Millionaire Questions...

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'GSWitch\' date=\'Mar 8 2004, 07:32 AM\'] Got you stumped, huh?
 [/quote]
I'm not sure how you misinterpreted the sound of nobody giving a crap to mean "I'd like to use a 50/50, Reej!", but at the same time , given your blissful ignorance it doesn't surprise me.

Tell you what. I'll use my Double Dip. There. Now I have it right. Onward.

[dzinkin]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Mar 8 2004, 12:49 PM\'][quote name=\'GSWitch\' date=\'Mar 8 2004, 07:32 AM\'] Got you stumped, huh?
 [/quote]
I'm not sure how you misinterpreted the sound of nobody giving a crap to mean "I'd like to use a 50/50, Reej!", but at the same time , given your blissful ignorance it doesn't surprise me.

Tell you what. I'll use my Double Dip. There. Now I have it right. Onward.[/quote]
Exactly what does "nobody giving a crap" sound like?

<Chuck Donegan> AGTOT? </CD> :-D

[GSWitch]

The answer is...

D).  The Moffatts

The Moffats were a "Canadian Hanson" only it was 4 brothers who played instruments & sang.

They were asked to sing O Canada in the 1999 Baseball All-Star Game on Fox.  But Fox Sports ALWAYS goes into commercial duirng that anthem.

7 months later, NBC Sports did some justice & gave that boy band a 2nd chance on the NBA All-Star Game.

The things I learn!

[Kevin Prather]

A polygon with 100 sides is known by what name?

A: Centagon
B: Hectagon
C: Myriagon
D: Icosagon


What was the first piece of literature to be written in a language other than Latin?

A: The Divine Comedy
B: Beowolf
C: The Edda
D: The Tale of Genji

[TLEberle]

If I had a Double Dip, I could almost be certain of the right answer, since I can eliminate two.  C's etymology is for ten thousand, and icos- is the prefix for twenty.

Travis

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Mar 10 2004, 09:06 PM\'] A polygon with 100 sides is known by what name?

A: Centagon
B: Hectagon
C: Myriagon
D: Icosagon
 [/quote]
 We might still use imperial measurements in this country, but I still think you'd have to be a pretty big moron not to know that "centi-" = 100.

[mcd]

What was the first piece of literature to be written in a language other than Latin?

A: The Divine Comedy
B: Beowolf
C: The Edda
D: The Tale of Genji

This is... a particularly bizarre trivia question.  I don't even know one would even begin to measure something like that.

I'd blindly guess The Tale of Genji, as it is of Asian origin.  The origins of the Asian writing system (kanji) were pretty early, which means that it could predate anything Latin.

But I really have no idea.  I'm curious to hear the answer, and how it was deduced as such.

[Tony]

[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Mar 10 2004, 11:06 PM\']What was the first piece of literature to be written in a language other than Latin?

A: The Divine Comedy
B: Beowolf
C: The Edda
D: The Tale of Genji[/quote]
"Whoserman," you might need to preface the question with "Since the fall of the Roman Empire."  I'm pretty sure there were works of literature that were written before the Latin language was even conceived.

[Kevin Prather]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Mar 10 2004, 09:43 PM\'] [quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Mar 10 2004, 09:06 PM\'] A polygon with 100 sides is known by what name?

A: Centagon
B: Hectagon
C: Myriagon
D: Icosagon
 [/quote]
We might still use imperial measurements in this country, but I still think you'd have to be a pretty big moron not to know that "centi-" = 100. [/quote]
Yes, and that's why I think this is such a good question. The answer is B: Hectagon.

Don't believe me? Google it. "hectagon" for the first search, then "centagon" the second. See what comes up.


As for my other question, you guys make good points. My brainy uncle told me the answer was "The Divine Comedy", and I was just believing him. I'll ask him about it next time I see him.

[Brandon Brooks]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Mar 10 2004, 11:43 PM\'] We might still use imperial measurements in this country, but I still think you'd have to be a pretty big moron not to know that "centi-" = 100. [/quote]
 A centimeter does not equal 100 meters.  That logic doesn't hold.

Brandon Brooks

[Kevin Prather]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think "centi-" refers to 1/100th more often than not. I know there are exceptions, like "century" or "centigrade".

[TLEberle]

"Cent" is the Latin for 100, I believe.  "Centigrade" is the scale where there are a hundred equal steps from the freezing point of water to the boiling point of water, hence the name.

Additionally, I recall from geometry classes, that anythin past a shape with 12 shapes can be called an n-gon, so 100-gon would also be acceptable.

Travis

[Robert Hutchinson]

"Hectagon" is possibly a good false answer by itself as well--I confused the equivalence of "hexa-" and "sexa-" in meaning with a nonexistent equivalence of "hepta-" and "hecta-".

Just so we're all on the same page, as no one has actually pointed it out yet, "hect-" is the prefix actually meaning 100 in metric measurements, as in a hectometer.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' date=\'Mar 11 2004, 05:01 PM\'] "Hectagon" is possibly a good false answer by itself as well--I confused the equivalence of "hexa-" and "sexa-" in meaning with a nonexistent equivalence of "hepta-" and "hecta-".

Just so we're all on the same page, as no one has actually pointed it out yet, "hect-" is the prefix actually meaning 100 in metric measurements, as in a hectometer. [/quote]
 Well, I'll be damned. I retract my criticisms.

[Kevin Prather]

I actually caught Chris with his pants down!

I'll take a few seconds to bask in my pride........and now I'll let it die.


Here's a question that might be considered one of those "know it or not" questions...


What reality TV show's first grand prize winner died at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001?

A: Murder in Small Town X
B: The Mole
C: The Amazing Race
D: Big Brother