Test your random knowledge vs other OOTers [Archive]

RiverFenix

09-12-2005, 04:56 PM

1) _____ gave the shortest performance to win a leading Oscar for a film?

2) _____ is considered to be the first American writer to have a sucessful short story?

3) The first Super Bowl was held between ______ & _______ ?

4) The capital of Honduras is ______ ?

5) ________ (short answer) is the difference between a googol and a googolplex?

6) _____ & ______ were the two Generals who fought at the Battle of El Alamein.

7) Each year in Buñol, Spain participants in the traditional food fight throw _____ at each other?

8) _______ lead Cuba before the current leader, Castro, came into power.

9) ______ won a highschool, college, & nba championship all within 4 years of his career.

10) ______ is the meaning of the word "karaoke" in Japanese?

RiverFenix

09-12-2005, 05:26 PM

Yikes, I was expecting this to be more popular.... does it need more gimmies?

tdarko

09-12-2005, 05:27 PM

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does it need more gimmies?

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no, it needs to be less like school.

your post sucks ass.

offTopic

09-12-2005, 05:28 PM

Beats me...I M dumb.

1) Marlon Brando gave the shortest performance to win a leading Oscar for a film?

2) Poe is considered to be the first American writer to have a sucessful short story?

3) The first Super Bowl was held between 1965 & 1967 ?

3) The first Super Bowl was held between Green Bay & Kansas City ?

4) The capital of Honduras is hell if I know...Honduras? ?

5) an IPO (short answer) is the difference between a googol and a googolplex?

6) Patton & Rommel were the two Generals who fought at the Battle of El Alamein.

7) Each year in Buñol, Spain participants in the traditional food fight throw tomatoes at each other?

8) ??? lead Cuba before the current leader, Castro, came into power.

9) Magic Johnson won a highschool, college, & nba championship all within 4 years of his career.

10) Drunken idiocy is the meaning of the word "karaoke" in Japanese?

Dynasty

09-12-2005, 05:28 PM

Hey, Mad Libs! I haven't done those in about twenty years.

1) Mia Johnson gave the shortest performance to win a leading Oscar for a film?

2) Joey is considered to be the first American writer to have a sucessful short story?

3) The first Super Bowl was held between Chipotle & Kentucky Fried Chicken ?

4) The capital of Honduras is Hogwarts ?

5) 69 (short answer) is the difference between a googol and a googolplex?

6) Mat Sklansky & perverts were the two Generals who fought at the Battle of El Alamein.

7) Each year in Buñol, Spain participants in the traditional food fight throw sharts at each other?

8) TheSaltCracka lead Cuba before the current leader, Castro, came into power.

9) Alizee won a highschool, college, & nba championship all within 4 years of his career.

10) SIIHP is the meaning of the word "karaoke" in Japanese?

Meh. That's the problem with Mad Libs. Only a couple of them end up being funny.

Edge34

09-12-2005, 05:30 PM

1) I don't know
2) I don't know offhand.
3) Green Bay and KC.
4) I don't know offhand.
5) Ask Bison.
6) Hell if I know.
7) Tomatoes.
8) Che Guevara?
9) Magic.
10) Empty band or something like that.

lucas9000

09-12-2005, 05:32 PM

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Hey, Mad Libs! I haven't done those in about twenty years.

1) Mia Johnson gave the shortest performance to win a leading Oscar for a film?

2) Joey is considered to be the first American writer to have a sucessful short story?

3) The first Super Bowl was held between Chipotle & Kentucky Fried Chicken ?

4) The capital of Honduras is Hogwarts ?

5) 69 (short answer) is the difference between a googol and a googolplex?

6) Mat Sklansky & perverts were the two Generals who fought at the Battle of El Alamein.

7) Each year in Buñol, Spain participants in the traditional food fight throw sharts at each other?

8) TheSaltCracka lead Cuba before the current leader, Castro, came into power.

9) Alizee won a highschool, college, & nba championship all within 4 years of his career.

10) SIIHP is the meaning of the word "karaoke" in Japanese?

Meh. That's the problem with Mad Libs. Only a couple of them end up being funny.

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easily potd.

shant

09-12-2005, 05:34 PM

Batista

pryor15

09-12-2005, 05:35 PM

fine, i'll try...

1. your question isn't specific enough, but i think the answer is judi dench
2. mark twain
3. GB & i have no idea
4. i used to know that
5. a goodolplex has more screens showing the same movie
6. no clue
7. tomatoes
8. che guevara isn't right, but it's the first name i thought of
9. magic johnson
10. to sing badly

do i win?

KramerTM

09-12-2005, 05:37 PM

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1) Anthony Hopkins gave the shortest performance to win a leading Oscar for a film?

2) _____ is considered to be the first American writer to have a sucessful short story?

3) The first Super Bowl was held between Green Bay & Kansas City ?

4) The capital of Honduras is Tegucigalpa ?

5) [googolplex is a 1 with a googol zeroes following it[/b](short answer) is the difference between a googol and a googolplex?

6) _____ & ______ were the two Generals who fought at the Battle of El Alamein.

7) Each year in Buñol, Spain participants in the traditional food fight throw _____ at each other?

8) Batista lead Cuba before the current leader, Castro, came into power.

9) ______ won a highschool, college, & nba championship all within 4 years of his career.

10) without orchrestra is the meaning of the word "karaoke" in Japanese?

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ClassicBob

09-12-2005, 05:48 PM

Without googling or looking at other posts in thread.

1. Judi Dench
2. Robert Frost
3. Green Bay Packers & Kansas City Chiefs
4. No idea.
5. one million zeroes
6. eek.
7. Tomatoes
8. again, no idea.
9. Magic Johnson
10. Singing(?)

Tom1975

09-12-2005, 05:48 PM

6. Rommel and Patton?
9. Magic Johnson?

Dynasty

09-12-2005, 05:52 PM

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6. Rommel and Patton?

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It's Rommel and Montgomery.

bobman0330

09-12-2005, 05:53 PM

Rommel & Montgomery

gorie

09-12-2005, 05:53 PM

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5) ________ (short answer) is the difference between a googol and a googolplex?

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i'm dumb because this is the only one i think i know:
a googol is a 1 with 100 zeros behind it
a googolplex is 1 with a googol zeros behind it.
at least i think that's right.

RiverFenix

09-12-2005, 05:58 PM

Top individual score is 4, collectively its ~6/10 answered.

wayabvpar

09-12-2005, 06:01 PM

1) Marlon Brando gave the shortest performance to win a leading Oscar for a film?

2) O Henry is considered to be the first American writer to have a sucessful short story?

3) The first Super Bowl was held between Green Bay& Kansas City ?

4) The capital of Honduras is Tegucigalpa (sp?) ?

5) A googolplex is a googol squared(short answer) is the difference between a googol and a googolplex?

6) Rommell& Montgomery were the two Generals who fought at the Battle of El Alamein.

7) Each year in Buñol, Spain participants in the traditional food fight throw tomatoes at each other?

8) Batista lead Cuba before the current leader, Castro, came into power.

9) Tim Duncan won a high school, college, & nba championship all within 4 years of his career.

10) sing along is the meaning of the word "karaoke" in Japanese?

Posted without seeing the other answers...

jojobinks

09-12-2005, 06:02 PM

1) Brando gave the shortest performance to win a leading Oscar for a film?

2) Hawthorne is considered to be the first American writer to have a sucessful short story?

3) The first Super Bowl was held between Pckers & Chiefs?

4) The capital of Honduras is ______ ?

5) 1000 zeros and a million zeroes, respectively(short answer) is the difference between a googol and a googolplex?

6) _____ & ______ were the two Generals who fought at the Battle of El Alamein.

7) Each year in Buñol, Spain participants in the traditional food fight throw tomatoes at each other?

8) _______ lead Cuba before the current leader, Castro, came into power.

9) ______ won a highschool, college, & nba championship all within 4 years of his career.

10) ______ is the meaning of the word "karaoke" in Japanese?

mmbt0ne

09-12-2005, 06:04 PM

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1) _____ gave the shortest performance to win a leading Oscar for a film?

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Hmmmm. Tom Hanks.

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2) _____ is considered to be the first American writer to have a sucessful short story?

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Damn. Benjamin Franklin, he did everything else.

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3) The first Super Bowl was held between ______ & _______ ?

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Green Bay Packers and KC Chiefs

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4) The capital of Honduras is ______ ?

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[censored]. It's something crazy like Tagiculupala.

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5) ________ (short answer) is the difference between a googol and a googolplex?

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A hundred zeros I believe.

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6) _____ & ______ were the two Generals who fought at the Battle of El Alamein.

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I have no idea what this is. Napolean and McArthur. I figure if I go different eras I have a better chance at getting one right.

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7) Each year in Buñol, Spain participants in the traditional food fight throw _____ at each other?

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Tomatoes

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8) _______ lead Cuba before the current leader, Castro, came into power.

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No Idea. Mr. Estefan.

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9) ______ won a highschool, college, & nba championship all within 4 years of his career.

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Magic Johnson

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10) ______ is the meaning of the word "karaoke" in Japanese?

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Tone Deaf

RiverFenix

09-12-2005, 06:05 PM

#2 & #10 havent been answered, but #10 has been very close to answered

Alobar

09-12-2005, 06:06 PM

wow, I knew 2. These questions sucked

YourFoxyGrandma

09-12-2005, 06:11 PM

I know zero of these.

Edge34

09-12-2005, 06:12 PM

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#2 & #10 havent been answered, but #10 has been very close to answered

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As for #10, the word is derived from Kara (empty, as in the empty hand of Kara-te), and Oke. Now, since I don't know specifically what Oke means, it must mean empty band or orchestra. I'm lost if that's wrong.

Is #2 Emily Dickinson? The name just popped in my head, sounded right...

kgrad5

09-12-2005, 06:12 PM

#2 - steven king (gotta love the shawshank redemption)

Dudd

09-12-2005, 06:13 PM

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1) _____ gave the shortest performance to win a leading Oscar for a film? No clue.

2) _____ is considered to be the first American writer to have a sucessful short story? Poe?

3) The first Super Bowl was held between ______ & _______ ? Green Bay and KC.

4) The capital of Honduras is ______ ? no clue

5) ________ (short answer) is the difference between a googol and a googolplex? no clue

6) _____ & ______ were the two Generals who fought at the Battle of El Alamein. Rommel and Patton?

7) Each year in Buñol, Spain participants in the traditional food fight throw _____ at each other? tomatoes

8) _______ lead Cuba before the current leader, Castro, came into power. Batista

9) ______ won a highschool, college, & nba championship all within 4 years of his career. no clue

10) ______ is the meaning of the word "karaoke" in Japanese? sing along?

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private joker

09-12-2005, 06:15 PM

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As for #10, the word is derived from Kara (empty, as in the empty hand of Kara-te), and Oke. Now, since I don't know specifically what Oke means, it must mean empty band or orchestra. I'm lost if that's wrong.

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Yeah, I believe it's empty orchestra. Either that, or "drunk girl thinks she's Madonna."

jedi

09-12-2005, 06:20 PM

Okay, I haven't looked at the responses yet, and I'm sure I"ll suck.

1) _____ gave the shortest performance to win a leading Oscar for a film?
Tatum O'Neal

2) _____ is considered to be the first American writer to have a sucessful short story?
Hemingway?

3) The first Super Bowl was held between ______ & _______ ?
Green Bay Packers and K.C. Chiefs

4) The capital of Honduras is ______ ?
Quito

5) ________ (short answer) is the difference between a googol and a googolplex?
Googol is 1 followed by 100 zeroes, googolplex is a movie theater with 1 followed by 100 zeroes worth of screens

6) _____ & ______ were the two Generals who fought at the Battle of El Alamein.
Patton and Rommel

7) Each year in Buñol, Spain participants in the traditional food fight throw _____ at each other?
Peppers?

8) _______ lead Cuba before the current leader, Castro, came into power.
IKE did, but no one outside of the CIA knows it.

9) ______ won a highschool, college, & nba championship all within 4 years of his career.
Wilt Chamberlain

10) ______ is the meaning of the word "karaoke" in Japanese?
Empty Word

Edge34

09-12-2005, 06:22 PM

Quito is the capital of Ecuador.

fnurt

09-12-2005, 06:26 PM

Lansing is the capital of Michigan.

Ulysses

09-12-2005, 06:37 PM

2) O Henry or Poe
3) Green Bay & someone
4) Tegucigalpa
7) Tomatoes
9) Magic

TimTimSalabim

09-12-2005, 06:44 PM

1) Danny Devito gave the shortest performance to win a leading Oscar for a film.

2) John Hancock is considered to be the first American writer to have a sucessful short story.

3) The first Super Bowl was held between one goalpost & the other .

4) The capital of Honduras is overcrowded .

5) Plex (short answer) is the difference between a googol and a googolplex.

6) El & Alamein were the two Generals who fought at the Battle of El Alamein.

7) Each year in Buñol, Spain participants in the traditional food fight throw insults at each other.

8) Mr. Hand lead Cuba before the current leader, Castro, came into power.

9) Some really tall dude won a highschool, college, & nba championship all within 4 years of his career.

10) Karaoke is the meaning of the word "karaoke" in Japanese.

How'd I do?

09-12-2005, 07:00 PM

Definitely.

ClaytonN

09-12-2005, 07:05 PM

1) I've heard this before, I think it's Brando
2) Twain? Bah I dunno
3) Packers & Chiefs
4) Teguchigalpa, don't ask me how I know
5) googol is 1 + 100 zeros, googoolplex is something like 100x that
6) El Alamein is where the Brit general Montgomery defeated Rommel, in Africa.
7) Dont they throw tomatos?
8) Its a common Spanish last name... crap.
9) Wow this is a good question. Dunno.
10) I think it's empty chorus

2+2 wannabe

09-12-2005, 07:07 PM

2. I should know this....steinbeck?
3. green bay and ... washington?!?
5. googolplex is googol squared
7. tomatoes
8. batista
9. kareem abdul-jabbar

the rest I have no clue

RiverFenix

09-12-2005, 07:13 PM

1) Anthony Hopkins
2) Washington Irving
3) Green bay packers & Kansas City chiefs
4) Tegucigalpa
5) 1 followed by 10^100 zeroes is a googolplex a googol has 100 zeroes
after the 1
6) Montgomery and Rommel
7) Tomatoes
8) Fulgencio Batista
9) Magic Johnson
10) Empty Orchestra

Dominic

09-12-2005, 07:18 PM

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1) __Anthony Hopkins___ gave the shortest performance to win a leading Oscar for a film?

2) __JamesFenimore Cooper___ is considered to be the first American writer to have a sucessful short story?

3) The first Super Bowl was held between Chiefs____ & ____Packers___ ?

4) The capital of Honduras is _Honduras_____ ?

5) ________ (short answer) is the difference between a googol and a googolplex?

6) _____ & ______ were the two Generals who fought at the Battle of El Alamein.

7) Each year in Buñol, Spain participants in the traditional food fight throw ___tomatos__ at each other?

8) __Batista_____ lead Cuba before the current leader, Castro, came into power.

9) __Larry Bird____ won a highschool, college, & nba championship all within 4 years of his career.

10) ______ is the meaning of the word "karaoke" in Japanese?

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theben

09-12-2005, 07:29 PM

i get a 0

theben

09-12-2005, 07:31 PM

what he said

WackityWhiz

09-12-2005, 07:47 PM

gawd, i knew number 7... thanks for making me feel dumb

PorscheNGuns

09-13-2005, 07:39 PM

1) The wife from Network gave the shortest performance to win a leading Oscar for a film?

2) Jack London is considered to be the first American writer to have a sucessful short story?

3) The first Super Bowl was held between GB & ?? ?

4) The capital of Honduras is Nicaragua ?

5) Plex is the difference between a googol and a googolplex?

6) Rommel & Montgomery were the two Generals who fought at the Battle of El Alamein.

7) Each year in Buñol, Spain participants in the traditional food fight throw Bull Testicles at each other?

8) Batista lead Cuba before the current leader, Castro, came into power.

9) Some spearchucker won a highschool, college, & nba championship all within 4 years of his career.

10) Fun is the meaning of the word "karaoke" in Japanese?

JustDerek

09-13-2005, 08:25 PM

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1) Jack Nicholson gave the shortest performance to win a leading Oscar for a film

2) Mark Twain is considered to be the first American writer to have a sucessful short story

3) The first Super Bowl was held between Green Bay & Kansas City 

4) The capital of Honduras is La Paz? 

5) Lack of repetition (short answer) is the difference between a googol and a googolplex?

6) El Cid & El Cid Vicious were the two Generals who fought at the Battle of El Alamein.

7) Each year in Buñol, Spain participants in the traditional food fight throw paella at each other?

8) Bautista lead Cuba before the current leader, Castro, came into power.

9) Steve Francis won a highschool, college, & nba championship all within 4 years of his career.

10) Drunk singing is the meaning of the word "karaoke" in Japanese?

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newhizzle

09-13-2005, 08:35 PM

1. ?
2. ?
3. ?,?
4. ?
5. ?
6. ?,?
7. [censored]?
8. ?
9. micheal jordan?
10. ?

hedxcold

09-13-2005, 08:42 PM

[ QUOTE ]
1) Danny Devito gave the shortest performance to win a leading Oscar for a film.

2) John Hancock is considered to be the first American writer to have a sucessful short story.

3) The first Super Bowl was held between one goalpost & the other .

4) The capital of Honduras is overcrowded .

5) Plex (short answer) is the difference between a googol and a googolplex.

6) El & Alamein were the two Generals who fought at the Battle of El Alamein.

7) Each year in Buñol, Spain participants in the traditional food fight throw insults at each other.

8) Mr. Hand lead Cuba before the current leader, Castro, came into power.

9) Some really tall dude won a highschool, college, & nba championship all within 4 years of his career.

10) Karaoke is the meaning of the word "karaoke" in Japanese.

How'd I do?

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for 3 i would have went with saturday and monday

jakethebake

09-13-2005, 08:43 PM

When I saw this I first read it as Test your random knowlege of other 00Ters. That would be a much better thread.

deadmoney98

09-14-2005, 12:07 AM

3- GB and KC
4- Tegucigalpa
5- a factor of ten
7- tomatoes
8- Fulgencio Batista

kyro

09-14-2005, 12:17 AM

1.
2. Errr, Hemingway. I have no idea.
3. Chiefs and...Packers?
4. Tegucigalpa
5. A googol is 1 followed by 100 zeroes. A googolplex is 1 followed by a googol zeroes.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

So the consensus is I'm stupid.

imported_anacardo

09-14-2005, 12:26 AM

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1)Dunno gave the shortest performance to win a leading Oscar for a film?

2) Poe? is considered to be the first American writer to have a sucessful short story?

3) The first Super Bowl was held between Green Bay & Kansas City ?

4) The capital of Honduras is Tegucigalpa (sp?) ?

5) ________ (short answer) is the difference between a googol and a googolplex?
One followed by 100 zeros vs. one followed by 1 googol zeros.

6) Rommel & Montgomery were the two Generals who fought at the Battle of El Alamein.

7) Each year in Buñol, Spain participants in the traditional food fight throw tomatoes? at each other?

8) Batista lead Cuba before the current leader, Castro, came into power.

9) Magic Johnson won a highschool, college, & nba championship all within 4 years of his career.

10)No idea is the meaning of the word "karaoke" in Japanese?

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