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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 12:19 am
by Tegan
While officiating a middle school regional today:

Blah, blah...name this Newberry award winning book.
Answer: Memoirs of a Geisha

I tried to keep a straight face, and though I didn't laugh at her like the rest of the audience, I was likely turning a nice shade of crimson trying to hold it in.

Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 6:35 pm
by insaneindian
This is more of a hose than a bad neg. from 2003 NAQT Nationals I think...

As of (some date) 2003 their roster consisted of players from france, the virgin islands *BUZZ*

Wrong: Spurs (tony parker, tim duncan)
Answer: Dallas Mavericks (two words later I would have gotten it on tariq abdul wahad)

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 10:20 pm
by cronoyuha
I heard of this one...

Given Answer: Osama Bin Laden
Right Answer: Whiffle ball

Heard at a tournament...

After a clue had been "this element found in the earth's crust"...
given answer: chlorophyll

Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 10:45 pm
by DrakeRQB
Yesterday at NCOAST:

Answer given: Forrest Gump
Correct answer: James Bond

Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 9:48 am
by Byko
DrakeRQB wrote:Yesterday at NCOAST:

Answer given: Forrest Gump
Correct answer: James Bond
I had to look back at that one because I wondered, "How could that kind of mistake happen?" Then again, the opening clue was about him being created as "an interesting man to whom extraordinary things happen," which actually sounds like it fits BETTER with Forrest Gump than James Bond.

Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 5:20 pm
by thepowerofche
Don't remember the context of these, but I found them when I was typing up some practice notes:

Incorrect: Taser
Correct: Euro

Incorrect: Oliver Twist
Correct: Remus

I know I made the first one, not sure who did the second one.

Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 7:20 pm
by GreyGhost06
Wrong answer: Most Valuable Player Award.

Right Answer: Plantar Facitis

Our coach read something about Albert Pujols and Tim Duncan before our freshman buzzed. It was really funny after we found out the answer... and the category, which was medicine

Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 2:41 pm
by davinci
Wrong Answer: Champagne

Right Answer: Rayon

Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 5:00 pm
by BuzzerZen
In practice

Correct answer: Lycanthropy
Provided answer: Bestiality

Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 5:59 pm
by wereplayingbasketball
from RM's tournament today

Calvinball for Wedding Crashers

Puss in Boots for The Highwayman

Order of the Phoenix for Gunpowder Plot, owned

Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 6:05 pm
by DumbJaques
Also from RM's tournament today:

Bonus: Given an element, identify its flame test color

Question: "Indium. Hint: Think about it "
(You know, because Indium is named for the color Indigo, so it's blue)

Neel Kotra: ". . . Brown?"

Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 5:21 am
by zwtipp
DumbJaques wrote:Also from RM's tournament today:

Bonus: Given an element, identify its flame test color

Question: "Indium. Hint: Think about it "
(You know, because Indium is named for the color Indigo, so it's blue)

Neel Kotra: ". . . Brown?"
The questions about the flame test are just stupid.

Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 4:09 pm
by Bugsy
The reader had said "Pongo pygmaeus," then Alex Price, on It's Academic today, buzzed in and said "Waiting for Godot." The answer turned out to be Orangutan; the clue was apparently the scientific name for an orangutan.

Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 6:16 pm
by Tegan
On a team bonus involving Team Illinois during a practice:

The PDP-8 was the first successful <<BLANK>>, and was invented in 1963.

Correct answer: microcomputer
Given answer: birth control pill

Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 6:25 pm
by bigtrain
The reader had said "Pongo pygmaeus," then Alex Price, on It's Academic today, buzzed in and said "Waiting for Godot." The answer turned out to be Orangutan; the clue was apparently the scientific name for an orangutan.
Was my name really necessary to convey the stupidity in that buzz :lol: ?
I thought the host said "Pozzo" and not "Pongo" :oops: .

Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 5:22 pm
by minty064
Given answer: Watergate
Correct answer: Saturday Night Massacre

One of my fellow players was too reckless and buzzed in too early, locking me out.

Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 6:50 pm
by bigtrain
minty064 wrote: Given answer: Watergate
Correct answer: Saturday Night Massacre
That's not a bad neg at all. In fact, they probably should have been prompted.

Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 7:43 pm
by minty064
I agree. The two answers are closely related. A worse neg on my part was saying "Scientology" for "Christian Science."

*edit*
More of an accident though. I'm surprised I can't think of more...

Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 1:23 pm
by rchschem
In a bonus about G G-M, after the mention of a century in Macondo...

"1000 Years of Solitude"

Also, this gem:

"...name this capital of the Inca empire."

"Couscous"

Eric

Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 6:05 pm
by dschafer
From practice today (an old HSNCT packet):

"Shroud of Turin" for "Halley's Comet"

"Jury duty" for "Smallpox vaccine"

Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 6:25 pm
by brownboy79
Also from today in practice. Old NAQT sets:

Q:This novel from Plumfield Boys' School <Buzz>

Me: Goodbye Mr. Chips
A:Little Men

Another question that I do not totally remember

Me: Mt. Pelee (sp)
A:Canary Islands

What I was thinking, I have no idea.

Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 10:44 pm
by Trevkeeper
Wrong Answer: Circle
Right Answer: Neighborhood

Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 7:06 am
by The Toad to Wigan Pier
Wrong:Bull Moose Party
Right:A&W Root Beer

Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 8:24 am
by vcuEvan
Me:

Arnolfini for the White Rabbit

Evan Silberman of TJ:

Quisling for blue

Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 9:02 pm
by Zip Zap Rap Pants
today in practice-

Wrong Answer: Faberge Eggs
Right Answer: the Concorde

Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 2:06 am
by thepowerofche
1. Gilligan's Travels

2. Pocahontas for Phyllis Wheatley

3. This was our coach, practicing against us:
Right Answer - Spain
Wrong Answer - William McKinley

Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 3:00 pm
by AndyShootsAndyScores
Today in practice:

Reader: something about a disease in the digestive system

Me: "Quetzalcoatl's Revenge"

Answer: Ecoli

I meant to say Montezuma's Revenge, but that didn't turn out so well.

Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 5:57 pm
by Dostoevskyistheman
And you didn't even make it to state in ASCA :wink:

Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 6:25 pm
by minty064
Might this also be from the NCT? I hope not, yet I'm making the words different just in case.

Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 9:09 pm
by Dostoevskyistheman
This may have come from the HSNCT set so I will destroy it.

Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 12:55 am
by bigtrain
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 12:19 am
by wwellington
Seen on the local quiz show:

Given answer: KKK
Correct answer: Democratic Party

Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 4:17 pm
by AndyShootsAndyScores
And you got 3rd at NAQT, Dostoevsky :razz:.

Given Answer: Tuesdays with Mory
Correct Answer: Bobbie Knight

Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 5:49 pm
by nurgles_herald
My team captain at NAQT Championships (for State College B) negged on this:

Given Answer: INCORRECT!
Correct Answer: CORRECT!

o_O

All of us were stunned for a moment, and then we had to fight the impulse to laugh uproariously.


~Edited due to a mirror or something

Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 6:00 pm
by MLafer
NAQT put up Podcasts of all the questions last year, I don't think talking about one question could do much more harm.

Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 6:11 pm
by Dostoevskyistheman
This sure can't be talked about yet!

Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 6:35 pm
by jdd2007
Dungeons and Dragons for something very, very different at NAQT.


~ The administration digs your style for not giving away the real answer. This post will be spared.

Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 6:42 pm
by The Time Keeper
The NAQT National Championship set is being used at a mirror in the near future so please avoid discussing those questions in this or any other thread.

Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 7:00 pm
by AndyShootsAndyScores
My discussion about bigtrain's question probably came from Nats, but my own neg I put did not.

Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 7:01 pm
by The Time Keeper
AndyBrindlee Mountain wrote:My discussion about bigtrain's question probably came from Nats, but my own neg I put did not.
My bad. Feel free to edit and repost it.

Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 5:39 pm
by AndyShootsAndyScores
Given Answer: Sepoy Mutiny

Correct Answer: Wounded Knee Massacre

Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 7:10 pm
by EagleFan
wwellington wrote:Given answer: KKK
Correct answer: Democratic Party
I don't know...that doesn't seem too off to me (jk) :wink:

Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 8:27 pm
by cvdwightw
from practice:

Wrong: kabuki
Correct: Titus Andronicus

Wrong: Self-Reliance
Right: Margaret Mead

(I may have posted this one a long time ago, but it's still pretty funny)
Wrong: Sonic Hedgehog (the gene)
Right: Great Vowel Shift

Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 9:22 pm
by Auks Ran Ova
Wrong: tarring and feathering
Right: sauna

Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 2:50 pm
by brownboy79
At NAQT,
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang for just about any question that may have been related to a car.

Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 3:09 pm
by AndyShootsAndyScores
Given: Memphis

Correct: Bombing of Cambodia

Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 3:51 pm
by DVader
In the ASCA State Finals:

Wrong: Yuri Gagarin
Right: Buddy Holly

Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 4:50 pm
by Trevkeeper
DVader wrote:In the ASCA State Finals:

Wrong: Yuri Gagarin
Right: Buddy Holly
At least they both have something to do with aircraft?

Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 9:22 pm
by dyetman89
Trevkeeper wrote:
DVader wrote:In the ASCA State Finals:

Wrong: Yuri Gagarin
Right: Buddy Holly
At least they both have something to do with aircraft?
Har!

Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 10:43 pm
by Zip Zap Rap Pants
Me at NAQT nationals:

"It declared independence from Britain in 1981..."
Buzz: Zimbabwe
Correct answer: Belize

Dar! Off by a year (and a hemisphere)...