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07-01-2007, 09:03 PM
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Join the Trivia Tourney - New Round Starts Today!
If you haven't had the chance to play, check out the PCMech Trivia Tournament. There have been forty or fifty players taking part the past few months. It's a daily quiz game, but it only takes a few moments to complete. You can read more info about it and keep up with the current happenings HERE. Check it out!!
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07-02-2007, 07:33 AM
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thanks Kov.
Welcome, welcome. at the beginning of each month a new round starts - previous top 10's are forever enshrined in the Hall of Fame the quiz consists of 10 questions on a wide range of topics (some topics you can see in the schedule and some that are custom and can be, shall we say, a tad off beat? esoteric? stupid? (BTW, I take suggestions for these custom topics. PM me with your suggestions). Please note that speed is taken into account when scoring, so the faster you go the better your score. Also, please invite anyone you think might enjoy this, the more the merrier. |
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07-07-2007, 07:21 AM
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I apologize, I have been remiss in posting these:
Friday's top 10: 1. mbossman2 2. marsalinator 3. Kov 4. catacon 5. redfallon 6. GerBa76 7. Great_One 8. Stuey 9. freakitchen 10. jannie July's standings to date: 1. jannie 2. heyhey (most wins with 2 - and a regular at our sister site: www.forumclick.com) 3. mbossman2 4. Kov 5. catacon 6. Eiji 5 7. freakitchen 8. Pix 9. marsalinator 10. sgtspector It is never too late to join in and teach us all a lesson on how smart and clever you are. Also invite your friends, relatives, enemies (you can lord over them how dumb they are and how smart you is), basically anyone you can think of and have some fun. |
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07-16-2007, 09:12 AM
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At the mid-way point
the standings thus far:
1. heyhey.......209 2. mbossman2........188 3. jannie......165 4. Ray_S........151 5. marsalinator.........144 6. Kov..........130 7. freakitchen..........123 8. Panama_Red.........115 9. Eiji.........113 10. figarowa.........112 top daily wins: Heyhey with 6. |
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07-16-2007, 09:15 AM
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Most Recent Winners of Entirely Fictitious Awards!
Jun 25 07: nov won... A Cheesy Ribbon Jun 21 07: Stuey won... Free Milk Every Morning! Jun 18 07: nov won... A Super Lame Certificate Jun 18 07: nov won... A Cheesy Snow Globe! A must have! Jun 13 07: nov won... A Hot Dog Jun 13 07: nov won... A Simple Notebook Jun 08 07: nov won... A Super Cheesy Award Badge May 15 07: catacon won... A Number One Medal. Yay you! Click on the Awards Tab to pick your prize and spend your prize bucks. |
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07-26-2007, 06:39 PM
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today's topic should be of interest to all: computers
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07-31-2007, 04:42 PM
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OK, really the title is misleading as I'm bumping this thread a day early...
New Trivia Round starts tomorrow! Play a practice round today, and gear up for next month's contest. We've had 40-50 players each month. Jump in and have a bit of fun! |
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07-31-2007, 06:00 PM
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I'd also like to float the request for general topics for the custom category...
lay 'em out and I'll tee 'em up. |
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08-01-2007, 06:33 AM
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The final standings for July
42 players played during the month. 1. heyhey (382 points, 8 wins) 2. mbossman2 (354 points, 5 wins) 3. jannie (323 points, 1 wins) 4. marsalinator (307 points, 5 wins) 5. Kov (275 points, 3 wins) 6. freakitchen (250 points, 0 wins) 7. Ray_S (248 points, 0 wins) 8. Panama_Red (222 points, 0 wins) 9. sgtspector (218 points, 0 wins) 10. Eiji (207 points, 2 wins) Congratulations heyhey! You can do this too: http://my.funtrivia.com/tournament/P...ick-70894.html This is not just limited to PC Mech and Forumclick members - if you know someone who would enjoy this, send them the link. |
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08-01-2007, 06:39 AM
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A personal request for any 'general' quizzes on Classic Rock music, films of the last 20 years-or-so, perhaps even cars of the same period (though I'd be a bit rubbish with US models).
Oh, and a quiz on guitars might be treading the line of selfish, but no harm in asking 
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08-01-2007, 07:35 AM
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We have a custom category quiz up tomorrow. if you don't like the category, beat up Freak.
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08-01-2007, 11:10 AM
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I second the one on guitars. I'll beat up freak anyways, if you want me to.
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08-02-2007, 06:39 AM
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Apologies in advance for that one - the classical questions were very difficult! Mboss, do you know if there's any way to submit a correction after you've taken the quiz and left the answers page? The answer to the question on James Hetfield's 'Flying V' guitar is most definitely incorrect.
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08-02-2007, 06:48 AM
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PM me the answer and I'll report it after I take the quiz
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08-02-2007, 10:36 AM
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Wow, I actually got pounded on that one.
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08-02-2007, 12:51 PM
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This was a custom category. you can always make your request for a specific category and if I can accommodate it, i will.
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08-02-2007, 02:43 PM
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The custom categories always seem overly narrow.
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08-02-2007, 02:57 PM
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How about Aviation History? That could be sweet. Not just people, either, but designs, cornerstone events...oh man.
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08-03-2007, 06:43 AM
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Quote:
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08-08-2007, 01:17 PM
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we seem to be having a drop off in participation. Is something I am doing (or not doing) driving this drop off?
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08-08-2007, 01:20 PM
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I've kind of drifted away, no fault of yours, mostly it's an issue of time. And lack of sleep :-) High speed trivia late at night is not my strong suite.....
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08-08-2007, 01:23 PM
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I'm guilty. I usually do things as a result of updates. If I had a link sent to my email every day about the new quiz, it wouldn't be a problem. Right now I have to remember to go do it.
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08-08-2007, 02:26 PM
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Yeah, I haven't been doing it as much either. I'm not on my regular computer, so I don't have it in my bookmarks. I was also kind of getting bored with it.
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08-08-2007, 04:13 PM
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Aw man! I logged in to do the quiz, but decided to do it later before I even answered the 1st one! I quit the window, came back just now, did it darn quick and then got stuck with a time of 10,070 seconds.
Bummer. |
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08-08-2007, 04:22 PM
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I guess it felt sorry for you, cause it still gave you 100 points.
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08-08-2007, 04:31 PM
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That's probably the baseline....lawl.
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08-08-2007, 05:01 PM
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All I can say is... thanks for keeping me outta last place today!
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08-08-2007, 05:06 PM
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I bow my head with dignity and say "You are welcome."
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08-09-2007, 08:40 AM
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I think, bossman, that the custom categories aren't really working. Nice to have a bit of variety and all, but I'd agree with Kov that it can hardly be classed as 'trivia'. And like you say, you can't see the questions before you take the quiz!
Personally, I'd have it more general - maybe three days of completely random trivia questions, then 4 days of trivia within a specific category - History, Geography, Science and Technology, and maybe something like culture to include films and such? That make any sense? |
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08-09-2007, 08:49 AM
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k....i was thinking about trimming those back to once a week, I keeping running into questions that are unbelievably ridiculously difficult.
Freak, your suggestion has nothing to do with today's....performance, would it? 
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