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

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

Buccaneer Bowl XIX Results

Awesome game all around, and so, so close!

First Place and New Reigning Champs: But We Look Good
Vin Copperfield, Eleanor Roundfield, Maxx Serendipity, Celeste Wisent

best team smartass:
[10:14:17] Lette Ponnier: What was the name of the 19th century Royal Navy vessel discovered in Mercy Bay, Canada this week?
[10:14:26] Celeste Wisent: pinafore

best team typo:
[10:13:06] Lette Ponnier: What city, the Netherlands' third largest, is the *seat of government* (not Amsterdam)?
[10:13:12] Vin Copperfield: the ahge=

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

best team smartass:
[11:06:41] Lette Ponnier: What is the capital of Mali?
[11:06:48] Cygnoir Blanc: mali city

best team typo:
[10:37:25] Lette Ponnier: What ancient Greek playwright wrote "The Clouds", a comedy in which Strepsiades enrolls his son in "The Thinkery"?
[10:37:33] Olmstead Fanshaw: sarixstopnbnes

Third Place: The Fauviators
Starla Gurbux, Catherine Resch, Alanna Robbiani, Orchide Vita

best team smartass:
[11:25:36] Lette Ponnier: What is being studied if one is a cytologist?
[11:25:42] Alanna Robbiani: bicycles

Fourth Place: The Grey Matters
Jeanette Avedon, bo Cardoso, tattiescone Doghouse, Eilish Fenwick

best team typo:
[11:42:59] Lette Ponnier: What well known personality was arrested in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, for allegedly smoking marijuana during the 2010 FIFA World Cup match between Brazil and the Netherlands?
[11:43:07] tattiescone Doghouse: hikltoin

Fifth Place (tie): Frivolous Corsairs
Sparka Milo, Lou Netizen, Shale Nightfire, Rain Ninetails

best team smartass:
[10:58:47] Lette Ponnier: What do sufferers of blennophobia fear that should give them pause about applying for a job with Ghostbusters?
[10:58:54] Sparka Milo: siphillis

Fifth Place (tie): Trumpton Trivials
Cully Andel, Liriel Garnet, Igpay Morpork, Maggie Sewell

best team smartass:
[11:29:29] Lette Ponnier: What band did Wyclef Jean, who recently announced he will run for president of Haiti, make his musical breakthrough in?
[11:29:41] Liriel Garnet: the who?

best team typos:
[11:22:40] Lette Ponnier: What country that signed the Warsaw Pact in 1955 is missing from the following list: The Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Albania, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania.
[11:22:49] Cully Andel: cancada
[11:22:53] Cully Andel: poands
[11:22:57] Cully Andel: frances

best, um... gosh, i wish i knew:
[10:19:34] Lette Ponnier: What are The "Calaveras de Azucar," which are specially prepared for the Dia de los Muertos, also known as the Day of the Dead, better known as in English?
[10:19:37] Igpay Morpork: cthainginv

Seventh Place: Boombrancirceschism
Chaddington Boomhauer, Nina Brandenburg, JoshuaStephen Schism

best team smartass:
[11:03:45] Lette Ponnier: Who assumed the office of Prime Minister of Japan on June 8th, 2010, succeeding Yukio Hatoyama ?
[11:04:05] Chaddington Boomhauer: unagi

Eighth Place: The JOB Squad
Juke Badger, Mondrian Magic, Hilda Static, Sal Zulaman

best team smartass:
[11:44:12] Lette Ponnier: In the New Testament's Mark 6:29, whose headless body was collected by his disciples and laid in a tomb?
[11:44:54] Juke Badger: Alfredo Garcia

best team typo:
[11:55:13] Lette Ponnier: A Rusty Nail is made with Scotch and what honey and herb flavored liqueur?
[11:55:21] Sal Zulaman: brmbuie

Typo of the Day :)

I didn't want to just store this one until I had a complete post because it was too perfect.

[18:34:51] Billy2Times Krams: 7. WHAT CARTOON DUO LIVED IN FROSTBITE FALLS, MINNESOTA?
[18:34:55] Starla Gurbux: rociy bulleinss
[18:34:56] Browman Griffith: b-=rcoy and bulwwinke
[18:34:56] Olmstead Fanshaw: roc,ljh bullwine'e
[18:34:57] Jeanette Avedon: rockey and bulwinkle
[18:34:58] Becki Verne: buillwinkjle rocjht
[18:34:58] Juke Badger: rocky bukllwinkkle
[18:34:58] Spencer Ronzales: bullowingke and rocky
[18:35:04] Becki Verne: ha ha ha ha
[18:35:06] Billy2Times Krams: OMG
[18:35:08] Mary Lethdetter: bullwinkle & rocky
[18:35:12] Browman Griffith: lol
[18:35:12] Honey Potez: lol
[18:35:14] Lette Ponnier: wd! those are works of art
[18:35:16] Catherine Resch: awesome typos
[18:35:17] Jeanette Avedon: hehe
[18:35:19] Honey Potez: nice typos to choose from
[18:35:20] AnaMaria Quintessa: i'd keep the cash for myself on that one billy
[18:35:21] Juke Badger: You're getting this right, Lette?
[18:35:21] Starla Gurbux: wow my typos were worse than Olmstead's
[18:35:28] Becki Verne can't stop laughing
[18:35:31] Lette Ponnier: oh i'm thinking of posting them right now
[18:35:31] Olmstead Fanshaw: rocket j squirrel and bullwinkle
[18:35:32] Honey Potez: haha
[18:35:36] Catherine Resch: that will take the whole list
[18:35:43] Starla Gurbux: rocket j squirrel and bullwinkle j moose
[18:35:45] Billy2Times Krams: I AM PAYING THE FIRST 3 FOR SUCH AMAZING TYPOS AND JEANETTE FOR THE FIRST RIGHT SPELLING

From left, Browman Griffith, Starla Gurbux, Spencer Ronzales, Thornton Writer, Juke Badger, and Honey Potez

TriviAid official events!!!

MONDAY, JULY 5

2:00 to 4:00pm SLT
Operation Squeegee Headquarters
Lotus Ceriano and Lette Ponnier host a game of culture-clashing trivia!
Lotus (U.K.) and Lette (U.S.) switch roles for the day, taking on each other's local knowledge. Win for knowing the answers to the questions, but also for catching their mistakes, as they try to stay in character.

6:00 to 8:00pm SLT
Lowered Expectations, http://slurl.com/secondlife/Rimini/149/148/1202
Billy2Times Krams hosts a trivia set on a variety of topics, often with an emphasis on pop culture.

TUESDAY, JULY 6

5:00 to 7:00pm SLT
Operation Squeegee Headquarters
Olmstead Fanshaw and Honey Potez cohost a general knowledge quiz, with prizes for first and second place and for answers that make the hosts laugh!

7:00 to 9:00pm SLT
Club Scandalous, http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lamockshire/32/162/101
Carter Leakey at Club Scandalous hosts themed trivia with music and dancing, with all of tonight's proceeds going to Operation Squeegee.


WEDNESDAY, JULY 7

10:00am to 12:00pm SLT
Kokomo Beach, http://slurl.com/secondlife/Old%20Misty%20Orleans/68/209/22
Tequila Republic hosts strip trivia! Answer correctly and pick another player to take an article of clothing off. Strip for the Squeegee!

12:00 to 2:00pm SLT
Operation Squeegee Headquarters
Lacey Lukas and Clancy Huckleberry team up to take you flying on Can-Am! This quiz will feature questions on Canada from Lacey and the U.S.A. from Clancy.

5:00 to 6:00pm SLT
Honah Lee Field, http://slurl.com/secondlife/Honah%20Lee%20Surf/186/87/23
Jeanette Avedon's trivia quiz is not for those afraid to be stumped. Rise to the challenge at the cozy pub at Honah Lee Field.

6:00 to 8:00pm SLT
New Trivia Monkeys, http://slurl.com/secondlife/Hector/225/99/401
JoshuaStephen Schism and Circe Falta have been cohosting their Circeshcism game together for a while, with loosely themed questions (a recent example theme was World Cup trivia, with questions about worlds and cups but very little about soccer/football) and lots of head spinning.


THURSDAY, JULY 8

9:00 to 11:00am
Sharon's Diner, http://slurl.com/secondlife/Doldari/120/105/67
Maggie Sewell accompanies her general knowledge trivia with the prize wheel, which may award you up to L$1,000 for a single correct answer. Sharon's Diner is also packed with other trivia games and distractions.

11:00am to 12:00pm
Operation Squeegee Headquarters
Tequila Republic hosts, and you even get to keep your pants on.

12:00 to 2:00pm
Double Standards, http://slurl.com/secondlife/Trivy%20Isle/123/135/25
Cully Andel's "Random Trivia" game combines luck with knowledge, as each question has three winners, but not the first three players to answer.

2:00 to 4:00pm
Location TBA
bo Cordoso and Krogare Nyqvist step to the front of the stage to provide questions relating to their native Sweden. Trivia will be in English, designed for an international audience.

4:30 to 6:00pm
Azure Club, http://slurl.com/secondlife/Greer/223/34/22
Clancy Huckleberry hosts open chat trivia at Azure Club.

6:00 to 8:00pm
MonoChrome, http://slurl.com/secondlife/Trivy%20Isle/123/135/25
Honey Potez and Mako Kungfu trade off delivering questions on a chosen theme (recent example themes include everything orange and things that fly).


FRIDAY, JULY 9

9:00 to 11:00am
Operation Squeegee Headquarters
Sharon Scofield comes up with some oblique trivia to put a spin on a topic you probably thought would be straightforward (a recent example is sunny day trivia).

6:00 to 8:00pm
New Trivia Monkeys, http://slurl.com/secondlife/Hector/225/99/401
Billy2Times Krams hosts a trivia set on a variety of topics, often with an emphasis on pop culture.


SATURDAY, JULY 10

10:00 to 11:30am SLT
Double Standards, http://slurl.com/secondlife/Trivy%20Isle/123/135/25
Thornton Writer hosts with three winners per question, plus a caboose prize to the last person with a correct answer before time is called. The questions are brainy, the pace is rapid, the prizes are generous.

4:00 to 6:00pm SLT
Operation Squeegee Headquarters
Shale Nightfire and Chaddington Boomhauer bring their offbeat Shotgun Trivia to the OpSquee stage, with trivia questions that hit on a huge range of difficulty levels. Frequent topics include current events and SL.

7:00 to 8:00pm SLT
Sharon's Diner, http://slurl.com/secondlife/Doldari/120/105/67
Browman Griffith brings his HUD-based strip trivia to the diner. No need to be the fastest typist, as players answer multiple choice questions, with the winner randomly chosen. If you answer incorrectly, you lose an article of clothing.


SUNDAY, JULY 11

4:00 to 6:00pm SLT
Llyr's Fish Market, http://slurl.com/secondlife/North%20Cape/248/175/24
Juke Badger hosts Flying Badger Trivia from his hot air balloon at Llyr's Fish Market. Many different topics are bound to be covered!

6:00 to 8:00pm SLT
Operation squeegee Headquarters
Samantha Poindexter and Triana Caldera split up the shift, with Sam hosting the first hour and Triana hosting the second, bringing her music trivia -- the oldest trivia event in Second Life -- to the OpSquee stage. Speed-typing is not required for either of these quizzes.

TriviAid - Fiends With Benefits

Howdy, all Triviaholics! We have an exciting project in the works, and all are invited to take part. Recently, a couple of calls for participation in fundraising events have inspired a number of trivia hosts and players to contribute their time and, most likely, Linden dollars to some worthy causes.

There were two meetings called on very short notice but fairly well attended -- one on Monday evening and one on Tuesday afternoon, SL time -- in which plenty of ideas got tossed around. What we are conceptualizing is a week-long series of trivia events from which all tips or donations will be pooled and contributed to a charity selected for that series and to make a regular thing of it (once every two or three months, we'll see how it goes).

The attendees at the meetings approved the first two projects, and the dates for each have recently been released. Here is the information for those interested in getting involved (it's never too late!):


July 1-15: Benefit to raise funds for the National Wildlife Federation, which is working to save wildlife from the effects of the recent oil spill
It will probably make the most sense to have the trivia week from Monday, July 5, to Sunday, July 11, but we can address that as a group. When we initially met, the charity associated with this project was undecided but the Audobon Society had been put forward. The National Wildlife Federation, however, became the final choice. If this changes anyone's opinion of the project, don't be shy about saying so (thinking of those who approved Audobon Society here). I address CBA below. :)

If you'd like to be involved in ways other than planning the trivia events, please contact Further Monday.

October 4-10: Mind Out! to raise funds for the International Mental Health Research Organization
This one is off into the future, but the backstory is that there was some controversy with the running of the recent Black and Blue Fashion Fair, which was meant to raise awareness of mental health issues. A number of designers pulled out, and so some dedicated individuals have decided to organize a different type of event for a trusted international organization, the IMHRO.

If you'd like to be involved in ways other than planning the trivia events, please contact Cyclic Gearz.


Other stuff:

The name TriviAid was suggested by Tezcatlipoca Mistwood, and everyone who was present at the Tuesday meeting or who responded when I posted the name to Plurk has given it a vote of approval. This is a name for the project, not for a specific group of people. We are not planning to create a new group at this time, since many people have an excess of trivia groups already. Instead, we plan to use the Trivia Fiends group as our primary means of in-world communication. Joshua Schism has fitted the group out with tags that read, "Fiends With Benefits."

On a different note, an important concern that has been raised is to remain aware of the cultural impact of the charities we choose to support. We have an international community among us at trivia events. Simultaneously, however, many charities that gain high profile support in Second Life are based in the United States, and I recognize that the National Wildlife Federation is no exception. Nonetheless, the oil spill and the imperative to support its cleanup ultimately affect all people and creatures in ecosystems around the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean, and our second project will specifically benefit an international organization. Because this is conceptualized as an ongoing project, we will have more opportunities to continue extending an international reach. That is to say, I know that the choice of NWF for the first project might evoke some red flags, but it allows us to connect with a larger project on the first go. And we will have more chances to diversify our scope.

We will announce future meetings in Trivia Fiends, most likely with more advance notice than the previous ones. If you want to be involved, please just jump right in. :)

Typos of the Week, May 24 to May 30

Honorary awards:

Thorn wins the award for sheer mass typoage for asking a question that the winners all typoed and everyone else seemed to copy in their own creative fashion.:
[10:52] Thornton Writer: Q16) According to Norse mythology, at the end of time, Odin will be eaten by a giant wolf named what?
[10:52] Juke Badger: femrins
[10:52] Thurina Susa: fenrir*
[10:52] Lou Netizen: Fenfris
[10:52] Sinnamon Sands: fenris
[10:52] Maxx Serendipity: fennir
[10:52] Chaddington Boomhauer: fenris
[10:52] Lotus Ceriano: fenrir*
[10:52] Honey Potez: fenris
[10:52] JoshuaStephen Schism: fennir
[10:52] Cully Andel: fenris
[10:52] Lette Ponnier: fenrirs
[10:52] Billy2Times Krams: fenris
[10:52] Thornton Writer: ANSWER: FENNIS
[10:52] Thornton Writer: JUKE THURINA LOU WITH BILLY AS CABOOSE
(Editorial note, 6/4: "Fenrir" and "Fennis" are evidently variations on the same name, so Thurina and Lotus's answers aren't actually typos. It's still an amusing instance of typo copyage for ten other people.)

There had to be one (seriously, why is this country so hard to type?)
(plus irony award to Lou and Chadd)
(oh yeah, and the question was worth repeating, too):
[16:49] Honey Potez: In what country can you find window-peeing squirrels?
[16:49] Lou Netizen: caqnada
[16:49] Chaddington Boomhauer: canada
[16:49] Olmstead Fanshaw: canad
[16:49] Lette Ponnier: canad
[16:49] Lette Ponnier: a
[16:49] Honey Potez: WD LOU AND CHADD!

And the word of the week:
[13:05] Lacey Lukas: Taurus, Camry, Highlander, Avalon
[13:05] JoshuaStephen Schism: taulurs
[13:05] Lette Ponnier: taurs
[13:05] Lacey Lukas: YAY JOSH .. TAURUS .. IS A FORD.. REST ARE TOYOTAS

[20:20] Dakota Carson: 20. If you want to see the Crab nebula, at which constellation should you point your telescope?
[20:20] Burgundy Mirajkar: taurus
[20:20] Adrian Greycloak: tauruias
[20:20] Skulking Southpaw: taurus
[20:20] Zelliah Cookie: Burgundy Adrian Skulking
[20:20] Dakota Carson: Taurus

But on a serious note, the week's top ten:

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#10:
[09:54] Olmstead Fanshaw: shoclalsdh
[09:54] Thurina Susa: should i stary ors shinli ioog
[09:54] Mary Lethdetter: should is tay ot go\
[09:54] Olmstead Fanshaw: should si saty ;sto rshoyl i go

#9:
[19:21] Circe Falta: probiodsxics

#8: Would it have been a classic if he'd used Celsius?
[10:34] Starla Gurbux: faherenitg;bh 451
[10:34] Becki Verne: fahrenheyurt 451
[10:34] Jeanette Avedon: ferineit 451

#7: As primitive as can be:
[21:02] Browman Griffith: rbgisopncuroeds

#6:
[20:05] Dede Longfall: fixgerasls

#5:
[07:51] Hilda Static: jue3wqiat

#4: He has it so rough when it's not Swaziland:
[12:52] Juke Badger: som,eomali

#3:
[18:48] Rhea Neiro: knedl.ionmfgv

#2: Not to be confused with My Fair Lady, in which the doctor tries to teach Trebor to clean up that New England accent:
[09:23] Trebor Shelman: fsunygfuirkl

#1: I am so not touching this one.
[08:40] Olmstead Fanshaw: two owenius
[08:40] Thurina Susa: two menisses
[08:40] Olmstead Fanshaw: s
[08:40] Cully Andel: 2 penisnies

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[09:53] Billy2Times Krams: NEXT SONG COMING UP
[09:54] JoshuaStephen Schism: the clash should I stay or should I go
[09:54] Olmstead Fanshaw: shoclalsdh
[09:54] Thurina Susa: should i stary ors shinli ioog
[09:54] Mary Lethdetter: should is tay ot go\
[09:54] Olmstead Fanshaw: should si saty ;sto rshoyl i go
[09:54] Luce Portland: should i stay or shoudl i go
[09:54] Billy2Times Krams: YES JOSH
[09:54] Billy2Times Krams: SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO BY THE CLASH

[19:21] Dakota Carson: 6. Which of these monkeys has an extraordinarily long nose: Pinocchio monkey, Sniffer monkey Proboscis monkey, Olive baboon, Red Mole monkey or Mandrill?
[19:21] Circe Falta: probiodsxics
[19:21] Skulking Southpaw: proboscis
[19:21] Adrian Greycloak: proboisicsc
[19:22] Desiree Davison: Circe, Skulking, Adrian
[19:22] Dakota Carson: Proboscis monkey

[10:34] Cully Andel: ‘IT WAS A PLEASURE TO BURN’ IS THE FIRST LINE OF WHICH BOOK?
[10:34] Lette Ponnier: faharenthieti 451
[10:34] Starla Gurbux: faherenitg;bh 451
[10:34] Becki Verne: fahrenheyurt 451
[10:34] Jeanette Avedon: ferineit 451
[10:34] Nelly Swindlehurst: farenhiet 451
[10:34] Olmstead Fanshaw: falrhenfht 543
[10:34] Hilda Static: fajtrn ewheit 3541\
[10:34] Cully Andel: LETTE THEN STARLA = PREGUESS TO BECKI
[10:34] Cully Andel: IT'S FAHRENHEIT 451

[21:02] Lette Ponnier: In J.M. Coetzee's novel "Foe," the character Susan Barton is set adrift on open seas and lands on an island occupied by what other, more famous, fictional character?
[21:02] Juke Badger: crusdoe
[21:02] Circe Falta: robinson crusoe
[21:02] Browman Griffith: rbgisopncuroeds
[21:02] Lette Ponnier: YES JUKE!
[21:02] Lette Ponnier: AND CIRCE!
[21:02] Lette Ponnier: a6. Robinson Crusoe. I'd also have accepted his companion Friday. But not Tom Hanks or Wilson.

[20:05] Dakota Carson: 16. Who wrote the “Great Gatsby”?
[20:05] Laertes Parx: f scott fitxgerald
[20:05] Circe Falta: fitzgerald, f scott
[20:05] Adrian Greycloak: f scoptt fistgerand
[20:05] Dede Longfall: fixgerasls
[20:05] Dana Shoreland: f scott ftzgeeral
[20:05] Duncan Loire: f scot figttsz
[20:05] Desiree Davison: Laertes, Circe, Adrian

[07:51] Weezil Urvile: q3. What country did Iraq regard as its "19th province" when it invaded in the early 1990s?
[07:51] Fiz Laval: kuwait
[07:51] Hilda Static: jue3wqiat
[07:51] Weezil Urvile: Fiz, good job

[12:52] Lotus Ceriano: 8: *EGG* WHAT’S NEXT DOOR TO KENYA?
[12:52] AnaMaria Quintessa: Somalia
[12:52] Lette Ponnier: somalia
[12:52] Weniki Oh: somaolia
[12:52] Alanna Robbiani: somalia
[12:52] Nelly Swindlehurst: somlia
[12:52] Juke Badger: som,eomali
[12:53] Tori Lok: somlaia
[12:53] Schmedley Klaber: somlaia
[12:53] Lotus Ceriano: ANA LETTE WEN ALANNA NELLY JUKE HILDA TORI
[12:53] Lotus Ceriano: A: SOMALIA! CAN YOU HIGH SEAS IT?

[18:48] Jynks Clawtooth: Proposing-Praying-Being Knighted
[18:48] Lette Ponnier: kenlling
[18:48] Jynks Clawtooth: Lette has it
[18:48] Rhea Neiro: knedl.ionmfgv
[18:48] Jynks Clawtooth: Kneeling

[09:23] Cully Andel: IN WHICH FILM DID BARBRA STREISAND PLAY FANNY BRYCE?
[09:23] Shale Nightfire: funny girl
[09:23] Starla Gurbux: funny girp
[09:23] Olmstead Fanshaw: funnyfir;'
[09:23] Hilda Static: funny girl\
[09:23] Saxby Weezles: funny guriu,l
[09:23] Trebor Shelman: fsunygfuirkl
[09:23] Cully Andel: GET THOSE LETTE!
[09:23] Cully Andel: SHALE THEN STARLA
[09:23] Cully Andel: IT WAS FUNNY GIRL (OR GIRP:)

[08:40] Nelly Swindlehurst: WHAT DOES A MAN SUFFERING FROM DIPHALLIC TERATA HAVE?
[08:40] Olmstead Fanshaw: two owenius
[08:40] Thurina Susa: two menisses
[08:40] Olmstead Fanshaw: s
[08:40] Laertes Parx: two penises
[08:40] Cully Andel: 2 penisnies
[08:41] Nelly Swindlehurst: I'M ASSUMING OWENIUS IS PENIS... SO OLMS, AND MENISSES MUST BE PENIS TO? SO THURINA? AND LAE
[08:41] Nelly Swindlehurst: ANSWER: TWO PENISES

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Photos taken at Alcatraz. They have music trivia every Monday from 5:00 to 7:00pm.