Subject: Loser !!
Posted by: LollyLegs1
Date: Mar 23 12
There is always an American sport, the maiden name of an American Presidents wife, or some such non-general question in almost all games.
How can anyone achieve a 10/10 game ??!!
This now an International Game Quizz....So if I were to ask the rest of the world the maiden name of Australias first Prime Ministers wife ( or even the 11th)...who could answer..without googling it ??
I declare 'unfair'....we are not on an equal playing field.
Posted by: LollyLegs1
Date: Mar 23 12
There is always an American sport, the maiden name of an American Presidents wife, or some such non-general question in almost all games.
How can anyone achieve a 10/10 game ??!!
This now an International Game Quizz....So if I were to ask the rest of the world the maiden name of Australias first Prime Ministers wife ( or even the 11th)...who could answer..without googling it ??
I declare 'unfair'....we are not on an equal playing field.
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Blackdresss 
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Well... questions come from the players who submit them. If you want more "global" questions, you could write a quiz or two and submit to the site, or just write individual questions for submission. It isn't that the playing field isn't level, I don't think. It's just that more "American" questions are being submitted. You sound motivated to me! Write and submit some individual questions! You can earn points and add to the question pool, all at the same time! Reply #1. Mar 29 12, 2:05 AM |
daver852
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Considering the populations of the United States and Australia, and the number of questions specific to each, I'd say the advantage lies with the Aussies. If I get another cricket question, I think I'm going to puke. Reply #2. Mar 29 12, 8:17 PM |
Anton
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"How can anyone achieve a 10/10 game ?" I don't know, but a 15/15 is very doable. People do it every hour in every category. Reply #3. Mar 29 12, 9:04 PM |
Creedy
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You get cricket questions, Daver? I don't. Not that I'd know the answers either way. Sports isn't exactly what I'd describe as one of my strong points. Hi Lollylegs, I used to complain a little bit about that when I first started playing FT, but not now. It's an EXCELLENT way of learning new and interesting information, it really is. (Come to think of it, the whole process could probably be applied to different school subjects and played in schools as well. In any area really where learning plays a part and needs to be charted and measured. Fun learning.) So maybe if you look at it from that angle, it'd help you? As it is, there's a really good balance of subjects covered in here to cater for all interests. There are of course a lot more Americans than Aussies, so naturally they've submitted a lot more American specific questions than we have Aussie ones. Our history is still a relatively short one, and because it's been so peaceful and uneventful for the most part, there isn't many world shattering events have happened here. We have and have had fine scientists, artists, authors, actors, singers, composers, and sportsmen and women, and our geography is beautiful, but to be honest, it's a lot easier writing quizzes and questions about the rest of the world. Our politicians are about as exciting as watching an ant's nest. We're a happy and contented country with a relaxed and comfortable history, but alas, that doesn't make for great quizzes. Even our animals are relaxed and comfortable for the most part. Well, apart from snakes and crocodiles, sharks and serial killer koalas, that is. Reply #4. Mar 30 12, 12:02 AM |
| Creedy
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(We're not the only country that plays cricket, Daver) Reply #5. Mar 30 12, 12:13 AM |
Toyah
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I live in Australia and even I didn't know the maiden name of the 1st Prime Minster's wife (It's Jane Ross), or the 11th (Ethel Blunt)- Yes I had to Google them. I'm more likely to know the wives of US presidents than the wives of the Australian Prime Minister - how sad is that? This may be the reason getting 15 from 15 is a bit beyond my intelligence level. I think Fun Trivia gave me my Expert Achievement badge because they felt sorry for me after all my efforts. Reply #6. Mar 31 12, 7:04 PM |
funpalace
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If we players outside the USA don't know certain things about that great country, I should have thought that Funtrivia was the ideal place to find them out. In any case, as has already been pointed out, the advantage will always be with non-Americans. Our cousins in the States don't seem to know half as much about us as we know about them. I'm learning so much about the USA playing Funtrivia, and surely, the greatest reward of playing this great game is learning, and not just racking up points. Personally, I find myself wanting to learn, and understand, more about Baseball and Gridiron, although I'm not holding out much hope! Vive la difference! Reply #7. Mar 31 12, 7:56 PM |
Mommakat
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Feel free to have a puke Daver while I throw up at the next baseball question, or basketball or grid iron. the name of the game is Fun Trivia, and if you don't find it fun then quit - bye bye Reply #8. Mar 31 12, 8:03 PM |
| Creedy
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I tried to understand it too - baseball and gridiron ie, but the rules have me baffled. Baseball is kind of interesting - it's like our cricket to a degree, minus the chewing gum. And wow, don't they love it over there! But FT has educated me immensely on many aspects of many countries. Done for fun, it's really enjoyable learning. I wish we had more questions from England too. All countries, particularly from the historical aspect. (I wonder what would happen if a gridiron player met an Australian Rugy League player on a football field. Murder most foul I imagine. They'd both be dead) Reply #9. Mar 31 12, 11:37 PM |
| Aussiedrongo
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I think the League player would only die laughing at the amount of padding the gridiron player would be wearing. Reply #10. Apr 01 12, 12:28 AM |
| Mommakat
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LOL! Good one A/D :) Reply #11. Apr 01 12, 12:36 AM |
| Anton
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The League player would die from getting his ribs stuck into his lungs after laughing at the football player. Rugby? Violent? LOL I've seen some games and I am still waiting to see some violent hits like receivers take. Those hits rugby players do are nothing we didn't do as kids. Rugby takes endurance. Football takes balls. Reply #12. Apr 01 12, 1:05 AM |
C30
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Rugby players have the guts to play without enough armoured padding to protect the average Battleship! Btw "Football" to every nation in the world (except US of A, who as usual claims the rest of the world is out of step with them) means SOCCER! Reply #13. Apr 01 12, 1:37 AM |
| Anton
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Rugby players don't hit like football players do. This is fact and can't be disputed. There is a reason why they wear the pads and it isn't because they are afraid of getting hurt. There was a quote I read from a guy who played both football and rugby, and even he said football was more violent. And I don't really care what the rest of the world calls soccer. Soccer is soccer and football is football. Reply #14. Apr 01 12, 1:53 AM |
| Mommakat
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In actual fact Soccer is the only true FOOTball as they use their feet and are not allowed to handle the ball. the same can't be said of the other forms of sport loosely called football. Reply #15. Apr 01 12, 3:41 AM |
Professer
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In total agreement Momkat Reply #16. Apr 01 12, 5:34 AM |
| Aussiedrongo
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Broken ribs and punctured lungs aren't of any great concern in Aussie Rules. Check out the match summary from this game: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Grand_Final Reply #17. Apr 01 12, 6:03 AM |
| Aussiedrongo
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Better still: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_VFL_Grand_Final Reply #18. Apr 01 12, 6:09 AM |
| Creedy
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Oh dear Reply #19. Apr 01 12, 7:12 AM |
| C30
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My sentiments entirely Mommakat. Reply #20. Apr 01 12, 10:02 AM |
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