have the lowest AVERAGE elevation at 60 > feet according to the Almanac. And they doubted someone who once > lived in the Diamond State. > > (The only reason I knew this was because I was curious to know if there > was a state with a lower higher elevation than Delaware's ~405 feet > - just Florida). > > The Delaware Dean (a.k.a uokvax!myeksie) *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** this is a test
lab@qubix.UUCP (Q-Bick) (01/14/85)
> >In Baby Boomer, I got the following question: > > > >Question: Who resign as Israel's president on xx/xx/1963? > >Answer: David Ben-Gurion. > > > >And here all along I thought he was the Prime Minister -:))). > > David Ben-Gurion was indeed Israel's first Prime Minister > but if my memory serves me, he was later dragged out of > retirement to serve as President (titular head of state, > but mostly a ceremonial position). > > Rod Williams > dual!ptsfa!ptsfc!rjw I just checked my 1963 Funk&Wagnalls: Ben-Gurion resigned as Prime Minister in June and was replaced by Eschol. The Presidency changed in 1963 in March (if I remember correctly) because the President (Shazar, I believe) DIED and was replaced by Ben-Zvi. -- The Ice Floe of Larry Bickford {amd,decwrl,sun,idi,ittvax}!qubix!lab You can't settle the issue until you've settled how to settle the issue.
mike@qtlon.UUCP (Mike Mccarthy) (01/15/85)
Referring to the relative frequencies of Z & Q in English, May I suggest that in U.S. English the character Z is much more common than in British English so that Q may be the least common letter in the U.S. and Z may be the least common letter in Britain ? Incidenatally how do people work out these frequencies ? Do they sample books newspapers etc and then multiply the frequencies by a weighting factor dependant on how many copies of each book/magazine are published :-)
de@moscom.UUCP (Dave Esan) (01/16/85)
> >In Baby Boomer, I got the following question: > > > >Question: Who resign as Israel's president on xx/xx/1963? > >Answer: David Ben-Gurion. > > > >And here all along I thought he was the Prime Minister -:))). > > David Ben-Gurion was indeed Israel's first Prime Minister > but if my memory serves me, he was later dragged out of > retirement to serve as President (titular head of state, > but mostly a ceremonial position). Sorry, he was called out of retirement to resume the Prime Ministership.