I had that question too, Mike. Since they were the same, I decided it was wise not to choose "taking the bull by the horns" as the option for "take the bull by the horns". That was the right decision, apparently, but I didn't like those two appearing in the same set.

I saw this thread and thought of you:

http://www.funtrivia.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/809093/Mind_melt#Post809093

It just happened again. However, this time it was at my work IP, not my netbook IP. Obviously, there's bug that needs to be fixed here.

It doesn't look like an error on the server side - I'd rather suspect some network issue that prevents your form contents from being transmitted. You're calling the evaluation script through the submit but somewhere between your browser and the server, the actual form gets lost and it arrives as a blank request which is then (logically) interpreted as no questions having been answered.

Do you run some antivirus or other security software that could occasionally interfere with the sending? It can't be any of the site protection mechanisms since forms in MM can't transmit any content such a protection could dislike (and besides, if it were that, such a problem would hit all players of a specific question set).

Odd punctuation typos continue. It appears that the apostrophe or single quotation mark does not exist, but is replaced by an accent mark. Double quotation marks are used for possessive nouns and a quote is opened with an accent but closed with double quotations. Is this a system that is used somewhere in the literary world?
From today's MM game:
- tighten one''s belt
- recording a person''s behavior
hypozeuxis is use of a series of parallel clauses (as in `I came, I saw, I conquered'')

These are all typos in the online database (not here at FunTrivia) which is used as the source of the game - you'll also spot the same issues in Word Wizard.

clinical psychologist is related to therapist



You said: psychologist

clinical psychologist means "a therapist who deals with mental and emotional disorders"
therapist means "a person skilled in a particular type of therapy"
behaviorist is related to psychologist



You said: therapist

behaviorist means "a psychologist who subscribes to behaviorism"
psychologist means "a scientist trained in psychology"

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You can't be a clinical psychologist without being a psychologist, but can be a therapist.

A behaviorist is either a psychologist or a therapist using behavioural therapy so either would be correct, but the first is definitely wrong, it's even in the question itself.

I think I probably need one (or several) of those folks. Too expensive though, so will just carry on being comfortable in delusional mode.

Jan, where's the like button when I need it!

Sue

You need to ask a physiologist that question!

Sulk about to happen.

Can someone please commiserate and agree with me,

or explain to me why I was wrong.

I am trying to be a brave girl about this.

The original use of vandalize referred to the way the Vandals destroyed the Roman Empire, so ruin is a better match than damage. Corrode describes a degree of damage, but not necessarily as absolute as destruction or ruin.

I'll take that. Thanks Looney tunes.

It would be less confusing if these two relationships didn't appear in the same set of Mind Melt questions.

I work in municipal gov't (payroll) and there is quite a difference between the terms "labourer" and "trade/union", especially when it pertains to wages. To me, "working man" would be the "lower" waged/more general one of the two options. However, I do fully agree that it was unfortunate that those two fell in the same set!! (hugz)

A little issue in my set. There were two sets of the same opposites in my set today. Lucky for me, I got it right, but here it is.

The opposite of birth is death

birth means "the time when something begins (especially life)"
death means "the time when something ends"

The opposite of live is dead

live means "showing characteristics of life"
dead means "not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life"

This was in Set 15 today.

But you correctly matched the two nouns and the two adjectives. They are not interchangeable at all, just relating to similar concepts.

Yeah, but they were just a little confusing because of how closely related they were.

If you play this game long enough, you will see them more confusing than these ones!

glade is related to parcel of land

You said: piece of ground

glade means "a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area"
parcel of land means "an extended area of land"

site is related to piece of ground

You said: parcel of land

site means "the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located)"
piece of ground means "an extended area of land"

Any suggestions on why these are matched the way they are? (I was guessing because I didn't see the distinction, and got it wrong)

Piece of land in the definition of site matches nicely with piece of ground. Also, a glade is (in my mind) somewhat larger than a site, and a parcel of land would be larger than a pierce of ground. But it's really pretty much a guess. You get that sometimes.

Had to toss a coin today.








Is it too early to hit the gin?

It helps if you've seen both of those pairs before, and know which one goes with which.

It'd be the only way to know presumably, lol!

Although...Maybe a doctor would have got it right.

Only by chance! "Vena" and "venous blood vessel" are equivalents, the former simply the Latin term.

It's never too early to hit the gin. After all, the sun is always over the yard-arm SOMEwhere in the world LOL

Where's that physiologist when we need her?

That's comforting somehow.



That's the beauty of an international site.

dark comdey is related to comedy

dark comdey means "a comdey characterized by grim or satiric humor"

typo - 'comedy'

Today's Daily Set #27

Today's quiz had Surinamese monetary unit and basic monetary unit. The connections were guilder for the former and dollar for the latter. However, Suriname's current monetary unit is the dollar. It discontinued the guilder on December 31, 2003. Suggest adding "former" to the Surinamese clue.