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Trivial Pursuit #2

Discussion in 'Whatnots' started by Splunge, May 9, 2006.

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  1. Splunge

    Splunge Bhaal’s financial advisor Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    Remove all ads!
    OK, so since I haven't had any contributions whatsoever to this thread, but I'm a bit bored, I'll start the new one.

    Usual rules apply.

    teekc's last question:

    when is Jhonka going to ask his question?

    yes this is a question itself. Who can answer this will get the chance to shot a question.

    My guess - once he recovers from his hangover. :p
     
    Splunge, May 9, 2006
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  2. Jhonka

    Jhonka This is the face of Justice Veteran

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    The answer is... right now!
    (Sorry guys. I'm in Arizona right now, until Saturday. Just got Internet access last night.)

    Here's an easy one to make up for the absence.
    What computer game, at over 5 million customers worldwide, has the largest playerbase in MMORPG history?
     
    Jhonka, May 10, 2006
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  3. Maurolava

    Maurolava Neither to go back, nor to take impulse Veteran

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    World of Warcraft
     
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  4. Jhonka

    Jhonka This is the face of Justice Veteran

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    World of Warcraft is indeed the correct answer.
     
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  5. Maurolava

    Maurolava Neither to go back, nor to take impulse Veteran

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    Thank you Jhonka!

    A man left home one day and made three left turns and met a man with a mask on. What was the first man's profession?
     
    Maurolava, May 11, 2006
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  6. Nakia

    Nakia The night is mine Distinguished Member ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    Burglar?
     
    Nakia, May 11, 2006
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  7. Maurolava

    Maurolava Neither to go back, nor to take impulse Veteran

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    Nope, try again
     
    Maurolava, May 11, 2006
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  8. dmc

    dmc Speak softly and carry a big briefcase Staff Member Distinguished Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!)

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    Baseball player (technically, the batter)
     
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  9. Maurolava

    Maurolava Neither to go back, nor to take impulse Veteran

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    dmc got it, your up next
     
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  10. Nakia

    Nakia The night is mine Distinguished Member ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    Batter up, dmc.
     
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  11. dmc

    dmc Speak softly and carry a big briefcase Staff Member Distinguished Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!)

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    Okay, what is the origin of the word "trivia" and how did it come to mean what it means today?
     
    dmc, May 11, 2006
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  12. Harbourboy

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    Sounds like something Roman. How about being the word for the rubbish that the Roman legions left behind on their marches?
     
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  13. DarkStrider

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    Well the Latin is for Crossroads?
     
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    tri-via, 3 road.

    ehhhh.... Oedipus killed his father at "trivia", then answer "trivia" of the sphinx? thus trivia = trivia? i know oedipus is greek, but then, that's my best guess.

    (guess this is the first time you see a person majoring biophysic and minoring classical studies and he is malaysian)
     
    teekc, May 12, 2006
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  15. dmc

    dmc Speak softly and carry a big briefcase Staff Member Distinguished Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!)

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    It's Latin for three roads, liberally translated into crossroads, meaning commonplace. That, in turn, led to the slight alteration resulting in the present definition "of little importance" for the similar word trivial. The present use of trivia as a sort of useless knowledge contest is pretty recent.

    I think DS and teeck both get credit, so whoever sees this first can post.
     
    dmc, May 12, 2006
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    Me first, my question is,

    when is DS going to ask his question?
     
    teekc, May 12, 2006
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  17. DarkStrider

    DarkStrider I've seen the future and it has seen me Distinguished Member

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    Now teekc

    Marco Polo followed the silk route with his father and uncle to China, how many years did Marco serve the Khan of Khans, Kublai?
     
    DarkStrider, May 12, 2006
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  18. BOC

    BOC Let the wild run free Veteran

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    17 years.
     
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  19. DarkStrider

    DarkStrider I've seen the future and it has seen me Distinguished Member

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    Correct, have a balloon on a stick BOC
     
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  20. BOC

    BOC Let the wild run free Veteran

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    Which was the code name of Wehrmacht's invasion to England (which, as we all know, never took place)?
     
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