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Post by Drahcir on Jul 21, 2014 18:32:22 GMT -8
*foot high five*
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Post by Cyphir on Jul 22, 2014 15:03:22 GMT -8
If I recall correctly... a cemetery is a plot of land specifically designated for burial, unattached to any other location or building. Graveyards, or sometimes known as churchyards, are burial grounds that are located on church land or by or around a church. Morbid-fact-of-the-day toilet paper. I owe you so much. Correct, Drahcir! 10 points for you. While both are methods of postmortem housing, graveyards are connected to a church, while cemeteries can be anywhere. ...do you actually have morbid toilet paper? Who Or What Came First? I'm going to give you five lists of two items, and it's up to you to tell me which of those two came first. Whoever gets the most right gets the points! The fork or the spoon The Lone Ranger or Superman World Series or World Cup Xbox or Gamecube *Martin Luther or John Wycliffe *going by NA release date
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Post by Drahcir on Jul 22, 2014 17:20:55 GMT -8
Fork (pitch forks maybe?) Superman World Cup Xbox Martin Luther ...do you actually have morbid toilet paper? No, but I thought it would hilarity. Thank you inappropriate joke of the day toilet paper! I owe you so much. |
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Post by Iron Kaiser on Jul 23, 2014 22:12:23 GMT -8
Spoon
Superman
World Series
Xbox
Wycliffe
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Post by Cyphir on Jul 27, 2014 15:55:18 GMT -8
Welp, Kaiser got the most right, so have 10 points!
Answer's are:
Spoon (details are a bit vague on this one, but most sources agree spoons came first)
Lone Ranger (1933. Superman debuted in 1934)
World Series (1903. World Cup started in 1930)
Xbox (November 15th, 2001. The Gamecube was released three days later)
Wycliffe (1320-1384. Martin Luther 1483–1547)
Score Tally:
Mishael: 58
Drahcir: 48
Kaiser: 47
mk: 0
Odd Man Out: like before, three are related to each other through some means, while one is not (again, keep in mind that it may also be a case of a missing word that can be placed behind or ahead of the three words to form new words). Five points for singling out which one, and five more if you tell me why:
Life
Careers
Marriage
Trouble
I have a feeling I'm going to regret this. =P
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Post by mk on Jul 29, 2014 8:16:42 GMT -8
Why do I always miss the questions I know the answer to???
Careers is the different one, because it's a plural noun, and all the others are singular ones. *nods sagely*
(This is embarrassing...)
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Post by Iron Kaiser on Jul 29, 2014 9:32:17 GMT -8
I guess Life. Careers, Marriage, and Trouble are all things that during in Life, and you can lose, while Life is something you have until death. That is, Life is a part of you, while the others are external.
Alternatively, Trouble, because it's the only one on there that's bad.
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Post by Cyphir on Jul 29, 2014 9:52:37 GMT -8
There've been bad careers, Kaiser. =)
You're all wrong, though. =P It's not anything so abstract. As a hint, these don't correlate to what first comes to your mind, and there is a reason they are capitalized.
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Post by Mishael on Jul 29, 2014 19:49:50 GMT -8
Games! Games! All but one are games!
And since mk's guess of Careers was not correct, I'll assume that Marriage is not the name of a game. I do know of Life and Trouble as games for certain.
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Post by Drahcir on Jul 29, 2014 20:08:19 GMT -8
Excellent deduction, Holmes.
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Post by Cyphir on Jul 29, 2014 20:08:58 GMT -8
...
*slow clap*
Wonderful deduction, Holmes.
Yes indeed, there are the board games of "Life," "Careers," and "Trouble," but Marriage is not nor has ever been a game. =P
Score Tally:
Mishael: 68
Drahcir: 48
Kaiser: 47
mk: 0
Cyphir: -100
Literal Slang: Again, I'm going to give you two definitions of a common phrase, leaving it up to you to tell me what phrase I might be thinking of. Three points for each correct answer!
What would you call... an unheralded contestant, or a saturnine equine?
What would you call... a close facsimile, or an expired campanologist?
What are you if you are... most fortunate, or pulchritudinously enthroned?
How would you... surrender, or intone avuncularity?
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Post by Drahcir on Jul 29, 2014 20:12:16 GMT -8
I'll update with a new question in a second. The second has passed. Cyphir gets -100 points. |
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Post by Cyphir on Jul 30, 2014 0:24:05 GMT -8
Edited!
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Post by Mishael on Jul 30, 2014 6:42:03 GMT -8
First one...sad horse/pony?
Last one...cry uncle.
Not sure on the others yet.
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Post by Cyphir on Jul 30, 2014 16:43:55 GMT -8
Nope on the first, but you're right on cry uncle. Three points!
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Post by Cyphir on Aug 2, 2014 9:46:53 GMT -8
No takers, then? All righty!
An unheralded contestant, or a saturnine equine? - A dark horse.
A close facsimile, or an expired campanologist? - A dead ringer.
Most fortunate, or pulchritudinously enthroned? - Sitting pretty.
Surrender, or intone avuncularity? - Cry uncle.
What's the Difference? You all know the rules to this one. I give two words, you tell me how they differ from one another.
So what's the difference between an ape and a monkey?
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Post by Mishael on Aug 2, 2014 14:14:41 GMT -8
Monkeys have tails. Apes don't. Apes also tend to be bigger.
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Post by Cyphir on Aug 3, 2014 9:32:23 GMT -8
Right on, Mish. 10/10. Apes also happen to sell more video games.
All right, next up is another bluffing round! mk, you're up! I'm going to give you a word along with three definitions, and it's up to you to find the rose among thorns.
Your word is... Whiffet.
1) a term in logic. A step or solution later rejected.
2) a small, young, unimportant person.
3) a bird's nest that's constructed on the ground.
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Post by Drahcir on Aug 3, 2014 11:50:18 GMT -8
Whiffet! Whiffet good!
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Post by mk on Aug 6, 2014 6:53:38 GMT -8
Good grief, a question all to myself now? Are we sure this is a good idea? You never know what'll happen here.
Let's see...Whiffet. As well all know, "whiff" means "to sniff", however the suffix suggests a noun. Narrows down nothing, as I can see by the choices, so we're moving on. As we also already know, "whiff" also refers to a genus of flathead fish with eyes on both sides of their head - but that also doesn't pertain to any of the choices other than the fact that these fish are, obviously, nouns.
Unless! You consider the trophic position of the whiff genus of fish in the aquatic food chain. Though their eye position gives great advantage to seeing predators, they're still often eaten. Actually alot of them are, because the ocean is a very dangerous place containing things like manta rays and narwhales and ugly mooray eels that are basically the "get-off-my-lawn" old men of the marine floor. Therefore, by this train of logic, the suffix "-et" suggests something even smaller than one of these afore-mentioned, elusive-but-not-quite-elusive-enough fish. Which would indicate option 2: a small, insignificant person. Though you forgot to mention that they are also the most likely ones to get eaten by narwhales.
Shame on you.
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