Saturday, August 28, 2010

Buccaneer Bowl XX Results

First Place: The Crimson Blues
JoshuaStephen Schism, Jeanette Avedon, Circe Falta, Saxby Weezles

best team typo:
What spice comes from a crocus and is separated into threads before use?
[10:15] Circe Falta whispers: saffo5rn

Second Place: But We Look Good
Celeste Wisent, Vin Copperfield, Eleanor Roundfield, Trebor Shelman

best team typo:
What word can mean either a flag flown from a naval ship, or the lowest rank of commissioned officer on it?
[11:22] Trebor Shelman: nsigbn

Third Place: Triviators
Alanna Robbiani, Starla Gurbux, Thurina Susa, Nelly Swindlehurst

best team typo:
What is the fear of naked bodies?
[10:21] Starla Gurbux: gynbopghobn

Fourth Place (tie): Frivolous Corsairs
Rain Ninetails, Lebn Bucyk, Lou Netizen, Honey Potez

best team typo:
What chess piece can only move diagonally?
[10:56] Rain Ninetails: bjshospo

Fourth Place (tie): Trumpton Trivials
Cully Andel, Liriel Garnet, Maelstrom Janus, Maggie Sewell

best team typo:
In the "Dr Who" Christmas special of 2006, a woman called Donna Noble appeared in the TARDIS wearing what?
[11:17] Cully Andel: weeidnress

Sixth Place: Voracious Viridians
Browman Griffith, Cygnoir Blanc, Leyna Brandenburg, Olmstead Fanshaw

best team typo:
In 1504, Michelangelo unveiled his 13-foot marble statue of David in what city?
[10:37] Olmstead Fanshaw: floranecv
[10:37] Olmstead Fanshaw: e

Seventh Place: JOB Squad
Juke Badger, Jewels Carminucci, Hilda Static, Sal Zulaman

best team typo:
Which Atari video game had a jungle explorer, alligators, and swinging vines?
[10:48] Juke Badger: pitfgasll

Eighth Place: Squirrel Mafia
Catherine Resch, tattiescone Doghouse, Mondrian Magic, Tezcatlipoca Mistwood

best team typo:
Elizabeth Taylor received two Best Actress Oscars, one in 1966 for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" and what 1960 movie?
[10:55] Catherine Resch: buitterfeile87

Saturday, August 21, 2010

Funded Hosting Opportunities Available

If you are a trivia host, new or experienced, seeking a hosting venue, a couple of opportunities have recently opened up for you.

New Trivia Monkeys

One is probably on familiar ground for most who would be reading this. If you are new and would like to try your hand at hosting or would rather commit to one event at a time than to an ongoing schedule, then this is ideal for you. New Trivia Monkeys has a 6:00 to 8:00pm SLT time slot on Mondays they would like to fill as a rotating hosting position. Honey Potez will fund your game, and you keep all of your tips. Ideally, there will be a different host in the slot every week, depending on how much response Honey receives. Please contact Honey in-world if you are interested.

Arashi Cafe/Lounge

The second location is new to hosting trivia events. Arashi is an arts community and entertainment venue and gallery. Artistic Director Meeko Davi does not yet have specific time slots she would like to fill for trivia but is open to working with interested hosts to develop a schedule. Here, too, the venue will fund events, and hosts keep 100% of their tips. If you haven't been to this location before, please find some time to visit the lovely space and explore the gallery and gardens. Arashi also hosts readings, stand-ups, concerts, DJs, and other types of art and entertainment events. You may also wish to view Arashi's website and calendar on the web: http://www.arashi-do.com. Please contact Meeko Davi in-world.

near Arashi Art Gallery

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Typos of the Week, August 9 to August 15

#10: If I had much interest in my university's rivalry with Michigan, I'd probably find something really witty to say about:
[19:28:17] Thornton Writer: woplvedrfine

#9: I get by with a little help from my
[12:49:08] Tezcatlipoca Mistwood: friarenda

#8: Here at Lake Wobegon, we take care of our neighbors and try not to get into a
[17:08:27] Lou Netizen: kerfllier

#7: Would you like some fries with that?
[10:13:26] Hilda Static: mcdomdad]
[10:13:27] Hilda Static: s

#6: Kica, Kica, baby (too cold, too cold)... does not have the same ring... whatever it was to begin with
[2010-08-13 18:58:18] Lette Ponnier: vanilla kica

#5: Why do I suddenly crave falafel?
[22:09:34] FlutterBye Skytower: dakr skimo

#4: It's not supposed to be "moebius." But that would be really, really interesting....
[13:08:48] Circe Falta: oebus

#3: *Sigh* And that's why we love him.
[15:06] Olmstead Fanshaw: eke mcoahwwsoisbn]

#2: There was more to come, but in the beginning, there was...
[19:23:35] Igpay Morpork: in the geibningt

#1: So you built up a collection in your noob days, too, Duncan?
[19:15:01] Duncan Loire: cockrac

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[19:28:11] Dakota Carson: 9. What is the largest member of the weasel family in the U.S.?
[19:28:14] Claudia Mefusula: wolverine
[19:28:16] Bloot Burnstein: wolverine
[19:28:16] Burgundy Mirajkar: wolveirne
[19:28:17] Thornton Writer: woplvedrfine
[19:28:27] Zita Dingson: Claudia Bloot Burgundy
[19:28:40] Dakota Carson: Wolverine

[12:49:04] Lacey Lukas: CHANDLER
[12:49:06] Fozzy VanDouser: frineds
[12:49:06] Circe Falta: friend
[12:49:07] Lette Ponnier: fridns
[12:49:08] Rain Ninetails: tfrind
[12:49:08] Tezcatlipoca Mistwood: friarenda
[12:49:09] Lacey Lukas: YAY FOZZY
[12:49:11] Rain Ninetails: sfeinds

[17:08:23] Juke Badger: Q11: Lake Wobegon is the fictional hometown and weekly musing destination for what Public Radio comedy host?
[17:08:27] Lou Netizen: kerfllier
[17:08:28] Lette Ponnier: garsione keilt
[17:08:29] Billy2Times Krams: keller
[17:08:29] Lette Ponnier: or
[17:08:34] Robin1 Jewell: garison keiler
[17:08:36] Buck Dezno: garrison keiller
[17:08:37] Juke Badger: /2 Lou! In a fashion!
[17:08:51] Juke Badger: A: GARRISON KEILLOR. Keillor's "old hometown" with it's 800 residents and statue of the Unknown Norwegian (so called because the model left before the sculptor could get his name), is the weekly source of his comedic yarn-spinning that closes the broadcast of the "Prairie Home Companion." And while completely fiction, the town returns a location in Microsoft Virtual Earth. Since it's Microsoft, I don't know if that's intentional or not.

[10:13:20] Circe Falta: 13. MANY HIGH SCHOOL KIDS WILL HAVE TO FIND JOBS ONCE SCHOOL’S OUT FOR SUMMER. WHAT A KROC. WHAT WAS MY FIRST PAYING SUMMER GIG?
[10:13:26] Lotus Ceriano: mcdonalsds
[10:13:26] Hilda Static: mcdomdad]
[10:13:27] Hilda Static: s
[10:13:32] Circe Falta: LOTUS! NICE CATCH
[10:14:31] Circe Falta: MCDONALD’S. RAY KROC'S IDEA, THOUGH BASED ON SEEDY ACQUISITIONS. IF THERE’S ANY WAY FOR YOU TO AVOID IT, I WOULD, BUT IT WAS BETTER THAN NOTHING. AND APOLOGIES IF ANYONE EVER CAME THROUGH THE DRIVE-THRU WHILE I WAS WORKING. THAT WAS THE FIRST IN A LONG LINE OF ODD SUMMER JOBS.

[2010-08-13 18:58:13] IshtarAngel Micheline: Question 10: What 1980’s rappers real name is Robert Van Winkle?
[2010-08-13 18:58:18] Lette Ponnier: vanilla kica
[2010-08-13 18:58:19] Lette Ponnier: ice
[2010-08-13 18:58:34] IshtarAngel Micheline: Lette got it all first

[22:09:26] Lette Ponnier: What 1973 album cover features a prism refracting white light into the visible spectrum?
[22:09:32] Jason Stardust: dark side of the moon
[22:09:33] Juke Badger: dark siode of the mooon
[22:09:34] FlutterBye Skytower: dakr skimo
[22:09:37] Billy2Times Krams: pink floyd dar4k side of the moon
[22:09:49] Lette Ponnier: JASON AND JUKE WTG
[22:09:59] Lette Ponnier: FLUTTER GETS HONORABLE MENTION FOR THE BEST TYPO
[22:10:10] Lette Ponnier: AND BILLY GETS 10L TOO FOR BEING -REALLY- THOROUGH

[13:08:44] Lacey Lukas: 22. According to the Kinsey Institute, the biggest ever recorded measurement of this was 13 inches, and the smalled at 1 3/4 inches. What is it?
[13:08:48] Circe Falta: oebus
[13:08:48] Lette Ponnier: penis
[13:08:50] Hilda Static: pensi
[13:08:56] Lacey Lukas: YAY LETTE.. CUZ NO IDEA WHAT CIRCE TYPED

[15:06] Honey Potez: What Aussie cover girl put on 20 pounds to play a 19th-century artist's model in Sirens?
[15:06] Olmstead Fanshaw: eke mcoahwwsoisbn]
[17:12:29] Honey Potez: elle macpherson

[19:23:32] Trin McMinnar: What are the first three words of the bible?
[19:23:35] Igpay Morpork: in the geibningt
[19:23:35] Lou Netizen: in the biginnig
[19:23:36] Olmstead Fanshaw: in the bgignin
[19:23:38] Honey Potez: in the beginnine
[19:23:38] FlutterBye Skytower: in th ebiabg
[19:23:39] Igpay Morpork: beginning lol
[19:23:39] Browman Griffith: in the beginnging
[19:23:42] Art Elska: in the begining
[19:23:45] Trin McMinnar: igpay lol
[19:23:51] Trin McMinnar: In the beginning

[19:14:50] Dakota Carson: 5. What is the fastest animal on 6 legs?
[19:14:58] Dana Shoreland: cockroach
[19:15:00] Laertes Parx: cockroach
[19:15:00] Bloot Burnstein: cockroach
[19:15:01] Duncan Loire: cockrac
[19:15:26] Desiree Davison: Dana, Laertes, Bloot
[19:15:36] Dakota Carson: Cockroach

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Typos of the Week, August 2 to August 8

#10 So many to choose from. Olms is always so generous.
[18:16:10] Olmstead Fanshaw: hoobgees
[18:16:12] Olmstead Fanshaw: boobess
[18:16:17] Olmstead Fanshaw: hoobbees
[18:16:22] Olmstead Fanshaw: hoibbes

#9 This drink is not supposed to have alcohol in it. So what happened here?
[19:26:46] Burgundy Mirajkar: shisrlye eempe;l

#8 The age old question: Danza...
[10:25:18] Saxby Weezles: orbiao

#7 I wonder if he ever got nicknamed Divj'e.
[17:20:10] Becki Verne: trivcj'elke

#6 Art + Paul + a very special night in the 1960s=
[18:27:43] FlutterBye Skytower: simafnasdf

#5 There is a pun in there involving Maker's Denmark. I'm just not sure how to lead up to it...
[09:40:13] AnaMaria Quintessa: demakr

#4 We're still talking about the color of his facial hair, right?
[19:06:55] Dede Longfall: balckbesare

#3 The color of Xanadu? Maybe we should bring Olivia Newton John in to consult.
[11:07:46] Juke Badger: coleriofjeg

#2 Tongue tied?
[21:24:20] Thornton Writer: kissing disaweawse

#1 And if that mockingbird don't sing.
[18:33:52] Hilda Static: to kill a mlichjsdaghfffrr

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#10
[18:16:05] JoshuaStephen Schism: 1. MY GREY CAT WAS NAMED AFTER WHICH AUTHOR OF LEVIATHAN?
[18:16:10] Olmstead Fanshaw: hoobgees
[18:16:10] AnaMaria Quintessa: hboees
[18:16:11] Thornton Writer: hobbds
[18:16:12] Olmstead Fanshaw: boobess
[18:16:12] Gingo Gumbo: hobbs
[18:16:17] Olmstead Fanshaw: hoobbees
[18:16:22] Olmstead Fanshaw: hoibbes
[18:16:25] Olmstead Fanshaw: hobbes
[18:16:31] JoshuaStephen Schism: I'M PAYING OLMSTEAD, ANA AND THORN, AND I'M DOUBLING THE SCORE!
[18:17:19] JoshuaStephen Schism: HOBBES IS CORRECT! OF COURSE, AFTER THE PHILOSOPHER, NOT AFTER MY FAVORITE COMIC

#9
[19:26:41] Dakota Carson: 5. Judy Garland was not the first choice for the "Wizard of Oz." Who was?
[19:26:46] Bloot Burnstein: shirley temple
[19:26:46] Burgundy Mirajkar: shisrlye eempe;l
[19:26:46] Skulking Southpaw: shirley tremople
[19:26:47] Thornton Writer: shirley temploe
[2010-08-08 19:27:15] Zita Dingson: Bloot Skulking Thorn

#8
[10:25:13] Cully Andel: WHO HAD HITS WITH 'ONLY THE LONELY' AND 'CRYING'?
[10:25:16] Eleanor Roundfield: royo rbison
[10:25:18] Saxby Weezles: orbiao
[10:25:18] Olmstead Fanshaw: roy orgson
[10:25:21] Rain Ninetails: orbisin
[10:25:24] Tom127 Rayna: orberson
[10:25:36] Cully Andel: ELE AND I'LL PAY SAX AND OLMS
[10:25:41] Cully Andel: IT'S ROY ORBISON

#7
[17:20:06] Juke Badger: Q16: With more that 2,200 races ran over one million laps around the track, was now retired race driver went nearly 20 years between winning Rookie of the Year accolades for USAC Stock Car Racing and NASCAR racing, respectively?
[17:20:10] Becki Verne: trivcj'elke
[17:20:13] Catherine Resch: dicktrickele
[17:20:14] Becki Verne: tricvkle
[17:20:14] Juke Badger: BECKI!
[17:20:26] Juke Badger: A: DICK TRICKLE. yes, I KNOW I've asked one before, but I just really wanted to mention Dick Trickle again. Now give me a moment to compose myself.

#6
[18:27:34] Honey Potez: Ophelia was going just a little crazy when she was passing out flowers and uttering these words. "There's rosemary, that's for remembrance; pray, love, remember: and there is pansies, that's for thoughts." This group could really relate to Ophelia. "Are you goin to Scarborough Fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme. Remember me to one who lives there, she once was a true love of mine..." Ophelia should meet these guys! Who are they?
[18:27:39] Olmstead Fanshaw: simonb anf garufnbe'e'
[18:27:42] Billy2Times Krams: soimon and garfunkel
[18:27:43] FlutterBye Skytower: simafnasdf
[18:27:43] Lette Ponnier: siimon and graunfuli
[18:27:44] FlutterBye Skytower: asdf
[18:27:44] AnaMaria Quintessa: snion and gargunfkelt
[18:27:46] Honey Potez: WD OLMSTEAD AND BILLY!
[18:27:55] Honey Potez: SIMON AND GARFUNKEL

#5
[09:40:09] Maggie Sewell: 9) WHICH COUNTRY ONLY HAS A LAND BORDER WITH GERMANY?
[09:40:13] AnaMaria Quintessa: demakr
[09:40:13] Saxby Weezles: demnamer
[09:40:18] Maggie Sewell: YES ANA
[09:40:26] Maggie Sewell: DENMARK
DENMARK SHARES A (DISPUTED) LAND BORDER WITH CANADA ON HANS ISLAND. IN ADDITION TO ITS OFFICIAL BORDER WITH GERMANY, TECHNICALLY ALSO HAS AN EXTREMELY SHORT BORDER WITH SWEDEN ACROSS THE ORESUND BRIDGE. THERE ARE MANY COUNTRIES THAT HISTORICALLY HAD ONLY ONE NEIGHBOUR. SOME NO LONGER EXIST WHILE OTHERS NOW HAVE EITHER NO LAND BORDERS OR BORDERS WITH MORE THAN ONE NATION DUE TO MAP CHANGES. SCOTLAND AND ENGLAND BORDERED EACH OTHER UNTIL 1707 WHEN SCOTLAND AND ENGLAND WERE UNITED BY THE ACTS OF UNION.

#4
[19:06:41] Jynks Clawtooth: ?egneveR s’ennA neeuQ saw pihsgalf nwonk-tseb s’etarip tahW
[19:06:55] Hilda Static: blackbeard
[19:06:55] Dede Longfall: balckbesare
[19:06:59] Jynks Clawtooth: HIlda has it
[19:07:12] Jynks Clawtooth: Blackbeard (Edward Teach)

#3
[11:07:43] Thornton Writer: Bonus Q1) What poet was interrupted by a visitor as he was writing "Kubla Khan" and he never finished it?
[11:07:46] Juke Badger: coleriofjeg
[11:07:46] Lou Netizen: cooleridge
[11:07:47] Lette Ponnier: colrieidg
[11:07:48] Olmstead Fanshaw: coidlkerice
[11:07:53] Alanna Robbiani: cooleridge
[11:07:54] Catherine Resch: coleridge
[11:07:54] Billy2Times Krams: colleridge
[11:07:54] Igpay Morpork: colereidge
[11:07:58] Thornton Writer: ANSWER: COLERIDGE
[11:08:14] Thornton Writer: JUKE LOU LETTE CATHERINE

#2
[21:24:14] Honey Potez: Mononucleosis (mono) or glandular fever is often called what in leyman's terms?
[21:24:20] Igpay Morpork: kissing disseas
[21:24:20] Thornton Writer: kissing disaweawse
[21:24:20] Circe Falta: kissing diseaese
[21:24:21] Juke Badger: kissing dsickness
[21:24:22] FlutterBye Skytower: kinssing disds
[21:24:22] Duncan Loire: kissing diseas
[21:24:37] Honey Potez: wd Iggy!
[21:24:44] Honey Potez: kissing disease
[21:25:22] Honey Potez: also Thorn, since this was a double!

#1
[18:33:35] Billy2Times Krams: WHEN HE WAS NEARLY THIRTEEN, MY BROTHER JEM GOT HIS ARM BADLY BROKEN AT THE ELBOW.
[18:33:41] Thornton Writer: to kill a mockingbirgf
[18:33:42] Juke Badger: to lkill a moncjinbuirf
[18:33:43] Lette Ponnier: to kick a mockingoicv
[18:33:52] Hilda Static: to kill a mlichjsdaghfffrr
[18:33:53] Olmstead Fanshaw: to kil a kmodningbirted
[18:33:54] Billy2Times Krams: YES THORN & JUKE
[18:34:15] Billy2Times Krams: TO KILLA MOCKINGBIRD