The New and Improved Trivia Thread

[awdz]

nicely done, zexoin! you get to post the next question :-)

i have to add that before the country was renamed, it was upper volta. i was told that back then the answer was "ouagadougou est au haut volta" (that was later corrected by the french teacher who said countries are referred to in the feminine form - "ouagadougou est a l'haut volta"). it made for a fun chant...

ou est ouagadougou?
ou est ouagadougou?
oui, ou est ouagadougou?
ouagadougou est au haut volta.
ouagadougou est au haut volta?
oui, ouagadougou est au haut volta!

[Phillip]

Ouagadougou est la capitale du Burkina Faso

(Ouagadougou is located in Burkina Faso)

You should know, Fatso.

[Zexoin]

You should know, Fatso.

-_-' You should be careful next time I'll log in, a fluffy dragon could pounces one you

Next trivia question is : What's an Anura, and what does this word mean in ancient Greek ?

[Phillip]

-_-' You should be careful next time I'll log in, a fluffy dragon could pounces one you

Next trivia question is : What's an Anura, and what does this word mean in ancient Greek ?

an + ura = no tail

So it's a baby Heterophrynus Batesii?

[C`gan]

I'm staying out of this one, but all the dragons, saris, and sslik out there should be very happy they're not.

[Zexoin]

an + ura = no tail

So it's a baby Heterophrynus Batesii?

Anura means no tail, but Heterophrynus Batesii is not one

[Painless]

Well, Anuria is the Order for Frogs and Toads so I'd guess it's a frog

[awdz]

what, is anura the scientific word for ruxus?

[Phillip]

...............tail-less frog?

[awdz]

Were any of the answers to the question about anura accepted as correct?

[awdz]

come to think of it, though they got that anura means no tail, it may have meant something else in ancient greek... my guess would be gelded, like a horse or eunuch.

[Painless]

I don't know who's turn it is but I'll throw one out.

A common word in the English language starts with B and contains 3 consecutive double letters.

[Tantalyr]

bookkeeper

(and the obligatory 25 more characters)

[Painless]

correct

It's your turn for sure now

[Tantalyr]

In his entire career Elvis Presley won only three Grammies, and all in the same category. What category was it?

[Kwinn]

His three wins were for gospel recordings - the album How Great Thou Art (1967), the album He Touched Me (1972) and his live Memphis concert recording of the song How Great Thou Art (1974).

[Tantalyr]

Well done Kwinn!

Your trivia question?

[Kwinn]

Jan. 7 and Dec. 25 are both Christmas. How and why is this possible?

[Aladar]

Kwinn

I believe the answer to that question is because the Christians celebrate Christmas on the 25th of December and the Ortherdox (Spelling)
celebrate Christmas on the 7th. So that means when Santa was tracked by Norad over Russia it was for sight seeing only as most of the population is Ortherdox.

Grummel/Aladar
Former member of Annatar guild on Order

[snickel]

Kwinn

I believe the answer to that question is because the Christians celebrate Christmas on the 25th of December and the Ortherdox (Spelling)
celebrate Christmas on the 7th. So that means when Santa was tracked by Norad over Russia it was for sight seeing only as most of the population is Ortherdox.

Grummel/Aladar
Former member of Annatar guild on Order

Yes, I think Aladar has it right. The western branches of Christianity (Roman-Catholic and the Lutheranians) took the 24/25 as birthday of ************ (maybe because they had more cause to compete with the celtic midwinter celebration at roughly the same date) and the eastern Christians chose the 6th/7th of January. At that date many Western Christians celebrate the ritual of the Wise men from the East, so that date is a day for celebration as well.

*oh oh -- I definitely drank too much wine, I'm getting verbose....*