Announcement Trivia Chat: General Topics and Prizes for Top 3 Winners

[Drakkith]

I expect Greg will post a link and an alert when it opens.

I hope he uses the alert from that robot from Lost in Space.
Edit: I'm so tired. I should stop posting things which seem funny to me at the moment. @Evo, temp ban me!

 

[Ibix]

I hope he uses the alert from that robot from Lost in Space.
Edit: I'm so tired. I should stop posting things which seem funny to me at the moment. @Evo, temp ban me!

DANGER DRAKKITH ROBINSON! DANGER!

 

[stefan r]

Are newer members aware of the existence of the chat room? PF has a real-time public chat facility. It used to be open every Sunday, but now is only open on special occasions, I think.

I expect Greg will post a link and an alert when it opens.

I remain unaware of the chat room.

 

[Kevodaboss]

I remain unaware of the chat room.

I, too, remain unaware of said chat room.

 

[mfb]

It will be linked when it exists.

 

[256bits]

The date on my computer says 5/7/2017
I think I am a month early and a day late

 

[Stavros Kiri]

I'm not good in trivia, but it sounds like fun! Thanks Greg for being so versatile. I hope to at least be watching a bit ... + you never know! ... . When you say:

Trivia will be general topics

you don't mean only within science, do you?
I assume you mean general general ...

 

[Stavros Kiri]

I'll start somewhere in the middle: John, John, John, John, John, John, John, John, John, John, John, John, John, John, John, John, John, John, ...

I'll do the beginning and the end:
Last name: Smith, Smith, Smith ... ... Jones, Jones, Jones, Jones.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

you don't mean only within science, do you?
I assume you mean general general ...

General general :) History, science, sports, literature, current events etc :)

 

[Stavros Kiri]

General general :) History, science, sports, literature, current events etc :)

Ok thanks! Versatile it is! But I may not be very good with trivia; I may try to give it a few shots though ... you never know ...

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Ok thanks! Versatile it is! But I may not be very good with trivia; I may try to give it a few shots though ... you never know ...

Everyone knows something more about something else than someone else :)

 

[Stavros Kiri]

Have you guys considered doing it on a thread? The forum is very fast these days + it would be easier to review and qualify the questions etc. ... perhaps learn more from it too! ...
Is my idea technologically valid and feasible? Advantages and disadvantages (concisely) as compared to chatroom?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Is my idea technologically valid and feasible? Advantages and disadvantages (concisely) as compared to chatroom?

I think it would be very messy and long. Chat is much more condensed.

 

[Stavros Kiri]

I think it would be very messy and long. Chat is much more condensed.

But the chat room moves very fast. It may be a mess too. Have you tried it before?

 

[Stavros Kiri]

Also with many people on the chat ... some posts may delay to appear sometimes. I think the forum certainly has a larger memory capacity. Vs speed though? Not sure
You're the expert on these, of course.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

One more bit of info, there will be 25 questions

 

[Stavros Kiri]

Greg, did you see my full edited post above?

Also with many people on the chat ... some posts may delay to appear sometimes. I think the forum certainly has a larger memory capacity. Vs speed though? Not sure
You're the expert on these, of course.

For 25 questions both ways are feasible. But posts on chat don't all show to all at the same time, while the forum keeps perfect order, who answers first etc. (we just have to renew and read alerts etc. though)

I still tend to think too that the chat is a better choice though, perhaps.

As long as you acknowledged these etc. , I trust you're the expert.

 

[Stavros Kiri]

The date on my computer says 5/7/2017
I think I am a month early and a day late

Two months may be? ...

 

[Jonathan Scott]

8pm CST... I make that 2am British Summer Time on 7th July. Maybe I can answer trivia questions in my sleep, but I can't type in my sleep, so I guess I have to give this one a miss. (I'm hoping that within a few weeks my new job will leave me time to look at PF again occasionally).

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

3 hour countdown! The chat will open 1 hour before for general chat!

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Chat is now open, trivia will start in 30min
https://www.physicsforums.com/chat/

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Trivia has wrapped up. We had a absolute blast! Tons of great answers and commentary. Thanks to everyone who participated. I hope to run another trivia in a few weeks.

Here were the standings

8 @Infrared
5 @Charles Link
5 @jfizzix
3 @scottdave
2 @fresh_42
1 @phinds
1 @jerromyjon
.5 @Stavros Kiri
.5 @Owen Black

 

[scottdave]

I had fun, even though I didn't win.

 

[Stavros Kiri]

I had fun, even though I didn't win.

You did pretty good though!

 

[scottdave]

Thanks. For the first third of the contest, I thought I'd never be fast enough to get one in time. So that half point was for the NZ language question?

 

[Evo]

Trivia has wrapped up. We had a absolute blast! Tons of great answers and commentary. Thanks to everyone who participated. I hope to run another trivia in a few weeks.

Here were the standings

8 @Infrared
5 @Charles Link
5 @jfizzix
3 @scottdave
2 @fresh_42
1 @phinds
1 @jerromyjon
.5 @Stavros Kiri
.5 @Owen Black

Thanks Greg!

 

[Stavros Kiri]

Thanks. For the first third of the contest, I thought I'd never be fast enough to get one in time. So that half point was for the NZ language question?

Yes, as an extra bonus from Greg, after inspired by StevieTNZ etc. , I think.

I was pretty slow all along, but eventually tackling something ...

 

[StevieTNZ]

WETA. WETA, not wetter! :O

 

[mfb]

Can you post the questions here?

 

[Stavros Kiri]

Can you post the questions here?

Jealous now ha!?
(We did learn a lot!)