|
 This post will likely be evolving, so stay tuned!  A trivia contest you say?! Let's get prepared again for TRIVIA, goons! We're back in action April 15, 16, and 17! For those with archives... Trivia 42's thread Trivia 43's thread Trivia 44's thread Trivia 45's thread Trivia 46's thread, with additional late year contests discussed in the end. What the crap do you want us to do? We've broken top ten 3 straight years, which should be described as an inhuman feat for a team that doesn't stalk Oz or obsess over crap like special edition cereal boxes and candy wrappers. Some teams play for generations and haven't cracked top 50. Info from previous years posted:Tell Me More! Official website (Don't be shocked at how bad this is) We have improved steadily with each year, with our best year being last year, where we placed in FOURTH out of over 300 teams, giving us our third straight top ten finish. Join us, and...  Sooo... are you ready to play Trivia, Fast Eddie? Blue Wher fucked around with this message at 17:11 on Feb 13, 2016 |
#
?
Feb 13, 2016 07:40
|
|
for 54 hours straight. Yeah.
|
|
| # ? Apr 19, 2024 19:35 |
|
|
im pretty good at trivia. also i will just cheat i got a computer and can google ya dingus
|
|
#
?
Feb 13, 2016 07:43
|
|
|
IRC INFOAthanatos posted:Little IRC help if anyone needs it. We use +v (Voice) to designate that you are a goon. Note: If you're coming in for the first time, please say something when you join! Nooner posted:im pretty good at trivia. also i will just cheat i got a computer and can google ya dingus You're supposed to google/use sources other than minds. The questions are of a level that you still can't answer every single question even with the wide world of the internet at your fingertips in the allotted amount of time. Blue Wher fucked around with this message at 22:03 on Apr 14, 2016 |
|
#
?
Feb 13, 2016 07:47
|
|
|
Hell yes, Trivia Time's a-coming. Time to start planning how to refurnish my entire apartment and do shopping to not have to leave the house all weekend. WE'RE COMING FOR YOU, NETWORK Edit: EXAMPLE QUESTIONSCurtesy of Athanatos and our own mini trivia contest. These are not actually from the real Trivia since The Oz doesn't want them posted on the internet, but the style of the questions is very much like real trivia. 1. Thomas R. Maguire writes a heartfelt letter to a Colonel thanking him for the letter of sympathy regarding his son. He understands they have to be careful about security these days, but wishes they could have told him how his son died. What is the first name of his son? 2. In a breakfast advertisement, a product which claims twice the vitamin and mineral nutrition sees Bob Bartram bet his entire house and lose it. Amanda Pittman bet something she was wearing and lost that too. What did Amanda Pittman bet? 3. This new wave band had their most success on the Billboard Charts in late 1982 with a Top Ten single, before following up almost four months later with another single that peaked at #30, in 1983, which talked about falling in love. What is the name of the band in question? 4. In one TV advertisement, an advisor, Arthur, tells us: "You can go to a doctor and tell them 'I've got this pain.' What's the difference? You can call a psychic and say 'I have this pain in my emotional life.'" What is the extension given to call Arthur? 5. Time for some basketball! This one time NBA MVP made an unexpected appearance with the fictional Tornadoes high school basketball team back in 1997. What brand of shirt is this professional athlete wearing while playing with the Tornadoes? 6. What American animated comedy, which aired on Jetix after its original run on Fox, debuted in 1995 and featured characters which included a veteran of a world war and a pet goldfish? Now put on two 4-ish minute songs and try to google your way to answers to these. Then multiply what you just did by 100 goons in an irc room 8 times/hour for 54 hours straight and you have an idea of what this is like. It is intense as gently caress, quick and adrenalined, it comes with a huge sense of achievement and just hanging in chat and seeing the magic is, well, magical. Here are the answers to the above questions if you wanna cheat or check if you got them right 1. Tommy 2. The Family Jewels 3. A Flock of Seagulls 4. 8237 5. Adidas 6. Life with Louie Man with Hat fucked around with this message at 17:55 on Apr 7, 2016 |
|
#
?
Feb 13, 2016 12:25
|
|
|
This comes up a few times in the thread each year, but join us if you don't think you'll be very useful. I guess I could also add join us even if you can only play for a couple of hours. We've had high-scoring questions answered by people who just hopped on for a couple of hours, and you never know what sort of useless information would get an answer right. There's always #tpmusic if you just want to hang out and listen to music all weekend (and answer the music snippet questions).Man with Hat posted:WE'RE COMING FOR YOU, NETWORK Did someone say Network?    quote:03:08 Spretznaz We stayed to take a picture, they come out with their BIG trophy and go "You know, you guys should try some NATURAL intelligence"
|
|
#
?
Feb 13, 2016 14:57
|
|
|
TRIVIA!!! If you get too stressed out from the Googles, or if that's just not your thing at all, you are welcome to hang out with music crew and chill out, talk about tasty jams, and help the tryhards working on solving the questions know how much time they have until the phones go down in the back. Music Crew 4 Lyfe
|
|
#
?
Feb 13, 2016 15:09
|
|
|
Yep. Gonna do a thing. Already requested that Friday off, gonna goon it up so hard. Still pissed I somehow never found out about this years ago.  But then, I almost never look at GBS.
|
|
#
?
Feb 13, 2016 16:03
|
|
|
GET. loving. PUMPED.
|
|
#
?
Feb 13, 2016 16:20
|
|
|
I have returned from the dead to support my trivia friends. It's truly my favorite time of year and only people who have been awake at 4am arguing over whether Foghorn Leghorn is a penguin would understand.
|
|
#
?
Feb 13, 2016 16:25
|
|
|
This sounds weird as gently caress but is actually fun. Join in April or whatever and see if it's any good. Have some examples of what the contest question are: 1. Thomas R. Maguire writes a heartfelt letter to a Colonel thanking him for the letter of sympathy regarding his son. He understands they have to be careful about security these days, but wishes they could have told him how his son died. What is the first name of his son? 2. In a breakfast advertisement, a product which claims twice the vitamin and mineral nutrition sees Bob Bartram bet his entire house and lose it. Amanda Pittman bet something she was wearing and lost that too. What did Amanda Pittman bet? 3. This new wave band had their most success on the Billboard Charts in late 1982 with a Top Ten single, before following up almost four months later with another single that peaked at #30, in 1983, which talked about falling in love. What is the name of the band in question? Be sure to put on 2 songs from the 1930s for each of these questions for the right immersion.
|
|
#
?
Feb 13, 2016 17:23
|
|
|
Hey now, it's usually 1950s, not 1930s. Whichever decade had the German baby song and "Please Mr. Custer".
|
|
#
?
Feb 13, 2016 18:40
|
|
|
This is a good thread imo
|
|
#
?
Feb 13, 2016 21:23
|
|
|
I need a ciderboys tag this year
|
|
#
?
Feb 13, 2016 21:27
|
|
|
Oh jeez it's already been ten months since the last one. Finding answers 5-30 seconds after it's been called in is more fun than it should be. What's the on-the-ground situation currently? Very (very) lightly toying with the idea.
|
|
#
?
Feb 13, 2016 21:37
|
|
|
Already requested the day off work for a recovery Monday.
|
|
#
?
Feb 13, 2016 22:09
|
|
|
Sighence posted:Oh jeez it's already been ten months since the last one. Finding answers 5-30 seconds after it's been called in is more fun than it should be. I believe we really need more, especially since phuzzy won't be ground crew this year.
|
|
#
?
Feb 13, 2016 22:40
|
|
|
Sighence posted:Oh jeez it's already been ten months since the last one. Finding answers 5-30 seconds after it's been called in is more fun than it should be. I have a big two room suite booked in Point that I'm not too keen on paying for by myself. If anyone plans on coming, you can PM me or message me on IRC.
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2016 00:04
|
|
|
I love trivia time! Got the weekend off work and I'm ready to go. I need to get a Ciderboys tag this year.
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2016 00:33
|
|
|
Yeah, buddies, you guys are going to have to step up this year for Ground Crew since I am  out of Central Wisconsin.
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2016 01:03
|
|
|
Blackajack posted:This is a good thread imo Seems gay and a waste of time in mine. NERDS
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2016 01:09
|
|
|
Yeah hopefully we can get a few more goons up to SP to aid what few locals we have left 
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2016 03:15
|
|
|
tao of lmao posted:Yeah hopefully we can get a few more goons up to SP to aid what few locals we have left One of these years I will fly across the loving ocean to do this. That's how good of a time this is. I Will Traverse Oceans.
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2016 03:42
|
|
|
EngineerSean posted:I need a ciderboys tag this year Same Can't loving wait for trivia this year
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2016 05:05
|
|
|
Sounds fun! I'll try to make it for a few hours at least and come hang in IRC/mumble. I know a lot of useless trivia, but this looks like a level beyond what most people could know offhand. How do you guys find the answers? Just hoping someone on the team happens to have the answer or a way to quickly get it?
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2016 05:06
|
|
|
Pawn 17 posted:Sounds fun! Mainly googling, occasionally knowledge, occasionally looking in our pantry's
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2016 05:09
|
|
|
The Glumslinger posted:Mainly googling, occasionally knowledge, occasionally looking in our pantry's Pff, I only use Bing 
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2016 05:13
|
|
|
Pawn 17 posted:Sounds fun! It's pretty rare for someone to just know the answer but someone will often know something to point us in the right direction. Then its just a matter of smashing enough searches into google until you find the answer. So many google searches over trivia weekend.  The best ones are when it a question from some movie from the 50s or something and we find the whole thing on youtube, then there's a mad rush to find the right spot in time.
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2016 05:28
|
|
|
Pawn 17 posted:Pff, I only use Bing This is legit useful. We have a lot of people using google in different ways with different terms and poo poo to find the answers fast but different search engines give different results sometimes so someone who for reals only uses Bing could find an answer on the same search terms that would not find the answer on google. It's really, really rare. But it can happen.
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2016 05:32
|
|
|
Grashnak posted:It's pretty rare for someone to just know the answer but someone will often know something to point us in the right direction. Then its just a matter of smashing enough searches into google until you find the answer. So many google searches over trivia weekend. Or when we kill a netflix CDN instance trying to all stream some crappy old movie
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2016 05:43
|
|
|
Pawn 17 posted:Sounds fun! It's not enough to just brute-force google, but we search for nearly every answer - if that makes sense. Your individual trivia knowledge will come into play in knowing what to look for. A lot of questions are seriously intense. I've answered maybe 3 questions directly in 5 years, but I've contributed knowledge that has lead to quite a few answers being found.
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2016 05:45
|
|
|
I've probably lead us astray on more questions than I was the first one to solve  Please ask more questions on sports
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2016 05:47
|
|
|
I saw this the last two years and worked a job where I needed to be there on the weekends. This year, i'll be in a more traditional position and have the whole weekend off, can't wait to see how this goes.
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2016 06:29
|
|
|
Grashnak posted:It's pretty rare for someone to just know the answer but someone will often know something to point us in the right direction. Then its just a matter of smashing enough searches into google until you find the answer. So many google searches over trivia weekend. The Glumslinger posted:Or when we kill a netflix CDN instance trying to all stream some crappy old movie drat, I'm starting to get the picture that this is going to be intense. I'm pumped already! 
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2016 07:38
|
|
|
I'm member of a party that has their annual convention that weekend. I was like "gently caress no, lol".
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2016 07:55
|
|
|
brylcreem posted:I'm member of a party that has their annual convention that weekend. My company wanted to buy me a trip to denmark trivia weekend. Yeah, not happening, I got googling to do.
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2016 13:06
|
|
|
Done with work at 5pm EST on Friday and have off through Monday. I have scheduled well this year
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2016 13:47
|
|
|
Athanatos posted:Have some examples of what the contest question are: These are actual examples? What are the answers?
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2016 18:48
|
|
|
Parahexavoctal posted:These are actual examples? What are the answers? 1. Tommy 2. The Family Jewels 3. A Flock of Seagulls It's how all the questions are, gives you enough to google/get an idea what the question comes from, then once you have the source, you start digging into that source for the answer.
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2016 19:14
|
|
|
We have doctors, CEOs, and at least a hundred goons who do nothing but smoke weed, eat Chipotle, and work on databases that are magical. Join our team.
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2016 20:17
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 19, 2024 19:35 |
|
|
McStabby posted:This comes up a few times in the thread each year, but join us if you don't think you'll be very useful. I guess I could also add join us even if you can only play for a couple of hours. We've had high-scoring questions answered by people who just hopped on for a couple of hours, and you never know what sort of useless information would get an answer right. There's always #tpmusic if you just want to hang out and listen to music all weekend (and answer the music snippet questions). By the way, we got a 200 pt. question last year because I got bored at the grocery store at 12am one day and took pictures of cereal boxes. Every little effort can be a big difference maker, no matter how stupid it may sound. No, I am not turning into Network, why do you ask?
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2016 21:48
|
|