[OFF TOPIC] Quiz Thread

[hckošice 14,768]

jesus christ ! maaan ! what they learn you in schools in the us ?

[Olympian1010 7,935]

@Quasit I’ll go with C.

[heywoodu 14,897]

20 minutes ago, Quasit said:

You are the only player so far to choose that variant too.

I'm still not sure how that is considered the more risky option, since it gives an extra lifeline  

 

[Quasit 865]

Just now, Olympian1010 said:

@Quasit I’ll go with C.

Thank you dcro, absolutely correct.

 

Pts. 500

Who did Zinedine Zidane famously headbutt in the extra time in the 2006 FIFA World Cup final?
♦ A: Gianluigi Buffon	♦ B: Francesco Totti
♦ C: Marco Materazzi	♦ D: Marcello Lippi

 

♦                 P t s .  5 0 0                 ♦

 

[heywoodu 14,897]

6 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Heywoodu is somewhat famously bad with names, so I’ll go with @dcro here.

I have a strong suspicion and am 99% sure about this one. Reading back, I was right   (and so was our Croatian friend, luckily)

 

Also, painful comment from the guy who is notorious for not checking how to spell a name  

[Olympian1010 7,935]

Just now, heywoodu said:

I'm still not sure how that is considered the more risky option, since it gives an extra lifeline  

 

I guess most people rather have 32,000 guaranteed if they can get there. 

[Quasit 865]

@Olympian1010

Just one more and you will have another 1,000 points in the bag.

 

 

 

 

Pts. 1,000

For Dutchmen, "you" is simply "..."?
♦ A: e	♦ B: i
♦ C: o	♦ D: u

 

[Olympian1010 7,935]

I’d like to ask an expert, and I have an expert in mind. @heywoodu thoughts?

 

this is my group lifeline, but there’s only one member of the group I care to hear from.

[heywoodu 14,897]

Yeah, there you go with having ignored your Dutch expert  

 

Oh wait, this is the extra lifeline, so I am allowed to help out?

[Quasit 865]

Just now, heywoodu said:

I have a strong suspicion and am 99% sure about this one. Reading back, I was right   (and so was our Croatian friend, luckily)

 

Also, painful comment from the guy who is notorious for not checking how to spell a name  

Like Olympian said, the risk is the possiblity to always crash down to the lower milestone. Some countries like Germany, Austria or Russia have that playstyle.

 

In Germany, a man was recently asked a question for €750,000 (gambler special with more prize money, usually €500,000, 14th question) incorrectly and lost €249,000 of the €250,000 he had at that point.