Small point as the clue (and picture) make it clear who you mean, but Albie E. didn't discover relativity, it had already been theorised before he came along
Einstein was indeed the one who understood and theorised relativity. There were mathematical models before (like Poincaré's) but not with the correct physical interpretation.
He could have gone for Adam Smith instead of Arnold Schwarzenegger. And so on. He's not glorifying Hitler by including him in this quiz, but rather educating people about one of the most important characters in history, in the hope that we learn and try to avoid such men rising to power once more.
not to disagree with you at all, but it’s interesting to consider that in many ways hamilton was a more important character in history than hitler in terms of lasting impact and how different the world might look without them
@stylus: Claiming Hamilton is more historically significant than Hitler is silly. Hitler's orchestration of the Holocaust assuredly led to directly affecting tens of millions of lives. It inspired the UN to create the Genocide Convention. It caused a lasting effect on global politics and international cooperation. Not to mention that WWII can be blamed on Hitler, too.
Strange that you put "dreadlocked" for Allen Iverson, I don't remember ever seeing him with dreadlocks. I went to Google Images for him and there's not a single picture of him with dreadlocks. Did you confuse cornrows or braids with dreadlocks?
I appreciate some letters are harder than others, but some of those clues are very American centric. As a Brit the five
I missed are all ones that I would say 99% of people over here would get wrong. Basketball and Indy 500 have no presence in Europe. “Jeopardy” never it made it over the pond and if it did we would have had a different host so that one is incredibly difficult.
In the spirit of not just moaning snd trying to help, how about Alfred Tennyson, Alan Turing (possibly not well known outside the UK), Andreas Iniesta (possibly not well known outside of football fans), or Anna Ivanovic?
I wouldn't say that Alan Turing was that well known inside the UK but I do agree that most people outside of the US will not have heard of the basketball player, Indy 500 driver or the Jeopardy host and probably would not get Al Yankovic or Abraham Zapruder either
Yankovic has toured before through Europe and Australia, maybe other places, and I've personally seen his music videos playing in multiple places in Asia.
Yeah, that's not a hard question - particularly since "Weird Al" works as a type in. The NBA's pretty popular in Europe as well (maybe not the UK but definitely in other countries) and Trebek is relatively well known. The only question I would maybe call USA-centric is the Indy 500, but even that's followed by some people.
But whinging is a hobby for a lot of the British which, as a Brit (more or less), I find somewhat saddening.
Knew this was coming when I was just 3 question in to the quiz. And probably from Algernon. If you didn't spend so much time complaining about the questions you don't know you could probably learn some of the answers.
Nothing like reading these insulting comments from kalbahamut--singlehandedly trying to lower the level of discord on these quiz site comments to YouTube levels of disrespect.
Alan Turing is DEFINITELY well known outside of the UK. Just because you don't like learning about cultures other than your own doesn't mean the rest of us don't.
Is it just me or are these quizzes getting a bit meaner? I'm not saying that the "Ironic" clue was out of bounds, but it's just a little...mean...in contrast with the other clues, none of which contain value judgments. If we have to be mean, at least be mean to Hitler.
I'm guessing that the Jeopardy-question is really hard for anyone outside the U.S. The franchise has aired in a lot of other countries with their own hosts, so most people will probably know their local version only?
I'm British and I've vaguely heard of him a few times. I've seen Jeopardy in films and series so I'm vaguely aware of what it is. I managed to get his name, perhaps because he died not too long ago and it was reported on the BBC.
A cute fact is that if you type 'Alex Trebek' in Google it says:
It may not be the first thing, but it's definitely one of the first things. I mean, if you want to make a parody character of Schwarzenegger, all you really have to do is have a bodybuilder's physique and a thick Austrian accent and everyone will know exactly who you're referencing.
"Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity."
But, anyway, the clue is NOT about relativity ;).
Relativity goes back at least as far as Galileo - Principle of Relativity
I missed are all ones that I would say 99% of people over here would get wrong. Basketball and Indy 500 have no presence in Europe. “Jeopardy” never it made it over the pond and if it did we would have had a different host so that one is incredibly difficult.
In the spirit of not just moaning snd trying to help, how about Alfred Tennyson, Alan Turing (possibly not well known outside the UK), Andreas Iniesta (possibly not well known outside of football fans), or Anna Ivanovic?
But whinging is a hobby for a lot of the British which, as a Brit (more or less), I find somewhat saddening.
A cute fact is that if you type 'Alex Trebek' in Google it says:
Did you mean: WHO IS Alex Trebek
Took like 90 seconds of guessing to get a spelling it accepted lol