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#1175636 - Mon Sep 18 2017 10:27 AM WOW
Terry Head Honcho Registered: Wed Dec 31 1969 Posts: 21449 Loc: USA	Wow, FunTrivia moments ago had 55,000 people arrive at the site via google query "What country is called Down Under?", the most we have ever had in a one minute period in the site's 20 year history. Does anyone know where this question was asked?
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#1175637 - Mon Sep 18 2017 10:28 AM Re: WOW
Terry Head Honcho Registered: Wed Dec 31 1969 Posts: 21449 Loc: USA	( I am amazed to report that the server didn't even break a sweat during that insane burst of traffic either. Incredible how good the hardware has gotten over the years! )
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#1175638 - Mon Sep 18 2017 12:04 PM Re: WOW
postcards2go Moderator Registered: Thu Nov 20 2008 Posts: 1313 Loc: New York City USA	I found this in 'AskFT', from July 2008 http://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question97402.html _________________________ ~~ postie
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#1175639 - Mon Sep 18 2017 12:14 PM Re: WOW
WesleyCrusher Administrator Registered: Thu Sep 04 2008 Posts: 7583 Loc: Germany	It was probably not human traffic. Signups don't show any particular spike around the time, although there was one single signup actually from the question. One would think with 50,000 people, more than one would want to stay and at least try playing. _________________________ FunTrivia Editor (Hobbies and Sci/Tech) and Administrator Guardian of the Tower
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#1175646 - Mon Sep 18 2017 01:09 PM Re: WOW
Terry Head Honcho Registered: Wed Dec 31 1969 Posts: 21449 Loc: USA	Originally Posted By: WesleyCrusher It was probably not human traffic. Signups don't show any particular spike around the time, although there was one single signup actually from the question. One would think with 50,000 people, more than one would want to stay and at least try playing. No, it was definitely human. Could see the query strings from a bunch of search engines. You'd be surprised re: signups. If people are looking for a quick answer to a contest question, they nearly never sign up.
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#1175647 - Mon Sep 18 2017 01:33 PM Re: WOW
WesleyCrusher Administrator Registered: Thu Sep 04 2008 Posts: 7583 Loc: Germany	I just wonder how many people actually searched if 55,000 clicked through. I made the search and the answer is easily seen from the Google page. Also, at least on my result page, our link was only #3. Unless of course those 55k were mostly browser-prefetched pages from the results. Still a fascinating spike. _________________________ FunTrivia Editor (Hobbies and Sci/Tech) and Administrator Guardian of the Tower
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#1175650 - Mon Sep 18 2017 04:02 PM Re: WOW
MiraJane Prolific Registered: Tue Apr 30 2013 Posts: 1688 Loc: New York USA	A question like that seems like it is was from a TV quiz show or talk show where the first viewer with the correct answer that calls in wins a trip to whatever Caribbean island survives this hurricane season.
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#1175651 - Mon Sep 18 2017 04:32 PM Re: WOW
HairyBear Mainstay Registered: Fri Sep 01 2006 Posts: 711 Loc: Florida USA	Wow, 55,000 people didn't know the answer to that question? Society is doomed.
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#1175652 - Mon Sep 18 2017 04:35 PM Re: WOW
WesleyCrusher Administrator Registered: Thu Sep 04 2008 Posts: 7583 Loc: Germany	To be exact, 55,000 people didn't know it and thought no one else would know it either so they would actually still have a chance after spending 15 seconds on Google. Edited by WesleyCrusher (Mon Sep 18 2017 04:45 PM) _________________________ FunTrivia Editor (Hobbies and Sci/Tech) and Administrator Guardian of the Tower
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#1175654 - Mon Sep 18 2017 05:28 PM Re: WOW
flopsymopsy Administrator Registered: Sat May 17 2008 Posts: 5470 Loc: Northampton England UK	Or they were just checking to make sure there wasn't a trick answer. Or we're doomed. My bet is on one of those questions sometimes seen in the ad breaks on commercial tv: text the correct answer to this (really dumb) question to...... How many beans make five? A. 3333 B. 5 C. 2020. I often wonder how many people choose the wrong options, I bet it's quite a few. _________________________ The Hubble Telescope has just picked up a sound from a fraction of a second before the Big Bang. The sound was "Uh oh".
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#1175655 - Mon Sep 18 2017 06:25 PM Re: WOW
agony Administrator Registered: Sat Mar 29 2003 Posts: 16595 Loc: Western Canada	That was my thought exactly, HairyBear.
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#1175656 - Mon Sep 18 2017 06:46 PM Re: WOW
Barbarini Mainstay Registered: Sat Sep 04 2010 Posts: 722 Loc: Alberta Canada	Originally Posted By: agony That was my thought exactly, HairyBear. And mine. Sheesh....
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#1175658 - Mon Sep 18 2017 07:02 PM Re: WOW
MrNobody97 Enthusiast Registered: Sun Dec 28 2014 Posts: 402 Loc: Illinois USA	Suppose Terry had come and reported that the site had received a massive number of visitors all from one query, but instead of asking, "What country is called Down Under?", the 55,000 people instead had this question: "What's an algorithm for determining how to slice any kind of rectangular parallelepiped with integral sides into unit cubes using the minimum number of planar cuts if you allow rearrangement of the pieces between the cuts?" What would we all be saying THEN? Edited by MrNobody97 (Mon Sep 18 2017 07:03 PM)
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#1175659 - Mon Sep 18 2017 07:03 PM Re: WOW
flopsymopsy Administrator Registered: Sat May 17 2008 Posts: 5470 Loc: Northampton England UK	Originally Posted By: MrNobody97 What would we all be saying THEN? "We're all doomed!" _________________________ The Hubble Telescope has just picked up a sound from a fraction of a second before the Big Bang. The sound was "Uh oh".
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#1175660 - Mon Sep 18 2017 07:05 PM Re: WOW
MrNobody97 Enthusiast Registered: Sun Dec 28 2014 Posts: 402 Loc: Illinois USA	(That was my implied point, though we'd all be doomed for a much different reason. smirk)
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#1175666 - Mon Sep 18 2017 07:24 PM Re: WOW
Terry Head Honcho Registered: Wed Dec 31 1969 Posts: 21449 Loc: USA	I am used to seeing sudden spikes from TV shows. Stuff on CNN usually creates maybe 10,000 people. So this was something huge. Perhaps the Today show in the U.S. or something like that. And yes, it is perplexing how so many people don't know that, lol.
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#1175667 - Mon Sep 18 2017 08:08 PM Re: WOW
WesleyCrusher Administrator Registered: Thu Sep 04 2008 Posts: 7583 Loc: Germany	I've just taken another look at signups - they have been picking up in the last hours. It looks like this was concentrated in India - that's certainly one very large TV audience! _________________________ FunTrivia Editor (Hobbies and Sci/Tech) and Administrator Guardian of the Tower
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#1175670 - Mon Sep 18 2017 08:48 PM Re: WOW
zorba_scank Multiloquent Registered: Tue Feb 20 2007 Posts: 2069 Loc: Sydney, Australia	I wonder if it was the audience question on the Indian (Hindi) version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?". That would probably explain it. _________________________ "Don't do something permanently stupid just because you are temporarily upset."
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#1175672 - Mon Sep 18 2017 09:44 PM Re: WOW
dg_dave Champion Poster Registered: Sun Oct 05 2003 Posts: 24575 Loc: near Stafford, Virginia USA	Originally Posted By: WesleyCrusher It looks like this was concentrated in India - that's certainly one very large TV audience! Not really too surprising to me...only one country has a higher population than India...and that is China ,which, according to the link below, is only about 55 million more. I can see why a spike to a point...as the population of India is a staggering 1.32 billion residents. Source here. Edited by dg_dave (Mon Sep 18 2017 09:45 PM) _________________________ The way to get things done is NOT to mind who gets the credit for doing them. --Benjamin Jowett No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. --Eleanor Roosevelt The day we lose our will to fight is the day we lose our freedom.
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#1175678 - Tue Sep 19 2017 01:44 AM Re: WOW
HairyBear Mainstay Registered: Fri Sep 01 2006 Posts: 711 Loc: Florida USA	Originally Posted By: MrNobody97 Suppose Terry had come and reported that the site had received a massive number of visitors all from one query, but instead of asking, "What country is called Down Under?", the 55,000 people instead had this question: "What's an algorithm for determining how to slice any kind of rectangular parallelepiped with integral sides into unit cubes using the minimum number of planar cuts if you allow rearrangement of the pieces between the cuts?" What would we all be saying THEN? I'm not sure what we'd be saying, but it's an interesting question, anyway. My follow-up question to that would be, "How difficult is it to rearrange the previously sliced pieces in order to minimize the number of planar cuts, and is it worth the effort?" I run into this problem with cheese. It may take fewer cuts if you stack the pieces, but it's not worth the effort.
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#1175682 - Tue Sep 19 2017 04:20 AM Re: WOW
rossian Moderator Registered: Sat Jun 10 2006 Posts: 3908 Loc: Merseyside UK	The site did go down briefly yesterday, for a few minutes around 5.30 p.m. UK time. I couldn't get on and checked with one of the 'down for everyone' sites which confirmed it was down. It didn't last long but may have coincided with that influx. If I ever get to grips with time differences, I might know whether or not it did, but I've never been able to work them out. _________________________ Editor - Animals & Sci/Tech
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#1175683 - Tue Sep 19 2017 05:32 AM Re: WOW
dg_dave Champion Poster Registered: Sun Oct 05 2003 Posts: 24575 Loc: near Stafford, Virginia USA	Originally Posted By: rossian The site did go down briefly yesterday, for a few minutes around 5.30 p.m. UK time. I couldn't get on and checked with one of the 'down for everyone' sites which confirmed it was down. It didn't last long but may have coincided with that influx. If I ever get to grips with time differences, I might know whether or not it did, but I've never been able to work them out. That would have been about 10pm India time, rossian. You're 4½ hours behind them during summer time, and 5½ in winter. _________________________ The way to get things done is NOT to mind who gets the credit for doing them. --Benjamin Jowett No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. --Eleanor Roosevelt The day we lose our will to fight is the day we lose our freedom.
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#1175845 - Wed Sep 20 2017 06:19 PM Re: WOW
Creedy Prolific Registered: Tue Aug 03 2010 Posts: 1285 Loc: Coffs Harbour NSW Australia	Good point about them phrasing the question. They should have put the word "country" in. Otherwise people may have started thinking physiologically My down under, ie, is the part upon which I sit. _________________________ "Beauty is fleeting, its memory timeless"...Eidhneach O'Diomasaigh
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