zompist bboard

• You don't have to participate to post. You don't have to participate in one round to participate in a later one.
• Only one round may be in session at a time.
• The poster of the round's questions decides when the round ends and announces it ahead of time. They may extend it if there are less non-cheating players than questions.
• Answer the questions within a
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  tag on a post in this thread. Don't look at others' posts before you answer (that's cheating). You cannot change your answers after posting (that's also cheating). Cheaters are automatically disqualified for the round and the next round.
  [*]Each person will be awarded a number of points for each question equal to the logarithm (base equal to the number of players) of the number of people that gave the same answer for that question. Blank responses will not be scored.
  [*]The winner of this round will have the right of first refusal to run the next round. The runner-up can do the next round as long as the winner refuses, and so forth. If there is a tie and more than one wants to run the next round, they shall work it between themselves. If it has been more than two weeks and no one posted a new round, anyone can. New rounds are to be carried out on this thread
  [*]Each round must have 9-15 questions.

1. Name a planet.
2. Name a famous spoiler.
3. License to sell hair tonic to bald eagles in _____.
4. Who is the rightful King of Jerusalem by legal inheritance from the crusader state?
5. Name the language this word belongs to: e (only one will be accepted)
6. Who is John Johnson?
7. Dothraki are ___ recycled in Essos!
8. Which famous conlang is the least well known?
9. Why did Devin Nunes cross the road?
10. Why study history?

mèþru wrote:Round 1:
I will not be participating

1. Name a planet.
2. Name a famous spoiler.
3. License to sell hair tonic to bald eagles in _____.
4. Who is the rightful King of Jerusalem by legal inheritance from the crusader state?
5. Name the language this word belongs to: e (only one will be accepted)
6. Who is John Johnson?
7. Dothraki are ___ recycled in Essos!
8. Which famous conlang is the least well known?
9. Why did Devin Nunes cross the road?
10. Why study history?

I'll check on May 12th or somewhat afterward.

Pole, the wrote:Ok, I don't know what half of the questions are asking about, so I'm gonna pass.

Bristel wrote:

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Name a planet. -- Earth
Name a famous spoiler. -- Darth Vader is Luke's father
License to sell hair tonic to bald eagles in _____. -- America
Who is the rightful King of Jerusalem by legal inheritance from the crusader state? -- Felipe VI of Spain
Name the language this word belongs to: e (only one will be accepted) -- Italian
Who is John Johnson? -- American Astrophysicist and current Harvard Professor of Astronomy
Dothraki are ___ recycled in Essos! -- Mongol Hordes
Which famous conlang is the least well known? -- Volapük
Why did Devin Nunes cross the road? -- To get away from the ethics committee
Why study history? -- To learn from it

1. Name a poet who is not William Shakespeare who died before the Glorious Revolution
2. Name a penguin species that does not live in Antarctica (sub-Antarctic islands are okay)
3. How many people participated in a protest in your local area so far in 2018?
4. How do you like your tea?
5. Name a widely accepted natlang family that you don't believe in
6. Which instrument is the sexiest?
7. Name a pharaoh before Ramses II (besides Ramses I)
8. Name one conlang I have worked on.
9. Name a micronation (as in Sealand, not like ISIS or Artsakh). Don't say Sealand.
10. How many players do you think there will be this round?