Survivor FOFC: Challenge-tug of war

[Marmel]

Terrell Davis (3)

[Blade]

Terrell davis

[Blade]

DAMN!!!

[Kodos]

Good job, Marmel!

[Marmel]

Woot! just waiting for AE's confirmation. :)

[Poli]

WOO! Good job Marmel! I hated throwing an easy one out there because of those nasty DH tribe members.

Anyway, have at it!

[McSweeny]

wooohoo! no stopping the dolamites!

[Marmel]

Dolas lead 22-13.


The point in a lunar orbit that is farthest from the moon is called a(n) what?

[Blade]

apogee?

[Kodos]

Apogee? Damn you Blade!

[Marmel]

No, Blade.

[Blade]

Apoapsis Altitude?

[Kodos]

A lunar orbit that is farthest from the moon?

[Blade]

Or Apocynthion?

[Marmel]

No Blade, you are very close and on the right track though.

[Blade]

Apolune

[Kodos]

apex?

[Marmel]

Blade, you are correct on apolune. Very well done. That was a tough one.

Dolas lead is cut to 22-14.

[Blade]

C'mon DH's, we have to close this gap!

List one of the three original Latin forms of the Occam's Razor's principle: "Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily."

[Marmel]

"Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate"

[Blade]

Correct Marmel...

DH's are down 23-14. :(

[McSweeny]

i belive you mean:

DH's are down 24-14 :p

[Marmel]

What date was Saturday mail eliminated by Canada Post?

[McSweeny]

February 1, 1969

[Marmel]

Correct, McSweeny.

[Marmel]

Dola leads 25-14!

[McSweeny]

25-14 dolamites in the lead

Don McLean wrote a song about painter Vincent Van Goug, what was the name of that song?

[Kodos]

American Pie? ;)

[Blade]

Vincent

[McSweeny]

close but no cigar my alien friend

[Marmel]

Vincent?

[McSweeny]

Blade is correct

25-15 dolamites

[Kodos]

Vincent.

[Kodos]

Damn!

[Blade]

What engine powered the North American F-86D Sabre Jet Fighter in 1953?

[Marmel]

General Electric J47-GE-13 turbojet engine with 2,681 kg (5,910 lb) of thrust

[Marmel]

No, that was the 1948 one.

1953 used this engine:

G.E. J47-GE-17 turbojet engine

[Blade]

Well, the source I found said 3026kg of thrust, but the engine type is correct...

26-15 dolamites

[Blade]

The J47-GE-17, that is...

[Marmel]

I like space/physics questions, so try this one:

The reflecting power of a planet or satellite, expressed as a ratio of reflected light to the total amount falling on the surface, is called the what?

[Blade]

albedo

[Marmel]

shit, that was fast. did you know that, or did you look it up blade?


26-16, Dolas!

[Blade]

Can't lie, looked it up...

What is the difference in the composition of low tar cigarettes and normal cigarettes?

[Kodos]

Less tar.

[Marmel]

Low tar cigarettes have holes in the filter so that when someone puffs on one of these cigarettes they breathe in more air than someone smoking a normal cigarette with no holes or smaller holes in the filter. 10-15mg of tar is breathed in with a normal cigarette compared to 5mg of tar breathed in with low tar cigarettes.

[Blade]

Sorry...may need to rephrase the question...it is possible to take in the same amount of tar with a low tar cigarette as a normal cigarette...why do low tar cigarettes generally allow a person to take in less tar?

[Blade]

And Marmel is correct! I think we may be searching the same sources!

[Kodos]

The difference is almost completely in the filter

[Marmel]

27-16 dolas.

Time for a change in sources.

Be back with a question shortly.

[Blade]

27 - 16 Dolas.

Where the heck are all the DH's anyway?

[McSweeny]

we are team dolamite!
winning is our game
DH is who we must smite
oh they are so lame

dola dola dola!

[Marmel]

Syracuse univerity built the 'whispering wall' to honor those students from the University who dies on the Pan-Am flight that was destroyed over lockerbee, England.

why is it called the 'whispering wall'?

[Marmel]

Originally posted by Blade
27 - 16 Dolas.

Where the heck are all the DH's anyway?


We tied them up and locked them in the closet.

[Poli]

You guys better hope I don't get another one...if I do I am asking a question about what I work on!

[Raven]

It's called the whispering wall because Joe Whisper named it after himself.

[Marmel]

Not even close Mr. Raven. :)

[Raven]

I was hoping you wouldn't answer within the 10 minutes and I would get the free point :)

[Poli]

Drat, another rule I didn't know about!

[Raven]

it's called the whispering wall becaused it was an alleged conspiracy

[Marmel]

no

[Marmel]

I have nothing better to do at work today than refresh every five minutes. don't think you are pulling a fast one on me.

[Raven]

its called the whispering wall because students pray there in whipsers

[Raven]

Its named after whispers the cat

oh wait..that was whiskers

[Poli]

I suppose I shouldn't try and get any more correct. It sometimes takes me 10 minutes to pull up these pages!

[Marmel]

no, no

[Marmel]

The 1 hour is up. I will give another one:

Who established a New York Giants football record by scoring touchdowns in 10 consecutive games?

[Kodos]

Frank Gifford?

[Marmel]

Frank Gifford is correct, Kodos.

28-16 Dolamites lead!


Does the DH clan give up yet?

[Poli]

If that's not right, I'll give it a shot...Joe Morris.

[Blade]

Originally posted by Marmel
Frank Gifford is correct, Kodos.

28-16 Dolamites lead!


Does the DH clan give up yet?

NEVER!!!

[Kodos]

In my Bill Gates dynasty, what does the "U." in Chuck U. Farley stand for?

[Marmel]

Ulysses?

[Poli]

"you" lol

[Kodos]

Originally posted by Marmel
Ulysses?

Correct! 29-16, Dolamites!

[Marmel]

Who is currently leading the Big East, East (as opposed to Big East, West) Division in NCAA Div. I basketball?

[Kodos]

Syracuse

[Marmel]

No. They are leading the Big East, West Division.

[John Galt]

BC?

[Marmel]

BC is correct.

Nice job Kodos. *grrrr*

Dolas lead 29-17.

[John Galt]

What book is the character "John Galt" from?

[Kodos]

Can I help it if the Big East just doesn't matter? ;)

[Raven]

Atlas Shrugged?

[John Galt]

That is correct.

[Raven]

Who has received the FOFC popular vote both times DH tribe has gone to tribal council?

[Marmel]

John Galt

[Raven]

that is correct you bastard.

30-18 (i think)

[Marmel]

What High School did Sam Garnes attend?



Dolas lead 30-18.

[McSweeny]

Dewitt Clinton High School

[Marmel]

Correct. Dolas now lead 31-18.

[McSweeny]

what is the name of the Swingin' Utters' newest album?

[Kodos]

Swingin' Utters?

[John Galt]

Swingin' Utters?

[McSweeny]

wrong-o

[John Galt]

damn it, i hate aliens - they even steal my guesses.

[Marmel]

self titled

[McSweeny]

nope

[Marmel]

Dead Flowers, Bottles, Bluegrass and Bones

[John Galt]

Five Lessons Learned?

[McSweeny]

correct marmel!

the good guys are up 32-18

[Marmel]

Excellent.

What are then names of the two Bundy kids on the Fox TV show of past, "Married With Children"

[Kodos]

Bud and Kelly.

[Marmel]

Kodos is the man.

Dolas now lead 33-18.

[Kodos]

What town is the Shedd Aquarium in Connecticut located in?

[Poli]

Manchester :)

[Kodos]

Bzzzt. Wrong.

[Marmel]

Mystic Aquarium is in Mystic, CT

Shedd Aquarium seems to be in Chicago, IL

[McSweeny]

woohooo! mystic! that's where i live man

[Marmel]

your location says stonington, you dork! :)

[McSweeny]

well mystic is part of stonington, duuuuuh :p

[Marmel]

since when?

Stonington is cleary a different town. they might both be in the same county though.

[Kodos]

Crap. There's one in Norwalk (I used to live there), but I used the name of the Chicago one accidentally.

New question. What number did Dan Marino wear for the Dolphins?

[McSweeny]

13

[Kodos]

Correct! 34-18, Dolas!

[Marmel]

Dolamites are just taking it to the DH's!

[McSweeny]

34-18, good guys

In the Beatles song, "Martha, My Dear" who is Martha?

[Marmel]

a sheep dog

[McSweeny]

correct - Paul McCartney's sheep dog

35-18

[Marmel]

Name a casino in Connecticut.

[McSweeny]

foxwoods

[Marmel]

Amazing. You are correct.

36-18 Dolas.

[McSweeny]

name the other casino in connecticut

[Marmel]

Mohegan Sun

[McSweeny]

correct!

37-18

[Marmel]

What is the name of the NHL franchise that used to be in hartford, CT?

[McSweeny]

the whalers

[Kodos]

Whalers

[Marmel]

I am leaving work after thsi question, so toss ot a real, real hard one that will take a long time for an evil DH to get. ;)

[Radii]

Was the Hartford Whalers, now the Carolina Hurricanes

[Marmel]

Correct, McSweeny. 38-18.

Have fun. I'll be back later.

[McSweeny]

38-18

name 2 things Rene DesCartes invented

[Blade]

Cartesian coordinates and Cartesian curves?

[McSweeny]

those are both the same thing

[Poli]

How much longer until the challenge is over?

[Blade]

Uh, for the second one: the treatment of negative roots and the convention of exponent notation

[Kodos]

analytic geometry and go-cartes.

[Kodos]

Cartesian coordinates and analytic geometry

[Kodos]

It goes until 9:38 PM CST.

[McSweeny]

that works Blade

i was actually thinking you guys would get roulette, threw me off there for a sec

[McSweeny]

snow shoveling time, keep it up dolamites

[Blade]

Ok, a question that I am comfortable with now, as a computer guy. I am currently studying to take the Certified Citrix Administrator exam, so here is a related question:

Where does the ICA Client Distribution Wizard place the update.ini file when it is run? This is for Citrix Metaframe XP 1.0.

[Kodos]

In the trash can.

[Blade]

Nope.

[John Galt]

Not that we stand a chance, but Blade that is way to hard for me. How about C:\?

[Kodos]

in Fritz's "special place"

[Blade]

Originally posted by Kodos
in Fritz's "special place"

Right!...oh wait...that was something else!

Nope.

[Blade]

Sorry John, thought that all the DH's abandoned me, so I was going for a tough one to keep a point away from the dola's for an hour...

[John Galt]

I understand Blade - I've been swamped at work for the last day and haven't had a chance to play as much as I'd like.

[Blade]

No prob...just been tough trying to hold them back...especially back on page 2 or 3 of this thread when only Dolas were on, and they started to run up the score!

[Kodos]

Swaggs and Raven had fun doing that last night as well.

[SplitPersonality1]

Keep it up Dolas!

I'm off to a meeting, but I see that you guys are in control. Good work.

[Blade]

Are PM's allowed if they do not contain the answer in any way? Or no collaboration at all?

[Kodos]

Not if they direct him to where he might find an answer. But general strategy discussions are allowed, I believe.

[Blade]

Ok, cool. So long as I do not direct anyone for where to find a correct answer or hint at the correct answer, I am good then?

[Radii]

Marmel and I had our general discussion strategy in the middle of this thread earlier! Wusses PM'ing each other ;) (Note: I don't see why it would be a problem, the one time stkelly said it mattered he explicitly stated any strategizing must take place in public, I'm just giving you guys shit)

[Blade]

Ok, cool...

[Kodos]

You're good to go.

[stkelly52]

I guess I don't see problems with stratagizing with PMs

[Marmel]

I would say relaying prior knowledge of what your question is going to be would be illegal to. For instance, If I pm'd Kodos and said, I am going to ask Who the Giant's QB is, in exactly 10 seconds, that would be an unfair advantage.

[John Galt]

Is the answer C:\windows\biteme?

[stkelly52]

Good point

You shouldn't be talking about what your question will be

[stkelly52]

If you are using the PM to get someone's attention and basically say "help me out here" or let them know you are leaving and they should ask a tough question, or that you are there and they should ask an easy question, that I haved no problem with.

[Radii]

I think the DH's should PM each other and say "lets give it up guys, those Dola's are just too tough for us" =D

[stkelly52]

well there is 4 more hours, anything can happen

[stkelly52]

time check

[stkelly52]

10 minutes since john answered, so he is declared correct.

[Kodos]

Wait a second. Doesn't that rule only apply for players on opposing teams? Otherwise, just have your teammate answer, never say if it's wrong, and take your point...

[Marmel]

Yeah! What Kodos said!

[John Galt]

Rules are rules. :)

What movie is the character Lester Burnham from?

[Kodos]

Jurassic Park.

[Kodos]

American Beauty.

[stkelly52]

I hadn't really thought about it that way, but technically it is a stratagy that would work...but I don't like it.

I will give DH the point this time but from here on you can only get the point that way if your teammate who answered the question is no longer listed in "who's online"

[Kodos]

People can just use the Hide from Who's Online feature then.

[Blade]

Sorry guys, didn't mean to start something...I had to drive home from work, and I didn't want to give up a point if a Dola answered and I could not say no to it.

[stkelly52]

You are no longer allowed to use the stratagy where you just don't tell people if they are correct or not so that your team gets the point for an incorrect answer. I trust your own honisty to police it, as I so for PMs

[Swaggs]

I had a feeling that the short-lived DH lead would fade once Kodos and Marmel got on at the same time. :)

[Swaggs]

whose question is it right now, anyway?

[Kodos]

Actually, I have had little to do with it. :)

However, by the ten minute rule and by the fact my answer is right, we are up 39-20, I believe.

[stkelly52]

Kodos answered John Galt's. 10 minutes have more than past making Kodos correct

[Kodos]

What High School did ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit attend?

[McSweeny]

Centerville HS

[Blade]

Centerville?

[Blade]

Doh

[Kodos]

Originally posted by McSweeny
Centerville HS

Correct. 40-20, Dolas.

[McSweeny]

what is the derivitive of the natural log of the absolute value of x?

[Kodos]

xn = n x(n-1)

[McSweeny]

nope

[Kodos]

I got my all-time lowest grade in Calculus. :(

[Swaggs]

does it taste like chicken?

[Kodos]

0

[McSweeny]

nope and nope again

[Swaggs]

x|2

[Swaggs]

I just made that up--I cut my losses and stopped w/ Pre-Cal. :)

[Kodos]

1

[Swaggs]

d u(1 in exponent) d
--ln|u|= -- = -- ln(u)
dx u dx


*I don't know how to type an exponent.

[McSweeny]

sorry guys, wrong-o

[Swaggs]

http://www.kent.wednet.edu/staff/dwright/calculus/book/5.1/brqlen/derivativec_files/image002.gif

[Swaggs]

that formatted better. :)

Probably still wrong, though... :(

[McSweeny]

correct swaggs!

[Radii]

Swaggs had 15 minutes to ask a question after McSweeny validated his answer, it's been 17 :~)

Who is the only coach ever to win 100 games with 4 different schools in Division 1 college basketball?

41-21 dolas I believe

[Marmel]

Rick Pitino? Just guessing here.

[McSweeny]

so is that fat lady getting ready yet?

[Radii]

nope

[Kodos]

Hey, fellow Dolas. I am heading home now. Good luck finishing 'em off. :)

[Radii]

looks like they are already finished ;)

[Coffee Warlord]

See what happens when you boot me off first?

I coulda sent wave after wave of obscure programming and system administration questions out. :)

[stkelly52]

Just about an hour and a half left, Looks like Dean Houston will need to prepare for another tribal council

[John Galt]

No answer to the last question, so I'll ask a new one:

Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

BTW, the answer to my last question was "American Beauty" - sorry, worked called and I had to go.

[Radii]

the answer to mine was Lefty Driesell, who won 100 games for each of Davidson, James Madison, Maryland, and Georgia State.

I'm off for the night, grats dolas, barring something amazing of course

[Swaggs]

Judge Doom framed Roger Rabbit.

[John Galt]

correct.

[vex]

Way to go Dolamites!

[Swaggs]

I think time has expired, but I can't resist asking one more question.

Who is the owner of the NE Oklahoma Sidekicks? :)

[John Galt]

vexroid

[Swaggs]

vexroid is correct! :)

[John Galt]

Who said, "If they trade me, we are rebuilding?"

[vex]

That question has already been asked. And yes, time is up.


Swaggs, you just had to make me remember that;)

[Kodos]

Hooray for the Dolas!

[Marmel]

Dola tribe rules!

Good job by all my fellow tribe mates, well, except for Kodos, who didn't know my Big East basketball question! ;)

[SplitPersonality1]

Good job guys.

Dola!

Dola!

Dola!

[John Galt]

It is looking bad for the DH's. It is hard to keep competing in these games while our numbers keep dwindling. We have to be ready for the next round. If it is tomorrow, I'm going to be out of town, but if it is next week, I'll be ready to go!

Go DH's.

Now, to see if my "unpopular" streak can continue.

[vex]

How is hard to compete in this games? Yes, your numbers may be dwindling, but we've been sitting players out to make it equal, so the numbers don't really matter.

[John Galt]

Originally posted by vexroid
How is hard to compete in this games? Yes, your numbers may be dwindling, but we've been sitting players out to make it equal, so the numbers don't really matter.

I'm not whining - I'm just trying to rally us out of the hole we are in. It is harder though, because you can self-select who won't be involved, whereas everyone in our group is in even if they are busy. I don't even know who some of the DH's are anymore. I wasn't as active in this game, but we definitely have some total MIA's.

No matter, the core of Tribe Dean Houston will emerge and destroy the infidel Dola tribe. ;)

[vex]

No, we don't get to self-select who is in and who's not. I would have liked to been in this game.

[Swaggs]

By the way, another great game design stkelly.

I especially enjoyed the part when Raven and I racked up points against McSweeny and vexroid. Of course, it did stink when I got home from work today and noticed the 20+ point turnaround. :)

[stkelly52]

I am sorry that it took so long for me to confirm the Dolamites victory. My internet conection went down all afternoon

Now Dean Houston, it's back to tribal council