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I thought i'd join in. Not to spam or anything, but to test you!!!
I'll list a few quiz thingies, the first one to get them ALL right, wins... well... wins basically.
Don't post partial answers, since you win nothing for giving away half the answers to whoever eventually gets them all right.
This is the first quiz of this type I will do, and, with my usual mentality with such things, it's all about words.
Film quotes; name the movie from which each quote was taken for a point each (those familiar with Total Film magazine should be familiar with these.)
1) "Take it, take the ****ing elephant"
2) "You came in that thing? You're braver than i thought!"
3) "you're entering a world of pain man, a world of pain."
4) "I'm the dude. Or the dudester, or his dudeness..."
5) "What I do want, is for you to stand there in your faggoty white uniform and extend me some ****ing courtesy. YOU HAVE TO ASK ME NICELY"
The latin section: oh so easy, everyone knows a latin phrase or two, and why not. translate correctly for a point each. I've given hints, since i don't expect most of you to really be able to get them otherwise...
1) Nemo me impune lacessit (actually printed on the side of many a pound coin...)
2) Morituri te salutamus (spoken in english in "Gladiator" the Russell Crowe film)
3) Ipsa scientia potestas est (possibly the truest thing ever said, and truer every day as technology makes it so.)
random stuff. totally random questions, fortunately few in number but worth plenty of points.
1) the tag [deletia] in an e-mail denotes what exactly? (3 points)
2) What is a Haiku - full explanation plz. (4 points)
total of 15 points.
GO!!!
I'll list a few quiz thingies, the first one to get them ALL right, wins... well... wins basically.
Don't post partial answers, since you win nothing for giving away half the answers to whoever eventually gets them all right.
This is the first quiz of this type I will do, and, with my usual mentality with such things, it's all about words.
Film quotes; name the movie from which each quote was taken for a point each (those familiar with Total Film magazine should be familiar with these.)
1) "Take it, take the ****ing elephant"
2) "You came in that thing? You're braver than i thought!"
3) "you're entering a world of pain man, a world of pain."
4) "I'm the dude. Or the dudester, or his dudeness..."
5) "What I do want, is for you to stand there in your faggoty white uniform and extend me some ****ing courtesy. YOU HAVE TO ASK ME NICELY"
The latin section: oh so easy, everyone knows a latin phrase or two, and why not. translate correctly for a point each. I've given hints, since i don't expect most of you to really be able to get them otherwise...
1) Nemo me impune lacessit (actually printed on the side of many a pound coin...)
2) Morituri te salutamus (spoken in english in "Gladiator" the Russell Crowe film)
3) Ipsa scientia potestas est (possibly the truest thing ever said, and truer every day as technology makes it so.)
random stuff. totally random questions, fortunately few in number but worth plenty of points.
1) the tag [deletia] in an e-mail denotes what exactly? (3 points)
2) What is a Haiku - full explanation plz. (4 points)
total of 15 points.
GO!!!
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Mystique wrote:
> Haiku-
> A Japanese lyric verse form having three unrhymed lines of five,
> seven, and five syllables, traditionally invoking an aspect of nature
> or the seasons.
OOH LOOK. I'D ALMOST FORGOTTEN HOW TO USE THE INTERNET TO SEARCH FOR TEH ANSWERS.
Guess I didn't say that was against the rules, so full points on that (1, poem, 2, origin, 3 non-rhyme, 4 syllable count and format)
> Haiku-
> A Japanese lyric verse form having three unrhymed lines of five,
> seven, and five syllables, traditionally invoking an aspect of nature
> or the seasons.
OOH LOOK. I'D ALMOST FORGOTTEN HOW TO USE THE INTERNET TO SEARCH FOR TEH ANSWERS.
Guess I didn't say that was against the rules, so full points on that (1, poem, 2, origin, 3 non-rhyme, 4 syllable count and format)
Haiku-
A Japanese lyric verse form having three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables, traditionally invoking an aspect of nature or the seasons.
A Japanese lyric verse form having three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables, traditionally invoking an aspect of nature or the seasons.
Semajal wrote:
> 2) Morituri te salutamus (spoken in english in "Gladiator"
> the Russell Crowe film)
>
> something to do with death. hmmmmmmmmmm its not greet death is it??
>
> i was never any good at latin
a 1 point question, and you're offering a part answer. You want 1/4 of a point?
> 2) Morituri te salutamus (spoken in english in "Gladiator"
> the Russell Crowe film)
>
> something to do with death. hmmmmmmmmmm its not greet death is it??
>
> i was never any good at latin
a 1 point question, and you're offering a part answer. You want 1/4 of a point?
2) Morituri te salutamus (spoken in english in "Gladiator" the Russell Crowe film)
something to do with death. hmmmmmmmmmm its not greet death is it??
i was never any good at latin
something to do with death. hmmmmmmmmmm its not greet death is it??
i was never any good at latin
Your Honour wrote:
> Grix, I think a Haiku has 11 syllables, not 11 words.
>
> But I could be wrong.
you could, and you are. So was Grix though. But Grix was MORE wrong than you are...
> Grix, I think a Haiku has 11 syllables, not 11 words.
>
> But I could be wrong.
you could, and you are. So was Grix though. But Grix was MORE wrong than you are...
$lik wrote:
> Random question
>
> 1.) i'm not entirely sure and therefore should'nt really be bothering
> to come up with a guess but what the hell, deletia i think is
> something to do with the spacing of the @ symbol and the placing of
> the .'s in an e-mail address.
>
> (this is the bit where everyone shouts at me for getting it wrong :(
> )
> slik ~_~
i'll give you one point for that, but i won't tell you for which part.
> Random question
>
> 1.) i'm not entirely sure and therefore should'nt really be bothering
> to come up with a guess but what the hell, deletia i think is
> something to do with the spacing of the @ symbol and the placing of
> the .'s in an e-mail address.
>
> (this is the bit where everyone shouts at me for getting it wrong :(
> )
> slik ~_~
i'll give you one point for that, but i won't tell you for which part.
Grix Thraves wrote:
> 1) Ermm... (0)
> 2) A New Hope. (1)
> 3) Big Lebrowski. (1)
> 4) Big Lebrowski...(1)
> 5) Nope.(0)
>
> Don't get me started on Latin...(0)
>
>
> 2) What is a Haiku?
>
> Trying to think where the four points come from... erm... well, it's
> like a small poem(1), with eleven words, I think. No idea where it
> originates, I'll guess Japan.(1)
5 of 15, shameful, yet the best so far :/
> 1) Ermm... (0)
> 2) A New Hope. (1)
> 3) Big Lebrowski. (1)
> 4) Big Lebrowski...(1)
> 5) Nope.(0)
>
> Don't get me started on Latin...(0)
>
>
> 2) What is a Haiku?
>
> Trying to think where the four points come from... erm... well, it's
> like a small poem(1), with eleven words, I think. No idea where it
> originates, I'll guess Japan.(1)
5 of 15, shameful, yet the best so far :/
Random question
1.) i'm not entirely sure and therefore should'nt really be bothering to come up with a guess but what the hell, deletia i think is something to do with the spacing of the @ symbol and the placing of the .'s in an e-mail address.
(this is the bit where everyone shouts at me for getting it wrong :( )
slik ~_~
1.) i'm not entirely sure and therefore should'nt really be bothering to come up with a guess but what the hell, deletia i think is something to do with the spacing of the @ symbol and the placing of the .'s in an e-mail address.
(this is the bit where everyone shouts at me for getting it wrong :( )
slik ~_~
Grix, I think a Haiku has 11 syllables, not 11 words.
But I could be wrong.
But I could be wrong.
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