Truly Trivial Trial
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Truly Trivial Trial
Yes, let's play trivial pursuit with eachother!!!
We all know the catagories:
Geography
Entertainment
History
Arts & Literature
Science & Nature
Sports & Leisure
Here's the rules adaptations: Player1 asks question with catagory, rest ha sto answer, first to answer correctly gets to ask new question in their preferred catagory.
No winners or losers, just ongoing trivial question asking. Should be fun!
We all know the catagories:
Geography
Entertainment
History
Arts & Literature
Science & Nature
Sports & Leisure
Here's the rules adaptations: Player1 asks question with catagory, rest ha sto answer, first to answer correctly gets to ask new question in their preferred catagory.
No winners or losers, just ongoing trivial question asking. Should be fun!
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first question:
Geography
Which metropolis was founded by the dutch, and still has an area named after a dutch town?
Geography
Which metropolis was founded by the dutch, and still has an area named after a dutch town?
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New York (founded as New Amsterdam, with Harlem and Brooklyn being areas in the city named after Haarlem and Breukelen respectively)
Assuming this is right (and I'm pretty sure it is), I'll go on with...
History
The Vikings landed in North America around 1000 A.D. Under whose leadership did they first arrive there?
Assuming this is right (and I'm pretty sure it is), I'll go on with...
History
The Vikings landed in North America around 1000 A.D. Under whose leadership did they first arrive there?
You charge each other for the time and breath it takes to say 'good morning',
But the truth is slowly dawning -- things are getting out of hand,
We all pursue our shattered dreams along the roads to our own ruin --
Watch our empires sink and wash away like castles made of sand.
And so cast off the lies that are your lives and find the truth within. -- Martin Walkyier
Also, Balrogs have wings.
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But the truth is slowly dawning -- things are getting out of hand,
We all pursue our shattered dreams along the roads to our own ruin --
Watch our empires sink and wash away like castles made of sand.
And so cast off the lies that are your lives and find the truth within. -- Martin Walkyier
Also, Balrogs have wings.
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I assume, btw, that Googling is not allowed and people should just be trusted not to use Google? Otherwise it would be little more than a "let's see how fast you can Google"-contest.
You charge each other for the time and breath it takes to say 'good morning',
But the truth is slowly dawning -- things are getting out of hand,
We all pursue our shattered dreams along the roads to our own ruin --
Watch our empires sink and wash away like castles made of sand.
And so cast off the lies that are your lives and find the truth within. -- Martin Walkyier
Also, Balrogs have wings.
::.: Homepage .::. last.fm .::. Facebook .::. Flickr :.::
But the truth is slowly dawning -- things are getting out of hand,
We all pursue our shattered dreams along the roads to our own ruin --
Watch our empires sink and wash away like castles made of sand.
And so cast off the lies that are your lives and find the truth within. -- Martin Walkyier
Also, Balrogs have wings.
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indeed.. no googling
and obviously you were correct
Edit: wasn't that Erik the Red or something?
not sure..
and obviously you were correct
Edit: wasn't that Erik the Red or something?
not sure..
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Very close (Eric the Red was the first to land on Greenland), but no.
You charge each other for the time and breath it takes to say 'good morning',
But the truth is slowly dawning -- things are getting out of hand,
We all pursue our shattered dreams along the roads to our own ruin --
Watch our empires sink and wash away like castles made of sand.
And so cast off the lies that are your lives and find the truth within. -- Martin Walkyier
Also, Balrogs have wings.
::.: Homepage .::. last.fm .::. Facebook .::. Flickr :.::
But the truth is slowly dawning -- things are getting out of hand,
We all pursue our shattered dreams along the roads to our own ruin --
Watch our empires sink and wash away like castles made of sand.
And so cast off the lies that are your lives and find the truth within. -- Martin Walkyier
Also, Balrogs have wings.
::.: Homepage .::. last.fm .::. Facebook .::. Flickr :.::
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hmm.. knew it was in teh right direction
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Yep he was. And Leif Ericson is of course the right answer, indeed! I have no clue about your question, though.Beren Ercharmion wrote:edit:
as far as I remember Erik the Red was Leif's father, but I'm not 100% sure on that one...
You charge each other for the time and breath it takes to say 'good morning',
But the truth is slowly dawning -- things are getting out of hand,
We all pursue our shattered dreams along the roads to our own ruin --
Watch our empires sink and wash away like castles made of sand.
And so cast off the lies that are your lives and find the truth within. -- Martin Walkyier
Also, Balrogs have wings.
::.: Homepage .::. last.fm .::. Facebook .::. Flickr :.::
But the truth is slowly dawning -- things are getting out of hand,
We all pursue our shattered dreams along the roads to our own ruin --
Watch our empires sink and wash away like castles made of sand.
And so cast off the lies that are your lives and find the truth within. -- Martin Walkyier
Also, Balrogs have wings.
::.: Homepage .::. last.fm .::. Facebook .::. Flickr :.::
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romans against......
can't remember if it was against greeks or carthaginians
if it was carthage it was Hannibal
if it was greece i have no clue
on teh roman side.. i donno, i do know that Scipio Africanus did NOT fight at cannae
punic and macedonian wars were at the same time confusing.....
can't remember if it was against greeks or carthaginians
if it was carthage it was Hannibal
if it was greece i have no clue
on teh roman side.. i donno, i do know that Scipio Africanus did NOT fight at cannae
punic and macedonian wars were at the same time confusing.....
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I knooooow !!!
The battle of Cannae opposed Hannibal to the Roman consuls during one of the Punic wars between Carthage and Rome... if i remember right, the Carthagians actually beated the fuck of the romans, so much that Hannibal's strategy is still studied in military schools !
8 years studying latin, and it never proved as useful as when playing trivial pursuit
Arts & Literature
Which novel opens on this sentence : "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." ?
The battle of Cannae opposed Hannibal to the Roman consuls during one of the Punic wars between Carthage and Rome... if i remember right, the Carthagians actually beated the fuck of the romans, so much that Hannibal's strategy is still studied in military schools !
8 years studying latin, and it never proved as useful as when playing trivial pursuit

Arts & Literature
Which novel opens on this sentence : "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." ?
Dreamland turned to realland and we faced a new frontier
We lost the world
Sometimes we hold it but it's slipping away
When we add reality it doesn't taste like our dream
We lost the world
Sometimes we hold it but it's slipping away
When we add reality it doesn't taste like our dream
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i don't know but i liked that sentence very much...Sarah wrote: Which novel opens on this sentence : "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." ?
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That's correctSarah wrote:I knooooow !!!
The battle of Cannae opposed Hannibal to the Roman consuls during one of the Punic wars between Carthage and Rome... if i remember right, the Carthagians actually beated the fuck of the romans, so much that Hannibal's strategy is still studied in military schools !
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Tolstoy is the first to pop up in my mind, but I´m not sure...Sarah wrote:
Arts & Literature
Which novel opens on this sentence : "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." ?
Free are those who walk away from setting suns
Free are those who laugh at chains that held them bound
Free are those who conquer in vain but won't stop to run
Battered and down you pick up your pieces
To rise as one!
Free are those who laugh at chains that held them bound
Free are those who conquer in vain but won't stop to run
Battered and down you pick up your pieces
To rise as one!
Okay, the answer isn't full, but i'll accept it anyway...
That's Tolstoy indeed, and the book is Anna Karenina. Glad you liked it Thomas
Matze, your go
That's Tolstoy indeed, and the book is Anna Karenina. Glad you liked it Thomas

Matze, your go
Dreamland turned to realland and we faced a new frontier
We lost the world
Sometimes we hold it but it's slipping away
When we add reality it doesn't taste like our dream
We lost the world
Sometimes we hold it but it's slipping away
When we add reality it doesn't taste like our dream
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Okay.
Entertainment
Carlo Pedersoli´s artist name is Bud Spencer. Which two things/persons inspired him for this name?
Entertainment
Carlo Pedersoli´s artist name is Bud Spencer. Which two things/persons inspired him for this name?
Free are those who walk away from setting suns
Free are those who laugh at chains that held them bound
Free are those who conquer in vain but won't stop to run
Battered and down you pick up your pieces
To rise as one!
Free are those who laugh at chains that held them bound
Free are those who conquer in vain but won't stop to run
Battered and down you pick up your pieces
To rise as one!
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same here.. and i am guessing it is right
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so Led: give us teh new question
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i want to... but i am usualy very bad with history questions... 

YEE-HAW MOTHERFUCKER!
And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which
I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had
I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
it’s a very very...
...Mad world
And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which
I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had
I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
it’s a very very...
...Mad world
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Same goes for me.Little Dragon wrote:why always the history questions for me? i hate them!![]()

@Tom: I have no f***ing idea.
Free are those who walk away from setting suns
Free are those who laugh at chains that held them bound
Free are those who conquer in vain but won't stop to run
Battered and down you pick up your pieces
To rise as one!
Free are those who laugh at chains that held them bound
Free are those who conquer in vain but won't stop to run
Battered and down you pick up your pieces
To rise as one!
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noone, obviously...
In Short:
The investiture controversy was an argument in the 11th century between the holy roman emperors and the pope about the nomination of clerical officials, such as bishops.
and now I have to come up with another question, just because you're too stupid
edit:
easier one:
Entertainment
Wich character is Anthony Daniels playing in Star Wars
In Short:
The investiture controversy was an argument in the 11th century between the holy roman emperors and the pope about the nomination of clerical officials, such as bishops.
and now I have to come up with another question, just because you're too stupid

edit:
easier one:
Entertainment
Wich character is Anthony Daniels playing in Star Wars
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yay! i love the entertainment ones 
so now time for:
Arts & Literature
which french artist became known through his monochromatic paintings?

so now time for:
Arts & Literature
which french artist became known through his monochromatic paintings?
YEE-HAW MOTHERFUCKER!
And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which
I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had
I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
it’s a very very...
...Mad world
And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which
I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had
I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
it’s a very very...
...Mad world
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...and it's a really beautiful colour 
and he invented it
i love this colour!
so, right answer! your turn, my dear

and he invented it


so, right answer! your turn, my dear

YEE-HAW MOTHERFUCKER!
And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which
I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had
I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
it’s a very very...
...Mad world
And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which
I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had
I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
it’s a very very...
...Mad world
Yeah, the colour is quite a sight indeed 
Soooo next question... History (again, yeah i know, don't have much inspiration)
What was the major discovery that got Howard Carter into history books ?

Soooo next question... History (again, yeah i know, don't have much inspiration)
What was the major discovery that got Howard Carter into history books ?
Dreamland turned to realland and we faced a new frontier
We lost the world
Sometimes we hold it but it's slipping away
When we add reality it doesn't taste like our dream
We lost the world
Sometimes we hold it but it's slipping away
When we add reality it doesn't taste like our dream
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bah.. why am i either too late or just a small notch off everytime?
(but yeah.. love this trivial knowledge stuff)
(but yeah.. love this trivial knowledge stuff)
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Arts & Literature
Who is regarded as the greatest luminary of counterpoint in music history?
Who is regarded as the greatest luminary of counterpoint in music history?
Free are those who walk away from setting suns
Free are those who laugh at chains that held them bound
Free are those who conquer in vain but won't stop to run
Battered and down you pick up your pieces
To rise as one!
Free are those who laugh at chains that held them bound
Free are those who conquer in vain but won't stop to run
Battered and down you pick up your pieces
To rise as one!
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